Pick Your Jesus
While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat he found himself standing between Jesus our Messiah and Jesus Barabbas the insurrectionist. Both men claiming to be a Messiah, both wanting to establish a kingdom and both men left it up to the people to choose which Jesus they wanted. This Easter, and every day, it is a good time to evaluate, am I choosing the Barabbas or am I choosing the Messiah?
Matthew 27
Discussion topics
- Take a few minutes and just talk about what Easter means to you.
- What did this past weekend do for your faith?
- Is there anything new that you heard or was revealed during this season?
- What is a tradition that you cherish during this time period?
- Matthew 27 describes how the people chose Jesus Barabbas over Jesus the Messiah on this fateful day of his crucifixion. I am sure that if you or I were in the crowd we would have voted to free the correct Jesus. But is that true? How in our lives today do we choose a Barabbas Jesus over a Messiah Jesus?
- Discuss Matthew 27:24-26
- Did the washing of hands do anything for Pilate?
- What were the people really saying in verse 25?
- What insight do you gain from this passage?
vs 24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!” vs 25 All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!” vs 26 Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
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