1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:04,040 So remember, I'll give, I'll give my quick recap again, we 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:08,080 have, we've come through Holy Week and Holy Week is, you know, 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,040 seven days ago. Of course, it's taken us a lot 4 00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:13,760 longer to get through it. But seven days ago in this, in 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,000 this narrative, Jesus came into Jerusalem. 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,200 Big parade, big to do, big announcement. 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:23,440 Everybody knows who Jesus is. Come, no matter what you've seen 8 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,600 in TV shows and in movies where it kind of looks like there's 9 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:30,440 like 7 or 8 people or like 25 people following Jesus, that's 10 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,600 not the case. There are thousands upon 11 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,320 thousands upon thousands of people who gather when Jesus is 12 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,760 preaching, when Jesus is moving. And now this is the culmination. 13 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:40,360 This is the finale of his ministry. 14 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,520 He just raised Lazarus from the dead very publicly. 15 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:47,440 And so now his fame is spread even more and he comes into 16 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,800 Jerusalem at the Passover. Everybody's excited, all the 17 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,000 crowds, all good Jews have gathered for a Passover to 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,080 celebrate. Everybody celebrates Jesus, 19 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,560 everybody knows Pilate, who is the Roman governor. 20 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,680 Remember Romans, they came in, they conquered the Jews and now 21 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,319 they're like, all right, we'll still let you kind of do your 22 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,960 little thing and have your subculture as long as you don't 23 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:09,920 do anything to dishonor our culture, as long as you don't do 24 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:11,600 anything that opposes the Roman Empire. 25 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,640 So Pilate is the governor who's been put over this region. 26 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,160 This is not a a great area to be. 27 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:18,760 Pilate's not super excited about it. 28 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:20,760 So Pilate doesn't live in Jerusalem. 29 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:24,880 He lives by the sea. Forget the name of the city 30 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,040 starts with AC. I don't think is it Caesarea for 31 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,640 sure. OK, I know there is a Caesarea. 32 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:31,880 I couldn't remember if that's where he lives. 33 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:33,960 So I think Pilate lived. We're going to blame Isaac if 34 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:37,240 I'm wrong, but I think Pilate lived in Caesarea by the sea. 35 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,760 But for big festivals and big feasts, he would come into 36 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,240 Jerusalem so he could oversee more. 37 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,000 So there was a place he would stay in Jerusalem. 38 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,680 He's like, OK, let me get even closer to the action and oversee 39 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:49,640 things. Let me show the Roman presence 40 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,680 as the Jews are gathering. Let's remind them who owns them. 41 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,120 Let's remind them who controls them. 42 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,640 And let me be there in case there's any kind of uprisings, 43 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:58,880 because if it was going to happen, now's the time. 44 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:03,920 So pilots in the city during this time, it's been a busy 45 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:05,760 week. Jesus has been absolutely 46 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,080 torching the Pharisees. He has been torching the 47 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,960 hypocrites. Jesus hates hypocrisy. 48 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,840 Jesus does not hate religious leaders, as it is often been 49 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:17,240 said. Jesus hates the religious 50 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:18,600 leaders. No, he doesn't. 51 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,200 Jesus hates hypocrisy. That's why Jesus went after 52 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,520 those religious leaders, because they were hypocritical. 53 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:27,160 I'm a religious leader. Jesus doesn't hate me. 54 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:28,880 Why? Because I'm not a hypocrite. 55 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,920 But if I was then I would be on Jesus bad side. 56 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:33,520 You mess with the bull, you would get the horns. 57 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,720 That's what they were experiencing all week long. 58 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,640 Jesus was humiliating them. They wanted to stone him and 59 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:40,680 kill him. Jesus doesn't let anyone just 60 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,840 kill him. Jesus is not a victim. 61 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,000 Jesus is not a hostage. Jesus chooses the way. 62 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,120 Jesus is going to die. Jesus lays down his life. 63 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,520 No one takes it from him. He gave his life to you because 64 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,280 he loves you. He wasn't murdered and beat up 65 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,880 by some Jews and some Romans who are having a bad day. 66 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,680 Did some Jews and some Romans murder him? 67 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,680 Technically, yes, but all according to His plan. 68 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,520 Because he loved you and because before the foundation of the 69 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,840 world, he was the Lamb who was slain, and God always intended 70 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,920 to forgive you of your sins. That is why Jesus goes to the 71 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:16,240 cross. So Matthew, remember we're 72 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,120 reading the book of Matthew. Matthew. 73 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,440 Who did he write his Gospel to? It was to thank you, man. 74 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:24,160 If you hadn't gotten that right, I was going to cry because I've 75 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,560 told you all that many times. Matthew wrote his gospel for the 76 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:29,080 Jews. So the different gospels had 77 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,080 different, the different gospel writers had different audiences 78 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,240 in mind. Matthew was saying, I'm going to 79 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,480 write a gospel for the Jews and I want the Jews to see, hey, 80 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,480 guys, you know how you're waiting on the Messiah? 81 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:40,840 And they're like, yeah, yeah, we're waiting on him. 82 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,320 He goes, I've got great news for you. 83 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:48,560 Jesus is the Messiah. And Matthew hits it hard right 84 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:50,760 out of the gate in Matthew chapter 1. 85 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,360 Remember in Matthew chapter 1, you open it and you're like, oh, 86 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,480 this is boring. This is a genealogy. 87 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,600 So and so had this kid, and so and so had this kid. 88 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,920 So and so had this kid. Remember good news, The Bible 89 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,000 isn't boring. You're boring. 90 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,560 We saw how the genealogies are awesome because it shows how 91 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,720 Jesus is king, and that's what Matthew has been emphasizing 92 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:13,120 throughout his Gospel all the way through from chapter 1. 93 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,839 Here we are in chapter 27. He's going to do the same thing 94 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,399 in chapter 28, in a few days time after the crucifixion and 95 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:25,000 after the resurrection, Matthew consistently emphasized Jesus is 96 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,200 king. How so? 97 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,800 By calling him the Son of David. That was a royal title. 98 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,280 Then in Matthew chapter 2 verse 2, the Magi, they come and ask 99 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,120 where is he who has been born king of the Jews? 100 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:41,640 Then in Matthew 21, Jesus enters Jerusalem as the King fulfilling 101 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,120 the prophecies. And now after all that build up, 102 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,720 Matthew brings us here before Pilate and once again the 103 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,520 kingship of the Lord Jesus Christ is front and center. 104 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:55,200 Matthew 27 verse 11. Now Jesus stood before the 105 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:59,520 governor and the governor asked him, so this is Pilate, are you 106 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,360 the King of the Jews? Jesus said, you have said so, 107 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,040 but when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he 108 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,520 gave no answer. Then Pilate said to him, Do you 109 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,960 not hear how many things they testify against you? 110 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:18,160 But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that 111 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:21,840 the governor was greatly amazed. Lord, thank you for the kingship 112 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:24,600 of the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you for His perfection, 113 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,040 for his wisdom, for his goodness, for His strength, just 114 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:31,280 for his awesomeness in every situation, maintaining control, 115 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:36,200 staying sinless and focusing himself on the cross so that he 116 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,160 would receive the wrath of God, so that we could escape it. 117 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,800 Jesus be glorified through the preaching of your Word today and 118 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,360 I pray that you would open up hearts and minds that as the 119 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,400 Word goes in deeply that it would also be received humbly in 120 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:54,240 Jesus name, Amen. So this kingship issue, this is 121 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,760 not just one theme among many in Matthew. 122 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,080 This is the main thing that Matthew is focusing on and this 123 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,640 is the the issue that every human being has to reconcile in 124 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,200 his lifetime. Who is Jesus? 125 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:13,280 Who do you say that Jesus is not just with your mouth, but with 126 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:16,480 your life? What you really believe always 127 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,440 shows up somewhere. If a man believed that the world 128 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:24,720 was about to end in the next 60 minutes, and he believed it with 129 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,360 all of his heart, wouldn't that affect the way he functioned for 130 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,000 the next 60 minutes? Wouldn't it affect the way you 131 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,760 function for the next 60 minutes? 132 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:34,680 So this makes the point I was making earlier. 133 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,720 I believe this, I believe that, I believe this, I believe in 134 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,680 Jesus. The demons believe in Jesus. 135 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,720 They know Jesus exists, the Scripture says, and they tremble 136 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,080 because of it. So at least they have an 137 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,320 appropriate response. They don't just say, Yep, he 138 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,640 existed, Shakespeare existed, but how does that affect your 139 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,000 life today? I believe in Jesus. 140 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,520 What do you mean when you say you believe in Jesus? 141 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,840 Because what Jesus means when he says believe in me, he means 142 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:02,880 follow me. That's what he's saying. 143 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,480 He's saying if you believe in me, that is to follow me. 144 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,720 That is to trust me not to just go, I believe in you Jesus. 2 145 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,600 thumbs way up for Jesus. Five star review on Jesus. 146 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,200 I got nothing against Jesus. I believe he existed. 147 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,120 That's not belief in Jesus according to the Scriptures. 148 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,280 That's a modernized version. It's a confused version. 149 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,280 It's an Americanized version, but it's not the same believing 150 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,320 of in Jesus that Jesus is talking about. 151 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,880 So the man with 60 minutes, the man who knows that the world 152 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:31,920 ends in 60 minutes, or the man who knows he's going to die in 153 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,920 60 minutes, he's going to live differently because of his 154 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,680 belief. So if you believe in Jesus the 155 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,680 way the Bible means believe in Jesus, it affects the way you 156 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,520 live. It's not just a mental 157 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,280 acknowledgement of Yep, Jesus does exist. 158 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,520 Or even still, even for a person who says I still believe Jesus 159 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:54,120 does exist and I still believe Jesus is coming again, that's 160 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,040 great news. I'm I'm so confused. 161 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,920 Why does your life not show anything? 162 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:02,880 Why aren't you following him? Well, you know me and Jesus have 163 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,440 an understanding. Well, this is the understanding 164 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,480 he left with everybody. This is the understanding 165 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,080 everyone has with Jesus. There's not a different 166 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,800 understanding than anyone can have with Jesus apart from this 167 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:16,640 understanding. So if I believe in Jesus that 168 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:18,880 that cannot merely mean I believe he exists. 169 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,560 Satan believes that. The issue is not just bare 170 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:23,880 acknowledgement. The issue is whether your belief 171 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,520 leads to surrender, obedience, worship, and submission to the 172 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,400 King. The Jewish leaders here, they've 173 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,520 already made their decision about who Jesus is. 174 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,000 But Matthew writing his gospel, he wants everybody to have 175 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,679 clarity. This is who Jesus is. 176 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:37,760 And over and over in his gospel, he goes, hey guys, remember this 177 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:39,720 prophecy? And every good Jew reading his 178 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,919 gospel, we're like, Yep, the Messiah is going to fulfill 179 00:08:41,919 --> 00:08:44,360 that. Matthew goes, and then you're 180 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:46,320 not going to believe what Jesus did next. 181 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,840 And he fulfills the prophecy that he just reminded them 182 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,000 about. And they're like this Jesus is 183 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,800 fulfilling all a lot of these prophecies. 184 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,400 I know, right? Wait. 185 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,920 There's more All the way through. 186 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,200 Up through chapter 28. Matthew didn't have chapters. 187 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,280 We added those later. But those are just markers for 188 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,320 us to help find our way around. But Matthew does that over and 189 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:07,720 over. See this prophecy juice? 190 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:08,480 None. Yeah. 191 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:09,640 It's for the Messiah. He goes. 192 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,600 Check this out. Jesus did at night. 193 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:15,680 Wow. It's pretty amazing. 194 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:16,280 Yeah. I know. 195 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,880 Over and over and over again, Jesus the king has been rejected 196 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:22,760 by the Jewish leaders. They've made their decision. 197 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,880 They denied the facts. They've denied the truth. 198 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,320 They denied the king standing right in front of them and they 199 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,120 have delivered him up to Pilate. Because remember, they're not 200 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:31,880 allowed to kill anybody. That's one of the things Romans 201 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,160 did when they would come and take over. 202 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,360 They're like, hey, you can punish people, but you can't 203 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,400 kill anybody. We do the killing, which fair 204 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:44,920 enough, killing, you know the that kind of punishment, the 205 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,880 death penalty is something that the Lord actually has given to 206 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:53,400 governments to execute, not for tyrannical purposes, not for 207 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,080 wicked purposes, but for the purpose of punishing the wicked 208 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,280 and rewarding the righteous. That is one of the roles of the 209 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,720 government. The state of Virginia years ago 210 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:07,400 held up the middle finger to God and said we're not going to 211 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,760 execute anyone any longer. And the Lord said, I created 212 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,480 your office for the very purpose of punishing the wicked and 213 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,040 rewarding the righteous. But the state of Virginia and 214 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:21,720 our wicked leadership at the time said we think this is more 215 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:23,800 compassionate. So often times people think 216 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:24,880 they're more compassionate with God. 217 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:26,960 They come up to all kinds of foolish conclusions. 218 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:28,640 But there's a time and a place for things. 219 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,120 The church has jurisdiction over the truth. 220 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,240 The church tells the whole world what the truth is. 221 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,320 The church tells the world what is right and what is wrong. 222 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,480 But the church doesn't have full authority over the government. 223 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:44,240 The government's responsibility is to punish the wicked and to 224 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:45,960 reward the righteous. But the church, But the 225 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,160 government doesn't have full authority over the church. 226 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,160 And there's one more sphere of authority in the earth. 227 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,520 It's the household. The household has the authority 228 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:55,440 to care for children and to have the care for one another. 229 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,680 And this is where marriage and households are established, and 230 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:00,480 they don't have authority over the other spheres. 231 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,680 There's some overlap between these three spheres. 232 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,160 But in our modern moment, many people ignorantly believe and 233 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,080 have been ignorantly trained even in churches, to think that 234 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,440 the government is final and it's not. 235 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:16,160 Jesus is final. Jesus is head of the government. 236 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:19,640 Jesus is head of the church. Jesus is head of the household. 237 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:21,360 I thought the husband's the head of the household. 238 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,520 No, that's not what the Bible says. 239 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:25,040 Jesus is the head of the household. 240 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:26,840 The Bible says the husband is the head of his wife. 241 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:28,920 It's a different thing, different story, different 242 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:32,280 conversation. So Jesus is head over everybody, 243 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,440 which means everybody should submit to the Lord Jesus Christ. 244 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,880 Our government should submit to the Lord Jesus Christ and go 245 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:39,880 what would please the Lord? Well, I don't think the 246 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:41,080 government's supposed to be the church. 247 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,360 It's not. And yet the government should 248 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,160 focus on its role of how can it punish the wicked? 249 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,800 How can it reward the righteous? Would you say, is it fair to say 250 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,840 that our government has, has, has expanded somewhat beyond 251 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,800 those responsibilities? Well, it's because I, I, I, I, 252 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,120 I, we didn't say that there wasn't need. 253 00:11:58,120 --> 00:11:59,320 We didn't say there wasn't problems. 254 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:00,640 We didn't say there wasn't opportunities. 255 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,320 But it's not your job. It's not your place. 256 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,360 What if the church wanted to start executing people? 257 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,920 How would you feel about that? What if Salt Church said, hey, 258 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:11,440 you know what? We believe so and so needs to be 259 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:15,440 executed and it's not our place. Everybody, it's insane, right? 260 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,960 I just want you to feel that same insanity for our 261 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,080 government. That is why massively 262 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:21,880 overstepped the authority that the Lord has given it. 263 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,200 You're supposed to punish the wicked and you're supposed to 264 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,280 reward the righteous. That's it. 265 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:29,960 That involves a lot of laws because our world is a complex 266 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,440 place and there's lots that could go along with that, but 267 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,320 that's their job. That was all for free. 268 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,120 None of that was in the notes. You don't have to pay any extra 269 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:42,600 for that. back-to-back to the point, the Jewish leaders have 270 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,600 made their decision about the King. 271 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,720 They've denied him, and now Pilate has his moment. 272 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,280 This is Pilot's moment to make his determination. 273 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:54,480 He must decide who Jesus is and what that means for him 274 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:56,880 personally. That part is often overlooked in 275 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,000 this passage. Everybody's thinking about 276 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,880 pilots handling the public side of things. 277 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,400 Pilot is standing before the most powerful being ever. 278 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,600 Always. He's standing before the one who 279 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:07,080 has all authority in heaven and on earth. 280 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,440 What Pilot should do is fall down on his knees and worship. 281 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:14,440 But pilots too busy thinking about Tiberius back in Rome and 282 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:18,120 thinking about how do I maintain my power just like the Jewish 283 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,640 leaders did, How do I maintain my control? 284 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:24,080 This is just another Jewish issue that Pilot has to do with 285 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,520 these people. OK, what do you got? 286 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,320 And he's sniffing out what's going on. 287 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:29,560 He's like, I've heard a lot about this. 288 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,480 Pilot knows who Jesus is, by the way. 289 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,520 He's in his region. He would have, he would have 290 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,880 sent scouts to get research. What's up with this one rabbi 291 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,720 who's drawing these crowds of many, many, many thousands of 292 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,920 people? OK, He's got no threat. 293 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:44,440 He teaches about loving your enemies. 294 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:45,480 Pilot. Good. 295 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:47,400 Praise the easy day. I don't know if he said praise 296 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,280 the Lord. Praise the false demons that we 297 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,760 worship and, and Pilate would have been relieved because this 298 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:55,120 rabbi is not taking up swords to kill people. 299 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,200 They have what, 2 swords? I think among the disciples, I 300 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,440 think it was 2 literally. So they had two swords. 301 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:03,120 So, so he's like, alright, this guy is not going to be a huge 302 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,760 problem for me. He's he's doing something 303 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,320 different. So Pilate knows who he is. 304 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:11,680 In verse 11, Pilate has him. He asks, are you the king of the 305 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:14,560 Jews? He's cutting straight to the 306 00:14:14,560 --> 00:14:18,080 point that Pilot cares about. Look, dude, I I don't, I don't 307 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:19,240 care about all them. I don't care about all this. 308 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:21,640 Is this a, is this a rebellion against Rome? 309 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,000 That's what he's got to get to because that happened all the 310 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,520 time, by the way, all the time. There were uprisings. 311 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:28,320 There were Jewish people who would go, we're going to stick 312 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,000 it to Rome. And people like, yeah. 313 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:32,800 And then they would just smack him down and they would crucify 314 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:33,560 him. They would kill him. 315 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,520 They would do all kinds of awful things to try and show the might 316 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:38,920 of Rome and try and convince everybody, hey, don't fight 317 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,640 against us. And the Jews of all the regions 318 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,800 gave them a lot of problems because the Jews were actually 319 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,120 trying to follow the one true living God for a while until 320 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,280 they rejected him entirely through his son. 321 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,160 But up until this point, the Jews would rightly be like, 322 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:54,080 we're going to do the right thing by God. 323 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,920 So they gave an extra amount of problem that a lot of people 324 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:00,240 globally did not give as the Roman Empire expanded because 325 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,320 other people, they're worshipping demon gods as well, 326 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,600 just so they're like, sure, we can bring in the Roman gods and 327 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,680 mix them with our gods because who cares? 328 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,080 It's all the same. But the Jews are going, no, no, 329 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:14,120 no, no, no, there's one God and we will not, we won't follow 330 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,680 yours, we won't obey yours, and we will fight you on it. 331 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,760 So pilots, trying to clarify, do I have a political threat? 332 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,920 What kind of problem do I have on my hands today? 333 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,800 Because if Jesus were merely a political threat, it's an easy 334 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,160 day for pilot. If he goes, are you the king of 335 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,760 the Jews? And if Jesus goes, yes, I am, 336 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,200 Pilate can go, all right, we can crucify him. 337 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,360 This guy is going to create some kind of uprising. 338 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:40,200 But Jesus is wise. Jesus is perfect. 339 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,800 Jesus is still going to be crucified, but he's going to be 340 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,400 crucified because he chose crucifixion, not because Pilate 341 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,320 chose crucifixion in all of his brilliance and in all of his 342 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,240 glory. He doesn't let Pilate be like, 343 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,480 well, then I'm the one who gets to say Jesus is being crucified. 344 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,800 Notice how he gets crucified. The Jews don't have the power to 345 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,920 crucify him. If they did, they would. 346 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,040 And Pilate says, says I don't want to crucify him and later 347 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,160 washes his hands of it. You don't have the power to. 348 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,560 You don't want to, and still he gets crucified. 349 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:10,240 Why? Because God sovereignly willed 350 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,120 it. God is getting his way here and 351 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,520 nobody else does. Nobody else gets exactly what 352 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:19,040 they want in the way that they wanted it today except Jesus. 353 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,080 So notice the wording when Pilate says, are you the King of 354 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:24,280 the Jews? He doesn't say, are you a king 355 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,320 of the Jews? Are you the king of the Jews? 356 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:28,600 Why? Because the Jews have had many 357 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,120 kings in their history. King David most famously the 358 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,880 best king of Israel. But now the true king of Israel 359 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:36,960 is standing in front of him. But not just the king of 1 360 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:38,760 nation, the king of the whole world. 361 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,520 Pilot already knows, like we said about Jesus, he knows the 362 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,480 stories of the miracles, the crowds, the healings, even the 363 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,080 reports of the resurrection have spread throughout this region. 364 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,400 He knows Jesus has not been gathering military might. 365 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:53,520 He knows there's something different about this man. 366 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,960 He also knows that these religious leaders are jealous, 367 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,440 like Pilots, a very political, very clever mate. 368 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,920 He sees what's going on. He goes, y'all hate this guy. 369 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,440 So on one sense he's like, this is kind of funny to me because 370 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,920 Pilot hates the Jews and the Jews hate Pilot passionately, 371 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:12,119 deeply. Pilot and Herod hated each 372 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,359 other. Luke interestingly tells us that 373 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,560 Pilot and Herod became friends on this day. 374 00:17:18,839 --> 00:17:21,000 They became friends over the crucifixion of Christ somehow. 375 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,160 Didn't explain how, but Luke says they became friends from 376 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:25,040 that day forth. They hated each other. 377 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,359 Hating Jesus is something that unifies people, unfortunately. 378 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:33,560 So there's something different about this man. 379 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,480 He knows they're jealous. Pilot understands these 380 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,920 political games. He knows how men protect their 381 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:40,880 power, their position and their influence because he's doing the 382 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:42,880 same thing. So he's trying to get to the 383 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:44,520 heart of the matter. Is this man really a threat to 384 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,080 Rome or is this just an envy driven setup by men who hate 385 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,480 them? What does Jesus say? 386 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,800 Jesus says you have said so when he said are you the king of the 387 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,840 Jews? He goes, you've said, so it's 388 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,800 not much of an answer. Or is it actually turns out to 389 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,960 be the perfect answer? It's not a flat yes, and it's 390 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,600 obviously not a denial because if you were to deny it, then 391 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,520 he'd be lying, which Jesus was never going to do. 392 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:12,720 It leaves room for interpretation, but it does not 393 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,720 give Pilot the comfort that he wants. 394 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,560 It's again Jesus being perfectly wise, like Jesus always is. 395 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,520 That's what's happening. Are you the King of the Jews? 396 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,680 I tell him yes, he thinks he gets to crucify me. 397 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:28,800 I'm getting crucified because I'm going to the cross for 398 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,480 crucifixion. If I tell him no, I can't tell 399 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,040 him no, that's not true. Are you the king of the Jews? 400 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,400 You have said so. Jesus, even though he's in 401 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,880 chains here, has authority over the man he's talking to. 402 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:41,640 The man who thinks he has the power is not the man who has the 403 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,320 power, which is why Pilot freaks out later in their conversation. 404 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,760 And he's like, you're not doing right. 405 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:51,040 Usually when people are on trial about to go into the electric 406 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,600 chair, they're eager to speak with me. 407 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,800 Don't you know I have power over you? 408 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,480 And Jesus goes, stop right there. 409 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,960 You don't have any power except that which was given to you from 410 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,280 above. Don't worry, Pilot. 411 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,840 Those who handed me over to you are guilty of the greater sin. 412 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,840 He's like, it's OK, Pilot, I'll let you crucify me. 413 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,400 He's comforting Pilot. Pilot's like, I don't know what 414 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,360 to make of all this because later, of course, Pilot's wife 415 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:15,920 comes. Why? 416 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:18,840 Pilot is in the middle of the trial sitting on the judgement 417 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:20,640 seat. His wife sends word to him and 418 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:22,960 says have nothing to do with this man's death. 419 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,520 Today I was troubled all night in a dream because of him. 420 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:30,560 So already Pilot's like I've never talked to a guy like this 421 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:35,000 and now his wife's like, honey, I know I'm not supposed to like 422 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:39,080 interrupt the Roman court on the day of Passover and I know this 423 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:42,600 is highly uncommon. I'm begging you have nothing. 424 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,640 Pilot is spooked out of his mind. 425 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,840 Pilot is freaked out. What is going on? 426 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,800 Who is this guy? It only gets worse for him all 427 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,720 throughout the day. Imagine when darkness overcame 428 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,480 the land while Jesus was hanging on the cross and then the 429 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,560 earthquake at his death. Like the centurion who goes 430 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,320 surely this was the Son of God and how Pilate and everybody's 431 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:07,280 going. Like people were not ignorant to 432 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:11,160 what was going on. Jesus the rabbi was not like 433 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,880 some random person who they forgot about being crucified 434 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,160 over there on the hill. Everybody knew everything. 435 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,240 Which is why when Jesus walked with him after the resurrection 436 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:22,640 and he pretended to not know, he said, tell me what's going on. 437 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:26,000 They're like, are you the only person around Jerusalem in these 438 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,640 days who doesn't know what's going on? 439 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:31,960 Everybody knew what was going on, and everybody had to 440 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,000 experience the supernatural events, the natural events that 441 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,600 created this whole circumstance. Jesus is still in charge here. 442 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:41,800 He is not desperate to clear his name. 443 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,440 He is not desperate to be understood. 444 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:46,800 He is not panicking before a governor. 445 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,760 He is steadily, wisely, deliberately moving toward the 446 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,960 cross in his perfect obedience to the Father. 447 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,200 What do we do with that? What does it look like for you? 448 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,400 Are you desperate for people to know the truth about you? 449 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,840 Or can you be content for your Heavenly Father to know the 450 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,200 truth about you and let him sort out the rest and his own timing 451 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,720 in his own, in his own way? Or do you have to defend 452 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,400 yourself? Do you have to rise up? 453 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,440 Do you have to vindicate yourself or can you pray? 454 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:17,720 Lord, you vindicate me. Anybody ever been slandered? 455 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:20,120 Anybody. Just me. 456 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:21,760 Oh, OK. Some people have been slandered 457 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:23,320 in here. So whenever you're slandered, 458 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,600 that's the temptation, right? They believe that about me. 459 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,960 They they believe that. They really believe that. 460 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,520 They really think that's the truth about me. 461 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,120 You got to learn to go to sleep. You got to learn to remember 462 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:37,000 that there's a God and that there that you can't control 463 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,720 people. But they believe this, and they 464 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,720 believe this, and it's lies. Depending on the context, maybe, 465 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:44,240 maybe it's worth it. Maybe it's not. 466 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,040 Maybe they believe what they want to believe instead of 467 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,840 actually just entrusting themselves to the Lord. 468 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,640 Lord, you know me, which actually should fill you with 469 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,960 far more fear than what people know or don't know about you. 470 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,640 The Lord knows you. Actually, that's the thing that 471 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,960 should cause you who? If anything's going to keep you 472 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,680 up at night, let it be. The Lord really knows you. 473 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:08,840 Not all the people think this about me, OK? 474 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,640 And what are they going to do? Well, they're going to tell 475 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:13,000 other people. Oh no. 476 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,040 And then what will happen? Well, they might tell other 477 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:17,760 people. Oh no. 478 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,960 And then people won't like me and people will think bad things 479 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,360 about me and people and people and people. 480 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,640 Oh no. And then what will happen? 481 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,200 How will they keep you out of heaven? 482 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:31,400 How will they keep you out of the Lord's presence? 483 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,960 What will they do? Jesus said, don't worry about 484 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,720 what man can do to you. All man can do, Jesus said, is 485 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:40,680 kill your body, which doesn't sound that comforting at first. 486 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,040 He says all man can do is kill you. 487 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:44,680 He says don't fear man who can kill you. 488 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:48,040 He says fear God who can kill you and throw you into hell. 489 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:54,720 All right, Jesus, point taken. If Jesus can stand here, the 490 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,840 perfect one who had done no sin, you and I who have done sin, I 491 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,680 think can handle some opposition and we can entrust ourselves 492 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,800 into the hands of God and we can go. 493 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:05,880 You know, they are slandering me. 494 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,800 But the truth is, I forget which preacher, some dead preacher 495 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:10,760 said it. He said I'm never bothered by 496 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:12,360 when people say bad things about me. 497 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,960 He said it doesn't upset me. He said because I'm far worse 498 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:19,920 than they know. Like what a freedom, what a 499 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,560 freedom, and what a truth. They know this and this and this 500 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,280 about you. You don't know the half of it, 501 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:25,760 man. I need a savior. 502 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,720 I need the blood of Jesus. You think you got dirt on me? 503 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:33,080 The Lord had it all and it's all been washed away. 504 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,920 So you're right, my friend. I do deserve the wrath of God. 505 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,280 I do. And thankfully I'm secure in 506 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,720 Him. Jesus was secure in the Father, 507 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:45,240 and he entrusted himself into the Father's hands and he was 508 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,160 not submitting himself to man. He submitted himself to the 509 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,680 Father. You can do the same thing. 510 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:54,000 So Jesus here will not lie. He will not deny who He is, but 511 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,560 he will not let Pilate reduce his own kingship to a merely 512 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,600 political category. Jesus is political. 513 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,440 Saying Jesus is king is a political statement. 514 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,280 Jesus is king of everything. Jesus should affect the 515 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:07,880 household. Jesus should affect the church. 516 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:09,640 Jesus should affect the governments. 517 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:12,680 He's king of everything. He's king of everybody, 518 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,080 everywhere. So his answer is perfect wisdom. 519 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,880 You've said so. He affirms the truth without 520 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,160 handing Pilot a category that would miss the glory of who 521 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,000 Jesus really is. And it's wild to see. 522 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,120 Here's this man on death row. He's not begging for his life. 523 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,640 Pilot right now is used to hearing please, excuses, 524 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,680 explanations, scrambling, bargaining, all this 525 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:35,600 desperation. But not from this man. 526 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,280 Jesus. Full posture, full eye contact, 527 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,600 already beaten, already spit on. Maybe that flim still on his 528 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,760 face from the the Jewish mock trial that happened a couple 529 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,640 hours earlier. And pilots like these guys 530 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,040 really hate you. Are you the king of the Jews? 531 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,000 You've said so. What kind of answer is that, 532 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,000 man? Don't you know that I have 533 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,040 power? Well, that's where you're wrong. 534 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,160 You have a small power, a Roman power. 535 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,480 The Roman Kingdom will end. My kingdom's never going to end. 536 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,600 I will reign and be king forever. 537 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,200 Tiberius is going to die and stay dead. 538 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,360 I'm going to die and be raised from the dead. 539 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,640 Jesus is not like anybody else. And we get a sense that Pilate 540 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,400 can start to understand that. Verse 12. 541 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,480 But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he 542 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,320 gave no answer. Notice the hypocrisy in these 543 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:31,360 men before the Sanhedrin, when they were together, the charge 544 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:33,680 they brought against Jesus was blasphemy, right? 545 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,600 He blasphemes our doctrine, He blasphemes against God. 546 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,720 Now they bring him to Pilate and they bring in other things that 547 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,040 Pilate's going to be interested in. 548 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,480 So they just adjust for the crowd. 549 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,200 They switched the charge to something that Rome would care 550 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,720 about. They don't come saying he claims 551 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,960 to be the Messiah. They don't come saying like he 552 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,280 he broke the Sabbath in a way that we didn't like. 553 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:55,640 They come saying this man is dangerous. 554 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,280 This man threatened Caesar. Caesar, when you hear me say, 555 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,840 Tiberius, that was who the current Caesar was. 556 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,600 This man's a problem for the empire. 557 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,160 But they are liars and they constantly reshape their 558 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:06,840 accusations to fit their audience. 559 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,040 Remember what Jesus said about hypocrites. 560 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,440 They will strain the gnat, but they'll swallow the camel. 561 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,480 So you find a little teeny gnat in your water and you get it out 562 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:17,920 and go, oh, don't want that in there. 563 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,920 Meanwhile, you drink the camel. You drink the bigger issue. 564 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:25,440 You take the huge problem and put, you pretend to be holy by 565 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:26,560 going. Let me deal with this small 566 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,120 thing. They did this because when 567 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:30,800 Pilate was at this headquarters that we he was at in Jerusalem, 568 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,760 they would not go inside. And the reason they wouldn't go 569 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,920 inside is because they're such holy men and it was on the 570 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,800 Passover, and they don't want to be defiled and made unclean by 571 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,040 going into this Pagan place on the Passover. 572 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,800 They're straining the gnat while swallowing the camel of 573 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,680 crucifying the Son of God. The Son of God has come into his 574 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,800 Father's vineyard to gather all that belongs to his Father. 575 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,360 And they said, let's kill the Son and take his inheritance. 576 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,800 They're swallowing the camel, but they go, we must not go into 577 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,000 this place today. We can't walk through this 578 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,480 architecture. Like I told you, religious 579 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,560 hypocrisy and fake holiness will make you superstitious. 580 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:11,680 That's what I mean by superstitious. 581 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,120 Like they focus on this minutiae, these tiny things 582 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:15,480 like, oh, that's a big deal. That's a big deal. 583 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,280 Like if it's in the word of God, we should obey it, no doubt. 584 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,320 And yet they put things out of order because their hearts are 585 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:32,360 out of order. One of the lies that they 586 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:37,080 brought to Pilate was that Jesus said not to pay taxes to Caesar. 587 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,600 Of course, that's false. He literally said to pay taxes 588 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,320 to Caesar. He said give to God. 589 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,480 What is God's give to Caesar, what is Caesar's. 590 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,640 And we walked through that, why it was brilliant, why it was 591 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:50,040 perfect, why it was wise, why he said whose image and inscription 592 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,200 is on this and how Caesar is even made in the image of God. 593 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,560 So Jesus honored God. Jesus playing 4D chess and these 594 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,160 guys are like playing tic tac toe. 595 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,680 He's out out doing them at every point, of course, because he's 596 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:05,280 perfect in every way. But Jesus doesn't stop to answer 597 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,240 any of these accusations. Most people think that they were 598 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,680 shouting in because they wouldn't come into the inner 599 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,560 place where pilot was and where he was judging Jesus. 600 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,800 So most think that the Sanhedrin was standing outside, but they 601 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,440 could still be heard and potentially they could even see 602 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:20,760 through where they wouldn't walk in. 603 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:25,080 So they're hurling accusations and pilot, pilot, he also this 604 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,080 pilot, also that pilot. And they're freaking out because 605 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,720 they're like, we can't go in. And pilots like, I'm not coming 606 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,800 outside, I'm just standing here. And he brings Jesus inside and 607 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:38,400 Jesus is in there with him. They're freaking out. 608 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,320 They got to make sure PILOT crucifies this guy. 609 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:41,840 They've got to get him killed today. 610 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:44,640 They've got to get him killed. So they're yelling all the 611 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,320 PILOT. He said not to pay taxes. 612 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,280 Jesus doesn't answer any of it. He doesn't go PILOT. 613 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,640 That's not what I said. That's not what I said PILOT. 614 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:53,880 I actually said it's pretty cool. 615 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,520 I actually said pay taxes, give to God what's to God, and give 616 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,400 to Caesar what's Caesar's. That's what I said, PILOT. 617 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,640 He doesn't clarify any of it. Why? 618 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,520 Because he doesn't answer the slander. 619 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,840 He doesn't answer for any lies. Jesus only answers for the 620 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:11,240 truth, which is why we see him respond when they press him in 621 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,440 the Sanhedrin. Are you the king of the Jews? 622 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,280 And Pilate asks, are you the king of the Jews? 623 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,240 I'll answer to the truth. Of course I'll answer to the 624 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:23,800 truth, even though I know you'll use it as a trap against me. 625 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:27,040 I'll answer for the truth. I will not answer for a lie. 626 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,080 You don't have to answer for every lie. 627 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:33,040 You don't have to answer for any lie technically, but you don't 628 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,000 have to answer for lies. It's like they said this and 629 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,600 they said that and they said this and they said that Jesus 630 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:41,440 goes, I can handle all that. And pilots like, why are you not 631 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:42,800 freaking out? You hear everything they're 632 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,240 saying. Do you hear all these 633 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,160 accusations against them? But he not, he would not answer 634 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,920 him, not even to one of the charges. 635 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,240 Wisdom answers for the truth. Verse 12. 636 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:03,280 He gave no answer. This reminds us of Him 637 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,560 fulfilling Isaiah 53. Here He was wounded for our 638 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:08,640 transgressions. He was bruised for our 639 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,880 iniquities. And as a lamb before the 640 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:14,320 shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth. 641 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:18,280 Here we have the suffering servant standing exactly as God 642 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,320 said that He would. None of this is random. 643 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:23,880 None of this is accidental. The Lamb is moving according to 644 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,080 the prophecy. He's entrusted himself to the 645 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:27,840 Father. He's not defensive, He's not 646 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,720 insecure, He's not a loudmouth. He doesn't have to answer to the 647 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:31,880 Jews. He doesn't have to answer to 648 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:33,520 Pilate. Jesus is King. 649 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,880 He is the wisdom of God. He's fulfilling the perfect plan 650 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,320 that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit always intended. 651 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,480 So many think that Christ is being judged here. 652 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:45,800 In one sense, yes, He is being judged by wicked men. 653 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,360 But in the ultimate sense, he's already been judged perfect by 654 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:51,720 the Father. What's happening here is not the 655 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,320 exposure of his guilt because he's not guilty of anything. 656 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,120 What's happening here is the continued revelation of Jesus is 657 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,040 perfection. Jesus is goodness, Jesus is 658 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,400 glory, Jesus is greatness. Really. 659 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,840 They are on trial. Today was your day, Jewish 660 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,640 leadership to cast your vote, and you cast it. 661 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,360 Today is your day, Pilot to cast your vote, and you cast it. 662 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,480 Pilot pretended not to. Oh, I don't have anything to do 663 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,440 with this, but he still cast his vote. 664 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,880 The tragedy is that rejection of Christ leaves no sacrifice for 665 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,760 sin. It's Jesus or it's nothing. 666 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:33,560 It's Jesus or it's nobody. Hebrews tells us that if we 667 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,480 reject the truth after receiving the knowledge of the truth, 668 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:40,520 there remains no more sacrifice for sins, but a fearful 669 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,880 expectation of judgment. And that is what these leaders 670 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:45,960 are choosing on this day. They rejected the Messiah. 671 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,320 They chose their own way, and they and those who died in that 672 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:51,680 rejection because they could potentially repent before they 673 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,680 die. But those who died in that 674 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,800 rejection, they do not get later relief. 675 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,120 So if Pilot never turned to the Lord, which we have no 676 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:04,000 indication that he did, Pilot's been in hell for 2000 years, and 677 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,680 he's still suffering right now as we sit comfortably in air 678 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,960 conditioning. And he'll be there this 679 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,360 afternoon when we're having lunch, and he'll be there this 680 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,000 Thursday. And there is no hope of Pilot 681 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,200 ever getting one ounce of relief or escape. 682 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:20,040 And before you feel pity for him, remember, you deserve it 683 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,480 too. And I deserve it, too. 684 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:25,440 Welcome to the gospel. We all deserve that kind of 685 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,680 torment forever. Why did I do anything that bad? 686 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,600 Yeah, because God is that holy God is that just? 687 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:35,600 God is that perfect That overwhelms me? 688 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:40,000 Welcome to the good news. Jesus died so you don't have to. 689 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,480 Jesus suffered the wrath of God so you don't have to. 690 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,440 If Pilate had fallen on his knees and worship the one true 691 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,400 living God and believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and followed 692 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,200 the Lord Jesus Christ, Pilate would have been saved. 693 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,920 Well, you couldn't have because of yes, I know. 694 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:55,800 Then we get into the whole confusing thing of prophecy, 695 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,560 fulfillment, the Lord's sovereign will versus Anyway, 696 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,920 bear with me with you today. Pilate's not your 697 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,120 responsibility, but you are your responsibility. 698 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,560 Your soul is your responsibility. 699 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,880 I love my wife and I love my kids and I love you and I love a 700 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,040 lot of people and I do my best to shepherd. 701 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,640 Is it anyone who will allow me to shepherd them? 702 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:19,000 And yet ultimately I'm responsible for my soul and 703 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,880 ultimately you're responsible for yours. 704 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:23,800 And that's the most important treasure that you have. 705 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:28,360 These men threw theirs away as they rejected the Lord Jesus. 706 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:34,440 Jesus is the faithful son. They think that they're going to 707 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,880 murder him and throw him out of the garden and steal his 708 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,080 inheritance, but they will instead receive their own 709 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,600 portion. And Christ still receives his. 710 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,080 And after his suffering, he's raised in glory, and then he 711 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:51,920 receives the nation's forever. Another thing to learn from your 712 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:53,640 master here. You don't need to be quick to 713 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,200 speak. You should be slow to speak. 714 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,880 Slow to speak. When it's time to testify to the 715 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,560 truth, testify boldly. But when it comes to lies and 716 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:05,440 slander and false accusation, the wisest response is often no 717 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,120 response. A fool gives full vent to his 718 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:12,360 spirit, Proverbs 2911 says, but a wise man quietly holds it 719 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,159 back. Wisdom answers for the truth. 720 00:34:15,159 --> 00:34:16,600 It doesn't have to answer for every lie. 721 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,600 If you're secure in the Father, you can do what is righteous 722 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,239 without getting dragged into needless drama and false 723 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:26,400 accusation. Verse 13 when pilot, then pilot 724 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,159 said to him, do you not hear how many things they testify against 725 00:34:29,159 --> 00:34:32,960 you? Accusations are flying. 726 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,159 They're going off, piling it all on. 727 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,840 Usually this is where somebody explains and defends themselves, 728 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,440 but Pilot has a different response entirely. 729 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:48,400 He's never seen this before. Unfortunately, Pilot responds 730 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:51,120 terribly. Verse 14, we keep going, but he 731 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,360 gave no answer. Jesus gave no answer, not even 732 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,840 to a single charge. So that the governor was greatly 733 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,960 amazed. This word amazed means that 734 00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:02,920 Pilot is actually stunned. Pilot is marvelling. 735 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,680 The idea is that his jaw is dropped and he's going, wow, 736 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,840 this is overwhelming. He's never seen this kind of 737 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,280 strength. This is amazement. 738 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,800 Not that he thinks this man wants to die. 739 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,080 He knows he can sense that there's more going on here. 740 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,120 But Jesus speaks as one with authority. 741 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,480 Jesus isn't afraid to die. But Jesus clearly isn't a 742 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:27,120 madman. So Pilate is shaken by what he 743 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:28,520 sees. Something worth noting. 744 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,080 Your church. If Jesus goes silent on you, 745 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:32,800 that's probably not a good thing for you. 746 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,000 If Jesus is silent for you, then there's probably something you 747 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,000 should inspect within yourself. Pilots finding himself. 748 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,000 Talk to me. Talk to me, Jesus. 749 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,920 If you if you sense that Jesus has gone silent on you, you 750 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:49,360 should go inward and go. Is there a disobedience that I 751 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,680 need to go back and obey? Is the Lord waiting on me to 752 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:55,960 obey in something and follow something that I still haven't? 753 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:02,040 It could even be the mercy of God to not give His warm 754 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:05,520 fellowship to you so as to call you back to repentance so as to 755 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:09,440 alert you to his silence. Because wouldn't that be a 756 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:13,360 tragedy if the Lord continued to affirm you with warm spiritual 757 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,680 experiences while meanwhile you're not walking with the 758 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,200 Lord? I'm convinced that many people 759 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,680 enjoy the experience of church while not actually being Christ 760 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,600 followers because still in the experience of church, you can't 761 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,160 help but sense the presence of God. 762 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,640 So what a comfort it is. And what a good and right thing 763 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:34,000 it is for someone to want to go be around the body of Christ and 764 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,000 be comforted in the presence of God through the through singing, 765 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:41,200 through worship, through prayer, and through the preaching of the 766 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,080 word of God and go, wow, I feel so convicted. 767 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,960 But they could also falsely feel safe in their conviction. 768 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,680 Conviction is intended to lead to obedience. 769 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,160 Which brings us back to Jesus's invitation. 770 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:56,320 It's not just believe in me, it is follow me. 771 00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:06,360 Pilate here. He finds no fault in Jesus. 772 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:10,560 He essentially declares not guilty, but he still does not 773 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,040 worship Jesus. I'm convinced many people do 774 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,600 something similar. Many people find no fault in 775 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,640 Jesus. I got no problem with Jesus. 776 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:18,800 He's a good guy. I like him. 777 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:22,600 I like him. Even my friend, you're not far 778 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:26,840 from the Kingdom, but you're not in the Kingdom and there's a big 779 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,120 and important difference. Not far from the Kingdom, 780 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:34,200 unfortunately, is still outside of the Kingdom, so it may as 781 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:36,840 well be 1,000,000 miles, even though it's only one. 782 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:42,080 I like Jesus, that's good, but I still haven't seen you bow your 783 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,080 knees to him and submit him and submit to him and worship him. 784 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,680 Well, I don't know if I'm ready to go all into that. 785 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:48,880 Oh, I pray that you would though. 786 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:51,480 I pray that you would. I pray that you would really 787 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:57,640 fully surrender and say Jesus is King, Jesus is my king, Jesus is 788 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:00,200 the king. Many people marvel at Jesus. 789 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:02,720 They speak respectfully about Jesus. 790 00:38:02,720 --> 00:38:04,320 They say I got no problem with Jesus. 791 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,200 I find no fault in Jesus. But they never move into 792 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,720 worship, love, submission, surrender and obedience. 793 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,360 And Pilate, like we said, eventually he washes his hands. 794 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,640 But pretending innocence does not make a man innocent. 795 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:21,680 Yes, the Jews have greater sin, but Pilate is still guilty, and 796 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,840 to refuse the proper response to Jesus is itself condemning. 797 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:28,320 So where are you with Jesus? And we're closing. 798 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:32,000 Are you truly surrendered to Jesus, or are you merely 799 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,800 impressed with him? Are you just marveling? 800 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,440 Wow, he's so interesting. He's so different. 801 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,080 Oh, I know it. There's nobody like him. 802 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,000 Go on. You're not far from the Kingdom. 803 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,280 Keep coming all the way into the Kingdom. 804 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:56,360 Don't stop at respect, don't stop at saying I have no issue 805 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:59,880 with him, but love him, worship him, submit to him, follow him. 806 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:04,880 Love Jesus even more as you see him here. 807 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:10,920 Perfect, sinless, not like us, but suffering for us. 808 00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:16,920 Jesus stood in a corrupt court before a corrupt judge so that 809 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,800 you would not have to stand in a just court before the just 810 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:22,440 judge. You don't want to stand in the 811 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,960 in the court of God. You don't want to be at the 812 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:29,040 great White Throne judgment when the Lord will judge perfectly 813 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,200 because He is just. Well, I think the Lord is 814 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,640 merciful. He is. 815 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,760 But do you think that mercy means the removal of justice? 816 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:41,240 You misunderstand the gospel. The gospel never removes 817 00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:44,120 justice. The gospel is just as perfectly 818 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,920 satisfied. People ignorantly think mercy 819 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,280 means, ah, we'll forget about that. 820 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:51,760 The Lord didn't forget about anything. 821 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:56,280 He punished you and crushed you in Christ. 822 00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:03,880 All of your sin, all of the wrath that you deserve was 823 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:09,320 punished in Christ. God's not unjust. 824 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:11,000 He doesn't go, don't worry about it. 825 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,960 I'm merciful, He goes. I'm merciful in that I punished 826 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,680 your sin in Christ, but sin was still dealt with. 827 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:23,240 The books are still clean. God's books are not in balance. 828 00:40:23,240 --> 00:40:25,440 He's like, well, we're just kind of fudged some number. 829 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,200 No, no, no, no, no. Justice was literally perfectly 830 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:31,560 satisfied. There is a airtight perfect 831 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:36,080 mechanism for your salvation. This is not a vague religion. 832 00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:41,400 Every other religion is vague or it makes you the hero and it's 833 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:42,640 not clear. It's not precise. 834 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:44,640 How are you saved in this religion? 835 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:46,000 Well, you do this and you do this. 836 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,800 It's not clear. The gospel is explicit and 837 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,800 plain. People are bad and they need to 838 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,480 die and suffer forever. Ouch. 839 00:40:54,960 --> 00:41:00,840 But God, who is rich in mercy, he became flesh, and he lived a 840 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,960 perfect and sinless life. And now he said, I'll put all 841 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:08,360 the sins of mankind on my Son, and I will judge and punish all 842 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:13,280 the sins of mankind and the one innocent. 1 And I will crush him 843 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,360 thoroughly, perfectly, and completely. 844 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:21,640 I will separate from him, I will torment him, and he'll do it 845 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:25,920 gladly, and in his perfection justice will be satisfied. 846 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:30,240 How long? How long does it take through 847 00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:32,800 the resurrection? But the justice of God was fully 848 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,440 satisfied, and Jesus swallowed up all the dead. 849 00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:40,560 It is truly erased. Because it was swallowed in 850 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:43,000 Christ and now. What happens with His 851 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,120 righteousness? Is His righteousness abolished? 852 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:48,800 No, Jesus is still perfectly righteous, and now He gives His 853 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:52,760 righteousness to those who believe in, also known as 854 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:56,400 following, also known as trusting, also known as 855 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:59,560 worshipping Him. That's good news. 856 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:04,120 Jesus is the Passover lamb. He was falsely tried and he was 857 00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:06,880 slain, and now he is your advocate before the Father. 858 00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,880 He is your defender. He is your explanation. 859 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:12,040 He's your redemption, He's your resurrection. 860 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:16,400 Jesus, the one who didn't defend himself, now defends you. 861 00:42:17,240 --> 00:42:20,840 He was silent before his accusers, but for those who are 862 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:22,480 in Christ, he is not silent for you. 863 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,480 He speaks up to the Father on your behalf and say, Father, 864 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:27,320 they're mine. My blood covers them. 865 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:32,840 I have made them new. He is your advocate when the 866 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:34,640 when Satan. The accuser comes for. 867 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:37,160 You. Jesus defends you, and he speaks 868 00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:40,600 up to every charge, and he says My blood covers it, my blood 869 00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:43,720 covers it, my blood covers it. He answers every charge against 870 00:42:43,720 --> 00:42:46,680 you. Why would you not? 871 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:48,120 Worship him. Why would you not love him? 872 00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:50,720 I'm holding on to this awesome sin in my life. 873 00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:54,200 You're holding on to a dog turd that you somehow think is a 874 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:57,480 treasure, some crown jewel, and it's not. 875 00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:00,160 And he says you're going to hold on to it and it's going to kill 876 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,480 you instead. Follow me. 877 00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:04,480 Well, there's some sacrifice there, yes. 878 00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:06,800 He didn't apologize for it. He made it clear from the get 879 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,360 go. And he says, but I'm worthy and 880 00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:12,320 I'm worth it. People hated the light because. 881 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:16,000 They love their sin, He. Said Love the Light instead. 882 00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:19,000 You'll prepare the elements for us. 883 00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:21,000 We're going to take communion here in a moment. 884 00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:26,560 Your sin has already been judged in. 885 00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:29,440 Christ, please don't be like Pilot. 886 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:33,960 Don't pay for it for yourself. It's been said before, You know, 887 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:37,520 you you come through the cash register at the grocery store 888 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:39,640 and they said, oh, the person in front of you paid for your 889 00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:41,120 groceries. You're like, I want to pay for 890 00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:44,440 them anyway. Like they're paid for it. 891 00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:47,680 No, I'm going to do it. I got this. 892 00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:53,240 You're an idiot. It's been covered, it's been 893 00:43:53,240 --> 00:43:54,880 paid for. Please receive. 894 00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:57,920 It if you'd like to bless the person. 895 00:43:57,920 --> 00:43:59,920 Behind you you can. Do that, but receive this 896 00:43:59,920 --> 00:44:04,920 blessing and don't pay again. Nobody has to go to hell now, 897 00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:09,040 but everyone will who does not receive the purchase that has 898 00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:10,720 already been made through the blood of Jesus. 899 00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:12,960 So it's what I deserved anyway. So it's fair. 900 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,960 It's completely fair. It's completely just if you 901 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:20,160 don't receive the payment that was given then you still. 902 00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:22,960 Have to make payment. And you'll do it forever. 903 00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:26,360 I don't. Only I'm not afraid to. 904 00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:28,920 I'm certainly not afraid of the accusation of being called a 905 00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:31,680 Hellfire brimstone preacher. That doesn't bother me or 906 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:34,920 concern me at all. But I don't ever want. 907 00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:37,000 To preach in such a way. That only makes people think 908 00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:39,800 hell is something to escape or that heaven is something to 909 00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:41,240 gain. I want to preach in such a way 910 00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:43,560 that people want to love and follow Jesus right now, today. 911 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:46,840 Not just don't go to hell, go to heaven forever. 912 00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:50,160 I want to preach to people who I can say follow Jesus today. 913 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,040 What about my eternity? Oh yeah, that's secure too. 914 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:55,120 No doubt that's going to be awesome. 915 00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,560 But I'm looking for somebody who wants to follow Jesus today. 916 00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:01,240 Today I'll get to go to heaven. Right of. 917 00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:03,400 Course you do. He earned it. 918 00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:04,600 He bought it. He purchased it. 919 00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:08,880 That's the only way. But do you love him now? 920 00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:12,440 Nobody wants to go to hell. Of course not. 921 00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:15,400 And yet that's not the same thing as wanting to love and 922 00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:21,440 submit and follow Jesus. The risen cry speaks on your 923 00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:23,600 behalf. Chris and Kayla, you could 924 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:24,800 service the elements. Thank you.