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“The Trial of Jesus”
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23:1-5,13-25.
We have seen the trials of:
O.J. Simpson, Scott Peterson, Casey Anthony, and Timothy McVeigh.
But of all the trials in human history, the trial of Jesus is the most important trial that ever took place.
In Jesus trial we see men sit in judgment over the son of God, men who are deluded by their sense of spiritual-knowledge, and political-power.
Men who think they are smarter than God, men who think they are in control of their own destiny.
Today people still sit in judgment over God; their verdict is that God is not good, or God is not
All-powerful.
That God is not the creator, and that man is not made in God’s image, and that there is no life after death.
Today people sit in judgment over who Jesus is; and their verdict is he’s just another religious figure of human history.
The verdict you render concerning Jesus is the most important decision you will ever make in your life.
This morning I want you to take a seat in the jury box, where we will listen in on the trial of Jesus.
We will hear the facts, weight the evidence, and make a decision about whether Jesus Christ is who He says he is, or not.
We discover in these verses that Jesus actually went through two trials: Jesus went on trial before the religious leaders, and before the political leaders.
Each of these trials have a purpose; each one of these trials accomplished just exactly what God intended.
On trial before the religious leaders we are given:
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The Identity of Jesus.
V:66-71.
Jesus was arrested in the garden of Gethsemane, taken by the soldiers to the high priest house where they beat him and mocked him.
To the Roman soldiers Jesus was a joke, they blindfolded him, and said if you’re a prophet, tell us who hit you.
They punched Jesus and spit in his face.
To people who do not believe that Jesus is the son of God, He is just a joke, someone to abuse, mock and make fun of.
These men who mocked Jesus were fulfilling prophecies that Jesus had made:
-”Jesus said, he will be delivered unto the Gentiles, and should be marked, and spitefully treated, and spit on.
Never forget that Jesus suffered these things for you and me.
Jesus was our suffering Savior!
Jesus was abused, and mocked all night.
The religious trial could not formally begin until daybreak, V:66-“as soon as it was day…
Don’t get the idea this is going to be a fair trial, Ananias, Caiaphas and the other religious leaders had already decided that Jesus had to be killed.
Jesus was going to be on trial before the Sanhedrin, they were 70 of them, the Supreme Court of the Jewish people.
Can you picture this kangaroo court, glaring at Jesus?
They sit in their seats, with their long beards, and long robes, they hate Jesus, their eyes are red with rage, and their tongues are like razors.
They think they have Jesus where they want him, they feel that they are now in control, but they are wrong!
God has allowed all of this to happen, for Jesus to be on trial before these religious leaders to declare one more time that Jesus is, the Christ, Son of Man, and son of God.
On trial before the religious leaders, God gives us the identity of Jesus.
Nothing is more important than knowing the true identity of Jesus.
Luke has been trying to help us see Jesus identity throughout his gospel.
He wants us to know who Jesus is, and when we know who he is, place our faith in him for salvation.
Jesus once again makes his identity clear.
Look at their opening question V:67-“ if you are the Christ, tell us…
a. Jesus is the “Christ”.
V:67-68.
Christ is not the last name of Jesus, but the title of Jesus.
It is the Hebrew word Messiah, which means the anointed one.
The Christ is the Savior that God had promised to send.
The Christ was the promised son of David, that’s why later these men would tell Pilate that Jesus had identified himself as Christ, the king.
The title Christ is used 25 times in Luke for Jesus.
These religious leaders are not asking this question because they wanted an answer!
They had already rejected Jesus as their Messiah.
But if they could get Jesus to admit that he was a Messiah, they could claim that he wanted to overthrow the Roman government, and take him before Pilate, the Roman governor.
Their question is insincere, they didn’t want facts, they had an agenda, do away with Jesus.
Their question was, “if you are the Christ…?
Of course Jesus is the Christ!
Luke has been showing us this all the way through his gospel.
When Jesus birth was announced to Mary by the angel Gabriel he said, -“The Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David”.
Jesus would be the Messiah because only the Messiah could sit on David’s throne.
And when Jesus was born, the shepherds heard the angel of the Lord say, -“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord “.
Later Luke tells us that when the baby Jesus was taken to the temple, a man named Simeon saw, -“the Lord’s Christ”.
Then there is the famous confession of Peter, who declared Jesus to be, -“the Christ of God”.
There are no “ifs” about it: Jesus is the Christ, the savior of the World!
Jesus knows they had already decided to reject whatever he said.
Jesus had already performed many miracles before their eyes.
Their problem was not a lack of evidence, but a refusal to accept the evidence already given.
God has revealed his wisdom, power and beauty in everything from the littlest snowflake, to the farthest star, and the glory, and power of Jesus Christ is revealed on every page of the gospel.
It’s easy to reject Jesus by claiming to need more information.
Many people hide behind what they don’t know in order to avoid what they do know.
What about you?
Will you reject Jesus?
Will you pretend that you need more information while clinging to your bias?
Or will you be honest?
There’s more than enough information and testimony to know the truth.
This Gospel was written, so we could be certain that the things we’ve been taught about Jesus are true.
What further testimony do you need?
Here is the question: Is Jesus the Savior who God promised to send, or not?
What answer will you give?
Will you believe that Jesus is the Savior who God promised to send?
Still there’s more to know about Jesus, Jesus tells these men one of his other titles.
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Jesus is “the Son of man”.
V:69-“Hereafter “the Son of Man” will sit on the right hand of the power of God”.
This is Jesus title of choice, it is used 82 times in the Gospels.
Jesus is identifying himself as the one that Daniel spoke about in .
-“And I saw One like the son of man coming with the clouds of heaven.
He approached the Ancient of Days and was brought before Him.
He was given authority to rule, and glory, and a kingdom; so that those of every people, nation, and language should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will not be destroyed.
Jesus is telling these men he is the one that Daniel is speaking about.
The Son of Man, came from heaven, and was given authority to rule, and glory and a kingdom.
Jesus said, -“All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me”..
Jesus declared to the Sanhedrin you’re going to see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power of God.
The men who were judging him, would one day be Judged by him.
Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of Man, his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom that will never be destroyed.
He sits at the right hand of God, and is coming in the clouds to judge the world!
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Jesus is, ”The Son of God”.
V:70-“Are you then the son of God?
And he said unto them, you say that I am”.
Or you could translate it, “you got that right”.
Jesus is claiming to be God!
The religious leaders understand that, that’s why they condemned him for blaspheming.
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