Invisible Scapegoats

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John 1213 (NIV)

• They took palm branches and went out to meet him,
  shouting, "Hosanna! "Blessed is he who comes in
  the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the King of
  Israel!"

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Isaiah 535 (NIV)

• But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was
  crushed for our iniquities the punishment that
  brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds
  we are healed.

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1 Corinthians 153 (NIV)

• Christ died for our sins according to the
  Scriptures,

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1 Corinthians 118 (NIV)

• For the message of the cross is foolishness to
  those who are perishing, but to us who are being
  saved it is the power of God.

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Galatians 614 (MSG)

• For my part, I am going to boast about nothing
  but the Cross of our Master, Jesus Christ.
  Because of that Cross, I have been crucified in
  relation to the world, set free from the stifling
  atmosphere of pleasing others and fitting into
  the little patterns that they dictate.

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Matthew 2712-14 (NIV)

• When he was accused by the chief priests and the
  elders, he gave no answer. Then Pilate asked
  him, "Don't you hear the testimony they are
  bringing against you?" But Jesus made no reply,
  not even to a single charge to the great
  amazement of the governor.

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Matthew 2715-16 (NIV)

• Now it was the governor's custom at the Feast to
  release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. At that
  time they had a notorious prisoner, called
  Barabbas.

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Mark 157 (NIV)

• A man called Barabbas was in prison with the
  insurrectionists who had committed murder in the
  uprising.

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Matthew 2717-18 (NIV)

• So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked
  them, "Which one do you want me to release to
  you Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?"
  For he knew it was out of envy that they had
  handed Jesus over to him.

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Jonah 28 (NIV)

• Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the
  grace that could be theirs.

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Matthew 2720-23

• But the chief priests and the elders persuaded
  the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus
  executed. "Which of the two do you want me to
  release to you?" asked the governor. "Barabbas,"
  they answered.

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Matthew 2720-23 (NIV)

• "What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called
  Christ (Messiah)?" Pilate asked. They all
  answered, "Crucify him!" "Why? What crime has he
  committed?" asked Pilate. But they shouted all
  the louder, "Crucify him!"

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Matthew 2724-26

• When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but
  that instead an uproar was starting, he took
  water and washed his hands in front of the crowd.
  "I am innocent of this man's blood," he said.

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Matthew 2724-26 (NIV)

• "It is your responsibility!" All the people
  answered, "Let his blood be on us and on our
  children!" Then he released Barabbas to them.
  But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to
  be crucified.

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The Main Players

• The People
• Barabbas
• Jesus

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Philippians 310-11 (NLT)

• I want to know Christ and experience the mighty
  power that raised Him from the dead. I want to
  suffer with Him, sharing in His death, so that
  one way or another I will experience the
  resurrection from the dead!

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The Main Players

• The People
• Barabbas
• Jesus

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Invisible Scapegoats