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Encounters With Jesus

Benjamin Ng

Jesus’ Encounter With The Devil

Jesus’ Encounter with the First Disciples

Jesus’ Encounter with Philip and Nathanael

Jesus Encounter at the Wedding Feast

Jesus’ Encounter with Nicodemus

Jesus’ Encounter with the Woman at the Well

Jesus’ Encounter With The Centurion

Jesus Encounter with the Blind Man Near Bethsaida

Jesus’ Encounter with the Man by the Pool of Bethesda

Jesus’ Encounter with the Man Sick of Palsy

Jesus’ Encounter with the Disciples in the Storm

Jesus’ Encounter with the Blind, Dumb Demoniac

Jesus’ Encounter with the Demoniacs of the Gadarenes

Jesus’ Encounter with the Woman with the Issue of Blood

Jesus’ Encounter with the Five Thousand

Jesus’ Encounter with John the Baptist

Jesus’ Encounter with the Disciples on the Sea

Jesus’ Encounter with the Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus’ Encounter with Martha and Mary

Jesus’ Encounter with the Man Born Blind

Jesus’ Encounter with the 10 Lepers

Jesus’ Encounter with the Rich Young Ruler

Jesus’ Encounter with Blind Bartimaeus

Jesus’ Encounter with Zacchaeus

Jesus’ Encounter with the Woman with the Spirit of Infirmity

Jesus’ Encounter at Simon’s Feast

Jesus’ Encounter with Peter and His Denial

Jesus’ Encounter with Pilate

Jesus’ Encounters at the Cross

Jesus’ Encounter on the Road to Emmaus

Jesus’ Encounter with Peter at the Sea of Tiberias

Father in heaven, thank you so much for watching over us this past week once again.

Thank you Lord for the Holy Sabbath hours that we're in, that we can come and study your Word again once more.

Please Lord, Guide us as we're about to open the word together.

May you lead us with your Holy Spirit, illumine our minds and our hearts, and give us a willing heart to change, to surrender all to you, and guide us in this study as well.

Teach us and lead us into all truth, we pray in Jesus' name, Amen.

Our study for this evening is Jesus's encounter with Pilate and you know we're in the same story that we looked at last week.

So last week we looked at how Peter denied Christ 3 times at the end there with cursing and swearing and he deviated away from his faithfulness to Christ but he came round to full repentance.

But we are going to continue that story this evening but we're looking at a different character.

Let's pick it up in Matthew 27 verses 1 and 2.

When the morning was come all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus To put him to death and when they had bound him they led him away and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor And so when Judas came to betray Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane they took him away and made him stand first before the high priest and that was Caiaphas and at that time Peter would deny Jesus 3 times.

They would determine from there that Jesus was guilty.

I mean, they already said it in their heart that he would be guilty even before he arrived, before standing before Caiaphas.

And of course there were false accusations thrown at him from all sides but Jesus would maintain his composure.

But after that they would bring him before Pilate.

Because the priests themselves even though they said he was guilty, they could not condemn a man to die.

And so they needed the help of the Roman governor on their side to agree with them as well.

So we're reading here that Jesus is now being delivered to Pontius Pilate, who is the governor of that region at that time.

And at the sight of seeing Jesus brought before the Roman government, what happens?

Then Judas, which had betrayed him when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself and brought again the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood and they said what is that to us see thou to that and he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed and went and hanged himself Judas seeing that the situation was becoming more serious, comes forward and the Bible says he repents.

Jesus is not escaping like he has in the past when people try to catch him and try to stone him or try to throw him off a cliff's edge.

Every time that the priest had tried to catch him and take a hold of him, Jesus had thwarted his plans.

And you know he's not meant to get to this point where he's about to be condemned to die.

He's not meant to be standing before the Roman governor who has the ability to sentence him to death.

And so standing before Pontius Pilate now, Judas comes forward full of grief, full of anxiety, and he's thrown down those 30 pieces of silver which he has been rewarded to betray Jesus into their hands and he doesn't want it anymore.

And even though the Bible does say that he repents, this is not godly repentance.

This is not that 1 that has a true and lasting impact, an obvious change in life because what does he do after he throws those 30 pieces of silver to the ground?

You know Peter, he denied Christ 3 times and he repented as well but he did not hang himself.

His repentance would lead to greater devotion to Christ and his work.

What a stark difference we see here between the 2 disciples Peter and Judas.

And although both betrayed Christ in a sense, there was 2 different reactions.

Let's come back to the story because Judas is not the main character that we're looking at here this evening.

Matthew chapter 27 and now verses 11 and 12.

And Jesus stood before the governor And the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the king of the Jews?

And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered, Nothing.

Pilate was probably angry from being woken from his slumber at such an early morning.

And he's much annoyed at this prisoner that is brought before him.

But when he sees Jesus, Just as the Roman soldiers declared that man never spake like this man, Pilate could see the peace that radiated from his countenance was such a stark contrast to his persecutors and his accusers.

But he asks Jesus, are you the King of the Jews?

Well, let's go over to Luke 23 verses 1 to 2.

And the whole multitude of them arose and led him unto Pilate.

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

And so the priests and the elders and the people, they hated Jesus and had brought him to Pilate and they couldn't cite their jealousy of him or their pure hatred of him for the reason as why they that Jesus should be sentenced to death.

So they come up with this accusation that Jesus is doing what?

He's saying that he is the king of the Jews.

He's trying to overtake the Roman Empire.

So Pilate asks, are you the king of the Jews?

And with those accusations from the priests and the elders, He doesn't say anything, but he does reply, Pilate.

And then here in Luke 23, verse 3, Pilate asked him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews?

And he answered him, saying, what thou sayest it?

So as soon as Jesus replies, Pilate, it's so interesting.

Then said Pilate to the chief priests unto the people, I find no fault in this man.

And he looked over and he saw the countenance of those priests who were meant to be men of God and how they were like animals foaming at the mouth probably and pure hatred.

I mean it was obvious that Jesus was not trying to set up an earthly kingdom.

There had been no rumors of any undercurrents and any insurrection to the government of Rome.

There were no soldiers that were standing by Jesus' side ready to fight for him.

1 went and hung himself and the others had all left.

There had been no revolt from Christ's followers and any bad behavior.

I mean, if he had been trying to set up an earthly kingdom, how could priests and elders, religious people in the church who aren't known for their violence and their strength, capture him and bring him before Pilate.

It was obvious to Pilate that their deep-seated hatred ran, I mean what they had for their hatred for Christ ran very deep.

He saw through all their motives and just right there in an instance declared Jesus innocent.

Let's continue reading over in Matthew 27, 13-14.

Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

And he answered him to never a word, insomuch that the governor marveled greatly.

It's interesting to see Christ's reaction here.

When Pilate asks him, are you the king of the Jews?

But after that, all the false accusations kept coming in and you know what?

He's done enough to prove his innocence that he didn't need to keep answering.

And you know sometimes we say, well just be quiet when people accuse you.

Well, if the answer is already obvious, then like Christ you can keep silent.

But there were times when Paul was being falsely accused in the book of Acts and he would speak up because truth needed to be vindicated.

He did not want error to come across victorious.

He needed to lay the path so clear for people to see.

But before Pilate, as he stood there with Jesus standing before him and the hatred of the priests and the elders, the answer was already obvious.

Pilate had already declared him innocent.

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