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\\ /28 //Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor.
By now it was early morning, and *to avoid ceremonial uncleanness* the Jews did not enter the palace; *they wanted to be able to eat the Passover.*
29 So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?” /
/30 //“If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.” /
/31 //Pilate said, “Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.”
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/“But we have no right to execute anyone,” the Jews objected.
32 This happened so that the words Jesus had spoken indicating the kind of death he was going to die would be fulfilled.
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/33 //Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, *“Are you the king of the Jews?” */
/34 //“Is that your own idea,”// Jesus asked, “or did others talk to you about me?” /
/35 //“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied.
“It was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me.
What is it you have done?”
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/36 //Jesus said, *“My kingdom is not of this world*.
If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews.
But now my kingdom is from another place.”
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/37 /*/“You are a king, then!”/*/ said Pilate.
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/Jesus answered, “You are right in saying I am a king.
In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, *to testify to the truth*.
Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” /
/38 /*/“What is truth?”/*/
Pilate asked.
With this he went out again to the Jews and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him.
39 But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover.
Do you want me to release ‘the king of the Jews’?” /
/40 //They shouted back, “No, not him!
Give us Barabbas!”
Now Barabbas had taken part in a rebellion.//
John 18:28-40 (NIV)// //*[1]*/
As we read the scripture lesson this morning, I find myself inwardly disturbed and puzzled.
I am mystified when I think of the ways that Jesus Christ was misinterpreted while He walked on this earth.
As a matter of fact, I am mystified today when I try to understand why people hold Him away from their hearts.
I see nothing but good that Christ would bring to our lives.
But we fight so hard against His tender advances.
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Why is it that we stand apart from Christ and in conflict with Him?
· We want God to explain himself to us but it’s not really knowledge or understanding that we are looking for.
It is simply some inner fear that if we let God have His way in our lives He will do something to us that we don’t want done or He’ll take something away from us that we are not ready to release.
So to disguise our fears we pose our questions.
· Or our pride refuses to allow for the possibility that perhaps we need help.
Perhaps there’s not enough gas in the tank to go the distance.
There are people everyday who run out of gas.
They break down by the roadside and life rages on in some frantic pace that ignores the soul.
There have been many travelers who felt that they had everything that they needed to make the trip.
Do you know what pride is?
It is really self-deception based on a lie.
The lie is that you were meant to make the journey by yourself.
The lie says that this is the ultimate proof of worth – to be able to stand alone.
And it’s difficult enough to surrender to God and to admit our need.
There are people who come to Christ and admit that they need Him but never admit that they need a faith family as well.
And you do you know.
You do need a faith family.
Cut from the herd you are just bait.
/5 //Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older.
All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, /
!! “God opposes the proud
/but gives grace to the humble.”//a//
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/6 //Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
8 Be self-controlled and alert.
Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.// 1 Peter 5:5-9 (NIV)// //*[2]*/
More than the fact that you are vulnerable on your own, you are a target for the devil.
The sort of prey that he is looking for.
On your own you stand no chance of spiritual survival.
My opinion is there is no such thing as a solitary saint.
They come in packs.
Another reason perhaps that we hold him away is that we are simply in rebellion.
/1 Samuel 15:22-23 (NKJV) \\ \\ /
/22// So Samuel said:/
/ x//“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,/
/ //As in obeying the voice of the Lord?/
/ //Behold, //y//to obey is better than sacrifice,/
/ //And to heed than the fat of rams./
/23// /*/For rebellion is as the sin of /**/4/**/witchcraft,/*
*/ /**/And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry./*
*/ /**/Because you have rejected the word of the Lord/*/,/
/ z//He also has rejected you from being king.”//*[3]*/
This scripture is spoken by Samuel the prophet to Saul the 1st King of Israel.
He failed to follow God’s direction regarding the conquest of the Amalekites and he
“amended” his orders to suit the moment.
In rebellion we do the same thing.
We modify God’s direction for our lives in order to suit our own desires.
And today, the scripture lesson shows Christ in full blown conflict with people whose own will stood in conflict with the will of God.
It is a lesson of Kingdoms in Conflict.
As we look at it today, let me ask you if you are in “conflict” with God today or are you “cooperating” with His will for your life.
Actually the idea of compliance or cooperation is not nearly enough.
Let me ask you if you are able to joyfully accept the kingdom of God for your life today?
There comes a crisis, a moment when every human soul which enters the kingdom of God has to make its choice of that kingdom in preference to everything else that it holds and owns.
n Catherine Booth.
"William and Catherine Booth," Christian History, no.
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Have you made that choice of preference today?
Do you long for the Kingdom of Christ in your life?
I believe that you should make it today.
I believe that each day that a person puts it off, they increase the odds that they may never make that decision.
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/**/Christ had no earthly, material agenda.
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There was nothing that the chief priests or Pilate had to fear from Christ.
There is nothing that you have to fear today.
He is not interested in the petty things that we hold so dear.
The Kingdom of God is not about the things that you possess.
It is about the things that possess you though.
It is about the things that hold your heart ransom.
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