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Today we be in a brand new sermon series entitled God on Trial.

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It is a three week sermon series in the Gospel of Luke where we arrive at the part of Jesus' story

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where Jesus is taken from the Garden of Gethsemane and is put on trial by men.

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Now think about that. The audacity of man to take the Son of God and put him on trial.

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But Jesus did not go through one trial. He went through three trials.

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One before the Jewish Sanhedrin. Second before the Roman Consulate.

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And the third before the King of the region. And all three trials Jesus performs beautifully.

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But it ends with his unjust execution. And today we're going to begin that study.

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If you've never studied the Gospel of Luke before, welcome to the church. We are so glad you're here.

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It's one of our favorite passages in all of the Bible. And today we find ourselves in Luke chapter

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22. And I'm going to begin the reading this morning before I pray in Luke chapter 22 and verse number

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66. And it says, as soon as it was day, the elders of the people, both chief priests and

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scribes came together and led Jesus into their council saying, if you are the Christ, tell us.

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But he said to them, if I tell you, you will by no means believe. And if I ask you, you will by no

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means answer me or let me go. But hereafter, the Son of Man will sit on the right hand of the power

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of God. Then they said to Jesus, are you the Son of God then? So he said to them, you rightly say

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that I am. Let us pray, Father, today as we study this passage,