John 19:21-22, “And so the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, do not write The King of the Jews, but that He said I am the King of the Jews. Pilate answered what I have written, I have written.” John 18:33-34 says, “Pilate, therefore, entered again into the Praetorium and summoned Jesus and said to Him “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Are you saying this of your own initiative or did others tell you about Me?” Many have heard about Jesus. About how Jesus was born of a virgin, died on the cross, and rose from the dead. At Christmas time we hear about the birth of Christ. We see the scenes all over of a child laying in a manger. But do you know that wise men journeyed from the east, arrived in Jerusalem to ask, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and came to worship Him.” The star which they had seen in the east went before them and stood over where the Child was. John 1:15 says, “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being by Him and apart from Him nothing came into being. In Him was life and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not comprehend it.” When Pilate was asking Jesus “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus asked Pilate if he was asking of his own initiative or what other had told him. This is important as in verse 37 Jesus answers Pilate. “Pilate therefore said to Him, “so You are a King? Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a King for this I have been born and for this I have come into the world to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth, hears my voice.” We can hear about Jesus, but do we recognize that He is the King of the Jews? That He is the one sent to be the light of life? Until we can say this of our own initiative, we cannot begin to know the significance of Jesus Christ.