Transcript Believe!

In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was
God. He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made;
without him nothing was made that has
been made. In him was life, and that life
was the light of men. The light shines
in the darkness, but the darkness has
not understood it. There came a man
who was sent from God; his name was
John. He came as a witness to testify
concerning that light, so that
through him all men might believe.
Believe!
Pontius Pilate - Good, bad or just indifferent?
John 18:28- 19:16
Pontius Pilate - Good, bad or indifferent?
‘Just as Moses lifted up the snake in
the desert so must the son of man be
lifted up …’
Jesus (John 3:14)
‘This happened so that the words Jesus
had spoken indicating the kind of death
he was going to die would be fulfilled’.
John 18:32
Pontius Pilate - Good, bad or indifferent?
He believes Jesus is innocent:
• He protests Jesus innocence – Luke 23:13
• He appeals to justice – John 18:39
• He appeals to pity – John 19:1
Yet ultimately he valued his own life and reputation more
than he does Jesus
Jesus calls us to follow him, not just believe in him; to respect
him as master, to let him be leader and call the shots.