Where Our Comfort Comes From

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Desiring God

Religion & Spirituality, Devotional, Joy, Solid Joys, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, 163859, Jesus, Daily Devotional, John Piper

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🗓️ 1 March 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Pilate’s authority over Jesus was subordinate to God’s authority over Pilate. So, Jesus did not fear.

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0:00.0	March 1
0:02.0	Where our comfort comes from
0:05.0	He, Pilot,
0:09.0	entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus,
0:14.0	Where are you from?
0:17.0	But Jesus gave him no answer.
0:20.0	So Pilate said to him, you will not speak to me?
0:26.0	Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?
0:34.9	Jesus answered him, you would have no authority over me at all
0:40.3	unless it had been given you from above.
0:44.3	John 19, 9 to 11
0:49.3	Pilate's authority to crucify Jesus did not intimidate Jesus.
0:57.0	Why not?
0:59.0	Not because Pilate was lying.
1:02.0	Not because he didn't have authority to crucify Jesus.
1:05.0	He did.
1:07.0	Rather, this authority did not intimidate Jesus because it was derivative.
1:15.6	Jesus said, it was given to you from above, which means it is really authoritative, not
1:25.6	less, but more.
1:30.7	So how is this not intimidating?
1:35.7	Pilate not only has authority to kill Jesus,
1:40.5	but he has God-given authority to kill him.
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