Matthew 27:11-26

1. Let us learn from the conduct of Pilate, how pitiful is the condition of an unprincipled great man.
2. Let us learn from the conduct of the Jews described in these verses, the desperate wickedness of human nature.

"To those silent sufferings believers owe all their peace and hope. Through them they will have boldness in the day of judgment, who in themselves would have nothing to say."

"Whatever our position in life may be, let us seek to be guided by principle, and not by expediency. The praise of man is a poor, feeble, uncertain thing. It is here today, and gone tomorrow. Let us strive to please God, and then we may care little who else is pleased. Let us fear God, and then there is none else of whom we need be afraid."

"There are few things so little believed and realized as the corruption of human nature. Men imagine that if they saw a perfect person, they would love and admire him...They forget that when a really perfect man was on earth, in the person of the Son of God, He was hated and put to death."