11 Sermons Tagged "Sanhedrin"

Herod (before he was king) once stood before the Sanhedrin and secured a not guilty verdict by a show of force and by having the right connections. Why didn't Jesus use his Godly power and authority to overcome those corrupt leaders and avoid being crucified, especially since he was innocent?

This is the seventh sermon from the 2023 Lent series "Why Must the Servant of the LORD Suffer?" Pastor Schurman explains that Jesus died a painful death intended for criminals, suffering the punishment we deserve for our sins, so that we can have eternal life through faith in him.

This is the sixth sermon from the 2023 Lent series "Why Must the Servant of the LORD Suffer?" Pastor Schurman explains that Jesus was arrested and brought to court through oppression, and his crucifixion was a result of injustice in the Sanhedrin and the Roman government. However, God used this to put our sins -- including our own oppression, injustice, and rebellion -- on Christ so that we are saved.

This is the fifth sermon from the 2023 Lent series "Why Must the Servant of the LORD Suffer?" Pastor Schurman explains that we all continually wander off the path God intended for us, but Jesus willingly sacrificed himself to atone for our sins and make us His children.

This is the first sermon from the 2023 Lent series "Why Must the Servant of the LORD Suffer?" Using just one verse of Isaiah's prophecy about the LORD's servant, Pastor Schurman provides an overview of Jesus' life, suffering, death, and resurrection, and how it was all for us.

Jesus had compassion on the crowds of people who followed him and his disciples when they were trying to rest. Even though the people were primarily Jewish and considered themselves to be God's "chosen people," they were like sheep without a shepherd, and Jesus had compassion on them.