Luke 23
Prevailing Voices!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, June 3.
What voices are winning the day in your life? The loudest? The most emotional? The pleasing?
These are the questions that come to my mind when I read Luke 23:18-25.
Listen to verse 23, “But they [the crowd of accusers] were urgent, demanding with loud cries that [Jesus] should be crucified. And their voices prevailed.”
There was no evidence of any guilt. Both Herod and Pilate found no reason to crucify Jesus. But Jesus was sentenced to death anyways!
Listen to verse 24, “So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.” Pilate released a guilty man (Barabbas) and sentenced an innocent man to death. Why? Because it was politically expedient…
Yes, that is true, but because the wrong voices prevailed in his life! The voices that got louder and more demanding for their own way, even though there was no content or clarity in the words. Have you ever noticed that when people have no strong rationale for their points of view, they often resort to emotionalism, volume or violence, intimidation or manipulation to get their way—to win the day?
What voices are prevailing in your life? What voices are prevailing in your home and in your church? What voices are prevailing in our communities and country?
The Spirit of Truth invites you today to get quiet so that you can listen to the wisdom of God’s Word through the Bible and prayer, to ask the Holy Spirit to teach you through your Bible reading, and by then hiding it in your heart so that you can apply it in your daily life.
Seize the moment and pay attention to what voices you are allowing to prevail in you. If it is not God’s Word guiding you, what or who is guiding you? Who or what is really prevailing in your life?
Your life will reflect the god you serve.
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