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Introduction - A Guilty Man
In 2006, Gary Bush was arrested, tried and convicted for three counts of bank robbery.
This was despite the fact that Mr. Bush maintained his innocence.
In fact, the sole fingerprint recovered on the note given to the teller did not have Bush’s fingerprints.
"I think they finger printed me five times trying to get my finger prints to match the fingerprints on the note," Bush said.
Despite this, no one expected the next turn in this story.
In 2016, 9 1/2 years later, Christian Amos turned himself in for the crime that Mr. Bush had been convicted of.
It seems that Mr. Amos was so proud of his grandson for telling the truth about a broken window that he said he had not choice but to confess.
His conscience wouldn’t let him continue.
We continue our look at the last part of Luke’s Gospel today as we look at the trial of Jesus Christ.
As we have Chronicled, Jesus was arrested in the middle of the night.
He was abandoned by most of his followers and the general crowds - less than a week after he rode victorious into Jerusalem.
And much like this story, a guilty man, although he eventually gave himself up, went free.
But unlike this story -
And now, the blameless lamb of God stands before a court as they seek to convict him and send him away to death.
As we do today, I want you to keep this in mind - that Jesus went to the cross so that prisoners might go free.
They Held An Illegal Trial to Try An Innocent Man
EX - The charges they levied against Jesus were false.
The charges they really levied against Jesus was blasphemy.
He claimed to be the Son of God, which meant he was God.
And yes, he is, but if you don’t believe that he is, then you’d consider it blasphemy.
I mean, if I claimed to be God, you’d say, “Nope - our pastor is crazy and a blasphemy.
Get the rocks ready for the stoning.”
They rejected his claims to be both God and Messiah.
So, while on one hand he was guilty of being the Son of God and the Messiah, he wasn’t guilty of blasphemy as they charged.
They knew that the government could care less about the charge of blasphemy.
Pilate, as the official for Rome, would treat a claim of blasphemy like the Sheriff would today if we called them because someone here was blaspheming.
“Figure it out yourself” is what they would say.
So, they needed to come up with another charge against Jesus.
They accused him of crimes against Rome - crimes against Caesar.
Crimes we know are false - just look at
No, in their quest to convict Jesus, they rejected the holy one of God and instead swore their allegiance to Rome.
They cooked up false charges against Jesus because they just wanted to get rid of him.
IL - Arguments against Jesus
Avalos
Dr. Avalos is a professor of Religious Studies in Ames at Iowa State.
Even today, those who reject Jesus’ message aren’t always content with just ignoring him.
If this name sounds familiar, it’s because I mentioned him a few weeks ago.
I stumbled across a “quiz” this week where they take 50 things from the Bible in order to make the whole of it seem foolish and irrelevant.
The
I mean, if I took enough time, I could pluck my way through their website and do the same to them.
And he is an atheist who has studied Scripture but re
It shouldn’t come as a surprise, however, because people far too often reject Jesus when they don’t like what he has to say.
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They Tried Him Illegally
EX - But it wasn’t just the charges that were illegitimate, the entire trial was a sham.
We see in verse 66 that they held off on trying Jesus until day broke.
This was because they could not conduct a trial at night.
Mark, however, records for us that there was an “Unofficial” trial during the night.
They simply confirmed their earlier decisions
But they also could not, according to Jewish law, hold a capital trial in one day.
They needed two.
Nor could they condemn a man on a feast day.
Nor could they condemn a man to death without allowing him a formal defense.
This was a show trial if there ever was one.
But then they took him to Pilate who likewise questioned him.
And Pilate really didn’t want to get involved.
So, Pilate came to a reasonable conclusion - Jesus is innocent.
Rather than releasing him as he should have, Pilate passed the buck to Herod.
So, now Jesus would be tried a third time with Herod.
And when Jesus wouldn’t perform a sign or wonder for Herod, Herod excused himself and sent Jesus back to Pilate.
But not until he had mocked and treated Jesus with contempt, the Scriptures teach us.
Now, a fourth appearance in court for Jesus, back before Pilate.
And Pilate has had enough.
He says, “Look, he’s innocent.
I’ll beat him and send you all on your way.”
But Pilate gives in to the crowds who demand a man who is guilty of the very things they accuse Jesus of to be released.
And Pilate, like so many politicians after him, caved to the mob rule.
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They Tried An Innocent Man
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This Trial Was a Picture of a Larger Reality
EX - teaches us this truth
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God uses things that we find illegitimate to accomplish his legitimate plan.
EX - Jesus Never fought against the machine
Conclusion - God uses things that we find illegitimate to accomplish his legitimate plan.
This isn’t the first time they tried to kill Jesus.
Remember Joseph?
He was in jail for an illegitimate reason.
He didn’t do anything to Potiphar’s wife.
Yet, God used that time for Joseph to meet the right people to prepare him to be ready to stand before Pharaoh.
But now, Jesus stood there, taking their insults and their mocking.
Everyone in the room knew this trial was a joke and a sham.
Yet, he stood there.
IL - Being Falsely Accused
He ensur
I don’t know about you, but it’s no fun to be falsely accused.
It is easy at this point to become frustrated and upset at the
I remember many years ago, right out of high school, I worked at Casey’s making pizza and running the register.
I was up early on a Wednesday which was truck day, when we’d get in the new merchandise and such.
I walk into the store and the manager was there and said, “I need your key.
You are no longer employed here.”
I asked why and the manager said, “Your drawer was short over the weekend.
Company policy is to fire people we suspect of theft.”
I threw my key down and walked home - all the while processing what had just happened.
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