by Terry Wane Benton<\/p>\n
The fact that the Bible says we can “crucify afresh<\/em>” the Son of God (Hebrews 6:6) and “put Him to an open shame<\/em>” is something that ought to weigh on our consciences. When we see how Jesus was mishandled and mistreated, it is easy to dismiss our own part in the matter since it happened so long ago. But we should remember that it is still as fresh to God’s heart as it was then (II Peter 3:8-9), and we are being compared in attitude.<\/p>\n The truth is that our present attitudes were represented in some of the characters around the cross. They reflect as a mirror on our own hearts. If we have the same attitudes, we are compared to them and become just as guilty as they were.<\/p>\n No one receives the benefits of the cross who does not first own his part in the guilt of the cross. The song: “I’m the one…” who shouted crucify, etc., is certainly the proper way of seeing that our own guilt is no less real than theirs. When we analyze the situation properly, we can see that our sins were represented there on that day. Several different things were part of that terrible scene.<\/p>\n by Terry Wane Benton The fact that the Bible says we can “crucify afresh” the Son of God (Hebrews 6:6) and “put Him to an open shame” is something that ought to weigh on our consciences. When we see how Jesus was mishandled and mistreated, it is easy to dismiss our own part in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[999,179],"class_list":["post-94807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-ignorance","tag-sin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":94859,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/ignorance-crucified-jesus\/","url_meta":{"origin":94807,"position":0},"title":"Ignorance Crucified Jesus","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 31, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton Ignorance is not bliss. From the cross, Jesus said, \"they know not what they do\" (ignorance), and later Peter told the Jews that I know that you did it by ignorance (Acts 3). Ignorance is not knowing what is vitally important. When there are things we\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4250,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/barabbas-a-prisoner-set-free\/","url_meta":{"origin":94807,"position":1},"title":"Barabbas \u2013 A Prisoner Set Free","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 5, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"by Kent Heaton The scene was chaos as the crowd shouted, \u201cCrucify Him, crucify Him.\u201d The subject of their wrath was not for a murderer but a man \u201cwho went about doing good\u201d (Acts 10:38). Their cries for death were not given for one who had been an insurrectionist but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Prisoner.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9632,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-jesus-carry-his-cross\/","url_meta":{"origin":94807,"position":2},"title":"Did Jesus carry his cross?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Jesus never carried the material cross, and he never fell either! Answer: \"Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led Him away. And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":67411,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-shall-we-do-with-jesus\/","url_meta":{"origin":94807,"position":3},"title":"What Shall We Do with Jesus?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer Jesus does not allow us to be neutral about Him. We are not left with the option of just calling Jesus a good man while denying His claims. If He was not who He claimed to be, He was delusional at best and a lying manipulator at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":95583,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/willing-to-die\/","url_meta":{"origin":94807,"position":4},"title":"Willing to Die","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Hugh DeLong \"Then Paul answered, 'What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus'\" (Acts 21:13). Paul, the last of the apostles selected by Jesus, was to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":94845,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/prejudice-crucified-jesus\/","url_meta":{"origin":94807,"position":5},"title":"Prejudice Crucified Jesus","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton When we own our part in the sins that crucified Jesus, we come to see that guilt can be the beginning of the transformation we really need. First, we see that the very sins that led to Jesus being crucified were those of ourselves. Those who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n