“Pilate wanting to satisfy the crowd, released the murderer Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.” Commentary: Pilate was a destructive politician who followed the crowds! Good leaders lead the crowds away from violence! Right now in America we have politicians following the crowds! I was just a teenager back in the 1960’s when we had riots, crime, burning and looting going on in our big cities here in America! Some things never change! Back then my grandfather Edgar told me something I never forgot! He told me never to follow the crowd in that it was the crowd that crucified our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! The crowds today still want to crucify the innocent releasing criminals out into our populations with destructive results! Pilate was acting in a prophetic way directing Jesus to the Cross for our sin! America is trying to live without God and it is not working! We need to step out of the crowd and follow Jesus! Jesus did address crowds but led them into paths of righteousness! He healed the sick and the blind! Raised the dead! The rich young ruler could not leave his wealth and follow Jesus but a simple fisherman Peter left his boat and business to follow Jesus! Is your life crowded with too many things? Are you a crowd pleaser on Facebook, Tik Tok or Twitter? Are you looking for a crowd endorsement? Jesus went into a secluded place to pray! The crowd lives to be seen but Jesus people seclude themselves in study and prayer! Jesus said I only do what pleases my Father in heaven! Our true character is not revealed by our failure but by our successes! I need the votes of the crowd so I can succeed! Never mind I have to do bad things to get there! The crowd mentality opposes the love of God! Just gives us Barabbas! Give us that bad ass! The crowd will always sacrifice others to get its way! God sacrificed himself to make a way for us to heaven! At Jesus second coming back to earth the crowds will scatter and hide under rocks trying to escape the judgment of God! At Jesus return he will tell us one of two things! Either well done thy good and faithful servant or depart from me you workers of iniquity for I never knew you! Heaven is not a crowded place but hell is! Do you read and study his word the scriptures having your face in the Book or is your face on the book Facebook trying to please the crowds? James & Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com