The non secular trial of christ

Pastor Chuck DeVane

special to The Sentinel-record

So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him. First they led him to Annas, for he become the partner's father of Caiaphas, who was excessive priest that 12 months. It become Caiaphas who had suggested the Jews that it might be expedient that one man should still die for the americans. The excessive priest then wondered Jesus about his disciples and his instructing.

-- John 18:12-19, ESV

the trials of Jesus Christ are numbered in a number of techniques by means of the Gospel writers and subsequent commentators. It seems to me John obviously highlights them in three phases: a religious trial, a political trial, and a public trial. here's to reveal that Jesus will certainly not be accepted as Lord and Savior by means of americans whose maximum priorities are non secular self-righteousness, political vigor, or very own popularity. Let's seem to be on the spiritual trial first, a narrative of Keystone Kops, three excessive priests, and a conflict over handle.

Jesus became arrested through deputized Temple police, a collection of Keystone Kops, a band of Barney Fifes. continually, when police or defense force officers arrest a subject, they're in manage, however not these boneheads. When Jesus recognized Himself, they literally stumbled and fell. The officers would have not ever attained an arrest if the suspect, the Lord Jesus Christ, had no longer willingly given Himself up to them.

God bought arrested. It sounds preposterous, does not it? nevertheless it suggests us how low probably the most high will go to attain and redeem the people He loves. Let there be little doubt about it, God changed into in manage. Now arrested, Jesus takes His first, intentional, and fateful step along the by way of Dolorosa, the style of suffering. he will walk it the entire option to the move.

The trial takes area within the faces of three excessive monks. Annas became really a former high priest. He was out of office however not out of vigor. He ruled from behind the throne of his puppet, son-in-law Caiaphas, the latest high priest. Caiaphas become a more calculating and cautious religious ruler. He had advised the other Jewish leaders earlier than the Passover that it will be expedient to have Jesus killed, with a view to convince their overlords they had been dedicated to the Pax Romana, despite the fact that it intended murdering one among their own. Expediency, pragmatism, anything works most useful for me, has all the time been the world's largest religion.

who's the third excessive priest in the room? read Hebrews four:14-sixteen. sure, Jesus consented to His own arrest, and presided because the authentic high Priest at His own spiritual trial, a trial at which the non secular authorities rejected the gospel and condemned the Lord. Yet the Lord turned into in handle the total time. The sovereignty of God overruled and in reality used the religious rulers' rejection of the Lord to ultimately fulfill the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The arrest and non secular trial of Christ changed into a clash over control. The arresting officers notion they had control over Jesus, however Jesus was in handle. The high priests notion they'd authority over Jesus, even slapping Him around a little bit, however Jesus is the most desirable authority over them.

faith is man's attempt to handle God, which is why God will no longer shop religious americans, simplest the repentant and the trustworthy who yield all control over to Him. The Judaism standard in Jesus' day turned into a religion. It managed people within the identify of God, and even sought control over God. different religions which have sprung up earlier than and after Christ are mere religions. instead of uniting americans with God, they promise which you can handle God, or become your own God.

The declining Christian denominations on the earth today, wracked via liberalism, denying the deity, blood atonement, exclusivity, and literal resurrection and return of Jesus, are religions. in its place of uniting people with God, they cast doubt and dispersion on God's note, the Bible. They put Jesus on trial and reject most of what the Scriptures teach about Him.

authentic Christianity is more than a religion, however it is not less. It has its rituals, creeds, and commandments. but these are observed as a result of God has saved you, no longer to force God's hand to save you. God's grace grants religion that gives salvation. Grace places God in control.

So, hand over manage. renowned it belongs best in the fingers of God. Let Christ arrest you. Let the Lord decide you to your sins and then nail them to the go. call upon the Lord Jesus Christ. he'll save you, however he will no longer accept second location. He calls for to be in control, to be your undisputed Lord, so as to be your eternal Savior.

Chuck DeVane is the pastor of Lake Hamilton Baptist Church in sizzling Springs. name him at 501-525-8339 or electronic mail [email protected]