Questioning of Jesus before the Sanhedrin
Having given his father so to drink the cup of suffering related to the atonement of sin and the work of salvation world, Jesus offered, from the moment he was taken prisoner, or resistance, or challenge him to abuse that were inflicted. Liability as the lamb to the slaughter: Isaiah 53.7, well the Son of God, Jesus leaves His guards unleashed The mowing of His dignity. Nor respect for his person, or recognition to the presumption of innocence that has any justifiable right not granted him. Before his trial, which must establish the cause of his condemnation, Jesus is treated as a usurper. The raw deal from him at this time only demonstrate what God keeps saying the natural man comes to himself, without fear of censure: a being capable of the worst violence and abjection free, contaminated in all parts of his being with evil: Rom 3.10-18 .
With the trial, we enter into what constitutes the heart of the offense with Jesus: His claim to come as Christ promised in Scripture, the Son of the living God! Summoned to justify this, Jesus does not answer affirmatively or negatively. While not denying anything, he left his judges to pronounce themselves on the verdict. The ambiguity of the responses of Jesus has nothing disturbing here. His entire life and all that He has practiced since his entry into the ministry after the baptism of John, is vividly demonstrated in He is. Its judges have so far not found sufficient evidence to recognize who He is, without finding to deny it, nothing can now do. Jesus will be condemned for daring to claim that He is the Son of God, that He really was! He will be sentenced without evidence can be brought from usurping nature of this assertion, the lingering doubt therefore the way into the head of His judges.
Besides the unique and arbitrary ruling here, how Jesus behaves is an example for us. It shows that where bad faith seat on the throne of justice, it is neither necessary nor useful to substantiate his defense. We just like Jesus said, to say what we will be before God. More than arguments, it is our hope and our assurance that the best advocate for us: see Acts 4.13 . Remember us in all circumstances: it is the only truth that is God's power!
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