For all of us, death is the final word; the full stop of all our lives. Yet, Easter Sunday morning changed everything. The script was flipped. Jesus was no longer dead – He had risen! John shows us through his, Peter’s and Mary’s response to the empty tomb how the resurrection brings us from doubt to faith, weeping to joy and fear to courage.

John 18:1-11 explains why Good Friday is ‘Good’ Friday and not ‘Horror’ or ‘Tragic’ Friday. John shows us that at the heart of all the awful, dreadful things that will unfold over the next 24 hours, culminating in Jesus’ crucifixion, is the Saviour who purposes all these things for the salvation of his people.

Jesus’ trial before Pilate confronts us with the question, “What shall we do with Jesus?” Though we have all rejected Him, we are called to turn to Him as the King who rescues us from God’s wrath.

The King We Need Part 2