prayer. Nancy Parks and I were giving a blessing, thinking about
that truth, that Christ does not need to say a word. He is
not praying to God right now. His very presence means that God accepts them.
Those five bleeding wounds, the writer says, they pour effectual
prayer. All right, John chapter eighteen. John chapter eighteen. These last several verses here
in John 18 are sad and tragic, yet glorious. A real paradox we're going to
see. We're seeing and reading Jesus
Christ, the judge of the universe. before the judgment seat of men.
It's an irony of all ironies, isn't it? The scripture says that God hath
appointed a day in which he will judge all flesh by that man whom
he hath ordained, Jesus Christ the righteous. All flesh shall
someday stand before him. And here he is, standing before
this what I call kangaroo court, to be judged by his creatures,
God being judged by his creatures. But it's no less so today. It's no less so today when men and women talk about
accepting Jesus. Now, people, I'm not splitting
hairs here. And I'm not just bashing religion,
but this proves what men still think about Jesus Christ. They still think he's up for
their acceptance or rejection. They still say, preachers still
stand up and say, what will you do with Jesus? And you know,
The answer is still the same. Give us Barabbas. That's Jesus' name now. Well,
let me go on here. We have a picture of a judge
of the universe standing before this pathetic court. Look at verse 28 now.
It says, Then led they Jesus before, or from, Caiaphas unto
the hall of judgment." Remember the verses before that, where
Christ the Lord was standing before those religious leaders
in the high priest's hall or mansion or palace? He lived in
a palace, a high priest, rich, and the priest looked good. You remember that? One of them
slapped him. Well, now they lead him from
there into the hall of judgment, or that is, the civil court.
Down the way, outside of the temple area there, into the civil
court, where Pilate, who was the Roman governor at this time,
was the judge of all civil matters that were not handled by in the
Jews, among the Jews themselves. And it says, read on, it was
early. They had interrogated Christ
all night, nearly all night, until about 6 a.m. It was about
6 o'clock in the morning now. And know this, too, as we go
through here. Christ had not slept now for
at least two days. And I want you to consider that,
as you observe him. When Pilate brought him out after
all this, and a little while, Pilate said, Behold the man no
one can put up with, go through what he's done. He not slept for about two days,
but he's still. Well, now they're going to try
him. They want to try him in the civil
court. They don't want to try him. They've already tried him
and convicted him, and they've already decided what they want
to do with him, kill him. But they can't. It's a holiday. It's a holy day, he said. They're
not allowed to kill the fowl themselves. They wouldn't go
into the judgment hall unless they should be defiled. Oh, they
were so careful to keep the law. But they twisted every part of
the law. They had already convicted this
fellow, darn it, without any evidence. Read on. But they'd eat the Passover,
though. They were good. They were good. They were going
to go to church, you see, and they didn't want to get in on
this killing. Time to go to church. Well, Pilate went out, verse
29, and our Lord said that earlier. He said, Oh, they're so careful.
Religious people are so careful about little things, but they've
omitted the weightier matter. they keep the law, but hate the
lawgiver." Verse 29, Pilate then went out
unto them. He came out of his quarters and
said, What's the charge? What accusation do you bring
against this man? What's the charge? Now, the Jews
got a little indignant here, because he was questioning their
wisdom. You see, if the Jews, the Jews
handled most of their judgments and so forth, and they only brought
the worst criminals to Pilate. They only brought thieves and
murderers and just the worst of criminals. They handled religious
affairs and, you know, those things of those natures among
themselves. They only brought the worst sorts. to Pilate. And they got a little indignant
here, and they said to him, verse 30, if they were not a malefactor,
we wouldn't have brought him to Vic. The word malefactor means,
listen to this, the word malefactor means worthless. It means, the
word malefactor means depraved. The word malefactor means a injurious
fellow, dangerous. Now, did you catch the irony
in all that, huh? They say he's worthless, he's
depraved, and he's injurious. Well, he's the only one that's
not. He's the only one that is worth
anything. worth everything. Huh? He's worthless, a malefactor. They said he's depraved. Oh,
he's the only one that's not. They said he's injurious. He's
the only one holy and harmless. Isn't that ironic, John? Old men's thoughts of God are
backward, turned way backward. If he weren't a malefactor, we
wouldn't have brought him to be. If Pilate were half a man, he'd
have said, Don't you talk to me like that. But he wasn't. He was a pawn of Caesar. Read on, verse 31. Then said
Pilate unto them, Take him, you take him, judge him according
to your law. If they had been honest, they'd
have said, we've tried. And he stands up to our law. I just read that and
noticed that, Stan. Judge him according to your law.
Whose law did they have? Israel. He's the one that gave
it. Pilate was aware now of this
Jesus of Nazareth. He knew who he was. Scripture
says, you remember when Paul stood before the king of Gripa?
He said, now you know these things, king. This thing wasn't done
in a corner. How that Jesus of Nazareth and
so on. Pilate knew who this was. He, something of him, he, this
thing wasn't done in a corner. Well, they said one time, the
whole world's gone after this fellow. And Pilate was aware of the conflict
between Christ and the Pharisees, and he tries to make it a religious
matter. He tries to put it back on them. Now, Jewish law—listen to me
carefully. I hope you're with me. Jewish
law ordered a man, when he was convicted of blasphemy, to be
stoned. That was how a man was to die—everybody
that was guilty of blasphemy. was to be stoned to death. That's
what the law said. God's the one that gave the law.
Stone him till he's dead. Now, they'd already convicted
him of blasphemy. They said, you're a man, you
make yourself God, you blaspheme. Remember in another gospel, the
high priest said, Caiaphas said, he ripped his clothes over and
said, what need have we of any further witnesses? This man blasphemeth. Stone him. No, no, no. can't do that. You can't stone him. That's not
how he's supposed to die. You see, that's the law. They
had already, this kangaroo court, had already convicted him of
blasphemy. Caesar condoned it, Pilate condoned it, Herod condoned
it, the Roman government condoned it. Whatever you say, do it. According to your law, convict
him, kill him with stones. And they had already convicted
him. They said, well, he's to die. How? Not like you say. He's got to die a certain way. no man takes his life from him.
And he's got to die according to the scriptures. Look at verse
32. Verse 31, it says, It is not
lawful for us to put any man to death. You see, they said,
You try him. Try him? They didn't want him
tried. Stand, they'd already done it.
You hang him. You kill you crucify. See, they didn't want any part
in his blood, either. And they said, it's not lawful
for us to put any man to death. They'd already tried him, and
he's guilty. You put him to death. Why? Why didn't they stone him? Verse
32, that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he
spake, signifying what death he should die. He chose his own
death. Why wasn't Christ stoned? Why
was he ultimately crucified? Because God's word says so. And man can't do a thing except
what God says. You know, in this, those of you
who are in the Bible study it, I did not plan it this way. I
could not have. That these would go together
so, so well. Christ died. How? According to Scripture. You say,
I didn't stone him. Why? He must die. According to
Scripture. according to the scripture, that
the word of Christ might be fulfilled. You see, Christ said, remember
back in John 3? John 3, you know what the gospel
is in John 3? Yeah, preacher, it's God so loved
us. No, that's not it at all. John 3, 16 is a description of
the love, or how God loved and how God saved, which description
is given in verse 14. For as Moses lifted up the serpents
in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up. And Christ said, For if I be
lifted up, crucified, I'll draw See, he's not to be stoned. Even
in his death he gets glory. Even in his death he's above
all. He didn't die like a common malefactor,
whatever, shot or stoned like a common blasphemer. Oh no, he's
going to rise, he's above, even in his death. Hang him there. As a picture that the scriptures
might be fulfilled. And because Christ said so, who
is the Word? He said, this is how I'm going
to die. He said, he kept saying it all
the way through, telling his disciples, the Son of Man must
be delivered unto wicked man, and he will be killed, he will
be crucified, but, but, but. The third day, he'll rise again. That's how he chose to die. And
if you're taking notes, I'm going to give you some scriptures here.
We're not going to turn to them, but just jot these down for your
future reference. This is so wonderful, so wonderful. You'll get a blessing out of
considering this. If you're in this now, you will. If you're
listening, if God has given you ears to hear. He died this way. Christ died,
was crucified according to the scripture. This is the death
that he should die. All the exact details concerning
Christ's crucifixion are throughout the Old Testament. I mean every
jot and tittle of his crucifixion. every single move they made. It was as if those people had
the Old Testament open and said, now what do we do next? This is wonderful. Why is it
that way? Because this is the Lord of glory
here. He's in control of all things. He's even in control of his own
death. No man takes his life from me.
No man, he said, not a hair of your head falls to ground without
your heavenly Father, and they're not going to pluck a one of his
unless he says, Pluck. You ever thought about that?
Oh, you're not going to lay a hand on God. You're not going to move
your hand unless he says so. This is our God. This is our
Christ, this is the Lord and the Christ, controlling his own
death. He laid down his life. He willingly, voluntarily submitted,
subjected himself, even unto death, the death of the cross.
All right, listen. Scripture says he was to be despised
and rejected of men. This tribunal, everybody rejected
him. Why? God said they would. In
Isaiah 53, it says he is despised and rejected of men. He was despised and we esteemed
him not. That's what the Scripture says,
so it must be. He was sold for 30 pieces of
silver. Why? Why not 20? Why not 10? Why not 50? Why not 40? Why not
33 and a third? Because Scripture said so, that's
why. Listen to Zechariah 11, 12. They
raised my price, 30 pieces of silver. Zechariah 11, 12. He was sold by a friend. He wasn't
an enemy. It was a friend. It wasn't one
of the Sanhedrin who hated him so much, it was his friend. Why
a friend? Because scripture says so. In
Psalm 41, verse 9, it says, "...my own familiar friend, which did
eat of my bread." Remember that? Christ at that supper said, remember
John leaned on his bosom and said, Who is it that's going
to betray you?" He said, he that doth sop with me the bread. Why? Scripture says so. My own familiar friend, which
did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. He was
falsely accused. They drummed up witnesses against
him. False witnesses. Couldn't come
up with anything. They had to drum something up.
They lied on him. Why? Because scripture says so. Listen, Hosea 7, verse 13, they
spoke in lies against me. Psalm 119, verse 69, the proud
have forged a lie, forged a lie against me. Well, they took him, we're going
to see after this tribune, verse, chapter 19, it says that Pilate
scourged him with a whip. Planted a whip, they did, and
scourged him. Why? Because scripture says so. Isaiah 53, verse 4 says, "...with
his stripes we are healed." They want to pierce his hands.
Crucifixion, they didn't nail people to the cross. They didn't
nail people. They wanted it to be a slow and
agonizing death when they crucified someone. Nobody was nailed up
there. They tied them there. They tied them up. Because if
you pierced a man's hands, he'd gone in a matter of an hour or
less. Blood runs out of his body. That's further proof of who he
is. And it took six hours. Six hours. But they nailed him
to that cross, nailed him. Why had they nailed him? His
hands and his feet. Why? Scripture says so. In Psalm 22, verse 16, it says,
"...they pierced my hands and my feet." Zechariah 12, 10, and
they said, "...they shall look upon him whom they have pierced." Well, after that, they cast lots
for his garment. He had a one-piece robe that
he wore, and the soldiers got outside and played a little craps,
cast some dimes. They took that robe off of him,
see. They hung him naked. He didn't have a little loincloth
like you see in these pictures. He wasn't naked. See, people
are too religious. They won't hang a naked man on
their wall. Isn't that true? We'll put a
little loincloth on him. He was naked. And they took that
robe off of him. And that robe, they said, don't
tear that robe up. I said, let's cast lots for him. Let's not divide it. Let's keep
it whole. And let's throw the dice for
it. Why? Scripture says so. Listen to Psalm 22, verse 18. They cast lots upon my vineyard. He was given vinegar to drink
when he was hanging on the cross. They gave him vinegar to drink.
He said, I thirst. Why? Because Scripture says so. Well, they're going to give him
the drink. What do you got over there? I got a little beer here, got
a little wine there, I got a little, we got some water over here.
Anybody got any vinegar? Vinegar! Yes! Vinegar! Why? Because Scripture
says so. Listen to this. Psalm 69, 21, "...in my thirst
they gave me vinegar." Listen to this. They crucified
him. And when you crucify somebody,
they strap them, they rope them down while they're on the ground.
They lay that pole there, and the men carry, they don't carry
a full cross like this. They rope them down along the
crossbeam. They've got this crossbeam on
their shoulders. And when they bring them there, you know, then
they hurl them down to the ground like that. And then they tie
or nail that crossbeam to a long pole, you see. And there are
a bunch of them, one with a rope on this end, the rest of them
pushing that up. You men ever planted poles? Sure
you have. He'd help me plant the barn pole.
Then they'd raise that pole up. It already dug a hole in the
ground. They'd raise that pole up, and boom, it'd drop down
on that ground. And generally, this is what really
did in those that were being crucified. Every joint in their
body was jerked out of the socket. And I'm not doing all this for
effect. I'm just telling you the way it was. He had to be
crucified like this. Why? Because Scripture says so. Listen to this. Listen to this. Psalm 22, 14. All my bones are
out of joint. Isn't that marvelous? I'm not
trying to get you to feel sorry for Jesus. He's doing all this. He's fulfilling his own word
here, that the word of Christ might be fulfilled. Like I said,
it's as if they had a Bible open, Psalm 22, one of the soldiers
over there says, what are we going to do now? Wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait. Give me vinegar. Yeah, that's it, it's right there. They mocked him and jeered him.
Well, what are they going to say? They stood around the cross and
they're going to say something. They're going to poke fun at
him. What are they going to say? They're going to say what God
tells them to say. Not one word more, one word less. This is marvelous. Listen to
this. Listen to this. Psalm 22, and
this is the exact thing that happened here. Psalm 22, verse
7 and 8. All they that see me laugh me
to scorn. They shoot out the lip, they
shake the head, saying, He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver
him. Let him deliver him. You remember what they, remember
them saying that? He's calling on God, let's see if he will
deliver him. But the next line, John, the
next line says, seeing he delighted in him. And when Christ hung on that
cross, everything he said was to fulfill what he had already
Every word. At one point he cried out, My
God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why did he say that? Because
Psalm 22 verse 1 says so. He wrote the book. He laid down
his own life. That's not all. I'm not finished.
He is, but I'm not. Listen to this. It says there
in Psalm 31, verse 5, you remember the last words that Christ said
on that cross? After he said, It's finished.
What did he say? Into thine hands I commit my
spirit. That's the very words in Psalm
31, verse 5. The exact words. Into thine hands
I commit my spirit. Well, they had to find a tomb
for him. They had to find a grave for him. Where were we going
to get it? There's a rich man over here. He has one. He said he'd get it. Why? Because scripture says so. Isaiah
53, verse 9. He made his grave with the wicked
thieves, that's those on the cross, and with the rich in his
death. Well, he rose from the grave,
though. He didn't stay dead. Why? Because
scripture says so. Psalm 16, verse 10 says, Thou
wilt not leave my soul in hell, nor suffer thy unholy one to
suffer corruption. Who is this hanging on it? Who
is this standing before? Has this helped your faith in
it? that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, signifying
what death he should die. Let's quit. I've got a little
bit more here. Look at verse 33. Then Pilate
entered into the judgment hall again. He went back in. I went back into the judgment
hall and it says he called Jesus unto him. I believe he called
him over to the side. I believe this was a private
conversation between Pilate and the Lord here. He says he called
him. How do we know what they said? Because he wrote it, that's right.
Well, Pilate called him over, and look at what he said, "'Art
thou the king of the Jews?' Now, I believe Pilate was a little
bit troubled. I believe that's the reason he took him to the
side. He's a little troubled by all this. That's the reason
he kept trying, you do it, you do it. Otherwise, any other time,
he wouldn't have hesitated. What do you want done with this
common criminal? I said, killing, OK, take him
away. He wouldn't have questioned anything.
But he heard all this, and he'd heard of who this was. And you
remember, was it Herod's wife that was troubled by the dream?
Wasn't it Herod's wife or Pilate's wife? Which one? One of the two
was troubled with a dream and said, Don't have anything. Are you the king of the Jews?
Art thou the king of the Jews? Now listen
to this, I hope this convicts Many people are troubled by everything
that has been reported in the gospel. Many people are troubled by what
they've heard about this Jesus. That's why people get religion
when they die. You know it? Everybody gets sick, gets cancer
or whatever, gets down on their deathbed. it gets religion, except Jesus. Why? They're troubled, they've
heard all this talk that he's not just a man, he came out of
the grave, now he's Lord over all, King, they're troubled by
it. That's not saving repentance,
you see. Pilate didn't have that. Aren't thou king of the Jews?"
Now look at our Lord's answer to him. The Lord didn't answer
him. Like I said before, you don't
ask God questions, he does the asking. He didn't answer this
fellow. I love this. He's in control
of everything. He's tied up, he's beaten, he's
got a crown on his head, he's looking at this pilot, and that
guy's scared to death. Huh? I mean, he's tied up! Look at him! Bound! I thought they had Samson,
too, didn't they? Tied some little green reeds
around him. Our Lord looking at that That
pretend ruler, governor, and he says this, he says, look here,
he does the asking, look at this, verse 34, "'Sayest thou this
thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of
me?' Are you looking at it? Are you
listening? This is a vital question. People, I want you to ask yourself
this. I'll ask myself, all right? Do you believe from the heart
that Jesus Christ is God, King, Lord, salvation, all, and you're
in his hands? Or did just somebody tell you
that? Hmm? Young people. Especially. What do you think of Christ? Hmm? You believe he's King? Why? Did somebody just tell you that?
What do you say from your heart? He's my God and my King. Hmm? Isn't that a question? He asked
it. I didn't ask it. Sayest thou this of thyself? Or did somebody just tell you?
Mom and Dad just teach you that. That's all. He's going to perish
with Pilate. Look at verse 35. Now Pilate's
really troubled. He's really troubled. Am I a
Jew? Am I a Jew? While your own nation
and chief priests have delivered us, what have you done?" This
is how he said that. What have you done? What have you done? Christ didn't
answer him again. He doesn't answer our questions. He does all the questions. He said, My kingdom is not of
this world. My kingdom is not of this world.
Now, nothing could be plainer. Listen to this, people. Nothing
could be plainer. He said, My kingdom is not of
this world. This is not my kingdom, if it
were. Look at verse 3, verse 36, If
my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight
that I should not be delivered to the Jews, but now is my kingdom
not from him." It's not yet. Jesus Christ is King of
kings. Now listen, he is king, he rules, he controls, he's owner
of the universe. Psalm 24 says that. The earth
is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and all that
dwell therein. Oh yes, he's king of kings. He's king. But now, this world
is not his principal or eternal kingdom. He's going to destroy
it. He wouldn't destroy it if it were. That's where this religious
world, they're just ignorant. He's not going to sit on that
throne in Jerusalem. He's going to destroy it. The
kingdom of the eternal God is not a material one, a temporal
one. An earthly throne cannot seat
he who inhabits eternity." Besides, Christ did not come to set up
an earthly king and liberate the Jews. Jews wouldn't have him. He came
to his own, his own received him not. Jews didn't want this
man to reign over them. They wanted a figurehead. They wanted a state again. They
wanted freedom, and that's all. Freedom from Roman tyranny. But
he came, though, to live and die and set up a spiritual kingdom
in the hearts of men. He said in one place, he said,
The kingdom of God cometh not with observation. There it is
over there in the Middle East. There it is over there There's
the kingdom, there's the temple. No, it's not. There's the kingdom,
there's the temple. The kingdom of God cometh not
with observation, Christ said. He said the kingdom of God is
among you, in you. Are you with me? Well, he said if they were, if
it were, my servants would fight. Now, this is important. Why?
Because Christ said it, that's why. But another reason is because
this world of so-called Christians, what about all these so-called
Christian causes that everybody's taken up with? Hmm? What about
it? We've got to fight! We've got
to fight for what's ours! No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no. What about all these holy wars
that they're taking part in over in Islamic? Holy war, huh? Oh no, Christ said, my kingdom
not of this world. If it were, my servants would
fight, but it's not. If this planet, if God was going
to give this planet to believers, then we'd fight, wouldn't we?
I'd fight abortion. I'd fight all these social ills
and so forth. I'd fight, I'd fight, I'd fight,
but it's not. Well, I see what's going to happen. My captain's
coming. He's going to burn this place
up. He's got another one. You see,
he's got another planet. He doesn't need this. Go ahead
and save your mother. Go ahead. I'm talking about Mother
Earth, you know. If they're talking about saving
her, go ahead, save her. You go down with her, because my
God's not going to save this planet. I'm not saying smoke
it up, either, but ruin it. Don't do that, either, but don't
worry about saving it, because God's already said he's going
to destroy it. He's got another one down there, another one to
wear in and dwell in, righteous. Anybody that loves this one,
they're not going to be in that one. But everybody who longs
and looks for that one, they're not interested in this one. Every word he said. Well, I need to get through this,
so we can deal with chapter 19 on Wednesday. Look at verse 37,
Pilate said, Art thou a king then? Christ doesn't answer him, does
he? He said, Thou sayest, I am a
king. I believe he might have said
this a little sarcastically. Thou sayest, I am a king. you think that I'm just a king." And he may have smirked, Joe. God's going to laugh. As a matter
of fact, scripture says so. Where? Psalm 2. He that sits
in the heavens shall laugh. But now a king? Surely God went,
ha, ha, ha. A king? It's not recorded here, but in
the other Gospels it says, Pilate said, Don't you answer me anything?
Don't you know I have power to crucify you or let you go? I
were. You're breathing right now because
of God in whose hands your breath is. He's standing before you,
telling you to breathe. Huh? Art thou a king? Thou sayest,
I am a king. Now, he doesn't answer him, Nancy.
He says something else. Look at it. He says, To this
end was I born. You're not talking about being
king here. He's talking about something else. To this end was
I born, for this cause came unto the world, that I should bear
witness unto the truth. Everyone that is of the truth,
here is my voice. Christ didn't come to be king
on this planet. He came to reveal the Father. He came to reveal himself, the
truth. He came to reveal himself, John,
unto his people. And he said, every one of them
will know who I am. They won't have to ask. I'll ask them first, what think
ye of Christ? And they'll know. They'll know
why Scripture says so. They'll know. They might say
I don't want nothing to do with the Lord, but they'll know. That's
in Isaiah. Now I'll say it, this end that
I'm born to reveal the truth, everybody's of God, hear it,
God's word, God's truth. come unto Christ, they'll all
be taught of God. Verse 38, and I want to get through
this, Pilate said unto him, What is truth? Now, I guess I bet
he's probably wringing his hands. I just bet he's wringing his
hands. Christ is not answering. He's
not satisfying him. What is truth? What is truth? He doesn't answer him. Why? He doesn't prove himself to anybody.
He doesn't answer to anybody. He said, I've come. This is not
one of his sheep there. If Pilate had been one of his
sheep, Christ would have said, I am the truth. But he didn't. Why? He said,
you're not of my sheep. As I said, my sheep hear my voice.
I know. That's why I came. And they know
me. They're going to know me. They're
going to know I'm not just a king. I'm king of kings. They're going
to know not just the truth. They're going to know I am the
truth. They're not going to think of
me as any way to God. They're going to know from their
heart He is the way. They're not going to change,
you know, they're not going to have some Jesus who changes their
life. They're going to have the Lord
and know that He is life. not change his life. He changed my life. People, he gave
me life. I'm dead. Right, Joe Park? He doesn't change your life,
he gives life. He said, I've come that they
might have life. They're dead! Well, when he said this, the
Lord didn't answer him. Went out. Verse 38, he went out
again and said unto them, he went out to these Jews and all
these people and he said, I find no fault in him at all. Why? Why did he say that? Because the Lamb must be observed
to be without spot or blemish, and even devils must say, I can't
find one blemish. This is true. He's true. Oh, John 1, or 1 John 5, the
last verse says, Oh, these things are written that you might know.
The Son of God is come and given unto us an understanding that
we might know him that is true, and this is eternal life. True
God is eternal life, and you're in him. Isn't that wonderful? He says to the Jews, "'Well,
you have a custom, and I shall release unto you one at the Passover.'"
That was a Jewish custom, that one of them would go free. Ah,
boy, custom. Oh, Christ is a covenant. Not
just one goes free, but many. Well, "'Therefore, that I release
unto you the king of the Jews.' Then cried they all." every voice. Why? Because Scripture says so,
in Isaiah 53. Oh, we like sheep. We did esteem
him, smitten, stricken of God. They cried, every one of them,
not this man. We don't want him. We will not
have this man reign over us. You know who they wanted instead? Barabbas. And the last line says, Barabbas was a robber. And isn't that religion today? We will not have this sovereign
Lord. We will not have him be anything
other than a man. We will not have this gospel
you're preaching. Give us Barabbas. Give us men
who would rob God of his glory. We'll take a robber, even name
him Robert Oral, to be exact. A robber, a thief, a murderer
of men's souls. Oh, but the gospel came to you,
didn't it? And you received the truth, the truth of who this
is. Isn't that wonderful? Blessed
be God, who has blessed us with all spiritual grace and heavenly
pleasure in Christ Jesus. All right, brother George. What number? 227. Questioner 2 Okay, I'm going to go ahead and
do that. Okay. Thank you. Okay. All right. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right. All right. Okay. All right. Okay. Okay. Okay. you you