<TITLE>07. Par 38-41</TITLE>L-38 And, God, we're interested this morning what the Holy Spirit might say to our hearts. And we pray that You will break the Bread of Life to each one of us, that when we leave here today, that we'll not leave this building the same people we were when we come in. May the Christians be closer to You. May the sinners turn today. May the sick be healed. And may the Kingdom of God come nigh unto us, or even to be in us. For we ask it in Jesus Christ's Name, as we wait on His Spirit to give us the Words. Amen.

L-39   Now let's read some of the Scripture, which is... God's Word is always right.
And now, and each one, I see you're very kind to the ones that's standing. I see somebody raise up and set down, and give somebody else a seat. That's very fine. I wish we had more room, but we just haven't got it, and at this time.
Turn to Matthew 27, and we'll read from the 11th verse, and then we'll speak on this subject.
And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews?... Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
And when he was accused of the chief priests and the elders, he answered nothing.
Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
Now at the feast the--the governor... wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
And they had then been a noble prisoner, called Barabbas.
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
And he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have... nothing to do with this just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of these twain will ye that I release unto you?... (Just think of that!)... They said, Barabbas.
Pilate said unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? And they all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
And the governor said,... what evil has he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
Then Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

L-40   What a sad picture! I call a text of this, if you'd want to letter it that way, or call it that. And maybe the tape would want to be titled this: What Shall I Do With Jesus Called Christ? And the subject I want to use, after that being the text; I want to use the subject, "with Jesus on your hands." With Jesus on your hands, what will you do?

L-41   Our scene starts, this morning, in the judgment hall; where Pilate, the governor, had been called on the scene, to--to act and--and make a judgment. It was early in the morning, a while before the daylight, and he had been disturbed out of his sleep, and--and had been called out to hear the--the case of this Man.


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