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I love the words of that song. 
You have no rival. 

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You have no equal now and 
forever God, you reign. 

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And when I sing that, I think we
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over the world kind of on a 
cosmic scale that you have no 

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rival, you have no equal. 
But but I think of that even 

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much more personally when I sing
it that he has no rival in my 

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heart, no equal. 
But now and forever you reign in

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my heart, Lord, that's I hope 
that's your, your prayer today. 

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I hope that's your cry today as 
we sing that that it's not just 

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something we're singing kind of 
on a bigger level as cosmic 

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level, but that it's really 
personal to you and that Jesus 

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is your king. 
And that's what we're going to 

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talk about today, the King of 
truth. 

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I want to start just with a 
simple question. 

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Some, some audience 
participation. 

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What's the biggest decision 
you've made recently? 

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What's the biggest decision you 
made? 

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Go ahead and talk it through 
with someone next to you. 

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Maybe it's maybe you've had a 
huge decision to make, maybe a 

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small decision. 
What's the biggest decision you 

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made recently? 
Today we're going to look at 

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this moment between Jesus and 
Pilate. 

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Pilate had a huge decision. 
How many of you have made a big 

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decision in the last couple 
weeks? 

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All right? 
How many of you have just made a

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bunch of small decisions like 
where are we going to eat? 

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Friday night we got in the car 
and we said, hey, where are we 

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going to eat? 
We need to eat somewhere after a

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carnival at the school. 
And I won't tell you which 

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member of my family came up with
this idea, but her idea was 

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let's go to Taco Bell. 
Now, listen, I'm going to say 

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this later, guys. 
Most of the time you should 

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listen to your wives. 
If your wife says, let's go to 

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Taco Bell, it's really your 
call, but you're going to pay 

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for it. 
You're going to pay for it in 

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our in our house. 
We've had a big decision over 

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the last. 
I hope you don't mind me talking

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about this, Eli, but I, we've 
got some seniors. 

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I didn't run it by him before. 
We've got a lot of seniors in 

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our youth group, quite a few 
that are graduating and trying 

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to decide what's next. 
And so is that going into the 

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workforce? 
Is that going to school? 

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Where is that going to school? 
And so we've been kind of 

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working through that here in our
house over the past several 

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months. 
What's Eli going to do? 

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Where is he going to go? 
And there's been all these 

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different voices. 
Give him a hard time. 

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It's OK. 
Sorry, Eli. 

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All these different voices, you 
know, what's the right thing for

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him? 
I mean, on, on one hand, he's, 

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he was looking at one school 
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So it's dad's school. 
On the other hand, it's the 

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school that his mom went to and 
his, you know, some of his 

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grandparents and cousins and 
everyone else. 

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And then another when the school
that his other grandparents went

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to. 
And there's all of these 

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different factors take into 
account in that decision. 

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You guys know, you seniors know 
this is a big decision, right? 

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Regardless of what it looks 
like, it's a big decision. 

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It's not where are we going to 
eat tonight? 

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It's, it's a big decision. 
There's, there's the factors of,

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I mean, cost, cost matters. 
How much is it going to cost to 

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go to this school versus that 
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And then it's what do they have 
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Do they have the right programs?
Do they have, is it the right 

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fit? 
What is it like? 

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And so we, we've been working 
through this decision and, and 

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here's the beautiful thing for 
those of you that are, that are 

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seniors and you're trying to 
make these big life decisions. 

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I, I, I don't think you're going
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I think God's going to bless 
whatever decision you make. 

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Listen, if you're trying to 
decide where to go to dinner or 

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where to go to lunch, you're 
probably not going to make a 

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wrong decision. 
I mean, you can make some 

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painful decisions. 
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wasn't going to share this, but 
I, I only went 25 minutes in 

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first service. 
So I got some time to play with 

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here. 
You guys know last week I was 

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struggling. 
I I had like the stomach bug and

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so much so that I actually sat 
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I don't usually sit down to 
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anything for like 4 days. 
I mean nothing good. 

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And so after service I was like 
I just want to eat something 

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good. 
And my wonderful wife I said I 

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think I'm going to go get wings.
She said that's a bad idea. 

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See, sometimes she's a voice of 
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of Taco Bell and big decisions. 
I did listen to her last Sunday.

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It was, it was a wise decision. 
So, So what we see today is this

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big decision pilot is, is with 
Jesus and Jesus has been brought

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before Pontius Pilate. 
Pilate is the governor of the 

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Judea region and the the Jewish 
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Pilate because they want Jesus 
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And at this point, the Jewish 
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lost the privilege or the right.
They did not have the right to 

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do their own killings or their 
own execution. 

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They didn't have the right to 
sentence someone to death. 

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And so that's why they brought 
Jesus to Pilot is because they 

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wanted Pilot to do their dirty 
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They couldn't do it on their 
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In fact, it tells us that. 
I think it's verse 31 or 32 that

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that's why they brought Jesus to
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But we see this conversation 
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Jesus. 
Now, Pilot was the governor of 

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Judea. 
He was, he was widely known as a

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cruel, as a violent leader. 
He when there was opposition, he

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dealt with it very harshly. 
He dealt with it violently. 

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And so, so his go to his kind 
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was typically violence and 
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So much so that he'd even been 
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powers that be. 
Hey, calm down a little bit. 

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It's one of the voices that 
you'll you'll see in in the in 

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the text here. 
So Pilate had this conversation 

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with Jesus and he had this 
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Who is Jesus is who he says he 
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Is he the King of kings? 
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And so we're going to be in 
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honor God's word. 
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39. 
You can follow along on the 

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screen. 
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here is Pilate is trying to 
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Is he who he says he is? 
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And what should he do in light 
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So it says here in verse 33, 
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palace. 
He summoned Jesus and he asked 

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him, are you the king of the 
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Is that your own idea? 
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talk to you about me? 
Am IA Jew Pilot replied your own

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people and chief priest handed 
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What is it you have done And 
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this world. 
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fight to prevent my arrest by 
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But now my Kingdom is from 
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Oh, you are a king then, said 
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say that I'm a king. 
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and came into the world is to 
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Everyone on the side of truth 
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That is a bold statement. 
Everyone on the side of truth 

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listens to me. 
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Retorted Pilate. 
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the Jews gathered there, and he 
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charge against him. 
But it is your custom for me to 

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release to you one prisoner at 
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Do you want me to release the 
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We're going to stop there. 
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If you read on, you would find 
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Pilate offered them do you want 
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want Jesus? 
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criminal because they really 
they were intent on seeing Jesus

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executed. 
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choice. 
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And they said crucify him and 
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cross and died. 
There are three things we see 

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here, 3 truths we see here and 
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And here's the deal, every 
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I ask you what the most 
important choice you've made 

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recently. 
Maybe it was where to go to 

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lunch or dinner. 
Maybe you've had a really big 

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choice. 
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You have a really big choice. 
And I'm not trying to be 

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dramatic Every single day you 
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Who is Jesus? 
Is he your King? 

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Are you going to follow him? 
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And so we're going to look at 3 
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text #1 truth number one is 
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plan are at work and are being 
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Whether we can see it, whether 
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choose to be a part of it or 
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God's plan is still moving 
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I love this. 
In this text, see, see. 

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And in this text, it seems like 
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It seems like the enemy is 
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It seems like any time a king is
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opposing authorities, then if 
it's a movie, if it's a show, if

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it's a story, we would say 
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But what I want you to 
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because it's part of God's plan 
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See, see, Pilate thinks he's in 
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and he, he is on this earth. 
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He's the governor of Judea. 
He gets to decide what happens 

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with Jesus and he does have a 
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But ultimately, what we see is 
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on board. 
The truth is, Jesus had already 

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predicted that this was going to
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He had already told people that 
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authorities, that he would be 
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crucified. 
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He already knew it was going to 
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None of this was a surprise to 
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And so while Pilate thinks he's 
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it is a big decision, the 
reality is, is this God's will 

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will be done. 
We have to figure out where 

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we're going to find ourselves in
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So, so we see this kind of back 
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And the temptation is always to 
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And, and listen, I you know, the
way I see this is kind of a back

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and forth, you know, are you the
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Well, is that your idea? 
Did someone tell you that am IA 

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Jew. 
You know, come on, it's your own

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people, Jesus, your own people 
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Don't forget why you're here. 
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betrayed you. 
It's your own people have handed

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you over to be killed and and 
Jesus says in in verse 36, he 

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says my Kingdom is not of this 
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There's this question in here 
that I think is, is so 

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incredible. 
He says, your own people, the 

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chief priests have handed you 
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And and I think Pilot's being 
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He says, what have you done? 
What could you possibly have 

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done to get yourself handed over
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people? 
Now, all right, if you're, if 

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you're invested in this story, 
don't you want Jesus to give a 

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really good answer right here? 
Pilot says what have you done to

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find yourself here? 
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Come on, give me some answers. 
What has Jesus done? 

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You don't want to be wrong. 
It's OK. 

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Just be bold. 
It's OK. 

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There are no wrong answers 
unless they're wrong and I'll 

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ignore it. 
OK. 

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He tells people to forgive. 
How awful. 

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Forgive others. 
What else has Jesus done? 

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He heals people. 
He protects people. 

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He loves people. 
What was that? 

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He upset the balance. 
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I mean, Jesus, the question, 
that is such a loaded question 

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that Pilot asked. 
And and it's like Pilot saying, 

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hey, by the way, buddy, you're 
here because your people turned 

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you over. 
What in the world did you do? 

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And and I wish Jesus would have 
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tell you what I've done. 
I've healed the sick. 

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I've healed the blind. 
I've raised the dead to life. 

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I've fed the hungry, that's what
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That's why I'm here. 
Nothing but good things, right? 

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What a load. 
Don't you wish Jesus would be a 

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little more snarky sometimes? 
Is it just me? 

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It's just me. 
What have you done? 

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Are you the king of the Jews? 
After all, they handed you over 

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to me for death. 
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Jesus says my Kingdom is not of 
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If it were, then my servants 
would fight to prevent my arrest

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by the Jewish leaders. 
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another place. 
You know what Jesus is basically

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saying there is? 
You can only see what you see, 

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Pilot. 
You see that these people handed

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me over. 
But I need you to understand 

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that there is a bigger Kingdom 
at work here and I wouldn't be 

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here if it wasn't the will of 
the Father, God and Jesus the 

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Son. 
He says if I wanted to my 

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servants, if I didn't want to be
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fought back. 
Now, is he talking about maybe, 

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is he talking about those ragtag
group of disciples, the people 

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that have followed him? 
Is that who he's talking about? 

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I tend to think, no, I tend to 
think what Jesus is really 

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talking about here is if I 
didn't want to be here, then my 

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servants would come to my aid. 
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I mean, open your eyes. 
Let me just open your eyes to 

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see the heavenly forces around 
you. 

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If I didn't want to be here, I 
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But I'm here because this is the
will and the plan of the Father.

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God's will and God's plan are at
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we understand it, whether we get
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Jesus says my servants, if it 
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would would have me out of here 
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If Pilate had any clue whose 
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would have been a much different
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But he had to make that 
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He had to figure out who is 
Jesus and he had to decide. 

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Listen, whether you believe that
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truth or not, God's plan will 
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There will still be victory over
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God's Kingdom will still come, 
and God's purposes still will be

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carried out. 
The question is, will you be on 

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board or you will you miss it? 
Truth one is God's plan will 

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succeed. 
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The only way to be in line with 
the truth is to listen to Jesus.

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We talk about dinner decisions, 
we talk about college decisions,

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we talk about after high school,
work, college, what college 

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where, where are we going to 
eat? 

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What am I going to do for, for 
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What, what is all these 
decisions we make and, and 

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listen, most of those aren't the
end of the world, but but this 

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decision that we have to make 
today is the most important 

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decision that we will ever make.
Who is Jesus? 

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Is he the King? 
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There is only one right answer. 
See, Pilot's been trying to 

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figure out who is he? 
Is he the king of the Jews? 

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Is he guilty? 
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Is he a threat? 
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How do I handle this situation? 
Who is this guy that they've 

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brought before me? 
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I think Pilot was expecting 
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and militant. 
And, you know, when someone's 

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handed over and, and said to be,
I mean, they're handed, the 

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Jewish people are handing Jesus 
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I think he was expecting 
something much different than 

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what he got. 
And it became very clear very 

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quickly that there was something
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Pilot realized early on, I think
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guilty of anything, but he's 
still trying to decipher, is he 

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the king? 
Is he the king of kings? 

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Verse 18, he says you are a 
king. 

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Then said Pilate, Jesus 
answered, you say that I'm a 

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king. 
In fact, the reason I was born 

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and came into this world is to 
testify to the truth. 

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And then he makes this bold 
statement. 

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And guys, we talked about this 
last week and we're going to 

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talk about it again today. 
Everyone on the side of truth 

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listens to me. 
Jesus leaves no room for 

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options. 
Either He's the King of Kings 

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and you're on board, or you're 
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Period. 
It's that simple. 

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So there's all these voices, I 
mean, just like the colleges and

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there's all these voices in, in 
pilot's head. 

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In fact, if you go back to 
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account of this, he, he tells 
the part of it that pilot's 

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wife, I told you guys I was 
going to talk about this pilot's

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wife actually tells him, hey, 
you need to let this innocent 

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man go. 
You should have nothing to do 

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with him because I was warned 
about this in a dream. 

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And guys, all right, Taco Bell 
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time, you should listen to your 
wives. 

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They are wise sometimes, most of
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All right, women, have your fun.
Get your nod and nudge if you 

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want. 
It's fine. 

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Seriously. 
There, there is something to 

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that. 
Pilot has his wife's voice in 

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his ear saying, hey, I was 
warned about this in a dream. 

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You need to let that man go. 
You need to have nothing to do 

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with that. 
That's one voice in his head. 

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Another voice in his head is the
Roman authorities who have said,

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hey, you've been too cruel. 
It's time to calm down a little 

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bit, settle down. 
Another voice is the Jewish mob.

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Hey, kill him. 
He is wrong. 

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He's he's a traitor. 
He's he's blaspheming. 

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He has to die. 
And so he's got all of these 

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voices. 
There's the potential of an 

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uproar and Pilot finds himself 
in this moment with Jesus and he

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has to make a decision. 
Who is Jesus? 

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Is he the king? 
Maybe not in such a dramatic 

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way, but I think we have a lot 
of voices in our in our ears and

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in our heads telling us what 
truth is and what truth isn't. 

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And Jesus says the reason I was 
born and came into this world is

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to testify to the truth, and 
everyone on the side of truth 

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listens to me. 
He leaves no room, no room for 

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anything else. 
Guys, today the most important 

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decision you'll make is not 
where you go to lunch or where 

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you go to school or what job you
take. 

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Most important decision you will
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Period. 
There's no other way, he says. 

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Anyone who's on the side of the 
truth follows me listens to me. 

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Now guys, I realize some of you 
have been in the church for 50 

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years. 
Like Brad said earlier, I 

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realized some of you made this 
decision 50 years ago, 70 years 

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ago to follow Jesus. 
I want you to understand that 

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today you have to make that 
decision again every day you 

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have to choose to follow Jesus. 
Jesus says anyone who wants to 

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follow me was take up their 
cross daily and follow me. 

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Is he your King? 
Jesus says I came to testify to 

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the truth. 
That's the reason I was born. 

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That's the reason I came to this
world was to testify to the 

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truth and anyone that wants the 
truth, anyone that wants to walk

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in the truth, anyone that wants 
life and salvation will listen 

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to me because Jesus is the way 
the truth and the life pilots 

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trying to figure it out. 
He's trying to make a decision. 

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We have a decision to make 
today. 

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Is Jesus your king? 
The third truth that we find is 

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that it's not enough just to 
know Jesus is the king, but you 

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have to follow the king with 
your actions. 

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Guys, this is important. 
We can't just say I'm a 

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Christian. 
Jesus is king. 

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Jesus says anyone who wants to 
be in line with the truth will 

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listen to me. 
That doesn't mean that doesn't 

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say, hey, we'll wear, you know, 
a chain with a cross on it to 

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show that they're a Christian. 
It doesn't say slap a bumper 

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sticker on their car. 
It doesn't say change their 

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Facebook profile to say that 
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That's not what it's about. 
It's not just a one time 

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decision. 
Hey, here it is. 

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Jesus is king. 
If he's your king, then he's got

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to be your king every day, and 
your actions and your decisions 

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have to follow the king. 
What is truth? 

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Retorted Pilate. 
With this. 

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He went out again to the Jews 
gathered there, and he said, I 

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find no basis for charge against
him. 

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All right, Pilate probably 
didn't know what this question 

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came up this last week as we 
were talking about it with the 

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staff. 
Did Pilate really know that 

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Jesus was the Messiah? 
And, and there are some 

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traditions that believe that 
Pilot eventually became a 

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believer that there's no proof 
of that, that we have. 

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But but here's the thing. 
It's pretty clear that that 

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Pilot knows there's something 
different. 

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He says there's no way that that
I can, I find no basis for a 

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charge against him. 
But then he takes the cowards 

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away and he allows the voices, 
the loud voice of the mob to 

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talk him into doing something 
that he shouldn't have done, 

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allowing Jesus to be killed. 
What is truth? 

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He says, I find no basis for 
charge against him. 

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But it is your custom for me to 
release to you one prisoner at a

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time. 
At the time of the Passover, do 

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you want me to release the king 
of the Jews? 

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And they said, no, give us 
Barabbas, crucify Jesus. 

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And Pilate, I told you God's 
will will be done. 

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God's will was that Jesus would 
go to a cross, die on a cross 

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raised from the dead to give us 
salvation from our sins and 

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victory over sin and death. 
But Pilate, Pilate chose the 

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wrong way. 
He gave in to the mob. 

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He gave in to the other voices, 
and he didn't allow Jesus to be 

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his king. 
And his actions showed it. 

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So here's the deal. 
The first question I want to ask

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you today is, is Jesus your 
king? 

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Worship team, you can come on 
up, is Jesus your king? 

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But the second question I want 
to ask you today is will you 

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follow him? 
Will you listen? 

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Because it's not just enough to 
say, hey, I'm a Christian. 

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He doesn't just he's not just 
king and name, but he has to be 

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the King of our heart. 
He has to be the Lord of 

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everything in our lives. 
So here's the deal. 

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I know some of you maybe have 
never made that decision to say 

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I want Jesus to be my king 
today. 

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It's a simple decision. 
Are you going to allow Jesus the

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truth? 
There is no other way to 

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salvation in life except through
Jesus. 

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He said I came to this earth to 
testify to the truth. 

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The only way to have forgiveness
of your sins, salvation and 

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eternal life is through Jesus 
Christ. 

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Death and resurrection. 
It's the only way. 

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So today maybe some of you need 
to make that decision. 

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Hey Jesus, I want you to be my 
king. 

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But maybe some of you need to 
listen to him today. 

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Stand with me. 
Jesus leaves no room for options

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here. 
If he's your king, then love is 

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not a choice. 
If Jesus is your king, then you 

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will love others. 
If Jesus is your king, 

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forgiveness is not a choice. 
If Jesus is your king, you will 

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forgive others. 
If Jesus is your king, then 

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surrender is not a choice. 
It's not OK Jesus, you can be my

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king, but I'm going to hold this
part of my life off. 

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No, either he's the king of 
kings, he's everything and you 

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surrender everything, or he's 
not your king. 

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Surrender is not a choice and 
holiness, if he's your king, is 

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not a choice. 
We don't get to choose to live 

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in sinfulness and selfishness. 
If he's your king, your actions,

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your life, your heart need to 
follow that. 

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So I want to call you to 
respond. 

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We're going to sing a couple 
songs and one of the response 

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we're going to, one of the ways 
we're going to respond is we're 

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going to take communion together
and we're going to do this a 

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little different. 
You're not going to go grab the 

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elements and come back to your 
seat and wait for me to tell 

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you, but you're going to just go
and you're going to take the 

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elements and you're going to 
pray and you're going to take 

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them on your own. 
Jesus gathered with his 

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disciples the last time he was 
with him in the upper room and 

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and he took the bread and he 
took the cup and he said, this 

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is my body that's broken for 
you. 

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He said this, this cup, this is 
my blood that's shed for the 

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forgiveness of sins. 
And he says take and eat and 

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take and drink. 
And he says continue to do this 

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in remembrance of me. 
And what Jesus is saying is not 

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take communion just so you can 
have a warm fuzzy memory of who 

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Jesus is. 
What Jesus is really saying is, 

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but as we take communion, we 
choose every day that he's our 

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king, that he's the only way, 
He's the only truth, He's the 

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only life. 
So that's one way I want you to 

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respond. 
I want you whenever you're 

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ready. 
There's going to be communion on

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both sides and, and if you come 
down, you can take the elements,

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you can go kneel somewhere, you 
can go to your seat, but take 

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communion. 
Make the choice today. 

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Jesus is my king. 
There's a prayer station in the 

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back. 
If you would like to do a prayer

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station, just a tangible way to 
walk through it, It's straight 

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back in the back. 
You can do that back there. 

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There are altars here. 
We're going to pray and anoint 

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Beth Lloyd over her surgery. 
That's coming up. 

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And so we're going to do that. 
If you would like prayed for, 

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you can come forward. 
If you would like anointed, you 

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can come forward. 
If there's something you need to

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lay down today, I want to 
encourage you. 

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Jesus says anyone who wants to 
walk in truth, well, listen to 

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me. 
Is he your king? 

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Are you following him today? 
Maybe there's a situation that 

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you need to lay down, that you 
need to surrender. 

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I want to ask you to respond to 
God's word. 

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Take communion, pray, whatever 
that looks like, Choose Jesus as

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king. 
He is the King of truth. 

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Father prayed, speak to us and I
pray that we would respond to 

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you with sincere hearts. 
I pray that nobody would walk 

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out of this room not following 
you as their King and their 

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Savior. 
Give us salvation, give us life,

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and give us life everlasting 
today. 

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We respond to you now by taking 
communion, by praying, by 

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surrendering. 
Be with us Lord. 

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We respond to your word now in 
Jesus name, Amen.