PILATE

Today's reading: Luke 23-24

"Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, I find nothing wrong with this man!" Luke 23:4 NLT

Pilate spoke to Jesus face-to-face. He found him innocent of the crimes the religious leaders had accused him of. He attempted to release him, knowing the charges brought against him were wrong.

He had heard all that Jesus had done. He had seen, with his own eyes, some of the people Jesus had healed. He experienced the love Jesus spoke with, the peace he beamed with, he had to have felt the power that Jesus held within in his earthly body.

What he did not do was accept who Jesus was.

Personally.

In his heart.

Maybe that's where you are today.

You believe Jesus is a great guy. A good storyteller. A man who did some awfully amazing things.

You trust that what was written about him in the Bible is true. That he was good.

Maybe you even believe that he was perfect, without sin.

But have you accepted him as your Lord and Savior?

Have you personally asked him to forgive you of your sins?

Has he become ruler and king over your heart and life?

If not, you make no better choice about who Jesus is than Pilate did.