The Passion of Christ –
Part 1
GBC Basics ClassJohn 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
1Cor. 13:8a Love never fails
God’s love is the source of His actions towards us and it is motivated by His grace. Love is who/what He is.
Deut. 19:15 A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.
Trial #1
TLJC before Annas
Religion is the worst thing that has ever happened in the world!
Religion is NOT Christianity!
Christianity
A personal, eternal relationship with Jesus Christ through faith in His saving work on the cross
Trial #2
TLCJ before Caiaphas
John 2:20-21 The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” But He was speaking of the temple of His body.
1Pet. 5:7 casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
So finally, Jesus answers, You have said it yourself = su eipas (Greek) which in the Greek is the strongest of all affirmatives and means “emphatically yes!”
FW + FW + T = blasphemy
ISA 52:14 So His appearance was marred more than any man And His form more than the sons of men.
2Cor 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Trial #3
TLCJ before the Council
Trial #4
TLCJ before Pilate
MAT 22:21b Then He *said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”
2Cor 13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth.
1TI 6:13 that TLJC “testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate”
Trial #5
TLJC before Herod
Trial #6
TLJC before Pilate (again)
While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.”
“Roman cohort and the commander”
who were roman soldiers
“Officers of the Jews”
who were part of the Temple guard
1JO 4:8b God is Love