The mob wanted to crucify Jesus, and Pilate stood in the position to stop it (or let it happen). The “politically-correct,” anti-God, anti-church, American “mob” wants to eliminate Christianity and all evidence of Christ from our society. And, you, 21st-century Christian, stand in the position to stop it (or let it happen).
The mob that argued against Pilate was “insistent, demanding with loud voices… and the voices of these men…prevailed” (Luke 23:23). “When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising…” (Matt. 27:24), he did “as they requested” (Luke 23:24). Although Pilate did not believe that Jesus had done anything wrong, Mark’s account states, “So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd…delivered Jesus…to be crucified” (15:15).
Who are we more interested in gratifying? Will the PC mob of today prevail? Jesus and Christianity are on trial in our nation. Will you stand up and defend? If not you, then who?