I read a lot of books about the Bible because I just don’t think on the kinds of levels a lot of book writers think at. I have pondered this question for near 35 years and I have never read in the Bible or from any author the answer as to why in as simple but as powerful answer as this. Left on my own this is what happens too often for too long. I had to post it to my blog – #Floored.
I haven’t read these books but I do like this quote from one of these books. I like Peter Enn’s as well. He helps me “Think Differently”….
Experience teaches us to be radically undogmatic…
Renewing the mind begins with repentance. That is the gateway to return to our original assignment on earth. Jesus said, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at 
hand.” To many Christians, repent refers to having an altar call where people come forward and weep at the altar and get right with God. That is a legitimate expression of repentance, but it’s not what the word repentance means. “Re” means to go back. “Pent” is like the penthouse , the top floor of a building. Repent, then, means to go back to God’s perspective on reality. And in that perspective there is a renewal, a reformation that affects our intellect, our emotions, and every part of our lives. Without repentance we remain locked into carnal ways of thinking. When the Bible speaks of carnality, it doesn’t necessarily mean obvious, disgusting sin. Most Christians have no appetite for sin; they don’t want to get drunk or sleep around, but because they live without the demonstrated power of the gospel, many have lost their sense of purpose and gone back to sin. Having a renewed mind is often not an issue of whether or not someone is going to heaven, but of how much of heaven he or she wants in his or her life right now.
Repentance means much more than weeping over sin, or even turning from those sins to follow God. In fact, turning from sin to God is more the result of true repentance than it is the actual act. Repentance means you change your way of thinking. And it’s only in changing the way we think that we can discover the focus of Jesus’ ministry— the Kingdom.
This is not just a heavenly mandate to have happy thoughts. Obeying this command is possible only for those who surrender to the grace of God. The renewed mind is the result of a surrendered heart.
Johnson, Bill (2005-01-28). When Heaven Invades Earth (Kindle Locations 392-396). Destiny Image. Kindle Edition.
Not only did Pontius Pilot have to deal with “This Jesus” he also had these other problems too ! Just interesting history…
We know of at least seven such incidents in the ten years of Pontius Pilate’s procuratorship (AD 26–36): (i)
Pilate tried to bring Roman standards into Jerusalem, but backed down after a mass protest.29 (ii)
He used money from the Temple treasury to build an aqueduct, and crushed the resistance that this action provoked.30 (iii)
He sent troops to kill some Galileans while they were offering sacrifices in the Temple, presumably because he feared a riot.31 (iv)
He captured and condemned to death the leader of an uprising that had taken place in Jerusalem, involving murder; he then released the man as a gesture of goodwill during the Passover feast.32 (v) (Barrabus)
At the same Passover, he faced a quasi-messianic movement, having some association with resistance movements; he crucified its leader along with two ordinary revolutionaries.33 (vi) (Jesus)
He provoked public opinion by placing Roman votive shields, albeit without images, in the palace at Jerusalem, which according to Philo annoyed Tiberius almost as much as it did the Jews.34 (vii)
Finally, he suppressed with particular brutality a popular (and apparently non-revolutionary) prophetic movement in Samaria. For this he was accused before the Roman legate in Syria, who had him sent back to Rome.35
Wright, N. T. (1992-01-01). New Testament People God V1: Christian Origins And The Question Of God (p. 174). Fortress Press. Kindle Edition.