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 Father, we confess before you that we flatter ourselves too much to detect or hate our own sin.

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 We confess before you that it could have been our hands that nailed your son's hands to the cross,

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 that it could have been our mouths which join with the soldiers or the priests in mocking you,

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 that, Father, we could very well have been these people,

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 and we could very well, Father, have agreed with everything they did.

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 So, Father, we confess before you that we flatter ourselves too much to detect or hate our own sin.

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 We ask, Father, that your Holy Spirit would gently but deeply come upon us,

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 that your Holy Spirit would gently and deeply move amongst us,

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 that you would create within us, Father, a pliable, tender hearts

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 that are receptive and responsive to your word and to the moving of your Holy Spirit,

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 that you would create within us, Father, a desire to see just how great and full of grace Jesus is

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 and what he accomplished for us,

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 and that you would fan into flame within us a deep longing and yearning to follow him,

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 to obey him, to be available to him, to be more like him,

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 and to live to bring you glory.

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 Father, you know that there's things in our hearts that don't want to do any of those things,

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 so we ask for a mighty work of your Holy Spirit in our midst,

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 as we read and think about your word and think about your Son.

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 And this we ask in Jesus' name, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Amen.

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 So, some of you know that I go to Starbucks sometimes.

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 And so a couple of months ago, a fellow that I've gotten to know in a Starbucks who's a Christian,

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 he said he wanted to talk to me about a problem that he was having.

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 And the problem was that about a month earlier, whatever it was,

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 a group of guys were together, and the guys were joking the way guys joke.

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 And I'll call them Andy and Bob.

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 And Andy, completely made up names, okay?

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 Andy and Bob.

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 It helps me to remember A and B.

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 That's why I chose Andy and Bob.

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 And so Andy, I guess, during the course of them joking around,

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 said a couple of things that deeply wounded Bob.

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 And so Bob sent an email a couple of days later.

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 And in the email, he told Andy that some of the things that Andy had said

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 had really, really, really cut him to the quick and really hurt him.

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 And so Andy gets the email.

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 And I mean, this is what he's telling me, right?

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 And so Andy gets the email, and he immediately fires off an email back to Bob

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 and apologizes for what he did.

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 Said he didn't mean it, didn't mean to hurt it,

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 but he could see now that it probably did hurt him.

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 And he asked, you know, he said, I'm really, really sorry.

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 You know, can we maybe talk about this?

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 Because I want to be friends.

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 Bob responded that he'd been hurt too deeply to forgive Andy.

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 And you know the way these things go.

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 This has probably happened to you.

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 Bob didn't just leave it like that.

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 But Bob added a couple of zingers about Andy,

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 about what Andy's character was like and how Andy acted.

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 And Andy, he got this zinger back, and he was hurt by it,

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 but he decided that he would just reiterate his apology

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 and not respond to the zingers.

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 And so he fired back an email again,

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 and once again just reiterating that he was really sorry.

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 He wouldn't do it again.

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 He hoped he'd never do it again.

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 Could they talk?

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 Bob sent back another email after a little while,

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 saying, no, I don't want to talk.

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 You've really hurt me.

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 I'm really angry at you still.

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 And then, of course, Bob added a couple of extra zingers.

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 And this went on for a little while.

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 Bob not answering the phone call, Andy leaving messages.

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 And so Andy asked me what he should do.

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 The gospel text that we just looked at,

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 just read a couple of moments ago,

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 has a lot of very interesting things to teach us

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 about this particular situation.

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 And all of us have probably been in similar types of situations.

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 If we're honest, sometimes we've been the Andy,

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 and sometimes we've been the Bob.

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 So it would be a great help to me if you would open your Bibles,

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 and let's just look at this story

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 and see what the story of the death of Jesus upon the cross

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 and his burial have to teach us about this story that I've just told you,

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 a true story about Andy and Bob.

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 And so we're going to begin reading it.

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 It's Luke chapter 23, if you've forgotten what the text was,

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 and we're going to begin reading it, the 26th verse.

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 And what's just happened before,

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 if you remember from two weeks ago,

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 is three weeks ago we looked at how the Jewish leadership

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 did an inquiry into Jesus.

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 They came to the conclusion.

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 They already knew.

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 They were just looking for evidence to get him guilty of something

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 that would be a capital offense.

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 And then two weeks ago we looked at the inquiry of Pilate and Herod,

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 and Pilate and Herod had concluded that Jesus was innocent.

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 He was sort of very foolish and impractical, but he was innocent.

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 But because of utilitarian ethics, which, by the way,

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 is what most Canadians practice and how they understand right and wrong,

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 but by utilitarian ethics they decided it was a lot easier just to have Jesus die.

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 Pilate decided it was a lot easier for Jesus to die

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 than to have all the other problems.

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 And so that's where the story continues in verse 26.

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 And as they led Jesus away,

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 they seized one Simon of Cyrene,

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 who was coming in from the country,

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 and laid on him the cross to carry it behind Jesus.

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 Just sort of pause there for a very little second.

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 Simon's from Africa.

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 Just so you know, Simon's from Africa.

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 So it's an African who carries the cross beam for Jesus the rest of the way

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 to this place of the skull.

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 Verse 27.

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 And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women

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 who were mourning and lamenting for Jesus.

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 But turning to them, Jesus said,

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 Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me,

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 but weep for yourselves and for your children.

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 For behold, the days are coming when they will say,

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 Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore

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 and the breasts that never nursed.

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 Then they will begin to say to the mountains,

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 Fall on us and to the hills, cover us.

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 For if they do these things when the wood is green,

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 what will happen when it is dry?

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 And just sort of pause, keep your finger here for a second.

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 Some of you might, if you know the Bible very well,

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 you can hear echoes of the book of Revelation there,

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 and you can hear echoes of different Old Testament texts in there.

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 But the thing I just wanted to do as we pause

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 is that this prediction of Jesus comes true

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 33 to 36 years after he speaks it.

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 And it's 33 to 36 because it's not clear

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 whether Jesus is crucified in the year 30 or the year 33.

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 There's evidence that can go both ways.

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 But what we do know is that in the year 66,

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 the war of the Jews against the Romans began.

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 And it was to be interrupted, but it was to go over four years.

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 And the Jewish people were to lose that war very badly.

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 The city of Jerusalem would eventually be completely and utterly destroyed.

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 Over a million Jewish people would die in the war

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 and over 100,000 would be taken into slavery

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 and spread across the empire.

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 And so the words of Jesus are fulfilled 33 to 36 years

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 after he speaks them.

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 Now, just before we sort of keep reading,

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 one of the things you've already maybe noticed

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 is that there's, Luke seems to leave some stuff out of his gospel.

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 And maybe it's a little,

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 and I know sometimes when I talk to people in places like Starbucks

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 and all about the Bible,

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 they'll mention how the different accounts in the gospel

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 seem to contradict each other.

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 I just want to say to you that Luke does leave things out

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 that others talk about,

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 but there's actually no contradictions.

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 It would be another talk,

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 like maybe a Saturday morning or an evening exercise

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 to take the four different historical records

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 of the death of Jesus, his crucifixion,

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 and show you how there's different types of narratives

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 that all would equally put all of the verses together.

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 But Luke, just because of the way he's telling his story,

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 he chooses to bring certain things in and leave others out.

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 So, for instance, he leaves out that Jesus began by carrying the cross.

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 He leaves out that Jesus had been scourged and stuff like that.

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 But that's just quite normal.

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 Yesterday, there was about nine or ten of us who were involved,

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 or eleven of us, who were involved in the big give in Ottawa.

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 And if afterwards you were to talk to a couple of us about what happened,

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 we all wouldn't tell you the exact same thing.

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 We're all there.

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 None of us are lying.

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 None of us are hiding anything.

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 None of us are trying to create contradictions.

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 But we didn't get together and we'd just tell you different things.

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 Maybe the things from our perception that were the most telling

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 or the most interesting thing about the day.

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 And that's what happens here with the four historical writers.

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 Luke has the particular points that he wants to bring out.

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 And so that's why we see some differences in the different accounts.

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 But it's been known for 1,800, 1,900 years,

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 Christians have effortlessly put these different bits and pieces together

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 to make different types of, to make a narrative that makes sense.

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 So, you know, you don't have to be worried about it

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 because we're about to come to something that only Luke records.

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 All four of the historical records of the death of Jesus

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 all mention that he was crucified between two criminals.

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 But only Luke is to record what we next see in verse 39,

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 or sorry, verse 32.

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 Two others who were criminals were led away to be put to death with Jesus.

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 And when they came to the place that is called the skull,

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 there they crucified him and the criminals,

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 one on his right and one on his left.

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 And Jesus said, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.

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 And just sort of pause there for a second.

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 We're going to actually spend a good part of this sermon

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 looking just at that verse, that little part of a verse.

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 But, you know, what I'm going to do,

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 I want us to see the whole story because, you know,

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 one of the things which people who have maybe been involved

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 in more conservative types of Christian churches,

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 and then they leave, maybe to just become spiritual,

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 I shouldn't say just, to become spiritual but not religious,

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 or to become part of a church which practices more a residual form of Christianity

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 rather than full, vibrant Christianity.

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 They'll often complain that Christians take things out of context.

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 And so what I want to do is,

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 even though we're going to spend a good chunk of time

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 meditating upon these words of Jesus upon the cross,

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 I want us to see the full context,

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 the full story of what happened,

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 so that when we come back and we spend some time meditating upon these few words,

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 Father, forgive them for they know not what they do,

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 we can, in a sense, grasp the full power of it

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 and see that I'm not going to say anything that is out of context with the text.

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 So we'll see that again.

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 Verse 34,

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 And Jesus said,

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 Father, forgive them for they know not what they do,

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 and they cast lots to divide his garments.

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 And just pause.

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 The implication of this text is that Jesus was crucified naked.

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 In other words, this picture here is wrong.

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 Wrong.

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 Jesus also probably didn't have blonde hair,

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 and he was probably pretty hairy.

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 But, you know, apart from that,

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 he was probably crucified naked

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 because part of the whole purpose of crucifixion

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 was not only to create a very, very horrible form of death,

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 but the reason it was reserved to slaves in the lowest orders in the Roman Empires

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 is because it was to humiliate the person as much as possible.

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 Verse 35,

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 And the people stood by watching,

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 but the rulers scoffed at him, saying,

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 He saved others.

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 Let him save himself,

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 if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one.

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 The soldiers also mocked him,

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 coming up and offering him sour wine.

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 In other words, they present him wine as if he's a king, you know,

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 and saying,

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 If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.

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 There was also an inscription over him.

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 This is the king of the Jews.

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 And you see that the Jewish leaders mock him

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 because he claims to be the Messiah,

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 and the soldiers mock him because he claims to be a king,

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 as if there could be any king

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 that can defy the emperor,

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 the great Caesar, who is also a god.

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 And we see that Jesus dies upon the cross

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 as the king of the Jews.

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 Just to reiterate something I said very briefly two weeks ago,

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 no Christian should ever be anti-Semitic

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 because a Christian has given

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 his or her life

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 to the king of the Jews.

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 No Christian should ever have

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 any anti-Semitism in their life

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 because we give ourselves

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 to the king of the Jews.

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 That's how he dies.

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 So,

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 we're about now to see something

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 as we start to read the next few verses

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 as we go into

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 verse 39.

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 There's some gruesome images

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 sort of just very, very briefly,

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 you know, put into the text.

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 It's a very, very simple word

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 that actually is a very gruesome image.

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 It's verse 39.

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 One of the criminals who are hanged

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 railed at him.

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 This is just reminding us

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 that Jesus is literally

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 hanging from the wood.

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 And he's not hanging from the wood

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 because he's gripping it with his hands

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 and hanging,

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 but the nails

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 have been put just

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 underneath,

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 sort of there.

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 And he's literally

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 hanging from the cross

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 because the nails

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 are holding him there.

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 So,

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 in the next little bit

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 as we,

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 it's part of the thing

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 which is so striking

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 about the text

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 is that one man

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 who's also hanging,

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 hanging by nails

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 and his blood is dripping down

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 on the ground

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 and all of that

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 and he's going to be

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 mocking Jesus

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 just as the chief priests

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 and just as the soldiers did.

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 And another man

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 on the other side of Jesus

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 who's also literally

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 being held up

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 on the cross by nails

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 and his blood

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 is dripping down

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 and he's going to have

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 a conversion.

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 You know,

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 I said to you

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 that there's these

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 different accounts

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 in the Gospels

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 and they're all,

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 they're four historical records

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 of the death

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 and resurrection of Jesus

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 and they don't all tell you

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 the same things

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 and only Luke

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 tells you this

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 particular detail.

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 The other three

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 or two of the other three

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 will tell you

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 that both thieves

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 mocked Jesus.

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 And one of the Gospels

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 will tell you

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 that Jesus was

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 in a sense

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 nailed to the cross

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 at around 9 a.m.

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 in the morning.

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 John's Gospel,

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 the time's given different

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 because it uses

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 a different time system.

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 It's like the difference

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 between those of us

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 who use a,

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 you know,

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 12 hours

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 versus a 24-hour clock.

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 You know,

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 that some people

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 will say it's,

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 you know,

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 1,300 hours

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 as opposed to

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 1 o'clock in the afternoon.

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 John has a different way

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 of keeping the time

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 than the other

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 three Gospel writers

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 and it's clear

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 that in Mark

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 that Jesus is crucified

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 at 9 a.m.

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 and it's clear

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 in Mark and Matthew

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 that from 9 a.m.

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 till approximately noon

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 that both thieves

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 are going to mock Jesus.

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 but the Bible

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 doesn't tell us why

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 but it just tells us

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 that for some reason

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 both are hanging

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 from the cross,

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 both are dying,

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 both are completely

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 and utterly humiliated

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 in front of the crowd

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 and one man's response

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 to this

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 is to pick on Jesus

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 and another man's response

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 was to pick on Jesus

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 but for some reason

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 which we do not know,

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 somewhere between

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 9 in the morning

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 and noon

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 the second man's heart

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 was changed

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 and it's actually

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 a credit

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 to show

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 the historical

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 nature of this account

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 is that

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 Luke doesn't tell us

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 why he changed his mind

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 because how could he tell us

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 how he changed his mind?

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 He could only tell us

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 how he changed his mind.

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 Luke could only tell us

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 how he changed his mind

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 if the man survived

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 and then could sit down

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 with Luke over a glass of wine

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 and say,

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 oh yeah,

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 I was on the cross

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 and this really struck me

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 and this really struck me

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 and this really struck me

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 and it felt like the Holy Spirit

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 coming upon me

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 but no,

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 we don't know that

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 because as we know

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 sometime after this

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 the man after never leaving the cross

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 is going to die

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 and so nobody can ask the man

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 why is it that you changed?

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 All we can see

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 is that Luke records

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 that for some reason

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 that one man

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 seeing the same thing

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 that everybody else sees

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 and experiencing the same thing

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 that the other thief sees

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 that he has

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 a profound and deep change

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 in his life.

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 Listen to it here.

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 Verse 39.

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 One of the criminals

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 who were hanged

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 railed at Jesus saying,

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 are you not the Christ?

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 Save yourself and us.

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 But the other rebuked him saying,

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 do you not fear God

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 since you are under

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 the same sentence

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 of condemnation

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 and we indeed justly?

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 For we are receiving

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 the due reward

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 of our deeds

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 but this man

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 has done nothing wrong.

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 Here's this

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 profound act of faith.

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 It's one of the most

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 touching moments

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 I think

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 in all of the Gospels

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 these next couple of verses.

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 And the thief says,

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 Jesus,

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 remember the man

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 is hanging on the cross.

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 The blood from his back

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 and the blood

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 from his arms

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 and the blood

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 from his feet

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 are dripping on the ground.

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 And that's what Jesus

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 is happening to Jesus as well.

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 And the thief says,

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 Jesus,

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 remember me

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 when you come

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 into your kingdom.

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 And one of the things

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 which is so remarkable

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 about this

00:19:00.820 --> 00:19:01.320
 is that

00:19:01.320 --> 00:19:03.000
 in the original language

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:04.680
 he just

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 has this trust

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 in Jesus

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 within the

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 Jewish religious terms

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 that aren't really

00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.980
 quite what God's

00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.480
 going to do

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 and Jesus

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 doesn't then say to him,

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 oh dear man,

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 you've just failed

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 the theology test

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 and your ethics

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 are terrible

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 and I wish

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 I had more time

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 to actually set you

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 straight on the need

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 of federal

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 incorporation

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 and headship

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 and sacramental

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 theology

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 and atonement

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 and I wish

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 you could be baptized

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 and have communion

00:19:37.159 --> 00:19:37.679
 first

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 and no Jesus,

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 what is Jesus?

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 Just to say

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 that stuff.

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 This man says,

00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:43.299
 Jesus,

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 when you come

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 into your kingdom,

00:19:44.659 --> 00:19:45.099
 in other words,

00:19:45.139 --> 00:19:45.759
 when the resurrection

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 happens

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:48.699
 in the last days,

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 but it's your kingdom,

00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:50.980
 Jesus,

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 that's the great thing.

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 It's Jesus,

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 it's your kingdom,

00:19:54.439 --> 00:19:55.379
 your kingdom

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 and when it comes,

00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:57.759
 remember me,

00:19:58.879 --> 00:19:59.639
 remember me,

00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:01.000
 remember me.

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 Jesus says to him

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 in verse 43

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 and it says here in English,

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.660
 truly I say to you,

00:20:07.040 --> 00:20:09.080
 today you will be with me

00:20:09.080 --> 00:20:10.220
 in paradise.

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 No Christian,

00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:14.759
 no matter how much

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.520
 they're suffering

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 and they are close to death,

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 I should say,

00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:20.140
 every Christian,

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 we should remember

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.280
 that when we are

00:20:22.280 --> 00:20:23.080
 close to death,

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 we are just moments away

00:20:25.620 --> 00:20:27.080
 from paradise.

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 Jesus,

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 by saying truly

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.299
 I say to you

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 in the original language,

00:20:32.179 --> 00:20:32.599
 is a very,

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:34.379
 very solemn pronouncement

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 and it's very,

00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.339
 very,

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.159
 it's very,

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 very moving.

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:41.500
 Now,

00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:43.619
 this is the first

00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.819
 of two or three

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.519
 or four times

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 I'm going to mention

00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:47.659
 how the gospel

00:20:47.659 --> 00:20:48.980
 is very un-Canadian

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 and very un-American

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 and I'm just going

00:20:54.820 --> 00:20:55.420
 to point it out

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 and in some ways

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 it's so un-Canadian,

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 all I can do

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.759
 is tell you

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.980
 that it's very un-Canadian

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:01.160
 and I can't necessarily

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:02.320
 argue or prove to you

00:21:02.320 --> 00:21:03.360
 that Canadians are wrong

00:21:03.360 --> 00:21:04.140
 and the Bible is right,

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:05.140
 but I just want to point it out

00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:07.720
 that it's very un-Canadian.

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 If you,

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 if we were to go

00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:10.279
 afterwards the service

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:11.640
 and just walk up and down,

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 go to the University of Ottawa

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 and go up and down

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 King Edward

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 and go along Rideau Street

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 and we were just to have

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 a bit of a,

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 you know,

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:18.480
 a pad with a question

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 and ask you

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 what happens when you die.

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 I don't know what,

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 maybe 80,

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 90% of the people

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 that we would talk to

00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:26.980
 would say

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:28.579
 I will go to a better place

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:31.759
 and maybe some will just say

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 when you die,

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 that's it,

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 but probably everybody

00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:35.099
 would say

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:36.240
 I go to a better place

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 and this,

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:39.700
 these next few verses

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:41.299
 just are very,

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:41.620
 very,

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 very,

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 very un-Canadian

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:44.579
 because Canadians

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.900
 believe that we're just

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:47.200
 going to go to a better place

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:48.539
 it's not necessarily

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.660
 a place where God is

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.580
 but if there is a God

00:21:50.580 --> 00:21:52.220
 he's a wimpy type of God,

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:53.120
 a distant God

00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:54.200
 who basically

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.920
 will now

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.940
 in the better place

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:57.460
 just cater to our needs

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:59.100
 and we might mock

00:21:59.100 --> 00:21:59.779
 Muslims

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.799
 for thinking

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.420
 that they're going to

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.600
 go and spend time

00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:03.440
 with virgins

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:05.319
 but the fact of the matter

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.420
 is that the Canadians

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.720
 while we might not have

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:09.100
 a crudely sexual

00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:10.380
 type of an image of it

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:10.980
 that in fact

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:12.160
 we have a crudely

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:13.279
 self-centered

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.720
 materialistic image

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.140
 of it

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:15.940
 that we just go to

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.600
 a better place

00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:17.039
 where God

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.659
 will cater to

00:22:17.659 --> 00:22:18.359
 wherever he needs

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:20.299
 and the average Canadian

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:21.619
 they have no type

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.139
 of basis

00:22:22.139 --> 00:22:22.819
 as to why

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.859
 that might be true

00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:24.439
 or why

00:22:24.439 --> 00:22:25.279
 I mean really

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:25.639
 it's just

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:27.899
 it's both on one hand

00:22:27.899 --> 00:22:28.819
 an intuition

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:30.519
 of life is more

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.980
 there's something

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.819
 more than life

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.539
 but it's also

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.599
 a great sign

00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:35.379
 of the great

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:36.459
 overwhelming

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 and I don't mean

00:22:37.699 --> 00:22:38.219
 to offend

00:22:38.219 --> 00:22:38.939
 if you're a guest

00:22:38.939 --> 00:22:40.000
 but it's a great

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:41.119
 type of presumption

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:42.319
 actually

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.720
 that just

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.700
 because I'm me

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.379
 when I die

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:46.019
 I go to a better

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.480
 place

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:48.200
 and these next

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.859
 few verses

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.819
 are going to

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.839
 really show us

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.899
 that the Bible's

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.740
 view of God

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.740
 and what happens

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:55.000
 is very

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.279
 very

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 very

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 very

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 very

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 un-Canadian

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 and very different

00:22:58.079 --> 00:23:00.119
 verse 44

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:01.500
 it was now

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.720
 about the sixth hour

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.480
 and that means

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.059
 around noon

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.919
 and we're going to

00:23:05.919 --> 00:23:06.240
 see here

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.879
 that there's two

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:08.000
 miracles that happen

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:09.379
 they're just miracles

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:10.480
 they're just

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.960
 God does something

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:13.640
 God is revealed

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.420
 not as being

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:15.520
 distant and absent

00:23:15.520 --> 00:23:17.420
 but God shows up

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:19.000
 and does something

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:20.800
 it was about

00:23:20.800 --> 00:23:21.660
 the sixth hour

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.560
 and there was

00:23:22.560 --> 00:23:23.080
 darkness

00:23:23.080 --> 00:23:24.620
 over the whole land

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:26.440
 until the ninth hour

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.060
 three o'clock

00:23:27.060 --> 00:23:27.740
 in the afternoon

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:29.160
 the brightest time

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.620
 of the day

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:32.840
 and while the sun's

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:34.200
 light failed

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:35.480
 and the curtain

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.460
 of the temple

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.400
 was torn

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:38.280
 in two

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:43.680
 the religious

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.180
 leaders

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.399
 and the Romans

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:46.460
 had been

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.539
 mocking Jesus

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:50.059
 God now

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.639
 shows up

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.200
 and performs

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.079
 two miracles

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:53.700
 and his miracles

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.599
 in a sense

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.200
 are both

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.940
 a mocking

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:57.759
 of the pretensions

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.680
 of the soldiers

00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.819
 in the Roman Empire

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:01.960
 and it is a mocking

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:03.399
 of the pretensions

00:24:03.399 --> 00:24:05.160
 of the chief priests

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:07.000
 and the Jewish

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:08.019
 religious leaders

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:09.480
 it is both

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.200
 a mocking

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.539
 and it's

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.200
 a warning

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:13.839
 in other words

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.420
 the true

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:15.259
 and living God

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.420
 is not a tame

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:16.900
 God

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:18.279
 is not a wimpy God

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:19.180
 is not a distant

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.700
 God

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:21.420
 he's not a God

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.180
 that we can just

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.980
 take lightly

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.680
 and pretend

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.400
 that he is

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:25.519
 exactly a God

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.160
 who will only

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:27.259
 fulfill our needs

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.700
 and wishes

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:29.240
 because ultimately

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.319
 we are the center

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.940
 of the universe

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:32.019
 I am the center

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.799
 of the universe

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.920
 the God

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:35.319
 who truly does exist

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:35.920
 the God

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.519
 who's revealed

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.619
 here in the scriptures

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.579
 he now

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:40.339
 mocks and warns

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.420
 the Romans

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:43.160
 first the Romans

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:44.920
 and then the Jewish people

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.779
 how does he do that?

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.299
 the Romans

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:49.639
 believed in omens

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:52.400
 and so

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:54.000
 every emperor

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.680
 the death

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.619
 of an emperor

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:57.799
 the ascension

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.500
 of an emperor

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.180
 was marked

00:24:59.180 --> 00:25:00.180
 with omens

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:01.759
 and

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.180
 you know

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:03.039
 those were made up

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:04.680
 they were made up

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.839
 or they'd find something

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.159
 and say

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:07.200
 oh that's the omen

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.500
 you know

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.500
 but they're looking for it

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.819
 because it has to be there

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:11.579
 but most of the time

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.279
 it's just

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.220
 it's just made up

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.159
 it's just invented

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:16.480
 and these Roman soldiers

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.680
 are standing there

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.319
 and they

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.839
 maybe they believe

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.960
 the made up stuff

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:22.279
 but what they

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.359
 and maybe they don't

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:23.960
 maybe they know

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.879
 it's just made up

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:26.420
 but they're there

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:28.579
 and an omen

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.779
 happens

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:32.819
 it's eleven o'clock

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:34.019
 eleven fifteen

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.480
 eleven thirty

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.920
 eleven forty five

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:38.319
 and then somewhere around noon

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.539
 the sun's light

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.319
 fails

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:42.519
 and it fails

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.579
 for three hours

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:46.660
 and as the sun's light

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.539
 returns

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:49.299
 Jesus died

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.819
 Jesus actually

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:52.220
 dies

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.279
 on the cross

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.859
 and then moments

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.799
 after he dies

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.920
 the light returns

00:25:56.920 --> 00:26:00.100
 and good grief

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:01.620
 if you are a Roman soldier

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.980
 this is not

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.920
 a made up

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.480
 omen

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:06.640
 the skies

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.700
 changed

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:10.140
 the light

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:11.080
 of the sun

00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:11.900
 failed

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:13.900
 all of our

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.460
 beliefs

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.519
 about emperors

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.420
 being gods

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.680
 and these purported

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.820
 signs and omens

00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.539
 in the skies

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.420
 and they're just

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.820
 really just made up

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:23.120
 the sky

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:24.320
 changes

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:26.939
 the Jewish religious

00:26:26.939 --> 00:26:27.379
 leaders

00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:28.799
 who believe

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.799
 that they guard

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.539
 the rituals

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.740
 and God is in their

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.220
 pocket

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:33.539
 and God is tame

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.500
 and they know how to do

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.200
 the ceremonies

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:36.539
 and they know how to

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.460
 control the people

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.339
 and they know how to

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:39.480
 control the interpretation

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.379
 of the word

00:26:40.379 --> 00:26:41.759
 and they can control

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.899
 all of these things

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:44.839
 and as the son of man

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.779
 God himself

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:47.460
 is dying upon the cross

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:49.279
 the veil

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.279
 that separates

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.720
 the holy of holies

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.779
 that only a priest

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.339
 can enter

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.299
 once in a year

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:56.099
 after many sacrifices

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:57.839
 that is ripped

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.839
 from top

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.659
 to bottom

00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:00.539
 God

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:02.039
 shows up

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:03.539
 and the holy

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.379
 of holies

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:05.179
 is open

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:05.939
 for all

00:27:05.939 --> 00:27:06.559
 to view

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:10.459
 and God

00:27:10.459 --> 00:27:11.059
 mocks

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:12.500
 and warns

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:15.799
 God is not

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.899
 like most Canadians

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:18.099
 believe him to be

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:19.679
 according to the Bible

00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:22.319
 I can't prove

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.139
 that that's true

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:24.700
 but I can point out

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.680
 that that's the case

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:27.259
 I think ultimately

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.980
 the resurrection

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.600
 of Jesus

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:30.160
 is strong

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:31.060
 belief

00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:31.940
 and there's other things

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.660
 that we can say

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.580
 but it just needs

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:35.480
 to be strongly grasped

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:37.180
 verse 46

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:38.740
 then Jesus calling out

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.560
 with a loud voice

00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:39.800
 said

00:27:39.800 --> 00:27:41.180
 father into your hands

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:42.380
 I commit my spirit

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:44.060
 and having said this

00:27:44.060 --> 00:27:45.200
 he breathed his last

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:46.540
 and it's not very obvious

00:27:46.540 --> 00:27:47.540
 here in the English

00:27:47.540 --> 00:27:48.680
 but it's obvious

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.960
 in the original language

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:51.200
 that what happens

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.880
 here to Jesus

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.940
 is quite remarkable

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.660
 and I don't mean

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.519
 to depress you

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.460
 but really

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.819
 one way we can image

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.539
 what's happening

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.000
 with this

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:59.059
 is that what happens

00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.519
 with us

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.579
 with us human beings

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.900
 is that as I walk

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.819
 through my life

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:04.100
 what you can really

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:04.980
 imagine is that

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.779
 the grim reaper

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.720
 death himself

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:08.120
 follows behind me

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:09.259
 and as my day

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.799
 goes on

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.720
 I always stay

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.620
 a couple of steps

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:11.960
 above

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:14.039
 in front of the grim reaper

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:15.240
 but when my time

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.779
 is up

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:17.460
 death itself

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.779
 overtakes me

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:20.200
 and I succumb

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.759
 to death

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:23.620
 and I have no choice

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.660
 over succumbing

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.240
 to death

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.720
 because when death

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.140
 comes

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:28.339
 I will succumb

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.339
 I am powerless

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.180
 against death

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:32.019
 as are every single

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.680
 one of you

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:34.180
 but the image here

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:35.480
 is not of death

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:37.120
 finally catching up

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:37.700
 to Jesus

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.799
 and overwhelming

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.420
 Jesus

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:40.380
 because Jesus

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.779
 is weaker than death

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:43.480
 what is portrayed

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.180
 here

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:46.660
 is that death

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.600
 always had to keep

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.200
 its distance

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.960
 from Jesus

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:50.560
 John tells us

00:28:50.560 --> 00:28:51.060
 that Jesus

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:52.539
 is life itself

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:54.900
 he doesn't have life

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:56.400
 he is life

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:57.900
 and it's as if

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:59.000
 death itself

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.820
 is always

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.519
 at more than

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.220
 arm's length

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.799
 from him

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:03.940
 and that on the cross

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:05.060
 as Jesus

00:29:05.060 --> 00:29:06.140
 the final word

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.860
 that he says

00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.580
 from the cross

00:29:07.580 --> 00:29:07.920
 is that

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:09.000
 father into my hands

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.980
 I commit your spirit

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.460
 and death

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.140
 is the separation

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.700
 of the spirit

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.420
 from the body

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.460
 and Jesus

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.840
 gives himself

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.680
 to the father

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.779
 and with that

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:19.880
 he enters death

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:23.980
 he enters death

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:27.240
 he's in control

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.640
 and he

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.980
 enters death

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:32.039
 and it's beyond this

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.840
 we're going to look at it

00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:33.440
 next Sunday

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.740
 we see that as he

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.559
 enters death

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:37.279
 and he will eventually

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.259
 defeat death

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.920
 and death itself

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.940
 is changed

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.840
 death

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:43.480
 where is your victory

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.759
 where is your sting

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:46.820
 that Jesus

00:29:46.820 --> 00:29:47.920
 life himself

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:49.160
 life itself

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:50.160
 entering death

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:51.380
 will change death

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:52.299
 and those

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.460
 who put their faith

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.039
 and trust

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:55.820
 in life itself

00:29:55.820 --> 00:29:56.920
 will share

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:58.340
 in life itself

00:29:58.340 --> 00:29:59.360
 and death

00:29:59.360 --> 00:30:00.860
 is but a passing

00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:02.320
 into

00:30:02.320 --> 00:30:03.580
 paradise

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:05.539
 with the untamed

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.100
 good

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:07.160
 and living God

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:09.880
 for the lowliest

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:11.080
 disciple

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:15.240
 verse 47

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.400
 now when the centurion

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:17.660
 saw what had taken place

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.420
 he praised God

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.240
 saying certainly

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:20.320
 this man was innocent

00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:23.019
 and Luke just records

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.680
 one thing

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.640
 that the centurion

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:24.980
 said

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:26.120
 he said other things

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:27.040
 that others record

00:30:27.040 --> 00:30:28.519
 but Luke wants to really

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.700
 deeply emphasize

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.680
 in his account

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:32.040
 the innocence of Jesus

00:30:32.040 --> 00:30:33.700
 and I won't read it now

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.460
 but the rest of it

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.279
 you can read it later on

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:36.259
 48 to the end

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.599
 time after time

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.259
 after time

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.619
 it just wants to emphasize

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.700
 that Jesus is dead

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.579
 Jesus is dead

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.480
 Jesus is dead

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:43.359
 Jesus is dead

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.180
 Jesus is dead

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:45.339
 nobody expected him

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.339
 to come again to life

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:47.299
 he is dead

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:48.160
 he is dead

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:49.299
 he will stay dead

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:50.039
 and that's what

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.680
 the other verses

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:52.000
 want to communicate

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.700
 to us

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:55.619
 now

00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:56.619
 some of you might say

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:57.139
 okay George

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:57.519
 that's a

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.879
 you've given the context

00:30:58.879 --> 00:30:59.619
 of the text

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:03.279
 what about Bob

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.759
 and Andy

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:05.039
 what about Bob

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:06.819
 I wanted to say that

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.539
 because I really like

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.559
 that Bill Murray movie

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:11.259
 what about Bob

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:12.039
 so actually

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:13.539
 what about Andy and Bob

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.920
 Andrew if you could

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:16.079
 put the verse up

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:18.759
 or

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:20.440
 there we go

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.059
 could you say this

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.500
 with me

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:23.319
 and Jesus said

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:25.139
 father forgive them

00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:26.240
 for they know not

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.000
 what they do

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.839
 let's say it again

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:29.200
 and Jesus said

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:31.039
 father forgive them

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:32.200
 for they know not

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:33.019
 what they do

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.960
 here's the

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:35.279
 here's the thing

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:36.720
 remember Andy and Bob

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:38.900
 and Andy did something wrong

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:41.019
 Bob tells him

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:42.960
 Andy apologizes

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:44.019
 and then

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:45.559
 as these things go

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.779
 it just goes south

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:48.619
 and Andy's asking me

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.220
 what he should do

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:50.059
 because he really wants

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:51.460
 to be reconciled

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:53.220
 to Bob

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:55.279
 and here's the first point

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.019
 if you could put it up

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:58.619
 which is part of what I told him

00:31:58.619 --> 00:32:00.359
 one person alone

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:01.359
 can forgive

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:02.559
 but two

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.279
 are needed

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.179
 for reconciliation

00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:07.000
 one person alone

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.359
 can forgive

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:09.539
 but two

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.359
 are needed

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:11.319
 for reconciliation

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:14.839
 Andy

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.619
 was

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:17.179
 battered

00:32:17.179 --> 00:32:18.259
 by this whole event

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:19.799
 the several weeks

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.619
 of conversation

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:21.779
 before he talked to me

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.879
 he was

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:24.119
 he'd been really good

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:25.159
 friends with Bob

00:32:25.159 --> 00:32:26.259
 he was really bothered

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.239
 that Bob didn't want

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.779
 to see him

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:29.000
 he was really bothered

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.140
 that Bob had been

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:31.660
 saying bad things

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.079
 about him

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:33.620
 to his mutual friends

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:34.620
 and had really

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.519
 had really just

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.440
 had was actually

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.880
 become very vindictive

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:39.059
 and vengeful

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.799
 and Andy

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:41.240
 on one hand

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.240
 he's caught

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.980
 because he wants

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.819
 to be reconciled

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:45.000
 he felt he's forgiven

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.680
 and to be honest

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.279
 when I'm talking

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.779
 to Andy

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.500
 you could see

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.059
 at times

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:50.359
 his fists would clench

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:52.259
 and you could

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.939
 actually almost

00:32:52.939 --> 00:32:54.119
 see that

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:55.639
 he's a strong guy

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.240
 you could see

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:57.500
 like his muscles

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.159
 tensing

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:58.839
 and I knew

00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.519
 that he actually

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.719
 wanted to pound Bob

00:33:00.719 --> 00:33:02.479
 and if not

00:33:02.479 --> 00:33:03.579
 pound him physically

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.839
 pound him verbally

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:06.500
 and launch

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.279
 a full scale

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.819
 offensive

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:10.779
 and what

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.819
 Bob

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.659
 was saying

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.019
 to him

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.559
 was eating

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.179
 him up

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:17.420
 in my previous

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.960
 church

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:19.000
 I was the pastor

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:20.259
 of some

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.940
 four little

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.779
 country churches

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.299
 and in four

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.500
 these country churches

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.440
 when there's a death

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:26.220
 and I do a funeral

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:27.680
 I would do the funeral

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.259
 with the church

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.799
 the ladies

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.860
 of the church

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.400
 would gather

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.840
 and they would

00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:32.080
 make a lunch

00:33:32.080 --> 00:33:33.220
 it didn't matter

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.660
 if you had it

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.000
 in the morning

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.620
 or the afternoon

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.240
 it was always called

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.620
 a lunch

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.380
 for some reason

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:38.660
 and one time

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.100
 there was this

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:40.120
 big funeral

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:41.560
 and a big lunch

00:33:41.560 --> 00:33:42.759
 and afterwards

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.860
 shortly after

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.279
 the funeral

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.699
 was over

00:33:44.699 --> 00:33:45.679
 I was really

00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:46.099
 sick

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:47.599
 and I discovered

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:48.379
 that a couple

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:48.979
 of my kids

00:33:48.979 --> 00:33:49.759
 were sick

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.779
 and I discovered

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.099
 that there were

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:51.679
 a lot of people

00:33:51.679 --> 00:33:52.099
 in the church

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.699
 who were sick

00:33:52.699 --> 00:33:53.899
 and we realized

00:33:53.899 --> 00:33:54.740
 we figured it out

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.839
 but one particular

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:57.139
 person's

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:58.079
 multiple trays

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.819
 of egg salad

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.479
 sandwiches

00:33:59.479 --> 00:34:01.819
 gave us food

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.299
 poisoning

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:04.819
 and we of course

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.879
 never told people

00:34:05.879 --> 00:34:06.939
 we never told

00:34:06.939 --> 00:34:07.579
 that person

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.519
 that do you realize

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.400
 that your three trays

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:10.059
 of sandwiches

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.739
 of egg salad

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.199
 sandwiches

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.799
 gave us all

00:34:11.799 --> 00:34:12.279
 food poisoning

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:12.759
 that would be

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.440
 devastating

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.920
 especially

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.400
 in a rural

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.920
 community

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:16.159
 person would

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.659
 never live it

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:16.920
 down

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.940
 but here's

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.380
 the thing

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:20.420
 here's the thing

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.559
 about how one

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.159
 person alone

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.800
 can forgive

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.280
 and people

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:24.179
 need to forgive

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:26.059
 to not forgive

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:27.320
 for by Andy

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:28.360
 not forgiving

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.920
 Bob

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:30.059
 what he was doing

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:31.480
 was that every day

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.059
 he would think

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.700
 about Bob

00:34:32.700 --> 00:34:33.240
 and it would be

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:34.039
 like him taking

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.980
 one of those

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:36.380
 egg salad sandwiches

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.420
 and eating

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:38.480
 an egg salad sandwich

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.240
 saying I sure hope

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:40.019
 this makes Bob

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.400
 sick

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:45.160
 and all it does

00:34:45.160 --> 00:34:45.880
 is make Andy

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.180
 sick

00:34:46.180 --> 00:34:46.840
 Bob's having

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.700
 a great time

00:34:47.700 --> 00:34:49.740
 luxuriating

00:34:49.740 --> 00:34:50.720
 in his accusations

00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:51.700
 and his slander

00:34:51.700 --> 00:34:53.639
 and Andy's

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.380
 getting eaten up

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:54.980
 taking another

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.460
 one of those

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.300
 food poison

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:57.780
 egg salad sandwiches

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.400
 eating it

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:59.200
 hoping that Bob

00:34:59.200 --> 00:34:59.800
 gets sick

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.639
 and only Andy's

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.320
 getting sick

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.820
 and one of the

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.519
 things I said

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.039
 to Andy

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.660
 is that

00:35:04.660 --> 00:35:06.559
 whether or not

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:07.160
 he's able to

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:08.079
 eventually reconcile

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.799
 with Bob

00:35:08.799 --> 00:35:09.960
 that's

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:11.019
 that's

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:12.159
 maybe that'll

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:12.519
 happen

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.319
 but what he

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:14.039
 needs to do

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.699
 is he needs

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.279
 to forgive

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:15.779
 Bob

00:35:15.779 --> 00:35:18.539
 he needs

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.039
 to forgive

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.440
 Bob

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.539
 and here's

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:20.839
 the thing

00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:21.879
 one person

00:35:21.879 --> 00:35:22.639
 alone

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.379
 can forgive

00:35:23.379 --> 00:35:23.980
 but two

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.359
 are needed

00:35:24.359 --> 00:35:25.259
 for reconciliation

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:26.279
 if you could

00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:26.799
 put the verse

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.219
 up again

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.639
 you want to

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:28.259
 say this verse

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:28.699
 with me

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.059
 again

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:30.039
 say it with me

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.619
 and Jesus

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.259
 said

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:32.159
 father

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:33.179
 forgive them

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:33.920
 for they know

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.739
 not what they

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:35.039
 do

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.579
 let's say it

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:35.839
 again

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.640
 and Jesus

00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:37.180
 said

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:38.000
 father

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.960
 forgive them

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.519
 for they

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.019
 know not

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.500
 what they

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:40.800
 do

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.980
 here's the

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.620
 second thing

00:35:42.620 --> 00:35:43.680
 if you could

00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:44.300
 put it up

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:44.920
 Rebecca

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.720
 I cannot

00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:46.440
 forgive another

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.039
 person

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:48.480
 without personally

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.640
 paying a price

00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:52.420
 I cannot

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.660
 forgive another

00:35:53.660 --> 00:35:54.320
 person

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:55.680
 without personally

00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:57.140
 paying a price

00:35:57.140 --> 00:36:00.380
 Andy would

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:00.880
 talk to me

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.420
 about this

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.019
 I could see

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.579
 his fists

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.000
 at time

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.440
 clenching

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.039
 as I said

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.559
 you could see

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.280
 his arms

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:05.700
 you could

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:05.980
 see the

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.320
 muscles

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:06.740
 in his

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.720
 you know

00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:08.160
 the bit

00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:08.340
 of the

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:08.720
 biceps

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:09.060
 you could

00:36:09.060 --> 00:36:09.280
 see in

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:09.660
 his wrist

00:36:09.660 --> 00:36:09.940
 you could

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.260
 see them

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:10.760
 tensing

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.519
 and flexing

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.900
 you could

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.940
 see the

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:15.280
 emotion

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:16.420
 you could

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.840
 see the

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.300
 hurt

00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:18.280
 about his

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.940
 reputation

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:21.280
 you know

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.640
 listen

00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:23.600
 we all

00:36:23.600 --> 00:36:23.920
 when you

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.320
 think about

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:24.680
 it for a

00:36:24.680 --> 00:36:24.820
 second

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.519
 he's eating

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.380
 these poison

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:26.900
 egg salad

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.460
 sandwiches

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.019
 all it's

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.420
 doing is

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.980
 making him

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.340
 sick

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:31.060
 and on

00:36:31.060 --> 00:36:31.800
 one hand

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:32.820
 to forgive

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.420
 that other

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:34.019
 person

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.840
 means that

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.659
 you have

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.179
 to

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:37.900
 pay a

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.420
 price

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:39.519
 for that

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:40.219
 but the

00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:40.800
 price is

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:41.639
 worth it

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:43.320
 how does

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.659
 he have to

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:43.940
 pay a

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.320
 price

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:45.519
 he has to

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:45.780
 pay a

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.059
 price

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.360
 he's not

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:46.519
 going to

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.280
 get revenge

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:48.259
 he has to

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:48.539
 pay a

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:48.860
 price

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.360
 because it

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.780
 might be

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.139
 that the

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.579
 friends

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.219
 that Bob

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:51.940
 has slandered

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.619
 about Andy

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:53.280
 that Andy

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.699
 will never

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.259
 get to set

00:36:54.259 --> 00:36:54.719
 the record

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.139
 straight

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:55.539
 he might

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:55.900
 just have

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.219
 to pay

00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:56.940
 that price

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:58.340
 he might

00:36:58.340 --> 00:36:58.800
 have to

00:36:58.800 --> 00:36:59.800
 pay a

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:00.260
 price

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:00.840
 in terms

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.159
 of

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:02.679
 his

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:03.280
 pride

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:03.920
 and

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.940
 he has

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.200
 to pay

00:37:05.200 --> 00:37:05.639
 a price

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.159
 of just

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:07.019
 being able

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.480
 to sense

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.039
 to swallow

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.700
 that anger

00:37:08.700 --> 00:37:10.019
 and forgiveness

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:11.420
 is a miracle

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.119
 you know

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:13.260
 it's a

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:14.460
 common grace

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.200
 it's a miracle

00:37:15.200 --> 00:37:15.920
 every time

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.920
 somebody forgives

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.440
 and it's not

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:17.980
 just something

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.320
 that only

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:19.059
 Christians do

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.720
 because we all

00:37:19.720 --> 00:37:20.619
 know non-Christians

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.300
 who forgive

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:22.440
 in fact we know

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:23.179
 lots of Christians

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.679
 who maybe

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.519
 desperately need

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:24.960
 to forgive

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.740
 and non-Christians

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.159
 who are very

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.800
 good at forgiving

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.720
 it's just part

00:37:27.720 --> 00:37:28.160
 of God's

00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:29.060
 common grace

00:37:29.060 --> 00:37:29.900
 that there's

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.300
 this type

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:30.960
 of price

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.840
 that we pay

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:33.140
 for forgiving

00:37:33.140 --> 00:37:34.220
 the other person

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:35.700
 but we realize

00:37:35.700 --> 00:37:37.240
 that it's just

00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:38.019
 so worth it

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.620
 because on the

00:37:38.620 --> 00:37:39.220
 other side

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:39.420
 of it

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.140
 there's a basic

00:37:40.140 --> 00:37:40.660
 there's not

00:37:40.660 --> 00:37:41.180
 forgetting

00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:41.840
 but there's

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.280
 freedom

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:44.100
 because who

00:37:44.100 --> 00:37:44.820
 wants to eat

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.539
 food poison

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.180
 egg salad

00:37:46.180 --> 00:37:46.780
 sandwiches

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:47.300
 every day

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:48.000
 and be sick

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:50.080
 it's so much

00:37:50.080 --> 00:37:50.820
 better just

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.620
 to be free

00:37:51.620 --> 00:37:53.840
 just to be

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.260
 free

00:37:54.260 --> 00:37:56.620
 but a price

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:57.299
 has to be

00:37:57.299 --> 00:37:57.719
 paid

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:59.139
 a price

00:37:59.139 --> 00:38:00.079
 has to be

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.519
 paid

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.420
 could you put

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:01.960
 the verse up

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.579
 again for us

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:02.880
 Rebecca

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:04.759
 let's say it

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.119
 together

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:06.179
 and Jesus

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.839
 said

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:08.380
 father forgive

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:09.259
 them for they

00:38:09.259 --> 00:38:10.199
 know not what

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.779
 they do

00:38:10.779 --> 00:38:11.940
 here's the third

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.619
 point if you could

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:13.079
 put it up

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.599
 Rebecca

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:15.039
 on the cross

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:16.699
 Jesus paid

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.460
 the price

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.659
 of God

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:19.900
 forgiving me

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:23.559
 and he's

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:23.800
 going to

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:24.500
 forgive Bob

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:24.920
 he has to

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:25.579
 pay a price

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:27.539
 see here's

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:27.900
 the thing

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:28.400
 which makes

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.280
 Christian faith

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:29.940
 in the gospel

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:31.220
 so Islam

00:38:31.220 --> 00:38:32.340
 has nothing

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:33.059
 for forgiveness

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.840
 it's just a

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.680
 mere act

00:38:34.680 --> 00:38:35.320
 of just a

00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:35.599
 mere

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:37.200
 you go to

00:38:37.200 --> 00:38:37.440
 the good

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:37.720
 place

00:38:37.720 --> 00:38:38.059
 you go to

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.320
 the bad

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.539
 place

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:38.900
 you go to

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.139
 the good

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:39.420
 place

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:39.780
 bad

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.119
 bad

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.440
 bad

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:40.960
 good

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.519
 bad

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.800
 bad

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.420
 just pure

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:43.519
 it doesn't

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:43.900
 make any

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.599
 psychological

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.420
 emotional

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:45.940
 sense

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.619
 the Christian

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.059
 faith

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.880
 makes so

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:49.160
 much sense

00:38:49.160 --> 00:38:50.420
 and provides

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:51.220
 so much

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:51.619
 hope

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:53.119
 and this

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:53.460
 sentence

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.000
 looks a bit

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.220
 odd

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:54.800
 and I tried

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.240
 to figure a

00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:55.579
 way to put

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:55.800
 it in

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.099
 but this

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.400
 was just

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:56.820
 so much

00:38:56.820 --> 00:38:57.559
 more punchy

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:58.039
 but really

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.480
 you have to

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:58.780
 remember

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.420
 that I

00:38:59.420 --> 00:38:59.960
 wanted to

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:00.460
 try to say

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:01.019
 something like

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.660
 on the cross

00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:02.640
 Jesus paid

00:39:02.640 --> 00:39:03.140
 the price

00:39:03.140 --> 00:39:03.579
 of God

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:04.000
 the Father

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.320
 God

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:04.800
 the Son

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:05.099
 God

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.480
 the Holy

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:05.860
 Spirit

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:06.700
 three persons

00:39:06.700 --> 00:39:07.720
 one God

00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:08.300
 forever and

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:08.680
 ever and

00:39:08.680 --> 00:39:09.360
 ever forgiving

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:09.780
 me

00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:10.960
 but that's

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.760
 what happens

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:14.500
 if you wanted

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.240
 to string it

00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:15.640
 out it's not

00:39:15.640 --> 00:39:16.440
 not as catchy

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:17.360
 but on the

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:17.920
 cross Jesus

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.340
 paid the

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:18.740
 price of

00:39:18.740 --> 00:39:18.940
 God

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:19.340
 the Father

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:19.680
 God

00:39:19.680 --> 00:39:20.039
 the Son

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.320
 God

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:20.680
 the Holy

00:39:20.680 --> 00:39:21.019
 Spirit

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.800
 three persons

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.460
 one God

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:23.059
 forever and

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.620
 ever world

00:39:23.620 --> 00:39:24.300
 without end

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:25.420
 forgiving me

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:27.039
 and on the

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.320
 cross

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:27.840
 you notice

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:28.620
 that little

00:39:28.620 --> 00:39:29.200
 line about

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:29.539
 you know

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.640
 forgive them

00:39:30.640 --> 00:39:31.079
 for they know

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:31.640
 not what they

00:39:31.640 --> 00:39:31.880
 do

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.660
 this isn't

00:39:32.660 --> 00:39:33.079
 just saying

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:33.940
 because they're

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.300
 not very

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:34.900
 smart

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:36.559
 forgive them

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:37.000
 that's not

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.800
 it's showing

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:38.500
 that forgiveness

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.260
 is not the

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:39.860
 same thing

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.800
 as forgetting

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:42.800
 it shows

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:43.320
 that Jesus

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:44.180
 knows what's

00:39:44.180 --> 00:39:44.559
 going on

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:44.840
 in their

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:45.280
 hearts

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:46.400
 you see

00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:47.019
 that's the

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.340
 part of

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:47.659
 the great

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:48.199
 confidence

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:48.559
 that I

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:49.019
 can have

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.679
 that when

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:50.559
 I understand

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:51.759
 that every

00:39:51.759 --> 00:39:53.139
 single wrong

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:53.880
 I've done

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.759
 and every

00:39:54.759 --> 00:39:56.199
 wrong that's

00:39:56.199 --> 00:39:56.759
 a wrong

00:39:56.759 --> 00:39:57.199
 because I

00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:57.500
 should have

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:58.079
 done something

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.400
 and I

00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:58.900
 didn't do

00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.360
 something

00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:00.079
 the good

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.360
 that I

00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:00.679
 should have

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.179
 done

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:01.539
 and I

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:02.199
 didn't do

00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:02.559
 and that's

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:02.840
 a type

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.219
 of wrong

00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:03.480
 and the

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:04.519
 actual wrong

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:05.079
 I did

00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:06.360
 and Jesus

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:07.019
 knows it

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:08.159
 all about

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:08.719
 me

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:10.920
 all about

00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:11.320
 me

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:12.699
 and Jesus

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:13.480
 is dying

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:13.880
 on the

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.400
 cross

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:15.440
 is God

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:16.159
 absorbing

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:16.860
 into

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.500
 himself

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:18.219
 the price

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:18.820
 that has

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:19.179
 to be

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:19.659
 paid

00:40:19.659 --> 00:40:20.760
 for God

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:21.980
 to forgive

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.940
 me

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:27.619
 Rebecca

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:27.980
 could you

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.420
 put up the

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:28.920
 verse again

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.260
 could you

00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:29.679
 all join

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:30.199
 me in saying

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:30.579
 it this is

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:30.920
 the last

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.280
 time we'll

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:31.579
 all say

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:32.039
 it together

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:33.219
 and Jesus

00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:33.800
 said

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:34.639
 father

00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:35.659
 forgive them

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:36.119
 for they

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.739
 know not

00:40:36.739 --> 00:40:37.199
 what they

00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.539
 do

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:38.719
 let's say

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.079
 it again

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:39.860
 father

00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:40.920
 forgive them

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.460
 for they

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.179
 know not

00:40:42.179 --> 00:40:42.820
 what I

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.619
 do

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:44.840
 here's the

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:45.420
 fourth point

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:45.759
 if you could

00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:46.119
 put it up

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:46.500
 Rebecca

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:48.500
 every wrong

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:49.259
 I do

00:40:49.259 --> 00:40:50.179
 is an

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:50.679
 offense

00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:51.139
 against

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:51.559
 another

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:52.199
 person

00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:53.440
 or creation

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:54.779
 and

00:40:54.779 --> 00:40:55.779
 against

00:40:55.779 --> 00:40:56.119
 God

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:56.719
 himself

00:40:56.719 --> 00:40:58.139
 every

00:40:58.139 --> 00:40:58.539
 wrong

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:59.139
 I do

00:40:59.139 --> 00:41:00.219
 is an

00:41:00.219 --> 00:41:00.619
 offense

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:00.940
 against

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.239
 another

00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:01.759
 person

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:02.640
 or creation

00:41:02.640 --> 00:41:03.340
 and

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:03.860
 against

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:04.600
 God

00:41:04.600 --> 00:41:05.140
 himself

00:41:05.140 --> 00:41:06.220
 this is

00:41:06.220 --> 00:41:06.540
 very

00:41:06.540 --> 00:41:06.840
 very

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:07.720
 un-Canadian

00:41:07.720 --> 00:41:10.820
 see

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:11.400
 if Jesus

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:11.820
 is on the

00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:12.060
 cross

00:41:12.060 --> 00:41:12.220
 saying

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:12.560
 father

00:41:12.560 --> 00:41:13.120
 forgive

00:41:13.120 --> 00:41:13.460
 them

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:14.140
 for they

00:41:14.140 --> 00:41:14.440
 know not

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:14.720
 what they

00:41:14.720 --> 00:41:14.840
 do

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:15.180
 God's

00:41:15.180 --> 00:41:15.340
 not

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:16.100
 where's

00:41:16.100 --> 00:41:16.400
 God

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:17.400
 being

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.600
 wrong

00:41:17.600 --> 00:41:17.900
 against

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:18.300
 Jesus

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:18.740
 but you

00:41:18.740 --> 00:41:18.860
 see

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.060
 the

00:41:19.060 --> 00:41:19.400
 Christian

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:19.940
 understanding

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.280
 of right

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:20.560
 and wrong

00:41:20.560 --> 00:41:20.960
 is not

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:21.740
 utilitarian

00:41:21.740 --> 00:41:22.220
 it's not

00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:23.280
 consequentialist

00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:24.260
 it's

00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:24.820
 that

00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:25.320
 there's

00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:25.560
 that

00:41:25.560 --> 00:41:26.180
 ultimately

00:41:26.180 --> 00:41:27.020
 right

00:41:27.020 --> 00:41:27.740
 and wrong

00:41:27.740 --> 00:41:28.220
 just

00:41:28.220 --> 00:41:28.660
 reveal

00:41:28.660 --> 00:41:29.480
 the

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:30.000
 good

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.600
 reflects

00:41:30.600 --> 00:41:30.840
 the

00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:31.300
 character

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:31.960
 of God

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:33.460
 and wrong

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:34.060
 is some

00:41:34.060 --> 00:41:34.580
 bending

00:41:34.580 --> 00:41:36.360
 or rejection

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:37.440
 or breaking

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:38.060
 of that

00:41:38.060 --> 00:41:38.500
 which is

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:38.820
 good

00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:39.200
 and that

00:41:39.200 --> 00:41:39.640
 there is

00:41:39.640 --> 00:41:40.200
 it can be

00:41:40.200 --> 00:41:40.600
 hard to

00:41:40.600 --> 00:41:40.880
 always

00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:41.320
 understand

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:41.560
 it

00:41:41.560 --> 00:41:42.080
 and we're

00:41:42.080 --> 00:41:42.500
 bent

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:42.940
 and broken

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:43.539
 ourselves

00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:44.880
 and all

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.260
 but there's

00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:45.880
 this moral

00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:46.539
 order that

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:47.440
 actually exists

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:47.860
 and that

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:49.220
 every wrong

00:41:49.220 --> 00:41:49.920
 act I do

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:50.460
 against another

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:50.940
 person

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:52.220
 or against

00:41:52.220 --> 00:41:52.940
 the created

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.280
 order

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:53.720
 I try to

00:41:53.720 --> 00:41:54.000
 put that

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:54.120
 in

00:41:54.120 --> 00:41:54.420
 because we

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:54.860
 can wrong

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:55.440
 our dog

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:55.820
 we can

00:41:55.820 --> 00:41:56.100
 wrong

00:41:56.100 --> 00:41:56.880
 our donkey

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.340
 we can

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:57.820
 wrong the

00:41:57.820 --> 00:41:58.980
 rivers and

00:41:58.980 --> 00:41:59.500
 the lakes

00:41:59.500 --> 00:42:00.820
 and the sky

00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:02.160
 and every

00:42:02.160 --> 00:42:02.940
 wrong we

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.519
 do is

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:04.360
 also a

00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:04.720
 wrong

00:42:04.720 --> 00:42:05.260
 against

00:42:05.260 --> 00:42:05.880
 God

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:07.420
 and that's

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:08.059
 why Jesus

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:08.720
 in his

00:42:08.720 --> 00:42:09.260
 death upon

00:42:09.260 --> 00:42:09.900
 the cross

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:11.140
 he is

00:42:11.140 --> 00:42:11.640
 paying

00:42:11.640 --> 00:42:12.559
 the price

00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:13.920
 for God

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:14.620
 to forgive

00:42:14.620 --> 00:42:14.960
 me

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:17.539
 now some

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:17.720
 of you

00:42:17.720 --> 00:42:18.039
 might be

00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:18.400
 saying

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:19.740
 okay George

00:42:19.740 --> 00:42:20.440
 I'm a little

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:21.080
 just so

00:42:21.080 --> 00:42:21.960
 make this

00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:22.220
 clear

00:42:22.220 --> 00:42:23.039
 okay so

00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:24.260
 you're telling

00:42:24.260 --> 00:42:25.160
 Andy that

00:42:25.160 --> 00:42:25.940
 he has to

00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:26.400
 forgive

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:27.559
 Bob

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:29.460
 okay remember

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:30.179
 my first

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:30.960
 point was

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:31.259
 that

00:42:31.259 --> 00:42:32.960
 one person

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.460
 alone can

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:34.179
 forgive but

00:42:34.179 --> 00:42:34.599
 two are

00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:35.079
 needed for

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:35.779
 reconciliation

00:42:35.779 --> 00:42:37.599
 and

00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:38.960
 you know

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.460
 part you

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:39.940
 can't really

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:40.380
 have

00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:41.139
 this is one

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:41.500
 of the things

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:41.900
 about this

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:42.259
 truth and

00:42:42.259 --> 00:42:42.759
 reconciliation

00:42:42.759 --> 00:42:43.900
 commission

00:42:43.900 --> 00:42:44.920
 I don't want

00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:45.400
 to be political

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:46.019
 about it but

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:47.820
 without forgiveness

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:48.460
 there can't

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:48.860
 really be

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:49.440
 reconciliation

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:53.980
 and you

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.679
 can't force

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.200
 somebody to

00:42:55.200 --> 00:42:55.860
 forgive but

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:57.139
 gosh for

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:57.980
 life why

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.440
 go through

00:42:58.440 --> 00:42:59.420
 life eating

00:42:59.420 --> 00:43:00.240
 food poisoned

00:43:00.240 --> 00:43:00.840
 egg salad

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:01.659
 sandwiches hoping

00:43:01.659 --> 00:43:01.960
 the other

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:02.420
 person will

00:43:02.420 --> 00:43:03.639
 die a lot

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:04.039
 better to

00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:04.440
 forgive

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:06.260
 and

00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:07.480
 but

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:10.159
 so Andy

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:10.639
 has to

00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:11.280
 forgive

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:12.119
 Bob

00:43:12.119 --> 00:43:14.159
 but Bob

00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:15.340
 has to

00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:16.119
 still do

00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:17.019
 something if

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.420
 there's going

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:18.260
 to actually be

00:43:18.260 --> 00:43:19.039
 reconciliation

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:20.559
 and this is

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:21.139
 where we see

00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:21.779
 this wonderful

00:43:21.779 --> 00:43:22.480
 thing and

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:22.719
 we're not

00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:22.980
 going to have

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:23.279
 it up on

00:43:23.279 --> 00:43:23.619
 the screen

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:23.940
 but if you

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.219
 have your

00:43:24.219 --> 00:43:24.860
 Bibles open

00:43:24.860 --> 00:43:25.360
 look at what

00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:26.259
 Jesus says to

00:43:26.259 --> 00:43:26.820
 the thief on

00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:27.259
 the cross

00:43:27.259 --> 00:43:27.679
 remember in

00:43:27.679 --> 00:43:28.340
 verse 42

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:30.719
 the thief after

00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:31.739
 acknowledging that

00:43:31.739 --> 00:43:32.239
 he's up there

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:32.860
 wrong and that

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:33.440
 Jesus is

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:34.079
 innocent the

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:34.599
 thief says

00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:35.420
 Jesus remember

00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:35.880
 me when you

00:43:35.880 --> 00:43:36.279
 come into

00:43:36.279 --> 00:43:36.779
 your kingdom

00:43:36.779 --> 00:43:37.719
 and in

00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:38.420
 verse 43

00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:39.179
 Jesus says

00:43:39.179 --> 00:43:40.019
 to truly I

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:40.519
 say to you

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:41.039
 today you

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:41.579
 will be with

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:42.000
 me in

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:42.739
 paradise

00:43:42.739 --> 00:43:49.319
 here's the

00:43:49.319 --> 00:43:49.559
 thing

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:51.079
 when I was

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:52.379
 younger I

00:43:52.379 --> 00:43:52.699
 used to

00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:53.079
 think that

00:43:53.079 --> 00:43:53.759
 most things

00:43:53.759 --> 00:43:54.119
 that were

00:43:54.119 --> 00:43:54.559
 right you

00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:54.779
 know when

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:55.239
 people got

00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:55.939
 into conflict

00:43:55.939 --> 00:43:56.279
 that it

00:43:56.279 --> 00:43:56.539
 was sort

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:57.319
 of 50-50

00:43:57.319 --> 00:43:57.779
 and maybe

00:43:57.779 --> 00:43:58.599
 60-40

00:43:58.599 --> 00:44:00.299
 and then

00:44:00.299 --> 00:44:00.939
 as a

00:44:00.939 --> 00:44:02.399
 minister I

00:44:02.399 --> 00:44:02.919
 have come

00:44:02.919 --> 00:44:03.399
 to realize

00:44:03.399 --> 00:44:04.359
 that that's

00:44:04.359 --> 00:44:04.879
 often the

00:44:04.879 --> 00:44:06.039
 case and

00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:06.579
 one of the

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:07.179
 problems with

00:44:07.179 --> 00:44:07.859
 Andy and

00:44:07.859 --> 00:44:08.339
 Bob and

00:44:08.339 --> 00:44:08.779
 their thing

00:44:08.779 --> 00:44:09.059
 is it

00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:09.679
 started off

00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:10.199
 with Andy

00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:10.619
 doing the

00:44:10.619 --> 00:44:11.099
 wrong thing

00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:11.500
 and Bob

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:12.019
 not but

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:12.320
 then it

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:12.820
 got really

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:13.519
 messy and

00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:14.860
 you know

00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:15.340
 Bob did

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:15.719
 all sorts

00:44:15.719 --> 00:44:16.099
 of wrong

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:16.820
 things and

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:17.860
 it got

00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:18.500
 really messy

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:18.960
 and that's

00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:19.559
 really true

00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:20.199
 of human

00:44:20.199 --> 00:44:20.599
 life but

00:44:20.599 --> 00:44:20.800
 you know

00:44:20.800 --> 00:44:21.099
 there are

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:21.699
 still some

00:44:21.699 --> 00:44:22.300
 times I

00:44:22.300 --> 00:44:23.139
 know for a

00:44:23.139 --> 00:44:23.519
 fact that

00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:23.980
 there still

00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:24.460
 are some

00:44:24.460 --> 00:44:25.079
 times when

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:30.119
 it's 99.99999999%

00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:31.039
 one person's

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:31.599
 fault and not

00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:32.780
 the other and

00:44:32.780 --> 00:44:33.059
 I don't

00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:33.940
 just know it

00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:34.639
 because I've

00:44:34.639 --> 00:44:35.119
 had to deal

00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:35.840
 with people I

00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:36.519
 know it because

00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:38.820
 of myself I

00:44:38.820 --> 00:44:39.320
 know that there

00:44:39.320 --> 00:44:40.039
 have been times

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:41.440
 I have hurt

00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:42.240
 my relationship

00:44:42.240 --> 00:44:42.800
 with my

00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:44.659
 wife and

00:44:44.659 --> 00:44:45.480
 I'll be honest

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:46.059
 with you it

00:44:46.059 --> 00:44:47.320
 wasn't 50-50 or

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:48.340
 60-40 it was

00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:51.539
 99.999999% my

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:52.039
 fault and

00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:53.019
 whatever's left

00:44:53.019 --> 00:44:53.519
 over out of

00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:55.880
 that purse that

00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:56.340
 there's just

00:44:56.340 --> 00:44:57.200
 some times when

00:44:57.200 --> 00:44:57.960
 it's really all

00:44:57.960 --> 00:44:58.820
 one person's

00:44:58.820 --> 00:45:01.139
 fault it really

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:03.539
 is it's all

00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:04.400
 one person's

00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:06.780
 fault and what

00:45:06.780 --> 00:45:08.179
 do you do when

00:45:08.179 --> 00:45:08.799
 it's all one

00:45:08.799 --> 00:45:09.719
 person's fault

00:45:09.719 --> 00:45:13.000
 well all you

00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:13.899
 can hope for

00:45:13.899 --> 00:45:15.919
 if the marriage

00:45:15.919 --> 00:45:16.460
 isn't going to

00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:17.179
 end or the

00:45:17.179 --> 00:45:18.079
 relationship isn't

00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:18.659
 going to end

00:45:18.659 --> 00:45:19.799
 is that when

00:45:19.799 --> 00:45:20.559
 it's all one

00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:21.399
 person's fault

00:45:21.399 --> 00:45:21.940
 you have to

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:22.440
 hope that the

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:23.039
 other person

00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:25.399
 forgives and

00:45:25.399 --> 00:45:25.899
 you have to

00:45:25.899 --> 00:45:27.379
 hope that as

00:45:27.379 --> 00:45:28.059
 the other person

00:45:28.059 --> 00:45:29.019
 forgives that in

00:45:29.019 --> 00:45:30.199
 this case I

00:45:30.199 --> 00:45:31.940
 swallow my

00:45:31.940 --> 00:45:34.619
 pride and

00:45:34.619 --> 00:45:35.759
 humble myself

00:45:35.760 --> 00:45:38.040
 and will say

00:45:38.040 --> 00:45:38.940
 to my wife

00:45:38.940 --> 00:45:41.480
 Louise I'm

00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:42.140
 really sorry

00:45:42.140 --> 00:45:44.660
 I've done

00:45:44.660 --> 00:45:46.180
 wrong will

00:45:46.180 --> 00:45:47.060
 you forgive me

00:45:47.060 --> 00:45:49.780
 and I want to

00:45:49.780 --> 00:45:50.760
 stay with you

00:45:50.760 --> 00:45:58.440
 that's what

00:45:58.440 --> 00:45:59.460
 salvation is

00:45:59.460 --> 00:46:02.060
 God's done

00:46:02.060 --> 00:46:02.720
 nothing wrong

00:46:02.720 --> 00:46:03.220
 to you

00:46:03.219 --> 00:46:04.819
 God's done

00:46:04.819 --> 00:46:05.480
 nothing wrong

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:05.939
 to me

00:46:05.939 --> 00:46:07.739
 my relationship

00:46:07.739 --> 00:46:08.439
 with God and

00:46:08.439 --> 00:46:09.139
 your relationship

00:46:09.139 --> 00:46:09.879
 with God is

00:46:09.879 --> 00:46:10.879
 nothing like the

00:46:10.879 --> 00:46:11.739
 relationship of

00:46:11.739 --> 00:46:12.659
 Andy and Bob

00:46:12.659 --> 00:46:14.779
 and in my case

00:46:14.779 --> 00:46:15.719
 with God and in

00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:16.439
 your case with

00:46:16.439 --> 00:46:17.299
 God the fact of

00:46:17.299 --> 00:46:17.779
 the matter is

00:46:17.779 --> 00:46:18.779
 it's a hundred

00:46:18.779 --> 00:46:19.899
 percent wrongdoing

00:46:19.899 --> 00:46:20.739
 by you and me

00:46:20.739 --> 00:46:22.059
 and zero by God

00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:24.819
 and salvation is

00:46:24.819 --> 00:46:25.539
 described as

00:46:25.539 --> 00:46:26.759
 reconciliation and

00:46:26.759 --> 00:46:28.059
 reconciliation only

00:46:28.059 --> 00:46:29.239
 happens if the

00:46:29.239 --> 00:46:30.599
 one who is wronged

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:32.079
 forgives and pays

00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:33.199
 the price of

00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:35.440
 forgiving and

00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:37.420
 if you desire

00:46:37.420 --> 00:46:38.719
 to be reconciled

00:46:38.719 --> 00:46:39.519
 to the one that

00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:40.639
 you have wronged

00:46:40.639 --> 00:46:42.360
 can come to him

00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:43.079
 and say I have

00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:44.799
 done wrong I

00:46:44.799 --> 00:46:45.759
 am sorry I don't

00:46:45.759 --> 00:46:46.380
 want to do it

00:46:46.380 --> 00:46:47.619
 again will you

00:46:47.619 --> 00:46:48.799
 have me back

00:46:48.799 --> 00:46:51.119
 and that's what we

00:46:51.119 --> 00:46:52.360
 see on the cross

00:46:52.360 --> 00:46:54.159
 the thief he

00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:55.139
 doesn't have a

00:46:55.139 --> 00:46:56.559
 theology test he

00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:57.559
 can't pass it he

00:46:57.559 --> 00:46:58.519
 can't pass an

00:46:58.519 --> 00:46:59.759
 ethics test he

00:46:59.759 --> 00:47:00.679
 can't pass how

00:47:00.679 --> 00:47:01.719
 he's lived you

00:47:01.719 --> 00:47:02.839
 know two hours

00:47:02.839 --> 00:47:03.940
 before this he

00:47:03.940 --> 00:47:04.659
 was mocking

00:47:04.659 --> 00:47:05.659
 Jesus with the

00:47:05.659 --> 00:47:07.339
 other guy but

00:47:07.339 --> 00:47:08.079
 there's a change

00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:08.980
 in his heart and

00:47:08.980 --> 00:47:10.460
 and and reconciliation

00:47:10.460 --> 00:47:12.419
 is possible because

00:47:12.419 --> 00:47:14.539
 in the cross Jesus

00:47:14.539 --> 00:47:16.339
 is taking into

00:47:16.339 --> 00:47:17.960
 himself the price

00:47:17.960 --> 00:47:18.819
 that has to be

00:47:18.819 --> 00:47:19.899
 paid for God to

00:47:19.899 --> 00:47:21.739
 forgive me and

00:47:21.739 --> 00:47:23.579
 you and the

00:47:23.579 --> 00:47:25.000
 invitation we see

00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:25.659
 here with the

00:47:25.659 --> 00:47:27.639
 cross is for you

00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:29.579
 and me to say

00:47:29.579 --> 00:47:31.900
 father thank you

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:32.599
 so much for

00:47:32.599 --> 00:47:33.719
 forgiving me

00:47:33.719 --> 00:47:36.619
 I have done

00:47:36.619 --> 00:47:39.940
 wrong I want

00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:40.679
 to be yours

00:47:40.679 --> 00:47:43.259
 reconciliation

00:47:43.259 --> 00:47:45.299
 takes us to

00:47:45.299 --> 00:47:47.259
 turn to receive

00:47:47.259 --> 00:47:48.519
 what's fully

00:47:48.519 --> 00:47:49.339
 done you see

00:47:49.339 --> 00:47:49.799
 that's why it

00:47:49.799 --> 00:47:50.259
 can be that

00:47:50.259 --> 00:47:51.199
 Jesus has died

00:47:51.199 --> 00:47:51.980
 his death upon

00:47:51.980 --> 00:47:52.779
 the cross is an

00:47:52.779 --> 00:47:53.460
 act of forgiveness

00:47:53.460 --> 00:47:54.839
 for every single

00:47:54.840 --> 00:47:55.680
 person that we

00:47:55.680 --> 00:47:56.440
 will meet today

00:47:56.440 --> 00:47:58.800
 for every single

00:47:58.800 --> 00:47:59.680
 person on the

00:47:59.680 --> 00:48:00.920
 planet and the

00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:01.820
 question isn't

00:48:01.820 --> 00:48:02.840
 whether the cross

00:48:02.840 --> 00:48:03.800
 is big enough and

00:48:03.800 --> 00:48:04.720
 God is big enough

00:48:04.720 --> 00:48:05.680
 to forgive all the

00:48:05.680 --> 00:48:07.380
 question is will you

00:48:07.380 --> 00:48:08.100
 turn to be

00:48:08.100 --> 00:48:09.519
 reconciled will I

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:10.600
 turn to be

00:48:10.600 --> 00:48:11.500
 reconciled

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:15.300
 if you could put up

00:48:15.300 --> 00:48:17.140
 the next point I

00:48:17.140 --> 00:48:18.000
 couldn't word this

00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:18.980
 better I came across

00:48:18.980 --> 00:48:19.820
 it in one in part of

00:48:19.820 --> 00:48:20.720
 my research for this

00:48:20.720 --> 00:48:23.559
 sermon one thief was

00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:24.799
 saved that no

00:48:24.799 --> 00:48:25.880
 sinner might despair

00:48:25.880 --> 00:48:27.900
 but only one that

00:48:27.900 --> 00:48:29.099
 no sinner might

00:48:29.099 --> 00:48:30.900
 presume don't

00:48:30.900 --> 00:48:31.659
 presume today

00:48:31.659 --> 00:48:34.179
 J.C.

00:48:34.259 --> 00:48:35.039
 Ryle is who

00:48:35.039 --> 00:48:35.880
 Ryle College is

00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:36.759
 named after one

00:48:36.759 --> 00:48:37.619
 thief was saved

00:48:37.619 --> 00:48:38.340
 that no sinner

00:48:38.340 --> 00:48:39.739
 might despair but

00:48:39.739 --> 00:48:41.199
 only one that no

00:48:41.199 --> 00:48:42.239
 sinner might

00:48:42.239 --> 00:48:42.679
 presume

00:48:42.679 --> 00:48:46.799
 Rebecca if you

00:48:46.799 --> 00:48:47.299
 could put up the

00:48:47.299 --> 00:48:47.840
 next point if

00:48:47.840 --> 00:48:48.279
 you're trying to

00:48:48.279 --> 00:48:48.860
 write these down

00:48:48.860 --> 00:48:49.299
 they'll be on the

00:48:49.299 --> 00:48:50.139
 web page tomorrow

00:48:50.139 --> 00:48:52.559
 here's the prayer

00:48:52.559 --> 00:48:53.380
 I urge you if

00:48:53.380 --> 00:48:53.940
 you've never said

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:54.559
 a prayer like

00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:55.199
 this that there's

00:48:55.199 --> 00:48:56.360
 no time better than

00:48:56.360 --> 00:48:57.559
 right now like right

00:48:57.559 --> 00:48:59.219
 today like to see

00:48:59.219 --> 00:49:00.099
 this and stop

00:49:00.099 --> 00:49:01.759
 listening to me and

00:49:01.759 --> 00:49:03.460
 with your heart my

00:49:03.460 --> 00:49:04.360
 words aren't perfect

00:49:04.360 --> 00:49:05.099
 I'm just trying to

00:49:05.099 --> 00:49:05.900
 capture what's

00:49:05.900 --> 00:49:06.659
 happened in Luke

00:49:06.659 --> 00:49:08.340
 chapter 23 and say

00:49:08.340 --> 00:49:10.900
 this to Jesus to the

00:49:10.900 --> 00:49:12.079
 Father to the Holy

00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:13.039
 Spirit say it

00:49:13.039 --> 00:49:14.259
 yourself there's no

00:49:14.259 --> 00:49:15.460
 better time than

00:49:15.460 --> 00:49:17.619
 right now to say it

00:49:17.619 --> 00:49:19.940
 Lord I have done

00:49:19.940 --> 00:49:21.920
 wrong I am sorry

00:49:21.920 --> 00:49:23.320
 thank you for

00:49:23.320 --> 00:49:24.519
 forgiving me on

00:49:24.519 --> 00:49:26.179
 the cross in your

00:49:26.179 --> 00:49:27.659
 grace please make

00:49:27.659 --> 00:49:29.240
 me yours please be

00:49:29.240 --> 00:49:30.700
 my Lord and never

00:49:30.700 --> 00:49:32.920
 let me go in Jesus

00:49:32.920 --> 00:49:33.840
 name on men

00:49:33.840 --> 00:49:36.039
 Lord I have done

00:49:36.039 --> 00:49:37.639
 wrong I am sorry

00:49:37.639 --> 00:49:38.900
 thank you for

00:49:38.900 --> 00:49:39.679
 forgiving me on

00:49:39.679 --> 00:49:41.260
 the cross in your

00:49:41.260 --> 00:49:42.960
 grace please make me

00:49:42.960 --> 00:49:44.480
 yours please be my

00:49:44.480 --> 00:49:45.940
 Lord and never let

00:49:45.940 --> 00:49:47.679
 me go in Jesus name

00:49:47.679 --> 00:49:55.239
 Amen. I've gone way over my time. Just two things very, very, very briefly before we go. If you

00:49:55.239 --> 00:50:02.440
 could put up the next point, Rebecca. As the gospel grips me, my desire to forgive will grow.

00:50:04.339 --> 00:50:12.419
 As the gospel grips me, my desire to forgive will grow. It should grow. And here's the thing,

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:18.019
 here's the wonderful thing. All sorts of us today are eating rotten egg salad sandwich,

00:50:18.139 --> 00:50:22.280
 hoping that after we've eaten those sandwiches, somebody else will get sick.

00:50:23.639 --> 00:50:30.400
 And sometimes when we ask God to help us forgive another person, it happens instantly. But for most

00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:34.700
 of us, it could be a journey of a couple of days or a couple of weeks or a couple of months or a

00:50:34.700 --> 00:50:40.039
 couple of years. And even in some cases, it might require daily prayer that goes on for two decades,

00:50:40.039 --> 00:50:47.039
 but it's always so worth it to stop eating rotten egg salad sandwiches. There's no good case for

00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:51.920
 eating egg salad sandwiches that will give you food poisoning. There's no good case for it.

00:50:53.940 --> 00:51:00.659
 And you know, if non-Christians, it's part of the common grace that they just realize they need to

00:51:00.659 --> 00:51:06.119
 forgive. For us, realizing what Jesus did for us on the cross, as that grips us, then why wouldn't we

00:51:06.119 --> 00:51:12.079
 want to call out to God and ask, Father, help me to forgive this person that wronged me 60 years ago,

00:51:12.219 --> 00:51:19.159
 40 years ago, 30 years ago, 20 years ago, last week, this morning. Father, help me to forgive.

00:51:20.179 --> 00:51:24.940
 And who better than we can turn to to Jesus and say, Jesus, I'm having such a hard time forgiving.

00:51:25.259 --> 00:51:31.819
 I am so filled with bitterness. I am so filled with anger. I am so filled with revenge. Who better

00:51:31.820 --> 00:51:36.519
 than Jesus to pour our hearts out to if we have made him our Savior and Lord?

00:51:38.039 --> 00:51:41.600
 Do it today. Begin it today.

00:51:43.880 --> 00:51:49.580
 And final point, Rebecca, if you could put it up. As the gospel grips me, the cry of my heart will

00:51:49.580 --> 00:51:55.660
 increasingly be, Father, into your hands I commit my spirit. You know, it's really interesting in Luke's

00:51:55.660 --> 00:52:00.200
 gospel, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do, is the first word from the cross. If you look

00:52:00.199 --> 00:52:04.779
 at the four historical records of Jesus on the cross, there's seven things he says from the cross.

00:52:05.159 --> 00:52:06.899
 Luke records the first and the last.

00:52:09.699 --> 00:52:15.059
 The first and the last. If you go and ever start to learn morning and evening prayer, a great part of

00:52:15.059 --> 00:52:20.519
 Anglican spirituality, you'll see that this prayer in different forms is a key part of the spirituality

00:52:20.519 --> 00:52:26.139
 of morning and evening prayer. As the gospel grips me, the cry of my heart will be increasingly,

00:52:26.139 --> 00:52:30.460
 men face eking sun. Father, into your hands I commit my joy. Father, into your hands I commit my day.

00:52:30.599 --> 00:52:32.159
 Father, into your hands I commit my path. Father, into your hands I commit my prophecy.

00:52:32.219 --> 00:52:36.259
ant I commit my past. Father, into your hands I commit my desire for revenge. Father, into your

00:52:36.259 --> 00:52:42.259
 hands I commit my desire to do evil. Father, into your hands I commit my money.

00:52:42.460 --> 00:52:46.559
 Father, into your hands I commit my family. Into your hands I commit my career. Into your

00:52:46.559 --> 00:52:52.319
 hands I commit my study. Into your hands, Father, as the gospel grips us, this will become the cry of our

00:52:52.319 --> 00:52:53.940
 heart. I invite you to stand.

00:52:53.940 --> 00:53:01.619
 let's bow our heads in prayer

00:53:01.619 --> 00:53:09.320
 father if there are any who

00:53:09.320 --> 00:53:12.960
 who prayed that prayer today maybe for the first time and

00:53:12.960 --> 00:53:17.820
 acknowledging that Jesus has died and paid in himself

00:53:17.820 --> 00:53:21.659
 the penalty the price that needs to be paid for forgiveness

00:53:21.659 --> 00:53:25.739
 father if there's any who prayed that may your holy spirit just flood upon them

00:53:25.739 --> 00:53:29.619
 and seal them as your own father seal them as your own and father

00:53:29.619 --> 00:53:33.679
 for all of us father thank you so much that your son

00:53:33.679 --> 00:53:37.599
 died upon the cross that paid the price that had to be paid for me to be

00:53:37.599 --> 00:53:41.639
 forgiven for me to be reconciled to you father thank you that it was in your

00:53:41.639 --> 00:53:45.759
 heart it was your heart that we would be desired that we would be reconciled

00:53:45.759 --> 00:53:49.519
 to you that that when we turn to you and receive what Jesus has done for us that

00:53:49.519 --> 00:53:53.800
 that's that's your heart that that would characterize our lives and father we

00:53:53.800 --> 00:53:57.579
 ask that you would gently but deeply pour out your holy spirit upon us so that

00:53:57.579 --> 00:54:03.159
 as we are gripped more and more by the gospel that we will desire to live up on

00:54:03.159 --> 00:54:08.780
 the path of forgiving others and that we will as the gospel grips us father that

00:54:08.780 --> 00:54:12.759
 we will live on the path of committing ourselves and commending

00:54:12.759 --> 00:54:18.639
 ourselves and commending all that we do into your hands father make us disciples

00:54:18.639 --> 00:54:23.299
 of Jesus gripped by the gospel who live for your glory and this we ask in

00:54:23.299 --> 00:54:25.219
 Jesus's name amen