The Hands of Self-Preservation (Pilate) (Matthew 27:15-26)

The Hands of the Passion

Midweek Lenten Service, Week 6, March 24, 2021

Sermon:  Hands of Self-Preservation (Pilate)

The whole idea of washing your hands of someone or something seems to stem from Pilate’s public ritual recorded in Matthew 27. He washed his hand in a bowl of water to make it clear that he was no longer responsible for what was going to happen.

We don’t want to wash our hands of our responsibilities, our opportunities to do what is good, and our chances to serve our Savior.

The reality is that a bowl of water could never wash away the guilt on Pilate’s hands. The reality is our excuses can never wash the sinful stains off of our hands.

But Jesus our Savior died for those sins and washed those stains for us. He allows us to use our hands and our everything to serve him instead of ourselves.

Thank God for our Savior!

Pastor Nathan Kassulke