BLESSINGS EVEN IN ACCUSATIONS

My Dear Precious Child,
    The religious and political Jews were unceasing in their determination to see that the Romans persecuted, flogged and crucified Jesus Christ for breaking of their own religious laws.  After He was arrested by the attendants of the high priest and priests, and after He was quizzed by the priests, the Jews took him to the governor's palace into the judgment hall.  Many of the persecutors did not enter in because of fear of being unclean and unable to eat at the Passover.  So the Roman governor Pilate went outside of the hall to meet them.  He asked the leaders who Jesus was and what was His crime.  The Jews did not have anything serious enough to accuse Him of, so they just told Pilate that they would not have brought Him for judgment if He had not done something.   Pilate didn't want the blood of Jesus on his own Roman hands, so He told the Jews to judge Jesus according to their own laws.  The Jews told Pilate that it was not unlawful to put someone to death.  They wanted Pilate's full cooperation in the judgment of Jesus Christ.  Pilate asked Jesus if He was the king of the Jews.  
    Jesus answered Pilate by asking if he was asking for his own information or because someone else had said it about Jesus.  Pilate affirmed that he was not a Jew and so was not capable of judging a Jew.   He asked Jesus what thing He had done to warrant the chief priests' accusing Him of being a lawbreaker. (John 18:24-25)
     Jesus Christ answered that His kingdom is not of this world.  He said if it were of this world that His followers would be fighting to keep Him from being handed over to the Jews; but, as it was, His kingdom was not of the world.  (John 18:36)
      Pilate affirmed what Jesus Christ said, that He was a king.  Jesus responded that he, Pilate himself, had said it. (verse 37)  He told the governor, Pilate, that yes, certainly He was a king, that that was the reason why He was born and had come into the earth, to bear witness to the Truth.  Jesus told Pilate that anyone who is of the Truth hears and listens to His voice.
      Pilate asked Jesus what is truth?  Then he went out to the crowd and announced that He, Pilate, found no fault in Him, Jesus Christ.   He announced that it was a custom that he would release one prisoner for Passover, so should he release for them the king of the Jews? (John 18:38-39)
      All of the crowd of Jews shouted back at Pilate not to release Jesus Christ but instead to release Barabbas who was a robber. (verse 40)
      They chose to release Barabbas, a robber, over the man, Jesus Christ, who had sinned in no way, to warrant crucifixion.
      The apostle Paul wrote in His letter  to the Corinthians that "He, who knew no sin, became Sin so that you can become the righteousness of God.   Jesus Christ died for the sins of everyone who ever lived in the world who have sinned.  (II Corinthians 5:17-21)He was falsely accused, falsely persecuted, falsely condemned, falsely judged guilty, and falsely crucified, all at the insistence of the Jews who were waiting for their Messiah but they failed to recognize Him for whom He was, My Son Jesus Christ.
      Your Father of Every Need and Provision