The Cross of Jesus Christ is a watershed point for so many issues in theology and ethics.

So was the Cross a tragic event that God turned for good or was it a loving event that

God planned for good?

Which side of the watershed you choose to kayak down will decide the trajectory of your

entire theological system that you based your life on?

It's that important as John Piper explains in a sermon clip from his 2011 sermon on

John chapter 11.

Here's a clip of what he said.

God did not just turn the national crisis for Israel's good and our good.

He was in it from the start, planning it.

Do the difference?

Does God see a difficult situation and fix it, turn it, or is he in it from the start managing

it, planning it, and arguing that's the case because of what this text says.

So notice carefully what John says about Caiaphas's words, verse 50, it's better for you

that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.

And then John says something amazing in verse 51, he did not say this of his own accord.

But being high priest that year, he prophesied.

He prophesied of God's accord, not his own.

He prophesied of God's accord, not his own.

Now think that through.

God brought these words out of Caiaphas's mouth.

God put them there.

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