Thought for the Day 4/6/2009
OUR DECISION
But they [Jewish priests] were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified.
And their voices began to prevail.
And Pilate pronounced sentence that their demand be granted.
Luke 23:23-24
Three times Pilate came before the crowds and insisted that Jesus was an innocent man. Pilate was the man who had the power of life and death. The Jews had delivered Jesus to Pilate so that he could be sentenced to death. It was not lawful for the Jews to crucify anyone - it had to be done by the Romans. So they brought Jesus to Pilate for the final sentencing.
The Jews had already had their trials and had decreed Jesus guilty of blasphemy, but Pilate, having examined Jesus, found no fault in him. Each time he declared the innocence of Jesus he was shouted down by the crowd calling for the crucifixion of Jesus and the release of Barabbas.
It was the shouting of the crowd that won out. "But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed." (Luke 23 v 23)
Sometimes we can find ourselves in the same sort of situation as Pilate. We know what is right and we know what we should do, but the pressure around us to do the wrong thing is great and we cave in. Whose fault is that?
"So Pilate decided to grant their demand." (v 24) In the end it was Pilate's decision that Jesus should be crucified. He could have chosen life and put up with the consequences, but instead he chose to do what was wrong.
When we are pressured like this we also have a choice. Both right and wrong have consequences. We cannot blame our decision on anyone else. So let's always do what we can to choose what is right and to follow that through in our actions.
Robert Prins, Thinky Things
But they [Jewish priests] were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified.
And their voices began to prevail.
And Pilate pronounced sentence that their demand be granted.
Luke 23:23-24
Three times Pilate came before the crowds and insisted that Jesus was an innocent man. Pilate was the man who had the power of life and death. The Jews had delivered Jesus to Pilate so that he could be sentenced to death. It was not lawful for the Jews to crucify anyone - it had to be done by the Romans. So they brought Jesus to Pilate for the final sentencing.
The Jews had already had their trials and had decreed Jesus guilty of blasphemy, but Pilate, having examined Jesus, found no fault in him. Each time he declared the innocence of Jesus he was shouted down by the crowd calling for the crucifixion of Jesus and the release of Barabbas.
It was the shouting of the crowd that won out. "But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed." (Luke 23 v 23)
Sometimes we can find ourselves in the same sort of situation as Pilate. We know what is right and we know what we should do, but the pressure around us to do the wrong thing is great and we cave in. Whose fault is that?
"So Pilate decided to grant their demand." (v 24) In the end it was Pilate's decision that Jesus should be crucified. He could have chosen life and put up with the consequences, but instead he chose to do what was wrong.
When we are pressured like this we also have a choice. Both right and wrong have consequences. We cannot blame our decision on anyone else. So let's always do what we can to choose what is right and to follow that through in our actions.
Robert Prins, Thinky Things
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