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Although Pilate knew that Jesus was innocent, he looked for some diplomatic way to release Jesus that would not cause him to lose popularity with the Jewish leaders. This is why he sent Jesus to Herod. He hoped that Herod would pass judgment on Jesus and save him the trouble.
When that scheme failed, Pilate drew on an old custom of releasing a prisoner to the people at the feast. He gave them a choice between Jesus, who he knew was innocent, and Barabbas, who was a murderer. Pilate thought that the crowd would certainly choose Jesus. However, through the insistence of the chief priests and scribes, the people chose Barabbas to be released.
Pilate was now out of ideas as to how to let Jesus go, and still save...
DID YOU GIVE THANKS ON THANKSGIVING?
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN PICTURES OF THOSE ORPHANS IN THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES? IT IS SAD TO THINK THAT THESE CHILDREN GO TO BED HUNGRY MOST NIGHTS ALTHOUGH HUNDREDS OF ORGANIZATIONS COLLECT MONEY TO FEED THEM. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS WHO IS TAKING CARE OF THE ORPHANS IN OUR COUNTRY? THERE MUST BE SOME BUT HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANY ORGANIZATIONS COLLECTING MONEY FOR OUR ORPHANS? ACTUALLY IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE TO BE ORPHANS. IT CAN BE JUST POOR CHILDREN WHOSE MOMS AND DADS CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE. IT SEEMS THAT NO ONE REALLY CARES ABOUT THESE LITTLE ONES. OUR GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE BILLIONS TO ALL THESE FOREIGN COUNTRIES, MOST OF WHICH HATE US, BUT WON'T GIVE ANYTHING TO OUR OWN CHILDREN. DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE THE INJUSTICE IN THIS BESIDES ME OR IS IT JUST ME?
THANKSGIVING WAS LAST THURSDAY AND WE ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR....
All of Christ's sufferings did not end when He finished His earthly ministry.
He still takes the persecution of His people personally as is revealed by His statement to Saul on the road to Damascus: "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" He didn't ask Paul why he was persecuting His people. He said, "Why are you persecuting Me?" When we are persecuted for righteousness' sake, it is actually Christ who is being persecuted.
One of the most trying aspects of persecution is the feeling that God has forsaken you. "If God wanted to, He could stop the persecution, right?
Therefore, He doesn't care." That's the way the devil tries to make us think.
However, the Lord is with you in persecution. If you remember this, it will...
Not only does Jesus' refusal to defend Himself show His humility, but His refraining from venting His wrath against the man who senselessly killed His friend who was the greatest of the Old Testament prophets (Mt. 11:11), also displays His humble nature.
Because of Christ's humility and obedience to the Father, God gave Him a name that is above every name in heaven, earth and under the earth. There is no exemption for anyone or anything from coming under the Lordship of Jesus. He is Lord of ALL.
Jesus has not only been exalted above every "being" that has a name, but He is also highly exalted above anything else that can be named. If you can put a name on it, Jesus is above it. Sickness, poverty, depression, anger - everything has to bow its knee to the Lordship of Jesus.
Every...
Herod desired to see Jesus perform some kind of miracle, and some of the questions he asked Jesus made this desire obvious. However, Jesus did not use His faith to do any miracles for Herod.
Miracles are God's way of meeting the needs of those who seek Him in faith. Miracles will sometimes be used to demonstrate God's ability so that people may believe (Mk. 2:10-11), but they will not happen to skeptics who are tempting God (Lk. 4:9-12).
A miracle is a supernatural intervention of God's power over natural law.
Healings occur within the boundaries of natural law while miracles are not limited to natural law. A person with a high fever who receives prayer and then...
Christ's kingdom is spiritual, in the hearts of men - not physical; therefore, our fight as Christians must not be with carnal weapons but with spiritual weapons (2 Cor. 10:3-5). Spiritual forces cannot be defeated with human weapons.
When we are being attacked for being a part of Christ's kingdom, we must fight with spiritual weapons. Our warfare is not against people, but against the spiritual powers that operate behind the scenes through people. We must realize who the real enemy is and fight with the spiritual weapons the Lord has given us.
We often think that anger will put a person in his place. But "the wrath of man does not work the righteousness...