Jesus or Barabbas

I preached this twice recently, the second time it was spoken in English and translated into Cambodian.Here is an outline of the message

When God created Adam he gave Adam a garden, with it came instructions not just to tend the garden but to transform the garden , not just to maintain it but to modify it.

It the same with us today when he describes us as Salt, Light, he is saying we are people who are agents of change, people who are on this earth to make a difference. To live a life of significance, of influence and power.

I firmly believe that how much of this, we will actually become depends a lot on how serious we take this below verse.

Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.Mark 15:15

We are just like Pilate, we are in the same position faced with the same question.

For Pilate it was a case of who was he going to release into the crowd and who was he going to keep.For us its what are the things we need to keep hold of and what are the things we need to let go?

And it is a constant question, a constant choice, a constant place we find ourselves in as we walk through this journey of life, what are the things we need to let go of in life and what are the things we need to keep hold of.

We need to let go of the past, of resentment, regret, we need to let go of unforgiveness, low expectation, lordship over our own life

We need to keep hold of Gods promises, Gods truth, Gods Love, We need to keep hold of hope. We need to keep hold of one another

In your own personal life, which is getting the victory, what are you setting free and what are you holding on to.

What is you’re “Barabbas”, what does that represent in you? What is that “something” that you know runs rampant in you at the ultimate expense of your relationship with Jesus?

What is your Jesus and what does that represent to you?