Suffered Under Pontius Pilate

1. 0:00Heidelberg Catechism on Lord’s Day 15: What do you understand by the word "suffered"
2. 0:13that during his whole life on earth, but especially at the end, Christ sustained in body and soul the wrath of God against the sin of the whole human race. This he did in order that,
3. 0:27by his suffering as the only atoning sacrifice, he might deliver us, body and soul, from eternal condemnation and gain for us God's grace, righteousness, and eternal life. Why did
4. 0:40he suffer under Pontius Pilate as judge, so that he, though innocent, might be condemned by an earthly judge, and so free us from the severe judgment of God that was to fall on
5. 0:53us. Is it significant that he was crucified instead of dying some other way? Yes, by this I am convinced that he shouldered the curse which lay on me, since death by crucifixion was cursed by God.
6. 1:09I once read this little poem: Much we talk of Jesus' blood, but how little is understood, of his sufferings so intense, Angels have no perfect sense.
7. 1:22Who can rightly comprehend their beginnings to their end?
8. 1:26'Tis to God and God alone that their weight is fully known.
9. 1:32And I thought it would be good to focus on this Lord’s Day because who of us thinks enough about Jesus' suffering as Savior, suffering never unnecessarily in anything he suffered and always
10. 1:45voluntarily for the purpose of pleasing his Father and out of desire to save sinners like us, you and me. When the question and answer says in 37 that he suffered the wrath
11. 1:59of God against the sin of the whole human race, we need to understand that correctly.
12. 2:07It doesn't mean he died for the whole human race one for one, but it means that the death he died was sufficient to save the whole human race.
13. 2:19verse 11 Moses asked who knows the power of your anger and ultimately Jesus knows the power of God's anger in a way that none of us can ever imagine those in
14. 2:34hell will experience something of that power but Jesus experienced immeasurable depths of God's righteous wrath against sin in his suffering on the cross and
15. 2:45that explains his agony in Gethsemane and on Golgotha. The next question speaks about he suffered under Pontius Pilate. Why is it significant that Jesus suffered under Pontius Pilate? Well the fact that
16. 2:59The creeds mention this especially shows that they want to be scriptural.
17. 3:03They're just following the Bible.
18. 3:04It's amazing how often the Bible mentions Pontius Pilate.
19. 3:09You'd be surprised if I tell you it's up to 60 times.
20. 3:13Our confessions and creeds are not trying to say something other than the Bible, but to make clear what the Bible itself teaches us.
21. 3:19It brings out the further evidence of Jesus suffering.
22. 3:23He suffered under a ruling judge who was supposed to give fair judgment, and yet he had him condemned to death.
23. 3:32And the fact that it's under Pontius Pilate, Pontius Pilate is a historical figure.
24. 3:36It adds historicity to the Gospel message. Jesus suffering under Pontius Pilate helps verify he is one who lived here on earth and suffered and died. It shows also the evil of his
25. 3:50suffering, not the evidence only, but the evil of his suffering because Pilate mentioned several times, "I find no fault in him," and yet he condemned him. So it just
26. 3:59helps bring out the wonder of the gospel that he suffered under Pontius Pilate.
27. 4:05Let's find our refuge with this Savior because outside of him we remain condemned.
28. 4:10But there is no condemnation, says Paul, to those who are in Christ Jesus.
29. 4:14So that's the beauty of that gospel message which is further made clear.
30. 4:19through the fact that he suffered under Pontius Pilate.
31. 4:22Then you have the next question and answer about his death being by way of the cross.
32. 4:28And being crucified on a cross represented very clearly he was cursed of God.
33. 4:34Because he's not on earth, he's not in heaven.
34. 4:37He's hanging between.
35. 4:39As if you're no good for earth, you're no good for heaven.
36. 4:42You're not welcome anywhere.
37. 4:44You're just a curse.
38. 4:46Jesus suffered a cursed death.
39. 4:49And well, we deserve that cursed death because cursed is everyone that does not continue in all things according to God's word and law, as we're told in Galatians.
40. 4:59And that's us.
41. 4:59He deserved that curse, but Jesus took that curse upon himself.
42. 5:04God designed it that way, and the crucifixion just drives it home so much more clearly for us.
43. 5:10So it's very wonderful that we have these extra details about Jesus' suffering and death.
44. 5:17It helps bring home the message of the gospel.
45. 5:19and it helps bring home 1 Corinthians 1:18.
46. 5:22The word, the logos of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.
47. 5:30Paul says, "For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified."
48. 5:35That doesn't mean he just focused on the cross, but all that that cross meant.
49. 5:39as I just briefly explained and as Lord Day 15 tells us and explains for us.
50. 5:45And can I just conclude our thoughts on this by quoting one hymn, "O Sacred Head Now Wounded, what thou, my Lord, hast suffered was all for sinners' gain. Mine, mine was the transgression, but thine
51. 5:59the deadly pain. Lo, here I fall, my Savior, tis I deserve thy place. Look on me with thy favor.
52. 6:07Please grant to me thy grace.
53. 6:19you

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