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Binding the hands of Jesus
The last 9 hours of the life of Jesus as he is bound and handed over to the Roman’s to carry out God’s plan.
They bound Him, may we not bind the hands of Jesus today.
Night before Peter denied Christ (Mk14:66-72)
Night before Jesus stood before Caiaphas the High Priest (Mk14:60-65)
Night before Jesus faced, chief priests, elders and scribes (Mk14:53-59)
Night before be has betrayed and abandoned (Mk14:43-52)
Night before He struggled in the flesh in prayer (Mk14:32-42)
Night before He had dinner with friends; Lords supper (Mk14:22-31)
That brings us to our passage today, after an illegal hearing, in the night we get to this:
It would be easy for us to recall the story, even to feel contempt for those who bound the hands of Jesus here and handed Him over.
But some food for thought, can we bind the hands of the Lord today?
With bound hands he was lead away to be judged; not by Caiaphas, not by the chief priests, elders, scribes, even the crowd, but judgment of sin was about to be carried out on the one with bound hands.
Don’t bind the hands of Jesus by carrying burdens not necessary to carry (Mt11:28-30)
Jesus open invitation is still open today, what are we to do?
Come, take, learn, find rest
Don’t bind the hands of Jesus by not doing it.
This is more than just a salvation issue
Don’t bind the hands of Jesus by not responding to the gospel (Mk16:15-16; 2The1:7-9)
We can bind the hands of Jesus when we don’t follow the command of Esus to preach (proclaim) the gospel so that one may come to believe and be baptized.
Look at the end of (v.16) what is the results of disbelief?
What was reason He was bound and handed over according to (vv.7-8)
Now look at the binding the hands of Jesus when gospel not obeyed in (v.9) now this time this is a salvation issue!
So, don’t bind the hands of Jesus
(Jesus bound hands picture)
So, we have a message to the saved for the unsaved, and a comfort to the saved, but the saved can bind the hands of Jesus too.
Don’t bind the hands of Jesus by refusing to be transformed (Rom12:1-2; Eph4:20-24; Php4:8; Jm1:21)
We bind the hands when we refuse to be transformed by the renewing of our mind
We bind the hands when we are not transformed by not laying aside our old self, old manner of life.
by not be renewed in the spirit of your mind and putting on the new self (Eph4:20-24)
We bind when we do not think, consider, ponder, dwell on the things that are true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, things of good repute (Php4:8)
We bind the hands of Jesus when we do not receive the implanted word in humility, for that is what saves our souls!
(Jm1:21)
We can be guilty of binding the hands of Jesus by not sharing Him, we can be guilty by not obeying Him.
We can be guilty by not studying and being renewed by His Word and making, taking every opportunity to share the word with others.
Don’t bind the hands of Jesus in your prayer life (Heb2:17-18; Heb4:14-16; Heb7:25)
He came so that He might become our merciful, faithful high priest who faced all temptation but did not sin and was able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.
(Heb2:17-18)
Because He was bound, handed over, died, rose, and ascended we can know He is a our Great High Priest who we can draw near to with confidence to his throne of grace where we can find mercy and grace in our time of need.
(Heb4:14-16)
in looking at (v.25) why should we not bind the hands of Jesus regarding prayer?
- he always lives to make intercession for us!
So, how else do you think “we” could bind the hands of Jesus today?
(STOP HERE: ALLOW SOME DISCUSSION)
By not doing our part as a part of the body of Christ
By not evangelizing; sharing the gospel with others
Before moving on to the early morning trial of the bound Jesus, may we be resolved not to bind the hands of Jesus today but chose to loose them to save us, transform us and use us.
There was a poem I read when preparing this message and it it is well worth sharing
Christ has no hands but our hands - by Annie Johnson Flint
Christ has no hands but our hands to do His work today; He has no feet but our feet to lead men in the way
He has no tongue but our tongue to tell men how He died; He has no help but our help to bring them to His side.
We are the only bible the careless world will read; We are the sinner’s gospel, we are the scoffers creed;
We are the Lord’s last message, given in word and deed; what if the type is crooked?
What if the print is blurred?
What if our hands are busy with other work than His: What if our feet are walking where sin’s allurement is?
What if our tongue is speaking of things His lips would spurn?
How can we hope to help Him or welcome His return?
Christ has no hands but our hands today.
Jesus trial: The participants
God’s scheme of redemption has many players, from the prophets of old, to the legalists of the day, to hand over our Jesus on this great and dreadful day.
It is good for us to know our players in looking at the trial.
Previously we saw the ecclesiastical trial
The hearing before Annas (Jn18:12-14; Jn17:19-24)
The trial before Caiaphas and council (Mk14:53-65)
Then the consultation of the council (Mk15:1)
This portion of the trial comes in stages too, just as did the trial the night before:
Before Pilate (Mk15:2-5)
Before Herod (Lk23:6-12)
Back before Pilate again (Mk15:6-15)
Handing over to be mocked (Mk15:16-20)
So, let’s read through the passage and pick out the characters then we will go back at look at them.
Who did you see, what did you notice about them, what sticks out to you about them?
Lets name each one then I will discuss them
Elders, scribes and whole council; as well as Jesus (v.1)
Pilate (v.2)
Chief Priests (v.3)
Barabbas the prisoner (v.7)
The crowd (v.8)
The soldiers (v.16)
____________ and whole council make up the Sanhedrin
this is the Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians, Chief Priest and elders.
Jesus was before them in chapter 14; they are the ones Jesus previously (except for the high priest) had faced before in them trying to test and trick Him.
I will get to more on the chief priests in a few minutes
___________ was the Roman Governor (Mk15:2; Lk23:2-3)
This is Pontius Pilate; he was the 5th Roman Governor (Prefect) in Judea and served from 26-36 AD.
He served under Emperor Cesar Tiberius.
I just wanted to give you the passage, we will be studying the trial itself separate and apart from this study this morning.
The ________________ who plotted to kill Jesus (Mk14:1; Mk14:43; Mk14:53; Mk15:1)
They also tried Jesus in the court of Caiaphas (Mk14:53)
And handed Jesus over to Pilate (MK15:1-3)
The prisoner, insurrectionist and murderer________________ (Mk15:7-15; Jn18:40)
What more do we learn about him from the John passage?
He is a robber
Some interesting facts on Barabbas, he was considered a “sicarii” which is dagger-bearer, a man of violence, bitterness and hate of Rome.
He stood for hate, where Jesus died for love.
Man’s conquest fails but love’s conquest is victorious just 3 days later!
Man chose lawlessness vs the law of love God’s royal law
Man chose war vs. the prince of peace
Man chose hatred and violence vs. love and eternal riches
that leads us to our next one
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