On Sunday, April 6, 2025, at Wildwood Community Church, I preached a sermon based on John 18:28-40. This message was part 4 of the “Trial to Triumph” Easter sermon series. Below you will find questions related to the message for personal reflection or group discussion. You will also find audio and video from the message to listen to/watch, download or share.
Sermon Questions:
- Pray
- Read John 18:28-40
- Today’s verses involve looking at Pontius Pilate’s and the Jewish leaders’ responses to Jesus. Before today’s message, what did you know about Pontius Pilate, and the reasons for the Jewish leadership’s rejection of Jesus?
- The Jewish leaders wanted Pilate’s help in executing Jesus in order to kill Jesus in a way that would publicly humiliate Him, and hopefully squash the Jesus movement as a result. They assumed that hanging Jesus from a tree would reveal that He was cursed before God. However, Jesus took the curse of sin in order to free us from the curse our sin required! God used the sinful and selfish decisions of men to work together His perfect plan of salvation. How has this study helped you understand the purpose of the cross?
- How would you describe your response to Jesus? Like His disciples have you received Him (John 1:12), or like the Jewish leaders have you rejected Him (John 1:11)?
- In what ways (if any) are you tempted to have your religious practice take priority over your relationship with God?
- Jesus, the innocent, died in the place of us, the guilty. Take a moment and thank God for this saving exchange!
- What stands out to you most from this message? Any particular takeaway?
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