WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.720 Matthew chapter 26. 00:00:02.980 --> 00:00:04.740 Matthew chapter 26. 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:16.339 Let me read to you, beginning there in verse 26, and we'll carry down through to verse 28. 00:00:16.339 --> 00:00:16.339 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:38.140 And he took a cup, and when he'd given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you. 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:43.179 For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 00:00:43.859 --> 00:00:52.359 I tell you, I will not drink again of the fruit of this vine until that day, when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. 00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:54.659 Let us pray. 00:00:54.659 --> 00:01:08.840 Father, this morning, as we take your word in hand, we recognize that you have given to us in your word all that we need for life and godliness. 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:19.159 That it is here to instruct our hearts, to frame our thinking, to govern our behavior. 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:30.879 That we, as your children, might live in this world in an upright and godly fashion and bring glory to our Savior, through whom we have salvation. 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:40.039 We are thankful this morning that as we take your word in hand, that we may rely upon the Spirit of God working in the believer's life. 00:01:40.040 --> 00:01:54.219 That we may ask for his enabling to help us understand and appreciate and apply in daily living the truth that you have here for us. 00:01:54.219 --> 00:02:04.980 Help our time in the word and before this table to affect our thinking and our behavior. 00:02:05.780 --> 00:02:22.680 So that we would not be like those who Ezekiel spoke of, who hearing the prophet speak, spoke of him as one who sang well, but then remembered nothing afterwards. 00:02:24.219 --> 00:02:39.620 My prayer is that we, together, would rely upon your Spirit and would rejoice in the Lord Jesus Christ and have a longing in our heart for the day that we will see him face to face. 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:43.919 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:44.039 Amen. 00:02:46.299 --> 00:02:48.479 We come this morning to the Lord's table. 00:02:49.659 --> 00:02:56.939 And when we come to this table, there are some very specific purposes that we have in mind. 00:02:58.219 --> 00:03:11.000 We are clearly persuaded that taking the elements, the bread and the cup, do not earn us extra bonus points or merit with God, correct? 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:20.419 No one can go out of here saying, well, I have assurance and confidence of my salvation because I took those things right there. 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:30.639 We understand from the passage in 1 Corinthians that what we're engaging in this morning is we're reminding ourselves of something. 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:39.659 And over in the passage in 1 Corinthians, we remind ourselves, we remember the Lord's death till he come. 00:03:40.979 --> 00:03:53.619 I would like us this morning to kind of step into this passage in Matthew and think through the frame and then come down to one particular truth that I want us to kind of rest on. 00:03:53.620 --> 00:03:58.460 How many of you, by nature, are thankful people? 00:03:59.360 --> 00:03:59.920 Raise your hands. 00:04:00.140 --> 00:04:00.620 Wave at me. 00:04:00.860 --> 00:04:03.800 All you who are just normally, all the time, really thankful. 00:04:05.920 --> 00:04:06.379 Woo-hoo! 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:08.180 You know, it's like, yes! 00:04:09.780 --> 00:04:13.159 The other day, I was in Home Depot. 00:04:13.900 --> 00:04:18.120 And I'm a frequent flyer there because we're in the remodeling stage of life. 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:27.379 And the lady, some of you are looking at me like, when were you not in the remodeling stage of life? 00:04:28.300 --> 00:04:36.759 Well, I was in Home Depot and I was walking through the checkout counter and one of the ladies who knows me, she said, hey, you're a pretty happy guy. 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:39.660 And I said, well, not by nature. 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:45.540 She looked at me and she said, no, no, you're a happy guy. 00:04:45.540 --> 00:04:47.399 Every time I see you, you're happy. 00:04:48.379 --> 00:04:50.280 I said, well, it has nothing to do with me. 00:04:51.939 --> 00:04:58.079 I said, the truth of the matter is, is I was born profoundly unhappy and I stayed that way. 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:04.980 And God has worked in my life through the Lord Jesus Christ to change the way I think and the way I act. 00:05:07.180 --> 00:05:10.980 I still can wake up. 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:13.019 My bride is back there. 00:05:13.019 --> 00:05:13.860 Hi, honey. 00:05:13.860 --> 00:05:22.900 And I can wake up moody without practice. 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:24.540 How many of you are in my space? 00:05:26.740 --> 00:05:30.620 My parents used to say things like, why don't you get out on the other side of the bed? 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:32.240 You know, it's like, is that going to help? 00:05:32.340 --> 00:05:32.580 No. 00:05:32.579 --> 00:05:32.620 No. 00:05:37.620 --> 00:05:45.459 But the older I get and the more that the sweetness of our Lord Jesus resonates on my heart, 00:05:45.459 --> 00:05:56.299 the more I understand that thankfulness really flows from my appreciation and affection for him. 00:05:56.300 --> 00:06:00.280 And I want you to look at this passage this morning. 00:06:00.520 --> 00:06:04.560 And what I want you to do is when you walk away from here, I want you to ask yourself the question, 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:11.019 does my life reflect thankfulness in the Lord Jesus? 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:16.180 To the point that your neighbors wonder, what's the deal with you? 00:06:17.660 --> 00:06:23.480 The people that you work with are attracted to the fact that in this doom and gloom world, 00:06:23.980 --> 00:06:28.439 there's a spirit in you that's unusual. 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:31.079 And they desire to know more about it. 00:06:32.719 --> 00:06:38.079 Well, I want you to look at the passage this morning and recognize there in the Matthew passage, 00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:43.019 what we're looking at is Jesus in this setting with his disciples, 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:46.740 and they are gathering ostensibly to celebrate the Passover. 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:50.819 It was something that every Jew did, at least should have done. 00:06:50.819 --> 00:06:58.800 And it was a reminder to the nation of Israel that God had taken them out of the land of slavery 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:03.939 when they had been under the boot of Egypt and had been suffering in that environment. 00:07:04.339 --> 00:07:05.659 God took them out. 00:07:08.259 --> 00:07:12.620 And he did so by instructing Moses to speak to the people. 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:16.319 And you'll remember what they did was they slaughtered a lamb, 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:20.319 and they put the blood on the lentils and on both doorposts, 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:29.319 and they stayed inside the night that God sent death through the entire nation of Egypt. 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:38.560 And every firstborn died where there was not the blood on the lentil and the doorposts. 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:46.600 And so every year the Egyptians or the Israelites were instructed that they were to celebrate the Passover, 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:51.280 and they were to remind themselves that it had been through the sacrifice of the lamb, 00:07:51.459 --> 00:07:56.579 and it had been through the work of God that they had been redeemed from the iron furnace 00:07:56.579 --> 00:07:58.259 and from the suffering that they had endured. 00:07:58.259 --> 00:08:05.339 And so here, in the shadow of the cross, Jesus had said to his disciples, 00:08:05.819 --> 00:08:10.519 I want you to go and have a room prepared for me where we are going to eat together. 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:15.360 It must have been with mixed emotion that they went about this, 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:22.319 because just days earlier, remember they had had that phenomenal entrance into Jerusalem, 00:08:22.459 --> 00:08:24.000 and how had the people received them? 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:27.800 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:29.839 Hosanna! Hosanna! 00:08:30.139 --> 00:08:35.120 And the enthusiasm of the crowd must have been infectious for the disciples. 00:08:36.980 --> 00:08:39.679 Now, things had turned a little south, though, 00:08:40.659 --> 00:08:45.600 because we know that they had a sense of foreboding as they gathered in this room, 00:08:45.659 --> 00:08:49.480 and Jesus spoke undeniably and very clearly about his death. 00:08:50.940 --> 00:08:51.820 They understood. 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:57.740 They understood that something ominous was going to take place, 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:03.360 and yet in the midst of the meal that they were partaking here, 00:09:04.059 --> 00:09:07.320 we find that Jesus does something quite unexpected. 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:08.860 Look there in verse 26. 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:13.220 Now, as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it, 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:16.059 broke it and gave it to the disciples. 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:18.720 He said, 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:20.419 Take, eat. 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:22.840 This is my body. 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:24.680 And later, he said, 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:28.200 This is my blood of the covenant. 00:09:29.259 --> 00:09:32.780 We often consider the meaning of these two statements 00:09:32.780 --> 00:09:39.740 and allow them to remind us of the fact that the bread and the cup really bring our focus 00:09:39.740 --> 00:09:43.040 and remind us of the fact that Jesus paid for our sins. 00:09:43.220 --> 00:09:46.680 That is what these things point our thoughts to, 00:09:47.180 --> 00:09:49.320 that he died in our place, 00:09:50.280 --> 00:09:51.460 that he took our wrath. 00:09:51.460 --> 00:09:55.600 I want us to look at a smaller piece of the passage this morning, 00:09:55.680 --> 00:09:59.280 and I want us to really focus in on that one little statement 00:09:59.280 --> 00:10:03.740 that over the years has just gripped my heart over and over again, 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:07.120 and it is that little statement where he says that he gave thanks. 00:10:08.620 --> 00:10:09.700 He gave thanks. 00:10:09.700 --> 00:10:16.440 I have to tell you that learning how to be a thankful person is work. 00:10:19.980 --> 00:10:29.560 I can remember coaching my grandchildren in particular that thanks was something that was expected. 00:10:29.560 --> 00:10:35.520 There were please and thank you that went on either side of whatever their ambition or interest was. 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:38.240 How many of you tried to work through that with your children or grandchildren? 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:43.019 And there are various things that you do to kind of drive that point home. 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:44.980 One is when they come out and say, 00:10:45.079 --> 00:10:46.139 Hey, I'd like such and such. 00:10:46.199 --> 00:10:46.819 What do you do? 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:49.460 Not on your life. 00:10:50.460 --> 00:10:52.519 Well, you didn't say the magic. 00:10:52.659 --> 00:10:55.100 You know, they're the things we kind of get into to help them learn. 00:10:55.100 --> 00:11:00.220 And slowly, eventually, they kind of get it woven into their mind that they have to say please, 00:11:00.340 --> 00:11:01.440 and they have to say thank you. 00:11:03.259 --> 00:11:11.040 Now, we need to recognize that Jesus actually said thanks before both the bread and the cup. 00:11:11.340 --> 00:11:14.580 And if you take the companion passages, you will see that in one, 00:11:14.899 --> 00:11:17.080 it speaks of him saying thank you for the bread, 00:11:17.220 --> 00:11:19.160 and the other, it says thank you for the cup. 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:21.340 And I think we can weave the two together and understand 00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:25.220 that before each of the things that he did, he was saying thank you. 00:11:26.899 --> 00:11:32.280 It was appropriate and part of Jewish custom that there was a prayer of blessing or thanks 00:11:32.280 --> 00:11:33.259 that preceded the meal. 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:40.740 Yet given the moment, we can assume that Jesus did something 00:11:40.740 --> 00:11:44.360 that was not merely an expression of Jewish habit. 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:50.259 So let's think about the significance of what we are dealing with this morning 00:11:50.259 --> 00:11:54.060 and allow it to resonate in our own heart and cause us to think carefully 00:11:54.060 --> 00:11:58.340 about our thankfulness for what we have in the Lord Jesus. 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:01.220 I want you to understand for one thing, 00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:05.060 Jesus understood exactly what lay in front. 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:07.740 He knew what was coming. 00:12:08.740 --> 00:12:10.820 He knew that he was going to suffer. 00:12:10.820 --> 00:12:16.520 He knew that he was going to be in great emotional trauma. 00:12:16.920 --> 00:12:19.140 He knew that he was going to be abandoned by his disciples. 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:22.480 He knew that his father was going to forsake him. 00:12:23.540 --> 00:12:29.180 He also understood the weight of sin that was going to rest on his shoulders, 00:12:29.500 --> 00:12:33.040 and he would bear our sin for us. 00:12:33.160 --> 00:12:34.720 Now, I want to ask you just for a second, 00:12:34.980 --> 00:12:36.800 how many of you have ever laid awake at night 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:41.899 and kind of felt really bad about something you had said before? 00:12:42.939 --> 00:12:43.699 You ever done that? 00:12:45.719 --> 00:12:47.399 Some of you are looking, I don't know. 00:12:48.379 --> 00:12:49.620 You probably should. 00:12:50.719 --> 00:12:52.319 Because here's what the Bible says. 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:52.620 It says, 00:12:52.719 --> 00:12:54.939 The multitude of words there lacks not for sin. 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:57.679 And there's not a one of us, James tells us, 00:12:57.939 --> 00:13:00.099 we've all blown it, worse than that, 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:01.679 we've sinned with our tongue. 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:05.519 That's nothing. 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:09.599 Compared to what Jesus was going to endure 00:13:09.599 --> 00:13:14.479 as he took the full measure of my black heart 00:13:14.479 --> 00:13:17.979 and your black heart upon himself, 00:13:18.199 --> 00:13:21.039 and he died in my place and in your place. 00:13:23.099 --> 00:13:25.259 I want you to imagine there you are, 00:13:26.339 --> 00:13:30.399 kind of pondering what you are anticipating, 00:13:30.959 --> 00:13:33.979 in that you are going to sit in the dentist's chair, 00:13:33.980 --> 00:13:38.159 and he is going to drill out a cavity without Novocaine. 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:41.399 I mean, I've got to tell you, 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:42.460 when the dentist says, 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:45.259 this is going to just be a little stick, 00:13:45.659 --> 00:13:47.960 I kind of grin and bear it, 00:13:47.980 --> 00:13:49.420 because I know it's not true. 00:13:49.580 --> 00:13:50.039 However, 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.539 I've had those instances where the dentist has said to me, 00:13:54.659 --> 00:13:57.320 I think we can do this without Novocaine. 00:13:57.320 --> 00:14:02.620 And midstream, in a yee, 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:04.820 I've thought to myself, 00:14:05.040 --> 00:14:06.420 not again. 00:14:09.540 --> 00:14:11.100 That has no comparison 00:14:11.100 --> 00:14:16.740 to what Jesus understood was in front of him. 00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:19.580 And here he is at the table, 00:14:20.180 --> 00:14:24.419 and he offers thanks for both the bread and the cup. 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:29.460 And he offers thanks because his eyes were set 00:14:29.460 --> 00:14:33.740 on the deeper significance of what was in front of him. 00:14:36.100 --> 00:14:37.960 Now, I want you to understand that 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:40.500 as we think about this, 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:44.080 we need to recognize that he gave thanks 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:45.540 with a clear-eyed appreciation 00:14:45.540 --> 00:14:48.540 for what was to come from his crucifixion. 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:51.680 The word thanks 00:14:51.680 --> 00:14:54.680 is a term that really means 00:14:54.680 --> 00:14:56.780 to have a gratitude or appreciation 00:14:56.780 --> 00:14:58.700 for something. 00:15:00.280 --> 00:15:02.520 You don't offer thanks without reason. 00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:07.020 And we are not thankful 00:15:07.020 --> 00:15:10.160 without an understanding or appreciation 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:11.899 of a certain set of facts 00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:14.079 that have happened to us. 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:16.799 There's always a reason for giving thanks. 00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:17.559 When we do it, 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:19.199 there's always a reason for it. 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:21.699 And it is our desire this morning 00:15:21.699 --> 00:15:22.620 to really understand 00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:24.519 why was Jesus thankful? 00:15:26.059 --> 00:15:27.199 Why was Jesus thankful? 00:15:28.699 --> 00:15:30.659 Allow me to step forward just a little bit 00:15:30.659 --> 00:15:33.019 into a passage in Hebrews 12, verse 3. 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:34.620 And I want you to turn over there, 00:15:34.699 --> 00:15:35.500 if you will, for a moment. 00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:37.720 Hebrews 12, verse 3. 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:42.659 Let me read the background to you, 00:15:42.699 --> 00:15:44.659 beginning there in verse 1 of chapter 12. 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:44.980 It says, 00:15:45.299 --> 00:15:46.519 Therefore, since we are surrounded 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:48.819 by so great a cloud of witnesses, 00:15:49.100 --> 00:15:51.379 who I believe are the individuals 00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:52.980 mentioned in chapter 11, 00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:56.019 let us also lay aside every weight 00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:58.679 and the sin which clings so closely, 00:15:59.219 --> 00:16:00.959 and let us run with endurance 00:16:00.959 --> 00:16:02.740 the race that is set before you. 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.740 Us, rather. 00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:05.059 By the way, 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:06.399 just a little side note 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:07.639 on the word endurance. 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:12.799 How many of you recognize 00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:14.720 that the race of faith takes endurance? 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:16.960 It really does. 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:19.340 And the older I get, 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:20.460 the more persuaded I am 00:16:20.460 --> 00:16:22.259 that endurance is an essential component 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:23.519 in the walk of faith. 00:16:23.699 --> 00:16:25.419 It's not just doing it once, 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:27.240 it's doing it again and again 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:28.519 and again and again 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:30.379 with a persistent belief 00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.840 that He is the one 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:33.000 who is the rewarder 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:35.460 of them that do diligently seek Him. 00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:37.379 And here, 00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:39.860 the author says to us 00:16:39.860 --> 00:16:41.120 that we are to run the race 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:42.019 with endurance. 00:16:43.680 --> 00:16:45.480 But look at what it says in verse 3. 00:16:46.139 --> 00:16:48.180 Looking to Jesus, 00:16:49.060 --> 00:16:49.620 the founder 00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:53.519 and perfecter of our faith, 00:16:53.660 --> 00:16:54.620 who for the joy 00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:56.460 that was set before Him 00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:58.220 endured the cross, 00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:59.800 despising the shame, 00:17:00.160 --> 00:17:02.139 and is seated at the right hand 00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:03.280 of the throne of God. 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:08.639 I want you to think about that, 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:09.660 who for the joy 00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:13.059 that was set before Him 00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:15.740 endured the cross, 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:18.920 despising the shame, 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:21.420 and is seated at the right hand 00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:22.980 of the throne of God. 00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:26.920 in that the Spirit 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:28.500 has let us know 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:32.599 our Savior's heart 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:35.140 as He anticipated the cross, 00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:37.380 it's fitting for us 00:17:37.380 --> 00:17:38.720 to think a little more carefully 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:39.380 about that. 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:41.599 And so let's kind of ponder, 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:42.640 what was it? 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:46.079 Jesus was thankful 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:47.640 because He knew several things, 00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:49.120 and I want you to focus on these 00:17:49.120 --> 00:17:50.620 and allow them to resonate 00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:51.459 with your heart 00:17:51.459 --> 00:17:52.479 and make a difference 00:17:52.479 --> 00:17:53.279 in your thinking. 00:17:55.219 --> 00:17:56.399 Jesus was thankful 00:17:56.399 --> 00:17:58.279 that He knew His death 00:17:58.279 --> 00:18:00.679 would satisfy the wrath of God 00:18:00.679 --> 00:18:02.179 against all sin. 00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:06.599 How could God 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:10.139 be reconciled to fallen man 00:18:10.139 --> 00:18:11.859 apart from a full 00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:13.979 and holy judgment against sin? 00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:18.559 and the judgment of God 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.500 fully, 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.559 completely, 00:18:22.380 --> 00:18:24.360 satisfied for all eternity. 00:18:25.360 --> 00:18:28.000 I was thinking about this issue 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:30.779 of the pardon for sin, 00:18:30.860 --> 00:18:32.039 and for whatever reason, 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:34.360 I thought about presidential pardons. 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:39.120 And doing a little bit of research, 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:42.039 discovered that a full presidential pardon 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:44.920 is an exceptional judicial act. 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.659 It is something 00:18:45.659 --> 00:18:47.079 that the President 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:47.940 of the United States 00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:49.000 is granted constitutionally, 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:50.839 and he's allowed, 00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:52.099 it actually goes back 00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:53.099 to kings in England 00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:54.460 who at the end of the day 00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:55.259 were the law. 00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:58.539 And the king could pardon. 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:02.480 Incidentally, 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:04.480 a full presidential pardon 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:08.319 is an exceptional act 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:08.799 whereby 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:12.319 the person's crime 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:13.200 is forgiven, 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:15.639 and the individual 00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.740 is restored 00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:18.139 to a state 00:19:18.139 --> 00:19:19.939 of legal innocence 00:19:19.939 --> 00:19:21.319 just as though 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:22.599 he had never 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:24.599 done the crime. 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:27.939 That's pretty interesting. 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:31.299 Because Christ Jesus 00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:34.139 has made it possible 00:19:34.139 --> 00:19:34.899 for God 00:19:34.899 --> 00:19:36.159 to forgive us our sins. 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:38.000 And we think about 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.440 the statement 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.480 just as though 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:40.300 I'd never done it. 00:19:42.100 --> 00:19:42.580 Now, 00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:43.060 in the face 00:19:43.060 --> 00:19:44.400 of the incredible truth 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:45.620 that Christ's death 00:19:45.620 --> 00:19:46.420 on the cross 00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:48.240 satisfied 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:49.360 the wrath of God 00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:50.120 against sin, 00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:52.640 someone 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:55.040 who might ask me, 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:56.320 how do you know 00:19:56.320 --> 00:19:57.120 that you're going 00:19:57.120 --> 00:19:57.620 to heaven? 00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.860 My answer would be, 00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:01.560 because all my sins 00:20:01.560 --> 00:20:02.420 have been forgiven. 00:20:04.580 --> 00:20:05.060 Whoa! 00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:06.639 Now, 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.599 can you imagine 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:08.559 how unnerving 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:09.319 that would be 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.399 to the average person 00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:11.740 if you were to say that 00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.339 in the checkout 00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:13.480 at Meijer 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.940 or at Walmart? 00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:15.799 Did I miss anyone? 00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:16.759 And, you know, 00:20:16.879 --> 00:20:17.480 Giant Eagle 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.339 and whatever else. 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:18.559 You know, 00:20:18.679 --> 00:20:19.539 if you said that, 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:19.839 people would say, 00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:20.259 what? 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:21.899 I mean, 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:22.519 hey, 00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:24.339 when someone sins, 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:25.099 there's got to be 00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:26.099 some compensation. 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:26.839 Isn't that right? 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.980 How many of you here 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:29.559 are struggling 00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.279 with bitterness 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:31.759 and unforgiving spirit 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.179 occasionally? 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.659 Just rarely. 00:20:32.899 --> 00:20:33.000 You know, 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.319 it's like, 00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:34.740 you would like God 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.599 to settle things 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:36.460 with such and such 00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.420 because of what 00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:38.339 they did to you. 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.279 No. 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:43.440 That debt's been paid 00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:44.079 by Jesus 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:45.539 and you have no business 00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:46.539 dragging it out 00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.440 and demanding 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:48.640 your own justice. 00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:52.200 And here's the fact. 00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:56.400 God has forgiven 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:57.819 all of our sins 00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:59.619 because of Jesus Christ. 00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:02.279 I know 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:03.279 that God 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.779 has forgiven 00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:04.579 all of my sins. 00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:04.759 Now, 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.579 let me kind of 00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.500 touch on a little 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:09.959 challenging thought 00:21:09.959 --> 00:21:10.719 that has crept 00:21:10.719 --> 00:21:12.059 into the vocabulary 00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.699 of believers 00:21:12.699 --> 00:21:13.719 that has come 00:21:13.719 --> 00:21:14.199 to us 00:21:14.199 --> 00:21:15.239 from psychology. 00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:15.839 How many of you 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:16.199 have ever bumped 00:21:16.199 --> 00:21:16.759 into a person 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.219 who said, 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:17.659 hey, 00:21:17.699 --> 00:21:17.959 listen, 00:21:18.179 --> 00:21:19.279 I know that God 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:20.099 has forgiven me 00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:21.179 but I just can't 00:21:21.179 --> 00:21:22.079 forgive myself? 00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.299 Huh. 00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:29.519 Just imagine that. 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.220 The president 00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:33.220 has pardoned you 00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:36.639 and you're no longer 00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:37.659 going to be incarcerated 00:21:37.659 --> 00:21:40.539 and you're going 00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:42.139 to be completely 00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:43.139 restored to all 00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.759 your liberties. 00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.419 You're going 00:21:46.419 --> 00:21:47.099 to enjoy 00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:47.960 the blessing 00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:49.059 of that pardon 00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.919 but you're going 00:21:49.919 --> 00:21:50.579 to go around 00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.240 with a moody 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:52.460 and sour face 00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.240 remembering 00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:54.519 in the distant past 00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:55.720 the crime 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.480 that you committed. 00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.920 So the next time 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:02.180 somebody says to you, 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.119 well, 00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:03.779 I know that God 00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.700 has forgiven me 00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.819 but I just can't 00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.619 forgive myself, 00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.680 what would you say? 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.480 Are you 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:12.500 more important 00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.660 in your own 00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.259 thinking 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:15.180 than God? 00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:16.900 Right? 00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.279 You see, 00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.299 a statement like that 00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:21.359 is really bad theology 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:23.940 and it's a sad picture 00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.820 of the sufficiency 00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:25.799 of Christ's work 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.559 on the cross. 00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.860 Christ's death 00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.960 satisfied 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.700 the wrath 00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.299 of God 00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:33.980 against all sin 00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.559 and we 00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.480 together 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:37.100 revel in the fact 00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:38.200 that what it says 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.400 in Romans chapter 8 00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.000 verse 1 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:41.680 is undeniably true. 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.960 There is now 00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.940 therefore 00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:45.900 no condemnation. 00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.779 Case closed. 00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.019 Christ. 00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.899 Another reason 00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.359 that Jesus 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:53.079 was thankful 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:54.299 is that 00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.799 he knew 00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.279 he would 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.740 purchase 00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.599 our redemption. 00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.799 He had me 00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.279 in mind. 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:01.019 He had you 00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.460 in mind. 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.119 I love 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:03.539 the statement 00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.019 over in 00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:05.059 John chapter 13 00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.619 verse 1 00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.339 where it speaks 00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.039 about Jesus. 00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:08.019 This is kind of 00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.680 at the beginning 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.599 of the upper room 00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.019 discourse 00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:11.420 and it tells us 00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:12.440 this about Jesus. 00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.420 Jesus 00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.859 having loved 00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.359 his own 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.220 who were in the world 00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:17.380 he loved them 00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:18.360 to the end. 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.240 I like that. 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.019 His love 00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.559 was not 00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:23.579 circumstantial. 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.360 His love 00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:26.000 was not 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.759 occasional. 00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:28.220 His love 00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.120 was profoundly 00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:29.860 consistent 00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:31.400 and absolutely 00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:32.140 sufficient. 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.819 There's a reason 00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:36.519 why so many 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.220 of our songs 00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:38.039 focus on the love 00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.519 of Christ. 00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.980 There's a reason 00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:42.920 why one of 00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.319 the most 00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:43.860 common 00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:44.700 assignments 00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.319 that I give 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.059 to individuals 00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.399 who are 00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:46.819 struggling 00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.879 with self 00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.279 doubt 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:49.200 or are 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.619 struggling 00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:49.859 with 00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.519 discouragement 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:50.919 is to say 00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:51.440 hey listen 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.240 I want you 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.980 to memorize 00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:54.679 Ephesians 00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:55.339 chapter 3 00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.079 verse 14 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.720 through 19 00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.259 in which 00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.879 the love 00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.399 of Christ 00:23:58.399 --> 00:23:58.679 is the 00:23:58.679 --> 00:23:59.139 predominant 00:23:59.139 --> 00:23:59.460 theme 00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.099 and the 00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.740 passage over 00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.200 in Romans 00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.919 chapter 8 00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.500 where it 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.059 talks about 00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.679 who shall 00:24:03.679 --> 00:24:04.460 separate us 00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:04.740 from the 00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.059 love of 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.460 Christ. 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.480 The love 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:08.940 of Christ 00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.419 is that 00:24:09.419 --> 00:24:09.960 which gives 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.859 us undeniable 00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.879 comfort and 00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.559 confidence. 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.519 And here 00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.940 as Jesus 00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:17.559 looked forward 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.680 to the cross 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.799 it was not 00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.500 the suffering 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.119 that he took 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.799 pleasure in 00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.480 but it was 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.220 the absolute 00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.000 certainty 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:25.039 that he 00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:26.039 in his love 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.440 was going 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.039 to lavish 00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.539 on us 00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.339 because of 00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.720 what he did 00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.279 on the cross 00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.160 all that we 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.440 needed 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.180 and he would 00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.660 bless us 00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.160 with all 00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:33.099 spiritual blessings 00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:33.740 in the 00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.160 heavenlies 00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.599 in Christ 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:34.980 Jesus. 00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:39.299 I like 00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:39.960 the thought 00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.640 in part 00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:40.980 of what 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.319 it says 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.680 over in 00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:41.920 John 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.759 chapter 14 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.380 verse 3 00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:44.579 and he 00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.079 must have 00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.920 had this 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.559 thought in 00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:46.880 mind 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.339 because it 00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:48.180 says that 00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.620 he says 00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:48.960 to them 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.759 let not 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.259 your hearts 00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.900 be troubled 00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.319 and he 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.700 goes on 00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.039 and says 00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.960 that where 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.259 I am 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:54.920 you may 00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.460 be also 00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:55.839 he is 00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.440 talking about 00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:56.880 the fact 00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.700 that because 00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.180 of what 00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.880 lay in 00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.460 front of 00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.680 him 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.579 he had 00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.200 confidence 00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:02.200 that after 00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.860 the cross 00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.919 those who 00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.459 were his 00:25:04.459 --> 00:25:05.059 disciples 00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.979 would spend 00:25:05.979 --> 00:25:06.559 eternity 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.299 in his 00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.939 presence 00:25:07.939 --> 00:25:10.899 I wonder 00:25:10.899 --> 00:25:11.319 whether or 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.639 not that 00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:11.919 is a 00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:12.299 significant 00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.719 thought 00:25:12.719 --> 00:25:13.359 and encouragement 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.759 to your 00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.079 heart 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:17.759 third I 00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.139 want you to 00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.599 understand 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.199 that Jesus 00:25:19.199 --> 00:25:19.979 was thankful 00:25:19.979 --> 00:25:21.019 because he 00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.919 would bring 00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:23.359 glory to 00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:23.959 his father 00:25:23.959 --> 00:25:26.099 yes he 00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.500 died for 00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.059 my sins 00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.479 he died 00:25:27.479 --> 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