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 If you have your Bibles, turn to Mark chapter 15.

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 Haven't you been blessed by this music this morning?

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 Some of you have.

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 If you've ever been in worship and not been blessed by the music,

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 you know the difference.

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 I can promise you that.

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 And we have been blessed this morning.

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 Well, the events of the last week of Christ

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 are the basis of really everything that a Christian places his or her faith on.

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 And I really don't believe that you get the complete message

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 from one event without looking at another event

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 of the events of the last week of Christ.

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 In other words, to understand the significance of the triumphal entry of Christ

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 when he rode through on the donkey

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 and people threw down their garments and palm branches

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 and shouted, Hosanna!

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 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,

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 which was on Palm Sunday, which is today.

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 To understand that, you must see the cross.

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 And to understand the significance and the depth of the meaning of the cross,

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 I believe you have to look at the agonies of the garden.

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 And we've done that together.

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 To understand the triumph of the empty tomb,

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 I believe you have to understand the cross of Christ.

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 Over the last few weeks, we've explored the teachings

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 and the events of the upper room.

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 And we've considered the pressing weight of the garden.

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 And we've even witnessed through Scripture

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 the midnight, unjust scramble of the courts

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 maneuvering to do what they needed to do

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 or wanted to do to Jesus.

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 This morning, we look at the cross of Christ.

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 And to be blunt,

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 it's where all the world changed,

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 was in the cross of Christ.

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 Mark chapter 15,

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 beginning in verse 16.

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 It says,

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 And the soldiers led him away inside the palace.

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 That's the governor's headquarters.

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 And they called together the whole battalion.

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 They clothed him in a purple cloak

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 and twisting together a crown of thorns,

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 they put it on him.

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 They began to salute him.

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 Hail, King of the Jews!

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 They were striking his head

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 with a reed

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 and spitting on him

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 and kneeling down in homage to him.

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 And when they had mocked him,

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 they stripped him of the purple cloak

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 and put his own clothes on him.

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 And they led him out to crucify him.

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 They compelled a passerby,

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 Simon of Cyrene,

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 who was coming in from the country,

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 the father of Alexander and Rufus,

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 to carry his cross.

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 And they brought him to the place called Golgotha,

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 which means the place of a skull.

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 And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh,

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 but he did not take it.

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 And they crucified

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 and divided his garments among them,

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 casting lots for them

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 to decide what each should take.

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 And it was the third hour

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 when they crucified him,

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 and the inscription of the,

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 that's about 9 a.m.,

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 and the inscription of the charge against him

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 read,

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 the king of the Jews.

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 And with him they crucified two robbers,

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 one on his right

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 and one on his left.

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 Now down to verse 33,

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 and it says this,

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 And when the sixth hour had come,

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 there was darkness over the whole land

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 until the ninth hour.

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 And at the ninth hour,

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 Jesus cried out with a loud voice,

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 Eloi, Eloi,

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 lama shebachthani,

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 which means,

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 My God, my God,

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 why have you forsaken me?

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 And some of the bystanders hearing it said,

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 Behold, he's calling Elijah.

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 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine,

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 put it on a reed,

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 and gave it to him to drink,

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 saying,

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 Wait,

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 let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.

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 And Jesus uttered a loud cry

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 and breathed his last,

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 and the curtain of the temple was torn into two

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 from top to bottom.

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 And when the centurion who stood facing him

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 saw that in this way he breathed his last,

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 he said,

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 Truly, this man was the Son of God.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 I pray today that as we look at the events of the cross

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 and the significance of the cross,

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 and we look at the details of it,

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 I pray, dear God,

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 that the details of it will not get in the way

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 of the message of the cross, dear Father.

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 Lord, I also pray that whatever else

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 is in our hearts and lives today

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 that may distract us in the next few moments.

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 God, I pray that you'll remove those things from our mind,

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 that in a Holy Spirit sweep,

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 you'll just allow us to focus

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 on the cross of Christ together.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 As horrible as it is,

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 and I do not want to ever look as if

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 I enjoy talking about such matters,

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 I believe we need to look into the depths of the cross

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 and understand the significance of

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 what the Lord Jesus went through on the cross.

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 Come with me and let's look at the cross of Christ.

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 Come and see the physical agony of the cross.

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 Jesus was battered,

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 he was bruised,

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 he was ridiculed,

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 he was mocked.

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 On his way to the cross,

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 they placed a crown of thorns upon his brow,

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 and they hit him in the head with a reed.

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 Remember a scalp that was already sensitive and sore

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 due to a stress-related malady

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 that he had suffered in the garden.

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 Gospel writer tells us

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 that he was sweating drops of blood,

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 which speaks of hematidrosis,

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 which is a painful, sensitive matter in the face

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 that can only be caused by the worst of stress,

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 and on top of that,

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 they place a crown of thorns upon him,

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 thorns of an inch or two long a piece,

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 drive him into his head

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 by beating him in the head with a stick.

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 John 19, 1 tells us that he was flogged.

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 Flogging was not intended for execution,

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 but instead often was used instead of execution,

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 and at times they would do it along with crucifixion,

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 which they did to Christ.

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 The purpose of the scourging was not to kill a man,

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 but to brutally, painfully humiliate the man.

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 It was meant as a demeaning and a belittling,

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 so much so that the Roman citizens could not even be flogged.

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 They didn't allow them to.

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 They used what they called a flagellum.

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 It was similar to what the British called the cat of nine tails.

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 It was a whip with as many as nine strands coming out from the end of it,

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 and on those leather strands,

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 they were weighed down with pieces of lead or metal or pieces of bone.

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 They were intended to increase the impact of the whip hitting the flesh

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 when brought down in force,

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 as well the depths of the wounds of such a lash absolutely amazed people.

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 Eusebius, an ancient historian, said this.

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 He said,

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 The lacerations were, and I quote,

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 Even to innermost veins and arteries,

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 sometimes the hidden inward parts of the body,

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 both their bowels and their members were exposed to view.

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 Bound to a post, stretched out over a frame,

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 they were beaten from shoulders to legs

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 until the flesh was literally shredded and the inner parts exposed.

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 The Jews limited that to only 40 lashes.

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 And I always say you get your best counting buddy to count for you

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 when you do that,

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 because if they gave more than 40 lashes,

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 they got the same treatment themselves.

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 So there became a trend for the Jews to stop at 39,

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 just in case the old boy might have missed one.

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 But not for the Romans.

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 They didn't care.

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 They could whip you as long as they gauged necessary,

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 and they did.

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 He was then led out to be crucified.

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 The one to be crucified,

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 instead of carrying the whole cross,

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 as we typically have seen,

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 probably in reality carried the horizontal cross beam

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 called the Pertullum,

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 weighed somewhere between 75 and 125 pounds.

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 However, he was not able to carry it.

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 Christ was not able to carry it for long

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 because of the beating that he had endured.

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 And, you know,

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 the Romans loved the exhibition of a man

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 having to struggle under that.

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 So sometimes the Romans,

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 when one would move too slowly with the cross beam,

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 they'd actually tie a rope around him

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 and pull him along the way to help him,

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 to make it more agony.

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 But for Jesus,

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 they got Simon of Cyrene to carry the cross from there,

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 and down the Via Della Rosa,

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 they went out of the city gate

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 into a place called Golgotha,

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 which is Greek for the place of the skull.

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 Later, and you may be familiar with it being called Calvary,

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 that's the Latin term for it.

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 Having reached his destination,

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 his hands were nailed to the crossbar

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 right through the hollow spot above the wrist.

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 If he was actually nailed in the hand,

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 it would have tore through.

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 So instead, they found this hollow part

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 right at the end of what they call the lifeline,

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 and there's a hollow spot there that they hit

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 where there's no vital artery

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 with nails that were about four to five inches long,

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 very similar to a more narrow railroad spike.

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 Those nails symbolized Roman cruelty.

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 Other societies would rope a man to the cross,

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 but not Rome.

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 The crossbar had a hollowed-out cup

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 in the center of it,

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 and that crossbar was lifted up

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 and placed upon the stipes

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 that usually were planted in the ground vertically

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 and stayed there with a point on the end,

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 so it just kind of fit like a log cabin fits together.

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 Or if you don't know what that is, like a Lego.

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 How about that?

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 Fit together.

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 Jesus was then placed in the center

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 as the chief criminal.

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 His greatest agony, however, was as he hung.

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 Jim Bishop wrote a book called

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 The Day Jesus Died,

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 and he described the agony of the cross like this.

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 To be able to breathe,

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 the victim had to stay in constant motion,

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 literally dragging himself up and down

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 until he could no longer.

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 Each time the pain mounted,

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 his arms, his legs, entire torso,

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 screamed in pain.

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 Slowly and steadily, he was being asphyxiated,

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 as if two thumbs were pressing against his throat.

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 Some say the crucified ones died of suffocation.

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 Others, hunger.

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 Still others, sheer exhaustion

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 as their bodies just wore out.

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 End of quote.

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 The Roman soldiers were experts in crucifying.

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 They learned how to do it right,

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 and they also learned that

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 when you bend a man's knees

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 at the proper anger,

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 you could actually prolong his agony.

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 When they were ready for them to die,

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 they would simply shatter the legs of the man

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 who could no longer pull himself up on the cross

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 and therefore would asphyxiate.

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 Death came quickly after that.

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 Now, you may be thinking,

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 why do you share all that?

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 Why all the grotesque?

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 Why deal with that?

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 I don't have to,

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 but I want you to know

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 what Jesus suffered for our sins.

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 Come and see.

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 Not only the physical agony,

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 but come and see the physical darkness

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 because while Christ hung on the cross,

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 the sky strangely turned black,

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 although the time was noon.

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 For three hours,

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 the sky was as dark as night

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 in the middle of the day

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 until about three o'clock when Jesus died.

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 And the moment he died,

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 the earth began to shake.

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 The earthquake was so violent,

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 it says that rocks split.

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 It was not a rumbling.

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 It was more than a typical tremor.

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 And quite honestly,

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 it had to be somewhat horrifying

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 to be standing in that area

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 and to be witnessing

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 such a horrific experience.

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 It was a physical darkness.

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 But quite honestly,

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 I believe the greatest agony

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 and darkness of the cross

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 was not physical,

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 but instead was spiritual.

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 Understand and come and see

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 the physical,

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 the spiritual agony of the cross.

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 Understand that Jesus was sinless

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 and understand that it is sin

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 that restrains us

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 from having a perfect

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 Garden of Eden type experience

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 with the Lord.

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 Jesus had never had a conflict

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 with the Father.

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 Jesus was never,

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 never sinned,

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 was not born into sin,

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 never even had a hindrance

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 in his relationship

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 with the Father.

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 Never did he suffer

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 with understanding

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 what God was up to.

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 He was literally

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 the mind of Christ.

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 He knew exactly

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 what the Father would have.

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 Christ was sinless

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 without any hindrance.

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 That is until

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 he became sin

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 on our behalf.

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 2 Corinthians 5,

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 verse 21

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 puts it this way,

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 for our sake he made him

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 to be sin

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 who knew no sin

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 so that in him

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 we might become

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 the righteousness of God.

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 And for the first time

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 in his life

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 there was a sin hindrance

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 between Christ and the Father

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 as the weight of the world's sins

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 fell upon his shoulders

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 and hid the face of God

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 from him

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 for the first time

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 and he felt forsaken

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 by both God and man.

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 As he was wounded

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 for our transgressions

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 and bruised for our iniquities

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 and faced hell

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 so we don't have to,

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 there had to be

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 a powerful sense

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 of the forsakenness

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 of the Father

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 and it was absolute

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 spiritual agony

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 for the Lord.

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 I told you

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 a couple of weeks ago

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 that that's the cup

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 that he spoke of

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 in the garden

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 and that's what he dreaded

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 the most.

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 The spiritual agony.

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 But in the midst of that

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 I also want you to see

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 the,

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 to come and see

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 the spiritual darkness.

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 because while the sinless

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 Lamb of God

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 is dying for the sins

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 of the world

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 the sky strangely

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 turned black

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 although the time

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 was noon

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 and stayed that way

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 until he died.

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 And in that darkness

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 the soldiers gambled

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 for his clothing.

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 Remember they had

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 taken his clothing off

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 and put a mocking

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 purple robe on him

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 and beat him with it

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 and then took it back off

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 and put his clothes

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 back on him.

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 And then as he hung

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 before he hung

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 they stripped him

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 of those clothing.

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 Scripture tells us

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 that he wore

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 a seamless tunic

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 which is a very nice

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 piece of clothing.

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 Normally it was

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 had seams.

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 And

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 while he died

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 for their sins

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 they gambled

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 for that

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 and the other articles

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 of clothing

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 that he had.

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 While he was dying

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 for their sins

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 they gambled

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 and the sky

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 turned black.

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 As well

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 the very people

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 that he died for

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 came by

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 and hurled insults

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 at him

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 made sarcastic

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 and mocking remarks

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 that if he was

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 so miraculous

00:17:42.140 --> 00:17:42.779
 why don't he

00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:43.660
 save himself?

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 The reason why

00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:46.880
 he didn't save himself

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 is because he was

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 too busy saving them.

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 it was a

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 dark moment.

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 We live in a world

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 of dark moments.

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 We had a dark moment

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 last week

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 or ten days ago

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 when a crazy person

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 went to school

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 in Nashville

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 killed innocent victims.

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 Horrible dark moment.

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 last week

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 the storms

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 that rolled

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 through

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 the dark

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 killed two dozen

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 people in Mississippi

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 and destroyed

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 nearly 2,000 homes

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 and then a revisit

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 of storms

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 just this past

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 Friday night.

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 That's dark.

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 But I want you

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 to understand

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 there has never

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 been

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 one more

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 than the darkness

00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:48.540
 of high noon

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 when the Savior

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:50.220
 hung on the cross

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 for you

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 and me

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 and them

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 and all

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 the world.

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 It is horrible

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 to look at

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 even 2,000

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 years later

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 but I think

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.480
 you have to

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 understand

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:04.500
 the spiritual

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.019
 darkness.

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:09.180
 I am just

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 thankful

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 that it

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 don't stop

00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:12.940
 there

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 because if

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 it did

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 I wouldn't

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 have told

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:17.799
 you all

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 of that

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 and honestly

00:19:20.820 --> 00:19:21.140
 I wouldn't

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 be standing

00:19:21.560 --> 00:19:21.940
 here doing

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.200
 what I'm

00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:22.460
 doing.

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 I want

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 you to

00:19:25.060 --> 00:19:25.400
 come and

00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:25.779
 see the

00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.220
 spiritual

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:26.820
 hope

00:19:26.820 --> 00:19:28.860
 that comes

00:19:28.860 --> 00:19:29.180
 from the

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 cross

00:19:29.560 --> 00:19:32.580
 because there's

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 a wonderful

00:19:33.060 --> 00:19:33.900
 spiritual hope

00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:34.180
 in this

00:19:34.180 --> 00:19:34.560
 passage

00:19:34.560 --> 00:19:35.019
 that I

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:36.360
 don't want

00:19:36.360 --> 00:19:36.620
 you to

00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:37.039
 miss

00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.759
 at all

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.220
 and that

00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:38.480
 is

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:38.940
 eternal

00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:39.460
 life.

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 It's in

00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:42.380
 Luke chapter

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:43.259
 23 verse

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:44.680
 39 and

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.079
 it says

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.360
 this

00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:45.880
 one of

00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:46.500
 the criminals

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.019
 who were

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:48.720
 hanged

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:49.460
 railed at

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:49.920
 him saying

00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:50.400
 are you not

00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:50.980
 the Christ

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.880
 save yourself

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:52.440
 and us

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.160
 but the

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.880
 other rebuked

00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:54.200
 him and

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:55.059
 said do

00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.440
 you not

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.140
 fear God

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:56.599
 since you

00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:56.920
 are under

00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:57.440
 the same

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:57.900
 sentence

00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.900
 of condemnation

00:19:58.900 --> 00:20:02.580
 and we

00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:02.940
 indeed

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.560
 justly

00:20:03.560 --> 00:20:03.940
 for we

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.080
 are

00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:04.460
 receiving

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:04.660
 the

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.259
 reward

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.580
 of our

00:20:05.580 --> 00:20:05.940
 deeds

00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.519
 for this

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:06.900
 man has

00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.080
 done

00:20:07.080 --> 00:20:07.360
 nothing

00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:07.720
 wrong

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.060
 and he

00:20:08.060 --> 00:20:08.259
 said

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.620
 Jesus

00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:09.660
 remember

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:09.900
 me

00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:10.180
 when you

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.400
 come

00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:10.720
 into your

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:10.980
 kingdom

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.300
 and he

00:20:11.300 --> 00:20:11.440
 said

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:11.920
 truly I

00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.220
 say to

00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:12.320
 you

00:20:12.320 --> 00:20:12.660
 today

00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.160
 you

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:13.340
 will

00:20:13.340 --> 00:20:13.600
 be

00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:13.860
 with

00:20:13.860 --> 00:20:14.240
 me

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.860
 in

00:20:14.860 --> 00:20:15.380
 paradise

00:20:15.380 --> 00:20:16.420
 I want

00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:16.600
 you to

00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:16.920
 understand

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:17.400
 the spiritual

00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:17.880
 hope is

00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:18.220
 eternal

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.740
 life

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.500
 in Christ

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:21.000
 he gave

00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.380
 eternal

00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:21.920
 life

00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:23.520
 to

00:20:23.520 --> 00:20:24.780
 a robber

00:20:24.780 --> 00:20:25.040
 and a

00:20:25.040 --> 00:20:25.560
 bandit

00:20:25.560 --> 00:20:26.520
 that hung

00:20:26.520 --> 00:20:27.440
 beside him

00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:28.440
 Matthew 27

00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:29.020
 verse 44

00:20:29.020 --> 00:20:29.580
 tells us

00:20:29.580 --> 00:20:30.020
 that the

00:20:30.020 --> 00:20:30.540
 robbers of

00:20:30.540 --> 00:20:30.960
 the bandits

00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.440
 on both

00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:31.880
 sides of

00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:32.400
 him were

00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:32.980
 insulting

00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:33.860
 Christ on

00:20:33.860 --> 00:20:34.480
 the cross

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:36.340
 they joined

00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:37.460
 in with the

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.260
 crowd taunting

00:20:38.260 --> 00:20:39.000
 this so-called

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.400
 king and

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:39.980
 then something

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.840
 happened one

00:20:40.840 --> 00:20:41.140
 of them

00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:42.380
 suddenly changed

00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:43.020
 his attitude

00:20:43.020 --> 00:20:43.680
 and thought

00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.180
 and when the

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.780
 other taunted

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.480
 he corrected

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:45.920
 him

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:47.139
 and Luke

00:20:47.139 --> 00:20:47.980
 23 says

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:49.079
 that he said

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.339
 to him

00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:49.759
 do you not

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.420
 fear God

00:20:50.420 --> 00:20:50.899
 since you're

00:20:50.899 --> 00:20:51.279
 under the

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:51.819
 same sentence

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.660
 of condemnation

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.839
 what changed

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.500
 that man

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:57.740
 what happened

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.279
 in the midst

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:58.799
 of that

00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:00.899
 I believe

00:21:00.899 --> 00:21:01.359
 it was what

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:01.680
 he saw

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.180
 for the first

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.440
 time

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.960
 and that was

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.500
 he saw a

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.039
 king for the

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.559
 first time

00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:06.059
 he saw the

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.799
 Christ for the

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.359
 first time

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:08.200
 for the first

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:08.980
 time it was

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.599
 sinking in

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.019
 that this

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.980
 God man

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:12.139
 was real

00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:15.259
 but secondly

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.680
 I want you

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:15.940
 to notice

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.480
 the silence

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.480
 Jesus never

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 sparred back

00:21:18.300 --> 00:21:19.100
 he let them

00:21:19.100 --> 00:21:19.900
 waggle their

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 tongues

00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:21.460
 however

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:23.120
 thank God

00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:24.040
 however it

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 happened

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 he saw

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 Jesus

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 he submitted

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 himself to

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 Christ

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.360
 asked for

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 mercy

00:21:32.780 --> 00:21:33.680
 and Jesus

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 said

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 remember

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.780
 he said

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 Jesus

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:36.820
 remember me

00:21:36.820 --> 00:21:37.080
 when you

00:21:37.080 --> 00:21:37.360
 come into

00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:37.740
 your kingdom

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.440
 and Jesus

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:38.880
 replied

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.440
 today you

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:39.759
 shall be

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.040
 with me

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 in paradise

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 and theologians

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.879
 have tried to

00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:44.339
 figure out

00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:45.019
 where paradise

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 is

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 it's fascinating

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 to hear their

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 conversation

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.779
 you know what's

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.259
 most important

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.559
 to me

00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:50.319
 paradise

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:50.559
 is where

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 Jesus is

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 because he

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:51.920
 says today

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 you shall be

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 with me

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 in paradise

00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:56.039
 salvation

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 came to that

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 man that

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 day

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 and that

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 gives hope

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 to all that

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 we meet

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 no matter

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 your circumstances

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 no matter

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 your lifestyle

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.180
 no matter

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.619
 the good

00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:06.180
 choices in

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.559
 your life

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:06.879
 no matter

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.299
 the bad

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.799
 choices in

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 your life

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 it's not

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 the will

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:09.440
 of God

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 that any

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.720
 should perish

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.200
 but that

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.799
 all should

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.240
 come

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.460
 to have

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 eternal

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.180
 life

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:15.799
 it means

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 so much

00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:16.460
 more to

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 Christ

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.240
 that he

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:17.640
 gave

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.400
 it means

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:18.799
 so much

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.220
 to Christ

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.519
 that he

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:19.940
 gave his

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.339
 life

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.700
 for you

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.220
 to have

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 that

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 opportunity

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 and if

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 he'll save

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 a hardened

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 convicted

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 criminal

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 on his

00:22:27.620 --> 00:22:27.960
 death

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.440
 cross

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 don't you

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.240
 dare wonder

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.539
 whether

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:31.279
 Christ is

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.700
 willing to

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.140
 save you

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.680
 or not

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:34.019
 he died

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.680
 for you

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:38.180
 he bore

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.759
 the cross

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.339
 for you

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 I'm

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:44.639
 thankful

00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:45.000
 for the

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.259
 eternal

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:45.599
 life

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:45.859
 that he

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.240
 gives

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:48.759
 but I'm

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.019
 also

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.399
 thankful

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:49.799
 for the

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 eternal

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.740
 access

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:53.799
 because when

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.399
 the earthquake

00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:55.059
 at that

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.619
 moment he

00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:56.079
 died

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 rocks

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.299
 split

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 it was

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.259
 so violent

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:58.859
 that scripture

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 says

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 that it

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 tore

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 the veil

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.220
 in the

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 holy of

00:23:02.699 --> 00:23:03.099
 holies

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 in half

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:06.339
 that curtain

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.619
 was 60

00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.159
 feet

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 long

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 and 30

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.059
 feet

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 wide

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 and they

00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:12.799
 say that

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 it was

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:14.559
 as wide

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.119
 as the

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 palm of

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 a man's

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 hand

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 and yet

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 in the midst

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.000
 of that

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.319
 earthquake

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:24.159
 it split

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 tore all

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 the way

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 and what's

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.399
 fascinating to

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:27.799
 me about

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 that is

00:23:28.179 --> 00:23:28.799
 is that

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.220
 it ripped

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.079
 from top

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:31.339
 to bottom

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.899
 it would

00:23:32.899 --> 00:23:33.139
 have made

00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:33.379
 a lot

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:33.759
 of sense

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.019
 in an

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.319
 earthquake

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.779
 if the

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.139
 ground

00:23:35.139 --> 00:23:35.740
 split

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.939
 so much

00:23:36.939 --> 00:23:37.240
 that it

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.779
 caused the

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.079
 curtain

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:39.179
 to split

00:23:39.179 --> 00:23:39.899
 as well

00:23:39.899 --> 00:23:41.079
 that would

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.899
 make sense

00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:44.099
 but the

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.659
 veil was

00:23:44.659 --> 00:23:44.980
 ripped

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.480
 from top

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:45.779
 to bottom

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.419
 the veil

00:23:46.419 --> 00:23:46.939
 was ripped

00:23:46.939 --> 00:23:47.659
 by God

00:23:47.659 --> 00:23:49.139
 as the

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.539
 earth

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.799
 quaked

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:52.839
 by God

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:54.599
 in the

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:54.919
 midst of

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 the darkness

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 by God

00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:59.980
 what a

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:01.519
 horrible

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.200
 experience

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.039
 to live

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.480
 through

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:05.920
 but the

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.559
 Hebrew writer

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.059
 tells us

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.400
 what that

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:07.860
 means

00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:10.920
 Hebrews

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.640
 chapter 10

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:13.759
 verses 19

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.279
 through 25

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.900
 says this

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:16.420
 therefore

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.079
 brothers

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:19.240
 since we

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.920
 have confidence

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.480
 to enter the

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.200
 holy places

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.839
 by the blood

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.380
 of Jesus

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:23.880
 by the new

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.339
 and living

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.920
 way that he

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.599
 opened for us

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:25.900
 through the

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.180
 curtain

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.559
 that is

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.019
 through his

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.660
 flesh

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:29.380
 and since

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:29.820
 we have a

00:24:29.820 --> 00:24:30.480
 great priest

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.960
 over the

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.420
 house of

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:31.600
 God

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.440
 let us

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.900
 draw near

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.860
 with a true

00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.360
 heart and

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:36.180
 full assurance

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.660
 of faith

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.240
 with our

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.560
 hearts

00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:38.460
 sprinkled

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:38.940
 clean

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.380
 from an

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:39.880
 evil

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.420
 conscience

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:40.779
 and our

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.100
 bodies

00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:41.620
 washed

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:42.080
 with pure

00:24:42.080 --> 00:24:42.500
 water

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:44.180
 and let us

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.960
 hold fast

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.620
 the confession

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:45.960
 of our

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.440
 faith without

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.000
 wavering

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.759
 for he who

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.220
 promised

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:49.000
 is faithful

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:50.180
 and let

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:51.200
 us consider

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.640
 how to

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.560
 stir one

00:24:52.560 --> 00:24:53.019
 another

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:54.019
 to love

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.620
 and good

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:55.019
 works

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.940
 not neglecting

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.480
 to meet

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:56.920
 together

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:58.080
 as too

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.740
 many are

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.080
 in the

00:24:59.080 --> 00:24:59.580
 habit of

00:24:59.580 --> 00:24:59.920
 doing

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:01.640
 but encouraging

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.259
 one another

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.259
 and all the

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.860
 more as you

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.539
 see the day

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.960
 drawing near

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:07.980
 it is because

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.740
 of Christ

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.320
 my friend

00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:10.200
 that we can

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.820
 approach the

00:25:10.820 --> 00:25:11.600
 throne of God

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:12.500
 forgiven

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.700
 clean

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:15.019
 and we can

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:16.039
 enter boldly

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:19.440
 we can stand

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:20.200
 strong in our

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.640
 faith

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:22.400
 and we can

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.380
 we can trust

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:23.880
 the word of

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.240
 God

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.980
 because he

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.440
 does

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:28.400
 what he

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:28.960
 says

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:30.240
 he'll do

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:32.760
 he's faithful

00:25:32.760 --> 00:25:33.220
 to his

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.760
 promises

00:25:33.760 --> 00:25:36.300
 and understanding

00:25:36.300 --> 00:25:37.820
 that what he's

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.520
 done for us

00:25:38.520 --> 00:25:39.200
 and understanding

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.060
 how he's faithful

00:25:40.060 --> 00:25:40.840
 to his promises

00:25:40.840 --> 00:25:41.800
 and understanding

00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:42.560
 that whatever

00:25:42.560 --> 00:25:43.440
 tomorrow holds

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.160
 he's already

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.380
 there

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:45.200
 understanding

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.520
 all that

00:25:45.520 --> 00:25:46.320
 it ought to

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:47.320
 stir us up

00:25:47.320 --> 00:25:50.580
 it ought to

00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:51.120
 change our

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.740
 lives

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:53.200
 and as

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.620
 Christians

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.380
 we ought to

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.039
 we ought to

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.680
 stir each

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.059
 other up

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:57.019
 to encourage

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:58.799
 each other

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.120
 in our

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.400
 faith

00:25:59.400 --> 00:25:59.940
 it ought to

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.539
 encourage us

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:00.980
 to invite

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.460
 others to

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.859
 come to

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.220
 Christ

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:03.000
 through the

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.400
 work of

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:04.019
 the cross

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:08.279
 come and

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.539
 see

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:11.120
 the cross

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.799
 of Christ

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:14.480
 it'll change

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.099
 your life

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:16.859
 for all

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.339
 eternity

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:19.799
 with every

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.279
 head bowed

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.539
 and every

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.179
 eye closed

00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:24.079
 I want to

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.619
 ask you

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:26.439
 if you've

00:26:26.439 --> 00:26:26.919
 ever surrendered

00:26:26.919 --> 00:26:27.359
 your heart

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:27.740
 and life

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.000
 to the

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.500
 Lord Jesus

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.099
 Christ

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:30.319
 has there

00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:30.619
 ever been a

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.119
 time when

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.439
 you can go

00:26:31.439 --> 00:26:32.000
 back to

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.720
 where you've

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.500
 committed your

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 life to

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 Christ

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 confess that

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 you'd sinned

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 ask him to

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 forgive you

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 and promise

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 to live for

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 him

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 none of us

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 have done that

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 sufficiently

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 living for

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 him but

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 it all

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 begins with

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 the first

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 step

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 and if

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 you've never

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 taken that

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 first step

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 or unsure

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 about that

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 first step

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 to come to

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 Christ

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 I want you

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 to know

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 today's the

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 day of

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 salvation

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 if you'll

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 come to

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 him today

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 he'll save

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 you

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 he'll change

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 you

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 that yearning

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 that you have

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 within you

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 to make a

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 decision for

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 Christ

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 didn't come

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 from you

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 it came

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 from him

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 he's calling

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 you to

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 himself

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 maybe you're

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 here this

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 morning and

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 you do know

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 that you're

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 a Christian

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 but the

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 reality is

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 your life

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 is not a

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 life of

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 the cross

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 as he told

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 us to deny

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 ourselves and

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 pick up our

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 cross and

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 carry it

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 daily

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 is your

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 life reflected

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 of the cross

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 Christian

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 or is today

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 a day of

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 renewal for

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 you

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 I want

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 you to know

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 that you can

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 renew your

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 life right

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 where you

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 are

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 you can

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.240
 have a

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.819
 pastor pray

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.240
 for you

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 or you can

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:50.079
 just come to

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 this altar

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 and lay it

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 down before

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 God

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 but I

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 encourage you

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 to not let

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 anything be a

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:57.939
 hindrance in

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 your life when

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 you leave

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 here and

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 you'll walk

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 with the

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 Lord

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 maybe you're

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 here and

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:05.779
 you're visiting

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 with us this

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 morning and

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 God's drawing

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 you to be a

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 part of this

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.460
 church how

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.019
 we'd love for

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.339
 you to be a

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 part of our

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.039
 fellowship

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 I encourage

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 you to come

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 we'd love to

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 guide you in

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.299
 that process

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.680
 or maybe

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.119
 you're here

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:16.200
 and you've

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 given your

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:18.839
 heart and

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.200
 life to the

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.579
 Lord Jesus

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 but you've

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.720
 never publicly

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.279
 acknowledged it

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.579
 it was a

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.259
 private decision

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 that you made

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 and you've

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.539
 never shared

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:23.859
 that with

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.299
 anybody

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 you need to

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 be baptized

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 you just come

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 say pastor

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 I know I'm

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 saved but I

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.399
 need to be

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 baptized as a

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.440
 believer

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 and we'll

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:37.940
 guide you in

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 that

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 we're going

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 to stand

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 right after

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 I pray

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 and we're

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.059
 going to

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 sing but

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.900
 more important

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.339
 than singing

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 I encourage

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.240
 you to be

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 obedient and

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.339
 follow him

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 heavenly father

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 I love you

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 and I thank

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:48.880
 you dear God

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.400
 for the love

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 that you have

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 for us and

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 I ask right

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 now father

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 that you'll

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 work and

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.900
 you'll move

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 in the hearts

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 and lives of

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 each individual

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 in this place

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 and help us

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 to be obedient

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 to follow you

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 as you lead

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.940
 us oh God

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 I pray

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 in Jesus name

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:02.700
 amen