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Luke chapter 23 · Scripture Unscripted

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  Luke chapter 23. Let us pray.
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  O heavenly Father, we thank you, Lord, for another day.
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  We thank you, Lord, for waking us up this morning.
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  We thank you, Lord, and we acknowledge that you are supreme
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  over all of our circumstances. Lord, you are supreme over all
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  of our emotions. And God, we get out of the way.
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  Holy Spirit, teach us and guide us.
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  Yes, let us keep our lamps full and our Wicks trim.
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  Lord, we thank you for the finished work of the cross.
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  We thank you for the full counsel of your word.
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  And we say yes and Amen to all the promises contained in this
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  good book. We say thank you Jesus for
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  laying down your life and no one took it from you, but you
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  willingly laid it down. And we see you high and lift it
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  up. We look up and see you and we
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  know that in you is our salvation.
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  And so we look forward to seeing you face to face.
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  We look forward to worshipping you.
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  We look forward and we step into that bridal identity now and we
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  walk in the dominion that you give us now and we say thank you
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  Jesus, for what Adam lost. You got back, you snatched the
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  keys. And Lord, we celebrate you.
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  We celebrate the victory. We celebrate that we can have
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  eternal life. And Lord, I just pray for many
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  to come into the fold, many to find their salvation in you, for
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  many to quit running and to finally surrender unto you.
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  Lord, we love you. This in Jesus Christ, holy and
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  precious name that I pray, Amen. Let's start in verse one.
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  And the whole multitude of them arose and led him unto Pilate.
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  So we can see that Jesus had to stand many trials.
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  He was arrested in the garden and then stood A mock trial
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  before Annis and then Caiaphas. And now he went to the
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  Sanhedrin, and here he is before Pilate and eventually to Herod,
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  and you can see it was all just a bunch of rigamarole and there
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  was no substance to any of it. And it was predicted long ago
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  and was prophesied about, and it pleased the Father to crush him.
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  Verse 2. And they began to accuse him,
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  saying, we found this fellow perverting the nation,
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  forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself
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  is Christ, a king. So what did they do?
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  They take him to Pilot and they're trying to nail some kind
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  of substance to him, but there was nothing but hollowness
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  behind it all. They're trying to say that he's
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  wanting to overthrow the government and become the king
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  and not pay taxes. They said nothing about his
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  messianic claims. They brought no witnesses
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  because all the witnesses could not come in agreement.
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  And it was a hung jury and there was no real verdict to any of
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  it. And Jesus here, he's silent
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  before the shears and they're trying to nail them down.
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  They're trying to pin them with some kind of charge, but none of
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  it would stick. He was sinless, He was spotless,
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  He was blameless. He never had to apologize for
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  anything. And they knew it.
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  But here they're trying to arouse some kind of reaction out
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  of Pilot that he subverted and that he was trying to make
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  himself out to be some kind of leader, some kind of king.
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  And Pilot's not buying it. Verse 3.
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  And Pilot asked him, saying, are you the king of the Jews?
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  And he answered him and said, you say it.
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  So you can see that they've already beat him and they've
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  already struck him and spat upon him and ripped out his beard.
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  And here you can see that Pilot is in amazement because they're
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  trying to say that he's the king of the Jews.
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  And Pilot is in amazement because he doesn't look like a
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  king at all. For then said Pilate.
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  To the chief priests and to the people.
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  I find no fault in this man. He should have stuck with that
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  first premonition. He should have stuck with it.
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  But what did he do? He was a crowd pleaser, a people
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  pleaser, and he was in fear that they were going to revolt and
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  cause some kind of riot and that he would be deposed of his
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  position. So what is he going to do?
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  Verse 5 and they were the more fierce saying, he stirs up the
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  people teaching throughout all the Jews beginning from from
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  Galilee to this place. So you can see they're coming up
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  with a bunch of lies about Jesus and Pilate can see through it.
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  He might have been a brutal man, but he was not ignorant.
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  He could see through all of their games. 6 When Pilate heard
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  of Galilee, he asked whether the man were at Galilean. 7 And as
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  soon as he knew that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent
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  him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
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  So you could see here that he's trying to get around.
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  He's trying to find a way to release Jesus without a riot.
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  So he sends him to Herod to have the blood on Herod's hand or to
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  have the revolt on Herod's hand. And what's going to happen here?
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  And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad, for he was
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  desirous to see him for a long season, because he had heard
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  many things of him, and he hoped to have seen some miracle done
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  by him. So he just wanted to see the
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  miracle worker. He didn't want to actually set
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  him free or to find him guilty or to find him innocent.
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  All he wanted to do was see some kind of miracle.
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  And this is the same Herod that John the Baptist was given the
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  head. He gave the head to Herodias
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  because of the dance of the daughter.
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  And you could see here that this man was just some kind of
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  amusement seeker. He was not a true seeker of the
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  faith. 9 Any question with him in many words, but he answered
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  him nothing. 10 And the chief priest and the scribe stood and
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  vehemently accused him. 11 And Herod with his men of war, sent
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  him at naughty and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous
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  robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
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  So you could see here that Herod just mocks Jesus.
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  Herod didn't really care that he was the Son of God.
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  Herod just wanted to see some kind of miracle, and when Jesus
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  wouldn't give it to him, what did he do?
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  He just sent them back to Pilot. He erode.
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  He arrayed him in some gorgeous robe. 12 In the same day, Pilot
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  and Herod were made friends together, for before they were
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  at enmity between themselves. So you can see here that all of
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  this caused Herod and Pilot to start becoming friends again.
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  And if they can be friends, surely Christians can be
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  friends. 13 And Pilot, when he had called together the chief
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  priests and the rulers of the people, 14 said unto them, You
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  have brought this man unto me as one that perverts the people,
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  and behold, I have examined him before you.
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  I found no fault in this man touching those things where you
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  accuse him, Pilot saying, Here, guys, listen up, let's get real,
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  this man has done nothing wrong. He was innocent. 15 No, nor yet,
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  Herod, for I sent you to him. And lo, nothing worthy of death
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  is done unto him. So he even had him cross
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  examine, and he could see that it was out of covetousness that
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  they had given him over and they wanted him put to death.
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  And the Jews didn't have the Sanhedrin did not have the
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  ability to put him to death, and they needed Rome to do it, and
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  they were trying to get Rome to do their dirty work.
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  And you could see that it was the this great plan of God that
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  he had from the beginning, but it did not excuse any of these
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  men. 16 I will therefore chastise him and release him.
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  This would have been a scourging unlike anything that we could
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  even imagine. It would have been the ripping
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  of his flesh. This wasn't just a casual
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  beating. This wasn't just the 39 lashes.
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  This was the cat of Nine Tails ripping open his back and
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  causing him to go into shock. 17 for of necessity he must release
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  1 unto them at the feast. This was a way to try and
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  appease the crowd. He would release 1 prisoner to
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  him, but he picked the most ruthless. 18 And they cried out
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  all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us
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  Barabbas. We are Barabbas, by the way,
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  we're the filthiest of the filthy. 19 who for a certain
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  sedition made in the city and for murder was cast into prison.
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  20 Pilot therefore willing to release Jesus, spoke again to
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  them. 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
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  Look at how they are just wanting Jesus to die and they're
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  not even given into sensibility or common sense.
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  They were delusional friends and it's no different in our day and
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  our hour. There's so many people who do
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  not want to listen to sound doctrine.
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  They are delusional, and it's because they love evil. 22 And
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  he said unto them the third time, Why?
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  What evil has he done? I found no cause of death in
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  him. I will therefore chastise him
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  and let him go. 23 And they were instant with loud voices
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  requiring that he might be crucified.
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  And the voices of them and of the chief priest prevailed. 24
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  And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
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  Pilate should have stuck with his first thought that they was
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  guilty and they was innocent and he found no guilt in him
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  friends. But what did he do?
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  He gave over to the masses, and Pilot will go down in history as
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  the one that murdered Jesus. 25 And he released unto them him
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  that first sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they
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  had desired. But he delivered Jesus to their
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  will. 26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one
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  Simon, a sirenian coming out of the country, and on him they
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  laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
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  Jesus was in such agony. Jesus was in such shock that he
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  was too weak to carry the crossbeam friends that would
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  have weighed between 75 and 125 lbs.
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  And Jesus could not carry it. So they picked this man out of
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  the crowd to make him carry it. 27 And there followed him a
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  great company of people and of women, which also be wailed and
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  lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning unto them, said,
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  Daughters of Jerusalem, Weep not for me, but weep for yourselves
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  and for your children. 29 For behold, the days are coming, in
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  the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren in the
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  wombs that never bore, and the paps which never gave suck. 30
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  Then shall they begin to say, to the mountains fall on us, and to
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  the hills cover US. 31 For if they do these things in a green
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  tree, which shall be be done in the dry, He's referencing AD 70,
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  but he's also referencing the seven-year tribulation.
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  He's referencing the depravity of humanity.
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  He's saying, look, there's coming a day where they will
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  care nothing for nursing women, they will care nothing for
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  children and elderly, and they will strike them down.
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  If they do it now to an innocent man, how much more will they do
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  it for greed and for their evil desires That'll that are never
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  satisfied, friends. 32 And there were also two other malefactors
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  LED with him to be put to death. 33 And when they were come to
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  the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified
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  him and the malefactors, one on the right hand and other on the
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  left. 34 Then said, Jesus, father, forgive them, for they
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  know not what they do, and they parted his clothing and they
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  cast lots. How despicable.
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  Here Jesus is praying for his enemies.
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  He modeled that for us. And look at how the enemies are
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  throwing dice for his clothing. 35 And the people stood
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  beholding, and the rulers also with them derided him, saying he
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  saved others, let him save himself, if he'd be Christ, the
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  chosen of God. He for sure is Christ, He for
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  sure is the chosen. And they would have done well to
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  put their faith in him. But what did they do?
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  They mocked him, they blasphemed him, they killed God.
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  But it was only for a short time.
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  He snatched the keys to death in the Hades, and he is a
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  victorious friends. 37 and saying, If you be the king of
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  the Jews, save yourself. 38 And the superscription also was
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  written over him in Greek and Latin and Hebrew.
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  This is the king of the Jews, and the Jews didn't like that
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  Pilot had given him that title. 39 And one of the malefactors
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  which hung railed on him, saying, If you be Christ, save
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  yourself and US. 40 But the other answered and rebuked him,
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  saying, Does not you fear God, saying that you are in the same
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  condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we
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  received the due reward for our deeds.
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  But this man has done nothing amiss.
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  He was innocent, He was not worthy to suffer a criminal's
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  death, but they were. And this one finally comes to
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  his senses and sees his need for the Lord Jesus Christ. 42 And he
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  said unto Jesus, Lord, Remember Me when you come into your
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  Kingdom. So here he acknowledges his
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  Lordship, his deity. He acknowledges that he is God.
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  And what does Jesus say? 43 And Jesus said unto him,
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  Truly I say unto you, today you shall be with me in paradise.
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  Think about it friends, this is where we're headed.
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  If we will just sow this little 100 year time that God gives us,
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  we're going to reap the righteousness and we're going to
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  reap eternity and we're going to be given an eternal body to be
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  there with them. Do not miss it friends.
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  It's paradise 44 and it was about the 6th hour and there was
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  darkness over all the earth until the 9th hour.
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  And you know that we have the ability to go back and look at
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  all of the weather and all the phenomenons and, and science has
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  proved, history has proved that this event was factual. 45 And
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  the sun was dark and the veil of the temple was ripped in the
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  midst. We know it was ripped from top
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  to bottom because it was not by human hands.
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  God himself ripped the veil from top to bottom so that we can
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  enter into the holiest of holy places. 46 And when Jesus had
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  cried, with a loud voice he said, Father, into your hands I
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  commend my spirit. And having said this, he gave up
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  the ghost. No one took it from him. 47 Now
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  when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying,
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  certainly this was a righteous man, certainly this was God,
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  certainly this was the Son of God. 48 And all the people that
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  came together to that site, beholding the things which were
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  done, struck their breast in return. 49 And all his
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  acquaintance and the women that followed him from Galilee stood
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  afar off beholding these things. You can see that they pondered
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  them in their hearts with this all meant, and they thought that
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  it was done, finished over. And Jesus is still working.
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  He's going down to snatch the keys.
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  He's going down to preach to the spirits in Abraham's bosom, and
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  lead a great procession out of that place. 50 And behold, there
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  was a man named Joseph, a counselor, and he was a good
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  man, and a just. 51. The same had not consented to
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  the council and deed of them. He was of Arimathea, a city of
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  the Jews, who also himself waited for the Kingdom of God.
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  He realized that Jesus was the Messiah. 52 This man went on to
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  Pilate and begged the body of Jesus.
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  I pray that you begged the body of Jesus.
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  I pray that you are connected to him.
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  I pray that you are a follower of the way. 53 And he took it
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  down and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb that was
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  cut out of stone, where no man was ever laid. 84 And that day
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  was the preparation, and the Sabbath drew on. 55 And the
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  women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after,
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  and beheld the tomb, and how his body was laid.
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  So we can see here that they knew where Jesus was laid, and
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  they're going to come after the Sabbath to try and anoint him
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  and try to get him ready for burial. 56 And they returned and
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  prepared spices and ointments and rested the Sabbath day
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  according to the commandment. How amazing is our God?
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  He knows everything. How amazing is the Lord Jesus
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  Christ? He's doing work even while they
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  think that he's dead. And you and I have access to the
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  throne room. Now you and I have resurrection
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  power, and the same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives
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  inside of us. And we can have the inheritance.
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  We get to bring heaven to earth now and then.
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  We're going to be there forevermore with Him.
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  Praise God for these scriptures. I hope you've been blessed by
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  this chapter. I know I sure have many times
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  over. I'm praying for you.
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  What an amazing chapter. We can munch on this for a
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  lifetime. Suffice to say that Jesus is our
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  everything and we love Him. I'm praying for every single one
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  of you. I love you.
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  We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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  God bless you.