Through the Bible Day by Day - Matthew 27:22 - 27:22

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Through the Bible Day by Day - Matthew 27:22 - 27:22


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the Stain Water Could not Wash Away

Mat 27:22-31

No judge ought to have asked the crowd what he should do. But every man has to do with Christ. He is ever standing before the bar of conscience, and each of us must accept or condemn, do homage or crucify. If we do not pronounce for Him, we pronounce against Him; and there is a moment when our verdict becomes irrevocable. “What I have written, I have written.” We are all writing our legend, and affixing it to the Cross for the universe to read, and a day comes when it is irreversible.

We may wash our hands after the deed of treachery is done, but water will not avail for Pilate, for Lady Macbeth, or for us. We need the blood of Christ, ere we can be cleansed from all sin, 1Jn 5:6.

The King of men must wear a crown of the thorns with which sin is so closely identified. See Gen 3:18. Only thus can the crown of universal empire be won! The robe of mockery must precede His Ascension vesture. The reed is appropriate, for it is through such that he wins and rules. See Isa 42:3; Isa 57:15.