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Trial and Crucifixion
  • www.kevinhinckley.com

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What happens when the High Priests begin engaging
in priestcrafts.
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The Passion of the Christ
  • If we focus too much on
  • The reasons behind the arrest,
  • The illegalities of the trial,
  • The unjustness of the scourging,
  • The way of the cross toward Golgotha
  • The horrors of the crucifixion,
  • We will miss that this is also a story of
    individuals and their reaction to Him.
  • Ultimately, like the Atonement itself, we must
    focus on the effect it has on each one of us.

4
Question
  • Was the crucifixion necessary?
  • Could He have been stoned to death instead?
  • Could the Savior have died as an old man and
    still brought forth the resurrection?

5
Prophet Joseph Smith
  • Jesus Christ descended in suffering below that
    which man can suffer or, in other words,
    suffered greater sufferings, and was exposed
    to more powerful contradictions than any man can
    be.
  • But, notwithstanding all this, he kept the law of
    God, and remained without sin, showing thereby
    that it is in the power of man to keep the law
    and remain also without sin"
  • ( Lectures on Faith,  52 emphasis added)

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Trial and Condemnation
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Elder McConkie
  • he confronted Judas and the other incarnate
    devils, some from the very Sanhedrin itself
  • and he was led away with a rope around his neck,
    as a common criminal,
  • to be judged by the arch-criminals who as Jews
    sat in Aarons seat and who as Romans wielded
    Caesars power. (May, 1985 Ensign)

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Intertwined Trials
  • Jesus
  • Luke 22 50-53
  • Peter
  • John 18 15-18
  • John 18 25-27

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Spencer W. Kimball Peter, My Brother
  • Some time ago a newspaper in a distant town
    carried an Easter Sunday religious editorial
    by a minister who stated that Peter denied
    knowing Jesus because of self-confidence,
    indecision, evil companions, failure to pray,
    lack of humility, and fear of man.
  • As I read this, I had some strange emotions.
    I was shocked, then I was chilled, then my
    blood changed its temperature and began to
    boil. I felt I was attacked viciously, for Peter
    was my brother, my colleague, my example, my
    prophet, and Gods anointed.
  • I whispered to myself, That is not true. He
    is maligning my brother. Much of the criticism
    of Simon Peter is centered in his denial of his
    acquaintance with the Master. This has been
    labeled cowardice. Are we sure of his motive in
    that recorded denial?
  • Being a leader, Peter was a special target of the
    adversary. Peter was under fire all the hosts
    of hell were against him. The die had been cast
    for the Saviors crucifixion. If Satan could
    destroy Simon now, what a victory he would score.
    Here was the greatest of all living men. Lucifer
    wanted to confuse him, frustrate him, limit his
    prestige, and totally destroy him. However, this
    was not to be, for he was chosen for and ordained
    to a high purpose in heaven, as was Abraham. Is
    it possible that there might have been some other
    reason for Peters triple denial? Could he have
    felt that circumstances justified expediency?
  • Could it be that in these last hours Peter
    realized that he should stop protecting his Lord,
    that the crucifixion was inevitable, and that
    regardless of all his acts, the Lord was moving
    toward his destiny? I do not know. I only know
    that this apostle was brave and fearless. When
    the cock crowed it reminded him not only that he
    had denied the Lord but also that all the Lord
    had said would be fulfilled, even to the
    crucifixion. He went out and wept bitterly. Were
    his tears for personal repentance only, or were
    they mingled with sorrowful tears in realization
    of the fate of his Lord and Master and his own
    great loss?
  • Peter was full of faith. He never faltered.

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Trial and Condemnation
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Pilate
  • So many voices. The voice of compromise. The
    voice of expedience. The voice of politics. The
    voice of conscience. And the soft, firm voice of
    Christ The only power you have over me is the
    power given to you by God. Jesus voice is
    distinct. Unique. He doesnt cajole or plead.
  • He just states the case. Pilate thought he could
    avoid making a choice. He washed his hands of
    Jesus. He climbed on the fence and sat down. But
    in not making a choice, Pilate made a choice.
  • Rather than ask for Gods grace, he asked for a
    bowl. Rather than invite Jesus to stay, he sent
    him away. Rather than hear Christs voice, he
    heard the voice of the people
  • (Max Lucado, And the Angels Were Silent Sisters,
    Oregon Multnomah Publishers, p. 170 emphasis
    added).

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Question
  • In what ways is Jesus of Nazareth judged, by
    the world, today?

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Along the way
  • Luke 2326
  • DC 562
  • "He that will not take up his cross and follow
    me, and keep my commandments, the same shall not
    be saved.
  • Now read Jacob 18

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Joseph SmithLectures on Faith (65)
  • The true disciple must "lay down his all, his
    character and reputation, his honor, and
    applause, his good name among men, his houses,
    his lands, his brothers and sisters, his wife and
    children, and even his own life also-
  • counting all things but fifth and dross for the
    excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ"

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Other individuals
What make some so blind to the truth, and others
open to it?
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JST Matthew 4
  • And when the tempter came to him, he said, If
    thou be the Son of God, command that these
    stones be made bread.
  • Then Jesus was taken up into the holy city,
    and the Spirit setteth him on the pinnacle of
    the temple.
  • Then the devil came unto him and said, If thou be
    the Son of God, cast thyself down
  • While on the Cross
  • And they that passed by reviled him, wagging
    their heads, and saying, Thou that destroyest the
    temple, and buildest it again in three days, save
    thyself. If thou be the Son of God come down from
    the cross.
  • Likewise also the chief priests mocking with the
    Scribes and elders, said, He saved others,
    himself he cannot save. If he be the King of
    Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and
    we will believe him.

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Melvin J. Ballard
  • Heavenly Father had the power to save, and he
    loved his Son, and he could have saved him. He
    might have rescued him from the insult of the
    crowds. He might have rescued him when the crown
    of thorns was placed upon his head. He might have
    rescued him when the Son, hanging between the two
    thieves, was mocked with, "Save thyself, and come
    down from the cross. He saved others himself he
    cannot save."
  • He listened to all this. He saw that Son
    condemned he saw him drag the cross through the
    streets of Jerusalem and faint under its load. He
    saw that Son finally upon Calvary he saw his
    body stretched out upon the wooden cross he saw
    the cruel nails driven through hands and feet,
    and the blows that broke the skin, tore the
    flesh, and let out the life's blood of his Son.
    He looked upon that.
  • In the case of our Father, the knife was not
    stayed, but it fell, and the life's blood of his
    Beloved Son went out. His Father looked on with
    great grief and agony over his Beloved Son, until
    there seems to have come a moment when even our
    Savior cried out in despair "My God, my God, why
    hast thou forsaken me?"
  • In that hour I think I can see our dear Father
    behind the veil looking upon these dying
    struggles until even he could not endure it any
    longer and, so he bowed his head, and hid in
    some part of his universe, his great heart almost
    breaking for the love that he had for his Son.
  • Oh, in that moment when he might have saved his
    Son. I thank him and praise him that he did not
    fail us,

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Question
  • What is your reaction to the crucifixion?
  • Has it changed overtime?
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