1 00:00:01,534 --> 00:00:02,202 This morning. 2 00:00:02,202 --> 00:00:05,205 We're going to open Matthew 27, 3 00:00:06,439 --> 00:00:08,975 and we just sung about 4 00:00:08,975 --> 00:00:11,878 the name of Jesus, the person of Jesus. 5 00:00:11,878 --> 00:00:14,881 What Jesus accomplished for us. 6 00:00:14,981 --> 00:00:16,883 We just shared communion and 7 00:00:16,883 --> 00:00:19,886 and talked about his body and his blood. 8 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:22,689 With that comes the promise of his 9 00:00:22,689 --> 00:00:25,191 of of his return. 10 00:00:25,191 --> 00:00:26,526 All of that. 11 00:00:26,526 --> 00:00:29,129 All that proclamation. 12 00:00:29,129 --> 00:00:32,132 All that confession would be worthless 13 00:00:33,199 --> 00:00:34,934 without. 14 00:00:34,934 --> 00:00:38,405 Matthew 26, 27 and 28 occurring. 15 00:00:39,239 --> 00:00:41,741 And so what we're looking at this 16 00:00:41,741 --> 00:00:45,412 this morning, Matthew 27 had to happen 17 00:00:45,712 --> 00:00:48,715 so that all that we've just said are proclaimed 18 00:00:49,649 --> 00:00:52,118 could be reality 19 00:00:52,118 --> 00:00:55,121 without Matthew 26, 27 and 28. 20 00:00:56,356 --> 00:00:57,991 None of it happens. 21 00:00:57,991 --> 00:01:00,994 It all falls apart. 22 00:01:01,094 --> 00:01:03,363 Chapter 27 is not a fun chapter, 23 00:01:03,363 --> 00:01:06,366 but it's a necessary chapter 24 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:09,035 in order to help us understand. 25 00:01:09,035 --> 00:01:10,770 I made these available last week. 26 00:01:10,770 --> 00:01:13,773 If you didn't get one, you need another one there in the Welcome Center. 27 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:18,511 These detailed the six trials that Jesus went to leading up to the crucifixion. 28 00:01:19,045 --> 00:01:23,516 In Matthew 26, there were three religious trials 29 00:01:23,516 --> 00:01:28,121 under the Jewish religious establishment before the high priest, 30 00:01:28,121 --> 00:01:32,158 before a small group of the Sanhedrin, then before the full Sanhedrin, 31 00:01:33,359 --> 00:01:37,363 which led to the three civil or Roman trials 32 00:01:37,697 --> 00:01:40,934 before Pilate and Herod, and then back to Pilate. 33 00:01:41,367 --> 00:01:46,239 And so I want you to understand that the trials that Jesus endured, 34 00:01:47,140 --> 00:01:50,143 that he gave himself to, that he submitted to 35 00:01:50,777 --> 00:01:53,780 it, was the religious trials that decided 36 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:56,783 that they would hand his over to the Roman authorities 37 00:01:57,750 --> 00:02:01,321 and go through their trials that would decide 38 00:02:01,421 --> 00:02:04,390 the fate of crucifixion. 39 00:02:04,791 --> 00:02:09,362 The the religious people didn't have the right to crucify anybody. 40 00:02:09,395 --> 00:02:11,498 That was a Roman. 41 00:02:11,498 --> 00:02:14,501 That was a Roman capital punishment. 42 00:02:14,934 --> 00:02:17,937 And to get him to be crucified, they had to go through the 43 00:02:17,971 --> 00:02:21,574 religious trials to get them to decide to hand them over to the Roman authority. 44 00:02:22,175 --> 00:02:24,644 And so that that this is this right here 45 00:02:24,644 --> 00:02:28,581 is chapter 27, the first part of chapter 27, verses one through 31. 46 00:02:28,581 --> 00:02:29,883 That's what we're looking at today. 47 00:02:29,883 --> 00:02:32,252 So if you if you didn't get one of these, please get one. 48 00:02:32,252 --> 00:02:36,756 I'll help you understand the totality of the trials that Jesus went through. 49 00:02:37,056 --> 00:02:39,792 Here's what I want you to understand about those trials. 50 00:02:39,792 --> 00:02:42,996 There's out of the four Gospels, there's not 51 00:02:43,596 --> 00:02:46,399 one of them that gives us the full scope of the trials. 52 00:02:46,399 --> 00:02:48,968 All of them give us a scope. 53 00:02:48,968 --> 00:02:53,406 Trials one and three are in Matthew, Mark and John. 54 00:02:54,741 --> 00:02:55,475 Luke is the 55 00:02:55,475 --> 00:02:58,478 only one who records anything about trial number two. 56 00:02:58,611 --> 00:03:01,614 And so we're I'm going to draw some of this together to give you a full, 57 00:03:01,881 --> 00:03:04,350 fuller understanding of the three trials you went through. 58 00:03:04,350 --> 00:03:07,654 But I want you to be aware of the totality of it all 59 00:03:08,922 --> 00:03:10,156 for this morning. 60 00:03:10,156 --> 00:03:11,391 Here's the big idea. 61 00:03:11,391 --> 00:03:16,930 For the first 30 verses or so of chapter 27, Jesus took the punishment 62 00:03:16,930 --> 00:03:21,434 that I deserve so I can be offered the freedom I've never earned. 63 00:03:22,602 --> 00:03:25,638 And we're going to see that in the text 64 00:03:25,672 --> 00:03:29,409 this morning as Jesus moves through these trials. 65 00:03:30,076 --> 00:03:32,845 There are three basic movements of these 66 00:03:32,845 --> 00:03:35,848 first 30 verses or so in Matthew 27. 67 00:03:35,982 --> 00:03:38,952 The first movement, verses, 68 00:03:39,252 --> 00:03:41,087 15 through 26 really 69 00:03:41,087 --> 00:03:44,190 is my sin leaves me guilty before God. 70 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:47,727 I've committed sin. 71 00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:50,597 I have broken God's law, and the result of that 72 00:03:50,597 --> 00:03:53,600 is guilt that I bear. 73 00:03:53,766 --> 00:03:57,403 The second movement, again, that same basic passage, 74 00:03:57,537 --> 00:04:01,007 God's grace, provides the substitute for the guilty. 75 00:04:02,976 --> 00:04:05,778 My guilt demands 76 00:04:05,778 --> 00:04:08,781 that that be paid and satisfied. 77 00:04:08,982 --> 00:04:11,651 And so, by God's grace 78 00:04:11,651 --> 00:04:14,687 he says, Carl, you can't afford to pay that price yourself 79 00:04:14,687 --> 00:04:16,422 even though you're guilty of it. 80 00:04:16,422 --> 00:04:18,258 So I'm going to make a substitute. 81 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:21,261 Here's what I want you to understand about Grace. 82 00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:24,297 Grace is the fact that I get what Jesus deserves 83 00:04:24,497 --> 00:04:27,500 because Jesus got what I deserved. 84 00:04:27,834 --> 00:04:30,169 That's grace. 85 00:04:30,169 --> 00:04:33,539 Grace is when God looks at me, he sees Jesus. 86 00:04:33,539 --> 00:04:36,976 And when God looks at Jesus, he sees me. 87 00:04:38,478 --> 00:04:41,781 That's grace and that's the substitute. 88 00:04:42,415 --> 00:04:45,752 And then the third movement is that Jesus in verses 89 00:04:45,752 --> 00:04:50,023 27 through 31, Jesus willingly suffered what I deserve. 90 00:04:50,023 --> 00:04:53,259 So it's not just that God chose a substitute, 91 00:04:53,259 --> 00:04:54,761 made a substitute for my guilt. 92 00:04:54,761 --> 00:04:57,497 That substitute is Jesus. 93 00:04:59,932 --> 00:05:02,935 Now here's the good news of the gospel. 94 00:05:03,503 --> 00:05:07,807 The good news of the gospel is not that I am innocent. 95 00:05:08,374 --> 00:05:11,611 The good news of the gospel is not that you are innocent. 96 00:05:12,245 --> 00:05:13,880 The good news of the gospel. 97 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:14,847 And that's what gospel means. 98 00:05:14,847 --> 00:05:17,884 The good news is that Jesus took the judgment of the guilty. 99 00:05:18,418 --> 00:05:20,753 That's the good news. 100 00:05:20,753 --> 00:05:22,922 The good news is not that you and I are innocent. 101 00:05:22,922 --> 00:05:24,190 Because we're not. 102 00:05:24,190 --> 00:05:25,291 None of us are. 103 00:05:25,291 --> 00:05:27,493 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 104 00:05:27,493 --> 00:05:30,263 And the wages of sin is death. 105 00:05:30,263 --> 00:05:32,965 But the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 106 00:05:32,965 --> 00:05:36,402 So the good news is not that we're not guilty. 107 00:05:36,502 --> 00:05:39,372 The good news is not that we're innocent. The good news is that Jesus 108 00:05:40,473 --> 00:05:43,476 took our penalty. 109 00:05:44,043 --> 00:05:45,478 In Matthew 27. 110 00:05:45,478 --> 00:05:49,649 And this is what we've got to we we've we've got to let this sink in. 111 00:05:49,649 --> 00:05:52,652 And this is not going to be pleasant, 112 00:05:52,685 --> 00:05:55,688 but we have to let this sink in. 113 00:05:57,590 --> 00:06:00,660 Stop minimizing your sin. 114 00:06:02,895 --> 00:06:06,399 The cross shows both the seriousness of sin 115 00:06:07,166 --> 00:06:10,169 and how great is God's mercy. 116 00:06:12,171 --> 00:06:14,941 That's not happy news 117 00:06:14,941 --> 00:06:17,410 on the front end, 118 00:06:17,410 --> 00:06:20,380 but we've got to let the weight of it sink in. 119 00:06:20,380 --> 00:06:23,383 Stop minimizing your sin. 120 00:06:29,021 --> 00:06:30,890 The cross and the cross alone 121 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:33,893 shows how serious sin is, 122 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,830 but it also is a profound, eternal statement 123 00:06:37,930 --> 00:06:40,933 about how great is the mercy of God. 124 00:06:41,901 --> 00:06:44,871 There are some people who are so fragile 125 00:06:45,471 --> 00:06:49,175 and so sensitive and so self-absorbed 126 00:06:49,876 --> 00:06:52,578 that they refuse to acknowledge 127 00:06:52,578 --> 00:06:55,915 the depth and degradation of their sin. 128 00:06:56,115 --> 00:06:57,183 They minimize it 129 00:06:58,284 --> 00:07:00,086 because to think 130 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:04,090 that you are that guilty, that demands a life. 131 00:07:07,493 --> 00:07:08,728 And when when we're 132 00:07:08,728 --> 00:07:12,131 that insecure, we do one of two things. 133 00:07:12,165 --> 00:07:13,633 Well, we do two things. 134 00:07:13,633 --> 00:07:16,936 One, we start looking about at how bad 135 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:19,939 everybody else is. 136 00:07:20,006 --> 00:07:23,009 To prove we're not that bad, 137 00:07:23,042 --> 00:07:24,977 and it's because we're so insecure. 138 00:07:24,977 --> 00:07:26,479 We minimize our sin. 139 00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:29,482 And what a lot of us is about is that person. 140 00:07:29,715 --> 00:07:32,051 And when that happens, 141 00:07:32,051 --> 00:07:36,622 we never come to the full realization of how great God's mercy is. 142 00:07:36,856 --> 00:07:39,525 Because honestly, if I'm not that bad. 143 00:07:39,525 --> 00:07:42,528 God's mercy doesn't have to be that great. 144 00:07:43,262 --> 00:07:45,431 And so, because of my insecurity 145 00:07:45,431 --> 00:07:48,935 or my pride or my hubris or my arrogance, 146 00:07:49,101 --> 00:07:55,208 I don't want to recognize the depth and degradation of my sin. 147 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:56,375 I want to minimize it. 148 00:07:56,375 --> 00:08:01,013 And the moment I do that, I never experience the magnitude of God's mercy. 149 00:08:03,583 --> 00:08:07,487 And the cross shows how bad, 150 00:08:08,688 --> 00:08:11,691 how serious sin is. 151 00:08:13,659 --> 00:08:14,694 But it also shows 152 00:08:14,694 --> 00:08:17,697 how great is the mercy of our God. 153 00:08:20,099 --> 00:08:23,636 And so Matthew 26, we talked last week 154 00:08:23,703 --> 00:08:27,240 about the three religious trials that set in motion 155 00:08:27,373 --> 00:08:31,010 the three that we'll see this week Roman trials 156 00:08:31,377 --> 00:08:34,213 leading to crucifixion. 157 00:08:34,213 --> 00:08:36,916 And so let me just read a couple verses and we'll talk about it. 158 00:08:36,916 --> 00:08:41,654 The first part of Matthew 27 is the wrap up of the third 159 00:08:41,654 --> 00:08:44,724 religious trial and the beginning of the first Roman trial. 160 00:08:45,091 --> 00:08:48,995 And the Bible says in verse one of chapter 27, when morning came, 161 00:08:48,995 --> 00:08:49,929 all the chief priests 162 00:08:49,929 --> 00:08:53,366 and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. 163 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:56,602 So this is right at the end of the third religious trial, 164 00:08:56,769 --> 00:09:00,840 the first two happened and the early morning hours all illegal. 165 00:09:02,008 --> 00:09:05,444 Before sunrise, they had to make it somehow appear legal. 166 00:09:05,478 --> 00:09:08,915 So right at sunrise, they called together the full Sanhedrin. 167 00:09:09,015 --> 00:09:12,752 The first religious trial was with Annas and Caiaphas. 168 00:09:12,818 --> 00:09:16,656 The second was with the high priest and a few of the Sanhedrin, 169 00:09:16,689 --> 00:09:19,392 maybe 23 members or so of the 70. 170 00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:23,296 And then finally, at this point, the full Sanhedrin, the full 70, 171 00:09:23,329 --> 00:09:26,933 with the one high priest get together, they decide, let's put him to death. 172 00:09:26,999 --> 00:09:30,136 Let's send them to Rome so that they will crucify him. 173 00:09:30,303 --> 00:09:31,137 So this was right 174 00:09:31,137 --> 00:09:34,874 at the end of the third religious trial, the beginning of the first Roman trial. 175 00:09:34,874 --> 00:09:35,441 Verse two. 176 00:09:35,441 --> 00:09:39,445 And they bound him and led him away to be delivered over to Pilate the governor. 177 00:09:39,478 --> 00:09:42,848 This is the beginning of the first Roman trial. 178 00:09:44,717 --> 00:09:45,751 I want you to know something. 179 00:09:45,751 --> 00:09:49,522 We go through this every statement except from the religious leaders 180 00:09:49,522 --> 00:09:50,489 who want to crucify him. 181 00:09:50,489 --> 00:09:54,193 Every statement of every person that comes in contact 182 00:09:54,193 --> 00:09:57,330 with the Jesus during these trials will pronounce his innocence. 183 00:09:58,497 --> 00:10:00,199 Every one of them. 184 00:10:00,199 --> 00:10:02,902 Everybody knows 185 00:10:02,902 --> 00:10:05,037 he is completely innocent. 186 00:10:05,037 --> 00:10:08,040 No charge against him. 187 00:10:10,276 --> 00:10:13,279 I want that to stick out. 188 00:10:14,513 --> 00:10:17,283 All four gospels tell the trials one and three only. 189 00:10:17,283 --> 00:10:19,218 Luke tells of of trial number two. 190 00:10:19,218 --> 00:10:22,221 I will reference that, but I'm not going to get real deep into 191 00:10:22,355 --> 00:10:24,924 into trial number two in the book of Luke. 192 00:10:24,924 --> 00:10:27,259 But, but but we will look at it now. 193 00:10:27,259 --> 00:10:29,495 At this point in Matthew 27, 194 00:10:29,495 --> 00:10:32,765 Matthew pauses the trials, the narrative of the trials, 195 00:10:33,165 --> 00:10:36,168 and now he tells us what's going on behind the scenes 196 00:10:36,569 --> 00:10:38,571 while these trials are taking place. 197 00:10:38,571 --> 00:10:44,043 He gives us a glimpse into Judas the betrayer and tells us what happens with him. 198 00:10:45,645 --> 00:10:46,278 Verse three. 199 00:10:46,278 --> 00:10:51,117 Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind 200 00:10:51,217 --> 00:10:54,520 and brought back the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. 201 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,523 Sin I have sinned by betraying what 202 00:10:57,990 --> 00:10:58,924 innocent blood? 203 00:10:58,924 --> 00:11:01,694 Judas proclaims the event is, I guarantee you, 204 00:11:01,694 --> 00:11:04,897 if there were any thing in Judas in Jesus's life 205 00:11:04,897 --> 00:11:08,167 that Judas could have said, well, I was kind of justified 206 00:11:09,735 --> 00:11:12,271 if there were any thing there. 207 00:11:12,271 --> 00:11:14,540 If there was anything that Judas could have said. 208 00:11:14,540 --> 00:11:16,042 You know what, though? 209 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:20,179 There was one time he lost his temper and he started kicking puppies. 210 00:11:20,179 --> 00:11:22,581 I saw it like. 211 00:11:22,581 --> 00:11:25,551 But there's nothing. 212 00:11:25,551 --> 00:11:28,354 He knows he's innocent, and now he's. 213 00:11:28,354 --> 00:11:29,955 He feels guilty. 214 00:11:29,955 --> 00:11:32,558 He said I've sinned again by betraying innocent blood. 215 00:11:32,558 --> 00:11:34,794 They said, what is that to us? See to it yourself. 216 00:11:34,794 --> 00:11:38,764 And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed and went, 217 00:11:38,831 --> 00:11:41,033 and he went and hanged himself. 218 00:11:41,033 --> 00:11:44,036 But the chief priest, taking the pieces of silver, said, it's 219 00:11:44,036 --> 00:11:47,840 not lawful to put that money into the treasury, since it's blood money. 220 00:11:47,873 --> 00:11:49,542 What did they just affirm? 221 00:11:52,678 --> 00:11:55,681 They they affirmed his innocence. 222 00:11:55,815 --> 00:11:56,816 It's blood money. 223 00:11:56,816 --> 00:11:59,819 We set him up. 224 00:12:00,419 --> 00:12:02,088 So they took counsel 225 00:12:02,088 --> 00:12:05,257 bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers. 226 00:12:05,257 --> 00:12:08,260 Therefore, that field has been called the field of blood to this day. 227 00:12:08,527 --> 00:12:11,997 Then was fulfilled what has been spoken of by the prophet Jeremiah, saying. 228 00:12:12,298 --> 00:12:15,901 And they took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of him 229 00:12:16,168 --> 00:12:19,538 on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel. 230 00:12:19,538 --> 00:12:22,942 And they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me. 231 00:12:22,942 --> 00:12:25,311 I want to point a couple of things out. 232 00:12:25,311 --> 00:12:27,813 Judas is convicted of his guilt. 233 00:12:27,813 --> 00:12:31,851 He throws the 30 pieces of silver that he had contracted with these priests 234 00:12:31,917 --> 00:12:35,921 to turn Jesus over, at a time when the crowds were not around. 235 00:12:36,088 --> 00:12:39,458 That's why he led them to the Garden of Gethsemane, when Jesus was their prey, 236 00:12:39,458 --> 00:12:41,060 because he knew there wouldn't be any crowds around. 237 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:43,896 Thus not creating a riot. Handed him over. 238 00:12:43,896 --> 00:12:47,299 And then he realizes, seeing Jesus condemned to death, he was he. 239 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:50,336 He knew he was guilty of a grave sin. 240 00:12:50,336 --> 00:12:54,006 I believe that originally Judas really wanted to see 241 00:12:54,039 --> 00:12:58,177 Jesus reign, but Judas wanted Jesus political reign. 242 00:12:59,378 --> 00:13:00,479 He thought Judas. 243 00:13:00,479 --> 00:13:04,049 He thought the reign of Jesus would be a political kingdom, not a spiritual one. 244 00:13:04,316 --> 00:13:07,653 And I really think that he sold Jesus over 245 00:13:08,420 --> 00:13:11,390 to to force Jesus's hand. 246 00:13:12,324 --> 00:13:14,193 Like he's not going fast enough. 247 00:13:14,193 --> 00:13:15,494 I want him to do this now. 248 00:13:15,494 --> 00:13:20,299 If I sell him over to the authorities, I'll force him to overthrow Rome. 249 00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:24,336 And he realized he had got the kingdom of God wrong from day one. 250 00:13:26,405 --> 00:13:27,640 And he throws the 30 251 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,643 pieces of silver back at the priest. 252 00:13:30,843 --> 00:13:33,846 And what are the priests say? 253 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:37,683 What did he say? 254 00:13:37,683 --> 00:13:38,751 He said, it's not lawful 255 00:13:38,751 --> 00:13:42,421 to put this back in the church budget. The 256 00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:46,492 the profound duplicity. 257 00:13:49,461 --> 00:13:50,696 You know, where this money came 258 00:13:50,696 --> 00:13:53,699 from originally from the church budget. 259 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,838 They took it out of the church treasury, gave it to Judas. 260 00:13:59,238 --> 00:14:02,875 Judas guilty of betraying his son, but give it back to them. 261 00:14:02,942 --> 00:14:07,246 And now they act as if they're men of integrity and say, this is blood money. 262 00:14:07,279 --> 00:14:09,248 We can't put it back in the church budget. 263 00:14:13,085 --> 00:14:16,088 The hypocrisy of these people. 264 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,796 The Bible says Jesus went out and hanged himself. 265 00:14:23,796 --> 00:14:28,901 Now, let me just address some people who may want to find fault 266 00:14:28,901 --> 00:14:32,371 with Scripture or may claim some discrepancies. 267 00:14:33,038 --> 00:14:36,041 Matthew 27 says Jesus hanged himself. 268 00:14:36,675 --> 00:14:38,677 In acts chapter one, verse 18, 269 00:14:38,677 --> 00:14:42,081 it says that his body fell and burst open on the ground. 270 00:14:42,181 --> 00:14:44,516 And some will say, see, there's a contradiction. 271 00:14:44,516 --> 00:14:45,818 That's why I don't believe the Bible. 272 00:14:45,818 --> 00:14:48,821 Well, let me just help you understand. 273 00:14:48,954 --> 00:14:51,724 Judas certainly hung himself. 274 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:53,058 This was right at Passover. 275 00:14:53,058 --> 00:14:53,792 It was illegal 276 00:14:53,792 --> 00:14:57,997 for Jews to touch dead bodies, to be around dead bodies over Passover. 277 00:14:58,097 --> 00:15:01,166 That's why they asked for Jesus body to come down from the cross, 278 00:15:01,166 --> 00:15:04,169 so they could wrap it and put it in a grave before sundown. 279 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:07,039 Nobody's paying attention to Judas. 280 00:15:07,039 --> 00:15:11,043 He's hanging on a tree for days during the Passover season. 281 00:15:11,510 --> 00:15:15,414 It hung himself, and he's hanging there because nobody one, nobody knows, really. 282 00:15:15,414 --> 00:15:18,450 And two, nobody wants to touch a dead body because they would defile themselves. 283 00:15:19,018 --> 00:15:22,254 And so, in the heat of the Middle 284 00:15:22,254 --> 00:15:26,458 Eastern weather and this tree is hanging on, either 285 00:15:26,458 --> 00:15:31,997 the neck gives way or the tree, and he falls down dead and burst open. 286 00:15:32,564 --> 00:15:33,565 Do you see what I'm saying? 287 00:15:34,533 --> 00:15:37,536 And so there is no contradiction 288 00:15:38,203 --> 00:15:41,640 when you understand the context and the history. 289 00:15:42,341 --> 00:15:44,376 But there's something else in this passage. 290 00:15:44,376 --> 00:15:45,811 Notice what it says. 291 00:15:45,811 --> 00:15:48,380 Therefore, the field of blood is called the field of blood of the city. 292 00:15:48,380 --> 00:15:49,014 Verse nine 293 00:15:49,014 --> 00:15:52,685 then was fulfilled what had been spoken of by the prophet Jeremiah, 294 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:56,455 saying that they took 30 pieces of silver, the price of the one that had been set 295 00:15:56,488 --> 00:15:57,890 by sons in Israel. 296 00:15:57,890 --> 00:16:01,193 Matthew says that was spoken of by the prophet Jeremiah. 297 00:16:01,527 --> 00:16:03,395 If you do your research, you understand 298 00:16:03,395 --> 00:16:06,398 it wasn't spoken by Jeremiah, was spoken by Zechariah. 299 00:16:06,765 --> 00:16:09,768 And others will say, Gotcha. 300 00:16:10,102 --> 00:16:12,004 Bible is wrong. 301 00:16:12,004 --> 00:16:15,274 Well, again, he help give you some understanding. 302 00:16:15,274 --> 00:16:19,278 So you know what the Bible, how this whole thing goes together. 303 00:16:20,446 --> 00:16:23,449 The Hebrew Scriptures 304 00:16:23,649 --> 00:16:27,853 were comprised of three large sections the Torah, the law, 305 00:16:28,153 --> 00:16:31,156 what they call the prophets, and what they call the writings. 306 00:16:31,523 --> 00:16:35,160 Three large sections of Hebrew Scriptures. 307 00:16:35,961 --> 00:16:40,799 The prophets were all the scrolls of all the prophets 308 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:45,971 Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, Hosea, all these prophets. 309 00:16:46,638 --> 00:16:51,510 The R Bible lists Isaiah first for many different reasons. 310 00:16:52,244 --> 00:16:57,316 The Hebrew Scroll of the prophets lists Jeremiah first. 311 00:16:58,083 --> 00:17:00,152 It's big long scrolls. 312 00:17:00,152 --> 00:17:04,223 They didn't have titles and chapters and verses. 313 00:17:04,556 --> 00:17:09,695 So all the prophets were listed after the prophet Jeremiah. 314 00:17:10,129 --> 00:17:14,767 So rather than this individual prophet said this at this point, 315 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:16,769 because they couldn't just go refer to that. 316 00:17:16,769 --> 00:17:22,174 All of the prophets saints were referred to as the scroll of Jeremiah the prophet. 317 00:17:23,075 --> 00:17:26,245 So when they referenced Jeremiah, the prophets prophecy, 318 00:17:26,278 --> 00:17:30,182 they could be talking about Hosea, Zechariah, Isaiah. 319 00:17:30,382 --> 00:17:34,653 It's just that was the title of their scroll of prophets. 320 00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:35,754 Do you follow? 321 00:17:41,293 --> 00:17:44,396 This is true and accurate. 322 00:17:46,565 --> 00:17:48,567 And it tells us of the true, 323 00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:54,006 inaccurate account of my guilt, the substitution of God 324 00:17:54,006 --> 00:17:57,009 in the person of Christ. 325 00:18:00,112 --> 00:18:02,281 Now this is where Matthew 326 00:18:02,281 --> 00:18:05,551 picks up the first trial, now in verse 11. 327 00:18:05,551 --> 00:18:09,721 So he introduced it in verses one and two, tells us about Judas. 328 00:18:09,721 --> 00:18:12,724 And now he picks up the first trial, 329 00:18:13,158 --> 00:18:14,793 verse 11. 330 00:18:14,793 --> 00:18:18,530 Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, 331 00:18:18,597 --> 00:18:19,998 are you the King of the Jews? 332 00:18:19,998 --> 00:18:22,034 Jesus said, you have said so. 333 00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:25,471 But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. 334 00:18:25,537 --> 00:18:29,608 Then Pilate said to him, do you not hear how many things they testify against you? 335 00:18:29,641 --> 00:18:31,343 But he gave him no answer, 336 00:18:31,343 --> 00:18:35,781 not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed. 337 00:18:37,883 --> 00:18:39,318 This is the this, 338 00:18:39,318 --> 00:18:42,321 this this trial here, now. 339 00:18:43,222 --> 00:18:43,555 Look. 340 00:18:43,555 --> 00:18:45,524 Look at what the question was a pilot. 341 00:18:45,524 --> 00:18:49,461 What does Pilate, the governor, asked of Jesus? 342 00:18:51,330 --> 00:18:52,197 Are you the King of Jews? 343 00:18:52,197 --> 00:18:54,399 He didn't say it like that. 344 00:18:54,399 --> 00:18:56,401 The the Greek rendering of that. 345 00:18:56,401 --> 00:18:58,904 Is this you, 346 00:18:58,904 --> 00:19:01,907 the king of the Jews? 347 00:19:02,541 --> 00:19:03,842 It was incredulous 348 00:19:03,842 --> 00:19:06,845 that the man standing before Pilate would be a king, 349 00:19:07,312 --> 00:19:12,284 because what Pilate saw was this humble, poor, homeless, 350 00:19:12,351 --> 00:19:16,421 itinerant preacher who had been brutalized by the Jews. 351 00:19:16,622 --> 00:19:20,726 And so his question is this you really 352 00:19:22,094 --> 00:19:25,097 you're what the hubbub is about. 353 00:19:25,397 --> 00:19:28,400 You think you're going to threaten Rome? 354 00:19:29,968 --> 00:19:32,971 Who do you think you are? 355 00:19:34,339 --> 00:19:37,209 Which is exactly in line with Scripture. 356 00:19:37,209 --> 00:19:42,014 Isaiah 532 says, he had no form, that we would be attracted to him. 357 00:19:42,047 --> 00:19:45,851 Nothing about him would draw people to him, to Jesus. 358 00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:50,255 Jesus was not some six to kind of fit, 359 00:19:50,556 --> 00:19:55,360 kind of flowing hair type of guy that just say, hey, look at that. 360 00:19:55,761 --> 00:19:57,529 Not at all. 361 00:19:57,529 --> 00:20:02,334 There was nothing about him that would make anybody say, that guy's a leader. 362 00:20:03,635 --> 00:20:04,570 And so when he's 363 00:20:04,570 --> 00:20:07,573 before Pilate, I was like you. 364 00:20:08,340 --> 00:20:10,776 You're a joke. 365 00:20:10,776 --> 00:20:11,677 That's the. 366 00:20:11,677 --> 00:20:14,046 That's the statement 367 00:20:14,046 --> 00:20:17,049 you the king of the Jews. 368 00:20:17,849 --> 00:20:20,852 Jesus said you've said so. 369 00:20:24,256 --> 00:20:27,259 And Jesus kept his mouth, gave no answer. 370 00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:29,695 So do you hear what they're saying about you? 371 00:20:29,695 --> 00:20:31,363 He gave no answer, not to a single charge. 372 00:20:31,363 --> 00:20:34,366 And the Bible says the governor was greatly amazed. 373 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:35,601 Here's what he was. 374 00:20:35,601 --> 00:20:40,272 He was amazed that this man standing before him could be so calm 375 00:20:41,073 --> 00:20:44,543 and so serene and so at peace, 376 00:20:44,643 --> 00:20:49,381 and have so much strength and security 377 00:20:50,482 --> 00:20:53,752 in who he was, whose he was, 378 00:20:54,820 --> 00:20:57,055 and the events that were going on around him. 379 00:20:57,055 --> 00:21:00,058 No worry, no threat. 380 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,096 By the had had guilty people before, before. 381 00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:07,366 And they begged for mercy and they tried to explain themselves. 382 00:21:07,366 --> 00:21:08,000 But you don't 383 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,837 understand the circumstances, but you don't understand why I'm not in. 384 00:21:11,837 --> 00:21:13,605 Jesus said nothing. 385 00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:16,675 And Pilate was amazed. 386 00:21:16,675 --> 00:21:19,678 How can you be so calm, so serene, 387 00:21:19,678 --> 00:21:22,681 so certain? 388 00:21:24,616 --> 00:21:26,685 Greatly amazed. 389 00:21:26,685 --> 00:21:29,688 Pilate didn't know what to do with him. 390 00:21:36,094 --> 00:21:38,797 He could find no guilt in him. 391 00:21:38,797 --> 00:21:42,301 The interesting thing that it's at this point that the 392 00:21:42,434 --> 00:21:46,538 that the, the, the charges against Jesus start to change 393 00:21:47,172 --> 00:21:49,875 because up to this point that Jesus had charged him 394 00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:54,980 with violating their own commands and claiming to be God. 395 00:21:55,047 --> 00:21:56,281 What is wrong we care about? 396 00:21:56,281 --> 00:21:59,284 If someone claims to be God, they don't believe in God anyway. 397 00:21:59,351 --> 00:22:01,887 The only way that would get Rome to enact the death 398 00:22:01,887 --> 00:22:04,890 penalty is if it was a threat to Roman authority. 399 00:22:05,257 --> 00:22:09,561 So this is where the chief priests are changing their charges 400 00:22:09,561 --> 00:22:12,564 against Jesus to tax evasion 401 00:22:12,931 --> 00:22:15,133 and to claiming to be Lord. 402 00:22:16,635 --> 00:22:19,638 For the Romans, only Caesar was Lord. 403 00:22:19,671 --> 00:22:21,973 That's what they said. 404 00:22:21,973 --> 00:22:23,642 Caesar is kairos. 405 00:22:23,642 --> 00:22:26,712 Lord, there is no Lord. Over, over, Caesar. 406 00:22:26,978 --> 00:22:31,616 So for Jesus to be, to claim to be Lord was a threat to Roman 407 00:22:31,616 --> 00:22:32,884 throne and Roman authority. 408 00:22:32,884 --> 00:22:34,119 Do you understand that? 409 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,122 That's why Pilate was so incredulous. You. 410 00:22:37,723 --> 00:22:40,726 You're supposed to be the threat. 411 00:22:40,892 --> 00:22:43,295 You're no threat. 412 00:22:43,295 --> 00:22:45,364 That's why when Paul will later. 413 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:45,897 Right? 414 00:22:45,897 --> 00:22:49,768 If you believe in your heart that Jesus is Lord and confess 415 00:22:49,768 --> 00:22:52,437 with your mouth, Lord, believe that God raised him from the dead, you'll be saved. 416 00:22:52,437 --> 00:22:56,475 That confession that Jesus is Lord is not a simple confession of the Lord. 417 00:22:56,475 --> 00:22:58,977 I believe Jesus, I believe that you died on the cross and rose from. 418 00:22:58,977 --> 00:23:00,445 And that's not what it is. 419 00:23:00,445 --> 00:23:03,715 It's a statement against the authority of Rome. 420 00:23:03,782 --> 00:23:08,553 For Paul to say the way to faith is to claim Jesus is Lord 421 00:23:08,620 --> 00:23:12,691 was literally could be a death sentence for those who would proclaim that 422 00:23:13,258 --> 00:23:16,261 because they're saying Jesus is Lord, not Caesar. 423 00:23:17,396 --> 00:23:17,996 That's 424 00:23:17,996 --> 00:23:20,999 what it means to be a disciple of Christ, 425 00:23:21,099 --> 00:23:24,569 not to make some confession with your faith, with your mouth. 426 00:23:24,569 --> 00:23:26,271 Just say the words. 427 00:23:26,271 --> 00:23:31,009 But to make the proclamation that this Jesus has full authority 428 00:23:31,042 --> 00:23:35,580 over every aspect of your life, even, God forbid, 429 00:23:35,580 --> 00:23:38,550 to the point of death. 430 00:23:39,551 --> 00:23:42,554 It's more than just words. 431 00:23:43,288 --> 00:23:46,491 So Pilate is so incredulous, you a threat? 432 00:23:48,894 --> 00:23:50,662 It's amazing to me that that 433 00:23:50,662 --> 00:23:53,632 that these religious leaders would charge Jesus with tax evasion. 434 00:23:53,632 --> 00:23:56,635 And Jesus said, pay your taxes. 435 00:23:56,835 --> 00:23:58,470 When questioned about it, he got it. 436 00:23:58,470 --> 00:24:00,071 He got some money out of the fish's mouth. 437 00:24:00,071 --> 00:24:03,074 That would be a great deal if he could work that out with the IRS somehow. 438 00:24:04,876 --> 00:24:06,211 He said, be a good citizen. 439 00:24:06,211 --> 00:24:08,580 Keep your mouth shut. Obey the authorities. 440 00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:09,881 God put him there. 441 00:24:09,881 --> 00:24:12,050 Quit storming the Capitol. Relax. 442 00:24:17,656 --> 00:24:18,690 But this was the only way 443 00:24:18,690 --> 00:24:21,693 they could get Rome to move. 444 00:24:24,062 --> 00:24:25,964 Now, verse 15. 445 00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:29,134 This is where Matthew switches to the third trial. 446 00:24:29,167 --> 00:24:30,502 He doesn't tell us about the second trial. 447 00:24:30,502 --> 00:24:32,404 The second trial is Luke 23. 448 00:24:32,404 --> 00:24:35,407 And so Pilate is sitting there going, I know he's innocent. 449 00:24:36,074 --> 00:24:37,442 I find no charge him. 450 00:24:37,442 --> 00:24:39,177 He's no threat to Rome. 451 00:24:39,177 --> 00:24:42,113 And so Pilate, having a lot of political 452 00:24:42,113 --> 00:24:45,116 difficulties in his political 453 00:24:45,851 --> 00:24:47,319 life, 454 00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:50,455 doesn't want another issue because he knows he gets another issue. 455 00:24:50,922 --> 00:24:52,924 Rome's going to depose him from a thought. 456 00:24:52,924 --> 00:24:53,692 They'll probably kill him. 457 00:24:53,692 --> 00:24:55,961 And so he's like, how do I how do I get out of this? 458 00:24:55,961 --> 00:24:57,496 I know he's innocent. 459 00:24:57,496 --> 00:25:02,033 So Pilate sends him to Herod because Jesus is from the area of Galilee, 460 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:05,237 and Herod is over the, the, the, the one overseeing the whole area 461 00:25:05,237 --> 00:25:08,240 of Galilee says like, look, I'm going to push this off on Herod. 462 00:25:08,473 --> 00:25:11,843 The Herod Jesus goes to in the second trial is the same hair that had John 463 00:25:11,843 --> 00:25:13,111 the Baptist beheaded. 464 00:25:13,111 --> 00:25:15,247 And Herod was enthralled by Jesus. 465 00:25:15,247 --> 00:25:17,883 Herod really wanted to meet Jesus because he heard about all the miracles. 466 00:25:17,883 --> 00:25:20,852 Like, maybe if I get Jesus here, he'll do some miracle and kind of entertain me. 467 00:25:20,852 --> 00:25:22,287 Herod was a nutjob. 468 00:25:23,488 --> 00:25:24,689 And so 469 00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:27,125 Pilate sends Jesus to Herod for the second trial. 470 00:25:27,125 --> 00:25:29,728 Luke 23 And Herod questions him. 471 00:25:29,728 --> 00:25:31,129 Herod can't find anything wrong with him. 472 00:25:31,129 --> 00:25:32,364 He's like, look, I'm going to make fun of. 473 00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:35,333 I'm gonna send him back. But there's nothing wrong with this guy. 474 00:25:35,333 --> 00:25:36,801 So that's the second trial. 475 00:25:36,801 --> 00:25:38,603 So sends him back to Pilate. 476 00:25:38,603 --> 00:25:43,542 Now in Matthew 27, starting in verse 15, okay, 477 00:25:44,342 --> 00:25:46,578 so this third trial, 478 00:25:46,578 --> 00:25:49,681 now, if the feast the governor was accustomed to release 479 00:25:49,981 --> 00:25:52,951 for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted, 480 00:25:53,618 --> 00:25:57,088 and they had it, then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. 481 00:25:58,790 --> 00:26:00,992 So when they gathered, Pilate said to them, 482 00:26:00,992 --> 00:26:02,561 whom do you want me to release to you? 483 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:04,729 But rabbis, or Jesus, who was called Christ? 484 00:26:04,729 --> 00:26:07,165 And so Pilate knows he's innocent. 485 00:26:07,165 --> 00:26:09,334 He really wants to set Jesus free. 486 00:26:09,334 --> 00:26:14,139 He does not want to go through with this because he knows he doesn't deserve death. 487 00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:18,143 And so he says, listen, during the Passover season, it's our custom as 488 00:26:18,143 --> 00:26:22,814 benevolent Romans to release to you Jews one of your own prisoners on death row. 489 00:26:22,881 --> 00:26:24,816 So I got this guy, Barabbas. 490 00:26:24,816 --> 00:26:26,151 He's an insurrectionist. 491 00:26:26,151 --> 00:26:27,118 He's a writer. 492 00:26:27,118 --> 00:26:30,121 He's probably with Antifa and his creative murder. 493 00:26:30,689 --> 00:26:33,158 Okay, so I could let him go. 494 00:26:33,158 --> 00:26:34,392 Or I can let Jesus go. 495 00:26:34,392 --> 00:26:35,560 Who is the Christ? 496 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,862 And he uses the name the Christ. Why? 497 00:26:37,862 --> 00:26:39,564 Because he wants the Jews to understand. 498 00:26:39,564 --> 00:26:41,533 This is the one who claims to be your Messiah. 499 00:26:41,533 --> 00:26:45,470 I can release your Messiah is a good guy or this insurrectionist. 500 00:26:46,972 --> 00:26:49,975 He really wants to set him free. 501 00:26:53,645 --> 00:26:57,048 Because he knew, verse 18, he knew that it was out of envy 502 00:26:57,115 --> 00:26:59,250 that the religious leaders were delivering Jesus up. 503 00:26:59,250 --> 00:27:02,153 He knew they were jealous. 504 00:27:02,153 --> 00:27:05,156 Such insecure children 505 00:27:05,256 --> 00:27:08,259 in places of religious authority. 506 00:27:11,863 --> 00:27:13,331 Besides, while he was sitting 507 00:27:13,331 --> 00:27:16,368 on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, this is this is Pilates. 508 00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:18,570 Wife have nothing to do with that. What? 509 00:27:18,570 --> 00:27:20,672 What's your Bible say? Have nothing to do with that. What? 510 00:27:20,672 --> 00:27:21,773 That righteous man. 511 00:27:21,773 --> 00:27:25,610 Everybody's associate with Jesus claims his innocence and his righteousness 512 00:27:26,444 --> 00:27:27,445 have nothing to do. 513 00:27:27,445 --> 00:27:28,813 Pilate with that righteous man. 514 00:27:28,813 --> 00:27:30,715 For I have suffered much because of him. 515 00:27:30,715 --> 00:27:32,150 Today in a dream. 516 00:27:32,150 --> 00:27:34,886 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask 517 00:27:34,886 --> 00:27:37,922 for Barabbas, for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 518 00:27:38,857 --> 00:27:41,092 And the governor said again said to them, 519 00:27:41,092 --> 00:27:44,396 which of these two do you want me to release for you? 520 00:27:44,396 --> 00:27:45,830 And they said, Barabbas. 521 00:27:47,832 --> 00:27:48,900 Palestinian. 522 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:51,503 What do I do with the one that's called Christ? 523 00:27:51,503 --> 00:27:55,640 It's almost as if Pilate is on the verge of setting Jesus free. 524 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:56,841 He knows he's innocent. 525 00:27:56,841 --> 00:27:59,411 Everybody around him has claimed his innocence, 526 00:27:59,411 --> 00:28:01,246 and he wants to set Jesus free. 527 00:28:01,246 --> 00:28:03,014 And right in the middle of that moment, 528 00:28:03,014 --> 00:28:06,017 Pilates wife says, hey honey, let me talk to you. 529 00:28:06,084 --> 00:28:10,321 Pulls Pilate aside, says, I've had a dream and I am tormented by it. 530 00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:13,358 Have nothing to do with. 531 00:28:14,893 --> 00:28:15,794 You know 532 00:28:15,794 --> 00:28:18,697 you should not put him to you know it. 533 00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:20,398 Well, that's going on. 534 00:28:20,398 --> 00:28:23,334 The Bible says the religious leaders are gathering the crowd 535 00:28:23,334 --> 00:28:28,173 and persuading them to convince Pilate to crucify Jesus. 536 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:30,141 I want you to pay attention. 537 00:28:30,141 --> 00:28:35,180 Pilot was on the verge of setting Jesus free because he knew his innocence. 538 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,851 He was interrupted in that process by a dream his wife had. 539 00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:42,854 And then the religious leaders persuaded the crowd. 540 00:28:42,854 --> 00:28:46,291 Here's in my mind what's going on from the very beginning. 541 00:28:46,291 --> 00:28:51,563 The devil has tried incredibly hard to get Jesus to bypass the cross 542 00:28:52,163 --> 00:28:55,400 from the from from the Garden of Eden, the very beginning. 543 00:28:56,401 --> 00:28:57,802 Just think about it. 544 00:28:57,802 --> 00:29:00,472 The devil does not want Jesus to go to the cross, 545 00:29:00,472 --> 00:29:04,442 because he knows in the cross and the resurrection is our salvation. 546 00:29:05,643 --> 00:29:08,646 And so back when Jesus was born, 547 00:29:09,114 --> 00:29:11,649 this Herod's daddy 548 00:29:11,649 --> 00:29:14,819 killed all the little babies two years old and under. 549 00:29:14,819 --> 00:29:19,657 Why, it was the devil's plan to kill Jesus so the cross would never happen. 550 00:29:20,959 --> 00:29:24,262 Then Jesus goes to the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 551 00:29:25,363 --> 00:29:27,832 In an effort to add three different ways to get Jesus 552 00:29:27,832 --> 00:29:30,835 to bypass the cross. 553 00:29:31,970 --> 00:29:34,205 In the Garden of Gethsemane. 554 00:29:34,205 --> 00:29:37,408 Again, an onslaught of hell against Jesus. 555 00:29:38,143 --> 00:29:42,881 To not drink the cup of suffering to bypass the cross. 556 00:29:42,981 --> 00:29:45,950 Even to this point here in the last day, 557 00:29:46,818 --> 00:29:50,221 the devil trying to get Jesus 558 00:29:50,221 --> 00:29:55,160 to bypass the cross by causing Pilate to recognize, get this. 559 00:29:55,260 --> 00:29:58,129 The devil caused him to recognize his innocence, to set him free, 560 00:29:58,129 --> 00:30:01,633 because if he sets him free, he doesn't go to the cross. 561 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,403 And I can't prove this to you, but in my mind, 562 00:30:05,737 --> 00:30:08,740 God allows this dream and Pilates wife 563 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:13,111 that she is so worked up about this, she pulls him aside 564 00:30:13,711 --> 00:30:18,049 to give time for the evil 565 00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:20,151 religious leaders 566 00:30:20,151 --> 00:30:23,154 to convince the crowd to push for his crucifixion. 567 00:30:23,254 --> 00:30:28,560 Had that dream not happened, had she not been that distressed and pulled aside, 568 00:30:28,593 --> 00:30:33,965 he probably would have ruled him innocent and he would have bypassed the cross. 569 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:39,137 And God goes through all of these steps so that his son, 570 00:30:39,437 --> 00:30:43,208 the innocent, will be crucified for the guilty. 571 00:30:45,343 --> 00:30:48,313 In not sparing his life. 572 00:30:49,614 --> 00:30:52,617 I can't fathom 573 00:30:52,750 --> 00:30:55,753 the love. 574 00:30:58,089 --> 00:31:01,092 That the father has for me. 575 00:31:03,394 --> 00:31:06,397 To make sure that his son didn't go free. 576 00:31:12,937 --> 00:31:15,940 And he asked this question, what do I do with Christ? 577 00:31:16,441 --> 00:31:18,142 They all said, let him be crucified. 578 00:31:18,142 --> 00:31:19,911 And he said, why? What evil has he done? 579 00:31:19,911 --> 00:31:21,179 But they shatter all the more. 580 00:31:21,179 --> 00:31:23,681 Let him be crucified. 581 00:31:23,681 --> 00:31:28,753 I want you to understand this is all happening at the Antonio Fortress. 582 00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:31,723 The Antonio fortress was built 583 00:31:32,790 --> 00:31:35,793 by Caesar for his general Mark Antony. 584 00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:39,797 And it was where it was, where the Roman 585 00:31:39,797 --> 00:31:43,034 garrison and 600 soldiers would reside. 586 00:31:43,167 --> 00:31:47,538 And it was on the temple grounds so that Rome could oversee 587 00:31:47,538 --> 00:31:52,143 everything that was going on with the Jews and keep them under, under control. 588 00:31:52,143 --> 00:31:55,680 It was at the Antonio fortress, where the prisoners were held, 589 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:59,017 and where Pilate would hold the, the the judicial court. 590 00:31:59,317 --> 00:32:03,621 It it was it was at the Antonio fortress that the high priest 591 00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:06,758 breastplate and vestments would be stored under lock and key 592 00:32:06,791 --> 00:32:10,061 under Roman authority to keep the Jews subdued. 593 00:32:10,862 --> 00:32:13,731 It's at the Antonio Fortress, as all this is taking place. 594 00:32:13,731 --> 00:32:16,367 And just imagine for a moment the scene. 595 00:32:16,367 --> 00:32:19,370 The prisoners of their Barabbas is there. 596 00:32:19,837 --> 00:32:24,275 You can't hear people talking outside the the fortress, but you can hear the shouts 597 00:32:24,642 --> 00:32:28,112 and Barabbas, knowing he's a murderer, knowing he's 598 00:32:28,112 --> 00:32:30,048 guilty, is sitting in his jail cell. 599 00:32:30,048 --> 00:32:32,884 And what he hears is shouts Barabbas! 600 00:32:32,884 --> 00:32:35,887 Barabbas! He doesn't hear the question. 601 00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:38,056 Who do you want me to free? 602 00:32:38,056 --> 00:32:40,124 All he hears is Barabbas. Barabbas? 603 00:32:40,124 --> 00:32:41,292 He doesn't hear the question. 604 00:32:41,292 --> 00:32:42,360 What do I do with Christ? 605 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,129 Crucify him, crucify him! 606 00:32:45,129 --> 00:32:48,099 So Barabbas is sitting there, potentially, and all. 607 00:32:48,099 --> 00:32:51,502 He hears Barabbas crucify him! Barabbas! 608 00:32:51,569 --> 00:32:53,371 Crucify him! Can you imagine? 609 00:32:55,139 --> 00:32:57,675 That's the day of the crucifixion. 610 00:32:57,675 --> 00:32:59,277 He hears the words, 611 00:32:59,277 --> 00:33:03,247 and as he's sitting in a cell, he hears the soldiers marching down. 612 00:33:03,414 --> 00:33:05,383 And he knows they're coming for him. 613 00:33:05,383 --> 00:33:07,819 And he hears the lock unlocked. 614 00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:10,922 And you could imagine this vehement, angry murder 615 00:33:10,922 --> 00:33:13,925 shit like, okay, let's like. 616 00:33:15,126 --> 00:33:18,129 And they say, Barabbas, you're free to go. 617 00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:20,298 What? What? 618 00:33:20,298 --> 00:33:23,301 I mean, that's great news. But why? 619 00:33:23,401 --> 00:33:26,938 Because Jesus the Christ took your place. 620 00:33:30,541 --> 00:33:33,611 That crossbeam that Jesus carried up to Golgotha. 621 00:33:33,611 --> 00:33:36,781 The place of the school was Barabbas. 622 00:33:36,781 --> 00:33:38,516 Crosby. 623 00:33:38,516 --> 00:33:41,219 There were three Chris fied that day. 624 00:33:41,219 --> 00:33:43,888 Should have been Barabbas. 625 00:33:43,888 --> 00:33:47,291 Jesus carried his cross and was crucified 626 00:33:47,291 --> 00:33:50,294 on the cross of Barabbas. 627 00:33:51,729 --> 00:33:54,732 It's grace, it's mercy. 628 00:33:55,299 --> 00:33:58,302 So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing but rather, 629 00:33:58,403 --> 00:34:01,072 but rather that a riot was beginning, he took 630 00:34:01,072 --> 00:34:04,375 water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I'm innocent of this man's blood. 631 00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:05,710 See it to yourselves. Watch this. 632 00:34:05,710 --> 00:34:08,312 And all the people answered, his blood be on us and our children. 633 00:34:08,312 --> 00:34:10,648 What a stupid statement! 634 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,954 Then you release for them Barabbas. 635 00:34:16,954 --> 00:34:19,957 And having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified. 636 00:34:21,192 --> 00:34:23,661 His blood be on us and our children. 637 00:34:23,661 --> 00:34:26,431 In acts five chapter 28, 638 00:34:26,431 --> 00:34:29,434 these same religious leaders are being charged 639 00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:31,602 in the 640 00:34:31,602 --> 00:34:34,372 confrontation of preaching by the disciples, 641 00:34:34,372 --> 00:34:36,007 and they say, you've crucified the Christ. 642 00:34:36,007 --> 00:34:39,577 And their response is, how dare you place this blood on our hands? 643 00:34:39,977 --> 00:34:42,980 Well, it's exactly what you said you wanted. 644 00:34:44,515 --> 00:34:46,217 And Pilate knows there's going to be a riot. 645 00:34:46,217 --> 00:34:49,287 So he had them scourged and delivered over to crucify that scourging. 646 00:34:51,756 --> 00:34:54,759 What they would do is they would strip the man bare. 647 00:34:55,193 --> 00:34:57,328 They would tie his hands up over his head and hang him. 648 00:34:57,328 --> 00:35:00,131 So his whole torso was, 649 00:35:00,131 --> 00:35:01,899 is exposed. 650 00:35:01,899 --> 00:35:04,902 And then a couple of soldiers and alternating 651 00:35:04,902 --> 00:35:08,539 whips would take these whips with strips of leather woven 652 00:35:08,539 --> 00:35:13,277 with metal and bone, with a lead ball on the end to cause contusions. 653 00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:16,614 And as the man was stripped, they would wrap it around him 654 00:35:17,181 --> 00:35:21,085 and it would cut into his body, and then they would rip it out, 655 00:35:21,652 --> 00:35:24,956 causing this the flesh just to be in shreds. 656 00:35:25,022 --> 00:35:26,557 Ribbons. 657 00:35:26,557 --> 00:35:29,494 The Bible says he was beaten beyond human recognition. 658 00:35:31,496 --> 00:35:34,098 The LED balls would cause contusions 659 00:35:34,098 --> 00:35:37,101 so that as it was ripped, the blood would just pour. 660 00:35:38,536 --> 00:35:40,071 And that was the scourging. 661 00:35:40,071 --> 00:35:43,207 It was designed to get the man to the point of death, 662 00:35:43,207 --> 00:35:47,078 so that crucifixion was quick, quicker than what it would have been. 663 00:35:48,279 --> 00:35:52,550 The Jews had the law that 40 minus one lashes, that's all they could do. 664 00:35:52,617 --> 00:35:55,620 39 Romans had no law. 665 00:35:55,686 --> 00:35:58,689 This was a Roman scourging, not a Jewish scourging. 666 00:35:59,323 --> 00:36:02,860 Who knows how many times Jesus was scourged, whipped. 667 00:36:04,128 --> 00:36:07,031 And the point was to get you to the point where you're in so much pain 668 00:36:07,031 --> 00:36:08,833 you're almost dead, so you confess your crime. 669 00:36:08,833 --> 00:36:11,836 Jesus had no crime to confess. 670 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:15,173 Let him off to be crucified. 671 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:18,442 Then the soldiers and the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, 672 00:36:18,442 --> 00:36:21,479 and they gathered the whole battalion, about 600 men before him, 673 00:36:21,479 --> 00:36:22,513 and they stripped him. 674 00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:25,716 They put a scarlet robe on him, twisting together a crown of thorns. 675 00:36:25,716 --> 00:36:28,119 They put on his head and put a read in his right hand. 676 00:36:28,119 --> 00:36:31,322 Kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, hail, King of the Jews! 677 00:36:31,322 --> 00:36:32,657 And they spit on him. 678 00:36:32,657 --> 00:36:35,126 They took the reading and struck him on the head. 679 00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:38,663 Then they had when they had mocked him, they stripped him of his robe 680 00:36:38,696 --> 00:36:43,134 and put it on his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him. 681 00:36:44,402 --> 00:36:48,472 600 this is, in my opinion, as I read this. 682 00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:54,979 This is satanic embodied demonic possession 683 00:36:55,913 --> 00:37:00,751 taken over these men to brutalize the innocent Christ. 684 00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:03,754 And it says they stripped him, but 685 00:37:03,754 --> 00:37:06,757 it's called a robe on him, twisting together a crown of thorns. 686 00:37:06,857 --> 00:37:09,894 Those thorns in Jerusalem were anywhere from an inch to three inches 687 00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:12,897 long, as hard as nails, 688 00:37:13,130 --> 00:37:16,167 and as a soldier with leather gloves wove this together. 689 00:37:16,167 --> 00:37:19,170 It wasn't a crown, it was a skull cap. 690 00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:21,272 So they placed this entire thorny skull crap 691 00:37:21,272 --> 00:37:24,275 on his skull cap on his head. 692 00:37:24,575 --> 00:37:27,578 And where's it say they struck him with those sticks? 693 00:37:28,479 --> 00:37:31,482 Where does it say they struck him? 694 00:37:32,917 --> 00:37:35,019 On his head. 695 00:37:35,019 --> 00:37:38,889 So they put that crown of thorns on him, and they take those clubs and. 696 00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:43,094 And all those thorns 697 00:37:43,094 --> 00:37:46,097 shoved down between the skin and the and the bone 698 00:37:46,297 --> 00:37:49,133 through his ear canals, through his eyes, 699 00:37:49,133 --> 00:37:52,136 all down on his head. 700 00:37:55,039 --> 00:37:58,042 He hopes his not his mouth. 701 00:38:00,177 --> 00:38:02,113 They put a reading in his hand, mocking him. 702 00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:03,914 They before him a mock him. 703 00:38:03,914 --> 00:38:06,917 They spit on him. 704 00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:12,723 Sheer evil. 705 00:38:15,593 --> 00:38:18,596 They stripped him. 706 00:38:19,163 --> 00:38:22,166 And let him away to crucify him. 707 00:38:24,001 --> 00:38:24,835 They divine 708 00:38:24,835 --> 00:38:27,972 all these demonically inspired ways to mock him. 709 00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:31,809 Oh, that we would seek divinely inspired ways 710 00:38:31,809 --> 00:38:34,812 to worship him. 711 00:38:37,515 --> 00:38:38,816 And you and I are left 712 00:38:38,816 --> 00:38:41,819 with a question that Pilate asked that has to be answered. 713 00:38:43,220 --> 00:38:46,190 What do I do with Christ? 714 00:38:50,895 --> 00:38:52,163 While we're alive? 715 00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:55,333 We have the opportunity to ask that question what will I do with Christ? 716 00:38:55,366 --> 00:38:57,835 Once we're dead? You no longer have that opportunity. 717 00:38:57,835 --> 00:38:58,769 You will. 718 00:38:58,769 --> 00:39:01,972 You will be asked the question, what did you do with Christ? 719 00:39:04,208 --> 00:39:05,810 I don't care what you say about you. 720 00:39:05,810 --> 00:39:08,512 Believe in God. You believe in you know you're a good person. 721 00:39:08,512 --> 00:39:10,448 You go to Bible, your religion. I don't care about any of that stuff. 722 00:39:10,448 --> 00:39:11,182 That's not the question. 723 00:39:11,182 --> 00:39:14,151 The question is, what do you do with Christ? 724 00:39:14,618 --> 00:39:17,621 What do you do with Jesus? 725 00:39:18,656 --> 00:39:19,523 It's easy 726 00:39:19,523 --> 00:39:22,526 to see plain mockery like this in Scripture, 727 00:39:23,461 --> 00:39:26,364 and none of us would dream of mocking Jesus like this. 728 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:29,367 He's innocent. 729 00:39:29,433 --> 00:39:32,436 But I got to wonder, how do we mock him? 730 00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:38,042 By denying him. 731 00:39:38,609 --> 00:39:40,311 By acting like what he did is 732 00:39:40,311 --> 00:39:43,314 is is a neat story. 733 00:39:43,981 --> 00:39:46,951 And that's about it. 734 00:39:48,119 --> 00:39:50,020 Do we mock him by saying, yeah, I want to get heaven, 735 00:39:50,020 --> 00:39:52,990 but I don't want to live for you totally while I'm on earth. 736 00:39:53,090 --> 00:39:54,158 How do we mock him? 737 00:39:56,794 --> 00:39:59,797 By hearing, but not obeying. 738 00:40:01,198 --> 00:40:04,201 How do we mock him 739 00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:07,238 with worships that's insincere and disengaged. 740 00:40:08,606 --> 00:40:11,609 How do we mock him? 741 00:40:13,577 --> 00:40:16,580 By powerless obedience? 742 00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:20,117 How do we mock him? 743 00:40:20,117 --> 00:40:21,819 The question you and I are left with is, 744 00:40:21,819 --> 00:40:24,822 what will you do with Christ, 745 00:40:26,190 --> 00:40:28,926 the innocent one 746 00:40:28,926 --> 00:40:32,563 who paid the penalty that I deserve, that you deserve 747 00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:35,699 that opened not his mouth 748 00:40:35,699 --> 00:40:38,702 because he knew I needed him to do it. 749 00:40:39,236 --> 00:40:42,273 Completely innocent, free of guilt. 750 00:40:46,177 --> 00:40:48,279 The Bible says that God proves his love 751 00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:51,282 for us in this, that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 752 00:40:51,615 --> 00:40:54,618 Romans five eight. 753 00:40:55,886 --> 00:40:58,889 God said, I love you so much, 754 00:40:59,056 --> 00:41:00,691 I'm going to prevent my innocent 755 00:41:00,691 --> 00:41:03,694 son by being proclaimed innocent, 756 00:41:03,961 --> 00:41:05,930 and he's going to go through all of this 757 00:41:07,031 --> 00:41:09,567 complete degradation, 758 00:41:09,567 --> 00:41:12,570 complete demonic evil laid against him, 759 00:41:13,237 --> 00:41:15,539 and endure the eternal sin punishment 760 00:41:15,539 --> 00:41:18,542 that Carl you deserve because I love you that much. 761 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:21,178 Now, in light of that, 762 00:41:21,178 --> 00:41:24,181 what will you do with Christ? 763 00:41:29,119 --> 00:41:30,421 Answer that question 764 00:41:30,421 --> 00:41:33,591 now before you face God one day. 765 00:41:33,591 --> 00:41:36,594 And he says, what did you do with Christ? 766 00:41:37,127 --> 00:41:40,130 And you have no answer? 767 00:41:41,999 --> 00:41:45,002 I want you pray with me. 768 00:41:47,872 --> 00:41:49,940 Father, thank you that you loved us so much 769 00:41:49,940 --> 00:41:52,910 that you sent your son and gave your son for us, 770 00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:56,981 that we who believe in you would not perish but have everlasting life. 771 00:41:57,615 --> 00:42:01,318 If we proclaim Jesus is Lord above all else. 772 00:42:04,922 --> 00:42:06,724 Friends, I want to invite you in this moment to. 773 00:42:06,724 --> 00:42:10,294 Maybe you've said this prayer lots of times. 774 00:42:10,294 --> 00:42:10,928 I don't know, 775 00:42:12,329 --> 00:42:13,497 but invite you again 776 00:42:13,497 --> 00:42:16,500 this morning to say, God, I admit it, I'm a sinner 777 00:42:17,401 --> 00:42:20,404 and my sin condemns me to hell. 778 00:42:22,473 --> 00:42:25,476 But I believe Jesus, you died for my sin 779 00:42:26,210 --> 00:42:29,480 and that you have raised a life and you offer me forgiveness and freedom. 780 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:32,116 I accept it 781 00:42:32,116 --> 00:42:35,119 and I commit to turn for my sin, 782 00:42:35,619 --> 00:42:38,422 and I dedicate my life and my allegiance to you. 783 00:42:38,422 --> 00:42:42,192 You are my Lord, my sovereign, master and ruler. 784 00:42:44,128 --> 00:42:46,997 Help me not minimize sin. 785 00:42:46,997 --> 00:42:51,802 Help me understand the seriousness of it and how great your mercy is for me. 786 00:42:51,802 --> 00:42:54,738 I dedicate my life to you, 787 00:42:54,738 --> 00:42:58,409 empowering by your spirit to live a holy life 788 00:42:58,409 --> 00:43:01,412 and a righteous life and a life that honors you 789 00:43:01,712 --> 00:43:04,081 above all else. 790 00:43:04,081 --> 00:43:05,416 What would you say? 791 00:43:05,416 --> 00:43:07,418 So would that be your heart's cry? 792 00:43:09,887 --> 00:43:11,922 In light of all that he's done for us? 793 00:43:11,922 --> 00:43:14,925 Would that be your heart's cry? 794 00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:17,795 Lord, we repent. 795 00:43:17,795 --> 00:43:20,731 Revive our church. 796 00:43:20,731 --> 00:43:23,734 Father, restore our love for your son. 797 00:43:24,602 --> 00:43:27,605 God. Restore our fear of you. 798 00:43:28,839 --> 00:43:31,842 Restore our hunger for Scripture. 799 00:43:32,643 --> 00:43:36,614 Restore in us the practice of repentance 800 00:43:37,681 --> 00:43:40,517 a life of holiness. 801 00:43:40,517 --> 00:43:43,320 Remove from us all those things that are just dead. 802 00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,856 Religion. 803 00:43:45,856 --> 00:43:48,859 Deliver us from powerless activity, 804 00:43:49,693 --> 00:43:52,963 from worship that is performative and not intimate 805 00:43:54,732 --> 00:43:57,735 and from agreement without obedience. 806 00:43:59,570 --> 00:44:02,339 God, would you awake in our hearts 807 00:44:02,339 --> 00:44:05,242 and lives in us by your spirit? 808 00:44:05,242 --> 00:44:07,845 You are so good to us. 809 00:44:07,845 --> 00:44:11,315 Let us live a life worthy of the name that we carry. 810 00:44:12,383 --> 00:44:14,151 Christian. 811 00:44:14,151 --> 00:44:16,553 In your name I pray. Amen. 812 00:44:16,553 --> 00:44:19,556 Friends, as always, there's people willing to pray, 813 00:44:19,757 --> 00:44:22,359 willing to join you in prayer before or after the service. 814 00:44:22,359 --> 00:44:24,795 Take advantage of all those opportunities. 815 00:44:24,795 --> 00:44:28,365 Bring your life fully in line with Jesus and experiences mercy and grace. 816 00:44:28,365 --> 00:44:31,101 It is so profound and so beautiful. He loves you 817 00:44:32,102 --> 00:44:35,072 and he proved his love for you on the cross. 818 00:44:35,339 --> 00:44:37,574 Love him back. 819 00:44:37,574 --> 00:44:38,242 Let's sing.