The Jews charged that Jesus claimed to be king of the Jews. Pilate asked Jesus if He was the king of the Jews, to which he responds, “Yes, it is as you say.” A charge is made. A confession is made. It seems to be an open and shut case. Yet, Pilate still tells the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.” Why? Was it because Pilate saw that the charges were trumped up? Was it because He had a secret faith in Christ? No, he was merely disinterested. He just didn’t care about Jesus and didn’t want to be bothered with dealing with Him.
One of the greatest challenges that we face in sharing the good news of Christ isn’t that people will oppose us, it’s that they will be disinterested. Some people just don’t care about Jesus. They would rather not think about faith. How do we share our faith with a disinterested audience? It’s hard, but not impossible. We must help them to see the importance of faith in their lives and see the necessity to deal with Jesus. We must help them to see that they can’t not decide or their decision is made, the decision against Christ.
