Behold the Man, Behold the King!

Well, let me extend a very warm welcome to you all to our service this evening.

It's good to see you, and we trust the Lord will be with us, as we always do.

The session will be pleased to meet with anyone belonging to the congregation who wishes to come to the Lord's Table for the first time.

The session's already been opened on Wednesday, so all you need to do is let that be known to myself, to any of the elders,

and we'll be very happy indeed to meet with you after the service.

God willing, the service is tomorrow. There's an 8 o'clock prayer meeting here in the session room,

and then afterwards the Gaelic service is at 11, followed by the English tomorrow evening,

and that's at 7 o'clock tomorrow evening, not 7.30, 7 o'clock tomorrow evening.

And I'm delighted to welcome Reverend Angus McRae, who's taking the English services throughout the communion.

He's a Stornoway boy, so I'm sure he'll feel at home, and we're delighted that he's able to be with us for these services,

and we look forward very much to his ministry. I think these are all the intimations for the moment.

Thank you very much for your warm welcome. What a joy to come together in the name of the Lord,

to lift up his name and his glory and his praise together. It's a real pleasure to be back where I grew up.

We worship the Lord tonight by singing to his praise in Psalm 122,

singing the whole of the psalm from the Scottish Psalter, Psalm 122 in the Scottish Psalter.

A wonderful call to worship.

Let us sing to God's praise.

Amen.

I joyed when to the house of God, Go up, they said to me,

Jerusalem, within my gates, Our feet shall stand in me.

Jerusalem, as our city is, Come, but we will together,

And to the place the Christ go up, The Christ of God go together,

To Israel's testimony there, To God's infants to pray,

For those of judgment in the thrones Of the rest of their stay.

Pray that Jerusalem may have Peace and Felicity,

Let them love me and thy peace, And still prosperity.

Therefore I wish that peace may still Within thy walls remain,

And never may thy policies, Frostedity retain.

Now for my friends and brethren's sake, Peace be in thee and sing, And for the rest of God, our Lord,

I will seek thy good always.

Amen.

We unite our hearts in prayer together.

Let us pray.

Gracious Lord, the Lord and King, Who is enthroned not only in an earthly Jerusalem,

But in the Jerusalem on which the earthly city is patterned,

You are the King of kings and Lord of lords.

All majesty, all glory, all authority and sovereignty Is in your hand.

You reign with the will of the eternal and unchanging God.

You are Father, Son and Holy Spirit, One God, In agreement, In perfect counsel, And with the purpose that will be established, And that will stand.

Help us to draw near.

Help us to draw near.

Help us to draw near.

And to do so faithfully, In faith and in repentance.

Faithfully because we acknowledge the holiness of God, And the faithfulness of God to his promise and covenant.

Acknowledging that we need mercy, And forgiveness, Cleansing, And peace.

We come to the testimony that you have established.

We come to celebrate around the covenant that you have made.

And both in the word, In the scripture, And in the praises and prayers of the church, And in the gospel signs, The sacraments, We draw near.

Show us God's faithfulness, God's judgments, God's glory and compassion and mercy, In all of those things.

And pour out the spirit of peace upon us, And upon every gathering of God's people.

To the ends of the earth and to the end of the age, We pray that Jerusalem may have peace and felicity.

And let all those that love the Lord, Let them that love thee and thy peace, Have still prosperity.

We meet together this evening with so much to praise and thank God for.

And we are grateful that we are not alone, For as we gather here for worship, And over this weekend of holy things,

There are others in the Gallic portion of the congregation meeting as we are.

Pour out blessing upon them,

Upon Mr. MacDonald and all those who minister the word, Across this town and district this weekend.

And we pray for brothers and sisters meeting in the various branches of the church of Jesus Christ.

May we know that true unity and fellowship that is in the truth and in the Holy Spirit.

May we maintain love, May we maintain peace by the grace of God.

May we thank you for this church and for all who belong to it.

May we thank you for this church and for all who belong to it.

Members and those who belong as adherents.

Especially we lift up the pastor, the assistant pastor, their families, the elders and deacons,

And all who work and labor and who give of their time to serve among young and old.

And we ask that in these days there would be a freshness and a vitality and a spirit of joy in every aspect of the life of the church.

Bring healing and encouragement to those who are in weakness, pain and distress.

Bring joy to those who sorrow and mourn.

Blessed are they that mourn.

And bring health and help to those who confess their need of Jesus Christ.

It may be that there are some whose desire is to testify to the goodness and grace of God towards them.

By sitting at the Lord's table and confessing their love for the Lord.

And if there are any such, we do pray that help will be given.

That they may take their place, seated with the children of God.

Giving thanks for all the many benefits that we enjoy.

We pray for this island, for the branch of the church we belong to, and for the bride of Christ across the nation and across the world.

So often, a persecuted and troubled church.

Be merciful to those who cry out to God for justice and for relief today.

The scriptures warn us of the way of folly.

Lest like chaff we be blown away.

But the same scriptures encourage us that we might walk in the way of wisdom.

That we might be found in the company of those who speak of the Lord.

And who read and handle holy things, the word and the sacraments by faith.

May we be found with those who are in Christ.

And may we find the liberty of those whose captivity has been turned around by the Lord.

Jesus came so that sight would be given to the blind.

So that release would be given to the captives.

So that the jubilee year of the Lord would sound.

So that good news would be preached to the poor.

Lord, grant all these things and more to us tonight and in the days to come.

That we may no longer be in darkness.

But know the light of the Lord.

We pray in the Saviour's name.

Seeking blessing on the word and on our time together.

And seeking forgiveness for every sin.

Hear us for we pray in the majestic name of Jesus.

Amen.

Sing again to God's praise.

And sing psalms this time.

Sing psalms in Psalm 61.

The 61st Psalm.

And the opening verses of the Psalm.

Psalm 61.

Reminds us that God is a rock.

And we are not to run away from the rock.

But to hide in the rock that is higher than us.

O hear my urgent cry, my God.

And listen to my plea.

Psalm 61.

And sing psalms.

The verses marked 1 to 5.

To God's praise.

O hear my urgent cry, my God.

And listen to my plea.

From earth's remotest psalms I call.

When my heart's in me.

O God.

Conduct me to the rock.

That's higher far than I.

For you my refuge from the foe.

My time.

O God.

O God.

Conduct me to the rock.

O God.

Conduct me to the rock.

O God.

Conduct me to the rock.

That's higher far than I.

For you my refuge from the foe.

My time.

O God.

Conduct me to the high.

Of you my refuge from the foe.

My time.

O God.

Let me dwell within your tent, forever there to live.

O for the shelter of your wings, the refuge which they give.

For you have heard my voice, O God, and you have given me the heritage of those who fear.

Hear me continually.

The scriptures we're going to turn to this evening to read are in the Gospel of John chapter 19.

John 19 · chapter mention

The Gospel of John and chapter 19.

God has blessed us with four accounts of the life and the work of his Son who came into this world.

Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and John.

Wonderful records that dovetail together.

And the fourth Gospel, John's Gospel, is somewhat different from the other three.

It often shows us the spiritual meaning and significance of some of the details of the story.

There's much that's told in the other three Gospels that is not in John.

But John, in a sense, shows us the meaning and the mystery and the depth of so much in the glory that is revealed in Jesus.

But what all four Gospels have in common is that they are moving towards the last days of Jesus.

The last week that he lived.

They focus on that week.

And they focus on his last night before his arrest.

On his last day as he was placed on the cross.

And on his death and burial and glorious resurrection.

The suffering, the passion of Jesus is where all the Gospels focus.

Everything leads to that.

And of course it is natural at a communion weekend that we should turn there.

And I hope over tonight and tomorrow and on the Lord's Day that we can be in this one chapter of God's Word.

John 19.

And consider again Jesus Christ.

Behold the man.

And look upon him.

Look upon him on the cross.

And learn from him.

And worship him.

And give thanks.

John 19.

After a night of trials and injustice.

We read.

Then Pilate took Jesus.

And flogged him.

And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns.

And put it on his head.

And arrayed him in a purple robe.

They came up to him saying.

Hail.

King of the Jews.

And struck him with their hands.

Pilate went out again and said to them.

See.

I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.

So Jesus came out.

So Jesus came out.

Wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe.

Pilate said to them.

Behold.

The man.

Pilate said to them.

And when the chief priests and the officers saw him.

They cried out.

Crucify him.

Crucify him.

Pilate said to them.

Take him yourselves and crucify him.

For I find no guilt in him.

The Jews answered him.

We have a law.

And according to that law he ought to die.

Because he has made himself the son of God.

When Pilate heard this statement.

He was even more afraid.

He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus.

Where are you from?

But Jesus gave him no answer.

So Pilate said to him.

Do you not speak to me?

Do you not know that I have authority to release you?

And authority to crucify you?

Jesus answered him.

You would have no authority over me at all.

Unless it had been given you from above.

Therefore he who delivered me over to you.

Has the greater sin.

From then on.

Pilate sought to release him.

But the Jews cried out.

If you release this man.

You are not Caesar's friend.

Everyone who makes himself a king.

Opposes Caesar.

So when Pilate heard these words.

He brought Jesus out.

And sat down on the judgment seat.

At a place called the stone pavement.

And in Aramaic.

Gabbatha.

Now it was the day of the preparation of the Passover.

It was about the sixth hour.

He said to the Jews.

Behold.

Your king.

They cried out.

Away with him.

Away with him.

Crucify him.

Pilate said to them.

Shall I crucify your king?

The chief priests answered.

We have no king.

But Caesar.

So he delivered him over to them.

To be crucified.

Amen.

And this is the word of the Lord.

And the Lord will bless his truth.

To each one of us.

We'll consider these words shortly.

But first of all.

Can we sing together.

From the Scottish Psalter.

From Psalm 37.

And at verse 3.

In Psalm book page 252.

Psalm 37.

At verse 3.

Set thou thy trust.

Upon the Lord.

And be thou doing good.

And so thou in the land shall dwell.

And verily.

Have food.

God's people are called to place their trust in God.

Whatever their circumstances.

And as we do that.

We are in the footsteps.

Of the perfect man.

The Lord.

Our Master.

Set thou thy trust.

We stand and sing.

Amen.

Amen.

Set thou thy trust.

And be thou doing good.

And so thou with the land shall dwell.

And where you have food.

Dialect thysel.

In God he'll give.

Thine heart's desire to thee

Thy way to God commit him trust

If being to pass shall he

And like unto the light he shall

Thy righteousness display

And he thy judgment shall bring forth

Like noontide of the day

Rest in the Lord and patiently

Wait for him, do not rest

For him who prostrate in his way

Success in sin doth get

Do thou from anger cease and wrath

See thou forsake also

Threat not thyself in any wise

That evil thou shouldst do

For those that evildoers are

Shall be cut off and fall

And those that wait upon the Lord

The earth inherit shall

Well dear friends, I wonder if we could have that passage in the Gospel of John chapter 19

John 19 · chapter mention

Open tonight as we consider Jesus

Who has been under arrest for a matter of hours

Who has already been abused and treated badly by Annas

The former high priest

And then by Caiaphas

The current high priest

Before being examined by the Gentile authorities

By Pontius Pilate

And what we have as we take up the story in chapter 19

Is an invitation to look at Jesus

In the words of Pilate himself

To the crowd

To the people of Jerusalem

Look

Behold

The man

And Pilate is correct

This man

Is in a sense being presented to us

As a new leader

Of a new creation

He's a new Adam

Maybe we'll see that as we go through

The symbolism and the imagery

And the doctrine, the teaching

Of John chapter 19

John 19 · chapter mention

This weekend

Look

Look at the man

Look at the new Adam

And Pilate is also correct

When he refers to him as the king

For he was a king

King from above

And even though he may have been mocking

Or tormenting the Jews

By calling Jesus king

He was right

He spoke the truth

Behold the man

Behold

The king

One of the things that strikes you

As you look at a chapter like this

Is the level of cruelty

Of cynical cruelty

That human beings will stoop to

There is so much that is wrong

So much that is unjust

In this record

As we go through that record

This weekend

We are going to see a suffering

Lord Jesus

But more than that

We're going to see

A humiliated Lord Jesus

Every effort is made

To dehumanize him

And to treat him as

Less than any human being

Should be

Why all that cruelty?

Why all that

Injustice?

It's really surprising

That people would stoop

So low

I want us to see two things tonight

And the first thing to notice

Is that earth's kingdoms

Conspire

To condemn

Earth's kingdoms

Conspire

To condemn

There are some really surprising

Alliances

In John 18

And John 19

Among the Jews

The Pharisees

And the Sadducees

Who normally

Do not respect each other

Or cooperate

They're in agreement

Jesus must be silenced

And that before the Passover

He must be gone

You find that the people

Who run

The temple

Many of whom

Were Sadducees

They are conspiring

They're conspiring

With their fellow Jews

But they're conspiring

With the Roman authorities

Who were really their enemies

Their oppressors

How do you explain that?

What did Pilate have in common

With the Sanhedrin

Of 71 elders of the Jews?

What brought them together

So that at the end

The one thing they can agree on

Is that Jesus must be crucified?

I want to suggest to you

That this gross miscarriage

Of justice

Is prophesied

Predicted

In the second psalm

Psalm 2

Is much quoted

In the New Testament

There are certain psalms

That do a lot of heavy lifting

In the Bible

They're really crucial

In the psalm book itself

But then

They echo on

Through the rest of Scripture

Either when they're quoted

Directly

Or they're alluded to

The 110th psalm

The 16th psalm

The 2nd psalm

And the 2nd psalm

Talks about

Conspiracy

Why do the nations rage?

Why do the nations conspire?

Why do the kings of the earth

Assemble together

In conspiracy?

Well they're going to take

Their little fist

And they're going to shake it

In the face of God

And they're going to say

We will build our earthly domain

We will build our earthly kingdom

We will build our earthly power

And God will be pushed out of our thoughts

And God's judgment

And God's righteousness

Will be put to one side

If the concerns of our power

Our success

What we want to build

If we have to sacrifice justice

To get what we want

Then we will make our alliances

With anyone we can

That has been the story

Of our planet

From the fall

That is still the story

Of our world

That is the story

Of Europe

Increasingly it's the story

Of North America

It has been

The story of Africa

And of Asia

But that's beginning

To change

It was the story

Of Latin America

But that's beginning

To change

The conspiracy

Of this world

To close our ears

And our hearts

To God

Is being challenged

By the mighty power

Of the Holy Spirit

Taking

Men and women

Out of Satan's dominion

Out of the nations

That are in rebellion

And conspiracy

And bringing

Millions

Millions

Of men and women

Into the kingdom

Of our Lord

Of Christ

What a scandal

Of injustice

When the plot

Of unbelieving

Jews and Gentiles

Come together

You would imagine

That court systems

Would be designed

To deliver justice

The high court

In our own land

Trying the most

Solomon grave

Of crimes

Is called

The high court

Of justiciary

We want justice

If someone

Is accused

Of murder

If someone

Is accused

Of some violent

Wickedness

Like rape

We want them

To get a fair trial

We want

Every piece

Of evidence

To be corroborated

So that

If it's admitted

In court

It can stand

As truth

Against

The accused

We do not want

Convictions

That are unsound

We do not want

Innocent men and women

Punished and condemned

The high court

Is for justice

But Jesus

Got injustice

And he got it

From a judge

Pilate

Who said

I know

I find no fault

In this man

He's not

An insurrectionist

He's not

A murderer

He's not

A rebel

What law

Has he broken

That would carry

The death penalty

If you look

At the plan

That Pilate

Had in this

Chapter

It's quite clear

When he says

For example

In verse 6

Take him yourselves

And crucify him

If you want

If you Jews

Want to get rid of him

Well you Jews

Get rid of him

But I

Find no guilt

In him

Pilate's plan

Is to

Dishonour

Jesus

To

Humiliate

Jesus

To give him

A good beating

A good scourging

And then

Release him

Saying

Look at him

Wearing the robes

Of a king

Some king

You Jews

Have

A king

I can beat up

What a beaten

Pathetic

People

You are

Behold

A man

Behold

Your king

Pilate

Is quite

Open

I want

To release

Him

But he

Is out

Manoeuvred

By his

Co-conspirators

From the

Jews

They

Want

The blood

Of Jesus

On someone

Else's

Hands

And so

They want

The Romans

To be the

Ones

Who carry

Out the

Death

Penalty

That they

Would love

To see

I guess

When

Later on

In the

Book of

Acts

They

Carried

Out the

Death

Penalty

Against

James

The Lord's

Brother

Or against

Stephen

The first

Christian

Martyr

They did

It

With means

Like stoning

And maybe

They did

Or didn't

Have legal

Authority

And legal

Standing

To do

It

But they

Were not

Above

Getting rid

Of their

Enemies

Themselves

But on

This

Occasion

Because

Of the

Politics

Because

Of the

Popularity

Of Jesus

Because

Of the

Many

Who did

Believe

He was

The Messiah

They

Wanted

The Romans

To do

It

And so

This

Elaborate

Conspiracy

Is cooked

Up

Where

Suddenly

In order

To be

Caesar's

Friend

In order

To be

A good

Roman

Pilate

Will do

What the

Leaders

Of the

Jews

Want him

To do

And bring

In a

Guilty

Verdict

Against

An

Innocent

Man

And issue

A death

Order

For an

Innocent

Man

To die

The Jews

Did not

Crucify

People

They

Couldn't

Only

The Romans

Could do

That

They

Couldn't

Even

Crucify

Their

Own

Roman

Citizens

It

Was

Such

A

Gruesome

Awful

Way

For

Someone

To die

Pilate's

Plan

Has

To be

Modified

The

Sanhedrin's

Plan

Seems

To be

Working

The

Ideas

Of the

High

Priests

Of the

Pharisees

Of the

Sadducees

The

Ideas

Of those

Who are

In

Control

Of the

Temple

They

All

Seem

To be

Coming

Together

It's

Psalm

2

Let's

Get

Rid

Of the

Lord's

Anointed

King

Why?

Because

People

Want

Power

Earthly

Power

Peter

And

John

Were

Arrested

In the

Early

Days

Of the

Church

And

In the

Book of

Acts

Acts 4 · chapter mention

Chapter

4

When

They

Were

Released

They

Were

Told

They

Weren't

To

Preach

In

The

Name

Of

Jesus

And

Great

Persecution

Was

Breaking

Out

And

They

Went

Back

To

The

Church

In

Acts

4

And

The

Church

Held

A

Prayer

Meeting

And

As

They

Prayed

They

Recounted

To

The

Lord

What

Was

Happening

And

They

Quoted

To

The

Lord

In

Their

Prayer

The

Second

Psalm

About

All

That

Had

Happened

And

They

Said

Acts

Acts 4:27

4

Verse

27

Lord

Truly

In

This

City

Truly

Here

In

Jerusalem

There

Were

Gathered

Together

Against

Your

Holy

Servant

Jesus

Whom

You

Anointed

Your

Chosen

One

Your

Christ

Both

Herod

And

Pontius

Pilate

Along

With

The

Gentiles

And

The

Peoples

Of

Israel

To

Do

Whatever

Your

Hand

God's

Hand

Had

Planned

And

Predestined

To

Take

Place

Their

Conspiracy

Was

Not

Outside

God's

Control

God

Was

Working

Out

His

Purposes

The

Man

Who

Was

Identified

As

The

Son

Of

God

A

Title

That

The

Seasons

Wanted

To

Claim

For

Himself

Was

Put

To

Death

The

Way

The

Romans

Got

Rid

Of

Their

Worst

Enemies

On

A

Cross

And

It

Had

Been

Prophesied

And

Predicted

In

The

Scriptures

Of

The

Old

Testament

We

Have

Earth's

Kingdoms

Conspiring

To

To

To

Condemn

But

Over

Them

Is

The

Hand

Of

God

The

Will

Of

God

The

Plan

Of

God

And

God

Will

Get

Glory

Out

Of

This

And

God's

Believing

People

Will

Get

Hope

And

Salvation

Out

Of

This

Psalm

2

Is

A

Warning

To

The

Nations

Worship

Jesus

Trust

In

Jesus

Kiss

The

Son

Or

Face

Eternal

Judgment

That's

The

First

Thing

Then

Earth's

Kingdoms

Conspiring

To

Condemn

But

The

Second

Thing

We

Have

In

This

Passage

Is

Jesus

Himself

Heaven's

King

Rejected

But

In

Control

Heaven's

King

Earth's

Kingdoms

Doing

Their

Worst

And

Heaven's

King

Dignified

Before

His

Accusers

When

The

Servants

Of

Annas

In

Chapter

18

Struck

Him

For

Answering

The

Question

Of

The

Ex

High

Priest

They

Were

Breaking

Their

Own

Law

When

They

Held

Their

Trial

At

Night

And

When

They

Used

Questioning

And

Accusation

Without

Witnesses

Having

Been

Heard

They

Were

Breaking

Their

Own

Law

When

They

Rushed

To

Get

The

Sanhedrin

Together

At

Dawn

To

Condemn

A

Man

Who

Hadn't

Had

A

Trial

Not

A

Proper

Trial

No

Witnesses

Could

Be

Found

To

Agree

They

Were

Breaking

Their

Own

Law

When

Pilate

Changed

His

Mind

And

And

Condemned

An

Innocent

Man

He

He

Was

Breaking

The

Roman

Law

Why

Did

All

Of

This

Happen

Why

This

Rejection

Of

Jesus

Because

He

Is

The

King

Behold

The

Man

Behold

Your

King

He

Really

Is

And

He

Is

Being

Rejected

For

A

Short

Time

But

In

Truth

He

Is

In

Control

Tom

Wright

Who

Used

To

Teach

At

St.

Andrews

University

Is

Now

At

Oxford

In

His

Semi

Retirement

New

Testament

Scholar

He

Says

About

The

Kingdom

Of

Jesus

That

God's

Kingdom

The

Kingdom

Of

Christ

It

Does

Not

Come

From

This

World

It's

Not

Earthly

It's

Not

A

Kingdom

Of

Earthly

Army

Sort

Of

Earthly

Powers

God's

Kingdom

Does

Not

Come

From

This

World

But

It

Does

Come

For

This

World

God's

Kingdom

Is

A

Kingdom

Designed

For

The

Blessing

Of

This

World

For

Life

In

This

World

For

Justice

In

This

World

For

Hope

And

Salvation

In

This

World

Now

I

Think

Today

There

Are

People

In

Authority

In

Governments

The

Government

Of

Israel

The

Knesset

Prime

Minister

Of

Israel

He

Has

Power

He's

Waging

War

There's

Power

In

The

Ancient

Roman

Empire

There's

Power

In

China

Or

In

Russia

Or

In

North

Korea

Or

In

The

United

States

Or

In

NATO

Or

In

The

European

Union

There's

Power

In

London

There's

Power

In

Washington

There's

Earthly

Power

That's

How

The

World

Was

Long

Ago

That's

How

The

World

Still

Is

But

What

The

Kingdom

Of

God

Breaking

In

Constantly

Through

History

What

The

Kingdom

Of

God

Breaking

In

In

The

Miracles

And

Signs

And

Wonders

That

Fill

The

Gospel

Of

John

What

The

Kingdom

Of

God

Is

Doing

Is

What

Earthly

Powers

Are

Not

Able

To

Do

It

Is

Changing

This

World

For

The

Good

Of

Men

And

Women

And

For

The

Glory

Of

God

Earthly

Power

Crumbles

If

You

Love

History

All

Empires

Fail

All

Civilizations

Crumble

If

You

Love

Politics

All

Political

Careers

And

Parties

End

With

Tears

Sometimes

Maybe

They

Get

A

Second

Wind

Or

A

Third

Wind

Or

They

Go

Again

Or

They

Reinvent

Themselves

But

Really

Earthly

Power

Runs

Out

Of

Ideas

Earthly

Power

Runs

Out

Of

Wisdom

Pilate

Thinks

He

Has

Power

Pilate

Pilate

Has

Made

Up

His

Mind

To

Reject

Heaven's

King

But

Jesus

Says

To

Him

Verse

11

You

The

Man

With

Soldiers

And

The

Man

Who

Can

Bind

Me

And

The

Man

Who

Can

Crucify

Me

You

Would

Have

No

Authority

Over

Me

At

All

Unless

It

Had

Been

Given

You

From

Above

And

Amazingly

Jesus

Isn't

Too

Hard

On

Pilate

Jesus

Holds

The

Leadership

Of

The

Jews

As

Being

More

Guilty

Than

Pilate

The

Roman

Governor

The

Roman

Politician

He's

Behaving

Like

An

Earthly

Man

Of

Earthly

Power

But

Surely

The

High

Priest

Of

Israel

Should

Have

Known

Better

Surely

The

Bible

Loving

Law

Loving

Torah

Loving

Pharisee

Should

Have

Known

Better

Surely

The

People

Of

Israel

The

Ordinary

People

Of

Jerusalem

Should

Have

Known

Better

And

Yet

At

The

End

Of

Verse

11

Therefore

He

Who

Delivered

Me

Over

To

You

Has

The

Greater

Sin

You

And

I

Know

God

Is

King

We

Know

It

We

Know

That

Jesus

Christ

Is

Lord

We

Know

There

Is

An

Authority

And

A

Sovereignty

That

Belongs

To

Jesus

We

Know

The

Second

Psalm

And

How

The

Second

Psalm

Ends

And

If

You

And

I

Still

Choose

To

Push

Back

Against

God's

Kingdom

How

Foolish

We

Are

And

If

We

Place

Ourselves

Outside

The

Authority

Of

God

And

His

Son

How

Foolish

We

Are

And

If

We

Imagine

That

We

Can

Choose

Which

Parts

Of

The

Bible

To

Believe

And

Obey

And

Which

Parts

To

Ignore

How

Foolish

We

Are

The

Nations

Cannot

Do

It

The

Church

Cannot

Do

It

Behold

The

Man

Behold

Your

King

In

Verses

14

And

15

Shall

I

Crucify

Your

King

What

A

Terrible

Answer

They

Give

In

Verse

15

This

Is

The

End

For

Unbelieving

Israel

We

Have

No

King

But

Caesar

Our

Messiah

Has

Come

He

Was

Born

Of

A

Virgin

In

Bethlehem

Like

The

Prophet

Said

He

He

Opened

The

Eyes

Of

The

Blind

Like

The

Prophet

Said

He

Opened

The

Ears

Of

The

Death

Like

The

Prophet

Said

He

Brought

Righteousness

And

Justice

A

New

Exodus

A

New

Freedom

Like

The

Prophet

Said

He

He

Spoke

And

Taught

And

No

Man

Had

Ever

Spoken

Taught

Like

Him

And

With

An

Authority

That

Was

Quite

Unlike

Others

His

Miracles

His

Words

His

Signs

All

Say

I

Am

That

He

Is

God

And

Israel

Takes

Him

And