Pilate’s mistakes Mark 15:1-15

There are many problems in the church today Doctrinal Moral Preachers introduction There are many problems in the church today Doctrinal Moral Preachers Leadership

Most problems are: Avoidable Personality clashes Wrong attitude introduction Most problems are: Avoidable Personality clashes Wrong attitude

1 – Listen to wrong people Mark 15:11-13 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should rather release Barabbas to them. 12 Pilate answered and said to them again, "What then do you want me to do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?" 13 So they cried out again, "Crucify Him!"

1- listen to wrong people We fail to listen to God Remember Samuel – Here am I (1 Sam. 3) Rehoboam made this mistake – 1 Kings 12 Many politicians make this mistake Is this the will of God?

2 – Believed what he heard Mark 15:15 So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged Him, to be crucified. Facebook, Twitter, Internet – don’t believe everything you read

2 – Believed what he heard Don’t believe everything you hear Believe the best Put in the best possible light Check with the source

2 – Believed what he heard Don’t believe everything you hear Acts 17:11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.

3 – washed his hands Matthew 27:24 When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it."

We can not forgive (wash away) our own sins 3 – washed his hands We can not forgive (wash away) our own sins If I dent your car in the parking lot – I can not just “wash my hands” of the whole thing. We must repent, pray, and seek forgiveness.