Only in John 18:28-19:16 do we find details of Jesus’ trial before Pilate. We hear Jesus’ opponents making statements about him that are much truer than they understood. Putting these statements together, we have a clear although unintentional declaration of who Jesus is and why he came.
We need to look again at the familiar story of Jesus’ birth to see the many connections with past promises and their coming fulfillment.
Although God gave humanity up to our sins, he also gave up his Son for our sins.
In one of Jesus’ most famous parables, he taught us that the only proper response to a son being dead and coming to life...
