It's unpleasant to think about which face might have been yours or mine in the Matthew 27 story, but we must recognize the truth about ourselves; we must recognize that our face would have been there. More importantly, we must recognize that God's grace has the power to pull us out of that scene, to cleanse us from our guilt & purify us through & through. Yes, we are guilty. But once we recognize our guilt & acknowledge our culpability, we are able to receive God's grace.