1. The amazing PROPHECY of the Cross

A. His CRY

B. His CONTRAST

C. His CRUEL treatment

1. CONTUSION

2. LACERATION

3. PENETRATION

4. PERFORATION

5. INCISION

D. His CONTINUAL thirst

2. The agonizing PASSION of the Cross

3. The abounding PROVISION of the Cross

Small Group Discussion Questions 

1. Share one thing that stood out to you in this week's sermon and why. 

2. What David wrote centuries before Christ in Psalm 22 was fulfilled in detail during Christ's Passion. What effect does this have on your belief in God and His Word? 

3. When you are overcome with grief and feeling abandoned even by God, how does it help to know that Jesus also experienced despair and abandonment? What does this fact give you permission to do? 

4. Even though the Psalmist feels forsaken by God, what does he continue to do in 22:2? . What should we do when God seems silent or distant? Is this easy or hard to you to do?