Message Notes

SUNDAY SCHOOL SPECIAL                                                     5 MARCH 2023

Text: John 19:1-7

Subject: The suffering of the Lord Jesus

¹So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. 

² And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe. 

³ Then they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck Him with their hands.

⁴ Pilate then went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in Him.”

⁵ Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”

⁶ Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”

Pilate said to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him.”

⁷ The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”

John 19:1-7

THE SUFFERING OF THE LORD JESUS FORETOLD

1. This was foretold in Isaiah 53

2. The Lord Jesus had spoken about His suffering a number of times earlier

3. He had accepted these sufferings:

a) Humbly

b) In prayer

c) In faith

d) With courage

PROPHECY FULFILLED

1. These sufferings were now being fulfilled

2. Sufferings noted

a) Scourging

b) Mocking

i) Crown of thorns

ii) A purple robe

iii) Hailing

iv) Beating (striking)

3. These were not easy things to take!

PRESENTING THE LORD JESUS TO THE CROWD

1.Another declaration

He had found no fault in the Lord Jesus

2. Pilate’s mocking words

“Behold, the Man”

a) He was taunting the Jews

b) He was mocking them for their attitude towards the Lord Jesus

THE RESPONSE OF THE JEWS

1. They went wild when they saw the Lord Jesus

2. They demanded

“Crucify Him! Crucify Him!

PILATE’S WORD TO THE JEWS

1. He had found no wrong doing by the Lord Jesus

2. He asked them why they wanted to crucify Him

3. Pilate had not fully comprehended why the Jews were so against the Lord Jesus

THE RESPONSE OF THE JEWS

The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”     John 19:7

1. The law they spoke about

2. This is called the law of blasphemy

3. In calling Himself “The Son of God”, He had deified Himself

4. This was the reason why they wanted Him to be done away with, through crucifixion

LESSONS TO BE LEARNED

1. The power of Sin

a) It blinds

b) It is compelling

c) It makes people both wicked and cruel

2. The power that comes from God

a) His trust in God

b) His obedience

c) His love for God and mankind

d) His courage and strength to bear so much pain

i) Physical

ii) Emotional