BARABBAS, THE REDEEMED REBEL (3 OF 5)
Scripture: John 18:39-40
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Title: "Barabbas, The Redeemed Rebel"
Theme: "If we look closely, we can see ourselves in this man Barabbas"
Text: "John 18: 39 - 40"
Donald Cantrell
Easter Series Sermon 3 of 5 "Five People In The Easter Story"
John 18:39 KJV - But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
John 18:40 KJV - Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
I - The Sensational Story
II - The Somber Scenario
III - The Spectacular Symbolism
Could It Have Been Like This?
Every day as a boy I would see violent and arrogant behavior of Roman soldiers who robbed and plundered everything that crossed their way. They took everything they liked even from those who were poor and literally had nothing. These were exactly the things I had seen every day. I wasn´t from a wealthy family and I spent most of my young age on the street. That was the place where I met people who decided to do something against the Romans.
I really admired them.
They were my kind of people.
They just didn´t want to sit back and watch what those barbarians would do to our nation. They were ready to act, return an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
I was so proud when they allowed me to become a part of their group. Soon we started to express our hatred by open warfare. We provoked. One day we attacked a small group of Roman soldiers and beat them. We understood it as a way to seek revenge for all that injustice and oppression they caused us.
As I got older all that hatred and anger, I held in my heart totally consumed my mind. We even tried to rouse other people to rise up against all that tyranny. We urged them to take weapons and protect themselves against the Romans.
Some of them ignored us, but we also found those who were willing to join us. As our group grew up, we felt more and more confident but also violent.
Once as w ...
Theme: "If we look closely, we can see ourselves in this man Barabbas"
Text: "John 18: 39 - 40"
Donald Cantrell
Easter Series Sermon 3 of 5 "Five People In The Easter Story"
John 18:39 KJV - But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
John 18:40 KJV - Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
I - The Sensational Story
II - The Somber Scenario
III - The Spectacular Symbolism
Could It Have Been Like This?
Every day as a boy I would see violent and arrogant behavior of Roman soldiers who robbed and plundered everything that crossed their way. They took everything they liked even from those who were poor and literally had nothing. These were exactly the things I had seen every day. I wasn´t from a wealthy family and I spent most of my young age on the street. That was the place where I met people who decided to do something against the Romans.
I really admired them.
They were my kind of people.
They just didn´t want to sit back and watch what those barbarians would do to our nation. They were ready to act, return an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
I was so proud when they allowed me to become a part of their group. Soon we started to express our hatred by open warfare. We provoked. One day we attacked a small group of Roman soldiers and beat them. We understood it as a way to seek revenge for all that injustice and oppression they caused us.
As I got older all that hatred and anger, I held in my heart totally consumed my mind. We even tried to rouse other people to rise up against all that tyranny. We urged them to take weapons and protect themselves against the Romans.
Some of them ignored us, but we also found those who were willing to join us. As our group grew up, we felt more and more confident but also violent.
Once as w ...
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