April 24, 2022

Dangers In Judging Jesus

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Passage: John 19:1-16
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Dangers In Judging Jesus

John 19:1-16 (NASB)
1  Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him.
2  And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him;
3  and they began to come up to Him and say, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and to give Him slaps in the face.
4  Pilate came out again and *said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him."
5  Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate *said to them, "Behold, the Man!"
6  So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, "Crucify, crucify!" Pilate *said to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him."
7  The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God."
8  Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid;
9  and he entered into the Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, "Where are You from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.
10  So Pilate *said to Him, "You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?"
11  Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin."
12  As a result of this Pilate made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, "If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar."
13  Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14  Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
15  So they cried out, "Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!" Pilate *said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar."
16  So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified.

 

  1. Delaying Or Dodging The Decision

Luke 23:5-7 (NASB)
5  But they kept on insisting, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching all over Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as this place."
6  When Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.
7  And when he learned that He belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself also was in Jerusalem at that time.

 

  1. Determining Immediate Personal Impact Of The Decision

Matthew 27:19 (NASB)
19  While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him."

 

  1. Distorting Truth To Justify Decision

 

  1. Denying Personal Accountability For The Decision