Confronting Injustice: Our Response to Jesus
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"We start with the religious leaders. Verse 1 tells us, the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. What we see are the religious elite of Israel, the ones who should have recognized Jesus as the Messiah, are now the ones that are determined to eliminate Jesus at all costs." [00:25:42]
"So what they do is, they manipulate the facts, they turn a spiritual claim that Jesus has, that he is the Messiah and they turn it into a political threat and it would concern Pilate. And just before this in Luke 20, they've tried to trap Jesus in the same sort of scenario about taxes." [00:26:35]
"But when we look at the religious leaders, we have to ask the question, are there times where we twist the truth to get what we want? Do we manipulate facts to serve on our agenda? You know, it's easy for us to come and condemn these religious leaders, but how often do we like to distort reality when it's convenient for us?" [00:27:39]
"Jesus, he warns us about the scribes earlier in Luke 20. He says, Beware of the scribes who walk around in their long robes and they love their greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogue, the places of honor at the feasts, who devour widows' houses and make a pretense, and for pretense make long prayers." [00:29:10]
"Pilate recognized Jesus' innocence. He knows the right verdict. But as Tabs read the passage we see, he lacked any courage to stand by his decision. And Pilate's failure isn't intellectual. He knew Jesus was innocent, so therefore his failure is moral. He knew what was right, but he lacked the courage to do what is right." [00:31:12]
"Sometimes we might think that we have a position to evaluate who Jesus is, decide what we want to do with him. But in reality, our response to Jesus doesn't change who Jesus is. But our response to Jesus shows us who we are. C .S. Lewis, he wrote, In the end, there's only two kinds of people." [00:34:28]
"They all cried out together, away with this man and release to us Barabbas, a man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection, started in the city, and for murder. So we imagine this scene as we move on to this crowd, the anger and the shouting, the mob mentality, the very people who welcomed Jesus just a few days before shouting, Hosanna, glory to God in the highest, are now the same people screaming, away with this man, give me Barabbas." [00:35:11]
"Pilate tries to, he shows us another human tendency that we can have of trying to find that middle ground even when there isn't one. No, he tries to say, I'll punish him. But I want to tell you that there is no middle ground when it comes to Jesus. Jesus is either who he claims to be, the son of God who died for your sins and rose back to life, the Messiah, or he isn't." [00:40:23]
"What we see that Jesus does for Barabbas is exactly what Jesus has done for us. He came to take our place. Isaiah prophesied, Isaiah 53 again, verse 5. He was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities. Upon him was a chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed." [00:43:40]
"And none of it took God by surprise. This wasn't plan B, this was the plan from the beginning as Acts 2 .23 says, Jesus would be delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God. In this darkest moment of human history, God worked all things together for his good." [00:44:51]
"When you receive Jesus, it is you acknowledging that you need him. It's recognizing like Barabbas that you deserve judgment, but you can go free because Jesus took your place. And it means that you surrender your life to him and says, it's not my will, but your will be done." [00:51:03]
"As we close, I want to say to you today that it's not enough just to admire Jesus, agree with his teachings. Even the demons know the Bible. Even the demons tremble at Jesus. But my prayer today is that we would be a people who experience true faith because we entrust our lives following the Lord's living as he commands us to." [00:54:04]
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"So what they do is, they manipulate the facts, they turn a spiritual claim that Jesus has, that he is the Messiah and they turn it into a political threat and it would concern Pilate. And just before this in Luke 20, they've tried to trap Jesus in the same sort of scenario about taxes." [00:26:35]
"But when we look at the religious leaders, we have to ask the question, are there times where we twist the truth to get what we want? Do we manipulate facts to serve on our agenda? You know, it's easy for us to come and condemn these religious leaders, but how often do we like to distort reality when it's convenient for us?" [00:27:39]
"Jesus, he warns us about the scribes earlier in Luke 20. He says, Beware of the scribes who walk around in their long robes and they love their greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogue, the places of honor at the feasts, who devour widows' houses and make a pretense, and for pretense make long prayers." [00:29:10]
"Pilate recognized Jesus' innocence. He knows the right verdict. But as Tabs read the passage we see, he lacked any courage to stand by his decision. And Pilate's failure isn't intellectual. He knew Jesus was innocent, so therefore his failure is moral. He knew what was right, but he lacked the courage to do what is right." [00:31:12]
"Sometimes we might think that we have a position to evaluate who Jesus is, decide what we want to do with him. But in reality, our response to Jesus doesn't change who Jesus is. But our response to Jesus shows us who we are. C .S. Lewis, he wrote, In the end, there's only two kinds of people." [00:34:28]
"They all cried out together, away with this man and release to us Barabbas, a man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection, started in the city, and for murder. So we imagine this scene as we move on to this crowd, the anger and the shouting, the mob mentality, the very people who welcomed Jesus just a few days before shouting, Hosanna, glory to God in the highest, are now the same people screaming, away with this man, give me Barabbas." [00:35:11]
"Pilate tries to, he shows us another human tendency that we can have of trying to find that middle ground even when there isn't one. No, he tries to say, I'll punish him. But I want to tell you that there is no middle ground when it comes to Jesus. Jesus is either who he claims to be, the son of God who died for your sins and rose back to life, the Messiah, or he isn't." [00:40:23]
"What we see that Jesus does for Barabbas is exactly what Jesus has done for us. He came to take our place. Isaiah prophesied, Isaiah 53 again, verse 5. He was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities. Upon him was a chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed." [00:43:40]
"And none of it took God by surprise. This wasn't plan B, this was the plan from the beginning as Acts 2 .23 says, Jesus would be delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God. In this darkest moment of human history, God worked all things together for his good." [00:44:51]
"When you receive Jesus, it is you acknowledging that you need him. It's recognizing like Barabbas that you deserve judgment, but you can go free because Jesus took your place. And it means that you surrender your life to him and says, it's not my will, but your will be done." [00:51:03]
"As we close, I want to say to you today that it's not enough just to admire Jesus, agree with his teachings. Even the demons know the Bible. Even the demons tremble at Jesus. But my prayer today is that we would be a people who experience true faith because we entrust our lives following the Lord's living as he commands us to." [00:54:04]
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