Its either you or me.

Then Pilate entered the Praetorium again, called Jesus.
Pilate: "Are You the King of the Jews?"  
Jesus: "Are you speaking for yourself about this, or did others tell you this concerning Me?" 
Pilate: "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me... What have You done?"
Jesus: "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here." 
Pilate: "Are You a king then?" 
Jesus: "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." 
Pilate: "What is truth?" 
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Jews: "We have a law, and according to our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God." 

Therefore, when Pilate heard that saying, he was the more afraid, and went again into the Praetorium.

Pilate: "Where are You from?" 
Jesus: ... 
Pilate: "Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have power to crucify You, and power to release You?"
Jesus: "You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin." 
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Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: 
JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 

Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. 

Chief Priests and Jews: "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'He said, "I am the King of the Jews." Pilate: "What I have written, I have written."

"Pilate said in his heart, He is a God... Pilate longed to deliver Jesus. But he saw that he could not do this, and yet retain his own position and honor. Rather than lose his worldly power, he chose to sacrifice an innocent life. "

"How many, to escape loss or suffering, in like manner sacrifice principle. "

"Conscience and duty point one way, and self-interest points another. "

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I'm not sure if you, dear reader understood the point of this, but to me this lesson taught in the last moments of Christ's life hits home.

Reader, find it in your heart to remove your piety for a moment and realistically and honestly put yourself in the position of Pilate. 

We, in our comfy computer chair, and air conditioned buildings, two-thousand years later, may look back at this event in contempt for the weakness and failure in the actions of Pilate. But really, put yourself there.

Without your current knowledge of what the bible says, without your knowing what happens after Jesus is lead of to the crucifixion. Put yourself in place.

Could you have sacrificed your life for this man Pilate's you barely knew. I don't mean life as in die for him, I mean life as in live for Him. Could you even now, give up your job right on the spot this moment, forsake any type of leadership positions you have, and face contempt and reviling by all those who currently look up to you. 

Maybe its hard to imagine because all your surrounding and circumstances aren't important to you or something.

This all aside, my point is, are you confident you would really embrace loss and suffering, and flee your own self-interest, for another person?