02-24-2019 – Jesus Before Pilate: Part 1

02-24-2019 - Jesus Before Pilate: Part 1

John 18:28-38

Today we look at Jesus standing before Pilate, after His arrest. Although Jesus was born like all other humans, from a woman, He has come into this world from outside this world; in fact, He has come from His Father, having been named Jesus (Yeshua) meaning “God’s Salvation,” and called Immanuel meaning, “God with us”. Jesus is clearly from another realm, in fact, He is from heaven.
Jesus did not come to conquer people or nations, but “to testify to the truth,” i.e., to proclaim the truth about God, men, sin, salvation, eternal life in heaven, eternal punishment in hell, as Peter writes (2Peter 1:3), the truth being,
“everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.”