Over the next few days people all over the world will remember the trial, conviction, execution and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
We often think of the physical suffering that Jesus endured but we rarely think through the pain of the trials that Jesus faced.
Anyone who has suffered injustice at the hands of a court will know how tough it can be to be falsely accused. In Jesus case he was put through 6 trials within a very short period of time and legal experts claim that there were 17 travesties of justice throughout the trials. There was never any hope of a fair outcome when those who were charged with upholding the law weren’t even following the legal processes.
My regular Wednesday morning guest on 98.5 Sonshine FM is Ross Clifford who is the Principal of Morling College in New South Wales and current President of the Baptist Union of Australia. Each week we chat about a range of issues relating to spirituality and belief.
Ross is a former lawyer so yesterday he put his lawyer’s hat back on to look at the trials of Jesus.
If you’d like to hear what Ross has to say on the topic just click play on the audio player at the bottom of this post.
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What a wonderful thing Jesus did for us.
Happy Easter my friend.
Happy Easter Gib. I hope it’s a wonderful time for you to reflect on the incredible love of Jesus.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (1 Peter 1:3-9)
Blessed Easter!
Thanks for your Easter wishes, Paul, and for the wonderful scriptures you quoted.
It truly is a wonderful time of reflection and celebration. I trust that you and yours enjoyed a blessed Easter.