Object: A spear

Perhaps you remember the moment that we spoke of when the soldier came up to Jesus, climbed the ladder and put a sponge with sour wine to Jesus' lips. Jesus died very shortly after that moment. I don't know how many people who were there that day heard Jesus say it, but after the soldier lifted the sponge to His lips Jesus said, "It is finished." He was dead. It seemed impossible that only a few hours before He was eating with His disciples and now He was dead.

This was a Friday and only a few hours away from the Sabbath which was the Jewish holy day, like our Sunday. The Jewish leaders didn't want any sign of a dead body or any sort of trouble showing on the Sabbath, so they asked the Roman Governor, Pilate, to have the legs of the men who were still on the cross broken …