Sermon Tone Analysis

Matthew 27:11-26

Introduction

The most important and inescapable question every human being faces is the one that Pilate asked in this passage: “What shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?”

Scripture clearly proclaims Jesus as being fully God.

*John 14:9* Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip?

He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

Scripture also declares that Jesus was fully human

*Philippians 2:5-8* Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,  6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,  7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, /and /coming in the likeness of men.  8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to /the point of /death, even the death of the cross.

Scripture declares that Jesus Christ is perfectly holy, perfectly loving of His heavenly Father and of the world He came to redeem, perfectly forgiving of sins and merciful to those who come to Him, perfectly compassionate, perfectly faithful, and perfectly prayerful.

He is the central theme of Scripture, both in the Old and New Testaments.

And, whether men recognize it or not, He is the dominant figure in all human history and the determiner of the destiny of every human being.

It is on that crucial issue that Mat 27:11-26 focuses.

\\ 1A.

The Roman Trial; a Travesty of Justice

1B.

Jesus' First Appearance before Pilate (Mat 27:2, 11-14; Mark 15:1-5; Luke 23:1-5; John 18:28-38)