04-03-2022 Who is Your King? (John 19:1-16a)

sermon from 04-03-2022.  Sermon Notes and Scripture References are available below: Who is Your King? John 19:1-16a Who is Jesus? John 3:1-2 1 There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could perform these signs you do unless God were with him.” John 4:11-12 An Encounter with Jesus leads to Judgment then asks the question of Rejection or Witness John 19:9-14 9 He went back into the headquarters and asked Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus did not give him an answer. 10 So Pilate said to him, “Do you refuse to speak to me? Don’t you know that I have the authority to release you and the authority to crucify you?” 11 “You would have no authority over me at all,” Jesus answered him, “if it hadn’t been given you from above. This is why the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.” 12 From that moment Pilate kept trying to release him. But the Jews shouted, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Anyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar!” 13 When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside. He sat down on the judge’s seat in a place called the Stone Pavement (but in Aramaic, Gabbatha). 14 It was the preparation day for the Passover, and it was about noon. Then he told the Jews, “Here is your king!” "There are limits to what I am willing to do in order to live out what I know is true." –Pilate Everyone Jesus encounters, the truth about them is disclosed. What is the truth about you? Does it lead to judgment or witness? Do you reject Jesus' truth in your life or give your life in loyalty to Him? John 19:14-16 14 It was the preparation day for the Passover, and it was about noon. Then he told the Jews, “Here is your king!” 15 They shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Should I crucify your king?” “We have no king but Caesar!” the chief priests answered. 16 Then he handed him over to be crucified.