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 We're in Matthew, the first book in the New Testament, chapter 27.

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 We're in the second to last chapter now.

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 Lord, we ask that you do that this evening.

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 Help us incline our ears and to open our hearts to your word, to the word of the gospel.

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 Of the cross of Christ, of the blood that Jesus shed, that sinners like us might be cleansed.

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 Restore to us, refresh the wonder, the joy, and the worship before you as we ponder these

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 weighty truths this evening.

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 Guide us now.

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 Speak to us in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please, if you are able, stand with me to honor God as we read from his word.

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 Matthew, chapter 27, verses 1 to 26.

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 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against

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 Jesus to put him to death.

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 And they bound him and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate the governor.

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 Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought

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 back the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, saying, I've sinned by betraying

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 innocent blood.

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 They said, what is that to us?

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 See to it yourself.

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 And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged

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 himself.

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 But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, it is not lawful to put them

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 into the treasury since it is blood money.

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 So they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers.

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 Therefore, that field has been called the field of blood to this day.

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 Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, and they took the

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 30 pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of

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 Israel.

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 And they gave them for the potter's field as the Lord directed me.

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 Now Jesus stood before the governor and the governor asked him, are you the king of the

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 Jews?

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 Jesus said, you have said so.

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 But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer.

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 Then Pilate said to him, do you not hear how many things they testify against you?

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 But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.

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 Now at the feast, the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom

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 they wanted.

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 And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.

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 So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, whom do you want me to release for you, Barabbas

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 or Jesus, who is called Christ?

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 For he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up.

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 Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, have nothing

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 to do with that righteous man, for I've suffered much because of him today in a dream.

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 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

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 The governor again said to them, which of the two do you want me to release for you?

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 And they said, Barabbas.

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 Pilate said to them, then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?

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 They all said, let him be crucified.

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 And he said, why?

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 What evil has he done?

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 But they shouted all the more, let him be crucified.

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 So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took

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 water and washed his hands before the crowd saying, I am innocent of this man's blood.

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 Seat to it yourselves.

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 And all the people answered, his blood be on us and on our children.

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 Then he released for them Barabbas and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 You may have read in the news this past week about Jason Arday, the former Cambridge University

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 professor who was found dead in his home this past week.

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 After numerous media outlets reported of inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the biographical and academic

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 affiliation claims as well as multiple excerpts taken from other research papers without proper

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 attribution, he resigned from his post at Cambridge and then was found dead a few days later.

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 And most people suspect that he killed himself because of the circumstances.

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 We won't know for sure until the coroner's report comes out.

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 And whether it was a series of sloppy mistakes or blatant fabrication and plagiarism, he seems

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 to have deemed that his reputation is irreparable, that his life is irredeemable.

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 Many in the past have come to the same conclusion about their lives.

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 John McAfee, I don't know if you guys remember him, of the namesake McAfee antivirus software,

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 which was the first of its kind.

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 He also hanged himself while embroiled in a wrongful death lawsuit and imprisoned for tax

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 evasion and fraud.

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 And then you, I'm sure you've all heard of Jeffrey Epstein, the financier, who hanged himself

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 while imprisoned for sex trafficking charges.

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 Much like Judas Iscariot, who hangs himself after betraying Jesus because he's overwhelmed

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 and stricken by the guilt.

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 Most of us haven't been in this kind of extreme situation, but we can all, in our own way,

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 relate to how they felt.

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 Even with smaller offenses, we can have a tendency to catastrophize, to give in to despair, to say,

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 my life is over.

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 I can't possibly recover from what happened.

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 My offense is too great.

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 I've fallen too far.

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 No one will forgive me.

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 My offense will never be forgotten.

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 Like stubborn blood stains that refuse to come off our soiled clothes,

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 the stain of some sins feel to us like permanent marks on our souls.

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 And for the most part, that is true.

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 Sin is a stubborn stain.

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 And there is only one way to get it out.

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 And that's my main point this morning.

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 The blood of Christ alone can wash us of our blood guilt.

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 I'm going to talk about our blood guilt.

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 And in a second, we'll talk about the blood atonement of Jesus.

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 We see in this passage three wrong ways to deal with guilt.

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 That we have, that we feel.

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 First is the denial of the chief priests and the elders.

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 The second is the deflection of Pilate.

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 And the third is the despair of Jesus.

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 And let's take a look at these three reactions in turn.

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 First, the denial of the chief priests and the elders.

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 In chapter 26 already, that Steve and Ed preached on this past couple weeks,

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 Caiaphas, the high priest, and the elders have already put Jesus on their own trial under Jewish law.

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 And in this rigged kangaroo court, they have already come to the conclusion that they had predetermined

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 that Jesus is someone who deserves to be killed.

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 That he's a blasphemer deserving of death.

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 And in chapter 37, verse 1, however, tells us that when morning came,

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 all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

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 Having spent all night trying Jesus, having already come to the conclusion that he is a blasphemer that must be put to death,

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 why do they need to, in the morning, take counsel yet again to figure out how they can put him to death?

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 Because as Jews under Roman jurisdiction, they did not have the authority to execute capital punishment.

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 They did not have the authority to put Jesus to death.

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 And because of that, they needed to figure out a way to bring these charges against Jesus to the Roman governor, Pilate,

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 in a way that can convince him that Jesus deserves to be put to death.

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 The charge that they put on him is blasphemy.

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 And that's a religious charge that will hold no water under Roman court.

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 It would be much like when Paul was accused by the Jews before Galio, the Roman consul, in Acts chapter 18.

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 He dismissed the Jews summarily, saying,

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 This is a matter of your own Jewish law and your own people.

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 Go deal with it yourselves.

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 It is of no concern to me.

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 That's exactly what the chief priests and elders don't want to happen when they bring their case about Jesus.

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 So they strategize.

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 They plot.

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 They counsel together.

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 And we see what they came up with in verse 11.

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 When Pilate asks Jesus,

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 Are you the king of the Jews?

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 The chief priests and the elders have decided to frame Jesus as a political threat to Rome.

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 Luke 23 records in greater detail what the chief priests said.

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 We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar

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 and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

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 He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.

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 That man claims to be a king.

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 The king of the Jews.

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 But there's only one king, Caesar.

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 That man is creating civil unrest.

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 He is popular.

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 People are flocking to him.

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 Aren't you, Roman governor, in charge of upholding Roman rule?

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 You can't leave him alone.

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 But look at verses 20 to 24.

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 Who is undermining Roman rule?

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 Who is riling up the crowds?

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 Who is creating civil unrest?

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 It's not Jesus.

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 Jesus is silent as the Jewish leaders clamor and bring these charges against him.

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 Twice it says in verse 12 and verse 14 that Jesus gave no answer.

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 He is silent.

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 Which greatly amazes Pilate.

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 And Pilate concludes that Jesus has done nothing wrong and tries to let him go.

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 But the crowds will not be pacified.

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 In fact, they get quite violent.

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 Twice they insist, let him be crucified.

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 And why are they so insistent on this capital punishment?

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 Because it says in verse 20,

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 the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

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 It's the chief priests and the elders who are riling up the crowd and creating civil unrest

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 and trying to force Pilate's hand to kill Jesus.

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 So it says in verse 24,

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 Pilate senses that a riot was beginning.

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 And he decides to turn a blind eye and to condone this unlawful lynching.

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 So the chief priests are the ones that are shouting.

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 They're the ones that are threatening a riot.

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 And yet they are in complete denial of their own wrongdoing.

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 And what they're doing to Jesus is no mistake.

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 It's no accidental manslaughter.

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 They took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

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 It's deliberate, thought through, premeditated murder.

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 And yet these murderers refuse to put Judas' 30 pieces of silver into the temple treasury

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 because they say it's not lawful since it is blood money.

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 You catch the irony of that?

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 It's like imagine someone, a hit-and-run driver,

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 just ran somebody over, killed somebody,

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 and then he just keeps driving.

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 And then later that same day, he parks his car,

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 and the meter on his car expired,

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 and he acts like he's having a crisis of conscience.

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 Oh, no, that's not lawful.

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 I must put money in the meter.

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 You just killed a man.

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 You ran over somebody.

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 And that's what you're concerned about.

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 It shows the rampant hypocrisy of these Jewish leaders.

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 They're in denial.

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 They shed innocent blood,

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 and yet what they're concerned about is putting blood money into the treasury.

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 They're grave, guilty sinners,

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 but their self-righteousness and pride lead them to denial,

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 blindness to their own sins.

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 If you're here this morning or this evening,

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 sorry, I'm so used to saying morning when I preach,

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 and you don't think of yourself as a sinner,

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 if your default mode of thinking is,

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 well, I'm a pretty good person,

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 certainly as good as any of the normal people around me,

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 certainly better than that lot of people over there,

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 then you might fit into this category.

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 This old way of thinking can still affect Christians to varying degrees,

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 and a telltale sign of this delusion is the quickness with which we notice

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 and point fingers at others' sins and perceived sins,

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 and the slowness with which we notice and confess our own sins.

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 The chief priests and the elders took counsel to get rid of Jesus,

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 whom they falsely accused of blasphemy,

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 and yet they were blind to their own envious, hypocritical, and murderous hearts.

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 With the blood money, the chief priests and the elders

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 buy the potter's field as a burial place for strangers.

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 In Acts 1.18, Luke records that it's Judas Iscariot himself who buys this field,

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 and that discrepancy is probably due to the fact that,

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 well, even though the chief priests and the elders buy the field,

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 they're using Judas' money,

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 and so they function, serve as his executor, using his money.

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 The potter's field refers to the meeting place,

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 the valley where the Kidron Valley and the Hinnom Valley meet,

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 and it's called the potter's field because potters, actual potters,

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 tossed their ruined and broken potsherds there.

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 And Jews, of course, didn't want to be buried in a garbage heap,

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 and so the potter's field became the place to dispose of unwanted bodies,

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 the burial place for people who didn't have means to find another place to be buried.

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 During a major feast like the Passover,

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 there will be tens of thousands of pilgrims in Jerusalem,

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 and sometimes during the long feast, some people will die.

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 There will be accidents, some people pass away,

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 and they would have no family around, no relatives around that can bury them,

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 and so they decided to use the blood money to buy the potter's field

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 so that they can dispose of those bodies.

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 Even with the price they paid for Jesus' life,

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 Jesus provides a resting place for strangers and aliens.

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 And all of this, even the purchase of the field,

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 happens in accordance with the Scriptures.

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 Matthew's quotation in verses 9 to 10,

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 he quotes, he mentions Jeremiah,

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 but it's actually a splicing together of two different prophecies.

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 First is Zechariah 11, 12 to 13,

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 which spoke of a messianic shepherd who would be betrayed by his own people

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 and sold for 30 pieces of silver.

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 And then in Jeremiah 19,

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 the prophet acts out a prophetic parable, Jeremiah.

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 Standing at the Hinnom Valley,

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 at the very field of blood that these sheep priests later purchase,

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 he denounces the people's sins.

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 And one of the sins that he specifically points out

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 is that they shed innocent blood,

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 exactly like this situation here with Jesus.

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 And having pointed out their sins,

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 prophet Jeremiah shatters an earthen pottery vessel

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 and then says that God will shatter you for your sins

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 because of your unrepentance and your idolatry and your sins,

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 in particular the sin of shedding innocent blood.

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 By selling Jesus the Messiah, the shepherd king,

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 for 30 pieces of silver

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 and then for shedding his innocent blood,

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 the Jewish nation,

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 Israel at the time, God's own people,

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 will be shattered.

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 Their temple will be destroyed.

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 Their capital, Jerusalem, will be sacked.

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 And this will happen within the few decades of Jesus' death.

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 To avoid God's righteous judgment,

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 sinners must come out of denial.

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 They must acknowledge their sins,

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 repent, turn from their sins,

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 and trust in Jesus as their shepherd king.

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 If we can describe the chief priest's response as denial,

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 and then we can characterize then

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 Pilate's response to his blood guilt as deflection.

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 Pilate, the Roman governor,

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 can see through the flimsy pretense of the chief priests and the elders.

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 He knew, it says in verse 18,

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 that it was out of envy that they had delivered Jesus up.

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 They're not seeking righteousness or justice.

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 They're merely trying to stamp out a rival

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 so they could shore up their own position and power.

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 Not only that, it says in verse 19,

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 that while Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat,

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 his wife sent word to him,

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 saying,

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 Have nothing to do with that righteous man,

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 for I've suffered much because of him today in a dream.

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 God has sent to Pilate's wife

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 a prophetic dream to reveal to her

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 that Jesus is indeed a righteous man

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 and that her husband should have nothing to do

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 with his innocent blood.

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 So by his own political judgment

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 and by the prophetic insight of his wife,

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 Pilate knows that Jesus does not deserve this punishment.

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 Knowing this,

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 Pilate brings out Barabbas on the one hand

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 and Jesus on the other

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 as candidates for the customary governor's pardon or amnesty,

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 which they apparently practiced during Passover.

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 One person,

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 the Jews can ask for one person,

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 a prisoner under Roman custody,

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 to be released,

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 to be pardoned.

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 But the crowd has already been prejudiced

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 against Jesus by the chief priests

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 and to ask for Barabbas.

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 Prior to this point,

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 if you remember,

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 as we've gone through the Gospel of Mark,

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 the crowds have been very favorable toward Jesus.

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 They have acclaimed Jesus.

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 They have followed him

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 and they have witnessed his debates

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 with the Pharisees and the Sadducees

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 and how he's won those debates.

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 They've acclaimed him.

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 And yet,

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 because the chief priests and the elders

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 have been busy at work persuading them,

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 now they are out to destroy Jesus.

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 Now that their highest Jewish authorities

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 have denounced Jesus

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 and have officially condemned Jesus,

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 now they think of him

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 as a dangerous,

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 heretic,

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 blasphemer,

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 and carried along by the fever

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 of this frenzy crowd

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 that people demand violently,

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 let him be crucified.

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 Let him be crucified.

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 And once again,

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 Pilate tries to restrain them.

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 What evil has he done?

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 Why?

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 In verse 23.

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 But even though he knows

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 Jesus is innocent,

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 he's a shrewd politician.

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 He doesn't want a riot to begin.

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 So in verse 24,

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 he took water

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 and washed his hand

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 before the cross saying,

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 I'm innocent of this man's blood.

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 See to it yourselves.

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 This is a cop-out, of course.

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 It's an evasive maneuver,

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 a deflection.

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 He's deflecting his responsibility

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 and shifting blame to others.

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 Pilate, you are the Roman governor.

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 You're the one that's seated

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 on the judgment seat.

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 You're the one that has the authority

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 to mete out capital punishment.

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 And ancient historians

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 Josephus and Philo

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 note that on other occasions

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 that's recorded in history,

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 Pilate didn't have much concern

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 about offending Jewish sensibilities

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 and causing riots.

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 This whole Jewish affair, however,

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 was not significant enough

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 for that kind of risk.

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 According to Pilate,

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 his flawed judgment.

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 So he gets out of the way

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 and literally washes his hands

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 before the crowd

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 as a symbolic gesture

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 claiming that

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 I'm innocent of this matter.

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 I have nothing to do with this.

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 But in shedding the innocent blood of Jesus,

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 Pilate is certainly not innocent.

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 Can water wash away blood guilt?

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 What are some ways

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 that you try to deflect away your guilt?

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 Maybe you engage in some kind of

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 blame shifting,

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 as Pilate does here.

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 I wouldn't be such an angry

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 and furious person

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 if my husband weren't so infuriating.

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 I wouldn't have to engage

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 in this dishonest business practice

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 if it weren't for my unethical boss.

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 I wouldn't be so selfish

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 and stingy

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 if people didn't take advantage

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 of me all the time.

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 I wouldn't be so lustful

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 if these women

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 dressed more modestly.

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 Maybe they are infuriating,

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 unethical, demanding,

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 and immodest,

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 and they need to address those things,

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 but for you.

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 Nonetheless,

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 these are merely

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 the context of your sin.

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 They're not the causes of your sin.

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 The cause of sin,

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 the root of sin,

00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:48.740
 is always the sinful desires

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 of your own heart.

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 As Jesus made that abundantly clear

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 in Matthew 15, 19,

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 for out of the heart come

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 evil thoughts,

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 murder, adultery,

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 sexual immorality,

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 theft, false witness, slander.

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 It doesn't come from other people.

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 Pilate's compromised integrity,

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 his fear of man,

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 his self-serving cowardice

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 all flow out of his own sinful heart,

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 and no amount of water

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 can wash away that blood guilt.

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 What are the ineffectual waters

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:22.160
 that you turn to

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 in vain attempts

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 to wash away your guilt?

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 Maybe you do some yoga

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 and exercise

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 and then try to forget about it.

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 Think positive thoughts.

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 Maybe you think

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 doing some good deeds

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 can wash away your guilt.

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 You donate money to charity

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 or give money even to church.

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 You think that your positive actions

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 can balance out past mistakes

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 and create good energy

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 for the future.

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 Maybe you turn to idols,

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 to false religions.

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 Every other religion

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:56.220
 besides Christianity

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:57.200
 will tell you

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 that you can perform good deeds

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 and somehow offset

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 or outweigh your evil deeds.

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 But that's a false promise.

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 It's like water

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:09.119
 that can never wash away

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.919
 the blood stain.

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 Your guilt remains.

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:13.200
 Deflection does not work.

00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:16.939
 Both denial and deflection

00:25:16.939 --> 00:25:17.679
 are wrong ways

00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:18.819
 to try to deal with guilt.

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 And the third wrong way

00:25:19.939 --> 00:25:21.259
 we see here is despair.

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 When we see

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:24.179
 in Judas' response,

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:27.579
 he says in verses 3-4

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.339
 that Judas saw

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:29.079
 what was happening.

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 He saw that the Jewish council

00:25:30.679 --> 00:25:31.659
 had condemned Jesus

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.419
 of blasphemy

00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:33.179
 and that they

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:34.539
 had delivered him

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.220
 to Pilate

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:36.639
 and that they're going

00:25:36.639 --> 00:25:37.460
 for the jugular.

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:39.119
 They're going for the kill.

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 They're not going to settle

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.720
 for any less punishment.

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:44.339
 At this point,

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.259
 he says that Judas,

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.379
 seeing that,

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.399
 changed his mind

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:48.339
 and brought back

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.359
 the 30 pieces of silver

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:50.220
 to the chief priest

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.900
 and the elders saying,

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.880
 I've sinned

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:53.700
 by betraying innocent blood.

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:55.480
 But the chief priest

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.819
 and the elders respond

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.440
 callously,

00:25:57.600 --> 00:25:58.779
 what is that to us?

00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.519
 See to it yourself.

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:03.240
 Judas is so stricken

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.079
 by guilt

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.860
 and overwhelmed

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:05.579
 in his conscience

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.640
 that there's nothing

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.319
 he can do

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:07.960
 to reverse

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:09.039
 the wrong he has done.

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:10.559
 He simply throws down

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.400
 the piece of silver

00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:12.019
 in the temple

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:13.440
 and then he goes away

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:15.039
 and then hangs himself.

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:17.759
 Luke records

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:19.159
 in Acts 1.18

00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:20.519
 that he died

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:22.220
 by falling headlong,

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:24.099
 that he fell headlong

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:25.259
 and then he burst open

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.720
 in the middle

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.059
 and all his bowels

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.579
 gushed out

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.379
 and some people note

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.099
 the discrepancy

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.659
 in the description.

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.220
 It appears that Judas

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.339
 first hanged himself

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:33.039
 but eventually

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.759
 the branch

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:35.599
 or whatever he hanged himself on

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.759
 broke from the weight

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.299
 of his body

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.720
 and then his decomposing body

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:40.480
 fell and he broke

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.420
 and his bowels

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.079
 gushed out.

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:44.119
 It's a gruesome death.

00:26:45.899 --> 00:26:47.019
 And it fulfills

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.920
 Jesus' prophecy

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:49.619
 in Matthew 26.24

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:51.079
 The Son of Man goes

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:52.480
 as it is written of him

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:54.619
 but woe to that man,

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.000
 Judas,

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.599
 by whom the Son of Man

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.240
 is betrayed.

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.899
 It would have been better

00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.480
 for that man

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.899
 if he had not been born.

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 Are you familiar

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:05.480
 with this foreboding

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.519
 and overwhelming

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.639
 sense of despair

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:08.379
 that Judas

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:09.460
 surely experienced?

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.899
 My life is over.

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:15.740
 I've gone too far.

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.980
 No one will forgive me.

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.259
 But this raises

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.320
 an important question.

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.820
 It says that Judas

00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:25.500
 changed his mind

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:27.620
 about what he had done

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.420
 with Jesus.

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.500
 Isn't that what

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:32.200
 repentance is?

00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:34.720
 Interestingly,

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:37.380
 even though the basic meaning

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:38.200
 of repentance

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:39.560
 is a change

00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:40.640
 of one's mind,

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:42.140
 the Greek word

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.700
 that's used

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.420
 for Judas'

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.600
 change of mind

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.640
 here is not

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.720
 the same word

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.680
 that's translated

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.340
 as repentance

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:48.920
 in the rest

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.640
 of the New Testament.

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 It's not the same word

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.759
 that Jesus used

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:54.200
 earlier in Matthew 4.17

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.960
 when he preached,

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:56.540
 repent for the kingdom

00:27:56.540 --> 00:27:57.480
 of heaven is at hand.

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.360
 And this is intentional.

00:28:00.800 --> 00:28:02.840
 2 Corinthians 7.10-11

00:28:02.840 --> 00:28:03.500
 distinguishes

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:05.240
 between godly grief

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.579
 and worldly grief.

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:08.380
 Godly grief

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:10.539
 produces change.

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.819
 It produces a repentance,

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.680
 a turning of

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.740
 the reorientation

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:15.359
 that leads to salvation

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:16.259
 without regret.

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:18.180
 Repentance entails

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:19.660
 a turning from sin

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:21.019
 and turning toward God

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:22.039
 from idols

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.240
 to serve the living God.

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.759
 It's a change

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.940
 in belief

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:28.359
 that changes,

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:30.359
 that leads to a change

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:30.920
 in behavior.

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:34.400
 For the sake of simplicity,

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.140
 we might say

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:36.019
 that Judas

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:37.500
 regretted his betrayal

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.539
 but he did not

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.400
 repent of it.

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:42.519
 Regret is sorry

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:44.019
 for the consequences

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:45.060
 of one's wrongdoing.

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:47.220
 Repentance is sorry

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.740
 for the wrongdoing itself.

00:28:50.820 --> 00:28:51.980
 Regret is sorry

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.980
 for getting caught

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.660
 in the act.

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.320
 Repentance is sorry

00:28:55.320 --> 00:28:56.660
 for the act itself.

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.640
 Judas sees

00:28:58.640 --> 00:29:00.200
 the situation

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:02.039
 spiraling out of control

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.819
 after his betrayal.

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.660
 He knows

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.360
 that his life

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:05.299
 will never quite

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.180
 be the same again,

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:07.080
 that he will never

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:08.460
 overcome his guilt.

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.480
 He feels sorry

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.600
 for the consequences.

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.700
 Regret

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:15.039
 merely dreads

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.740
 the punishment.

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.299
 Repentance

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.220
 dreads the sin.

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.140
 Regret

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:22.640
 is self-focused,

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.039
 focused on one's

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.940
 own pain

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.580
 or guilt.

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.900
 Repentance

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:28.140
 is other-focused.

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:30.700
 focused on the pain

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.960
 that one has caused

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.780
 first and foremost

00:29:32.780 --> 00:29:33.340
 to God

00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:34.460
 and to others

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.460
 affected by your sin.

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:36.980
 You can see

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.720
 the self-focus

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.920
 in Judas' response.

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.020
 Judas goes back

00:29:40.020 --> 00:29:41.100
 to the chief priests

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.840
 so that he can

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.540
 return the money

00:29:42.540 --> 00:29:43.700
 and dust off his hands

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.380
 and then be off.

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:46.340
 He never goes back

00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:47.060
 to Jesus

00:29:47.060 --> 00:29:48.300
 whom he sinned against.

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.320
 He never goes back

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.800
 to Jesus

00:29:50.800 --> 00:29:52.100
 to confess his sins.

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.360
 Regret

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:55.860
 is without faith.

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:57.559
 Repentance

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.139
 is always

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:59.259
 accompanied by faith.

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:00.799
 Regret

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.439
 comes to

00:30:01.439 --> 00:30:02.139
 the edge

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.719
 of a cliff

00:30:02.719 --> 00:30:03.819
 and sees nothing

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.539
 but the great

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.679
 chasm of despair

00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:06.859
 that you cannot cross

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.759
 and then

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:09.119
 fall right into it.

00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:11.779
 But

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.759
 repentance

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:14.740
 on the precipice

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.959
 of that great chasm

00:30:15.959 --> 00:30:17.459
 sees by faith

00:30:17.459 --> 00:30:18.539
 that Jesus Christ

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.119
 provides

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.899
 the bridge

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:20.819
 by which we can

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.740
 cross that chasm

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.319
 between us

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:22.719
 and God.

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:26.039
 are you familiar

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.660
 with the depths

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.240
 of despair?

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.440
 Have you come

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.059
 to the end

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.640
 of yourself?

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.500
 Do you feel

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.240
 that your life

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.960
 is over?

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.180
 Do you feel

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.839
 that forgiveness

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:38.259
 a fresh start

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.240
 is out of reach?

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:41.000
 There is another

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:42.019
 path than taking

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.740
 your own life

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:44.180
 which is a

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:45.299
 self-serving act

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.140
 of defiance

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:47.140
 against God

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.980
 who gave you

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.579
 your life.

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:51.679
 This haunting

00:30:51.679 --> 00:30:52.220
 scene

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:53.059
 this passage

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.960
 is full of blood.

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.279
 The word is repeated

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.199
 five times

00:30:56.199 --> 00:30:56.819
 word blood

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.980
 in this passage alone

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.879
 innocent blood

00:30:58.879 --> 00:30:59.759
 blood money

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.819
 field of blood

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:02.619
 it speaks of the guilt

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.679
 that stains

00:31:03.679 --> 00:31:04.980
 guilt that cannot be

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.960
 washed away.

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.599
 The chief priests

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:07.939
 and the elders

00:31:07.939 --> 00:31:08.859
 try to deny it

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.659
 and that doesn't work.

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:11.019
 Pilate tries to deflect it

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.839
 and it doesn't work

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.980
 and Judas falls

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.559
 into despair

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.119
 and of course

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:15.000
 that doesn't work

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.639
 either

00:31:15.639 --> 00:31:17.059
 and we are all

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:17.939
 guilty of that same

00:31:17.939 --> 00:31:18.359
 charge.

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.859
 Look at how the crowd

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:23.220
 accepts responsibility

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:24.179
 and culpability

00:31:24.179 --> 00:31:25.039
 for Jesus' death

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.899
 in verse 25.

00:31:26.439 --> 00:31:26.899
 He says that

00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:28.000
 all the people

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.559
 answered

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.599
 his blood

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.480
 be on us

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.720
 and on our children.

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.899
 Matthew doesn't

00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.720
 accept anyone

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.359
 from this.

00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:37.419
 All the people

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:38.199
 it's not just

00:31:38.199 --> 00:31:39.099
 a few rowdy

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.659
 ruffians

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:41.179
 but all the people

00:31:41.179 --> 00:31:43.279
 as Acts 2

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.679
 36

00:31:43.679 --> 00:31:45.019
 says

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:46.119
 all the house

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.879
 of Israel

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:48.339
 crucified Jesus

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:50.740
 the whole

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.519
 Jewish nation

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:51.980
 is culpable

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:54.019
 and not only

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.459
 the Jews

00:31:54.459 --> 00:31:54.740
 either

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.299
 Acts 2

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.740
 23

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.339
 says that

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:57.059
 Jesus was

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:58.059
 crucified and killed

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:59.199
 by the hands

00:31:59.199 --> 00:32:00.659
 of lawless men

00:32:00.659 --> 00:32:01.559
 meaning

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.759
 Gentiles

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.159
 who are not

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:04.039
 under the Jewish

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.500
 law

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:06.279
 Jews and Gentiles

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.939
 are guilty

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:09.140
 all are implicated

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:09.140


00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:11.660
 we are implicated

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.660
 even now

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.860
 here in the 21st century

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.220
 why?

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:15.460
 Because Isaiah 53

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.440
 5 tells us

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.080
 that Jesus was

00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:17.720
 pierced

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.740
 for our

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.759
 transgressions

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:21.039
 he was crushed

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.039


00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.779
 for our

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.480
 iniquities

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.500
 upon him

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:23.879
 was the

00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:24.539
 chastisement

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.059
 that brought

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.579
 us peace

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.640
 and with his

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.059
 wounds

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.779
 we are

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.460
 healed

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.779
 the wrath

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.359
 and the punishment

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:31.319
 that we deserve

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.960
 were unleashed

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.619
 on him

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.740
 and that means

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.319
 if it weren't

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.220
 for us

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:37.779
 Jesus would not

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.019
 have been

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.400
 crucified

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:42.460
 the pardon

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:44.019
 that Barabbas

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:45.060
 receives

00:32:45.060 --> 00:32:46.140
 and the

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.800
 condemnation

00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:47.440
 that Jesus

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.240
 receives

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:50.740
 is a picture

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.400
 of how

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.800
 Jesus

00:32:51.800 --> 00:32:52.680
 serves

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.100
 as a

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.620
 substitute

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.960
 of sinners

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.660
 on the cross

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:57.660
 Barabbas

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:57.980
 was a

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.440
 notorious

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:59.180
 prisoner

00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:00.680
 in Mark

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.080
 15

00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:01.360
 7

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:01.580
 notes

00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:01.800
 that he

00:33:01.800 --> 00:33:01.940
 had

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.220
 committed

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.700
 murder

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.280
 in the

00:33:03.280 --> 00:33:03.900
 insurrection

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:05.700
 the name

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.200
 Barabbas

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.460
 means

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.880
 son

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.280
 of a

00:33:07.280 --> 00:33:07.700
 father

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.060
 and

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.359
 Jesus

00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:08.859
 of course

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.200
 is a

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.480
 son

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:09.740
 of

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.099
 God

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:10.339
 the

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.720
 father

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:12.039
 certain

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.419
 ancient

00:33:12.419 --> 00:33:12.839
 Greek

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.440
 manuscripts

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:13.839
 of

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.259
 Matthew

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.980
 27

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.359
 17

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.740
 actually

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.220
 adds

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.480
 that

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.000
 Barabbas

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.579
 name

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.579
 was also

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.139
 Jesus

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:21.299
 which

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:22.059
 intensifies

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.819
 the contrast

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:25.299
 the name

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.639
 Jesus

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.179
 means

00:33:26.179 --> 00:33:26.599
 God

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.159
 saves

00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:28.079
 and

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.659
 Pilate

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:29.279
 asks

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.759
 the crowd

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.159
 whom

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:30.500
 do you

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.700
 want

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:30.839
 me

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:30.960
 to

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.299
 release

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.519
 to

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:31.859
 you

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.679
 Jesus

00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:33.379
 Barabbas

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:34.259
 or

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.720
 Jesus

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:34.960
 who

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.059
 is

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.419
 called

00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:36.059
 Christ

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.759
 Christ

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.599
 it's

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:37.700
 an

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.039
 amazing

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.440
 picture

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.639
 of

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:39.379
 substitutionary

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:39.899
 atonement

00:33:39.899 --> 00:33:41.759
 man

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.500
 by his

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:43.000
 rebellion

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.779
 and sin

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.940
 inserted

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.440
 himself

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.740
 in the

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.119
 place

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.319
 of

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.700
 God

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.740
 he

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.000
 tried

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.159
 to

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:48.339
 be

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:48.720
 God

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.720
 but

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.240
 God

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.799
 in

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:50.980
 his

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.399
 grace

00:33:51.399 --> 00:33:51.619
 and

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:51.899
 mercy

00:33:51.899 --> 00:33:52.519
 inserts

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.039
 himself

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.339
 where

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:53.960
 only

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.500
 sinful

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.980
 man

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.779
 deserve

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.139
 to

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:56.480
 be

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.599
 Jesus

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:57.940
 took

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.319
 on

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.659
 human

00:33:58.659 --> 00:33:59.179
 flesh

00:33:59.179 --> 00:33:59.480
 upon

00:33:59.480 --> 00:33:59.839
 himself

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.019
 and

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.119
 then

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:00.240
 he

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.779
 died

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.039
 on

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.200
 the

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.639
 cross

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.280
 and

00:34:02.280 --> 00:34:02.420
 he

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.580
 was

00:34:02.580 --> 00:34:03.120
 raised

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:03.480
 from

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.660
 the

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:03.940
 dead

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.140
 so

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.280
 that

00:34:04.280 --> 00:34:04.540
 he

00:34:04.540 --> 00:34:04.800
 can

00:34:04.800 --> 00:34:05.040
 pay

00:34:05.040 --> 00:34:05.259
 for

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.540
 our

00:34:05.540 --> 00:34:06.060
 sins

00:34:06.060 --> 00:34:06.560
 and

00:34:06.560 --> 00:34:06.840
 redeem

00:34:06.840 --> 00:34:07.160
 us

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:07.720
 for

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.079
 God

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:09.240
 this

00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:09.680
 is

00:34:09.680 --> 00:34:09.980
 how

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.380
 God

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.880
 saves

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:12.940
 and

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.180
 this

00:34:13.180 --> 00:34:13.360
 is

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.700
 why

00:34:13.700 --> 00:34:14.039
 Jesus

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.500
 so

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.200
 deliberately

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.660
 and

00:34:15.660 --> 00:34:16.480
 resolutely

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.860
 goes

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.119
 toward

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.280
 the

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.700
 cross

00:34:17.700 --> 00:34:18.920
 look at

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.119
 verses

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.579
 11 to

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:19.920
 14

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.160
 with

00:34:20.160 --> 00:34:20.380
 me

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.660
 Jesus

00:34:21.660 --> 00:34:21.880
 is

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.079
 being

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.660
 interrogated

00:34:22.660 --> 00:34:22.840
 by

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.300
 Pilate

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.059
 and

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.200
 the

00:34:24.200 --> 00:34:24.420
 chief

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.700
 priests

00:34:24.700 --> 00:34:24.820
 and

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.039
 elders

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.240
 are

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:25.519
 hurling

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.740
 all

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:26.059
 kinds

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.180
 of

00:34:26.180 --> 00:34:26.660
 accusations

00:34:26.660 --> 00:34:26.920
 and

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.340
 insults

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.460
 at

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.820
 Jesus

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.539
 but

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.660
 it

00:34:28.660 --> 00:34:28.860
 says

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.160
 Jesus

00:34:29.160 --> 00:34:29.579
 gave

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:29.940
 no

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.400
 answer

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:30.699
 not

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:30.980
 even

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.219
 to

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.460
 a

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:31.799
 single

00:34:31.799 --> 00:34:32.420
 charge

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:35.920
 Jesus

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.519
 why

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:36.920
 don't

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.079
 you

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.719
 say

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.440
 something

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:41.579
 defend

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.239
 yourself

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:43.779
 you're

00:34:43.779 --> 00:34:44.380
 innocent

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:45.179
 you're

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.779
 blameless

00:34:45.779 --> 00:34:48.239
 say

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:48.980
 something

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:51.779
 can

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.480
 cannot

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.920
 the one

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.440
 who shut

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.759
 down

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:53.940
 the

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.500
 Pharisees

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.659
 and

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.299
 describes

00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:56.099
 the

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.480
 lawyers

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:56.920
 the

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.460
 Sadducees

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.619
 in

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:57.900
 debate

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.239
 over

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:58.420
 and

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.659
 over

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:58.960
 again

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.159
 can

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.259
 he

00:34:59.260 --> 00:34:59.520
 not

00:34:59.520 --> 00:34:59.720
 do

00:34:59.720 --> 00:34:59.840
 it

00:34:59.840 --> 00:34:59.960
 with

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.080
 the

00:35:00.080 --> 00:35:00.300
 chief

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:00.640
 priests

00:35:00.640 --> 00:35:00.760
 and

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:00.860
 the

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.100
 elders

00:35:01.100 --> 00:35:02.600
 of

00:35:02.600 --> 00:35:02.820
 course

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.000
 he

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.260
 can

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:04.420
 of

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.760
 course

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:04.980
 the

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.240
 word

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:05.680
 incarnate

00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:05.840
 can

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.140
 shut

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:06.300
 up

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:06.440
 the

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.740
 haughty

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:07.060
 mouths

00:35:07.060 --> 00:35:07.240
 of

00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:07.460
 men

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.640
 and

00:35:07.640 --> 00:35:07.920
 leave

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.060
 them

00:35:08.060 --> 00:35:08.320
 to be

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.660
 silent

00:35:08.660 --> 00:35:08.860
 in

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.100
 dust

00:35:09.100 --> 00:35:09.220
 and

00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:09.540
 ashes

00:35:09.540 --> 00:35:10.020
 of

00:35:10.020 --> 00:35:10.320
 course

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.520
 he

00:35:10.520 --> 00:35:10.800
 can

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.220
 of

00:35:11.220 --> 00:35:11.500
 course

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:11.720
 the

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:12.180
 blameless

00:35:12.180 --> 00:35:12.380
 lamb

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.540
 of

00:35:12.540 --> 00:35:12.800
 God

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:12.980
 can

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.520
 establish

00:35:13.520 --> 00:35:13.820
 his

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.020
 own

00:35:14.020 --> 00:35:14.400
 innocence

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:14.600
 and

00:35:14.600 --> 00:35:15.120
 expose

00:35:15.120 --> 00:35:15.140
!

00:35:15.140 --> 00:35:15.380
 the

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:16.160
 wickedness

00:35:16.160 --> 00:35:16.300
 of

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:16.500
 these

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.080
 hypocrites

00:35:17.080 --> 00:35:17.720
 so

00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:18.080
 Jesus

00:35:18.080 --> 00:35:18.640
 say

00:35:18.640 --> 00:35:19.180
 something

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:20.520
 why

00:35:20.520 --> 00:35:20.640
 are

00:35:20.640 --> 00:35:20.740
 you

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.300
 silent

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.300


00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:25.880
 because

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.080
 it

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.319
 says

00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:26.460
 in

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.739
 Isaiah

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:27.239
 53

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:27.699
 7

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.500
 he

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:28.639
 was

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.219
 oppressed

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:30.079
 and

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.179
 he

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.299
 was

00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:31.400
 afflicted

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:31.659
 yet

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:31.799
 he

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.139
 opened

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.440
 not

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.659
 his

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.000
 mouth

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:34.119
 like

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.299
 a

00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:34.599
 lamb

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:34.799
 that

00:35:34.799 --> 00:35:34.940
 is

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.179
 led

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:35.319
 to

00:35:35.319 --> 00:35:35.460
 the

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.799
 slaughter

00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:36.440
 and

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:36.599
 like

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:36.819
 a

00:35:36.819 --> 00:35:37.259
 sheep

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:37.599
 that

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:37.920
 before

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.099
 it

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.460
 shears

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:38.639
 is

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.000
 silent

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.559
 so

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:39.719
 he

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.119
 opened

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.619
 not

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.199
 his

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.579
 mouth

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:43.599
 Jesus

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.360
 does

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.659
 not

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.000
 open

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.259
 his

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:45.639
 mouth

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:45.980
 because

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.139
 he

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.860
 knows

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.759
 he

00:35:47.759 --> 00:35:48.219
 knows

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:48.420
 he

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.539
 is

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.719
 a

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.099
 lamb

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.579
 led

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:49.679
 to

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:49.819
 the

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:50.199
 slaughter

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:52.739
 Jesus

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:52.980
 has

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.579
 accepted

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:53.840
 his

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.279
 destiny

00:35:54.279 --> 00:35:55.679
 at

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:55.819
 the

00:35:55.819 --> 00:35:56.079
 garden

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.219
 of

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.699
 Gethsemane

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.059
 Jesus

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.539
 already

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:57.900
 did

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.079
 all

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.219
 the

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:58.639
 talking

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.039
 he

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.259
 needed

00:35:59.259 --> 00:35:59.460
 to

00:35:59.460 --> 00:35:59.759
 do

00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:00.360
 at

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.480
 the

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:00.679
 garden

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:00.819
 of

00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:01.159
 Gethsemane

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.340
 he

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:01.619
 did

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:01.799
 all

00:36:01.799 --> 00:36:01.940
 the

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.239
 talking

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:02.420
 with

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.559
 the

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.860
 only

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.259
 person

00:36:03.259 --> 00:36:03.400
 who

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.579
 has

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:03.699
 the

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:04.099
 authority

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:04.279
 and

00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:04.420
 the

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.759
 power

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:05.000
 to

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.319
 alter

00:36:05.319 --> 00:36:05.599
 his

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:05.940
 fate

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.659
 his

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:06.860
 own

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.279
 father

00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:09.380
 there's

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.480
 no

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.659
 more

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.039
 talking

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.159
 Pilate

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.340
 can

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:12.539
 do

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:12.799
 there's

00:36:12.799 --> 00:36:13.179
 nothing

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:13.340
 the

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:13.559
 chief

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:13.799
 priest

00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:13.940
 and

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.059
 the

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.299
 elders

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:14.559
 can

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:14.840
 do

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.340
 Jesus

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:15.559
 is

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:15.900
 submitted

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.380
 to

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:16.539
 and

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.039
 surrendered

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.460
 to

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:17.619
 the

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:17.960
 sovereign

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.219
 will

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:18.340
 of

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:18.480
 his

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:18.900
 father

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.179
 because

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:19.360
 he

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:19.960
 knows

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.460
 he

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:20.900
 is

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.099
 the

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.360
 lamb

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.619
 of

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:21.940
 God

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.079
 who

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.319
 takes

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:22.619
 away

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:22.799
 the

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:22.940
 sin

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.059
 of

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.159
 the

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:23.539
 world

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:26.920
 and so

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.099
 he

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.619
 endures

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.319
 silently

00:36:28.319 --> 00:36:29.860
 what

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.340
 insult

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.519
 to

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:30.880
 injury

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.099
 that

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.500
 Jesus

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.799
 whom

00:36:31.799 --> 00:36:32.039
 we

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.319
 saw

00:36:32.319 --> 00:36:32.500
 in

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:32.739
 chapter

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:33.279
 25

00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:33.559
 is

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:33.739
 the

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:34.039
 Lord

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.159
 who

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.299
 will

00:36:34.299 --> 00:36:34.719
 sit

00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:35.139
 in

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.659
 judgment

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.059
 over

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.519
 all

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:36.679
 of

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.159
 humanity

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:37.400
 the

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:37.639
 living

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:37.920
 and

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.079
 the

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.440
 dead

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:39.320
 that

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:39.559
 he

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:39.900
 now

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.360
 stands

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:40.940
 trial

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.300
 while

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:42.500
 Pilate

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.280
 sits

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:43.480
 on

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:43.599
 a

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:43.860
 judgment

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.340
 seat

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:45.820
 what

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.300
 insult

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.500
 to

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.860
 injury

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.079
 that

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.460
 Jesus

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.000
 compared

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.220
 to

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.420
 whom

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.780
 all

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.000
 the

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.400
 treasures

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:49.639
 of

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:49.780
 the

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.059
 world

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.300
 can

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.460
 be

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:50.800
 counted

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.300
 as

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:51.980
 rubbish

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:53.079
 is

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.700
 priced

00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:54.180
 like

00:36:54.180 --> 00:36:54.860
 chattel

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.119
 at

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.559
 30

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:55.940
 pieces

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.139
 of

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.519
 silver

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:58.700
 but

00:36:58.700 --> 00:36:59.119
 Jesus

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.940
 endures

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.559
 all

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:00.840
 these

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.460
 indignities

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.700
 he

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.099
 suffers

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.400
 and

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.900
 dies

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.559
 so

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:03.820
 that

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.079
 he

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.360
 might

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.900
 ransom

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.559
 us

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:05.880
 for

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.480
 himself

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.599
 not

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:07.800
 with

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.420
 perishable

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:08.699
 things

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.099
 such as

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.360
 silver

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:09.559
 and

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:09.800
 gold

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:09.980
 but

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.300
 with

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:10.679
 his

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:11.019
 own

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.440
 precious

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:12.099
 blood

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:14.360
 like

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.519
 that

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:14.639
 of

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:14.780
 a

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:15.000
 lamb

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.260
 without

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:15.780
 blemish

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:16.500
 or spot

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:17.380
 because

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.679
 he

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:17.980
 knows

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.179
 that

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:18.500
 only

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:18.719
 his

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:18.980
 blood

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.159
 can

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.519
 wash

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.780
 us

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.119
 of

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:20.260
 our

00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:20.500
 blood

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.800
 guilt

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:25.639
 I've

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:25.800
 shared

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:25.980
 this

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.260
 story

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:26.480
 with

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.740
 some

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:26.860
 of

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:26.960
 you

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.260
 before

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.519
 four

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:27.760
 years

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:28.019
 ago

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.199
 in

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.860
 the

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.760
 book

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:30.039
 The

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.599
 Insanity

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:30.780
 of

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.099
 God

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.619
 author

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:31.920
 Nick

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.360
 Ripken

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:33.559
 recounts

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:33.840
 his

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.260
 travels

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:34.440
 to

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.740
 various

00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:34.980
 parts

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.179
 of the

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:35.420
 world

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:35.619
 where

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:36.000
 Christians

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.219
 are

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:36.819
 persecuted

00:37:36.819 --> 00:37:37.079
 for

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.239
 their

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:37.500
 faith

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.699
 he

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.139
 interviews

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:38.439
 them

00:37:38.439 --> 00:37:38.639
 and

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.319
 one

00:37:39.319 --> 00:37:39.699
 chapter

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:39.899
 he

00:37:39.899 --> 00:37:40.359
 entitles

00:37:40.359 --> 00:37:40.559
 the

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:40.879
 toughest

00:37:40.879 --> 00:37:41.339
 man

00:37:41.339 --> 00:37:41.519
 I

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.819
 ever

00:37:41.819 --> 00:37:42.139
 met

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:43.359
 this

00:37:43.359 --> 00:37:43.619
 man

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:43.839
 was

00:37:43.839 --> 00:37:44.000
 in

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.219
 such

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:44.339
 an

00:37:44.339 --> 00:37:44.739
 intensely

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.239
 persecuted

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:45.639
 part

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:45.719
 of

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:45.819
 the

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:46.059
 world

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.279
 that

00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:46.459
 he

00:37:46.459 --> 00:37:46.759
 agreed

00:37:46.759 --> 00:37:46.959
 to

00:37:46.959 --> 00:37:47.139
 meet

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:47.480
 Ripken

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.859
 under

00:37:47.859 --> 00:37:48.399
 strict

00:37:48.399 --> 00:37:48.980
 conditions

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.439
 in a

00:37:49.439 --> 00:37:49.819
 secure

00:37:49.819 --> 00:37:50.519
 non-public

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:50.899
 setting

00:37:50.899 --> 00:37:51.419
 where he

00:37:51.419 --> 00:37:51.819
 would not

00:37:51.819 --> 00:37:52.179
 even be

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:52.459
 able to

00:37:52.459 --> 00:37:52.639
 see

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:52.819
 his

00:37:52.819 --> 00:37:53.259
 face

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:53.859
 and

00:37:53.859 --> 00:37:54.099
 or

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.539
 attempt

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:54.739
 to

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:54.939
 learn

00:37:54.939 --> 00:37:55.159
 his

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.480
 name

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:55.619
 and

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:55.719
 he

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:55.839
 would

00:37:55.839 --> 00:37:56.179
 remain

00:37:56.179 --> 00:37:56.359
 in

00:37:56.359 --> 00:37:56.480
 the

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:56.739
 corner

00:37:56.739 --> 00:37:56.899
 in

00:37:56.899 --> 00:37:57.019
 the

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.319
 shadows

00:37:57.319 --> 00:37:57.519
 and

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:57.719
 talk

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:57.859
 to

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.099
 him

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:59.320
 the

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.579
 whole

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.099
 time

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.579
 during

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:00.740
 the

00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:01.039
 interview

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:02.840
 he

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.120
 told

00:38:03.120 --> 00:38:03.519
 Ripken

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.120
 of

00:38:04.120 --> 00:38:04.280
 his

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:04.760
 testimony

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.059
 of

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.780
 how

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:06.140
 prior

00:38:06.140 --> 00:38:06.340
 to

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.579
 coming

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:06.740
 to

00:38:06.740 --> 00:38:06.900
 know

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.320
 Christ

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:07.539
 he

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:07.780
 was

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.079
 a

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.460
 zealous

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:08.920
 Muslim

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:10.640
 and

00:38:10.640 --> 00:38:10.900
 he

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.300
 made

00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:11.579
 it a

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.099
 sport

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.900
 to

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.340
 hunt

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:13.880
 down

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:14.640
 infidels

00:38:14.640 --> 00:38:16.579
 Muslims

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:16.800
 who

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.620
 apostatize

00:38:17.620 --> 00:38:19.019
 and

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.140
 he

00:38:19.140 --> 00:38:19.340
 would

00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:20.180
 most

00:38:20.180 --> 00:38:20.380
 of the

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.559
 time

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:20.680
 he

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:20.800
 would

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:21.039
 kill

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:21.300
 them

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:21.700
 and

00:38:21.700 --> 00:38:21.880
 he

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.079
 used

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.200
 to

00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:22.360
 keep

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:22.720
 count

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:22.860
 of

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:23.000
 how

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.199
 many

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.679
 infidels

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:23.820
 he

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:24.119
 killed

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.300
 and

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:24.420
 he

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:24.900
 stopped

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.380
 counting

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:25.579
 he

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:25.800
 stopped

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:26.139
 tracking

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:26.440
 after

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:26.579
 a

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:26.880
 hundred

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:29.079
 and

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.420
 often

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:29.599
 he

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:29.760
 would

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:30.059
 slit

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.340
 their

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:30.659
 throat

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:30.900
 and

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.099
 let

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:31.300
 the

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:31.539
 blood

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:31.960
 wash

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.519
 and

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.039
 drip

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.340
 over

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:33.539
 his

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:33.840
 hands

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.039
 as

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:34.179
 an

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.539
 offering

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:34.760
 to

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.019
 Allah

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:37.260
 after

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:37.559
 some

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:37.880
 time

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.199
 however

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.420
 he

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:38.800
 began

00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:39.039
 to

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.380
 have

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.599
 a

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.000
 recurring

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.659
 dream

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.880
 a

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:42.420
 disturbing

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:43.000
 dream

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.460
 over

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.639
 and

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:43.880
 over

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.199
 again

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:44.420
 of

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.920
 spots

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.179
 of

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:45.739
 blood

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.079
 on

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.340
 his

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:46.860
 hands

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:47.820
 and

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.019
 over

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.460
 time

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:48.719
 that

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.139
 dream

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.460
 the

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:49.860
 blood

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.260
 spots

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:50.500
 grew

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:51.000
 larger

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.260
 and

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:51.639
 larger

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:51.960
 until

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.500
 eventually

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:52.759
 the

00:38:52.759 --> 00:38:53.000
 blood

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.239
 was

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:53.599
 running

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:53.980
 down

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.159
 and

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:54.379
 dripping

00:38:54.379 --> 00:38:54.659
 off

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:54.859
 his

00:38:54.859 --> 00:38:55.279
 arms

00:38:55.279 --> 00:38:57.339
 and

00:38:57.339 --> 00:38:57.460
 the

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:57.659
 man

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.059
 knew

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.440
 that

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:58.639
 the

00:38:58.639 --> 00:38:58.859
 blood

00:38:58.859 --> 00:38:58.980
 on

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.119
 his

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.559
 hands

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.099
 were

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.339
 the

00:39:00.339 --> 00:39:00.699
 blood

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:00.960
 of

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.099
 the

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.359
 people

00:39:01.359 --> 00:39:01.519
 that

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:01.619
 he

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:01.739
 had

00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:02.019
 killed

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:04.019
 the

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.339
 recurring

00:39:04.339 --> 00:39:04.839
 dream

00:39:04.839 --> 00:39:05.279
 was

00:39:05.279 --> 00:39:05.739
 bothersome

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:06.019
 enough

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.199
 but

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:06.500
 then

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.699
 he

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.099
 started

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.279
 to

00:39:07.279 --> 00:39:07.519
 see

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:07.980
 blood

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.179
 on

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.359
 his

00:39:08.359 --> 00:39:08.779
 hands

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:08.940
 and

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.359
 arms

00:39:09.359 --> 00:39:10.000
 while

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.119
 he

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:10.279
 was

00:39:10.279 --> 00:39:10.839
 awake

00:39:10.839 --> 00:39:12.379
 and

00:39:12.379 --> 00:39:12.579
 then

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:12.759
 he

00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:13.000
 really

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.259
 began

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:13.440
 to

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:13.719
 suspect

00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:13.980
 that

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.079
 he

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.219
 was

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.440
 going

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:14.960
 insane

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:17.139
 but

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:17.500
 then

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:18.539
 no

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:18.819
 matter

00:39:18.819 --> 00:39:19.219
 how

00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:19.559
 hard

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:19.699
 he

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:20.000
 tried

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.219
 to

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:20.639
 scrub

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:20.799
 it

00:39:20.799 --> 00:39:21.039
 off

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.179
 he

00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:21.339
 would

00:39:21.339 --> 00:39:21.659
 use

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.259
 pumice

00:39:22.259 --> 00:39:22.619
 this

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.119
 volcanic

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.659
 rock

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:23.960
 that's

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.279
 rough

00:39:24.279 --> 00:39:24.439
 on

00:39:24.439 --> 00:39:24.539
 the

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:24.839
 surface

00:39:24.839 --> 00:39:25.099
 that can

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:25.199
 be

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.399
 used

00:39:25.399 --> 00:39:25.639
 as an

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.159
 abrasive

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.339
 to

00:39:26.339 --> 00:39:26.759
 scrub

00:39:26.759 --> 00:39:27.619
 things

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:27.759
 he

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:27.919
 would

00:39:27.919 --> 00:39:28.519
 scrub

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:28.960
 himself

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.319
 and

00:39:29.319 --> 00:39:29.960
 get

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:30.460
 layers

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:30.679
 of

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:30.899
 skin

00:39:30.899 --> 00:39:31.119
 off

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:31.279
 and

00:39:31.279 --> 00:39:31.659
 the

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:31.960
 blood

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.159
 will

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.519
 still

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:32.759
 be

00:39:32.759 --> 00:39:33.099
 there

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:37.119
 he

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.239
 would

00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:37.480
 keep

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:37.739
 having

00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:37.939
 these

00:39:37.939 --> 00:39:38.199
 dreams

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.359
 but

00:39:38.359 --> 00:39:38.699
 eventually

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:38.939
 the

00:39:38.939 --> 00:39:39.279
 dreams

00:39:39.279 --> 00:39:39.799
 changed

00:39:39.799 --> 00:39:39.919
 and

00:39:39.919 --> 00:39:40.039
 there

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:40.159
 was

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.239
 an

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:40.639
 additional

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:40.659
!

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:41.019
 scene

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.159
 at

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:41.299
 the

00:39:41.299 --> 00:39:41.519
 end

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:41.759
 where

00:39:41.759 --> 00:39:42.460
 a

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:42.879
 man

00:39:42.879 --> 00:39:43.339
 in

00:39:43.339 --> 00:39:43.659
 white

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:44.219
 clothing

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:44.219


00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:44.739
 appeared

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:45.480
 who

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:45.619
 had

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:45.840
 a

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.240
 scarred

00:39:46.240 --> 00:39:46.619
 head

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:47.519
 he

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:47.699
 also

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:47.860
 had

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:48.300
 scarred

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:48.800
 hands

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.559
 a

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:49.940
 scarred

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.460
 side

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:51.039
 and

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:51.440
 scarred

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:51.980
 feet

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.699
 and

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:52.860
 the

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.179
 scarred

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:53.440
 man

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:53.760
 said

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:53.940
 to

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.199
 him

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:54.639
 I

00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:54.860
 am

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.320
 Jesus

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:55.960
 the

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:56.360
 Messiah

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:57.260
 and

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:57.760
 I

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.039
 can

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:58.360
 get

00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:58.599
 the

00:39:58.599 --> 00:39:58.940
 blood

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.500
 off

00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:01.440
 if

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:01.599
 you

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:01.760
 will

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:01.940
 just

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.320
 find

00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:02.619
 me

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:03.300
 and

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:03.639
 believe

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:03.800
 in

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:04.059
 me

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:05.880
 so

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:06.000
 the

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.159
 man

00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:06.380
 began

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:06.780
 searching

00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:07.440
 it

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:07.619
 took

00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:07.760
 him

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.019
 over

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.199
 a

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:08.500
 year

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:09.199
 to

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.639
 find

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:09.880
 a

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.199
 copy

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:10.360
 of

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:10.539
 a

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:10.880
 Bible

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:12.360
 and

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:12.480
 then

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:12.599
 it

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:12.760
 took

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:12.900
 him

00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:13.099
 even

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:13.500
 longer

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.880
 to

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.200
 finally

00:40:14.200 --> 00:40:15.099
 understand

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:16.039
 what

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.180
 is

00:40:16.180 --> 00:40:16.559
 said

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:18.380
 occasionally

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.720
 he

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:18.840
 would

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.039
 run

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:19.200
 into

00:40:19.200 --> 00:40:19.539
 people

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:19.680
 who

00:40:19.680 --> 00:40:20.200
 explain

00:40:20.200 --> 00:40:20.680
 pieces

00:40:20.680 --> 00:40:20.860
 and

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.099
 answer

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:21.280
 some

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:21.360
 of

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:21.460
 his

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:21.800
 questions

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.079
 and

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:22.660
 finally

00:40:22.660 --> 00:40:22.940
 he

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.160
 came

00:40:23.160 --> 00:40:23.360
 to

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:23.700
 faith

00:40:23.700 --> 00:40:24.360
 in

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:24.619
 Jesus

00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:25.140
 Christ

00:40:25.140 --> 00:40:25.480
 and

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:25.619
 the

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:25.820
 man

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:26.059
 said

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.200
 that

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:26.320
 when

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:26.460
 he

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:26.680
 gave

00:40:26.680 --> 00:40:26.840
 his

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:27.079
 life

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:27.280
 over

00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:27.460
 to

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:27.760
 Jesus

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:28.360
 in

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:28.500
 his

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:28.680
 own

00:40:28.680 --> 00:40:29.000
 words

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:29.519
 I

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:29.980
 got

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.300
 the

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:30.720
 blood

00:40:30.720 --> 00:40:31.320
 off

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:32.619
 Jesus

00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:33.200
 took

00:40:33.200 --> 00:40:33.460
 that

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:33.760
 blood

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.119
 onto

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.800
 himself

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:38.140
 his

00:40:38.140 --> 00:40:38.519
 nightmare

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:38.940
 stopped

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:39.420
 immediately

00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:39.720
 and he

00:40:39.720 --> 00:40:40.160
 became

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:41.440
 the

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:41.960
 infidel

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:43.139
 himself

00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:44.159
 that he

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.460
 used to

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:44.639
 make

00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:45.039
 a sport

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.199
 of

00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:45.519
 killing

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:47.039
 by

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.239
 putting

00:40:47.239 --> 00:40:47.399
 his

00:40:47.399 --> 00:40:47.619
 faith

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:47.759
 in

00:40:47.759 --> 00:40:47.960
 Jesus

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.119
 and

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.420
 becoming

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:48.619
 a

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:48.799
 bold

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:49.159
 witness

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:49.379
 for

00:40:49.379 --> 00:40:49.659
 him

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:52.980
 have

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.099
 you

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:53.259
 put

00:40:53.259 --> 00:40:53.420
 your

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:53.699
 faith

00:40:53.699 --> 00:40:53.819
 in

00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:54.000
 this

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.299
 blood

00:40:54.299 --> 00:40:56.219
 this

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:56.480
 blood

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:56.679
 that

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.059
 alone

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.279
 can

00:40:57.279 --> 00:40:57.559
 wash

00:40:57.559 --> 00:40:57.739
 away

00:40:57.739 --> 00:40:57.899
 your

00:40:57.899 --> 00:40:58.259
 sins

00:40:58.259 --> 00:41:01.019
 let me

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.339
 conclude

00:41:01.339 --> 00:41:01.559
 with

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:01.799
 this

00:41:01.799 --> 00:41:02.440
 classic

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:02.779
 hymn

00:41:02.779 --> 00:41:03.039
 which

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:03.219
 said

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:03.440
 would

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:03.539
 you

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:03.739
 be

00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:04.139
 free

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:05.319
 would

00:41:05.319 --> 00:41:05.420
 you

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:05.619
 be

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:05.960
 free

00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:06.980
 from

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.139
 the

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:07.399
 burden

00:41:07.399 --> 00:41:07.579
 of

00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:07.819
 sin

00:41:07.819 --> 00:41:09.000
 there's

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.500
 power

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.219
 in

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:10.360
 the

00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:10.679
 blood

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:11.639
 there's

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:12.179
 power

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:12.900
 in

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.059
 the

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.340
 blood

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:13.780
 would

00:41:13.780 --> 00:41:14.079
 you

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.719
 over

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:15.280
 evil

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:15.760
 a

00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:16.260
 victory

00:41:16.260 --> 00:41:16.679
 win

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:18.179
 there's

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:18.820
 wonderful

00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:19.739
 power

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:20.639
 in

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:20.760
 the

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:21.059
 blood

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:22.159
 let's

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.460
 pray

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:26.880
 father

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:27.420
 thank you

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:27.739
 for

00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:28.760
 making

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:29.139
 a way

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:30.019
 for the

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.460
 cleansing

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:31.059
 of our

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:31.519
 guilt

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.440
 of all

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:32.659
 our

00:41:32.659 --> 00:41:33.139
 stains

00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:37.000
 thank you

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.179
 that

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:37.460
 Jesus

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:38.099
 blood

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:38.279
 is

00:41:38.279 --> 00:41:38.519
 more

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:39.119
 powerful

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:39.400
 than

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.659
 any

00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:39.839
 of

00:41:39.839 --> 00:41:40.019
 our

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.339
 sins

00:41:40.339 --> 00:41:43.199
 the

00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:43.599
 sins

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:43.779
 that

00:41:43.779 --> 00:41:43.940
 we

00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:44.159
 dare

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:44.440
 not

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:44.960
 name

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:46.039
 sins

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:46.359
 from

00:41:46.359 --> 00:41:46.659
 long

00:41:46.659 --> 00:41:47.039
 ago

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.359
 that

00:41:47.359 --> 00:41:47.559
 we

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.239
 that

00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:48.440
 no

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:48.599
 one

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:48.879
 knows

00:41:48.879 --> 00:41:49.079
 about

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:49.400
 sins

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:49.559
 that

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:49.699
 we

00:41:49.699 --> 00:41:51.559
 haven't

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:52.319
 confessed

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:57.300
 there's

00:41:57.300 --> 00:41:57.860
 nothing

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:58.900
 hidden

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.200
 from

00:41:59.200 --> 00:41:59.559
 you

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:02.700
 and

00:42:02.700 --> 00:42:02.920
 there's

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:03.420
 nothing

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:07.280
 that

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:07.400
 the

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:07.600
 blood

00:42:07.600 --> 00:42:08.059
 of sins

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:08.360
 cannot

00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:08.640
 wash

00:42:08.640 --> 00:42:08.940
 the

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.200
 blood

00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:09.340
 of

00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:09.539
 your

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:09.780
 son

00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:10.019
 Jesus

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.340
 Christ

00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:10.519
 can

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:10.780
 wash

00:42:10.780 --> 00:42:11.140
 away

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:13.259
 Lord

00:42:13.259 --> 00:42:13.379
 we

00:42:13.379 --> 00:42:13.719
 praise

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:13.900
 you

00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:14.099
 for

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:14.359
 that

00:42:14.359 --> 00:42:14.839
 we

00:42:14.839 --> 00:42:15.159
 thank

00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:15.279
 you

00:42:15.279 --> 00:42:15.440
 for

00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:15.679
 that

00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:17.000
 help

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.219
 us

00:42:17.219 --> 00:42:17.400
 to

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:17.639
 live

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:17.900
 in

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:18.179
 light

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:18.339
 of

00:42:18.339 --> 00:42:18.579
 that

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.000
 every

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.400
 single

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:19.699
 day

00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:22.659
 help

00:42:22.659 --> 00:42:22.799
 us

00:42:22.799 --> 00:42:22.940
 to

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.119
 put

00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:23.279
 our

00:42:23.279 --> 00:42:23.599
 trust

00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:23.759
 in

00:42:23.759 --> 00:42:24.019
 Jesus

00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:24.339
 alone

00:42:24.339 --> 00:42:26.359
 in

00:42:26.359 --> 00:42:26.619
 Jesus

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:26.960
 name

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.279
 we

00:42:27.279 --> 00:42:27.539
 pray

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.480
 amen