1. Pilate’s mistakes
Mark 15:1-15

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

3. Most problems are: Avoidable Personality clashes Wrong attitude
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Most problems are:
Avoidable
Personality clashes
Wrong attitude

4. 1 – Listen to wrong people
Mark 15:  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!"

5. 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?

6. 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

7. 2 – Believed what he heard
Don’t believe everything you hear
Believe the best
Put in the best possible light
Check with the source

8. 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.

9. 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."

10. 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.