When A Stand Is Not A Stand

Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”
Pilate said to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him.”  John 19:6

Why does Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, get such a bad reputation? Did he not take his stand against the crucifixion of our Lord? Well, his stand was more of a sit, and he didn't exercise his authority from Rome to stop this thing. Pilate made a couple of verbal protests, but in the end he caved to the will of the mob. Pilate's stand was hardly a stand. 

We see in this verse that the leaders of the Jews had made their choice with great firmness and unity of mind. How is it that so often the worldly ones have such great faith and conviction and we who believe in Jesus feel shaky and doubtful? As many have proven over the years, including myself, it is quite possible to be firmly and convincingly wrong while believing in one's rightness. It is perhaps one of the great ironies of the age that those Jesus receives into His kingdom are so often convinced of our unworthiness, while those who refuse to believe their need for the salvation of Christ are firm in their estimation of their worthiness to enter heaven. 

Praise God that our worth is found in the Lamb of God, Who took away our sin by His blood. 

Bucky