WILL YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH? (28 OF 31)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: John 18:28-40
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Will You Handle the Truth? (28 of 31)
Series: The Gospel of John
Tim Badal
John 18:28-40
We’re in a series we’ve entitled simply ‘‘The Gospel of John,‘‘ looking at the life and ministry of Jesus. We’re learning about Him so we can trust and believe in Him. We not only need to believe Who He is and what He has said, but that belief also needs to move us to action. We shouldn’t allow it just to penetrate our heads, but also our hearts, hands and feet. It needs to impact every aspect of our lives.
We’re now in the part of John’s storyline where Jesus has been arrested. This is the morning of Good Friday, the day of Jesus’ execution. In just a matter of hours, He will be going to the cross taking upon Himself the burden of our sin and shame, then dying our death for us.
However before He does this, He will experience a series of situations during the wee hours of the morning. So far He has already gone through two illegal trials: one at the house of Annas, the other at the house of Caiaphas, the high priest that year in the nation of Israel. In both cases, no witnesses were brought forth, nor were any formal charges made. There was no opportunity for any evidence to be presented. The Jews were aware that they themselves could not put a person to death, yet they wanted Jesus to die so they needed the Romans to accomplish that. That’s why they next brought Him before Pilate, the governor of Judea and the ‘‘middle manager‘‘ for the Roman emperor. It is in this conversation between Jesus and the religious leaders-mainly with Pilate himself-that we’ll discover the lessons today’s text provides us with.
We don’t know a lot about Pilate, but we can tell certain things about him based on what he says in this story. That can also be the case in movies we watch. Many times it’s the love story or the action scene that can take our breath away. Yet in other movies, what’s most significant is a one-liner that most stays in our memory. Sometimes these statements t ...
Series: The Gospel of John
Tim Badal
John 18:28-40
We’re in a series we’ve entitled simply ‘‘The Gospel of John,‘‘ looking at the life and ministry of Jesus. We’re learning about Him so we can trust and believe in Him. We not only need to believe Who He is and what He has said, but that belief also needs to move us to action. We shouldn’t allow it just to penetrate our heads, but also our hearts, hands and feet. It needs to impact every aspect of our lives.
We’re now in the part of John’s storyline where Jesus has been arrested. This is the morning of Good Friday, the day of Jesus’ execution. In just a matter of hours, He will be going to the cross taking upon Himself the burden of our sin and shame, then dying our death for us.
However before He does this, He will experience a series of situations during the wee hours of the morning. So far He has already gone through two illegal trials: one at the house of Annas, the other at the house of Caiaphas, the high priest that year in the nation of Israel. In both cases, no witnesses were brought forth, nor were any formal charges made. There was no opportunity for any evidence to be presented. The Jews were aware that they themselves could not put a person to death, yet they wanted Jesus to die so they needed the Romans to accomplish that. That’s why they next brought Him before Pilate, the governor of Judea and the ‘‘middle manager‘‘ for the Roman emperor. It is in this conversation between Jesus and the religious leaders-mainly with Pilate himself-that we’ll discover the lessons today’s text provides us with.
We don’t know a lot about Pilate, but we can tell certain things about him based on what he says in this story. That can also be the case in movies we watch. Many times it’s the love story or the action scene that can take our breath away. Yet in other movies, what’s most significant is a one-liner that most stays in our memory. Sometimes these statements t ...
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