Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

Jesus never ever gives up on you.

His grace to forgive is greater than you could ever imagine.

His power to restore a life that is ruined by sin

is beyond your wildest hopes.

Believing the gospel is basically coming to realize

that you are more wicked than you ever dreamed

and then simultaneously more loved than accepted

than you ever dared hope at the same time.

Hey, welcome back to Summit Life

with Pastor J.D. Greer of the Summit Church

in Raleigh, North Carolina.

As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich.

I think part of the reason the events surrounding the trial of Jesus are recorded so clearly

is to show us that we are the ones who are actually on trial.

In these stories, we should see ourselves, and they should make us consider how we are

responding to Jesus. We are sometimes Judas. We are often Peter. And today we'll see that we are

also those involved in the trial and conviction of Jesus. We know you don't want to miss any of

Pastor J.D.'s teaching. So if you ever need to catch up, you can hear previous broadcasts

from the Instead of Me series that we're currently in by visiting jadie greer.com. But for now,

let's return to our teaching titled Accused for Me. Here's Pastor J.D.

The Sanhedron hated Jesus because they were envious of his popularity and authority.

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