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Message Text:
The Bat’s Indecision
“No man can serve two masters” (Matt.
6:24).
Aesop speaks in one of his fables about a time when the beasts and fowls were engaged in war.
The bat tried to belong to both parties.
When the birds were victorious, he would wing around telling that he was a bird; when the beasts won a fight, he would walk around them assuring them that he was a beast.
But soon his hypocrisy was discovered and he was rejected by both the beasts and the birds.
He had to hide himself, and now only by night can he appear openly.
The Bat’s Indecision
“No man can serve two masters” ().
Aesop speaks in one of his fables about a time when the beasts and fowls were engaged in war.
The bat tried to belong to both parties.
When the birds were victorious, he would wing around telling that he was a bird; when the beasts won a fight, he would walk around them assuring them that he was a beast.
But soon his hypocrisy was discovered and he was rejected by both the beasts and the birds.
He had to hide himself, and now only by night can he appear openly.
(ESV) 22Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?”
They all said, “Let him be crucified!”
(Pilate) Despite his enormous and proven ability as a leader, he was indecisive as he stood before Christ.
He knew Christ was innocent, for he saw no evil in Him (cp. ).
22Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?”
They all said, “Let him be crucified!”
Yet he had to tread carefully with the Jewish authorities lest he fall into their disfavor and they report him to Rome and he lose his position and wealth.
In the behavior of Pilate is seen the picture and tragedy of an indecisive man.
1.
He rejected the Lord's strong confession (v.11-14).
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onfession (v.11-14).
a. Christ has given man a strong confession.
1) A strong claim: He is King ().
a. Christ has given man a strong confession.
A strong claim: He is King ().
b.
Jesus' strong controlled behavior: under severe accusation ().
b.
A strong controlled behavior: perfection (; cp. ).
c. Jesus' strong enduring purpose: under repeated questioning He endured.
2.  He compromised clear evidence (v.15-18).
c.
A strong enduring purpose: to die for the sins of the world (; ).
d. Jesus' impact: Pilate was impressed, but still indecisive.
"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve God and mammon" ().
"Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils" ().
"A double minded man is unstable in all his ways" ().
"How long halt ye between two opinions?
if the LORD be God, follow him" ().
Lesson 1.
An indecisive man is just like Pilate: he rejects the clear confession of our Lord.
Lesson 2. It is futile to argue with a close-minded personLesson 3. Christ endured in His great purpose, even unto death.
We must be just as enduring.
Lesson 2. It is futile to argue with a close-minded person
Lesson 3. Christ endured in His great purpose, even unto death.
We must be just as enduring.
"Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils" ().
"A double minded man is unstable in all his ways" ().
"How long halt ye between two opinions?
if the LORD be God, follow him" ().
2.
He compromised clear evidence (v.15-18).
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1. Pilate was seeking a compromise.
He was trying to declare Christ innocent and to please the worldlings who were accusing Christ.
Despite the clear evidence that Christ was innocent, he still lacked the courage and decisiveness to take a stand for Christ.
3.
He failed to listen to a strong warning (v.19).
1. Pilate was seeking a compromise.
He was trying to declare Christ innocent and to please the worldlings who were accusing Christ.
Despite the clear evidence that Christ was innocent, he still lacked the courage and decisiveness to take a stand for Christ.
1. Pilate was seeking a compromise.
He was trying to declare Christ innocent and to please the worldlings who were accusing Christ.
Despite the clear evidence that Christ was innocent, he still lacked the courage and decisiveness to take a stand for Christ.
1. Pilate was seeking a compromise.
He was trying to declare Christ innocent and to please the worldlings who were accusing Christ.
Despite the clear evidence that Christ was innocent, he still lacked the courage and decisiveness to take a stand for Christ.
2. Pilate fully expected the people to choose to release Christ.
He thought his compromise had worked, for who would not choose a great teacher over a notorious criminal?
2. Pilate fully expected the people to choose to release Christ.
He thought his compromise had worked, for who would not choose a great teacher over a notorious criminal?
"He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth" ().
"And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life" ().
"Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you...Draw nigh to God, Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up" ().
Lesson 1. Two facts : 1) Compromising with a man set on doing evil will not work.
He will go on with his evil no matter the compromise.
2) Compromising when the evidence is clear will not work.
It weakens character and principle and position.
Lesson 2. We need to declare Christ innocent, declare loudly and clearly that He is the Son of God.
"And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life" ().
"Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you...Draw nigh to God, Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up" ().
3.
He failed to listen to a strong warning (v.19).
3.
He failed to listen to a strong warning (v.19).
1.
She declared Jesus to be just, righteous.
2.
She warned there was something very unusual about Jesus, something that could cause suffering and sorrow.
3. Pilate listened to the warning but still chose to seek a compromise.
(ESV) 2For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
(ESV) 13But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
(ESV) 13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—
Lesson 1.
The indecisive man is warned: suffering and sorrow lie ahead.
Judgment is coming upon any man who does not take his stand for Christ (; ).
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