THE GREATEST QUESTION EVER ASKED

GREAT QUESTIONS IN THE BIBLE
 A. GARDEN OF EDEN-WHERE ARE YOU ADAM?
 B. CAIN-GOD ASKS: WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER ABEL?
 C. JOB-IF A MAN DIE WILL HE LIVE AGAIN?
 D. PHILLIPIAN JAILER-WHAT MUST I DO TO BE
    SAVED?
 E. NICODEMUS-WHAT MUST I DO TO INHERIT
    ETERNAL LIFE?
 F. JESUS-WHAT WILL IT PROFIT A MAN IF HE GAIN
    THE WHOLE WORLD BUT LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?
TEXT PASSAGES:

 A. HEAR JESUS ASK A GREAT QUESTION IN MK
    8:27:28
 B. HEAR ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION ASKED BY PILATE
    WHEN JESUS WAS BEFORE HIM ON TRIAL MT 27:22

1. TWO GREAT QUESTIONS THAT GOD PUTS BEFORE
   MANKIND:  WHO DO YOU SAY THAT JESUS IS? AND
   WHAT WILL I DO THEN WITH THE ONE CALLED
   JESUS?  LAST QUESTIONS GOD ASKED THRU PILATE
2. EVERY PERSON THAT IS BORN ON THIS EARTH MUST
   ANSWER GODS QUESTION.

3. BACKGROUND TO THE BIBLE TEXT: THE CLOCK OF
   ETERNITY HAD STRUCK
   A. JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM ON DONKEY
      1. PEOPLE SHOUTING HOSANNAS
      2. PHARISEES-MAKE PEOPLE BE QUITE
      3. ROCKS WOULD CRY OUT
         A. CREATED THINGS KNOWS CREATOR
      4. LAST SUPPER-JUDAS
      5. GARDEN-PRAYING
      6. JUDAS BETRAYS WITH A KISS
      7. ARRESTED AND BROUGHT BEFORE CAIAPHAS,
         NEXT MORNING TO PILATE, THEN TO HEROD
         AND THEN BACK TO PILATE.

THAT IS WHERE OUR TEXT BEGINS THIS MORNING.
WHAT WILL I DO WITH THE ONE CALLED JESUS?
1. PILATE WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THE ONE CALLED
   JESUS-PILATE DO YOU HEAR YOU HAVE A DECISION
   TO MAKE.
2. OUR LORD, JESUS TAKEN FIRST TO CAIAPHAS
   A. FALSE WITNESSES, NONE COULD AGREE
   B. JESUS HAS TO CONDEMN HIMSELF
      1. I AM, AND YOU WILL SEE COMING...
      2. THE BIBLE SAYS THIS JESUS SAID:
         A. I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE
         B. I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD
         C. I AM THE GATE
         D. I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE
            LIFE, NO MAN COMETH TO....
         E. I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE...
         F. I AM THAT I AM
   C. BIBLE SAYS: ALL SAY HE DESERVES DEATH
      1. THEY CONDEMNED THEIR SOUL TO HELL.
      2. THEY HAD ANSWERED GODS QUESTION
   D. ILLUS: BIBLE-RICH MAN-LAZARUS-HELL
      1. LAST WORD-HELL-DON'T COME DOWN HERE
3. PILATE WHAT IS YOUR DECISION-YOU HAVE A
   DECISION TO MAKE?
   A. HERE STANDS THE LORD OF LORDS, AND KING
      OF KINGS BEFORE PILATE
   B. HERE IS THE ONE WHO:
      1. RAISED LAZURUS FROM DEATH.
      2. HEALED THE LAME, DEAF AND DUMB,
         CLEASED THE LEPERS
      3. FED THE MULTITUDE WITH TWO FISHES AND
         FIVE LOAFS OF BREAD.
   C. PILATE WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS
4. NOW PILATE KNEW THAT JESUS WAS INNOCENT
   A. SEVEN TIMES- I FIND NO FAULT IN HIM
   B. PILATE WIFE SENT WORD-DONOT HARM THIS MAN
   C. BUT PILATE WAS AN OPPORTUNIST, HE WANTED
      TO FURTHER HIS CAREERD.
   D. HIS EYES WERE ON WORLD THINGS.
   E. HE WANTED TO APPEASE THE JEWS
   F. SO HE HAD JESUS WHIPPED.
   G. SOLDIERS TREATED OUR LORD BADLYU
      1. ROPE OF PURPLE
      2. CROWN OF THORNS
      3. MOCKED HIM AND KNEELED BEFORE HIM AND
         CALLED HIM THE KING OF THE JEWS
5. PILATE JEWS ARE PRESSING YOU FOR AN ANSWER
   A. GOD IS PRESSING YOU FOR AN ANSWER
   B. WHAT IS YOUR DECISION PILATE?
6. THIS QUESTION MUST BE ANSERED
   1. SOUL IS CREATED ETERNAL
   2. SPEND ETERNITY IN HEAVEN OR HELL
   3. WE MAKE THE DECISION WHERE WE WILL SPEND
      A. ILLUS. RICH MAN WITH FULL BARNES
      B. WE HEAR THIS QUESTION ECHOING DOWN THE
         CORRIDORS OF TIME.  WHAT WILL IT
         PROFIT A MAN IF HE GAIN THE WHOLE
         WORLD AND LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?
      C. WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH MY SON JESUS?
7. THE BIBLE SAYS: IF YOU SHALL CONFESS WITH
   YOUR LIPS THE LORD JESUS AND BELIEVE IN YOUR
   HEART THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEATH YOU
   SHALL BE SAVED.
   A. THE BIBLE SAYS FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL
      UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED
   B. WHEN WE CONCESS OUR SINS AND CALL UPON
      THE LORD JESUS WE ARE SAVED.
   C. WE CHANGE OUR ETERNAL RESIDENCE FROM HELL
      TO HEAVEN.
8. PILATE WE COME TO YOU ONE MORE TIME WHAT IS
   YOUR ANSWER? WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS THE
   ONE CALLED CHRIST?
   A. PILATE SPEAKS ABOUT CUSTOM OF RELEASING
      PRISONER DURING PASSOVER
   B. BRINGS BARABBAS, A MURDERER BEFORE THE
      JEWS
   C. WHO SHALL I RELEASE?
      1. THEY CRY BARABBAS
      2. WHY WHAT HAS THIS MAN DOWN
      3. HE CLAIMS TO BE GOD
   D. PILATE IS MORE CONVINCED HE IS DOING
      WRONG.
   E. WHAT WILL I DO THEN WITH THE ONE CALLED
      JESUS.
   F. THE CROWD SHOUTED CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY
      HIM
   G. PILATE SAYS; SHALL I CRUCIFY YOU KING?
   H. CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM
   I. THEY CONDEMNED THEIR SOULS TO AN ETERNAL
      HELL
   J. THEY HAD ANSWERED GODS QUESTION.
   K. PILATE MAKES HIS DECISION. TAKE HIM AND
      CRUICY HIM.  I WANT NO PART OF THIS
      INNOCENT MAN.
      1. HE WASHES HIS HANDS BEFORE ALL PEOPLE
         AS IF THAT WOULD CLEANSE HIM FROM THE
         BLOOD OF JESUS.
   L. AT THAT MOMENT HE HAD ANSWERED GODS
      QUESTION. WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THE ONE
      CALLED JESUS.
      1. AND HE WILL SPEND ALL ETERNITY IN HELL
      2. SOMEONE HAS PAINTED A PICTURE OF
         PILATE IN HELL WASHING HIS HANDS OVER
         AND OVER.
      3. AND WE CAN ALMOST HEAR HIM SAY; OH!
         WILL I EVER GET MY HANDS CLEAN FROM
         THE BLOOD OF THIS INNOCENT MAN.