Everything is illegal.

The arraignment is illegal.

The testimony is illegal.

The interrogation is illegal and the sentence is illegal.

So all those centuries and all those years of working out a very carefully crafted system

of jurisprudence and justice thrown away so they could kill Jesus.

How profound is sinfulness.

Welcome to Grace to You, the Bible teaching ministry of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

You can imagine that throughout history, there have been many people who have been put on trial and found guilty and have even been put to death for crimes they

didn't commit. But there has been only one person in that situation who was absolutely and

perfectly innocent. That person, of course, is Jesus Christ, and his trial is John's focus today

as John continues his series, The Divine Drama of Redemption. This study is a survey of the cross and the

resurrection and the key events just before, helping you better grasp the grace of Christ and everything

he endured to save sinners like you and me.

And so with the lesson now, here's John.

I want you to turn to the 16th chapter of Deuteronomy, the 16th chapter of Deuteronomy.

There is all kinds of instruction in the book of Deuteronomy about their conduct, a reiteration of the law that

God gave on Mount Sinai, a reiteration of many of the requirements for the spiritual life

and social life, how they were to live among the nations, how they were to conduct the

feast, the festivals, the Passover, all of that.

And then there is tucked into chapter 16, a very important portion in verses 18 to 20,

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