Spiritual Thoughts

John 19:14-15 (NASB) Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!" So they cried out, "Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!" Pilate *said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar." These Jews indeed spoke the truth. They did not accept Jesus as the Messiah. Yet, even more stark than that, they did not even acknowledge God as their King. They proclaimed to be subjects to the kingdom of man only... selling out not only their sent Messiah, but ultimately their God also. Where is our allegiance ? Do we deny Christ our King in our daily lives? Do we fully acknowledge that no authority is given over us unless our Father has allowed it? Let us all pray that the Lord may grant that Jesus return soon to establish the only kingdom of justice and righteousness... His kingdom on Earth. Cynthia Pavia...

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 pr...