WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.480 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.980 --> 00:00:09.560 Our passion is to experience and express grace. 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:10.620 Join us. 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:16.080 Let's step back in Matthew a little ways to Matthew 16. 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:25.600 Beginning at verse 21, from that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:30.760 to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and the chief priests and the scribes 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:35.000 and be killed and on the third day be raised. 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:44.920 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him saying, far be it from you, Lord, this 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:46.400 shall never happen to you. 00:00:48.219 --> 00:00:51.540 But he turned and said to Peter, get behind me, Satan. 00:00:51.539 --> 00:00:58.479 You are a hindrance to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:00.280 on the things of man. 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:11.259 And Jesus told his disciples, if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take 00:01:11.259 --> 00:01:14.239 up his cross and follow me. 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:21.599 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:22.619 will find it. 00:01:23.479 --> 00:01:27.739 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? 00:01:28.419 --> 00:01:31.479 Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? 00:01:32.659 --> 00:01:37.859 For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then 00:01:37.859 --> 00:01:40.819 he will repay each person according to what he has done. 00:01:40.819 --> 00:01:47.479 Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see 00:01:47.479 --> 00:01:50.000 the Son of Man coming in his kingdom. 00:01:51.839 --> 00:01:53.939 Pray with me as I lead us. 00:01:54.719 --> 00:02:10.439 Father, the inadequacy of my ability to communicate the truth that is here weighs heavy, maybe more 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:12.579 than most times. 00:02:15.099 --> 00:02:21.020 So Father, I pray for just an outpouring of your Spirit, that you would use the foolishness 00:02:21.020 --> 00:02:31.360 of a preacher, that you would draw us into the wisdom, the divine wisdom of God, the King, 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:38.700 and the significance and the treasure that this night represents. 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:45.820 Help us, we pray, to know you, to know ourselves. 00:02:46.900 --> 00:02:49.260 Help us, we pray, in Jesus' name. 00:02:50.200 --> 00:02:50.480 Amen. 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:50.619 Amen. 00:02:53.299 --> 00:02:58.839 Now, there's something wrong with Good Friday. 00:03:01.019 --> 00:03:04.579 There's something wrong at its deepest levels. 00:03:06.019 --> 00:03:10.939 You know, Easter is supposed to be one of, really should be one of the great celebrations 00:03:10.939 --> 00:03:21.579 of the year, and it is because we celebrate that day when the first disciples beheld the risen 00:03:21.579 --> 00:03:22.859 Christ. 00:03:26.579 --> 00:03:32.479 And just try to imagine what that experience was like. 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:41.079 You know, when Peter writes in 1 Peter about this inexpressible joy, he was talking from experience. 00:03:44.399 --> 00:03:48.179 You know, Sunday when we worship at Easter, it's going to be upbeat. 00:03:49.060 --> 00:03:50.819 It's going to be celebrative. 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:53.459 Even tomorrow, we're going to have all the kids here. 00:03:53.899 --> 00:03:58.679 It's going to be more like a party, trying to, you know, find eggs out here on the lawn. 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:04.120 And, but there's something wrong with Friday. 00:04:06.760 --> 00:04:12.599 It is a, even as we worship here together, it's very sullen, maybe depressing. 00:04:14.540 --> 00:04:19.100 You know, we don't like to talk about pain and suffering. 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:22.480 It's not in our cultural makeup. 00:04:23.579 --> 00:04:27.860 I was just with some of my friends a couple nights ago, and somehow, 00:04:27.860 --> 00:04:32.980 some way, and none of these friends are a part of the church, 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:40.139 but somehow we got on the subject of death at a Mexican restaurant. 00:04:41.960 --> 00:04:48.660 And as fast as we got there, they ran as fast as they could away from it. 00:04:48.660 --> 00:04:54.340 And so, we don't like to talk about pain and suffering, 00:04:54.740 --> 00:04:57.300 but when we think about that Friday, 00:04:58.080 --> 00:05:01.180 there was plenty to go around. 00:05:03.420 --> 00:05:05.379 You know, Good Friday is just hard. 00:05:07.080 --> 00:05:11.240 Because I think down inside, we feel that this, there is something wrong here. 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:14.439 This is not what it should have been. 00:05:18.660 --> 00:05:22.079 You know, when we come to the gospel, 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:25.720 the gospel is good news. 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:29.460 And so, we want to talk about good news. 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:32.400 We want to be upbeat and positive, 00:05:32.780 --> 00:05:36.360 and again, celebrate all the great things that God has done. 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:37.460 We think of Jesus. 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:39.020 We think how much He's loved us, 00:05:39.100 --> 00:05:41.199 the hope that we have in Him. 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:44.879 We think of all of this infinite grace and mercy 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:46.660 that is poured out upon us. 00:05:47.500 --> 00:05:49.160 And so, we should be celebrating. 00:05:49.819 --> 00:05:51.139 We should be upbeat. 00:05:51.139 --> 00:05:57.979 The gospel, indeed, is good news. 00:06:00.659 --> 00:06:02.740 But it's only good news 00:06:02.740 --> 00:06:05.519 when we contemplate 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:07.419 the wrong 00:06:07.419 --> 00:06:09.979 that was done on Friday. 00:06:11.919 --> 00:06:13.979 There is no resurrection. 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:17.199 There is no resurrected life. 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:19.300 There is no celebration 00:06:19.300 --> 00:06:21.000 before. 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:24.459 There is a death. 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:30.599 And that death, we must look into deeply. 00:06:33.039 --> 00:06:34.139 You know, it's interesting, 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:37.399 even as we read these verses in Matthew 16, 00:06:37.939 --> 00:06:39.399 you know, it's not just our culture, 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:41.899 because the disciples had the same struggle. 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:46.439 I mean, as soon as Jesus starts talking about them, 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:47.860 he says, yeah, we're going to go to Jerusalem, 00:06:48.180 --> 00:06:49.240 and I'm going to suffer, 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:50.779 and they're going to put me to death. 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:52.759 And he even tells them about the resurrection, 00:06:53.019 --> 00:06:53.740 but that thought, 00:06:54.180 --> 00:06:56.199 that totally escapes them. 00:06:58.339 --> 00:06:59.300 And so, Peter, 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:01.839 at least exercising a little bit of tact, 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:03.920 didn't do this in front of the group, 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:05.659 but took him off to the side. 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:07.860 And basically saying, 00:07:07.860 --> 00:07:11.420 you got this wrong. 00:07:13.459 --> 00:07:15.060 This is not the script. 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:18.719 This is not the way it's supposed to be. 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:22.920 And then Jesus 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:26.800 refers to maybe his closest friend 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:29.399 as Satan himself. 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:33.379 And he says, 00:07:34.019 --> 00:07:37.839 you are thinking in man's terms. 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:41.659 You're not thinking in God's terms. 00:07:43.619 --> 00:07:45.459 And when you're thinking in men's terms, 00:07:45.599 --> 00:07:46.659 you're a hindrance to me. 00:07:49.659 --> 00:07:53.620 And so Jesus tells him here, 00:07:53.979 --> 00:07:57.199 he's determined to go to Jerusalem, 00:07:57.519 --> 00:07:59.559 because that's why he was called. 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:01.919 That's why he came. 00:08:02.219 --> 00:08:04.959 He did not come just to make life better. 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:08.079 He did not come just to heal diseases. 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:09.879 He did not come 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:14.479 just to teach people a better way of life. 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:16.459 He did all that. 00:08:16.699 --> 00:08:18.379 That was a prelude, 00:08:19.620 --> 00:08:22.339 a foretaste of what the kingdom would look like. 00:08:22.339 --> 00:08:27.060 But what Jesus came for 00:08:27.060 --> 00:08:28.879 was a garden. 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:34.360 A very eventful garden. 00:08:35.740 --> 00:08:36.159 But you know, 00:08:36.220 --> 00:08:37.039 all this started, 00:08:38.179 --> 00:08:38.319 you know, 00:08:38.339 --> 00:08:40.360 there's two things I want us to see about this tonight. 00:08:40.459 --> 00:08:42.120 And the first is the calling of Jesus 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:44.379 is all about death. 00:08:45.419 --> 00:08:46.839 It is all about death. 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:49.740 The year, 00:08:50.899 --> 00:08:51.180 you know, 00:08:51.220 --> 00:08:52.160 as Jesus came, 00:08:52.860 --> 00:08:53.080 you know, 00:08:53.139 --> 00:08:54.600 his ministry was glorious 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:56.120 in so many ways, 00:08:56.580 --> 00:08:58.280 but yet his goal 00:08:58.280 --> 00:08:59.920 was this garden. 00:09:00.620 --> 00:09:02.259 But way back in the beginning, 00:09:02.560 --> 00:09:03.680 there was another garden. 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:06.300 A garden where things 00:09:06.300 --> 00:09:08.660 should have gone better. 00:09:08.659 --> 00:09:12.179 God created all things, 00:09:12.339 --> 00:09:13.379 declared it to be good, 00:09:13.459 --> 00:09:14.860 and at the heart of that creation 00:09:14.860 --> 00:09:15.740 was man, 00:09:16.839 --> 00:09:18.159 and he put him in a garden. 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:22.139 And man was made 00:09:22.139 --> 00:09:24.319 to give glory 00:09:24.319 --> 00:09:26.659 to his creator 00:09:26.659 --> 00:09:28.779 through his trust, 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:30.159 through his submission, 00:09:30.819 --> 00:09:32.279 through his service, 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:35.120 to declare the creator's 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:36.199 greatness 00:09:36.199 --> 00:09:37.639 and value 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:39.059 above all things. 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:42.019 It was a perfect world, 00:09:42.100 --> 00:09:43.159 a perfect environment. 00:09:43.620 --> 00:09:44.579 He had one, 00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:46.659 only one way 00:09:46.659 --> 00:09:47.839 to do that, 00:09:48.079 --> 00:09:48.860 and that was simply 00:09:48.860 --> 00:09:50.399 to stay away from 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:51.799 this one tree. 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:57.419 And at that critical point, 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:00.240 where he should have bowed 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:01.860 in trust, 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:03.500 and in submission, 00:10:05.259 --> 00:10:06.720 the one point 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:07.659 when he should have 00:10:07.659 --> 00:10:09.179 given glory to the creator, 00:10:09.959 --> 00:10:11.159 he took it 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:12.860 for himself. 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:16.539 He said, 00:10:16.659 --> 00:10:18.139 I will submit to only one, 00:10:19.480 --> 00:10:20.419 and that's me. 00:10:24.539 --> 00:10:27.220 And so in doing that, 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:28.159 as promised, 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:30.919 they were cursed. 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:34.179 They were exiled 00:10:34.179 --> 00:10:35.720 from the pleasure, 00:10:36.199 --> 00:10:36.899 the intimacy, 00:10:37.439 --> 00:10:37.659 the love, 00:10:37.659 --> 00:10:39.100 and joy 00:10:39.100 --> 00:10:40.159 of the creator. 00:10:42.079 --> 00:10:43.860 They were enslaved 00:10:43.860 --> 00:10:45.259 to futility 00:10:45.259 --> 00:10:45.939 along with 00:10:45.939 --> 00:10:46.899 all of the rest 00:10:46.899 --> 00:10:47.679 of creation. 00:10:49.259 --> 00:10:50.179 They were 00:10:50.179 --> 00:10:53.339 enslaved 00:10:53.340 --> 00:10:55.240 to suffering 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:55.259 to suffering, 00:10:55.259 --> 00:10:58.240 and ultimately 00:10:58.240 --> 00:10:58.879 to death. 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:02.720 Everything they touched, 00:11:04.040 --> 00:11:05.580 everything they thought, 00:11:06.580 --> 00:11:08.080 everything they dreamed, 00:11:08.820 --> 00:11:10.660 everything they did 00:11:10.660 --> 00:11:13.320 from here on 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:15.120 was corrupt. 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:18.779 it was polluted 00:11:18.779 --> 00:11:22.159 by a heart 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:23.340 that wanted 00:11:23.340 --> 00:11:24.620 glory. 00:11:27.340 --> 00:11:28.759 The friend of God 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:31.039 was now an enemy, 00:11:32.539 --> 00:11:33.100 separated 00:11:33.100 --> 00:11:34.799 in enmity 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:37.519 with no hope 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:39.200 of making it 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:39.720 any better. 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:43.080 well, 00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:43.720 now we can fast 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:44.100 forward 00:11:44.100 --> 00:11:46.120 to another garden, 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:48.759 a garden 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:49.720 where Jesus 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:50.820 finds himself. 00:11:51.860 --> 00:11:53.000 After the supper 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:54.879 with his disciples, 00:11:55.379 --> 00:11:56.700 he goes to 00:11:56.700 --> 00:11:57.779 a garden. 00:11:57.779 --> 00:12:01.120 but there 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:02.159 in that garden, 00:12:02.620 --> 00:12:03.120 it was not 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:04.179 the created man 00:12:04.179 --> 00:12:05.240 that was put to test, 00:12:05.319 --> 00:12:06.500 but it was the God man. 00:12:08.079 --> 00:12:10.199 It was Jesus himself 00:12:10.199 --> 00:12:10.919 facing 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:12.339 the same 00:12:12.339 --> 00:12:13.799 challenge 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:17.220 with the odds 00:12:17.220 --> 00:12:18.620 so much heavier 00:12:18.620 --> 00:12:19.639 against him. 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:20.379 This was not 00:12:20.379 --> 00:12:21.419 the perfect world. 00:12:21.740 --> 00:12:22.419 This was now 00:12:22.419 --> 00:12:23.720 a very broken world. 00:12:24.319 --> 00:12:24.980 He was not 00:12:24.980 --> 00:12:25.699 promised 00:12:25.699 --> 00:12:26.579 this 00:12:26.580 --> 00:12:28.120 you know, 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:28.820 riches 00:12:28.820 --> 00:12:29.980 of intimacy 00:12:29.980 --> 00:12:30.720 with the Father. 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:31.660 He was promised 00:12:31.660 --> 00:12:33.080 exactly the opposite. 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:34.139 He said, 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:35.340 if you obey, 00:12:35.520 --> 00:12:36.420 if you trust, 00:12:36.540 --> 00:12:37.840 if you serve, 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:39.560 you will be 00:12:39.560 --> 00:12:40.379 separated 00:12:40.379 --> 00:12:41.540 from the one 00:12:41.540 --> 00:12:42.879 through all eternity 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:43.759 he has 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:44.700 enjoyed 00:12:44.700 --> 00:12:47.080 and loved. 00:12:52.660 --> 00:12:54.200 In this second garden, 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:56.879 the son 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:58.000 faced 00:12:58.000 --> 00:12:59.540 rejection 00:12:59.540 --> 00:13:02.100 and suffering 00:13:02.100 --> 00:13:04.020 beyond belief, 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:05.900 beyond our 00:13:05.900 --> 00:13:06.560 comprehension. 00:13:08.560 --> 00:13:09.720 He did not 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:10.640 choose prosperity. 00:13:11.740 --> 00:13:12.120 He 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:13.320 did 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:14.500 what the first 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:14.980 man 00:13:14.980 --> 00:13:15.960 should have 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:16.360 done. 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:19.500 He bowed 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:21.600 and said, 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:23.080 not my will 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:25.560 but yours 00:13:25.560 --> 00:13:25.980 be done. 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:31.600 He trusted, 00:13:33.259 --> 00:13:33.700 submitted 00:13:33.700 --> 00:13:34.440 himself 00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:36.259 to the 00:13:36.259 --> 00:13:36.659 Father. 00:13:37.800 --> 00:13:38.460 He chose 00:13:38.460 --> 00:13:39.379 alienation. 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:41.779 He chose 00:13:41.779 --> 00:13:42.480 judgment. 00:13:45.060 --> 00:13:46.160 He chose 00:13:46.160 --> 00:13:46.580 death. 00:13:46.580 --> 00:13:46.680 He chose 00:13:46.680 --> 00:13:46.700 death. 00:13:46.700 --> 00:13:54.160 what the 00:13:54.160 --> 00:13:54.640 first man 00:13:54.640 --> 00:13:55.020 should have 00:13:55.020 --> 00:13:55.379 done, 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:57.160 now the 00:13:57.160 --> 00:13:58.020 second Adam 00:13:58.020 --> 00:14:00.740 did do. 00:14:02.180 --> 00:14:03.000 He put 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:03.640 the Father's 00:14:03.640 --> 00:14:04.400 glory above 00:14:04.400 --> 00:14:05.120 all things 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:08.360 and he 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:08.660 bowed 00:14:08.660 --> 00:14:09.280 in submission 00:14:09.280 --> 00:14:12.240 and trust 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:13.740 to the 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:14.040 one 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:15.620 who 00:14:15.620 --> 00:14:16.139 was 00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:17.159 above 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:17.519 all 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:17.959 others. 00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:22.099 This 00:14:22.099 --> 00:14:22.399 was his 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:22.779 journey. 00:14:24.199 --> 00:14:24.819 His 00:14:24.819 --> 00:14:25.199 journey 00:14:25.199 --> 00:14:25.860 came. 00:14:26.599 --> 00:14:27.079 He came 00:14:27.079 --> 00:14:27.539 to this 00:14:27.539 --> 00:14:28.019 garden 00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:29.259 to stand 00:14:29.259 --> 00:14:29.860 in 00:14:29.860 --> 00:14:32.500 for that 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:33.319 first man 00:14:33.319 --> 00:14:35.059 who had 00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:35.620 now lived 00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:36.559 for centuries 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:37.199 in this 00:14:37.199 --> 00:14:37.860 slavery of 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:38.319 futility, 00:14:38.439 --> 00:14:38.659 but he 00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:39.219 stood in 00:14:39.219 --> 00:14:39.519 for him 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:39.819 in two 00:14:39.819 --> 00:14:40.099 different 00:14:40.099 --> 00:14:40.639 ways. 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:41.740 He 00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:42.279 stood in 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:43.019 and obeyed. 00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:43.839 He served. 00:14:44.059 --> 00:14:44.799 He worshipped 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:45.600 the creator 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:46.100 the way 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:46.620 that first 00:14:46.620 --> 00:14:47.240 man should 00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:47.740 have done. 00:14:49.659 --> 00:14:50.539 He did 00:14:50.539 --> 00:14:52.240 it for 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:52.699 him. 00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.339 But he 00:14:57.339 --> 00:14:58.199 also stood 00:14:58.199 --> 00:15:00.740 in and 00:15:00.740 --> 00:15:01.179 took the 00:15:01.179 --> 00:15:01.740 payment. 00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:04.439 It was 00:15:04.439 --> 00:15:05.100 not his. 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:12.060 it was 00:15:12.060 --> 00:15:12.639 a payment 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:13.200 that 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:13.659 belonged 00:15:13.659 --> 00:15:14.399 to 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:14.779 someone 00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:15.200 else. 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:22.320 He 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:22.800 was the 00:15:22.800 --> 00:15:23.340 sacrificial 00:15:23.340 --> 00:15:23.759 lamb, 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:26.639 the 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:27.139 innocent 00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:28.879 standing 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:29.279 in 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:30.759 for the 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.100 guilty. 00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:33.360 and there 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:33.820 is 00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:34.620 something 00:15:34.620 --> 00:15:35.480 very 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:36.360 wrong 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:37.159 with this. 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:39.460 There's 00:15:39.460 --> 00:15:39.720 something 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:40.019 very 00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:40.700 unfair. 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:44.019 The 00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:44.399 righteous 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:44.840 one 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:47.159 is 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:47.560 treated 00:15:47.560 --> 00:15:49.320 as a 00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:49.600 criminal. 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.440 The 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:53.899 righteous 00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:54.519 one 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:56.139 is now 00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:56.840 the 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:57.399 recipient 00:15:57.399 --> 00:15:57.879 of 00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:58.560 contempt 00:15:58.559 --> 00:16:00.439 and 00:16:00.439 --> 00:16:01.199 wrath 00:16:01.199 --> 00:16:02.419 and 00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:03.459 alienation 00:16:03.459 --> 00:16:09.719 while the 00:16:09.719 --> 00:16:10.599 guilty 00:16:10.599 --> 00:16:11.219 party 00:16:11.219 --> 00:16:14.339 gets 00:16:14.339 --> 00:16:14.859 off 00:16:14.859 --> 00:16:17.319 scot-free. 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:24.859 We need 00:16:24.859 --> 00:16:25.219 to feel 00:16:25.219 --> 00:16:25.599 the weight 00:16:25.599 --> 00:16:26.099 of this. 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:29.279 A lot 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:29.619 more than 00:16:29.619 --> 00:16:29.759 we 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.139 typically 00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:30.500 do. 00:16:34.079 --> 00:16:34.659 Because 00:16:34.659 --> 00:16:34.939 we are 00:16:34.939 --> 00:16:35.079 the 00:16:35.079 --> 00:16:35.299 guilty 00:16:35.299 --> 00:16:35.659 party. 00:16:41.699 --> 00:16:42.259 He 00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:42.659 received 00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:42.839 the 00:16:42.839 --> 00:16:43.199 punishment 00:16:43.199 --> 00:16:43.459 on 00:16:43.459 --> 00:16:43.979 himself, 00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:46.079 the 00:16:46.079 --> 00:16:46.579 innocent 00:16:46.579 --> 00:16:48.319 one 00:16:48.319 --> 00:16:51.419 that we 00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:51.699 should have 00:16:51.699 --> 00:16:52.099 received. 00:16:56.979 --> 00:16:57.719 But this 00:16:57.719 --> 00:16:58.059 was his 00:16:58.059 --> 00:16:58.439 calling. 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:01.759 the 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.039 death 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:02.419 Jesus 00:17:02.419 --> 00:17:03.019 died, 00:17:03.319 --> 00:17:03.539 I 00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:04.159 should, 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.059 you 00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:05.559 should 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.019 have 00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:06.379 died. 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.240 The 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:09.879 glory 00:17:09.879 --> 00:17:10.919 that the 00:17:10.919 --> 00:17:11.179 father 00:17:11.179 --> 00:17:12.000 deserved 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:12.819 that he 00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:13.319 gave, 00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:13.639 I 00:17:13.639 --> 00:17:14.019 should 00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:14.359 have, 00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:14.980 you 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.299 should 00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:15.759 have 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:16.419 given. 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:19.419 He 00:17:19.419 --> 00:17:19.879 did 00:17:19.879 --> 00:17:20.440 all of 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:20.639 that 00:17:20.639 --> 00:17:21.019 in our 00:17:21.019 --> 00:17:21.599 place. 00:17:24.639 --> 00:17:24.940 He, 00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:25.159 the 00:17:25.159 --> 00:17:25.500 beloved, 00:17:26.379 --> 00:17:26.980 was treated 00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.379 as the 00:17:27.379 --> 00:17:27.659 enemy. 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:29.759 in 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.019 eye, 00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:30.220 the 00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:30.639 enemy, 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:33.039 and I 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:33.359 have now 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:33.960 become the 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:34.639 friend of 00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:35.059 the throne. 00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:39.339 He was 00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:39.839 treated with 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.399 contempt, 00:17:41.399 --> 00:17:43.759 so I can 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:44.099 now be 00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:45.339 treated with 00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:45.899 joy. 00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:50.700 scorn, 00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:51.980 so that I 00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:52.860 can now 00:17:52.860 --> 00:17:53.540 be 00:17:53.540 --> 00:17:54.640 welcomed 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:55.500 home. 00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:00.420 He was 00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:01.040 treated with 00:18:01.040 --> 00:18:01.500 wrath, 00:18:02.060 --> 00:18:04.400 so that I 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:04.740 can now 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.380 know peace. 00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:09.380 let the 00:18:09.380 --> 00:18:09.760 weight of 00:18:09.760 --> 00:18:10.140 Jesus' 00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:10.720 death 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:11.600 sink in. 00:18:14.540 --> 00:18:15.220 Let it 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.780 weigh heavy, 00:18:16.580 --> 00:18:18.580 because this 00:18:18.580 --> 00:18:19.040 is why he 00:18:19.040 --> 00:18:19.340 came. 00:18:22.040 --> 00:18:22.860 But as he 00:18:22.860 --> 00:18:23.660 continues in 00:18:23.660 --> 00:18:24.180 Matthew to 00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:24.700 talk to his 00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:25.160 disciples, 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:27.120 Jesus came 00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:27.980 to glorify 00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.680 the father, 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:29.860 and in that 00:18:29.860 --> 00:18:31.400 process was 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:32.600 a road to 00:18:32.600 --> 00:18:33.280 a cross, 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:34.460 to his 00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:35.019 death. 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:36.119 And now, 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:37.319 all of those 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:38.420 who follow 00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:39.299 him, as he 00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:39.899 tells the 00:18:39.899 --> 00:18:40.940 disciples there, 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:42.259 are to, 00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:44.379 everyone who 00:18:44.379 --> 00:18:44.720 would come 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.559 after me 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.980 must take 00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.379 up his 00:18:47.379 --> 00:18:47.980 cross. 00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:51.339 cross, we 00:18:51.339 --> 00:18:51.980 are called to 00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:52.779 follow him 00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:55.099 into death. 00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.519 When Luke 00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.700 writes this, he 00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:00.579 adds a word. 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:02.400 He says, to 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:03.079 take up her 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:04.680 cross daily. 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.740 This is not a 00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.839 one-time thing. 00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.259 This is a 00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:10.319 constant, I've 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:10.960 got to do this 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:12.200 every day kind 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:12.680 of thing. 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:15.519 Because as we 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:17.019 follow Jesus, 00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:20.779 that self-determining, 00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:22.339 self-centered, 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:23.640 self-glorifying 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:24.799 aspect of who 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:25.539 we are, 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:28.319 must die. 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:31.460 You know, 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:31.940 coming to 00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:32.660 Jesus is a 00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:33.200 good thing. 00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:35.360 Life goes so 00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:36.220 much better in 00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:37.039 many ways because 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:38.180 of him, you 00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:38.880 know, relationships 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:39.839 and so forth, 00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:40.460 but, 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:43.819 but, 00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:46.700 Easter, 00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:48.079 the joy of 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:49.259 resurrected life, 00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:50.919 only happens 00:19:50.919 --> 00:19:53.539 after death. 00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.899 And so what 00:19:57.899 --> 00:19:58.559 does it mean for 00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:00.679 us to take up 00:20:00.679 --> 00:20:01.480 our cross daily? 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.419 We don't die 00:20:02.419 --> 00:20:03.279 like Jesus 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.099 died. 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.779 His death 00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:06.720 was once 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.819 for all. 00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:11.200 So what is he 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:11.939 calling us here 00:20:11.939 --> 00:20:12.179 to? 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.159 Well, I think 00:20:13.159 --> 00:20:13.980 we are to die 00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.460 in multiple 00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:15.079 ways. 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.419 And all of 00:20:18.419 --> 00:20:18.799 it is, 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.960 centers around 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:21.039 this core of 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:22.259 self-glorification. 00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.919 First thing is, 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.619 it means dying 00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:27.179 to our self-determination. 00:20:28.139 --> 00:20:28.279 It was, 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:30.000 last week I was 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:31.159 reading through 00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:32.000 the Psalms, 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.500 and I got to 00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.220 Psalm 100, 00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:35.380 110. 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.660 And at 00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:38.420 verse 2, 00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.860 this verse had 00:20:39.860 --> 00:20:40.579 never struck me 00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.019 this way, 00:20:41.100 --> 00:20:41.700 but verse 2 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.380 simply says, 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:43.120 the Lord sends 00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:44.100 forth from Zion 00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:45.319 your mighty 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.220 scepter. 00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:49.339 Rule in the 00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:49.880 midst of your 00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:50.259 enemies. 00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.539 And I read 00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.440 that verse, 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.259 and I got a 00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:55.000 knot in my 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.440 stomach. 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.460 Because there 00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:58.039 was something 00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:58.700 down deep 00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.460 inside that 00:20:59.460 --> 00:20:59.779 says, 00:21:00.860 --> 00:21:02.500 I do 00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.259 not 00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.779 want 00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:06.140 someone 00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.759 ruling 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.980 over me. 00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:11.839 I do 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.539 not 00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:14.059 like 00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.680 submission. 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:18.379 I want 00:21:18.379 --> 00:21:19.000 to determine 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.879 my own 00:21:19.879 --> 00:21:20.379 thing. 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.799 Just like 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.519 every other 00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.240 part of our 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.759 culture, 00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:28.779 I am 00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.599 hopelessly 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:30.339 determined 00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:31.920 to be the 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.339 king 00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:33.359 king and 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:33.980 to rule 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.740 over 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.720 Klagastan. 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.720 It's 00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.259 my kingdom 00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:42.019 and I'll 00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.359 do what 00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:42.819 I want. 00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.959 But that 00:21:49.959 --> 00:21:50.500 self-rule 00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.240 must die 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:53.919 daily. 00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:56.980 I need to 00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.460 join with 00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.279 Jesus and 00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.840 pray 00:21:58.840 --> 00:22:00.200 constantly, 00:22:00.800 --> 00:22:01.940 not my 00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.720 will, 00:22:04.300 --> 00:22:05.300 but yours 00:22:05.300 --> 00:22:06.300 be done, 00:22:07.060 --> 00:22:08.840 even to 00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.539 the point 00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.920 of my own 00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.220 death, 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:13.279 that I 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.340 might declare 00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:15.180 the glory 00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:15.740 of the 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.400 true king, 00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:19.140 not this 00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:19.759 imposter 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.140 king. 00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:23.120 I also 00:22:23.120 --> 00:22:23.660 need to 00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.060 die to 00:22:24.060 --> 00:22:24.380 my own 00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:24.900 personal 00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.840 significance. 00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:26.240 You know, 00:22:26.280 --> 00:22:26.520 one of the 00:22:26.520 --> 00:22:26.900 things that 00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.820 terrifies me 00:22:27.820 --> 00:22:30.080 is 00:22:30.080 --> 00:22:31.680 obscurity. 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.560 You know, 00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:38.140 that I would 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:39.100 mean nothing. 00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:41.140 You know, 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:43.240 I want to 00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.820 be somebody. 00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:44.980 I want to 00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.400 be somebody 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:45.920 important. 00:22:46.060 --> 00:22:46.380 I want to 00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:46.880 be somebody 00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.720 that's known. 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.279 I want to 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.720 be somebody 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.559 that's wanted. 00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:50.539 I want to 00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.299 be somebody 00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:52.960 that people 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.539 will look up 00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.700 to and find 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.819 value in 00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.079 them. 00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.660 And so I 00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:59.460 live and 00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.180 govern all 00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.940 that I do 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:02.559 around this 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.019 pursuit. 00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.640 I am 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:09.600 addicted to 00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.019 glory. 00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.660 I am 00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.339 addicted to 00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.240 creating it 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:15.579 for myself. 00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:20.200 I need 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.620 to come 00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:21.279 once again 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.759 daily to 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.480 the place 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.000 where I 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.380 see I'm 00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:24.779 only the 00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.100 creature. 00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.180 Yes, 00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.380 I'm 00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:27.839 significant. 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:28.680 Yes, 00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:28.920 I'm 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.460 created in 00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:29.720 the image 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.259 of God, 00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.640 but I 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:30.779 am 00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.319 created in 00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.579 the image 00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:31.940 of God 00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.380 just like 00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:32.759 everyone 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.299 else. 00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:34.900 And my 00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.400 significance 00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.960 does not 00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.420 come from 00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:36.819 me and 00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.120 what I 00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.660 produce. 00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.319 It comes 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:39.200 from bowing 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:40.140 before the 00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:43.140 king and 00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:44.140 serving him 00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:47.280 and exalting 00:23:47.280 --> 00:23:47.840 him. 00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:53.200 My glory 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:55.340 daily 00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:57.160 must die. 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:00.720 You know, 00:24:00.800 --> 00:24:01.280 Good Friday 00:24:01.280 --> 00:24:01.820 is a good 00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:02.320 time to 00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:03.020 contemplate 00:24:03.020 --> 00:24:03.580 Jesus' 00:24:03.780 --> 00:24:04.380 death in 00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:04.920 our place. 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.759 It's also 00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.460 a good time 00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.960 for us to 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.700 contemplate 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.500 the need 00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.880 of our 00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.140 own 00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:10.460 deaths. 00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:10.580 Yes, 00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:10.620 yes, 00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:10.680 yes, 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:10.740 yes, 00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:10.759 yes. 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:10.820 Yes, 00:24:10.820 --> 00:24:10.840 yes, 00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:11.240 yes, 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.259 yes. 00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.380 Yes, 00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:11.759 yes, 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:11.820 yes, 00:24:11.820 --> 00:24:12.380 yes, 00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:12.680 yes, 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:12.820 yes, 00:24:12.820 --> 00:24:14.120 yes, 00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:14.979 we need 00:24:14.979 --> 00:24:15.779 to acknowledge 00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:17.559 the weight 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.239 of our 00:24:18.239 --> 00:24:18.559 sin. 00:24:20.959 --> 00:24:21.859 We need 00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.519 to acknowledge 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.099 the weight 00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.519 of that 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.459 sin in 00:24:24.459 --> 00:24:25.379 our rebellion 00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:26.099 against the 00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:27.059 glory of 00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.579 God 00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:30.359 that we're 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.099 addicted to. 00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:33.000 We are 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.659 addicted to 00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.379 this rebellion. 00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.019 We are 00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.679 addicted to 00:24:35.679 --> 00:24:36.099 our own 00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:36.579 glory. 00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:39.519 We must 00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.639 contemplate 00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.199 also 00:24:41.199 --> 00:24:42.839 the cost 00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:46.779 the cost 00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.119 of that 00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.599 rebellion. 00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:51.220 It doesn't 00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.000 cost you 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.500 a whole 00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.819 lot. 00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.359 You are 00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:53.799 really the 00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.319 beneficiaries 00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:55.599 of great 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:55.980 riches, 00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.039 but it 00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.699 cost 00:24:57.699 --> 00:24:59.179 someone 00:24:59.179 --> 00:25:00.639 terribly. 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:05.460 I must 00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:05.860 come to 00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:06.300 terms 00:25:06.300 --> 00:25:08.259 that the 00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.520 cross 00:25:08.520 --> 00:25:08.960 where Jesus 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.480 died 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:12.880 was my 00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:13.259 cross. 00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.700 It's 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.160 coming to 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.580 terms, 00:25:18.800 --> 00:25:19.000 too, 00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.380 with that 00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:20.220 daily dying 00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.780 that I need 00:25:20.780 --> 00:25:21.820 to be as a 00:25:21.820 --> 00:25:22.400 follower of 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.060 Christ to 00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:23.880 embrace, 00:25:24.040 --> 00:25:24.600 not to 00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:24.940 fight. 00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.000 Christ. 00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:29.400 We who are 00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:29.960 in Christ 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.400 can't 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.140 embrace such 00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:31.720 a death 00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.620 because we 00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:33.880 know Easter 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:35.320 is coming. 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.120 But let's 00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.720 don't go to 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.380 Easter too 00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.700 soon. 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.580 Let's 00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:44.880 linger. 00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.700 Linger here 00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.299 on Friday. 00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:50.440 Linger here 00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.140 in the drama 00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:53.380 of the death 00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:53.920 of Christ. 00:25:56.780 --> 00:25:57.380 And then 00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:57.860 when Sunday 00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.460 morning gets 00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.760 here, 00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:04.240 the 00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.680 sweetness 00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:07.160 will be so 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.680 much greater. 00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.360 Let's 00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:11.600 pray. 00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.480 Lord Jesus, 00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.460 help us to 00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.140 contemplate 00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:18.200 death. 00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.680 A death 00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:20.940 that was 00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.540 necessary. 00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:24.560 The death 00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:25.220 that you 00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.120 took that 00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.380 should have 00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:26.940 been ours, 00:26:28.780 --> 00:26:30.360 but a death 00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:30.640 that you 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.520 gladly took 00:26:31.520 --> 00:26:33.460 for the 00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.880 glory of 00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.320 the Father. 00:26:37.560 --> 00:26:38.540 Thank you. 00:26:41.280 --> 00:26:41.960 Amen. 00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:46.780 For more 00:26:46.780 --> 00:26:47.280 information, 00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.080 visit us 00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:48.980 online at 00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.880 southwood.org. 00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:53.240 over 00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.880 hugs. 00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:57.240 With 00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:58.880 ANKS, 00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:58.960 bye. 00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.880 與 00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:04.540 あり 00:27:04.540 --> 00:27:04.800 on go.