“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Matthew 16:15
I’ve been reading in John 17 and 18 lately. There’s a lot of information in there but one thing that really stood out was when they brought Jesus before Pilate and they wanted him to make the decision to put Jesus to death. They as Jews did not have the authority, but they wanted Pilate to do it for them. Pilate as you recall was reluctant and tried to excuse himself from the issue, but ultimately he had to make his call and stand by it.
When Jesus is put on us, we too have to make a decision one way or the other with what we are going to do with Him. Some people want to pretend He doesn’t exist (and hope they are not wrong), or maybe we try to push the decision making off on someone else as Pilate tried to do-After all, Jesus is in heaven and we are on earth…why should our lives have to intersect? Sometimes children try to ride on the coattails of their parent’s religion in hopes that somehow they will be found innocent by association. Ultimately however, the decision falls on us to make, and the blessings or consequence is also ours to bear. Like it not (just like Pilate) we will make a decision one way or the other; and if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. Let it be known that I have made my choice and I echo Simon Peter’s words: “You are The Christ, The Son of The living God”.
Give me words to speak…
Finally. Thank you for the blog. It was getting old reading ENOUGH. You both are very well spoken and I love to read you blogs. God bless.
Jody