Who Crucified The Lord Jesus Christ?

LET ME TELL YOU WHY THEY PROTESTED THIS MOVIE ABOUT CHRIST!

One of the things we heard was it was so violent. Since when has Hollywood been concerned about making movies that do not contain violence?

It is only when they began to show how evil men mocked Jesus, tortured Him, and whipped Him that they begin to protest violence.

The reason they wanted this movie to be a failure at the box office was because they DO NOT WANT THE NAME OF CHRIST MENTIONED.

Remember, in Acts 4:18 Peter and John were forbidden to speak the name of Jesus. We read, “And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.”

Listen, evil men have not changed. They do not care what is put on the television screen, BUT DO NOT SHOW HOW THE LORD SUFFERED FOR OUR SINS!

When that movie came out, the name of Jesus was being talked about every day. This ungodly world wants Jesus DEAD, BURIED AND FORGOTTEN!

They are just like those soldiers that gambled for the Lord’s clothing.

• They are gambling that God will not notice their sin

• They are gambling that God will not punish them

• They are gambling that God will bless them in spite of disobedience

• They are gambling that God will not hold them accountable for their words

When it comes to Christ, men not only gamble with His clothing, they are gambling with the false idea that they can put Him out of their life and everything will turn out all right! NO IT WILL NOT!!!

Illus: But sinful man had better remember the old adage: Never gamble with more than you can afford to lose!

And if they continue the route of rejection they are going to lose more than they can afford.

We see that

I. THEY NAILED JESUS TO THE CROSS,

II. THEY GAMBLED OVER HIS GARMENTS, and ....

III. THEY GAVE A TESTIMONY

They had ample proof that that Jesus was the Son of God.

Look at Mark 15:31 “Likewise also the chief priests mocking SAID among themselves with the scribes, HE SAVED OTHERS; himself he cannot save.”

These were some very foolish people.

Notice, they admitted that He had power beyond theirs. They said, “He saved others”.

• They knew He had saved some from sickness

• They knew He had saved some from deformity

• They knew He had saved some from death

• They knew He had saved some from demon possession

• They knew He had saved some from a life of sin

They said that He could not save Himself.

The fact is He could have saved Himself.

Illus: He could have called ten thousand angels down to rescue Him from the cross.

But had he saved Himself, He could not have saved us!

There are people today living who think they have lived such a wicked life that God cannot save them.

But they are wrong!!!

Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

There’s nothing complicated about the plan of salvation. John 3:16-17 we read, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”