Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with His spirit and his love.

Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you,

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with judging Jesus as we pick up in Mark, chapter 15, verse 15.

And now with today's message, here's Pastor Chuck.

In a sense, each of you stand as the judge of Jesus Christ.

Was he really the son of God or was he a charlatan and a fake?

Did he really die for the sins of the world?

Was he really risen from the dead?

Or is it all a farce, a hoax?

And each of you must stand as judge of the facts of history

to determine whether or not these are accurate or inaccurately reported to you.

So you must finally decide and determine what you are going to do with this man, Jesus,

who is called the Christ, the king of the Jews.

But the ironic twist of the whole thing, your being the person who must judge for yourself

concerning Jesus Christ, the ironic twist is that your decision concerning him has absolutely nothing to do with his destiny.

Though you have to judge, you are not determining his destiny, but in reality you are

determining your destiny.

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