 March 29, 2021
What Will You Do with Jesus?
KAREN EHMAN Lee en español "Pilate asked them, 'What should I do then with Jesus, who is called Christ?'" Matthew 27:22a (CSB) Recently, I saw a social media poll: "Who was the greatest human who ever lived?" The top 10 responses varied from the physicist Albert Einstein to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to English playwright William Shakespeare. But one of the responses was Jesus Christ … coming in at second place. As a Christian, I was a little aggravated. Not because Jesus was awarded the runner-up trophy but because He was even in the poll results! After all, the question was, "Who was the greatest human who ever lived?" While Jesus was fully human, He was also fully God. People often think of Jesus as only a great human being or a superior moral teacher, ranking Him alongside founders of other prominent world religions. Still others label Him a lunatic for asserting to be the Son of God. And yet another segment of society dubs Him the greatest conman who ever lived, as though He amassed a following by false declarations of divinity. Our thoughts about Jesus and His claims spill over into our actions because what we think about Jesus determines what we do with Him. And what we do with Him here on earth affects our eternal destiny. In today's key verse, Pilate, the governor of Judea, addresses a gathering crowd. He poses an important question that explores not only what the crowd thinks about Jesus but what they want done with Him: "Pilate asked them, 'What should I do then with Jesus, who is called Christ?'" (Matthew 27:22a). The crowd cried out for Jesus to be crucified.To them, He was an offender of the Law who must be done away with immediately. Others were also present as Jesus was betrayed, arrested, crucified and then resurrected three days later. What did they, in essence, "do" with Jesus? The leading religious leaders had Him captured and killed. (Matthew 26:3-4) Judas Iscariot betrayed Him. (Matthew 26:14-16) The soldiers in attendance mocked Him. (Matthew 27:27-31) Bystanders misunderstood Him when He tried to speak from the cross. (Matthew 27:47) | 
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