The Servant King before Pilate

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Psalm 119:57–64 ESV

57 The Lord is my portion; I promise to keep your words. 58 I entreat your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. 59 When I think on my ways, I turn my feet to your testimonies; 60 I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments. 61 Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me, I do not forget your law. 62 At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules. 63 I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts. 64 The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love; teach me your statutes!

Introduction

For this is what it means to be a king: to be first in every desperate attack and last in every desperate retreat, and when there’s hunger in the land (as must be now and then in bad years) to wear finer clothes and laugh louder over a scantier meal than any man in your land.”

― C.S. Lewis

Text

Mark 15:1–14 ESV

1 And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate. 2 And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.” 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things. 4 And Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.” 5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed. 6 Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. 7 And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. 8 And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. 9 And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” 10 For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. 12 And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?” 13 And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” 14 And Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.”

Background Information

When you take this text opens up with Jesus being brought before the Romans.

Pilate was put into power (expand on him)

Pilate - was a prefect a govenenor and wasnt above acting in a self serving way.

The King before the governor

Mark 15:2 ESV

2 And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.”

Can you imagine the scene

Nature as a King (expand about his birth)

King Jesus

Mark 10:32  And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them.

What is a king?

This I contend to you demonstrates the kingly office of Jesus. He Went into the very domain of Rome, allowed himself to be taken

He was walking into a battle with his enemies, with the devil, and death.

I believe in this context we see Jesus as demonstrating his connection to David the king of Israel. Jesus was the prophesied decedent of David who would reign on his throne forever.

2 Samuel 7:16 ESV

16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’ ”

Jesus was moving in his athroaty. This King was This very act of leading and walking into danger is kingly.

Let me expand on this, and you’re going to need to use your

The Bible calls the devil a dragon and Jesus is going to the home of the dragon who he knew was plotting to kill him. In my mind I see Jesus seeing a city with a dragon only he could see that he knew he must fight. We today rightfully thank police, soldiers, firemen for going into harms way. Jesus is the ultimate example of this. He is a warrior king going in to fight the ultimate evil, to ransom us from it with his own blood He Bible says this. Life for a friend. (John)

Application:

Are you really a christian? Do you really believe this? You think the world was made in 6 days? Are you one of those hateful people?

These questions can come in and you may here something like this in your walk. You may not have to stand in front of the president, the Governor, or someone of power, but maybe the person is a family member, a friend, but you will be asked questions

Look at the actions of Jesus

Mark 15:2–5 ESV

2 And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.” 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things. 4 And Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.” 5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Good questions like who he was he answered. Are you the king of the Jews?

He answers this.

The accusations of the Jews he didn’t answer.

John’s Gospel adds this information

John 18:33–38 ESV

33 So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” 35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” 36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” 37 Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” 38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in him.

You see Jesus explains who he is is silent on the spurious accusations

This action of Jesus is the application of Proverbs 26:4-5

Proverbs 26:4–5 ESV

4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

When dealing with people who have questions about our faith you need to listen to the question.

If your interacting with someone who is in bad faith, remember Pigs like mud and when you wrestle with one you also get dirty. Avoid wastes of time.

When it is someone who is a genuine questioner, but is in their folly, answer the question.

1 Peter 3:15 ESV

15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

Use this as a guide to speaking with others. You seek their salvation, their correction, not a notch on your belt of rightness.

The Suffering Servant

Mark 15:6–15 ESV

6 Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. 7 And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. 8 And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. 9 And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” 10 For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. 12 And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?” 13 And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” 14 And Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” 15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

You can see the obedience to The father of the son.

Mark shows Jesus as a constant servant to his people.

His passive obedience to the crufixion. We are saved by his obedience active and passive (expand as you wish)

The Son of man was required to make what’s called the Penal Substitutionairy Atonement.

That’s theological terminology for taking upon his own body God’s full hatred of sin onto himself in our place.

I’m going to lay out what he did so that you can understand the weight of his actions and so if anyone asks you for why you believe you maybe able to defend it.

You could say that Jesus did 3 actions here

Works of John Owen: Volume 10 (Chapter IX: Being a Second Part of the Former Digression—Arguments to Prove the Satisfaction of Christ)

First, That Christ took and bare our sins, God laying them on him. (Took them willingly)

Secondly, That he so took them as to undergo the punishment due unto them. (suffered the wrath, shame, and death)

Thirdly, That he did this in our stead.(Place)

To prove he took them willingly look at the text.

John 1:29 ESV

29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

1 Peter 2:24 ESV

24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Isaiah 53:11–12 ESV

11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.

2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV

21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

He willingly took our place. Talk about God so loving the world. contemplate the merciful compassion of our saviour!

2. To Prove he received our punishment, the wrath we should have gotten

Genesis 2:17 ESV

17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Adam had sinned and that was death for him and his raise a punishment we all deserve

Romans 5:12 ESV

12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—

He suffered the death we should have.

He took on the curse of breaking God’s law

Deuteronomy 27:26 ESV

26 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Hebrews 2:9 (ESV)

9 so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

Romans 8:32 ESV

32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

Isaiah 53:10 ESV

10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Galatians 3:13 ESV

13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—

He took the punishment we deserved.

He took our place

2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV

21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

He gave us by swapping himself for us his own righteousness

Application:

1. Love for us

Pierced for Our Transgressions: Rediscovering the Glory of Penal Substitution Assurance of God’s Love

A penal substitutionary understanding of the cross helps us to understand God’s love, and to appreciate its intensity and beauty. Scripture magnifies God’s love by its refusal to diminish our plight as sinners deserving of God’s wrath, and by its uncompromising portrayal of the cross as the place where Christ bore that punishment in the place of his people. If we blunt the sharp edges of the cross, we dull the glittering diamond of God’s love.

So we are to do likewise and love one another with this kind of love.

2. Truthfulness of God

A Second application is that by Christ saying he was going to do this and he did we can know that God is trurthful

Pierced for Our Transgressions: Rediscovering the Glory of Penal Substitution Confidence in God’s Truthfulness

In this way, the cross of Christ establishes that all of God’s word is true. If God refused to break his word in this most extreme of cases, we can trust him in every other situation. The torment of the cross stands as a monument to the unchanging truthfulness of God’s word:

Psalm 33:4 ESV

4 For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.

3. Legally Righteous

You are now covered in the righteousness of God. Think of it this way you’re clothed in Christ’s righteousness.

You’re legally declared sinless before God. The punishment has been met out for you, you can never experince God’s wrath

4. Gives a real understanding or our sin

Benediction

Say: As we close our service of worship dear brother and sister please stand for our benediction and receive by faith this blessing from God

Ephesians 6:10–11 ESV

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.