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that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk,

that deepen your understanding of God's Word and that heightens your awareness

of his very real

presence in your life. Well, here we are in Holy Week. And before I introduce my guest today,

who's one of your favorites? You've already maybe guessed who it is. I want to read a passage

from the Bible, Matthew 27. I'm going to start verse 11. Now Jesus was standing before pilot the roman governor are you the king of

the jews the governor asked him jesus replied you've said it but when the leading priests and the elders

made their accusations against him jesus remained silent don't you hear all these charges

they're bringing against you pilot demanded but jesus made no response to any of the charges, much to the governor's surprise.

Now, it was the governor's custom each year during Passover celebration to release one prisoner

to the crowd, anyone they wanted.

This year, there was a notorious prisoner, a man named Barabbas.

As the crowds gathered before Pilots' house that morning, he asked them, which one do you want me to

release to you? Barabbas or Jesus? Who is called the Messiah? He knew very well that the religious

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