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A Warning
“When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just Man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of Him” (Matthew 27:19).
Pilate’s wife sent a very clear message to her husband to leave Jesus alone — to not condemn Him. However, Pilate did not listen to his wife’s warning. We soon read, “And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified” (Mark 15:15). Secular history records that he soon lost his place of power and honor as well as his life — possibly by suicide. After death is the judgment. Pilate now awaits righteous judgment by the very One he judged unrighteously.
A few days before His trial, the Lord had asked the question, “What think ye of Christ?” (Matthew 22:42). Pilate’s answer determined his destiny. Your eternal destiny also hangs on your answer to that question. Can you say, like Peter, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16)?
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