This certainly is THE COURT CASE of all time. Jesus Christ is on trial and He is been questioned. But the Bible is very clear on the fact that He is calling people to witness in this court case. "...I have always spoken publicly to everyone; all my teaching was done in the synagoges and in the Temple, where all the people come together. I have never said anything in secret. Why then, do you question me? Question the people who heard me. Ask them what I told them - they know what I said..."
The Bible tells us of two witnesses. One stepped forward and slapped Jesus in the face. He was one of the Temple guards. It is safe to presume that this man was no stranger to the Temple and everything that happened during Jesus's ministry. But he clearly distances himself from Jesus and His cause.
The second witness did not come forward. The people approached him. He was part of a crowd hugging a fire in the distance. He denied that he had any contact with Jesus even when the people pressured him by asking him more than once. When he denied the fact that he was part of Jesus's group of disciples - the third time ... a cock crowed in the distance to announce the time.
What time is it? Witness time ... All people will eventually be called to witness in this court case. Some people who might know a little bit will step forward and slap Jesus in His face. But some, comfortably hugging a worldly fire as part of a crowd - who knows everything will be put on the stand ... and deny him repeatedly.
Please read of this witness who were called to the stand again. He eventually changed his testimony (Acts 4: 18-20).
Bible passage: John 18: 19 - 27
The Bible tells us of two witnesses. One stepped forward and slapped Jesus in the face. He was one of the Temple guards. It is safe to presume that this man was no stranger to the Temple and everything that happened during Jesus's ministry. But he clearly distances himself from Jesus and His cause.
The second witness did not come forward. The people approached him. He was part of a crowd hugging a fire in the distance. He denied that he had any contact with Jesus even when the people pressured him by asking him more than once. When he denied the fact that he was part of Jesus's group of disciples - the third time ... a cock crowed in the distance to announce the time.
What time is it? Witness time ... All people will eventually be called to witness in this court case. Some people who might know a little bit will step forward and slap Jesus in His face. But some, comfortably hugging a worldly fire as part of a crowd - who knows everything will be put on the stand ... and deny him repeatedly.
Please read of this witness who were called to the stand again. He eventually changed his testimony (Acts 4: 18-20).
Bible passage: John 18: 19 - 27
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