We know Jesus gave his life for our sins. We owe a debt we couldn't pay, and he paid a debt

he didn't owe, and he did so willingly. He knew he was going to be beaten beyond human recognition.

He knew they would pound spikes in his hands and feet, but I think the thing he recoiled from

was the knowledge that he was about to bear all the stinking, rotten

sin of humanity.

It's going to be poured on the Holy Son of God.

And yes, from that he recoiled.

This is the day when the lost I found.

This is the day for a new beginning.

Amazing grace how sweet the sound Oh can you hear all the angels are singing

This is the day

The day will life begin

Jesus was arrested and subject to unjust trials before the Jewish leaders and Roman governor Pilate.

Though found innocent, he was sentenced to death to appease the crowd.

Jesus was scourged, mocked, and forced to carry his cross to Galgotha.

There he was crucified between two criminals, ultimately dying to pay the penalty

for our sin. And today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Lorry shows us it all began with betrayal

by one of his own disciples. This is the day, the day when life begins. Judas is scary. And I want to talk about him a little bit.

Judas was really what I would call the textbook case of a hypocrite.

A hypocrite is not someone who professes to believe something and then occasionally contradicts it, that's called

humanity and we all do it. A hypocrite is a person who's actually playing a part. The technical

definition of the word hypocrite is actually not negative. It just means actor, a stage actor. So that's who Judas was. He was playing the part

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