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What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
The Trial of Jesus BeginsDate:1/24/21
Series: Matthew
Passage: Matthew 26:47-75
Speaker: Jeff Thompson
Jesus is betrayed by Judas, and arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane. He is then taken to the house of Annas, who sends Him on to the house of Caiaphas (the acting high priest), who has summoned the Jewish religious leaders for illegal night trial of Jesus...
As we pick up our study in the Gospel of Matthew.
It is the night before Jesus will be crucified, the last supper has been shared between Jesus and his disciples, Jesus's time of prayer in the Garden of Gethsemani has finished and Judas has just arrived to complete his betrayal.
Let's read together in Matthew 26 will pick it up in verse 47. And while he that's Jesus was still speaking behold Judas, one of the 12 with a great multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and elders of the people. So these were heavily armed representatives of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish ruling political body accompanied by a cohort of Roman soldiers. Now a cohort could contain anywhere between 200 to a thousand fully armed soldiers, but on average it was around six hundred soldiers.
This is a big, big group of armed people coming to arrest Jesus Verse 8, 48, now his betrayer, that's Judas, had given them all of the soldiers, all of the armed people, a sign saying, whomever I kiss he is the one sees him immediately. He went up to Jesus and said, Greetings, Rabbi, and kissed him, kissed him on the cheek. But Jesus said to him, Friend. Why have you come?
It's staggering that Jesus, even at this moment, still addresses Judas as a friend, even as Judas is betraying Jesus, Jesus is still calling him friend, still extending the opportunity to repent and be brought back into a relationship.
Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took him. And suddenly one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. Now we know from John's Gospel that the one with the sword cutting off the ear was Peter. And the name of the servant whose ear was cut off was Milkis.
Peter, who fears nothing and nobody draws his sword and courageously goes after one of the few unarmed people in the hostile party, completely missing his head and managing to chop off Malcolm's ear. Luke's gospel tells us at this moment that Jesus touched his ear and healed him. Now, had Jesus not healed, the servant, Milkis, Peter might very well have been arrested and been crucified next to Jesus, but Jesus healed off the lopped off ear. And in so doing, he arrested every trace of evidence of Peter's crime, just as he would soon remove every trace of evidence against us and our sin on the cross.
Now, it's interesting to me that the last miracle Jesus did before he went to the cross was to heal someone who had been attacked with the sword by the alleged pope. That's interesting, but I won't get into that right now. Verse 8 52, it says. But Jesus said to him, to Peter, put your sword in its place for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Now, this might seem like a nice little just saying, bye, Jesus, a little comet, but it's actually a massive, massive verse 8 because it's been the basis of some huge debate in the Christian world.
RE: Not a terrorist act
This is the lowest commentary that this moron has posted.RE: You Can't Make This Sh*t Up
Let's take a walk through the Trump ten Commandments:1. No other Gods before me: Trump has called himself 'the chosen one' and the 'second coming of God'.
2. Idolatry: Pretendng to be a Christian, Trump has promoted his name, his brand, and his money, over the Lord thy God.
3. Do not take the name of God in vain: Trump has denigrated the products of God: Muslims, immigrants, handicapped. women, minorities, African countries, military soldiers, and of course Democrats.
4. Remember the Sabbath: Trump has visited his gold courses on the Sabbath - yet never, (please prove me wrong) entered a church in the past eight years.
5. Honor your father and mother: Trump is not capable of honor and respect - he has yet to praise anyone in his family for being alive. Denigration is part of the Trump brand.
6. Thou shall not kill: of course this does not mean literal killing - although Trump has stated 'he could walk down fifth avenue and shoot someone' ....I digress, Trump has in fact ignored science during Covid-19 and endorsed hoaxes and questionable science - resulting in thousands of Americans losing their lives. Ignorance of science and arrogance of actions have serious consequences.
7. Thou shall not commit adultery: Is there any question about this one? Three wives - all cheated on; Porn star models who wrote books on the escapades with the Don; and of course massive evidence of s*xual harassment - $484 million dollar judgement.
8. Thou shall not steal: A known tax cheat; theft of millions from a fake Trump University; theft of charity funds meant for veterans; failure to pay creditors on many occasions. Trump is a failed businessman and a cheat.
9. Shall not bear false witness: Trump is a liar! He is documented to lie more than 30,000 times during his four years in the White House. Everyone who rub elbows with him claims he cannot tell the truth.
10. Thou shall not covet: Well, Trump exemplifies this commandment - he still covets the presidency by claiming he falsely won and election that he lost in a landslide. he envies and praises every dictator he has met in person: Kim; Putin; Orban; and has vocally claimed that he wants the same dictatorial powers.
Decide for yourself. This empty vessel of a man is not fit to be a leader of a dog pack. Voting is the only way to rid America of this disgrace.
Vote anyone but Trump!
RE: Submissive man
do you need to be tied up?
Blog family
They are trying to cut on cost , because it is very expensive
RE: Old Time Superstitions & Charms
Yes, I believe in superstitions. Dreams…I dreamt I am in hospital or some place like hospital , tile walls and also tile floor, very cold . Some men in white robes and slacks transporting someone on a gurney . I looked who is on the gurney. It was my husband , he was dead and his head was smashed…In a morning I got message that he died in the mountains , big stone fell from a top of mountain and smashed his head. He was mountain climber, without helmet.
"VENGEANCE IS MINE".
An eye for an eye meant that justice could be done but within limits and not in excess, and in accordance with the law. Revenge by people could be in danger of excess and so god was the judge of any further punishment.In the case of Israel, it could be said that revenge was taking place here and not an eye for an eye as you suggest.
What are we DOING??
https://youtu.be/2BB9f_7px-g?si=ZKQGpGWv3ptms8QEThe white supremacy group gave the minority a chance to dance
Do yo think the dance is a salsa or a waltz?
Not a terrorist act
., but in his words durin his first campaign for president he tid us ctizens that he doesn’t work for them.
RE: "VENGEANCE IS MINE".
You are thinking of the new testament Israel lives by the Torah which Judeo Christians call the old testament and in the old testament it said an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
Hospice...
jac, spitz, Merc...Many thinks for the thoughts and comments.
They have a beautiful house and the husband built a patio on the side with barbecue, covered cabana and trellis so they can enjoy holidays with friends and family gatherings.
Long-term plans have obviously changed...
RE: Not a terrorist act
Absolute nonsense. It's wasn't stupidity or greed, just human error that happens everywhere. They care more about their people than Putin does, he treats his people as cannon fodder.
RE: Submissive man
heresometimes I'm thinking I should post comments in an upright position,
perhaps less spelloes then..
RE: Submissive man
True, most hare gave up on a sex life years ago.
RE: Speed dating
I made a mistake when I said you choose your date by the sound of their voiceYou ring whatever number takes your fancy without knowing what they look like
You chat & if you feel he's the one you would like to meet up with you then meet
My girlfriend told me it was the sound of his voice that captured her attention Happily married now
RE: Speed dating
I have never tried speed dating or any kind of dating for that matter because it doesn't interest me but hey give it a go & see if it's for you or not for you Keep your purse in your hand There must be two kinds of speed dating because I know a woman who met her husband through speed dating but not what is being described on this blog
Her speed dating was all about having so many phone numbers to ring not knowing what they looked like
You chose your date by the sound of their voice He was the first she spoke to and whom she ended up marrying
RE: Hospice...
I'm so sorry chat
It pisses me right off when families have to suffer because of hideous health matters
RE: Not a terrorist act
The Port authorities must have known this Conrad and both pilots were American citizens apparently.RE: God Bless the USA! Court Lowers Trump Bond From $464 Million to $175 Million. Due in 10 days.
No probs. It's just conversation ,albeit sometimes heated
You're still my favourite egg.
RE: Not a terrorist act
Cargo Ship That Crashed Into Baltimore Bridge Is Carrying 764 Tons Of Hazardous Material: NTSB
Some containers carrying hazardous material have been breached or fallen into the water
RE: THE HOLY GRAIL
Some people believe the earth is flatRE: God Bless the USA! Court Lowers Trump Bond From $464 Million to $175 Million. Due in 10 days.
Aha, noted. Sorry didn't mean to do that gz.Happy easter to you as well.
RE: God Bless the USA! Court Lowers Trump Bond From $464 Million to $175 Million. Due in 10 days.
So why continue to shut others down that don't agree with you and your principles.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
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Good Friday 2024: According to the New Testament, Good Friday is the day when Jesus was crucified by the Romans.
Good Friday 2024: Know The Significance And Why Christians Observe It
Good Friday 2024: Traditions on Good Friday, include prayers, fasting and almsgiving or charity.
Good Friday marks an important day for Christians across the world. Good Friday, followed by Easter Sunday, is observed to remember Jesus Christ's crucifixion and resurrection. Good Friday is a way to show reverence for Jesus Christ's suffering for humanity. This year, the day will be observed on March 29, before Easter Sunday which is on March 31. Good Friday is preceded by Maundy Thursday and followed by Holy Saturday.
This Christian holiday is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday, and Black Friday.
History Of Good Friday
According to the New Testament, Good Friday is the day when Jesus was crucified by the Romans. The Jewish religious leaders had condemned Jesus of blasphemy for claiming to be the Son of God. They were so agitated by Jesus' acts that they brought him to the Romans. Pontius Pilate, a Roman leader, sentenced Jesus to crucifixion--the highest form of criminal punishment at the time.
Jesus was then beaten publicly, and forced to carry a heavy wooden cross through the streets amid a jeering crowd. Finally, he was nailed to the cross by his wrists and feet, where he was left hanging on the cross until he died.
Significance Of Good Friday
For Christians, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ represents the ultimate sacrifice made for the forgiveness of the sins of humanity. This day is, therefore, observed to ask for forgiveness for one's sins. From the early days of Christianity, Good Friday was observed as a day of sorrow, penance, and fasting.
People pray that they may be liberated from pain, suffering and agony in their lives. According to Christian beliefs, Jesus' death also signifies the end of all sins. It shows that after all the sins are eliminated, there's a possibility of a new beginning, which is signified by Jesus Christ's resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Traditions on Good Friday, include prayers, fasting and almsgiving or charity. Many people fast and attend religious services on Good Friday. Churches hold special rituals to commemorate Jesus Christ's suffering and muffle their bells as a sign of mourning.
Useless trivia
Dozen's of worshippers have died after a bus lost control and plunged off a bridge in South Africa, according to the country's Department of Transport.A statement released by the Department of Transport and Community Safety said that 45 people had died as they were travelling to Moria, from South Africa's Limpopo province.
GOD does indeed move in strange and mysterious ways
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Remembering how much you love us, but let your people or be built up in their most holy faith with this gospel, with Good Friday emblazoned on our hearts and our minds, so that we were prepared and equipped to go into a lost, dark, sinful and broken world and tell everyone this news that God loves them so much that he died for them. Mobilize Your Church. To that end, we pray God because of Good Friday.And Lord, right now, as the church, we pray if we have any friends among us right now watching this message, hearing this message of the goodness of Good Friday, and they still haven't received forgiveness of sins they haven't trusted in a they haven't believed in you. There may be hearing this for the first time. They may be hearing this for the 10000 time. If it's the first or the millionth time.
Father, we pray right now as the church that you would save sinners right now, Lord, that you would let their sin crush them under the weight of them, that they realize how hopeless they are to save themselves, that they would see what they deserve.
But Lord, open the eyes of their heart, that they can see you and see what you did on the cross and see you beckoning them to come and lay down their sinful life and take up your life instead. Lead them, Lord, to to reject their life and trust you for forgiveness of sins and everlasting life. Let them simply come to you and ask you, Lord, for forgiveness, and you will grant them forgiveness and everlasting life saved sinners.
Right now we pray, Lord, do that this Good Friday. We we pray. And if anyone says yes to that invitation, Lord, your word tells us that the angels in heaven are rejoicing when one sinner turns in repentance. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. We pray all these things. Jesus, Lord Jesus in your sweet and Your powerful. In your most amazing name. Amen. Amen. Amen.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Jesus didn't save himself on Good Friday and he didn't so that he could save us instead. Good Friday was a very good day for sinners like you and me. Let's see, number two, let's go to our third and final scene, this third and final season of Good Friday. I want us to see together is the scene where Jesus dead body is lying in the tomb again up front. This doesn't seem too good. It doesn't seem good because the light of the world was snuffed out by darkness.The one who said of himself, I am the way and the truth and the life is not alive anymore. He's dead. This doesn't seem good, but it's so good. This dark scene is so good because it set the stage for the greatest display of power and hope the world has ever seen this scene on Good Friday. Set the stage for the scene that would take place on Resurrection Sunday in only a matter of days.
Jesus wouldn't be dead any more. He died on Good Friday, but he was coming to life on Easter Sunday because Jesus died and was laid in the tomb. He was in a position where he could conquer death by resurrecting from it and walking out of the tomb. Death used to when it used to have the final say when people died, they had this habit of staying dead. Death is one of the consequences of sin, but Jesus is the champion of life.
Jesus dealt with the sin problem on the cross, and then he defeated the death problem when he rose from it, overpowering it and overcoming it, never to taste the sting of death again. But Jesus couldn't conquer death unless he died first, he had to enter the jaws of death in order to dismantle it and walk away from it victorious. And that's what's happened. That's what happened on Good Friday. The son of God died and was laid in a tomb.
And then on Sunday, he would rise forever. We're going to spend some time looking at Jesus resurrection in a couple of days on Easter Sunday, but for now, know this, any good that we see in Good Friday is only good because Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday.
None of the goodness we've looked at here in this message is good news if Jesus body is still rotting in the grave somewhere.
Christianity stands or falls on whether Jesus rose from the dead or not, and only because of the resurrection of sinners receive forgiveness of sins and eternal life with God as a gift, a gift that cost us nothing but a gift that cost God everything. That, my friends, is good news. That, my friends, is why we call Good Friday. Good. Good. A man. A man. When you pray with me. Let's pray, Father.
We worship you. We worship you for Good Friday. Are you so loved the world that you gave your one and only begotten son that whosoever should believe in him will not perish but have everlasting life? Good Friday is the good is day that we have ever known, because on it you made a way for sinners to receive mercy, sinners to receive forgiveness.
On Good Friday, you showed your love to the world in that one act, one that one display of grace. You died for us. Thank you. Thank you, Lord. Right now I pray for my brothers and sisters, Lord, for Christians around the world. I pray, Lord, that this reality of Good Friday would not be a doctrine that we ever simplify or think is elementary or think that we graduate from and go to deeper, deeper doctrines and deeper dives into theology.
Lord, I pray that you let the cross of Christ be emblazoned on our minds and in our hearts. Let us never think that we've mastered the glory and the majesty of the Cross. But in it, Lord, we meditate upon the cross and your love that was poured out there in that we have for us the root of all of our joy, the root of all of our satisfaction, the root of all of our piece, the root of all of our power in the proclamation of the Gospel is found in the cross is found in the Gospel.
Lord, let your people preach the Gospel to ourselves over and over and over, that we would be built up in our most holy faith.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now if he desires him for, he said, I am the son of God.
And the robbers who are crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.
Now, for the record, Jesus could have easily done what they were taunting him to do. They were telling him to save himself, and Jesus could have saved himself that day if he chose to.
There is absolutely, absolutely no doubt that he could have.
If we flash back from the scene to only a few hours before this to the scene in the Garden of Gethsemane that took place on the very night before Good Friday when Jesus was being arrested and Peter tried to defend him. Jesus said these words to Peter in Matthew, chapter 26, verse 53. Do you think that I cannot appeal to my father? And he will at once send me more than 12 legions of angels? Jesus was basically saying this to Peter, Peter, none of these things is happening against my will.
I am choosing to let these things happen to me. I am letting them arrest me. My angels will come the instant I summon them, and all this mess would be cleaned up real quick.
All of it could have been over at any moment that Jesus decided it was enough, Jesus could have ended it all in the garden on the night before, and Jesus could have easily come off that cross on Good Friday when he was taunted to do it. But he didn't he didn't summon the legions of angels that were at his disposal. He didn't obliterate everyone that opposed him. He let them mock him. He let them spit in his face. He let them torture him.
He let them put a scarlet robe upon his tattered body. He let them put a crown of thorns on his head. He let them drive the nails into his hands and into his feet. He let them crucify him. And Jesus waited until the very end. While hanging on the cross with some of his final breaths, he uttered the words, It is finished.
He let them do everything they did to him until it was all done.
Jesus didn't save himself like he was mockingly told to do, even though he could have. But what if he did? Have you ever thought about that? What if Jesus responded to the taunts he received that day when they said to him, save yourself, what if Jesus was like.
OK. And then he did it, what if he came off the cross and walked away that day and he didn't die there on Good Friday? I'll tell you, that would have done if Jesus saved himself from the cross that day. That would mean that heaven would never have any human beings in it ever. You and I would never get to be in heaven. Nobody would be. We'd all be lost forever.
If Jesus didn't die on the cross for our sins, then at the end of our lives, we would have only one option available to us. Our only option would be to stand before the judgment seat of God given account for our sins and then pay for our sins forever in hell. That would be our only option if Jesus didn't die on the cross that day, but because Jesus died for our sins on the cross, we have another option now. Now we have a choice.
Now we can choose to have Jesus be the one to pay for our sins on our behalf.
That's the choice that God has made available to a sinful humanity. And if you choose to place your faith in Jesus, then you will have your sins forgiven.
And now the only thing that would have kept you out of heaven is gone from your life. Your sins are gone and paid for.
Like the lyrics of the old hymn say Jesus paid at all. If Jesus saved himself that day and didn't die on the cross, everyone would be in big, big trouble. But he chose not to save himself so that we could have the option of being saved, and that is good, good news.
Jesus didn't save himself on Good Friday and he didn't so that he could save us instead. Good Friday was a very good day for sinners like you and me. Let's see, number two, let's go to our third and final scene, this third and final season of Good Friday.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
To everyone's surprise.
Perhaps is that you shouldn't, you be in prison or dead by now, Barabas would be like, yeah, that's the way it was shaping up and it wasn't looking too good for me. But then get this pilot gave the people a choice who they wanted to see set free. And it was between me and this guy named Jesus that some people thought was the Messiah. And those idiots chose me.
Can you believe it? I can hardly believe it. I'm still pinching myself. This is the best day of my life. I was going to die, but now I'm alive. Barabas was supposed to die, but he got to live instead, and why did he get set free that day? Because someone else was chosen to die instead of him. Barabas got to live and Jesus went on to die. This scene. Gives us a picture of the gospel that is a picture of the good news, if there ever was one.
Now, if you look back on this scene and placed yourself in the story, who do you think you are?
When we look at the scene that took place on Good Friday, we have to realize that we are Barabas in the story, all of us. We are the ones who are guilty and who deserve to die, we deserve to die because of our sins, the apostle Paul says this in Romans Chapter three. Twenty three for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. And he goes on to say this. Paul in Roman six verse twenty three for the wages of sin is death.
You see, Barabas stood guilty before a human court. We all stand guilty before a heavenly court. We've all sinned against God. And if we all got the justice that we deserved, we would all pay for our sins and hell forever.
But just like Barabas did we to have received the opportunity to walk away free. Well, someone who didn't deserve to die ends up dying instead of us in our place. Jesus died instead of Barabas that day, and on the cross, Jesus died instead of all of us. The Bible tells us that while on the cross, the perfect sinless son of God hung there while the sins of the entire world were placed upon him.
And when the sin of the world was on him, the father crushed Jesus in place of us. In place of us, for us, we can escape the judgment that we deserve from God, we can live forever, and instead of dying forever, we can do this by turning from our sins and trusting in what Jesus did for us on the cross. We do this by believing in Christ and then what he did.
We have a way out.
And if you choose to believe in Christ and turn your life over to him, you two will escape the justice you deserve. You can experience for yourself what Barabas experienced on Good Friday. Good Friday was a good day for Barabas because of what happened to Jesus. And Good Friday is a good day for everyone who has ever lived because of what happened to Jesus that seen no one. You see no to the second scene from Good Friday that I want you to imagine in your mind is the scene where we see Jesus hanging on the cross.
There's so much good to see in the scene, picture it with me, Jesus had been mocked, tortured and crucified and now the son of God hung on the cross. It was a physically, emotionally, mentally brutal way to die. The cross all by itself was unbearable. But I want to draw your attention to what was said to Jesus while he hung on the cross.
While Jesus was on the cross that day, people continued to hurl insults at him and they continued to mock him. They did this by suggesting that he should save himself if he actually could.
Let me read Verse is 39- to 44 from our text for you one more time. And it says and those who passed by derided him wagging their heads and saying you who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself if you are the son of God, come down from the cross.
So also, the chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him, saying he saved others. He cannot save himself. He is the king of Israel. Let him come down now from the cross and we will believe in him.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
It's the reason that some denominations have split off from others because there are some groups and denominations that adhere to a doctrine of Christian pacifism solely because of this verse 8 because of this verse, they believe that Jesus is saying it's never right to pick up the sword.It's never right to use a weapon. It's never right to engage in violence for any reason, as is the case with all issues.
When we're trying to understand what the Bible teaches, we have to look at what the whole Bible says about the issue. So you don't find one verse and then build a whole doctrine on one verse. You have to look at everything the whole Bible says about that issue.
And it's interesting when we do that with this verse, because earlier this very same evening, the same day, Jesus had told his disciples this in Luke twenty to thirty six. But now he who has a moneybag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack, and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one and buy one.
And so whatever your position is on the use of force, it has to harmonize with both of these statements from Jesus and everything else that the Bible says about the issues of force and violence.
And it's for that reason that my personal opinion is that Jesus is teaching that Christianity is not to be spread through the use of military force or violence.
In other words, Jesus is the head of the church, he is the one who will preserve and protect the church.
We don't have to take up swords and use violence to protect the church or spread the gospel and build the church.
But I also believe personally that Christians are to defend themselves when they and their families are attacked. If Paul was out spreading the gospel and got attacked by bandits, he wouldn't be in the wrong if he tried to fight back and defend himself. Neither would you be in the wrong if you tried to defend your family, if someone broke in and tried to do them harm. And I understand that not all believers hold that view, but that's my personal view.
And as always, we encourage you to do your own investigation. Study both of those verses is I mentioned, study everything else the Bible says about this topic and come to your own conclusions.
Jesus continues speaking and he says in verse 53. Or do you think that I cannot now pray to my father and he will provide me with more than 12 legions of angels? That would be seventy two thousand angels. If you're interested in the math and keep in mind that according to Second Kings 19/35, a single angel can kill more than one hundred and eighty five thousand men in one night. So think what seventy two thousand angels could do. And this is what Jesus said to Peter.
He says to you, Do you think I need you to defend me? Do you think I need you to pick up the sword to defend the faith? I'm God. I can snap my fingers and my father will send me 72000 angels.
Right now, this isn't happening because I need defending. That's what Jesus is saying. This is why he says, no one takes my life from me. I lay it down willingly. How then could the scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen, these things have to happen. The scripture has to be fulfilled. And that can't happen if you try and work against scripture.
In that hour, Jesus said to the multitudes, have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple and you did not see me. But all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. So Jesus is saying, why are you here with hundreds of armed men as though I'm a great threat to overthrow your Roman government right now? Why are you here?