Jesus Delivered to be Crucified

Our indwelling sin causes us to reject what is good

Soldiers

English Standard Version Chapter 19

And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. 3 They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands.

Jews

English Standard Version Chapter 19

So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” 6 When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, “Crucify him, crucify him!”

English Standard Version Chapter 19

He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” 15 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.”

Pilate

English Standard Version Chapter 19

Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.

English Standard Version Chapter 19

So he delivered him over to them to be crucified.

Apply: Us

God used our rejection of Jesus to bring about our redemption

FCF: Our indwelling sin causes us to reject what is good (Soldiers, Jews, Pilate)

CFC: God used our rejection of Jesus to bring about our redemption (for his sovereign authority, see v.11)

possible illustration: everyone wanted Matt Patricia, nobody wanted Dan Campbell