April 19, 2025 • 23 mins
Who really killed Jesus? When Mel Gibson famously answered "I killed Jesus," he sparked controversy, but pointed to a profound truth that transcends simple blame. The crucifixion wasn't merely a historical injustice but the centerpiece of God's redemptive plan.
Examining the biblical narrative reveals multiple players in this divine drama. The Jewish religious leaders conspired out of jealousy and fear of losing their position. Judas betrayed his teacher for thirty pieces of silver. Pilate, despite recognizing Jesus' innocence, ordered his execution for political expediency while Roman soldiers carried out the gruesome task. Yet none of these actors fully explains the mystery of Christ's death.
The most remarkable revelation is that Jesus voluntarily laid down his life. "No one takes it from me," he declared, "but I lay it down of my own accord." His death wasn't a tragedy or martyrdom but the fulfillment of his mission to "seek and save the lost." Our sin necessitated this sacrifice, but it was ultimately orchestrated by God the Father himself, who "so loved the world that he gave his only Son." The crucifixion, planned "before the creation of the world," demonstrates both God's justice and his extraordinary love.
This understanding transforms everything. The Romans, Jewish leaders, and Judas were merely instruments in God's sovereign plan. What appeared as history's greatest injustice became the means of our reconciliation with God. The pressing question isn't who killed Jesus, but how we'll respond to his sacrifice. Will we ignore it, or will it lead us to receive Christ as our Savior and Lord? As you contemplate the cross this Resurrection season, consider what your response will be to this ultimate demonstration of divine love.
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(00:04):
Welcome to More Than Medicine, where Jesus is more than enough
for the ills that plague ourculture and our country.
Hosted by author and physician,dr Robert Jackson, and his wife
Carlotta and daughter HannahMiller.
So listen up, because thedoctor is in.
Dr. Robert Jackson (00:23):
Welcome to More Than Medicine.
I'm your host, dr RobertJackson, bringing to you
biblical insights and storiesfrom the country doctors' rusty,
dusty scrapbook.
Well, happy Resurrection Day.
I want to bring to you amessage entitled who Killed
(00:43):
Jesus.
To you a message entitled whoKilled Jesus.
If you remember, some years ago,when Mel Gibson produced his
very excellent productionentitled the Passion of the
Christ, the media came to himand they asked him that very
question and they said whokilled Jesus?
And his response rocked themback on their heels.
(01:04):
When he responded I killedJesus, I was responsible for the
death of the Christ.
Well, it sparked a great dealof controversy and a very
passionate response from many,many people.
So I thought we would answerthat question and talk about it
(01:25):
a little bit today.
So, who killed Jesus?
I would submit to you thatthere's no single earthly group
or individual to blame forkilling Jesus.
There were many players whoshared responsibility and were
directly or indirectly involved,but no one can point a finger
(01:47):
at any person or group of peopleand lay it at their feet.
Lay at their feet the ultimateblame or culpability for Jesus'
death.
So let's look at some of theplayers.
First of all, let's start withthe Jewish religious leaders.
First of all, let's start withthe Jewish religious leaders.
If you look at John, chapter 11, verses 45 to 53, you'll see
(02:11):
what's often called the Passoverplot John, chapter 11, verses
45 to 53.
This is immediately afterLazarus was raised from the dead
, and this is what it says.
Therefore, many of the Jews whocame to Mary and saw what Jesus
(02:35):
had done believed in him.
But some of them went to thePharisees and told them the
things which Jesus had done,namely that he had raised
Lazarus from the dead.
Therefore, the chief priestsand the Pharisees convened a
council and were saying what arewe doing?
For this man is performing manysigns.
If we let him go on like this,all men will believe in him and
(02:58):
the Romans will come and takeaway both our place and our
nation.
Now you see, these religiousleaders were concerned more
about their position and theirplace than they were with the
truth of who Jesus was.
But one of them, caiaphas, whowas high priest that year, said
(03:19):
to them you know nothing at all.
Nor do you take into accountthat it is expedient for you
that one man die for the peopleand that the whole nation not
perish.
Now, he did not say this on hisown initiative, but, being high
priest that year, he prophesiedthat Jesus was going to die for
(03:41):
the nation, and not for thenation only, but in order that
he might also gather togetherinto one the children of God who
are scattered abroad.
So from that day on, they planto gather together to kill him.
So there you go.
There's the Passover plot, andthe Jewish leaders conspired
(04:05):
together to put Jesus to death.
And the Passover plot was setin motion, a conspiracy of
hypocritical religious hierarchywho were jealous of the
attention received by anitinerant preacher, and they
were threatened by hispopularity.
Now, I want you to rememberthat after the day of Pentecost,
(04:29):
when the disciples were filledwith the Holy Ghost, that Peter
preached in public, perhaps evenin the temple courts, and he
said this he said Men of Israel.
This is in Acts, chapter 2, hesaid men of Israel, this is in
Acts, chapter 2.
He said men of Israel, you,with the help of wicked men, put
(04:51):
him talking about Jesus, puthim to death by nailing him to
the cross.
So we have to take into accountthe possibility that it was the
Jewish religious leaders whowere responsible for the death
of Jesus.
Well, now move quickly.
And let's talk about Judas.
(05:12):
In Luke, chapter 22, verses 1through 6, and again in verse 47
to 48, we see the whole accountof Judas, this guy who would
steal money from the money box.
This guy who was disillusionedwith Jesus, who obviously was
not going to set up an earthlykingdom but who kept speaking
(05:35):
about a spiritual kingdom.
And this Judas who was enviousof the position that Jesus had
and he went to the religiousleaders and he conspired with
them for 30 pieces of silver tobetray his former friend.
(05:55):
He became a co-conspirator inthe Passover plot and he became
directly responsible forbetraying Jesus into the hands
of his enemies, who ultimatelycrucified Jesus.
Nevertheless, if you recall,jesus refused the offer of his
disciples to defend him withtheir swords when he was
(06:18):
betrayed into the hands of thesoldiers by Judas, his former
friend.
So we have to consider wasJudas the one responsible for
killing Jesus?
Now let's consider the RomansPilate, the Roman governor, in
John, chapter 19, we see a veryinteresting dialogue that took
(06:41):
place between Pilate and JesusRomans 19 and verses 10 through
16.
So Pilate said to him you donot speak to me, do you not know
that I have authority torelease you and I have authority
to crucify you.
Jesus answered you would haveno authority over me unless it
(07:02):
had been given you from above.
For this reason, he whodelivered me to you has the
greater sin.
As a result of this, pilatemade efforts to release him, but
the Jews cried out, saying Ifyou release this man, you are no
friend of Caesar.
Everyone who makes himself outto be a king opposes Caesar.
(07:24):
Therefore, when Pilate heardthese words, he brought Jesus
out and sat down on the judgmentseat at a place called the
pavement, but in Hebrew,gabbatha.
Now it was the day ofpreparation for the Passover, it
was about the sixth hour and hesaid to the Jews behold your
king.
So they cried out away with him, away with him, crucify him.
(07:49):
Pilate said to them Shall Icrucify your king?
The chief priest answered wehave no king but Caesar.
Now, that's so interestingbecause you understand from the
story of Mordecai and Haman inthe book of Esther the Jews
(08:09):
bowed their knee to no Gentile.
They bowed their knee to noGentile.
They bowed their knee to noforeign king.
And yet here were these Jewishreligious leaders saying to
Pilate we Barabbas and crucifyJesus.
(08:40):
Now, pilate was obviouslyconfused and conflicted.
He was caught in a strait, notbetween two ways, but between
three ways Between the Jews,between the Roman hierarchy and
between his wife, who said tohim have nothing to do with that
(09:01):
innocent man, because I havesuffered much in a dream because
of him, and he was trying toplease the Jews.
He was trying to maintain peaceand stability in a part of the
world that resented Roman ruleeven unto death and who would
(09:23):
bend the knee to no earthlyruler.
And yet here they are saying wehave no king but Caesar.
And so, ultimately, pilateordered the scourging of Jesus
and then, finally, hiscrucifixion.
So were the Romans, throughPilate, responsible for the
(09:44):
death of Jesus?
Well then, there's anotherpossibility Was Jesus suicidal?
In John, chapter 12, 32 and 33,jesus spoke of his death.
In fact, he spoke of his deathoften in advance, and he told
his disciples that he was goingup to Jerusalem to be abused and
(10:06):
persecuted by the Jews, andthen he would be killed and that
he would be lifted up, killed,and that he would be lifted up
indicating by what manner ofdeath he would die.
You know, those that arepreoccupied with death and dying
(10:28):
are the very ones who oftentake steps to take their lives.
Physicians know that People whohave a morbid death wish are
the very ones who commit suicide.
Perhaps Jesus intentionallyprovoked the Jews, especially by
the things that he said thatjust pushed them over the edge.
In John, chapter 12, thescriptures indicate that Jesus
(10:52):
understood his mission and hisreason for entering onto the
stage of human history.
In Luke 19 10, jesus said thathe would had come to seek and to
save that which was lost, andit cost him his life.
As he gave his life as a ransomfor many.
(11:13):
Jesus was not suicidal.
People who are suicidal have aloss of hope, but Jesus had no
loss of hope.
The Bible says that we shouldlook unto the author and
finisher of our faith who, forthe joy that was set before him,
endured the cross and despisedits shame.
(11:35):
Jesus had no loss of hope.
His future was full of hope.
It was not bleak.
It was filled with hope and aneager anticipation of being at
the right hand of his Father.
Yes, he was filled with sorrowin the garden at the prospect of
his suffering, but he didn'tgrieve as those who had no hope.
(11:58):
Jesus went to his death with anintentional step, purposeful
and planned, but it was filledwith an eager anticipation of
the reward.
Jesus was not a suicidal man.
But let me ask you anotherquestion.
Perhaps it was you and me whowere responsible for the death
(12:20):
of Jesus.
Remember Mel Gibson's words?
He said I killed Jesus, I wasresponsible for Jesus' death.
Now let me ask you a question.
Can any single man kill God?
Would you be so arrogant as topresume that you could kill the
(12:43):
Lord of the universe, the makerof the heavens and the earth?
What could you conceivably doto snuff out the life of he who
was the alpha and the omega, thebeginning and the end, the
first and the last?
You, nor I, could directlycause the death of God or God's
(13:06):
Son.
It is not within our power,individually or collectively, as
a human race, to kill he whospoke the heavens and the earth
into existence.
Nor did that lethal powerreside in the Jewish hierarchy
or the Roman governor, or thebloodthirsty crowd that screamed
(13:30):
Crucify Him.
Nevertheless, let it beunderstood clearly that the
highly offensive nature of yourand my sin, juxtaposed with the
eternal, never dying, yes,passionate love of God for you
and me is the sufficient twinmotivation that propelled Jesus
(13:54):
to the cross.
In 1 Peter, chapter 3 and verse18, the Bible tells us that
Christ died for sins, the just,for the unjust, that he might
bring us to God, having been putto death in the flesh but made
alive in the spirit.
You know, I could not make Goddie, but it was for sin and for
(14:21):
sinners that Jesus voluntarilywent to the cross, that he might
bring us to God.
He submitted to the sufferingyes, the passion of the cross,
for one reason to bring us backto God.
If we were not sinners and Godwere not just, there would be no
(14:43):
demand for his son to sufferand die and if God were not
loving, there would be nowillingness for his son to
suffer and die.
But the fact of the matter isis that you and I are sinners
and God is just and he is loving, and that's why God so loved
(15:09):
the world that he gave his onlybegotten son that whosoever
believes in him would not perishbut have everlasting life.
Now I'm getting to myconclusion and I want you to
understand that Jesusvoluntarily gave his life.
Now I'm getting to myconclusion and I want you to
understand that Jesusvoluntarily gave his life.
In John, chapter 10, the Bibletells us very plainly that Jesus
(15:30):
gave his life.
Jesus says that a good shepherdlays down his life for his
sheep, a hireling will run away.
But Jesus says a good shepherdgives his life for his sheep.
And in John 10, verse 17 and 18, jesus says this.
(15:50):
He says for this reason thefather loves me, because I lay
down my life so that I may takeit again.
He says this commandment I havereceived from my father.
His life was not taken from him, it was not stolen from him.
(16:21):
He was not a victim ofcircumstances.
His life well, I would say itthis way he did not die
prematurely in the flower of hisyouth.
His life was not snatched awayfrom him sadly, in his prime.
Jesus was born to die as asacrifice for many and he knew
(16:44):
this, in fact, all of his life.
The shadow of a cross fellacross his path.
He willingly, carefully,knowingly, at the proper time
and in complete control of allthe circumstances of his life,
(17:06):
control of all the circumstancesof his life, laid down his life
on the altar of a Roman crossand he entered the most holy
place once for all, by his ownblood, having obtained for us
eternal redemption.
And when Jesus looked up to hisfather and said Father, into
your hands I commit my spirit.
(17:26):
That word commit his spiritmeans to entrust to another.
Jesus didn't die as a result ofthe physical abuse that he had
endured and his life did not ebbout of him.
Jesus only died when hevoluntarily released his life,
(17:50):
released his spirit, and when hesaid Tetelestai, it is finished
.
He acknowledged that he hadaccomplished the redemption of
man for which he was sent intothe world.
And then, the last point I wantyou to understand clearly the
last player in this divine dramais God the Father.
(18:12):
The scripture names God, theFather as the one ultimately
responsible for the death of theSon, as the one ultimately
responsible for the death of theSon, ultimately responsible for
the crucifixion of Jesus theSon.
This whole drama was conceivedand executed in the heart of God
(18:35):
.
It was planned and carried outbefore time and history began.
The divine perpetrator was noneother than the father of the
son.
And oh how this hurts my heartto know that my sin was the
occasion for the father puttinghis son to such grief.
(18:56):
The lamb was slain before thefoundation of the world.
Revelations 13.8 tells us thatvery plainly.
Hundreds of years before thePassover, before the passion of
Messiah, isaiah foretold thisevent.
In Isaiah 53, he tells us thatthis Passover Lamb was smitten
(19:19):
by God.
The Lord has laid on Him theiniquity of us all, and yet it
was the will of the Lord tocrush him In Titus.
Chapter 1 and verse 2, theBible informs us that this
salvation plan was in the mindof God before time began.
(19:59):
Please let us all know andunderstand that it was
foreordained in the plan of theFather before time began.
It was the plan of the Fatherto send the Son to Calvary and
that Satan would wound Him,wounding His heel, but that the
Son would crush His head, andthat was ordained from the
(20:22):
Garden of Eden.
The controversy about who killedJesus is marginal.
He chose to die.
His father ordained andorchestrated it.
Jesus embraced it.
The father planned it and didso by the hands of wicked men,
(20:43):
and great good has come to theworld.
They meant it for evil, but Godmeant it for good.
The Romans, the Jewish leaders,judas were all mere pawns moved
on the chessboard of time andhistory by the hand of the great
eternal chess master.
(21:03):
They were all just bit actorsin a great drama conceived,
written, produced and directednot by Mel Gibson, but by the
sovereign of the universe whogoverns the affairs of men and
nations.
(21:25):
Verse.
Who governs the affairs of menand nations?
Who orchestrated the events ofevery player in the last 12
hours of Christ's passion toultimately accomplish God's
eternal purpose, which was toprovide for us a lamb suitable
to bear our sins and appease thejust wrath of Holy God?
And I promise you that theangels are holding their breath
(21:47):
even now to see how you and Iwill respond to this amazing
redemption plan of God, thereconciliation of God and man.
What will your response be?
Will you ignore it and pretendit never happened?
Will it drive you to a deeperdevotion and more serious
(22:08):
contemplation of the passion ofthe Christ?
Or will this be the day thatyou receive the Lord Jesus
Christ as your only Savior andthe true King of your life?
To as many as receive him, then, god gives the right to become
the children of God, even to asmany as believe on his name.
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Welcome to More Than Medicine, where Jesus is more than enough
for the ills that plague ourculture and our country.
Hosted by author and physician,dr Robert Jackson, and his wife
Carlotta and daughter HannahMiller.
So listen up, because thedoctor is in.
Dr. Robert Jackson (00:23):
Welcome to More Than Medicine.
I'm your host, dr RobertJackson, bringing to you
biblical insights and storiesfrom the country doctors' rusty,
dusty scrapbook.
Well, happy Resurrection Day.
I want to bring to you amessage entitled who Killed
(00:43):
Jesus.
To you a message entitled whoKilled Jesus.
If you remember, some years ago,when Mel Gibson produced his
very excellent productionentitled the Passion of the
Christ, the media came to himand they asked him that very
question and they said whokilled Jesus?
And his response rocked themback on their heels.
(01:04):
When he responded I killedJesus, I was responsible for the
death of the Christ.
Well, it sparked a great dealof controversy and a very
passionate response from many,many people.
So I thought we would answerthat question and talk about it
(01:25):
a little bit today.
So, who killed Jesus?
I would submit to you thatthere's no single earthly group
or individual to blame forkilling Jesus.
There were many players whoshared responsibility and were
directly or indirectly involved,but no one can point a finger
(01:47):
at any person or group of peopleand lay it at their feet.
Lay at their feet the ultimateblame or culpability for Jesus'
death.
So let's look at some of theplayers.
First of all, let's start withthe Jewish religious leaders.
First of all, let's start withthe Jewish religious leaders.
If you look at John, chapter 11, verses 45 to 53, you'll see
(02:11):
what's often called the Passoverplot John, chapter 11, verses
45 to 53.
This is immediately afterLazarus was raised from the dead
, and this is what it says.
Therefore, many of the Jews whocame to Mary and saw what Jesus
(02:35):
had done believed in him.
But some of them went to thePharisees and told them the
things which Jesus had done,namely that he had raised
Lazarus from the dead.
Therefore, the chief priestsand the Pharisees convened a
council and were saying what arewe doing?
For this man is performing manysigns.
If we let him go on like this,all men will believe in him and
(02:58):
the Romans will come and takeaway both our place and our
nation.
Now you see, these religiousleaders were concerned more
about their position and theirplace than they were with the
truth of who Jesus was.
But one of them, caiaphas, whowas high priest that year, said
(03:19):
to them you know nothing at all.
Nor do you take into accountthat it is expedient for you
that one man die for the peopleand that the whole nation not
perish.
Now, he did not say this on hisown initiative, but, being high
priest that year, he prophesiedthat Jesus was going to die for
(03:41):
the nation, and not for thenation only, but in order that
he might also gather togetherinto one the children of God who
are scattered abroad.
So from that day on, they planto gather together to kill him.
So there you go.
There's the Passover plot, andthe Jewish leaders conspired
(04:05):
together to put Jesus to death.
And the Passover plot was setin motion, a conspiracy of
hypocritical religious hierarchywho were jealous of the
attention received by anitinerant preacher, and they
were threatened by hispopularity.
Now, I want you to rememberthat after the day of Pentecost,
(04:29):
when the disciples were filledwith the Holy Ghost, that Peter
preached in public, perhaps evenin the temple courts, and he
said this he said Men of Israel.
This is in Acts, chapter 2, hesaid men of Israel, this is in
Acts, chapter 2.
He said men of Israel, you,with the help of wicked men, put
(04:51):
him talking about Jesus, puthim to death by nailing him to
the cross.
So we have to take into accountthe possibility that it was the
Jewish religious leaders whowere responsible for the death
of Jesus.
Well, now move quickly.
And let's talk about Judas.
(05:12):
In Luke, chapter 22, verses 1through 6, and again in verse 47
to 48, we see the whole accountof Judas, this guy who would
steal money from the money box.
This guy who was disillusionedwith Jesus, who obviously was
not going to set up an earthlykingdom but who kept speaking
(05:35):
about a spiritual kingdom.
And this Judas who was enviousof the position that Jesus had
and he went to the religiousleaders and he conspired with
them for 30 pieces of silver tobetray his former friend.
(05:55):
He became a co-conspirator inthe Passover plot and he became
directly responsible forbetraying Jesus into the hands
of his enemies, who ultimatelycrucified Jesus.
Nevertheless, if you recall,jesus refused the offer of his
disciples to defend him withtheir swords when he was
(06:18):
betrayed into the hands of thesoldiers by Judas, his former
friend.
So we have to consider wasJudas the one responsible for
killing Jesus?
Now let's consider the RomansPilate, the Roman governor, in
John, chapter 19, we see a veryinteresting dialogue that took
(06:41):
place between Pilate and JesusRomans 19 and verses 10 through
16.
So Pilate said to him you donot speak to me, do you not know
that I have authority torelease you and I have authority
to crucify you.
Jesus answered you would haveno authority over me unless it
(07:02):
had been given you from above.
For this reason, he whodelivered me to you has the
greater sin.
As a result of this, pilatemade efforts to release him, but
the Jews cried out, saying Ifyou release this man, you are no
friend of Caesar.
Everyone who makes himself outto be a king opposes Caesar.
(07:24):
Therefore, when Pilate heardthese words, he brought Jesus
out and sat down on the judgmentseat at a place called the
pavement, but in Hebrew,gabbatha.
Now it was the day ofpreparation for the Passover, it
was about the sixth hour and hesaid to the Jews behold your
king.
So they cried out away with him, away with him, crucify him.
(07:49):
Pilate said to them Shall Icrucify your king?
The chief priest answered wehave no king but Caesar.
Now, that's so interestingbecause you understand from the
story of Mordecai and Haman inthe book of Esther the Jews
(08:09):
bowed their knee to no Gentile.
They bowed their knee to noGentile.
They bowed their knee to noforeign king.
And yet here were these Jewishreligious leaders saying to
Pilate we Barabbas and crucifyJesus.
(08:40):
Now, pilate was obviouslyconfused and conflicted.
He was caught in a strait, notbetween two ways, but between
three ways Between the Jews,between the Roman hierarchy and
between his wife, who said tohim have nothing to do with that
(09:01):
innocent man, because I havesuffered much in a dream because
of him, and he was trying toplease the Jews.
He was trying to maintain peaceand stability in a part of the
world that resented Roman ruleeven unto death and who would
(09:23):
bend the knee to no earthlyruler.
And yet here they are saying wehave no king but Caesar.
And so, ultimately, pilateordered the scourging of Jesus
and then, finally, hiscrucifixion.
So were the Romans, throughPilate, responsible for the
(09:44):
death of Jesus?
Well then, there's anotherpossibility Was Jesus suicidal?
In John, chapter 12, 32 and 33,jesus spoke of his death.
In fact, he spoke of his deathoften in advance, and he told
his disciples that he was goingup to Jerusalem to be abused and
(10:06):
persecuted by the Jews, andthen he would be killed and that
he would be lifted up, killed,and that he would be lifted up
indicating by what manner ofdeath he would die.
You know, those that arepreoccupied with death and dying
(10:28):
are the very ones who oftentake steps to take their lives.
Physicians know that People whohave a morbid death wish are
the very ones who commit suicide.
Perhaps Jesus intentionallyprovoked the Jews, especially by
the things that he said thatjust pushed them over the edge.
In John, chapter 12, thescriptures indicate that Jesus
(10:52):
understood his mission and hisreason for entering onto the
stage of human history.
In Luke 19 10, jesus said thathe would had come to seek and to
save that which was lost, andit cost him his life.
As he gave his life as a ransomfor many.
(11:13):
Jesus was not suicidal.
People who are suicidal have aloss of hope, but Jesus had no
loss of hope.
The Bible says that we shouldlook unto the author and
finisher of our faith who, forthe joy that was set before him,
endured the cross and despisedits shame.
(11:35):
Jesus had no loss of hope.
His future was full of hope.
It was not bleak.
It was filled with hope and aneager anticipation of being at
the right hand of his Father.
Yes, he was filled with sorrowin the garden at the prospect of
his suffering, but he didn'tgrieve as those who had no hope.
(11:58):
Jesus went to his death with anintentional step, purposeful
and planned, but it was filledwith an eager anticipation of
the reward.
Jesus was not a suicidal man.
But let me ask you anotherquestion.
Perhaps it was you and me whowere responsible for the death
(12:20):
of Jesus.
Remember Mel Gibson's words?
He said I killed Jesus, I wasresponsible for Jesus' death.
Now let me ask you a question.
Can any single man kill God?
Would you be so arrogant as topresume that you could kill the
(12:43):
Lord of the universe, the makerof the heavens and the earth?
What could you conceivably doto snuff out the life of he who
was the alpha and the omega, thebeginning and the end, the
first and the last?
You, nor I, could directlycause the death of God or God's
(13:06):
Son.
It is not within our power,individually or collectively, as
a human race, to kill he whospoke the heavens and the earth
into existence.
Nor did that lethal powerreside in the Jewish hierarchy
or the Roman governor, or thebloodthirsty crowd that screamed
(13:30):
Crucify Him.
Nevertheless, let it beunderstood clearly that the
highly offensive nature of yourand my sin, juxtaposed with the
eternal, never dying, yes,passionate love of God for you
and me is the sufficient twinmotivation that propelled Jesus
(13:54):
to the cross.
In 1 Peter, chapter 3 and verse18, the Bible tells us that
Christ died for sins, the just,for the unjust, that he might
bring us to God, having been putto death in the flesh but made
alive in the spirit.
You know, I could not make Goddie, but it was for sin and for
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sinners that Jesus voluntarilywent to the cross, that he might
bring us to God.
He submitted to the sufferingyes, the passion of the cross,
for one reason to bring us backto God.
If we were not sinners and Godwere not just, there would be no
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demand for his son to sufferand die and if God were not
loving, there would be nowillingness for his son to
suffer and die.
But the fact of the matter isis that you and I are sinners
and God is just and he is loving, and that's why God so loved
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the world that he gave his onlybegotten son that whosoever
believes in him would not perishbut have everlasting life.
Now I'm getting to myconclusion and I want you to
understand that Jesusvoluntarily gave his life.
Now I'm getting to myconclusion and I want you to
understand that Jesusvoluntarily gave his life.
In John, chapter 10, the Bibletells us very plainly that Jesus
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gave his life.
Jesus says that a good shepherdlays down his life for his
sheep, a hireling will run away.
But Jesus says a good shepherdgives his life for his sheep.
And in John 10, verse 17 and 18, jesus says this.
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He says for this reason thefather loves me, because I lay
down my life so that I may takeit again.
He says this commandment I havereceived from my father.
His life was not taken from him, it was not stolen from him.
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He was not a victim ofcircumstances.
His life well, I would say itthis way he did not die
prematurely in the flower of hisyouth.
His life was not snatched awayfrom him sadly, in his prime.
Jesus was born to die as asacrifice for many and he knew
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this, in fact, all of his life.
The shadow of a cross fellacross his path.
He willingly, carefully,knowingly, at the proper time
and in complete control of allthe circumstances of his life,
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control of all the circumstancesof his life, laid down his life
on the altar of a Roman crossand he entered the most holy
place once for all, by his ownblood, having obtained for us
eternal redemption.
And when Jesus looked up to hisfather and said Father, into
your hands I commit my spirit.
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That word commit his spiritmeans to entrust to another.
Jesus didn't die as a result ofthe physical abuse that he had
endured and his life did not ebbout of him.
Jesus only died when hevoluntarily released his life,
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released his spirit, and when hesaid Tetelestai, it is finished
.
He acknowledged that he hadaccomplished the redemption of
man for which he was sent intothe world.
And then, the last point I wantyou to understand clearly the
last player in this divine dramais God the Father.
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The scripture names God, theFather as the one ultimately
responsible for the death of theSon, as the one ultimately
responsible for the death of theSon, ultimately responsible for
the crucifixion of Jesus theSon.
This whole drama was conceivedand executed in the heart of God
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.
It was planned and carried outbefore time and history began.
The divine perpetrator was noneother than the father of the
son.
And oh how this hurts my heartto know that my sin was the
occasion for the father puttinghis son to such grief.
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The lamb was slain before thefoundation of the world.
Revelations 13.8 tells us thatvery plainly.
Hundreds of years before thePassover, before the passion of
Messiah, isaiah foretold thisevent.
In Isaiah 53, he tells us thatthis Passover Lamb was smitten
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by God.
The Lord has laid on Him theiniquity of us all, and yet it
was the will of the Lord tocrush him In Titus.
Chapter 1 and verse 2, theBible informs us that this
salvation plan was in the mindof God before time began.
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Please let us all know andunderstand that it was
foreordained in the plan of theFather before time began.
It was the plan of the Fatherto send the Son to Calvary and
that Satan would wound Him,wounding His heel, but that the
Son would crush His head, andthat was ordained from the
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Garden of Eden.
The controversy about who killedJesus is marginal.
He chose to die.
His father ordained andorchestrated it.
Jesus embraced it.
The father planned it and didso by the hands of wicked men,
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and great good has come to theworld.
They meant it for evil, but Godmeant it for good.
The Romans, the Jewish leaders,judas were all mere pawns moved
on the chessboard of time andhistory by the hand of the great
eternal chess master.
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They were all just bit actorsin a great drama conceived,
written, produced and directednot by Mel Gibson, but by the
sovereign of the universe whogoverns the affairs of men and
nations.
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Verse.
Who governs the affairs of menand nations?
Who orchestrated the events ofevery player in the last 12
hours of Christ's passion toultimately accomplish God's
eternal purpose, which was toprovide for us a lamb suitable
to bear our sins and appease thejust wrath of Holy God?
And I promise you that theangels are holding their breath
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even now to see how you and Iwill respond to this amazing
redemption plan of God, thereconciliation of God and man.
What will your response be?
Will you ignore it and pretendit never happened?
Will it drive you to a deeperdevotion and more serious
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contemplation of the passion ofthe Christ?
Or will this be the day thatyou receive the Lord Jesus
Christ as your only Savior andthe true King of your life?
To as many as receive him, then, god gives the right to become
the children of God, even to asmany as believe on his name.
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I'm your host, dr RobertJackson.
If you like what you hear, Ipray that you will follow, like
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