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Introduction: Getting the blame
Did you drink the last of the milk?
Where did you put the remote?
(your marriage is over)
Whenever I need something that isn’t where it’s supposed to be....Tarah or the kids
We catch Jesus in this moment where he is taking the blame for something that someone else did......
Mark 15:1-
Jesus took the punishment for a man he had never even met...
What Jesus did for one person, he does for every person
What he did for Barabbas, he does for you and me
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Mark 15:6-
What he did for my heart, he can do for yours.
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Mark 15:9-15
Mark 15:12-
The crowd reminds me that...
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The loud voice and the right voice aren’t always the same
Explain
“He said he was a king!”
Religious leaders couldn’t get him killed based on religion so they played politics
They know that Pilate is in a sticky situation too
He’s killed a bunch of people....he feels the need to quiet the riot
When given the choice between Jesus and Barabbas (between truth and their agenda) they chose Barabbas
I think we still choose Barabbas sometimes....
when the louder voices in our heads are screaming
when we are moving too fast to listen… those who didn’t know what the religious leaders were up too...
Story: Listen Slowly
a pastor was too busy.
The voice in his head was telling him he had too much to do…to much to work on
he was eating his food too fast …snapping at this wife… being short with the kids.
“Daddy, can I tell you so real quick”
take your time...
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then you have to listen slow
Listen to the right voices
What voice are you listening to?
Im too busy…I’m the worst…she’s the worst…that’s too much Jesus..
What about Voices that
point me towards Jesus
genuinely love me
that challenge my selfishness
my agenda
Mark 15:
Barabbas reminds me that...
Barabbas is proof that...
2. Jesus is more concerned about his work being finished than about it being fair
Explain
Barabbas is everyone and anyone
His name means ‘son of the father’ (bar) (abba)
He could have just as easily represented every person in that crowd
he rebel…he was the murderer
Crowd may have even gathered to see this ‘local hero’ set free…the ‘Nationalist’
Barabbas was the rebel…he was the murderer ()
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But Jesus takes the punishment for being what Barabbas actually was
The real Son of Man (Jesus) trades places with the other son of man (Barabbas)
Story: Trying to be fair when my wife was pregnant...
“But that’s not fair!”
Tarah just points to her belly
Give grace
Forgive
Conclusion: What Jesus did for one person, he does for every person
What Jesus did for one person, he does for every person
The crowd thinks that they chose Barabbas but really JESUS chose Barabbas
I wonder what Barabbas thought of this whole experience...
One commentator David Guzik points out that it’s possible Barabbas wasn’t even there
One commentator David Guzik puts it like this
-He points out that it’s possible Barabbas wasn’t even there
We can imagine Barabbas, in a dark prison cell with a small window, waiting to be crucified.
Through the window he could hear the crowd gathered before Pilate, not far away from the Fortress Antonia where he was imprisoned.
Perhaps he could not hear Pilate ask, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”
But surely he heard the crowd shout back, “Barabbas.”
He probably could not hear Pilate’s one voice ask, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?”
But he certainly heard the crowd roar in response, “Let Him be crucified.”
If all Barabbas heard from his cell was his name shouted by the mob, then the “Let Him be crucified,” when the soldiers came to his cell, he surely thought it was time for him to die a tortured death.
But when the soldiers said, “Barabbas, you are a guilty man – but you will be released because Jesus will die in your place,”
Barabbas knew the meaning of the cross better than most.
We wonder if he ever took it to heart.
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