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- Up early, played with H. fooled with pumps, bottles,
steralizers etc. finally fed H. myself for the first time - bad
for the back, but rewarding.
- Read through misc. mailing lists, fixed up the latest
build variously, dug at ESD in case of lurking NAS support, no luck.
- Rico Tice in the evening on
Matthew 27:11-26.
- At the core of sin is
rejecting Jesus - the thing that most ires God.
- Pilate asks Are you the king of the Jews?
and Jesus replies Yes, it is as you say - but - the
missing but; it's not as you realise. Pilate thinks he is in control,
he is making the decision, but in fact he is judging his creator,
in whose hands lies the future, and before whose judgement seat he
will one day sit; thus his judgement says everything about him, and
nothing about the silent Jesus.
- vs. 13 fulfillment of Isaiah's
prophecy
hundreds of years beforehand of this situation, and it's silence. Lead
like a lamb to the slaughter - his blood a sacrifice for our healing.
- Incidentally; John Stott as a young man at Cambridge
in 1935 heard this passage preached and on his knees committed his life to
Christ over verse 22; Pilate asks What shall I do, then, with
Jesus who is called Christ.
- Passage makes it clear this was a clear, open,
choice of Pilate, the Governor - he held all the cards:
- he knew it was out of envy that they
handed Jesus over to him - vs. 18.
- Text message from wife: have nothing
to do with that innocent man - vs. 19.
- It was the governor's custom
... to release a prisoner - vs. 15 -
at his whim; Jesus totally in his power, he
completely free to decide either way [ frees
a notorious prisoner Barrabas anyway ].
- He gets someone else to make his decision
(the crowd) - vs. 21.
- Pilates' work, friends - could he be seen
to let this 'King' go. He washed his hands of
Jesus, and rejected his maker: Hell.
- The crowd in an ironic twist try to absolve Pilate
from the blame: Let his blood be on us and on our
children - ie. don't worry Pilate - we'll take the
blame. And yet - as we see in communion, his blood is
shed for the forgiveness of all who believe. The same
amazing God who mercifully
reveals himself to the centurion who killed his Son -
turns the crowds curse into a blessing.
- Rico has a friend William - who once saved a girl
from death, unconcious, floating upside down in
a swimming pool; she's now older, married with children.
William has never got a word of thanks, though a family would
not exist but for his action; Why ? perhaps because the
family are a terribly-nice middle class family - who don't
need to be rescued; and whose daughter doesn't get involved
inthat sort of thing.
- We need self-awareness so that we can humbly know
that we need rescue, and that the price of our lust,
malice, envy, avarice, unfaithfulness ... is so serious
that only Jesus can pay for it at the cross.
- An old advert from the tube read Fear God,
Fear sin, & then Fear nothing - who do we fear ?
- Indecision, is a decision; everyone must chose.
Do we follow the mob ? who makes our mind up ? do we
condem this innocent man ourselves ? are we afraid for
our reputation, position ? can we blame the decision on
someone else ? do we know we desparately need rescue
from ourselves ? and do we pretend to judge this perfect
man, our creator, and in so doing condemn ourselves ?
- "What shall I do, then, with
Jesus who is called Christ" Pilate asked.
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license. I encourage linking back (of course) to help people decide for
themselves, in context, in the battle for ideas, and I love fixes /
improvements / corrections by private mail.
In case it's not painfully obvious: the reflections reflected here are my
own; mine, all mine ! and don't reflect the views of Collabora, SUSE,
Novell, The Document Foundation, Spaghetti Hurlers (International),
or anyone else.
It's also important to realise that I'm not in on the Swedish Conspiracy.
Occasionally people ask for formal photos for conferences
or fun.
Michael Meeks (michael.meeks@collabora.com)
