How to Choose the Wrong Savior
Series: The Gospel of Mark
November 24, 2024
Pastor Landon Henry
Episode Notes
How To Choose The Wrong Savior
Mark 15:1 (ESV) And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation
with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led him
away and delivered him over to Pilate.
Mark 15:2-5 (ESV) And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he
answered him, “You have said so.” 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things.
4 And Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer to make? See how many charges
they bring against you.” 5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was
amazed.
● Jesus is not defending Himself at His own trial because He
knows He has to defend you.
Mark 15:6-8 (ESV) Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom
they asked. 7 And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the
insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. 8 And the crowd came up and began to
ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.
Mark 15:9-10 (ESV) And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for
you the King of the Jews?” 10 For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief
priests had delivered him up. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him
release for them Barabbas instead.
Mark 15:11-15 (ESV) And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with the man
you call the King of the Jews?” 13 And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” 14 And
Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more,
“Crucify him.” 15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas,
and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
Pilate:
● Knew the right TITLE and TESTIMONY of Jesus
● Feared the CROWD more than CHRIST
● Chose the SAFE way over the RIGHT way
The Crowd:
● Knew the right TITLE and TESTIMONY of Jesus
● Chose their CULTURE over CHRIST
● Chose what seemed BEST FOR THEM
Barabbas:
● Knew that he was GUILTY
● Had the INNOCENT take his PUNISHMENT
● Walked away FREE
Mark 15:15b-20 (ESV) ...and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters),
and they called together the whole battalion. 17 And they clothed him in a purple cloak,
and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18 And they began to salute
him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”19 And they were striking his head with a reed and
spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him. 20 And when they had mocked
him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they
led him out to crucify him.
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