"BINDING THE HANDS OF JESUS" Part 2 
 

Mar 15:1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests…bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.  
 

We noticed last week that one is guilty of binding the hands of Jesus when they refuse to obey the Gospel message by rejecting His death, burial and resurrection for their sins.  Yet how else are we guilty of hindering our Lord’s work in and through our life? 
 

By refusing to be transformed! 
 

Jesus wants us to be transformed!  A transformation that involves renewal of the mind – and life style 
 

Rom 12:1 -2  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.  
 

This renewal occurs as we read, study, and meditate upon the Word of God - 1 Pe 1:23-2:2; Ph 4:8 
 

But many Christians neglect the very things that bring about this renewing! They allow other things to take precedence in their lives, and in so doing they "bind the hands of Jesus" and do not change! 
 

Are we guilty of this?  We are, if we neglect to study the Bible on our own!  We are, if we fail to take advantage of opportunities to study with others through assembling together with the believers. 
 

By doing these things we neglect the transforming power of the Word of God, and we are just as guilty of "binding the hands of Jesus" as were those who delivered Him to Pilate! 
 

Imagine, hands that formed man from the dust of the ground; hands that were stretched forth to heal the blind eyes; hands that felt the pain of the nails; and hands that can do anything you need done…yet bound, unable to intervene because of a decision to stay the same. 
 

Psa 119:73  JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.