July 13, 2019
Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 11:46AM July 13
Running with Jesus
Luke 23:22-24 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
Three times Pilate told the mob he found no reason for the death penalty. Pilate had been under pressure that since the town was full of Jews there might be a riot. And all the pressure from the Jewish counsel Pilate caved in and gave the sentence the mob cried out for.
Jesus had gone through a flogging 39 slashes which was 1 less than the 40 that would have killed a man, yet as Pilot said he had found no reason for death, of course we know the whole story. Jesus was fulfilling prophesy. He was laying down His life for all mankind.
Peer pressure today from the mobs has led to our politicians caving into practices that our forefathers would be heartbroken over. Peer pressure can lead to disaster and this too would lead to disaster. Jesus would prophesy what would happen to Jerusalem in just a few verses following these. He tells them not to weep for Him but what would happen to Jerusalem in just a few short days.
It is frightening to think where we are headed in this country. Jesus will go on to victory in just a few hours. Praise the Lord He will pass that victory on to us. I don’t know where the peer pressure will lead to involving our lives; but this we do know, we will have victory whether in this life or in the life to come because when Pilot handed Jesus over, victory road was in sight. No matter what the mobs may yell and seek to do to us we have hope.
Father, thank You for Your Word that gives us the whole story and we know that no matter what the Pilots of this world cave into we have the Truth and can live as free people because we have the Freedom Giver. No law can bind our spiritual relationship with Jesus Christ. We pray for the souls of the lost.
Let’s rest in our freedom today.
Oh, my! Tomorrow, we are running close beside Jesus and we meet a man named Simon, please come back!
Judy Hollaway
Originally penned 2015
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