Behold The Man (4 of 8)
Series: The Final Week - Part 2
Jeff Strite
John 19:1-22
A group of people volunteered to do a parachute jump for charity. On their first day of training, the instructor made an important point about preparing for landing at 300 feet off the ground. One woman asked ''How do you know when you're at 300 feet?'' The instructor smiled and said: ''Good question. At 300 feet you can recognize the faces of people on the ground.'' The woman thought about this for a moment and then said: ''What happens if there's nobody there I know?''
Recognizing people... it's an important part of living. It's embarrassing when somebody comes up to you and they know you but you're pretty sure you don't know them!
In our text today, we have a number of people who don't know WHO Jesus is. ''The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. They came up to him, saying, 'Hail, King of the Jews!' and struck him with their hands.'' John 19:2-3
THEY DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE HE WAS A KING... BUT HE IS!
''The Jews answered (Pilate), 'We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God.''' John 19:6-7
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE HE WAS THE SON OF GOD... BUT HE IS!
''Pilate said to them, 'Shall I crucify your King?' The chief priests answered, 'We have no king but Caesar.''' John 19:15
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE JESUS WAS THEIR KING and yet Philippians 4:9-10 tells us the day is coming that ''At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.''
The soldiers, the Jews and the chief priests none of them recognized who Jesus was! But there's one man on the scene who seemed to get it right. One man who spoke as if he almost knew who Jesus was. Pontius Pilate
He stands before the masses and declares: ''Behold the man!'' John 19:5
And again, Pilate ...
Series: The Final Week - Part 2
Jeff Strite
John 19:1-22
A group of people volunteered to do a parachute jump for charity. On their first day of training, the instructor made an important point about preparing for landing at 300 feet off the ground. One woman asked ''How do you know when you're at 300 feet?'' The instructor smiled and said: ''Good question. At 300 feet you can recognize the faces of people on the ground.'' The woman thought about this for a moment and then said: ''What happens if there's nobody there I know?''
Recognizing people... it's an important part of living. It's embarrassing when somebody comes up to you and they know you but you're pretty sure you don't know them!
In our text today, we have a number of people who don't know WHO Jesus is. ''The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. They came up to him, saying, 'Hail, King of the Jews!' and struck him with their hands.'' John 19:2-3
THEY DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE HE WAS A KING... BUT HE IS!
''The Jews answered (Pilate), 'We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God.''' John 19:6-7
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE HE WAS THE SON OF GOD... BUT HE IS!
''Pilate said to them, 'Shall I crucify your King?' The chief priests answered, 'We have no king but Caesar.''' John 19:15
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE JESUS WAS THEIR KING and yet Philippians 4:9-10 tells us the day is coming that ''At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.''
The soldiers, the Jews and the chief priests none of them recognized who Jesus was! But there's one man on the scene who seemed to get it right. One man who spoke as if he almost knew who Jesus was. Pontius Pilate
He stands before the masses and declares: ''Behold the man!'' John 19:5
And again, Pilate ...
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