Sermon Tone Analysis

THE ILLEGAL TRIAL OF JESUS

A Lawyer looks at the Trials and Death* *

*There are a number of ways of looking at the Trials.*

#. *Medical – as a Crime scene investigator.

What caused the death, *

#. *Legal – as a Lawyer what laws were broken*

#. *Religious – as a religious leader what religious acts*

#. *Theological – Why did these events take place the way they did, What was God’s purpose?* * *

*Film The Passion of Jesus, by Mel Gibson.

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How many of you have seen it?

An excellent job at showing What took place but it does not show why it took place.

It does not show the Theological.

*The book by John Piper-  Why it took place.

The theology*

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*THE LAST PUBLIC MINISTRY IN JERUSALEM*

*The O.T. Portrays Christ as 1.

King *

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Priest, *

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Prophet *

*4.

Servant.*

*To understand the trials you need to know the O.T.*

*Gen.

3:15 The Prophecy of the Seed of the women bruising the seed of the serpent.*

*Isa.

53.

Prediction.*

Jesus arrives at Bethany near Jerusalem

Stays in the Home of Simon the Leper

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SUNDAY - HIS TRUMPHAL ENTRY - AS KING**       MATT.

MK       LUKE     JOHN*

Goes to the TEMPLE as *King* = center of Jewish Life             21:1-1 1 11:1-11  19:29-49 12:12

The Temple was center of National life as Fulfillment of Prophecy Ps. 118.26,

Returns to Bethany

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!! 2. MONDAY  - HIS ENTRY AS PRIEST

He goes to the Temple as Priest =Cleanses the Temple as The Great High Priest.

Heals, the Blind, the lame.

Matt.

21:12-17  Fulfillment of prophecy Ps 8:2

Returns to Bethany - the Home of Simon the Leper 

 

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TUESDAY -HIS ENTRY AS PROPHET   MATT.

21:18*

Goes to the Temple as Prophet HE TEACHES

He is questioned as to His Authority as a Prophet - Matt.21:23

He is questioned as to the Authority of John

As Prophet He teaches in Parables

A. v28  2 Sons vineyard - disobedient son = Jews

B. v33  vineyard son sent -servants murder Him = death of J.C.

C. Ch 22. 1-14 Wedding feast

As Prophet the Jews set Traps for Him.

A. Taxes v 17-22

B. Resurrection v 23-33

C. Great Commandment v 34

As Prophet He warns about Hypocrisy.

The pharoses ch.

23  *8 Woes.*

As Prophet He tells of coming events

The signs of the 2nd Coming *Matt.

24-25*

He returns to Bethany and the home of Simon the Leper  Matt 26:6-13

He is anointed for Burial by women = 6 days before the Passover?

*4TH HE ENTERS AS SERVANT*

Judas plot.

Eating of the last Supper.

Spiritual death occurs when the spirit is separated from God by disobedience; physical death occurs when the spirit is separated from the body.

We suffer the first death actively and by conscious choice; the second we suffer passively-it happens to us.

Thus we die spiritually by an act of the will; wheras we die physically by a form of execution-willy-nilly.

What astonished the disciples was the commitment of Jesus to death rather than glory.

5 times he tells his disciples during his ministry that he must go to Jerusalem and die.

“The Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and scourage, and to crucify him, and the third day he shall rise again.”

Matt.

20:18,19

 

Who killed Jesus is a big issue brought about by the Film.

What you find in scriptures is very interested.

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The Jews were the ones who wanted to put him to death.

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The Romans were the ones who put him on the cross.

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The Book of Romans tells us that the Father poured out His wrath upon him.

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The Gospels tell us that none of these killed Him.

He gave His life, “I lay down my life,”

 

Earlier that afternoon Peter and John, representing the Lord’s “household”, had presented a Pascal lamb before the priests in the Temple.

In a brief but carefully regulated ceremony, the lamb was slain.

A priest with a silver or gold vessel caught a small sample of the dying victim’s blood, passed it to other priests near the altar who took this blood and cast it in one sweep at the base of the altar while at the same time supplying afresh clean bowl to another priest for the next sacrificial victim.

The lamb in the O.T. had to be taken into the house for 3 days and inspected to make sure there were no spots or blemishes, that it was a perfect lamb.

While the lamb was roasting, the meal began with unleavened bread and wine.

It was then that the Lord instituted the patter of our communion service.

The disciples seem to have been totally Unaware of the deep significance of the deep significance of what was taking place at the table- the meaning of the Lord’s words regarding the bread and wine.

Jesus had entered Jerusalem 3 days fulfilling the different O.T. roles.

Each time He went to the temple and the Jews inspected him and found no fault in him.

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*Jesus Trials are the most extraordinary trials in the history of the human race.

– His trials establish the utter worthlessness of the court itself as a defender of human justice, served only to establish for all time the complete innocence of the Accused.*

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The Jewish authorities conducted a trial, which contravened every single safeguard against injustice to the innocent that they had laboriously constructed.

The Lord Jesus was shown to be innocent by every court- though this was not their intention- and thus identified Him as the Lamb of God without spot or blemish, a worthy sacrificial victim to die for the sins of others.

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Paradoxically, the Jewish religious  trials and the Civil Roman trial proved both the innocence of the Accused and the gilt of the accusers!

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*THE FACT WAS JESUS WAS THE JUDGE, AND EACH JUDGE AND SYSTEM WAS ON TRAIL AND FOUND GUILTY.*

*Our Lord had foreseen this: his words, “NOW THE JUDGMENT OF THIS WORLD” JOHN 12:31 had a double meaning.

Mankind was on trial.

By their verdict they demonstrated their own unrighteousness and only underscored their need of a Savior*

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ARREST AT NIGHT IN THE GARDEN

*1ST TRIAL BEFORE ANNAS THE EX-HIGH PRIEST AT NIGHT IN HIS HOME.*

*(JEWISH)** JOHN 18:13*

 

Account of the trial is in John 18:19-23

Annas was the High Priest Emeritus.

No high priest was ever Emeritus, when he died a new one was appointed.

He was the Head of the Religious Mafia and was so corrupt the Romans removed him from office.

He made money $$ off Exchange of money in the Temple