<TITLE>04. Par 15-19</TITLE>L-15 What if we tonight could call His arch enemy, Judas Iscariot? The very name Judas just makes us shiver. Now, the word "Judas" is not such a bad name, not up till that time, perhaps many little Jewish boys was named Judas. I don't know, but perhaps come from the name of Judah, the tribe. But it was what Judas did that makes people fear and shake at the name of Judas.
What makes the name of Jesus so sacred? There was many little boys named Jesus. But it was what Jesus did and what He was, what makes His Name so reverent tonight, that all the family in heaven is named after Him. Not so much of what your name is, but what you are with your name...

L-16 Judas, if we could go down through the regions of the lost and the damned, if we could go to that wearisome place called hell, and could call that deceiving spirit of Judas Iscariot to this platform tonight, and would say, "Judas, what think ye of Christ? Whose Son is He?"
I could imagine you could hear thirty pieces of silver rattle across the platform, and he'd say, "I have betrayed innocent Blood."
What if I could go to the smoldering regions of the lost and call the Roman soldier who took the spear and pushed it into His heart, I would say, "What think ye of Christ? Whose Son is He?"
He'd say, "Truly that is the Son of God."

L-17 What if I could go to Pilate, that great emperor of Rome? Go down through the regions of the lost, on a...?... man, and call him here tonight before this audience. Remember, I'm calling His enemies. If I could call Pontius Pilate tonight and say, "Pilate, you've been gone for two thousand years, wherever you have been. I want to ask you a question that you might answer this audience tonight. What's your opinion of Christ." What kind of an answer do you think he would give?
When Christ was placed before Pontius Pilate to make his decision of what he thought of Him... And my brother, sister, Christ is placed before you tonight to give your opinion and to make your decision. What do you think of Him? And your action will speak much louder than your words.

L-18 Let's look at Pontius Pilate, as they drug him out one morning to sit on the judgment seat. And to be favorable to the Jews and to the Romans, when they drug Jesus up before him with the thorns on His head as a crown, and His hands tied behind Him, I can imagine that great emperor, as he sit on his throne, all discouraged, because he'd been gotten up a little early. And with his temper all up, as he'd fling his hair back, and look into the face, and say, "There can't be much to that Guy."
You say, "What a horrible person." But, oh, my decrepit sinner friend. You do worse than that by rejecting Him.
And so with His hands tied behind Him... How could've He with His hands bound that's a King of heaven? As Pilate was judging Him, looking Him up and down, said, "If You are the Christ, why don't You say something about it?" And Jesus never opened His mouth.

L-19 I can imagine Pilate saying, "Well, He's a scared, because He's standing before me the emperor of Rome." Then all of a sudden, I can hear a horse come galloping at full speed, coming from the palace, and a young handsome soldier jumps from the saddle into the street, up through by the guard. And they seen he was a palace guard so they let him in. He was carrying a piece of paper in his hand, and I can see him as he walked up before Pilate, bows his head to the floor and says, "Your majesty, sir. I have a letter from your wife. She said it was urgent for you to receive this at once. That's why I broke in like the way I did."


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