Mark 15:12-14 And Pilate answered and said again unto them, “What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?” And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” Then Pilate said unto them, “Why, what evil hath he done?” And they cried out the more exceedingly, “Crucify him.”

I know that mobbery is not a word, but it sounds like a crime and seeing the mentality of a mob makes me feel like I am seeing a crime in action. I am not talking about current events seen on the news. Sadly I am not even talking about unbelievers. The mentality of the mob is not limited to the ungodly.

This is about anger that arises from frustration. There is injustice and when you desire justice and cannot find it, frustration arises. If you do not deal with it, it turns to anger. If you cannot stem the tide of anger, stupid happens and stupid can be a crime. I was upset and failed to write my blog yesterday because I was caught in the middle of stupid with no way out.

Mobs don’t listen to reason. They fail to respond to any truth that does not satisfy their hunger for revenge. It isn’t justice they seek it is action. Do something, even if it is wrong, is the motto of the mob. When Christians participate in it, they have stopped listening to God. Two or more have not gathered in His name, so who is leading them? The enemy perhaps.

I felt their frustration and it didn’t bother me, but when I felt their anger, I could not hear God. I could not and would not join them in their anger for it would only cut me off from God. Not of His choosing, but by their actions. Then I became frustrated that my words would not be received. Pilate spoke the truth about Jesus, he had done nothing worthy of death, but they would not listen. They cried out against the truth.

Is God in charge or not? If yes then follow peace and do not lend your voice to the mob.

2 Corinthians 1:20-22 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

How do you like the term “sealed the deal”? In our common speech it means nothing is going to cause our expectations to be dashed. Whether it be a car sale, a new home, or anything else we are buying, we know it is going to be ours. We put down earnest money, knowing we are not going to get it back if we should change our minds. It is a sign we are invested in the deal.

God did the same thing when He purchased us by the precious blood of His Son. Many times we look at it in terms of God’s promises, but rather than doing that, because promises have led to disappointments in our lives, look at it from God’s point of view.

God put down the earnest, not His money, Himself. He invested His Holy Spirit. He sealed the deal which means He cannot take back His earnest investment. Now the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead. God would cease from being God without Him. There is now way God could back down.

So much of what we look at in our issues with salvation are interactive, where we have a responsibility to work out our salvation. There are things we must do activate the earthly promises which God has made to us. The final promise, to be with Him in perfection is the eternal promise, promised from the beginning, earnestly unchanged by how well we avail ourselves of our daily salvation.

2 Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.