The Rulers and the People Murdered Jesus

Grace Bible Church

The Scriptures clearly teach that Jesus was murdered by an evil people out of a rabid rage and rebellion against Him.Jesus foretold the acts of those wicked men. He repeatedly told His disciples that He must be betrayed into the hands of evil men, and brutally slain by them.When Jesus raised Lazarus from the grave, that pushed Israel's wicked rulers over the edge. Because of the miracles Jesus was doing, the rulers feared that the whole nation would soon follow Him, and the Romans would take away their positions and overthrow the nation.Imagine: they thought it was a good plan to kill the only Man Who could raise dead people from the grave! They'd rather grasp their privileged positions in Jewish society, than to seek refuge in Messiah!So they decided it was best to kill the holy, just, and innocent Jesus in order to "protect the nation."At the Passover, the rulers plotted to kidnap Christ with the help of Judas Iscariot, and then put Him to death.In the end, the rulers and the crowd cruelly murdered Jesus in the most foul, horrible way, by pressuring the Romans to crucify Him on the cross.Scripture is most clear about the wicked deeds that were done to murder Jesus, and yet there are people who call themselves Christians who claim these people did nothing wrong, that Christ wasn't murdered at all.They suggest that Christ volunteering to lay down His life makes their actions pure and just! They claim that because God obviously ordained that Jesus be put to death, God cannot charge those who accomplished His purposes with any sin.In other words, they believe that God cannot hold a man guilty if his evil deeds accomplish God's purpose!