S3E30: Jesus, Barabbas, and Pilate (24 Hours that Changed the World pt. 5)

Sermon #158

This week as we continue our journey through the 24 Hours that Changed the World by Adam Hamilton, we come to the criminal trial of Jesus by the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate.  Here we find in Pilate a ruthless and harsh Roman authority who is curiously reluctant to condemn Jesus to death.  Yet in the end he relents, not because of justice or mounting evidence against Jesus, but because he wanted to appease the people.  We even see him trying to give the Jews a more undesirable choice - freeing Jesus or freeing the murderous insurectionist Barabbas.  And yet we also see that the place Jesus took on the cross was not just Barabbas', but also yours and mine.  So grab your bible, turn it to Mark chapter 15, and prepare your heart and mind as we see a study of three men - Jesus, Barabbas, and Pilate.

Mark 15:1-15

Recorded at Ebenezer UMC on March 6, 2016 (Originally published March 21, 2016)

S.D.G.