Transcript Shall I Crucify My Savior?

Shall I Crucify
My Savior?
Matthew 27:20-26
Rejected and Betrayed
•The Lord came to His own and
was rejected, Jno 1:11
•Betrayed by a friend, Jno 13:18
–We have “eaten” of His bread,
Jno 6:35, 48, 51
–Shall we lift up our heel
against Him?
–Religious leaders led the charge,
Jno 11:47-53; 19:6
•Willful sinners still crucify the
Savior, Heb 6:6; 10:26-29
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•Eyes were closed,
Matt 13:14-15; Lk 19:41-44
–Murder, Lk 23:34; Acts 3:17
•Many try to serve Christ,
but do it in ignorance,
Acts 17:23; 1 Jno 2:4
–Zeal without knowledge,
Rom 10:1-3
–Ignorance not overlooked,
Acts 17:30
•You do not have to remain
in ignorance, 1 Pet 2:2;
2 Pet 3:18; 2 Tim 2:15
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•Powerful motive to reject
truth, Jno 11:45-53; 12:9-11
–How to be saved
–Denominations
–Instrumental music in worship
–Work of the local church
–MDR and fellowship
•Major obstacle to obeying
the gospel, Acts 15:1;
Rom 9:30-33
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•Jesus opposed the moneydriven attitudes and actions
of the day, Jno 2:14-17;
Matt 21:12-13; Lk 12:15
•Love of money…many
sorrows, 1 Tim 6:9-10
–Despair and suicide,
Matt 26:14-16; 27:3-5
–Prevents eternal life,
Matt 19:21-22
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–Do you have a price for
which you will crucify Jesus?
Matt 16:25-26
•Dishonesty seeks selfish
advantages, Matt 28:11-15
•We must always be moved
by honesty, Eph 4:25
(Zech 8:16-17); Col 3:9-10
–No “situation” in which lying
is acceptable and sinless
–Lying is Satan’s tool to “kill”
Jesus in our lives!
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•JUDAS
A faithless coward,
Matt 27:3-5
–Instead of turning back to
the truth and standing for it,
he despaired in hopelessness
and killed himself
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•JEWISH
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
Hypocritical cowards who
protected and abused
their power, Matt 27:4, 6-7
–Envious, Matt 27:18
–False accusers, Matt 27:12
–Persuaded an ignorant
crowd, Matt 27:20, 25
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•PILATE
A coward with bloodstained hands, Matt 27:24
–Knew their envy, Matt 27:18
–Wife’s warning, Matt 27:19
–No crime, Matt 27:23, 24
–A leader without the courage
to protect an innocent man
•Courage to face trials,
2 Pet 1:5 (1 Cor 16:13)
Rev 21:7-8
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Shall I Crucify
My Savior?
Matthew 26:35, 56
Hebrews 6:4-6