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马太福音27:19-23: 19正坐堂的时候，他的夫人打发人来说：“这义人的事你一点不可管，因为我今天在梦中为他受了许多的苦。”20祭司长和长老挑唆众人，求释放巴拉巴，除灭耶稣。21巡抚对众人说：“这两个人，你们要我释放那一个给你们呢？”他们说：“巴拉巴！”22彼拉多说：“这样，那称为基督的耶稣，我怎么办他呢？”他们都说：“把他钉十字架！”23巡抚说：“为甚么呢？他作了什么恶事呢？”他们便极力地喊着说：“把他钉十字架！”
你曾经处在愤怒的乌合之众的中央吗？我经历过一次。当我拐过墨西哥瓦哈卡大街的时候，突然遭遇3万名愤怒的教师，他们穿过街道，行进到总督寓所门前抗议薪水过低。因为我住在总督府街道对面的房子里，所以我不得不艰难地穿过愤怒的人群。一点也不好玩。简直有些可怕。当你想象彼拉多面对的场面时，想象一下愤怒的人群在抗议并将他们的意愿强加给彼拉多。彼拉多愿意做任何事情来缓和这个时刻。他给了他们选择：是耶稣还是巴拉巴？是无辜者还是有罪的人？
亲爱的朋友们，这给了我们一幅关于救恩的美丽图画。无辜者被定罪，有罪的人被释放。并不是乌合之众的意愿把耶稣送上了十字架，是天父的旨意。他犯了什么罪？什么都没有。他为什么罪付上代价？为我们犯下的所有罪。因为我们犯下的罪，我们配得定罪，甚至是地狱的永死之罪。但是上帝却选择惩罚耶稣来代替惩罚我们。无辜的上帝之子被定罪，而有罪的人得释放。
你不用因为上帝把你的罪放到耶稣身上感到愧疚。耶稣也不愿意你感到愧疚，因为这是他定意要为你做的。欢喜！感谢！要下定决心活出配得上帝儿女称号的生命。靠着耶稣的宝血，你的生命得救赎，并成为圣洁。
祷告：主耶稣，因为你被定罪，我才得自由。你为了我做了这样的事情，你的爱奇妙无比！请垂听我今日的祷告。请让我为了荣耀你、尊崇你而活，你也永远是我选择不犯罪的理由。阿们。
Matthew 27:19-23: While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.” 20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed. 21 “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor.
“Barabbas,” they answered. 22 “What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify him!” 23 “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”
Have you ever been in the middle of an angry mob? I was once. I turned a corner walking down the street in Oaxaca, Mexico, when suddenly a mob of 30,000 angry teachers marched up the street to protest low wages before governor’s residence. Since I was staying in the house across the street from the governor’s residence, I had to find my way through the mob. Not fun. Scary. When you picture this scene before Pilate, picture the angry mob demonstrating and forcing its will on Pilate. Pilate would do anything to defuse the moment. He offered them Jesus or Barabbas, the innocent one or the guilty one.
And that, dear friends, gives us a beautiful picture of our salvation. The innocent one is condemned and the guilty go free. It was not the will of the mob that carried Jesus to the cross, but the will of his heavenly Father. What crime has he committed? None at all. What crime did he pay for? All the sins which we have committed. We deserve to be condemned to an eternity in hell for the sins we’ve committed. Instead, God chose to punish Jesus in our place. The innocent Son of God is condemned, and the guilty go free.
Do not feel guilty that God laid your sins on Jesus. Jesus would not want you to feel guilty, because he chose to do this for you. Rejoice! Be thankful! Be determined in your heart to live a life worthy of the calling you have as a child of God, redeemed and made holy by the blood of Jesus.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, you were condemned so that I might go free! How awesome is your love that you would do such a thing for me! Here my prayer today. Let me live my life to your glory and honor, and always be my reason for choosing not to sin. Amen.