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Opening Prayer
Thank God for all Christ has done and ask for blessing, faith in Jesus, and knowledge of the blessings poured out through his finished work.
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Scripture Passage
Herod Tries Christ
8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad; for he had desired for a long time to see Him, because he had heard many things about Him, and he hoped to see some miracle done by Him. 9 Then he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him nothing. 10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused Him. 11 Then Herod, with his men of war, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him, arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, and sent Him back to Pilate. 12 That very day Pilate and Herod became friends with each other, for previously they had been at enmity with each other.
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Lk 23:8–12.
A — About
What Is This Passage About?
Herod is eager to see Jesus only as a spectacle who might perform a miracle. Jesus refuses to entertain him, while the priests accuse, soldiers mock, clothe, and scorn Christ, and shared contempt turns former enemies Herod and Pilate into friends.
B — Best Verse
A Verse That Summarizes the Passage
Luke 23:11
Distilled from the devotional exposition; the speaker did not explicitly name a best verse.
with his men of war treated him with contempt and mocked him away in him in a gorgeous world and sent him back to pilate
Bryan leaves the Best Verse to viewers. Verse 11 is distilled because his exposition centers on Christ willingly enduring contempt and mockery to fulfill prophecy and show saving love.
C — Called or Christ
C — Christ Connection
Believe in Jesus Christ and marvel that he willingly endured beating, ridicule, and scorn to fulfill prophecy and show his love. Receive the blessings secured through his life and finished work rather than treating him as a spectacle.
Devotional Study
Transcript of the devotion. Minor transcription errors may remain.
hey hey welcome to coffee in the devotions demotions devotions uh this is a sunday november 1st that's where every weekday morning at 9 a.m and on the weekends well when we get a spare moment we and i you and i we get together we get into god's word and we grow in our love for the lord together and this year 2020 we'll make it through all the gospels well tonight we are at luke chapter 23 verses 8 through 12 just four verses you ready bubba here we go do you want to read first yeah okay here we go now when herod sargents he was exceedingly god for he had desired for a long time to see him because he had heard many things about him and he hoped to see some miracles done by him now he questioned him with many words but he answered him nothing and the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently he accused him then with his men of war treated him with contempt and mocked him away in him in a gorgeous world and sent him back to pilate that very day pilate and herod became fresh all right so uh there's a bunch of big words in that one aren't there okay can you shut the door all the way sweetie all right so uh jesus was exceedingly glad for he desired for herod herod was really glad to see jesus why was herod really glad to see jesus jesus yeah right over here yeah he had heard many miracles he had seen many things right and so so he hoped that what would what did he hope that jesus would do use of miracles yeah he thought like oh yeah let's have a let's have a show right yeah but is jesus a show pony no is jesus someone we just put on display no right uh then he questioned him with many words but what did jesus do but he answered him nothing but he answered him nothing this is why i tried to do it before the kids are in hey dandy we're doing coffee and devotions buddy okay so he but jesus won't answer him why do you think jesus won't answer him because he's not sure that's right because jesus doesn't show pony that's right uh and the chief priests and the scribes stood and vehemently accused him what do you think that means vehemently immediately no not immediately badly like he did this yeah he did that yeah yeah he said not to pay taxes yeah he got himself a king he said and they were like really forceful in it they were really forceful that's right but he was innocent right uh then herod with his ooh with who his warming as men of war would you be intimidated if men of war came against you nope you wouldn't be you wouldn't be scared if someone came against you i would be scared if somebody came with at me with swords and stuff i would yeah and what did they do did they treat jesus really well what does verse 11 say treated him with contempt what do you think that means um yeah like ah look at this guy and they mocked him what does mocked mean um laughter that's right laughing at him like oh you say you're such a king right but they mocked him they raid him with a gorgeous robe what color rogue do you think that might have been um purple it might have been a purple robe that's right and then he sent him back the pilot and when and then what happened that day with pilate and herod became friends yeah they became like bffs right best friends forever right they they they had previously been at enmity with each other didn't like each other right but now they had a common person they could make fun of and his name was jesus jesus can you believe that jesus would love us so much that he would go through all that for you um well didn't he go through that so harry and him could be friends that's not why he did it he he did it so he might fulfill the pro the prophecies that he would be mocked and he would be accursed jesus did that jesus went and he got he got beat and he got mocked and he was scorned to show how much he loved us how amazing is that amazing it's pretty amazing why don't we go ahead and pray father we thank you so much for this day and we thank you for all that jesus christ has done lord we pray that you would bless us that we would believe in jesus christ that we would know the great blessings that you have poured out upon us in his life and in his finished work in jesus name amen well if you have a best verse you would underline feel free to let us know down in the comments what would you underline as the best verse to summarize this section and what are you called to do in response to this feel free to let us know what what what about me oh you love me oh i love you too all right the lord bless you and have a great night bye