"THE ONLY WAY!"

Mark 15:6-11        (KJV)
"6 Now at that feast he (Pilate) released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
7 And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
8 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.
9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
10 FOR HE (Pilate) KNEW THAT THE CHIEF PRIESTS HAD DELIVERED HIM (JESUS) FOR ENVY.
11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them."

An indescribable feeling of guilt and shame comes over me when I read about the betrayal of JESUS.  I wasn't even thought of for 2000 years later, yet my Soul benefitted from HIS SACRIFICE!

Scripture states in Mark 15:10 that Pilate knew that the chief priests had "Delivered" JESUS for envy, or ill will.  So who gets the blame for the death of JESUS?  Why did a person who had healed so many and brought "LIFE" to countless others, need to be killed?  Was JESUS that big a threat to mankind?

JESUS came to heal the sick, and change peoples lives, but HIS purpose was to provide a means of REDEMPTION for all of mankind.  Peter tried in the Garden of Gethsemane to intervene for HIM, but Peter would have prohibited MY only hope of salvation, had he succeeded.

Yes, it was, and is, me that hung JESUS on Calvary.  HE would have still came and suffered the agony of Calvary had I been the only one who benefitted.  The good news is, JESUS came for ALL!  All you have to do is slow your life down enough and realize that this world is only temporary.  JESUS is the ONLY way to reach the permanent status!