We are all familiar with miscarriages of justice, either around the world, or closer to home here in the north. Many people have experienced a family member or someone they know go through a miscarriage of justice. Some of us may have gone through a miscarriage of justice ourselves. But if we haven’t gone through a miscarriage of justice in the civil or criminal courts, through the legal system, most if not all of us will have gone through a miscarriage of justice in the courts of public opinion, or in the courts of those in family, at work, among friends. Some have even gone through injustices or miscarriages of justice at the hands of church leaders, where their situation has not been fairly or justly dealt with. But there is one injustice, one miscarriage of justice that stands out above all those that we have experienced, or could experience. It is that of Jesus before his crucifixion. Yet, this injustice, this miscarriage of justice, was God’s plan, so that sinners who deserve to be found guilty before God on the judgment day can be declared not guilty. ‘For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.’ (2 Corinthians 5:21, NLT) The readings for today’s sermon are: John 18:12–14, 19–24, Matthew 26:57–68, John 18:28–32.