The Blame Game | Matthew 27:1-2

[00:00:00] Real Truth Daily. This is Daily Truths with Dave Ahlman.

[00:00:07] Hi everybody, welcome back to Daily Truths. We're in Matthew chapter 27 verses 1 and 2.

[00:00:13] We've been in Matthew chapter 26 for a long time. Now we're in Matthew chapter 27 finally,

[00:00:18] and this is what it says. When morning came, in other words, Good Friday morning, when morning came,

[00:00:23] all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

[00:00:29] And they bound him and led him away and delivered him up over to Pilate the governor.

[00:00:35] Now, what can we say about this? This meeting took place in the morning. Remember, they had a meeting,

[00:00:40] if you will, the night before about one o'clock, two o'clock in the morning. Then they went to bed

[00:00:44] and they said to make this official, we got to meet in the morning because according to Jewish tradition

[00:00:48] and law, it was only a right and proper meeting if it happened in the morning. So they bind him,

[00:00:55] they bind him and then they take him off to Pilate. Now, what do we know about Pilate? His home was in

[00:01:01] Caesarea maritime, which means it was on the northeast coast of the Mediterranean Sea, an absolutely gorgeous

[00:01:08] palace. But he was also the governor of Judea. And now he comes to Jerusalem. Why? For the Passover to

[00:01:15] make sure there weren't any riots and hostility against the Romans during the Passover. So he's in

[00:01:21] Jerusalem for the Passover. And only he had authority as a Roman official to put someone to death. Okay.

[00:01:30] Now, what were the charges that the Jews were bringing against Jesus? We've already talked about

[00:01:34] that. It was blasphemy that he claimed to be God incarnate, God in the flesh. But their trump card with the

[00:01:41] Romans was, and by the way, they didn't get along with the Romans and the Romans didn't get along with

[00:01:45] them. But their trump card was, he claims to be a king and he is opposed to Caesar. And so they

[00:01:51] basically said, we want the Romans to put him to death, not us. So that we're not, we're not blamed

[00:01:56] for killing Jesus. That was their whole idea. They didn't want to be blamed by the masses for killing

[00:02:02] Jesus because Jesus was so popular. Remember just five days before he came riding triumphantly into

[00:02:09] Jerusalem on a donkey. Remember? And the people said, Hey, Lozana, son of David, blessed is he who comes in

[00:02:14] the name of the Lord. So many people already were proclaiming Jesus as Messiah. That's why they met at

[00:02:21] night, kind of in stealth to make sure that the masses did rebel and riot against them. And they didn't

[00:02:27] want to be blamed. They didn't want to be responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus. Okay. They didn't want to take

[00:02:33] the blame. The blame game. Isaiah chapter 53 says this, listen to this. He was wounded for our

[00:02:42] transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement that brings us peace was placed upon

[00:02:50] him and by his stripes, we are healed. What does that mean? That means that he went to the cross

[00:02:57] in our place. He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised much more than bruised for our iniquities

[00:03:05] and the punishment that we deserve for our sin was placed on him. And by his scourging and dealing

[00:03:12] with everything he had to do to go through that crucifixion by his scourging, by his death,

[00:03:18] we have spiritual healing, namely forgiveness of sins and the promise of everlasting life. Listen to this.

[00:03:23] The Bible says in that same passage, all we like sheep have gone astray. All we have turned to our

[00:03:30] own way, but the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Here's the bottom line, my friends.

[00:03:37] You know, the Jews didn't want to be blamed for the crucifixion of Christ, right? They said, okay,

[00:03:42] blame the Romans. Let's send them off to the Romans. Let them be responsible. Let them be blamed. But here's

[00:03:48] the thing. I should be blamed. You should be blamed for the crucifixion of Christ. Rightly so,

[00:03:55] because he went to that cross for us. We've said this before, that God was using all these characters

[00:04:03] to execute his plan to save the world through his son and save the world through his son. He did.

[00:04:10] Thanks be to God that the blame is on us, that Jesus was willing to go to that cross for us.

[00:04:17] And as a result of that, eternal life, forgiveness, peace with God, assurance of God's presence in our

[00:04:25] everyday life. When we mess up, we're forgiven. When we stray away, he seeks us. When we're afraid of death,

[00:04:31] he gives us eternal life. All these wonderful things that we have all because Jesus took the blame

[00:04:38] for our sin upon himself, upon the cross. So we have some really exciting stuff to talk about

[00:04:47] in Daily Truth. By the way, I think this is airing on June 3rd, I believe. Yeah. So, you know,

[00:04:53] it's a new year and boy, I can't wait to go through all these wonderful things that we're going to be

[00:04:58] going through in Matthew 27 and Matthew 28. The crucifixion of Jesus is coming up. The resurrection

[00:05:04] of Jesus is coming up. The ascension of Jesus, the great commission of Jesus is coming up. We have some

[00:05:10] cool stuff to talk about. And thanks once again for watching Daily Truths and supporting this or

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[00:05:33] But I wake up every morning so excited to share the word of God with you.

[00:05:38] It's a privilege, an honor, and a blessing to do this in my retirement. Have a wonderful day in

[00:05:44] the Lord Jesus Christ. And that is today's Daily Truth. Thank you for tuning in to Daily Truths

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