Don’t Forget Where It Comes From
S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: John 19:11a Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.” O-bservation: Pilate had just threatened Jesus with his demonstrative way of trying to show Jesus that he could have Him killed. Jesus let him […]
How Absurd
S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: John 19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. O-bservation: Pilate was the governor of Judea from 26 AD to 36 AD. Certainly none of us would have even perhaps read his name in history. However, he had the audacity to have the […]
I Thought I Had To
S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: John 19:16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. O-bservation: Here is the sad completion to an infamous act by an infamous man, Pilate. He was the Roman Governor of Judea who handed Jesus over to be crucified. If you could […]
Who Do You Choose?
S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: John 18:40a They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” O-bservation: Many people are familiar with the story of Jesus standing before Pilate for sentencing. Pilate, the Roman Governor of Judea, couldn’t find fault with Jesus. He offered the people of Jerusalem a […]
No Defense
S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Mark 15:2 “Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “You have said so,” Jesus replied. O-bservation: These are the only words Jesus spoke before Pilate that are recorded in the “Synoptic Gospels” (Matthew, Mark, and Luke). John added a little more conversation […]