Unjust crucifixion ~

Have you ever been wrong about something but had trouble admitting it once you realised that you were wrong?

Sitting like the giant elephant in the room can feel like a significant burden on your shoulders, but our pride sometimes stalls us from admitting we were incorrect.

I have had relationships suffer simply because two people got into a meaningless argument but are too proud to apologise to one another.

Pontius Pilate sentenced Jesus to be crucified and killed.

He scourged him, mocked him, and killed him.

In these verses, the chief priests, who also wanted Jesus killed, asked Pilate to change the words that were written on the cross.

In their view, Jesus had blasphemed by saying that he was the King of the Jews, and this was the reason they wanted him condemned to death.

After watching the gruesome scene unfold, I also think they must have felt some remorse and regret for allowing this unjust crucifixion to take place.

If Pilate changes the inscription, they will believe that Jesus’ death was justified because he should not have said that he was the King of the Jews.

Pilate will not admit any wrongdoing and is unwilling to change his final mistake.

Everybody makes mistakes.

The priests and Pilate certainly did.

Learning to forgive and ask for forgiveness are actions that all Christians should be familiar with: we are born sinners and must go to God to be forgiven.

Luckily, if we knock, the door will be open for us, and we will find. (Matthew 7:7) If we ask, we are forgiven, or our pride will help us share the priests’ and Pilates’ fate.