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Get ready for a teaching
that feeds your spirit
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and your mind where the
word is the anchor in
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and doctrine doesn't bend to culture.
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We keep it simple,
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but dive deep revealing a
truth that strengthens us,
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a love that emboldens,
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and a mission that touches the world.
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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My name is Rick Renner
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and I'm so glad that you've
let me come into your space.
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And as you can see on the
screen behind me today,
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we're going to be looking at
that moment when Jesus finally
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stood before Pontius Pilate.
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But Pilate did not want to prosecute Jesus, so he looked
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for a loophole.
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And today you're gonna learn
amazing things from this
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series, which is called Easter,
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The Rest of the Story. There
is so much to this story
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that people have never heard,
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and that is why I am teaching it.
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When I was a little boy every year we went
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to church at Easter, so ready
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to hear the message about the
cross and the resurrection.
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But eventually I began to
wonder, isn't there more
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to this story than what
we hear every single year?
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So I took a deep dive into the story
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and wow, what I found
was just amazing to me.
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And what you're going to hear
today is truly remarkable.
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Pilate really did everything he could
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to avoid prosecuting Jesus,
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but eventually Jesus went to the cross
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because it was the father's plan for him to die as the lamb
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of God, to take away the sin of the world.
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That means my sin and to your sin.
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But Pilate in the process
really did look for a loophole
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to get out of this, and
that's what we're going
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to be looking at today.
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It's really going to be good.
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But before we get into the
teaching, I want to remind you
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that if you need prayer,
we want to pray for you.
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and I and our team are gonna really pray for you.
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And Jesus is gonna do what needs to be done.
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The Bible says that if we would agree as touching anything,
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Jesus will do it and we
will scripturally agree
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We're waiting to hear from you right now,
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but I'll be back in just a moment.
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But first, watch this.
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Do you know the story of
Easter, the resurrection
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of Jesus, the empty tomb
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and the appearances to the disciples?
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But did you know that's
only part of the story?
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The Rest of the Story,
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Rick delves into the lesser known details
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of the Easter story that
are often overlooked.
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Details like who was Pontius Pilate,
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what really happened to
the garden of Gethsemane?
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What happened to the
temple when Jesus died?
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What exactly did the disciples witness on
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that miraculous morning?
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Why Easter is the absolute defining moment of our faith.
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through its beautifully decorated pages.
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to ponder the reasons
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In the last program we saw
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that the religious leaders in
Jerusalem really abused Jesus.
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They spat on him, they
struck him with the palms
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of their hands, they doubled up their fist and they hit him.
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They played blind man's bluff with him.
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It is just unthinkable what they did to Jesus.
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And finally they led him to Pilate.
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And today we're going
to be looking at Pilate.
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But when you talk about Judea in the 1st century,
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it was a land that was filled with leaders
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that were paranoid about somebody trying
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to take their power.
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The Jewish religious
leadership was paranoid.
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That's one reason why they
really didn't like Jesus.
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They didn't like the fact
that he was becoming popular.
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Political leaders were paranoid about losing their power.
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And for that reason, political
leaders were looking between
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behind every nook
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and cranny looking for
some secret plot out there
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to take away their power.
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And this leads us to the subject of Pilate,
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a remarkable ruler who ruled Judea
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for 10 years.
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Now that is already amazing
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because most Roman governors ruled Judea from 12
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to 36 months.
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You say, well, why such a short term?
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Because they were losing
their power all the time.
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But Pilate ruled for 10 years.
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And this tells us something about Pilate. We're told
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by Josephus that he was ruthless and he was unsympathetic
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and he was always putting
down plots against him,
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but he was quite a cruel leader.
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And Pilate was the final say
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so in all legal matters in the land of Judea.
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He was viewed as the chief legal authority in all
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legal matters.
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So his word was very
important when it came
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to legal affairs.
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But when it came to religious trials,
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Pilate really didn't enjoy that
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and didn't want to find
himself embroiled in all kinds
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of religious controversy.
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So if there was a religious issue
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and the Jews felt some
religious law had been broken,
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rather than him deal with it,
he usually sent it to Caiaphas
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who was the high priest at
the time and to the Sanhedrin
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and tried to leave that in
the matters of their hands
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because they just didn't like
to deal with religious issues.
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But Pilate knew how to
play the political game,
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and that is how he stayed
in power for 10 years.
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But the Jewish leadership
in Jerusalem also knew how
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to play the political game.
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And the Jewish leadership knew
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because of Pilate's cruel behavior toward people,
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many, many complaints had been filed against him
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to the emperor in Rome.
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And they knew that if they
filed more complaints,
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it could cause problems for Pilate,
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and they use this to their advantage.
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And this no doubt affects
Pilate's ultimate decision
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to crucify Jesus.
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But when the religious mob insisted
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that Jesus be crucified, Pilate wanted
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to know the reason why.
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Why were they demanding Jesus crucifixion?
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So they answered him.
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In Luke 23:2,
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we found this fellow perverting the nation
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and forbidding to give
tribute to Caesar saying
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that he himself is Christ a king.
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Well, the truth is that
Jewish leadership was jealous
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of Jesus and they also despised Pilate
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for his cruelty.
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But Pilate knew that they were
jealous of Jesus popularity,
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but politically he also knew
the charges they were putting
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against Jesus put him in
a really bad position.
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What if news reached Rome
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that Jesus had perverted the nation
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or taught the people that they
were not to pay their taxes,
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and that Jesus was claiming
to be a counter king
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and he did nothing about it.
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That would be political suicide for Pilate
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to do nothing about
that kind of situation.
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So with that history behind us,
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now let's look at Matthew 27:2,
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where the story continues and it says,
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And when they - that is the religious leadership
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of Jerusalem - had bound him, they led him away
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and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
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But notice the Bible says they bound him.
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And the Greek word that is used here describes the binding
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or tying up or securing of an animal.
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The words led him away is a
form of the Greek word ago,
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which pictures a shepherd who
ties a rope around the neck
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of his sheep and then
leads it down the path to
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where it needs to go.
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And here we find a fulfillment
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of Isaiah's prophecy in Isaiah 53:7 which says,
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He was oppressed
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and he was afflicted, yet
he opened not his mouth.
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He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter
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and as a sheep before her shears is dumb.
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So he opened a knot, his mouth.
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And now we find literally in Matthew 27:2,
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they wrap a rope around Jesus' neck
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and like a lamb, they lead him to Pilate
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for the beginning of his slaughter.
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And this fulfilled Isaiah 53:7.
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But then when we come to Matthew 27:2 we find
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that moment when Pilate
begins to interrogate Jesus.
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And in my book Easter, The Rest of the Story,
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there's a beautiful illustration of
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that moment when Jesus stood
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before Pilate, who was
the governor of Judea,
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but we read in Matthew 27:2,
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and when they had bound him, they let him away
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and delivered him to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
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When they delivered Jesus to Pilate, their intention was
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to make Jesus Pilate's problem.
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And when we come to Matthew 27:11,
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the Bible continues to tell us.
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And Jesus stood before the governor.
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That is what is pictured in
this beautiful illustration.
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Jesus standing before the governor
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and the governor asked him saying,
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art thou the king of the Jews.
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And of course if Jesus had said Yes,
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this would've been treasonous.
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But Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest it
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which is the equivalent
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of saying that's what you say about me.
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But Pilate asked him a direct question
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and Jesus did not directly answer him.
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Then when you come to Matthew 27:
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12, it continues -
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And when he was accused
of the chief priests
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and elders, he answered nothing.
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So now we see one time he
has not directly answered the
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governor a second time
he has answered nothing.
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For a second time, Jesus
has refused to answer
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or to refute the charges that
were brought against him.
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And then when you come to Matthew 27:13
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and 14, it says, then said Pilate unto him,
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Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee,
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and he answered him to never a word in so much
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that the governor marveled greatly.
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Marveled greatly in Greek means to wonder to be at a loss
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of words or to be shocked and amazed.
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And the reason the Pilate
wondered greatly is
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because Roman law permitted an
accused person three chances
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to defend himself.
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And if a prisoner passed
up those three chances
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to speak in his own defense,
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it meant he would automatically be charged as guilty.
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And Jesus passed up all 3 chances to defend himself.
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Jesus passed up his 1st chance.
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Jesus passed up his 2nd chance.
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Jesus passes up his final chance,
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and that is why Pilate asks him in Luke 23:
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3 - Art thou the king of the Jews?
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And he, that's Jesus answered him
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and said, thou sayest it.
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gospel that Jesus added,
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and here it is, John 18:36 -
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My kingdom is not of this world.
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If my kingdom were of this world,
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then would my servants fight that I should not be delivered
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to the Jews, but now is my kingdom not from thence.
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4 - Then said Pilate to the chief priests
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and to the people, I find
no fault in this man.
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And the word fault is a Greek word,
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which means no causable
legal reason to prosecute.
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and from thenceforth, Pilate sought to release him.
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Well, you have to remember that Pilate was the highest legal
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authority in the land.
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No one knew the law better than Pilate.
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And now Pilate says, I
find no fault in this man.
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The Greek literally means I find no causable legal reason
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to prosecute this man.
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and from thenceforth, Pilate sought to release him.
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But the religious leadership
in Jerusalem devised a
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scheme that would either get rid of Jesus
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or would get rid of Pilate.
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of Jesus or to get rid of Pilate.
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No.1: they developed a scheme to see Jesus judged
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by the Roman court, thus ruining his reputation
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and guaranteeing his crucifixion,
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while at the same time vindicating themselves in the eyes
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of the people. For No.2:
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to see Pilate removed
from power on the charge
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that he was unfaithful
to the Roman emperor
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because he would not
crucify a man who claimed
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to be a rival king to the emperor.
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they fully intended
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to take Jesus back into their own court in the Sanhedrin
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where they had the religious authority to stone him to death
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for claiming to be the son of God.
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the order for Jesus
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to be crucified, this political game would
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have been finished.
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He would've had happy Jews on his hand.
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He would've delivered himself from
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having charges brought
against him in Rome,
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but something in him just
could not bring himself
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to prosecute Jesus.
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But if Pilate had simply said, crucify him,
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this game would have been over.
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So Pilate gave Jesus 3-opportunities to defend himself,
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and Jesus passed up every opportunity.
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And that's why Isaiah 53:7 says,
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he opened not his mouth in his
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own defense.
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So according to Roman law,
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Jesus should have automatically been charged as guilty,
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but Herod still was seeking
away out of this dilemma
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and hip, hip Ray, he finally
figured out a loophole
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that would free him
from prosecuting Jesus.
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He discovered that Jesus was from Galilee
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and Galilee was under the
control of Herod Antipas.
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And at that particular moment,
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Herod Antipas was in Jerusalem on the other side
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of town in his father's old palace
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because he was in town
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to celebrate the Passover with the Jews.
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Jesus was from Galilee,
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he must have been jumping
up and down on the inside
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because it meant he didn't
have to prosecute Jesus.
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In fact, this should be
Herod Antipas problem.
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So he sent Jesus across town to be tried
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by Herod Antipas.
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And when we come to Luke 23:8,
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the Bible tells us about
that event and it says,
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and when Herod saw Jesus,
he was exceeding glad
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for he was desirous to
see him of a long season
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because he had heard many things of him
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and he hoped to have seen
some miracle done by him.
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But you're gonna find
out, it didn't take long
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before Herod Anus lost his temper
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and sent Jesus back
across town, returning him
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to the court of Pilate.
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But can you imagine?
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First Jesus was standing
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before a Roman governor
where he was tried.
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Then he was shipped across
town where he was tried
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before Herod only to be
shipped back to Pilate again.
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And my friends, if you've ever
been in a position in life
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where you feel like you've
just been shipped from one
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authority to another authority, maybe a church or at work
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or by the government,
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and you've just felt
like you've been abused
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and shipped from one person to another,
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Jesus fully understands and
you can talk to Jesus about it
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because that is exactly
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what Jesus experienced on that night.
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And that's why we read in Hebrews 4:15
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and 16, for we have not a high priest which cannot be
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touched with the feelings of our infirmities,
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but was in all points tempted like as we are
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yet without sin.
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Therefore, let us come
boldly to the throne of grace
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that we may obtain mercy
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and find grace to help
in the time of need.
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I want to tell you, if anybody
understands being abused,
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it is Jesus.
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Now, just imagine: he was arrested in the garden
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of Gethsemane where he demonstrated phenomenal amounts
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of supernatural power: with one word from his mouth,
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he knocked 300 to 600 Roman soldiers, plus Temple officers,
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plus religious leaders back onto the ground.
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In that moment, Peter swung
into action, impetuously,
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he cut the right ear off the head of Malchus
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who was the servant of the high priest,
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but Jesus was moving in
such a mighty anointing in
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that moment that he either
regrew that ear on the side
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of Malchus head or picked up the old ear
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and put it back on it
reattached supernaturally.
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And then we know
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that there was a rumbling
in the local cemetery
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and a boy was raised from the dead.
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All of this amazing power
be manifest in the Garden
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of Gethsemane at the time of Jesus' arrest.
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And that Jesus stepped forward
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and permitted them to wrap
a rope around his neck
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and to lead him as a lamb
to his own slaughter.
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And of course, eventually
they took him to Caiaphas
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where he was abused.
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He was spat upon.
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Those religious leaders
got right in his face
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and spat as hard as they could
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and debase him and humiliate him.
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Then they beat him and they slapped him.
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And then the guards, which were working with the high priest
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and the religious leaders
entered into the fray
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and they begin to beat him
and they begin to mock him.
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And then finally they led him to Pilate
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where he was interrogated,
and Pilate asked him again
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and again and again three times trying
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to give Jesus an opportunity
to speak in his own defense,
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but as a lamb before her shearers is silent,
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so Jesus opened not his mouth.
Why didn't he open his mouth?
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Because Jesus knew the cross
was the father's plan for him.
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He knew he was born as the Lamb of God
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that takes away the sin of the world.
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And this was not a
moment to defend himself,
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but it was a moment for him
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to entrust himself in himself
into the hand of the Father.
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that moment, Jesus
trusted himself to the one
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who judges righteously.
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And even though Jesus
was going through abuse,
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he knew he was right in the
center of the Father's plan.
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But Pilate discovers that
Jesus is from Galilee
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and that is Herod Antipas district.
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So Pilate shipped him over to Herod,
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who's in town for the Passover,
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and Herod loses his temper, abuses Jesus
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with his special guards,
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and then sends Jesus back
across town to Pilate again,
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where Pilate finds himself once again embroiled in this
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religious mess and eventually he caves
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and realizes he has no choice
except to give the order
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for Jesus to be scourged and Jesus to be crucified.
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But Jesus was so abused.
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He was shipped from one
authority to another authority
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to another authority,
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but all the while he had his
eyes fixed on the Father,
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not on those that were abusing him
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because he knew the Father
had designed for him
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to die on the cross as the Savior
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and the lamb of God
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who would take away the sin of the world.
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That is for me and that
is for you - my friends -
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Jesus went through all
of this for me and you.
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I'm out of time, but I
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so we can release more
funds to taking the teaching
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of the Bible to the ends of the earth.
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We've already paid off 84%
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of our Ministry Expansion Project,
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but we'd like to finish it.
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And if you're not a part of
the Giving Team yet today,
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I want to ask you to join our Giving Team
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so we can pay off this facility
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and release all those funds
into taking the teaching
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of the Bible to the ends of the earth.
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Well, today we've been
looking at the events
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of when Jesus finally stood
before a Pontius Pilate
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and Pilate interrogated him,
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and Jesus passed the test.
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He knew who he was.
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He refused to defend himself
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because he knew that he was
right where he was supposed
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to be, and he was to die as the lamb of God
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that takes away the sin of the world,
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and the Father empowered
him to remain true
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to his mission.
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Praise God and friend,
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I want to tell you, it doesn't
matter what you are going
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through or what you're facing,
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if you know you are in the will of God, stay on track
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and the Father will give
you a new end feeling
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of the Holy Spirit,
which will invigorate you
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and charge you with what you need
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to stay faithful all the way to the end.
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Say amen. But hey, if you
need prayer, reach out to us
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because we want to pray for you.
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If you're going through a rough time
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or if you've got a spiritual
need or any kind of a need
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and you just wish there was
someone to pray with you,
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here we are and we're
waiting to pray for you.
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Or you can send us an email,
call us or send us an email,
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and we will really release our faith,
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and Jesus will just do
something wonderful for you,
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and I'm gonna pray for you right now.
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So put your hand on your heart.
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Father, I thank you in the name of Jesus
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that when you call us to do something, you give us the power
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to do it and to endure
all the way to the end.
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I thank you that Jesus was
faithful to the assignment.
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He didn't bend, he didn't break.
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He stayed on target with
what you called him to do,
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and Jesus we're so thankful for that.
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And Holy Spirit, I ask
you to fill my friend
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with the strength and power
they need to stay on track
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and to fulfill what God
has called them to do.
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In Jesus' name - Amen.
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Now, when we come back
tomorrow, we're going to see
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what happened to Jesus when
he stood before Herod Antipas.
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It's going to be good,
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but until then, remember Ecclesiastes 8:4,
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"Where the word of a king is there is power."
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Hey friends, this is Rick Renner, and Denise
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and I are coming to the United States for our brief trip,
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and we want to invite you to come to some
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of our meetings. On Sunday, April 19th,
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we'll be ministering at Vertical Church in West Haven,
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Connecticut with Pastors Ken and Kathy Vance.
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Then on Wednesday - Sunday, April 22nd - 26th,
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I'll be speaking at Perry Stone's -
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Wonderful 2026 Prophetic Summit - in
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Cleveland, Tennessee.
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Then on Sunday, May 3rd,
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I'll be speaking at Resurrection Life in Grandville,
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Michigan with Pastors Duane and Jeanie Vander Klok.
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Friend, if you can come to
any of these meetings, Denise
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and I would just be so
thrilled to see you,
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but please go online
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or give us a call to make
sure none of the dates
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or times have changed.
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If you've never received
Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord,
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I repent, repented my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life. Amen.
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This program was made
possible by the giving
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of the God called partners
of Renner Ministries.