2819 Church CROSS TO COMMISSION | The King Crucified | Matthew 27:32-44 | Philip Anthony Mitchell
Feb 23, 2026
A deep look at humanity’s helplessness under sin and why blood atonement mattered in the Old Testament. A dramatic rescue illustration ties our need for salvation to Jesus carrying the cross. Examination of Golgotha scenes, the soldiers’ actions, and prophetic fulfillment. Contrasting the two thieves highlights substitutionary death and the call to radical surrender and repentance.
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Original Sin Makes Humanity Universally Condemned
- Humanity inherited a corrupt sin nature from Adam, making every person born unrighteous before God.
- Philip Anthony Mitchell ties Romans 5 and 3 to argue original sin brings universal condemnation and separation from God unless pardoned.
Saved From The Bottom Of The Pool
- Philip shares a childhood pool story where he was shoved into the deep end and had to be poked with a pole until he grabbed it.
- He uses this rescue to illustrate humanity trapped by sin and God reaching down to pull sinners from the bottom of the pool.
Blood Sacrifice Foretold The Savior's Substitution
- The Old Testament sacrificial system taught that God demands a blood payment for sin and animal sacrifices foreshadowed a coming lamb.
- Mitchell argues Jesus' physical body existed so the Father could break it as the ultimate substitutionary sacrifice.