{"id":94893,"date":"2026-04-02T11:39:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=94893"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:41:20","slug":"irresponsibility-crucified-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/irresponsibility-crucified-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Irresponsibility Crucified Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

by Terry Wane Benton<\/p>\n

Pilate thought he could just wash his hands of any responsibility, and while we think little of Pilate for trying to pass off his responsibility, how are we better than Pilate when we do not stand up for Jesus when we should? Is Pilate really much different from us? (Matthew 27:20-24).<\/p>\n

The body of Christ (the church- Ephesians 1:19ff) is once again in our hands. We can stand up and help the church of Christ be strong and grow, or we can wash our hands of responsibility and let others care for the church. If the church dies in your area, who is responsible for letting it die? Is it the other brethren’s responsibility to keep the church going, holding up the gospel light, but not yours? Have you done as Pilate and washed your hands of responsibility?<\/p>\n

If you are not there to support and encourage the body of Christ, you have, in effect, dismissed yourself from any responsibility and shifted it to others. That is what Pilate did! Being spiritually irresponsible is killing the body of Christ today. Which is worse? What Pilate did, or what you are doing? Irresponsibility crucified Jesus and continues to do so today. People think they can just wash their hands of any responsibility toward the body (the church) of Christ. Like Pilate, they will learn how foolish they were when it is too late. The success of the local church is very much in your hands!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Sins That Crucified the Savior\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Terry Wane Benton Pilate thought he could just wash his hands of any responsibility, and while we think little of Pilate for trying to pass off his responsibility, how are we better than Pilate when we do not stand up for Jesus when we should? Is Pilate really much different from us? (Matthew 27:20-24).…<\/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":[228,354],"class_list":["post-94893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-crucifixion","tag-responsibility"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46230,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-pilate-philosophy\/","url_meta":{"origin":94893,"position":0},"title":"The Pilate Philosophy","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton The Pilate Philosophy is to wash your hands of responsibility and to pretend there is no way to know the truth. \"What is truth?\" (John 18:38), he asked Jesus. 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