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Then they shouted out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked, “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests replied, “We have no king except Caesar!” John 19.15 NET.
Prejudice will cause one to adopt extreme and ridiculous positions.
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But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Galatians 6.14 NET.
Human beings have nothing within themselves to boast about. Nothing of theirs can recommend them to God. Christ’s sacrifice contains all their reasons for boasting ─ this is what occupies them and fills their conversations.
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One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!” Luke 23.39 NET.
Jesus could not save himself and save others. He had to choose one or the other.
