Tell Us If You Are the Christ

Now he is either that or he is not. And either you believe in him or you do not. So that's always gonna be one of the last or one of the takeaways from any gospel centered message is have you responded to what Jesus did to provide salvation for you? I know most of you here, and I know most most of you have, but I don't know all your hearts. God does. And I don't know who's watching this now or later. But have you agreed with him that you you need to be saved from your sin, and have you trusted in what Jesus did to save you? [01:05:33] (40 seconds)  #RespondToGrace

Jesus knew what was coming with the cross. And though the prospect of the great suffering, taking on the sins of the world, your sins and mine, being forsaken by the father were all things that he wasn't looking forward to. We already know that from the garden. Nevertheless, he submitted himself to the will of the father. And we know from other scripture that while he endured that, it says he endured it for the joy that was set before him. The joy of knowing that what he was doing would bring many sons and daughters to glory, including you. [01:02:19] (33 seconds)  #SubmissionForJoy

And if you've not, I plead with you, repent. Turn from your waywardness, your unbelief, your living as if you know best about your life or some other false notions of who God is or how he can be saved or you can be good enough in yourself and turn and believe on Jesus and what he did to provide the only means for you to be justified. [01:06:49] (23 seconds)  #RepentAndBelieve

Another commentator, John MacArthur, said this, quote, Jesus stood majestically silent. It was the silence of innocence, the silence of dignity, the silence of integrity, the silence of infinite trust in his heavenly father. It was a silence in which the lying words against him reverberated in the ears of the guilty judges and of the false witnesses they had bribed. [00:49:50] (24 seconds)  #MajesticSilence

That was the pivotable the pivotal part of the scene from our text today when Jesus was put on the spot by the high priest to respond to the question, tell us if you are the Christ, the son of god. Yes. Yes. He is. And one day, you, we all, everyone will see him seated at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven. [01:03:55] (24 seconds)  #HeIsTheChrist

Right? He died his death because there was no other way for sinners to be saved, no either easier road for redemption, no alternative to the cross. Therefore, he wouldn't put up a fight. He wouldn't call on the father to send a legion 12 legion of angels to deliver him. He would submit to the arrest, the trials, and ultimately the crucifixion. He would fulfill the scriptures. And, of course, he would rise. [01:03:08] (26 seconds)  #CrossWasTheOnlyWay

Why Jesus did this? Well, Jesus willingly submitted himself to this humiliation, to this injustice because it was the will of his father so that he could be the savior of the world. Jesus had told his disciple what was gonna happen. He told them of his pending arrest and crucifixion. He also said of his later resurrection. All these things were prophesied hundreds of years before and were reiterated by Jesus just before they happened. [01:01:33] (31 seconds)  #FulfilledProphecy

First, this is the historical account of the events leading up to the crucifixion of the lord Jesus Christ. These events were prophesied, and they took place as god ordained them. And these accurate and spirit inspired accounts are meant to inform all the world of what happened. [01:00:41] (23 seconds)  #GodOrdainedHistory