Conflicted
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Intro
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Rock and a hard place...
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,”
-Edmond Burke
In the midst of everyone else choosing self Jesus chooses us, chooses you!
Message
Message
Last Week… The Long Night [26]
Jesus betrayed and arrested
Peter cuts off the ear
Jesus before Caiaphas & Council
claims to be Christ / Messiah
beaten and mocked
Peter [Conflicted] - denies Jesus
Jesus looks at him from inside
Peter breaks down weeping bitterly
beaten and mocked
questioned and condemned
Judas [conflicted]
remorse / return / rejected
Today… Conflicted [27]
Early Morning / Outside
rooster crowing
avoid the rush of people
done before ceremonies
[conflicted] - wanted him dealt with but did not want their hands dirty / wanted him dealt with but did not want to miss the passover / wanted him dealt with but not deal with people
Bound Him
their ignorance of Jesus
their ingenuity for conviction
their illustration of the Devil at the end of days
Pilate 1
Governor = Pilate, as prefect of Judea, (6th in line) had the sole authority to acquit or to condemn, and to determine the sentence. [TNTC]
No friend of Jew or Gentile...
Tiberius was over him and was not pleased at recent events
known as hard, cold and calculating… even by friends
seized temple $ to finance aquaduct… led to insurrection… crushed harshly… last thing wanted was another riot
between a rock and a hard place… [conflicted]
Accusations
misleading our nation / forbidding tribute to Caesar / claiming to be the King… Treason to ROME
Wanted the death penalty… use Pilate for their bidding… “Rome killed the Christ!”
are you the king of the Jews?
Jesus
does not deny - He was born for such a time as this - His kingdom is not of this world
all gospels agree - gentiles are they who testify - first the magi now Pilate
this is what will be written over Him as he hangs on the cross
The Irony - he who is to judge all is here judged - he who has granted authority submits to he who is under it -
Pilate 2
Disbelief in the situation that is playing out before him… a poor man in rags… beaten and bloodied… celebrated yesterday, reviled today
All these accusations and not a single defense…?
tense is continued accusations…
He need not defend himself for this was His fathers will and the truth was already known
despicable to sentence an undefended man
Pilate could see threw the Jewish Leaders
In the very presence of TRUTH himself cannot recognize it [CONFLICTED]
was there not something kingly and regel about this man in spite of his current condition?
I find no guilt in this man!!
he is not my ward… Judea / Galilean
Herod
Matthew does not record this encounter… This is the Herod who killed John the Baptist
Herod wanted to see Jesus for some time now…! Put his fears to rest… [conflicted] his wife and the prophets doom...
wanted a sign form him… questioned him… mocked him
dressed him up in splendid clothing, sent him back
11 And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, arraying him in splendid clothing, he sent him back to Pilate. 12 And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.
Friendship at the expence of the humiliation of the King!!
Herod found him innocent as well ...
Pilate 3
[conflicted] - His wife tells him…
He knows his innocence … flogged and released
flogging in Rome
crown of thorns
mocked … afflicted
Passover feast tradition of prisoner release
Barabbas
son of the father… Rabi
insurrection… criminal in eyes of Rome… hero in eyes of Jerusalem
Matthew 27:22–26 (ESV)
22 Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said, “Let him be crucified!” 23 And he said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Let him be crucified!”
24 So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; see to it yourselves.”
25 And all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!” 26 Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
Rock and a hard place...
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,”
-Edmond Burke
Contemptuous
You are the Crowd
You care nothing for Jesus or the things of God
You are not conflicted at all … Let me beg of you to become so!
Your distain will lead to destruction
4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? 5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. 6 He will render to each one according to his works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.
Careless
You are Herod
You have curiosity and nothing more
You are conflicted only lightly… Let me plead with you tarry not, harden not your hearts no further
Your unbelief is met with patience for a time
Hebrews 3-4 = Today is the day of your salvation!! Do not continue to harden your hearts to the things of God.
12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. 15 As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
Cowardly
You are Pilate
You have looked truth full in the face and yet wash your hands of it
You are conflicted in your desire for acceptance of man rather then glory of God
You have been saved for action not ease
7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. 8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,
8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Timothy, Titus, Hebrews, Peter - All tell us to continue in our good works, in the zeal of the LORD, in the face of fear, for those who are with us and those who are against us, for such we were created, to such we are called, by which we prove
Pray that your inner conflict be transformed to inner conviction!
Beg that your conflicted inaction be transformed to confident action
Condemned
You are Barabbas
You hang your head in the shame of knowing that it is on your cross that Jesus died.
You are the one who was guilty, you are the one who deserves the punishment of God
You are conflicted by the weight of your shame
Wanting the savior but fearing his acceptance
“what shall you do with this Jesus called Christ” - run to Him, cling to Him, plead to Him that He might wash your hands and make you innocent by His blood
Be not conflicted rather confess for He himself said… “For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world” that He might die for sinners such as us and by doing so redeem us as a people unto himself.
1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Therefore be not conflicted in yourself if you can come but rather come and let His Grace and Mercy cover you!!
Life Group Discussion
Life Group Discussion
For ver. 11–14, see Mark 15:1-20; Luke 23:1-25; John 18:28-19:16
As you read these other scriptures what stands out to you from the record of Matthew?
What gives you more clarity on the situation or sermon?
What do these passages have that is confusing or you wish would have been talked about from the pulpit?
As you know our country is one of a legal system of trial by jury. Using the last “high profile” trial your group is aware of apply these questions:
Was justice served? Why or why not? Discuss and defend your answer biblically?
What part did politics play in this trial? What was the underlying narrative being pushed?
What were the crowds asking for in this trial? What were you hoping for in this trial?
How should the Bible have informed our view of this trial, the judgement, the defense… etc?
We have to make decisions all the time between what is right or what is convenient. Share with your group a time you failed to do what was right for convenience and how that turned out.
Where are you most likely to struggle with this in your own walk with Jesus? How can your group help you, what do you need from them?
Culturally it seems that Christians are “washing their hands” and just letting the masses perpetrate evil. I believe we will still be judged for this complacency. What scripture would you use to confirm this view? What scripture would you use to argue this point?
Where is our church most likely to “wash our hands” of cultural evil?
What do you view as the appropriate response for us to take on these?
How do you plan to actively encourage the church leaders to do this?
I believe that the cross on which Jesus died was literally prepared for Barabbas in the plans of man and yet divinely appointed to Christ by God. How does that bring you to a place of praise to God?
Spend some time with your group in prayer and praise for...
Group Members
Church Body
Church Universal
What does this section of scripture teach us (or confirm) about the nature of God, Christ, man, sin and our interaction with one another?
How might you summarize and apply this message this week?