Crisis

OK, so this is the bit where you check your own pulse with a really easy question. At the heart of this passage there is a meeting going on: what kind of meeting is it?

Yes, um, look I'm sorry about this but all the giphs this week are from a comedy classic of the 1980s which most of you won't have ever seen. Just because, well, they have to be, that's all. A tiny prize afterwards if you can tell me what the show was called.

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What do you think has brought about this crisis of theirs?

What has brought about a crisis for you?

Who gets invited to the meeting?

Chief priests, Pharisees, Jewish leaders

Jewish leaders, Jesus and the twelve disciples

Roman Governor, Chief Priest and some scribes

Caiaphas, Jesus and Nicodemus

Why do you think they didn't invite Jesus to the meeting?

Why do you think we are tempted not to invite Jesus to our crisis meetings?

What are they afraid will happen?

Jesus wins a place on the Sanhedrin

People believe Jesus, Romans sniff rebellion, game over!

Romans believe in Jesus and make him Emperor

Greeks believe in Jesus and write lots of books about him

Why is it that their fears are the focus of the meeting?

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They wanted to protect the Temple because it was, what?

A really nice building

Not finished yet

A great tourist attraction

The place where God lives amongst people

If they'd let themselves believe in Jesus, why would they have stopped worrying about the Temple?

Because he would have helped them finish it

Because he wouldn't have let the Romans touch it

Because Jesus is God dwelling among people

Because Jesus would have bulldozed the temple himself

What was Caiaphas saying about Jesus dying?

But, what was God saying, through Caiaphas about Jesus dying for the people?

Why is Jesus called the lamb of God?

Look at you, still awake after all this time!

Oh dear, and you were doing so well!

So THIS man for THAT nation what kind of a price is being paid?

Oh yes!!

Oops

Jesus: really a ludicrously high price for God to pay for a bunch of religious fakes and frauds. What is God really going to get for such a price?

Children

Religious maniacs

Monks and nuns

Nothing

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The Score

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So how would you sum up anything God said to you today?

This week why not take a look at Hebrews 10:8-10?

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OK, so this is the bit where you check your own pulse with a really easy question. At the heart of this passage there is a meeting going on: what kind of meeting is it?

Who gets invited to the meeting?

What are they afraid will happen?

They wanted to protect the Temple because it was, what?

If they'd let themselves believe in Jesus, why would they have stopped worrying about the Temple?

But, what was God saying, through Caiaphas about Jesus dying for the people?

Jesus: really a ludicrously high price for God to pay for a bunch of religious fakes and frauds. What is God really going to get for such a price?

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