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 Mark chapter 15 and verse 15.

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 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas.

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 If you follow the news at all, you'll be familiar with the idea of prisoner swaps, where two

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 sides come together and they exchange prisoners that they've been holding.

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 Sometimes they are one for one, at other times one prisoner is exchanged for many.

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 They don't always seem fair or balanced, but those involved think the exchange is worth

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 making.

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 And we're going to go back 2,000 years to witness the most famous, the most important

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 and the most unequal prisoner swap in history.

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 It takes place on a day of a momentous decision in Jerusalem.

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 And it's a decision that still confronts you and me today.

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 We're going to think about this decision, this decision day from the perspectives of three

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 main characters mentioned in the first few words of verse 15.

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 The crowd, Pilate and Barabbas.

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 And I hope we'll see that everything they do is ultimately connected to Jesus, who is the

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 central character in the narrative and who is the subject of the decision being made.

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 So first of all, we've got the crowd.

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 Here we are at the Passover in Jerusalem, where we meet this crowd of Jews who are in the city

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 for the feast.

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 And they're here when Jesus is on trial before Pilate, charged with treason against the Roman

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 emperor.

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 Now notice a couple of things about the crowd.

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 Firstly, different words are used to describe them in our English Bibles.

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 Depending on what version you read, you'll find different words.

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 But apparently it's only one Greek word.

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 And it's not a word that means a crowd, like a peaceful crowd.

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 We might say there's a crowd in here today.

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 It's a crowd, it's a word that means a mob or a rabble.

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 There's a quality, a negative quality to the word describing this crowd.

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 There's something menacing.

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 There's something dangerous, threatening, dark about this crowd.

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 It mirrors the language from Psalm 22, verse 16, which we read,

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 Dogs encompass me.

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 A company of evildoers encircles me.

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 Save me from the mouth of the lion, from the horns of the wild oxen.

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 Then notice what they say, and in particular, how they say it.

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 They know that there's a tradition where the Romans release a Jewish prisoner at Passover,

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 so they're going to make sure the Roman decision makers are crystal clear about what they want.

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 They want this man, Barabbas, to be the prisoner who is freed,

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 and they want Jesus to be put to death.

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 In verse 8, we read that they're getting their message across by crying aloud.

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 They're shouting and yelling at the top of their voices.

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 Then in verses 13 and 14, we're told that they're shouting and crying out.

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 And again, apparently it's the same Greek word used in each verse,

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 and it's not just shouting, it's a word that means screaming, screeching.

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 This isn't chanting or singing like you might hear at a football match.

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 This is a crowd that is almost out of control, furious, desperate to get its own way.

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 You might remember, for those of you who have read it,

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 and if you haven't, I really would encourage you to do so,

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 the part in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,

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 where C.S. Lewis describes the scene leading up to Aslan's death,

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 when the witch has gathered her followers around.

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 If you don't know the story, Aslan is a lion who represents Jesus,

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 the witch represents the devil.

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 And in this scene in the book, there's anger and there's hatred,

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 and there's even a bit of celebration in the air.

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 And this is how C.S. Lewis puts it.

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 A great crowd of people were standing all round the stone table,

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 and though the moon was shining, many of them carried torches,

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 which burned with evil-looking red flames and black smoke.

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 But such people, ogres with monstrous teeth,

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 and wolves and bull-headed men,

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 spirits of evil trees and poisonous plants,

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 and other creatures whom I won't describe.

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 Now, Lewis was writing a story for children.

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 And for children, the picture he paints is a horrible one.

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 But it's a reflection of the hearts and minds of the people

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 forming this mob, forming this crowd here in Jerusalem,

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 as they're baying for the blood of Jesus.

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 And the crowd is being encouraged by the chief priests.

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 These religious leaders, they're not passive.

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 They're not trying to keep the peace.

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 They're stirring the mob up.

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 And the crowd does exactly what the chief priests want them to do.

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 Pilate comes out.

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 He asks them,

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 What evil Jesus has done?

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 Why do you want him punished?

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 But this just makes the mob angrier.

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 They shouted,

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 All the more,

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 Crucify him.

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 In Matthew's account of this incident,

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 he tells us that a riot was starting.

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 Friends, this is a scene of violence,

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 of hatred,

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 of complete and utter chaos.

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 Notice as well how they keep going

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 until they get their way.

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 In verse 13,

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 They cried out again.

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 Now we read this,

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 and we probably picture an almost polite scene,

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 where the crowd shouts to say what they want,

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 and Pilate, probably up on his balcony,

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 coming out from his palace,

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 has his say.

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 The crowd's gone quiet.

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 And then the crowd says something again,

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 and then they go quiet,

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 and they let Pilate speak.

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 But the Greek,

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 talking about the Greek,

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 I don't know Greek,

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 but reading about those who do,

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 the Greek puts a different light on it.

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 Because the word used here to say,

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 they cried out again,

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 isn't just they cried out for a second time.

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 It's saying about something that's going on,

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 and on,

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 and on,

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 and on,

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 and on.

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 It's not just once or twice that they're shouting,

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 crucify him,

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 but time and again,

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 keeping going for as long as it takes,

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 until they get their own way.

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 Think about that.

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 It's appalling enough,

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 isn't it,

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 to say these words once,

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 about the Son of God,

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 crucify him.

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 How much more horrendous,

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 friends,

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 to keep repeating them

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 over and over and over again,

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 until they get what they want.

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 This crowd hates the Romans.

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 They hate Jesus.

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 They display hatred

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 towards God

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 who delivered their forefathers from Egypt,

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 the God who gave them the Passover.

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 They're in Jerusalem to celebrate.

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 It's a frightening,

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 dark,

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 barbaric,

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 evil scene

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 in Jerusalem

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 2,000 years ago.

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 But I want you to imagine,

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 just now,

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 imagine that you could hear

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 the sound of a crowd

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 screaming,

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 shouting,

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 chanting,

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 somewhere outside the church,

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 somewhere in the town.

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 Imagine you went out,

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 and you followed the sound,

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 and you turn onto Cromwell Street,

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 and you come across an angry,

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 hate-filled crowd of men,

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 women,

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 and children,

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 screaming,

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 crucify him,

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 crucify him,

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 about the Lord Jesus.

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 You'd see the crowd,

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 and you'd hear their shouts,

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 and you'd feel the animosity,

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 and the hatred,

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 and you'd stop in your tracks,

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 and you'd want nothing to do with them,

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 and you'd turn and run away

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 as fast as you could.

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 Or would you join them?

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 Would you join that crowd today?

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 Would you join them in their shouting,

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 and screaming,

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 and hatred?

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 Would you add your voice

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 to the voices shouting,

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 crucify him?

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 Well, the crowd in Jerusalem

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 has made their decision,

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 and they're not backing down.

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 What about you?

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 Well, you may never say,

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 crucify him with your mouth,

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 but friend,

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 if you're rejecting Jesus,

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 you're saying that you don't care about him.

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 You're saying that he means nothing to you.

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 You're saying that you have no need of him.

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 You're saying that it's no odds to you

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 whether he lives or dies.

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 Is that you today?

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 I'm sure some of you will have seen

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 the film Gladiator.

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 It came out quite a while ago now.

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 There's a scene in that film

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 that it reminds me of,

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 or at least in my mind's eye,

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 it's kind of how I picture this scene

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 in Jerusalem.

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 And in the scene of the movie,

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 there's thousands of spectators

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 crammed into an arena

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 to see gladiators

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 fighting against warriors

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 they're paying for blood.

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 They're looking for entertainment.

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 They've paid to go there

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 and be entertained.

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 It's the same sort of crowd, isn't it?

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 And in this scene,

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 the gladiator,

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 the hero of the movie,

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 is up against five men.

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 And of course,

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 the idea is that he puts up

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 a valiant fight

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 and eventually he loses.

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 Either he's badly injured

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 or he's killed.

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 But this gladiator

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 is no ordinary gladiator.

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 He's a skilled soldier.

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 And within about 20 seconds,

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 he's killed these five men

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 who are facing him.

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 And when he stops,

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 the crowd,

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 which was in a frenzy moment

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 before,

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 is absolutely silent.

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 And the gladiator looks around

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 and says,

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 are you not entertained?

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 This is what you came for.

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 You came for violence.

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 You came for blood.

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 You came for death.

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 And now you're quiet.

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 You got what you came for.

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 They'd come for entertainment,

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 friends,

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 but they're shocked

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 by what they actually see.

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 They came expecting

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 to see death

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 and violence

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 and bloodshed,

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 but they wanted to see it

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 on their terms

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 and on their terms only.

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 And maybe when they don't see it

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 on their terms,

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 maybe they're appalled.

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 Maybe they realize

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 that what they call entertainment

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 is actually a matter

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 of life or death.

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 Well, this mob in Jerusalem,

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 they want to be entertained.

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 That's part of what

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 a crucifixion is to them.

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 I wonder how many of them

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 would look back

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 at this so-called entertainment

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 in days and weeks

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 and months and years to come

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 and be absolutely appalled

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 that this is what

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 they were calling for.

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 Pilate asked the crowd

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 what he should do with Jesus.

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 Rightly or wrongly,

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 he gave them a decision to make.

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 The crowd looked to those

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 who should know best,

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 the religious leaders,

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 for a steer,

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 and they steered them

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 even deeper

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 into an anti-Jesus attitude.

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 Those in the crowd

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 that day made their decision

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 about what should be done

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 with Jesus.

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 Well, you're not part

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 of a crowd

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 being for blood today.

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 But friends,

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 you still have the same

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 decision to make.

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 What will you do

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 with the man

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 they call the King of the Jews?

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 Then we come to Pilate.

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 Pilate was a prefect

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 or a governor

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 representing the Roman emperor

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 in Judea for 10 years.

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 Historians who lived

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 during or just after

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 Pilate's rule

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 tell us

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 that he was a harsh,

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 cruel,

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 inflexible,

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 and corrupt ruler.

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 He was quick

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 to use violence

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 to suppress unrest.

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 He ignored

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 the religious sensibilities

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 of the Jews

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 and he cared very little

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 about offending them.

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 He was confident

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 in his position

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 as the emperor's man

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 in Judea,

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 knowing that he was

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 the authority

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 in the land

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 with hundreds of soldiers

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 at his disposal.

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 other than the emperor

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 himself,

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 Pilate feared nobody.

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 But that's not

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 the picture we have

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 of Pilate here,

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 is it?

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 He doesn't seem

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 strong

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 or confident

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 or powerful

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 in this account.

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 Why not?

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 What's different?

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 Well, the difference

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 is that on this day,

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 whether Pilate

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 ever really understood

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 this or not,

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 he isn't dealing

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 with an ordinary prisoner

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 or even with

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 an ordinary man

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 but he's dealing

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 with the son of God.

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 There's something

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 about this man

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 that is unique.

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 There's something

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 about him

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 that makes Pilate

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 hesitate.

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 There's something

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 going on here

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 that makes Pilate

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 for all his corruption,

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 for all his cruelty,

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 understand that this man

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 is completely innocent

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 of all the charges

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 brought against him

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 and he should be set free.

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 Indeed,

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 Pilate tries to free Jesus

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 more than once.

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 He's got the measure

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 of the Jews.

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 Verse 10,

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 he perceived

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 that it was

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 out of envy

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 that the chief priests

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 had delivered him up.

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 He tells the crowd

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 three different times

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 that Jesus

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 is innocent.

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 In Luke's account

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 of this,

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 he says,

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 I find no guilt

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 in this man.

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 After examining him

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 before you,

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 behold,

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 I did not find

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 this man guilty

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 of any of your charges

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 against him.

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 Neither did Herod,

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 for he sent him

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 back to us.

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 Look,

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 nothing deserving

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 death has been done

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 by him.

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 The German

00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:29.740
 theologian

00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:30.960
 F.W.

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 Krumacher,

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 he picks up

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 on something

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 very interesting

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 connected to

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 Pilate's

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 public declaration

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 that Jesus

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 is innocent.

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 This is what he says.

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 He says,

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 however strange

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 it may sound,

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 Pilate becomes

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 our advocate.

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 He legally absolves

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 Jesus from all

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 criminality

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 and in him

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 his followers

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 also.

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 Not only is Jesus

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 innocent in God's sight,

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 he's innocent

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 according to the law

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 of the land

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 and Pilate

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 makes that

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 crystal clear.

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 He wants to

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 release Jesus

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 and I think he

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 believes that

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 when he gives

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 the crowd

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 the choice of

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 Jesus or this

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 other infamous

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 criminal,

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 that they'll

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 choose Jesus.

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 But the crowd

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 has an ace

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 up its sleeve.

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 In John 19

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 we see,

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 we read an implied

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 threat,

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 a threat that

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 the crowd

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 will get word

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 to Caesar

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 that Pilate

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 has allowed

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 treason against

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 the emperor

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 to go unpunished.

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 Oh,

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 Pilate can't

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 have that.

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 He can't make

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 an enemy

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 of the emperor.

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 So,

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 as we see,

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 he tries,

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 in Luke

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 particular,

00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:36.220
 Luke 23,

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 he tries to

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 reach a compromise

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 with the Jews.

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 He offers to

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 punish Jesus

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 and then

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 release him,

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 even though he

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 hasn't done

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 anything wrong.

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 And even this

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 little detail,

00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:47.740
 which we only

00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:48.440
 find, I think,

00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:48.899
 in Luke,

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 provides an

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 incredible insight

00:15:51.539 --> 00:15:52.320
 into Pilate

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 and into the

00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:53.899
 crowd.

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 Here's this

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 governor with

00:15:55.860 --> 00:15:56.580
 all the authority

00:15:56.580 --> 00:15:57.159
 of Rome,

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 a man he knows

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 to be innocent

00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.820
 in his court,

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 but he's so

00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:02.300
 desperate to

00:16:02.300 --> 00:16:03.259
 satisfy the mob

00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:04.399
 that he doesn't

00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:05.060
 have the courage

00:16:05.060 --> 00:16:05.680
 to set him

00:16:05.680 --> 00:16:06.000
 free.

00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:06.799
 He's come up

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:07.019
 with this

00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:07.559
 great plan,

00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:07.720
 though.

00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:10.179
 And that's

00:16:10.179 --> 00:16:10.419
 going to,

00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:10.940
 it's a plan

00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:11.200
 that's going

00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:11.539
 to ease

00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:12.120
 his conscience

00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:13.080
 and surely

00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:14.240
 satisfy the

00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:14.580
 Jews.

00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:14.899
 He's going

00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:15.480
 to punish

00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.419
 Jesus.

00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:17.860
 Now,

00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:18.419
 when we read

00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:18.700
 that,

00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:19.460
 it probably

00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:20.039
 doesn't sound

00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:20.480
 like a big

00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:20.720
 deal,

00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:22.440
 but commentators

00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:23.220
 believe that

00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:24.299
 the punishment

00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:25.059
 Pilate is

00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:25.639
 proposing

00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:27.440
 is scourging

00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:29.100
 a violent,

00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:30.299
 agonizing,

00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:31.879
 brutal punishment

00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:33.000
 that in and of

00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:33.759
 itself often

00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:35.019
 led to death.

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:38.639
 it's not a

00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:39.139
 slap on the

00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:39.840
 wrist Pilate's

00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:40.399
 offering as a

00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:40.779
 compromise.

00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.320
 It's what the

00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:43.539
 Romans meted out

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:44.200
 to a convicted

00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:45.500
 criminal just

00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:46.200
 before he was

00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:46.600
 crucified.

00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:49.019
 And still,

00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:50.799
 despite being

00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:51.299
 offered the

00:16:51.299 --> 00:16:52.200
 next best thing

00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:53.000
 to Jesus as

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.700
 being crucified,

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.100
 the crowd says,

00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:55.860
 that's not enough.

00:16:57.299 --> 00:16:57.919
 You've got to go

00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:58.500
 even further.

00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:00.700
 And at the end

00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.159
 of the day,

00:17:01.299 --> 00:17:02.200
 it's more important

00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:03.639
 to Pilate to

00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:04.200
 keep the mob

00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:05.059
 happy than it is

00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:05.640
 to do the right

00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:05.920
 thing.

00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:08.400
 William Hendrickson

00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:08.920
 puts it like

00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.220
 this.

00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.920
 Pilate tried

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.680
 again and

00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:12.200
 again to

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:13.180
 bypass Jesus.

00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:14.759
 He discovered

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.319
 that this was

00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:16.299
 entirely impossible.

00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:17.720
 He was

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.480
 forced to

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:18.819
 take a

00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.279
 stand,

00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:20.400
 and he

00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:20.759
 took the

00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:21.559
 wrong stand.

00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:25.319
 Pilate

00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:25.759
 could have

00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.839
 freed Jesus.

00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:28.259
 He had an

00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:29.000
 excuse to do

00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.839
 so because of

00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:30.359
 the tradition

00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:30.900
 of releasing

00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:31.480
 a prisoner

00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:32.279
 at the

00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:32.680
 Passover.

00:17:33.420 --> 00:17:33.960
 He had the

00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:34.680
 law on his

00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:35.539
 side because

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:36.180
 every court

00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:36.420
 on the

00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:37.259
 land had

00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:38.359
 found Jesus

00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:39.079
 innocent.

00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.299
 It should

00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:40.519
 have been

00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:40.980
 easy for

00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:41.180
 him.

00:17:42.879 --> 00:17:43.559
 But nobody

00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.379
 can choose

00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:45.079
 to ignore

00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.519
 Jesus.

00:17:46.460 --> 00:17:47.220
 Nobody can

00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:48.480
 bypass Jesus

00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:49.299
 in life.

00:17:50.399 --> 00:17:51.000
 Nobody can

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.099
 opt out of

00:17:52.099 --> 00:17:52.519
 taking a

00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:54.159
 stand about

00:17:54.159 --> 00:17:54.559
 Jesus.

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.359
 What's your

00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:57.159
 stand today?

00:17:59.220 --> 00:17:59.680
 Are you for

00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:01.180
 him or

00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:01.759
 against him?

00:18:06.080 --> 00:18:06.700
 We've got

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.200
 the crowd,

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.160
 we've got

00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:08.660
 Pilate,

00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:09.000
 and then

00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:09.340
 thirdly,

00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:09.640
 we've got

00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:10.200
 Barabbas.

00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:17.500
 Why is the

00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:18.779
 mob shouting

00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:20.120
 for Barabbas?

00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:21.980
 He's a

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.279
 murderer,

00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:23.480
 he's a

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:23.980
 troublemaker,

00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.080
 he's a

00:18:25.080 --> 00:18:25.360
 thief.

00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:27.640
 If he was

00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:28.299
 alive today,

00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:28.840
 he'd be known

00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:29.099
 as a

00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:29.539
 terrorist.

00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:31.000
 So why

00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.220
 are the

00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:31.939
 Jews shouting

00:18:31.939 --> 00:18:33.159
 for him

00:18:33.159 --> 00:18:33.799
 in particular

00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.879
 to be

00:18:34.879 --> 00:18:35.259
 released?

00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:36.980
 Well, we

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.359
 know that he's

00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:37.819
 guilty of

00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:38.619
 committing crimes,

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.220
 and according

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:40.099
 to the

00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:40.599
 Roman law,

00:18:40.659 --> 00:18:40.980
 the law of

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.319
 the time,

00:18:41.379 --> 00:18:41.740
 he deserves

00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.139
 to be put

00:18:42.139 --> 00:18:42.579
 to death

00:18:42.579 --> 00:18:43.019
 for those

00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:43.399
 crimes.

00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:45.040
 I think

00:18:45.040 --> 00:18:45.420
 the reason

00:18:45.420 --> 00:18:45.880
 the Jews

00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:46.540
 want him

00:18:46.540 --> 00:18:47.120
 in particular

00:18:47.120 --> 00:18:47.519
 to be

00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:48.820
 released is

00:18:48.820 --> 00:18:49.180
 in verse

00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:49.580
 7,

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:49.980
 where it

00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.180
 says,

00:18:50.300 --> 00:18:51.040
 Barabbas is

00:18:51.040 --> 00:18:52.120
 among the

00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:52.660
 rebels in

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.780
 prison who

00:18:53.780 --> 00:18:54.240
 had committed

00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:55.640
 murder in

00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:56.560
 the insurrection.

00:18:57.080 --> 00:18:57.660
 The insurrection

00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:59.040
 is rebelling

00:18:59.040 --> 00:18:59.920
 against the

00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:00.240
 rulers.

00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:02.580
 Why do they

00:19:02.580 --> 00:19:02.920
 want him?

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.240
 What's going

00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:03.600
 on here?

00:19:05.540 --> 00:19:06.320
 A lot of

00:19:06.320 --> 00:19:06.880
 commentators

00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:08.160
 believe that

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:09.740
 Barabbas

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.519
 wasn't just

00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:11.300
 involved in

00:19:11.300 --> 00:19:12.780
 supporting the

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.240
 rebellion,

00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:14.039
 the uprising,

00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:14.779
 the insurrection

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:15.559
 against the

00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:16.180
 Roman rulers,

00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:17.079
 that he was

00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:17.579
 one of the

00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:18.059
 ones who

00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.799
 started it.

00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:19.799
 And because

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.160
 of this,

00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:20.940
 he was famous

00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:21.940
 amongst the

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.220
 Jews.

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:22.960
 He was seen

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:23.339
 as a sort

00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:23.859
 of freedom

00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.319
 fighter,

00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:25.279
 a William

00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:25.720
 Wallace,

00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.420
 Braveheart

00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:26.819
 sort of

00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.200
 character.

00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:28.399
 In the

00:19:28.399 --> 00:19:28.899
 eyes of

00:19:28.899 --> 00:19:29.700
 the mob,

00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:30.539
 Barabbas

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:31.160
 deserves to

00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:31.559
 go free

00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.180
 because he's

00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:32.700
 been fighting

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.200
 to free

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:33.799
 the Jews

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.440
 from the

00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:34.799
 tyranny

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:35.160
 of the

00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:35.500
 Romans.

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:37.399
 Well,

00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:37.700
 isn't it

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.119
 ironic,

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.379
 though,

00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:38.720
 friends,

00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.180
 that they

00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:40.779
 would prefer

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.420
 Barabbas,

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:41.899
 who was trying

00:19:41.899 --> 00:19:42.259
 to free

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.559
 them from

00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:42.740
 the

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.079
 Romans,

00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:45.139
 to Jesus,

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.200
 who was

00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:46.579
 offering

00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:47.700
 freedom from

00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:48.759
 sin and

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.139
 God's

00:19:49.139 --> 00:19:49.500
 judgment.

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.720
 I wonder

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:53.019
 if you've

00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.720
 ever thought

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.759
 about

00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.319
 Barabbas'

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:55.839
 name.

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.680
 The word,

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.379
 the first part,

00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:58.740
 Bar,

00:19:58.819 --> 00:19:59.759
 means son.

00:20:00.879 --> 00:20:01.359
 Abbas

00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:02.460
 means father.

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.039
 His name

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:05.119
 means son

00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:05.940
 of father.

00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.019
 father.

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.320
 So here

00:20:08.320 --> 00:20:08.660
 we are,

00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:08.900
 we've got

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.360
 two men

00:20:09.360 --> 00:20:09.920
 accused of

00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.320
 treason

00:20:10.320 --> 00:20:11.140
 against

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.500
 Rome,

00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.120
 one guilty,

00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:12.480
 the other

00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:12.880
 innocent.

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.100
 They're both

00:20:14.100 --> 00:20:14.480
 Jews,

00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:15.559
 they're both

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.279
 fighting against

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.720
 an enemy,

00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:17.779
 they're both

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.279
 fighting for

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.759
 the sake of

00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.140
 others.

00:20:19.860 --> 00:20:20.279
 The mob

00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:21.000
 wants one,

00:20:21.360 --> 00:20:21.900
 hates the

00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.180
 other,

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:22.980
 and they

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.700
 have effectively

00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:24.320
 the same

00:20:24.320 --> 00:20:24.580
 name.

00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.240
 Here is

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:27.340
 son of

00:20:27.340 --> 00:20:28.180
 our father

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.640
 on one

00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:28.960
 hand,

00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:29.860
 and the

00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:30.779
 son of

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:32.240
 the heavenly

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:33.500
 father on

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:33.920
 the other.

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.160
 Even

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.819
 Barabbas'

00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:37.059
 name should

00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:37.319
 be a

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:38.019
 reminder to

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.559
 the crowd

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:38.940
 here in

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.859
 Jerusalem of

00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:40.440
 what Jesus

00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:41.079
 has said

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.779
 about the

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.519
 relationship he

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.019
 has with

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.440
 God the

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:43.740
 father.

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.839
 They want

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.460
 to welcome

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:47.299
 the murderous

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:48.099
 son of

00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:48.640
 our father

00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:49.079
 into their

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.420
 midst,

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.859
 and they

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.220
 want to

00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:52.019
 crucify the

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.740
 perfect son

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.079
 of the

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.519
 father.

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.059
 Barabbas

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.480
 and Jesus

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.180
 are accused

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.819
 of the same

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.180
 crime,

00:20:59.279 --> 00:20:59.660
 they appear

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.160
 before the

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:00.819
 same judge.

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.299
 Barabbas'

00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:02.920
 name is a

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.560
 reminder of

00:21:03.560 --> 00:21:03.900
 Jesus'

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.740
 divinity.

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.700
 Barabbas is

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.180
 seen as a

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.920
 deliverer by

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.460
 the Jews,

00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:09.400
 whilst Jesus,

00:21:09.580 --> 00:21:09.920
 the true

00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.460
 deliverer,

00:21:11.560 --> 00:21:12.660
 is rejected

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:14.039
 by the

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.279
 Jews.

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:14.580
 There are

00:21:14.580 --> 00:21:14.960
 so many

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.400
 parallels

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:15.840
 between

00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:16.080
 them.

00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:19.600
 I wonder,

00:21:20.320 --> 00:21:21.220
 was

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.660
 Barabbas

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.080
 saved?

00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:24.400
 Did he

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:24.820
 become a

00:21:24.820 --> 00:21:25.200
 Christian?

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.300
 You might

00:21:27.300 --> 00:21:27.720
 think that's

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.539
 a senseless

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.000
 question,

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:30.000
 but Jesus

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:31.580
 takes the

00:21:31.580 --> 00:21:32.080
 place of

00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:32.380
 sinners,

00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:32.820
 and he

00:21:32.820 --> 00:21:33.100
 took

00:21:33.100 --> 00:21:33.640
 Barabbas'

00:21:33.780 --> 00:21:34.100
 place,

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:34.380
 didn't

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:34.620
 he?

00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.100
 Crumacker

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:37.500
 again,

00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:37.940
 he says,

00:21:38.020 --> 00:21:38.560
 Barabbas and

00:21:38.560 --> 00:21:38.820
 Jesus

00:21:38.820 --> 00:21:39.260
 changed

00:21:39.260 --> 00:21:39.640
 places.

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.620
 The

00:21:40.620 --> 00:21:41.140
 murderer's

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:41.400
 curse,

00:21:41.540 --> 00:21:41.860
 disgrace,

00:21:42.020 --> 00:21:42.460
 and agony

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:42.680
 are

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.080
 transferred

00:21:43.080 --> 00:21:43.620
 to the

00:21:43.620 --> 00:21:43.920
 righteous

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.480
 Jesus,

00:21:45.320 --> 00:21:45.700
 while the

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.020
 liberty,

00:21:46.280 --> 00:21:46.560
 innocence,

00:21:47.040 --> 00:21:47.360
 safety,

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.060
 and well-being

00:21:48.060 --> 00:21:48.420
 of the

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:49.960
 Lord become

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.400
 the lot

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:50.720
 of the

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.040
 murderer.

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.180
 He took

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.700
 Barabbas'

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.560
 place

00:21:54.560 --> 00:21:55.760
 literally.

00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:57.140
 Barabbas was

00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:57.500
 guilty,

00:21:57.620 --> 00:21:57.960
 and according

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.420
 to the law,

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:58.940
 his punishment

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.320
 should have

00:21:59.320 --> 00:21:59.780
 been death.

00:22:00.780 --> 00:22:01.700
 Pilate freed

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:03.299
 him, and

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:04.059
 when Pilate

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.700
 freed him,

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.680
 all the

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.440
 charges that

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:06.779
 were made

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.279
 against him

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:07.880
 disappeared,

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.680
 never to be

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.279
 brought against

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:09.759
 him again.

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:11.480
 He is

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.100
 completely

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:13.640
 free in

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.180
 the eyes of

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:14.500
 the law.

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.200
 Nobody can

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:15.779
 accuse him of

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.400
 these crimes

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.319
 again.

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.400
 Who's that

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:18.680
 like?

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.180
 Who's that

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.480
 like?

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.620
 Isn't the

00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:23.019
 same thing

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.700
 true of you

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.200
 if you're a

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.500
 Christian?

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:26.460
 Jesus has

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:26.900
 taken your

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.299
 place,

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:27.960
 the judge

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.359
 has set

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:28.720
 you free,

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.259
 and nobody

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.279
 can accuse

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.859
 you again.

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:31.740
 The law

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.220
 of God

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:33.500
 can't condemn

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:33.980
 you because

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.640
 God himself

00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:35.140
 has set

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:35.539
 you free.

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:35.920
 Friends,

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.240
 isn't it

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.740
 incredible

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.700
 that the

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.019
 innocent

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.680
 would suffer

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.259
 and die

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.839
 instead of

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.160
 and for

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.619
 the sake

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.380
 of the

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.720
 guilty,

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.319
 for you

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:42.779
 and I?

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.319
 Someone

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:47.140
 talking about

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:48.480
 this incident

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.380
 said,

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.400
 I am

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.019
 Barabbas,

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.940
 and there's

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.539
 a sense in

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.339
 which that's

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:53.819
 true for

00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.240
 everyone,

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.599
 because like

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:55.819
 him,

00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.200
 you and

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:57.179
 I are,

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.759
 as a result

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.079
 of our

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.339
 sinful

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:58.879
 natures,

00:22:59.419 --> 00:22:59.759
 rebels.

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.159
 We're

00:23:01.159 --> 00:23:01.839
 guilty of

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.519
 breaking

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.019
 God's

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.279
 law.

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:04.799
 And

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.319
 Barabbas is

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:05.799
 a metaphor

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.339
 for every

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:06.779
 Christian,

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:07.879
 because just

00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:08.379
 as Jesus

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:09.139
 took Barabbas'

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.819
 place and

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.179
 suffered

00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:11.000
 Barabbas'

00:23:11.139 --> 00:23:11.559
 penalty,

00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:12.460
 he does

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.839
 the same

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.359
 thing for

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:13.819
 you and

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.299
 for me.

00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:16.139
 Friends,

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:16.779
 it's important

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.480
 that you

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.399
 see yourself

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:19.579
 in what

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:19.919
 is taking

00:23:19.919 --> 00:23:21.299
 place here

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:23.000
 in Jerusalem

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:24.420
 2,000

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.039
 years ago,

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.000
 just as

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.400
 relevant,

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.559
 just as

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.079
 fresh,

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.039
 just as

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.519
 important

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.259
 today as

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.759
 it was,

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.559
 as it

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.119
 took place.

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.279
 We'll

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.640
 try to

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:35.940
 picture

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.579
 Barabbas

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:38.180
 sitting in

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.720
 his prison

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.759
 cell in

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.299
 the darkness

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.980
 beneath

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.900
 Pilate's

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:43.160
 palace.

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:46.000
 He can

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.420
 hear the

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.220
 noise of

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.640
 a mob,

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.200
 he can

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.880
 hear shouting

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:50.039
 and chanting

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.279
 and screaming,

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:52.460
 he can't

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:52.700
 hear what

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:52.839
 they're

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.180
 saying,

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.460
 but he

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.960
 knows that

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.559
 something is

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:54.920
 happening,

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.680
 something big

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.019
 is going

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.299
 on.

00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.819
 He knows

00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.200
 that he's

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.720
 been sentenced

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.379
 to death,

00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:01.839
 he knows

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.240
 that this is

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.720
 the time

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.259
 where there's

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.819
 going to be

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.619
 at least

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.779
 one crucifixion,

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.659
 he can feel

00:24:07.659 --> 00:24:08.220
 the tension,

00:24:08.379 --> 00:24:08.799
 he can feel

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.460
 the hatred

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.700
 that's

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.359
 surrounding

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.740
 Pilate's

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.220
 palace,

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.740
 he can feel

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.379
 the malice

00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:15.980
 in the air,

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:17.980
 and he

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.279
 hears a

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.839
 door opening

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.139
 up the

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.460
 corridor,

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.519
 and he

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.519
 hears guards

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.579
 coming along

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.139
 the corridor,

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.659
 their feet

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.139
 are stamping,

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.759
 their keys

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.019
 and their

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.399
 arm are

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:25.799
 jangling,

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:26.539
 he breaks

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:26.940
 out into

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.359
 a sweat,

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:27.799
 his mouth

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.339
 goes dry,

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:28.839
 are they

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.220
 coming for

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.480
 me?

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.059
 Are these

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.420
 the last

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.039
 moments of

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.500
 my life

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.980
 before I

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:34.279
 get nailed

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.759
 to a

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.079
 tree?

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:36.879
 Where are

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.220
 they headed?

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:37.960
 Where are

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.159
 they going

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.599
 to stop?

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.500
 And they

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.099
 stop outside

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.639
 his cell,

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.740
 and they

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.200
 open his

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.559
 door,

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.079
 and Barabbas

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.480
 thinks,

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.559
 that's it,

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.019
 no hope,

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:52.819
 and the

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.240
 guard says,

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.579
 get up

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.079
 Barabbas,

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.339
 on you

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.619
 go,

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:56.639
 you're

00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:56.960
 free.

00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:00.159
 You

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:00.379
 could

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:00.960
 believe it,

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.500
 he's

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.159
 gone from

00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:03.940
 death to

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.359
 life,

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.579
 unexpectedly,

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.619
 in the

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:06.960
 blink of

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.279
 an eye.

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:07.899
 What a

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:09.200
 moment that

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.639
 is for

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.139
 Barabbas.

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.700
 What a

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.359
 moment that

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.879
 is for

00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:14.159
 every

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:14.599
 Christian,

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.599
 God's

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.339
 love.

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.099
 You

00:25:16.959 --> 00:25:17.299
 you are

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.859
 free from

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.179
 the guilt

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:18.619
 of sin.

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.139
 Well,

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:22.399
 of course,

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:22.719
 we don't

00:25:22.719 --> 00:25:23.119
 know if

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.759
 Barabbas was

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.279
 saved or

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.519
 not,

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:26.259
 but he is

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.839
 an example

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.359
 of anyone

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:27.799
 who has

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:29.019
 believed in

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.359
 Jesus.

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.219
 Every one

00:25:31.219 --> 00:25:31.740
 of us is

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.779
 guilty of

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.119
 rebelling

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.899
 against God.

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:35.320
 we have

00:25:35.320 --> 00:25:35.700
 by our

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.500
 sins killed

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.019
 the Son

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.480
 of God,

00:25:38.280 --> 00:25:38.980
 guilty of

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.540
 murder like

00:25:39.540 --> 00:25:39.980
 he was.

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.140
 We've robbed

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:41.700
 God of

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.320
 time and

00:25:42.320 --> 00:25:43.200
 abilities and

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.820
 honor and

00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.500
 praise and

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:46.060
 glory, a

00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:46.580
 robber like

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:47.100
 he was.

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.280
 But friends,

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:49.920
 because Jesus

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.400
 took your

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:50.820
 place and

00:25:50.820 --> 00:25:51.300
 mine, we

00:25:51.300 --> 00:25:52.519
 are set

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.060
 free and

00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:53.360
 will be

00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:53.759
 free for

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.200
 eternity.

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.640
 What would

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.240
 Barabbas have

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.780
 thought of

00:25:58.780 --> 00:25:59.240
 this man,

00:25:59.360 --> 00:25:59.600
 Jesus,

00:26:00.560 --> 00:26:01.600
 for the rest

00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:02.200
 of his life?

00:26:03.040 --> 00:26:03.460
 I wonder

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.579
 how often

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.079
 he thought

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.420
 of the

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.799
 man who

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.420
 died instead

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.740
 of him.

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.400
 I wonder

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:08.920
 if when he

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.460
 left his

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.500
 cell, he

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.160
 followed the

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.880
 crowd to

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:12.700
 Calvary to

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.860
 witness the

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:14.519
 death of

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:16.059
 the man who

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.400
 was on

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.340
 his cross.

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.279
 I wonder

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.500
 if he

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.620
 noticed that

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:20.980
 the two

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.579
 criminals on

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.240
 either side

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.720
 of Jesus

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.720
 were robbers.

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.720
 In John's

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.240
 account, he

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.680
 adds this

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.079
 detail.

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:27.519
 He says,

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.319
 now Barabbas

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.299
 was a

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.640
 robber.

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.220
 I wonder

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.700
 if the plan

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.200
 was to have

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.940
 three robbers

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.380
 crucified.

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.960
 that day.

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:35.860
 I wonder

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.440
 if Barabbas

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:36.880
 looked at

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.319
 that middle

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.920
 cross and

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.319
 said, that

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:38.600
 should be

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:38.860
 me.

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:41.720
 Well, as

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.039
 we said at

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.579
 the outset,

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.840
 Jesus is at

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.559
 the center of

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.120
 everything that

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.900
 happens here.

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.220
 And it's

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:49.039
 all in God's

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:50.079
 plan to

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.779
 save people.

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.860
 In God's

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.700
 plan, Pilate

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.460
 is the

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:53.920
 governor of

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.360
 Judea.

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.620
 In God's

00:26:55.620 --> 00:26:56.779
 plan, Barabbas

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.340
 is in prison

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:58.120
 at this exact

00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:58.559
 moment.

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.000
 In God's

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.660
 plan, Jesus

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.980
 is willing to

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.279
 take his

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.140
 people's sins

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.980
 and pay the

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:05.420
 penalty for

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.700
 them.

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.320
 The characters

00:27:08.320 --> 00:27:10.000
 here come

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.600
 face to

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.980
 face with

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.780
 Jesus and

00:27:12.780 --> 00:27:13.220
 with what he

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.759
 has done,

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.820
 and they

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.360
 have to

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:15.620
 make a

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.920
 decision for

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.580
 themselves.

00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:19.440
 You Jews and

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.160
 chief priests,

00:27:20.820 --> 00:27:21.259
 do you want

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.259
 Jesus?

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:22.900
 Do you want

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.480
 him back,

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:23.920
 the one who's

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.620
 completely innocent?

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.959
 innocent, or

00:27:25.959 --> 00:27:26.339
 would you

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:26.879
 prefer the

00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:28.199
 terrorist, the

00:27:28.199 --> 00:27:28.519
 murderer?

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.719
 Who's more

00:27:29.719 --> 00:27:30.419
 important to

00:27:30.419 --> 00:27:30.659
 you?

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.759
 Pilate, you're

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.879
 a ruler with

00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:35.559
 all the power

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.279
 and authority of

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.799
 Rome behind

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:36.979
 you.

00:27:37.179 --> 00:27:37.439
 You've got

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:38.359
 hundreds of

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.959
 soldiers at

00:27:38.959 --> 00:27:39.439
 your back and

00:27:39.439 --> 00:27:39.619
 call.

00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:40.099
 You've got no

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.779
 reason to be

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.459
 afraid of these

00:27:41.459 --> 00:27:41.779
 Jews.

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.079
 You and

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.679
 Herod have

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.500
 grilled Jesus

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.819
 and examined

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.559
 the case against

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:46.839
 him, and

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.299
 you've both

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.399
 found him to

00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:48.859
 be innocent.

00:27:49.459 --> 00:27:49.899
 Even your

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.419
 wife has

00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:50.979
 sent word.

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:52.000
 She's certain

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.219
 of his

00:27:52.219 --> 00:27:52.839
 innocence too.

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.519
 She doesn't

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:53.859
 want you to

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.399
 be responsible

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:54.679
 for the

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:54.980
 death of

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.439
 this man.

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.059
 What are

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.339
 you going

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.559
 to do,

00:27:56.699 --> 00:27:57.079
 Pilate?

00:27:59.639 --> 00:28:00.119
 Barabbas,

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.599
 what a story

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.159
 you've got to

00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:02.379
 tell.

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:03.919
 You're a

00:28:03.919 --> 00:28:04.279
 criminal.

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.299
 You're on

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.799
 the way to

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.299
 the cross

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.819
 with no

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.299
 hope of

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.779
 escape,

00:28:08.439 --> 00:28:09.139
 and now

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.679
 you're free.

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.459
 Free and

00:28:12.459 --> 00:28:12.779
 innocent.

00:28:13.939 --> 00:28:14.439
 What do you

00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:15.059
 think of the

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:16.019
 man who took

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.539
 your place?

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:17.379
 Will you

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:17.879
 thank him?

00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:19.240
 Will you

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.779
 give yourself

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.159
 to him?

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.259
 Will you

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.759
 go to him

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.519
 for spiritual

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.220
 freedom as

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.680
 well for

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.240
 salvation?

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:25.980
 Barabbas,

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.359
 what will

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:26.920
 you do

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.599
 with Jesus?

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.700
 What about

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.160
 you today?

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.519
 Are you

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.319
 in the

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.039
 mob shouting

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.819
 crucify him?

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.460
 Are you

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.220
 hiding behind

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.180
 Pilate thinking

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:44.740
 like he did

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.039
 that it's

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.759
 more important

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.940
 to do what

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.400
 will make the

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:48.099
 crowd happy

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:49.519
 than what

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.160
 God wants?

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.559
 Are you

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:51.920
 looking for

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.379
 compromise?

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:54.039
 Are you

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.500
 trying to

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.059
 bargain your

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.579
 way into

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:55.900
 heaven?

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.359
 I am

00:28:59.359 --> 00:28:59.879
 Barabbas.

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.160
 You are

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:01.680
 Barabbas.

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.079
 Friend,

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.920
 your situation

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.759
 is just as

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.279
 dire as

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.819
 his was

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.339
 if you

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:08.180
 don't have

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:09.460
 Jesus in

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.920
 your life.

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.639
 You can

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:13.160
 benefit from

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:14.000
 this prisoner

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.839
 swap too,

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.680
 just as much

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.339
 as Barabbas,

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.660
 even more

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.319
 than Barabbas

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:19.559
 if he

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.039
 didn't come

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.379
 to know

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:21.200
 Christ as

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.679
 his saviour.

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.980
 This isn't

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.419
 just a

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:23.919
 short-term

00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:24.319
 fix.

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.460
 It's an

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.939
 eternal

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.439
 fix.

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.359
 If you

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.859
 ask him to

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.339
 forgive your

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:29.899
 sins and

00:29:29.899 --> 00:29:30.179
 you put

00:29:30.179 --> 00:29:30.659
 your trust

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:31.019
 in him.

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.559
 So how

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.079
 will you

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:34.059
 respond to

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.539
 Jesus

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.819
 today?

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.099
 What's your

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.539
 decision?

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.339
 Are you

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.539
 going to

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.179
 accept him?

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:42.400
 Or are

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.560
 you going

00:29:42.560 --> 00:29:42.920
 to turn

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.380
 your back

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.660
 on him,

00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:44.660
 walk away,

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:45.900
 and say

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.560
 you just

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:47.779
 don't

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.860
 care?

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.680
 Let's

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:51.860
 pray.

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.160
 Lord, we

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.680
 ask that

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.480
 you would

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.100
 speak to

00:29:59.100 --> 00:30:01.180
 us through

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.740
 the passage

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.340
 we've been

00:30:02.340 --> 00:30:03.039
 thinking about,

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.360
 and that

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.539
 you would

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.039
 help us if

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.360
 we've never

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:07.220
 realised before

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.960
 to realise

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:09.440
 the seriousness

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.799
 of a

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.460
 life as

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.860
 a sinner,

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:14.900
 who has

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.340
 not been

00:30:15.340 --> 00:30:15.840
 saved.

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.960
 To realise

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.480
 the seriousness

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.920
 of the

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:19.080
 offer of

00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:19.580
 salvation

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:20.240
 that was

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.400
 achieved by

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.759
 that incredible

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.660
 prisoner swap

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.220
 in Jerusalem

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:25.820
 2,000 odd

00:30:25.820 --> 00:30:26.360
 years ago.

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.539
 Give thanks

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:28.980
 that in your

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.500
 grace it's

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.160
 not just

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:30.740
 Barabbas

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:32.200
 who benefited,

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:32.880
 but that you

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:33.320
 offer the

00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:33.940
 benefits of

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.420
 that to

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:34.779
 each and

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.220
 every one

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.519
 of us.

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:37.240
 If we

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.720
 come to

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.960
 you seeking

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.420
 forgiveness,

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.940
 for our

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.519
 sins, and

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.860
 believe on

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.279
 the Lord

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.180
 Jesus Christ,

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:44.519
 help us

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.140
 all to do

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:45.539
 so.

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:46.840
 In his

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.200
 name and

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.600
 for his

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:47.940
 sake.

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.740
 Amen.

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:48.880
 Amen.

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.160
 The final

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.960
 singing is in

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:02.779
 Psalm 118.

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.360
 It's a

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:04.680
 Scottish

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.380
 Psalter version,

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.500
 so you'll

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.120
 find this on

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:08.259
 page 3.

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.340
 9-9

00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:12.240
 of the

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.700
 psalm book.

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:16.180
 Psalm 118,

00:31:16.360 --> 00:31:16.660
 I'm going to

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.100
 sing from

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:17.880
 verse 20

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.799
 to 26.

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.440
 The tune is

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.120
 Coalsill.

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:22.559
 this is the

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.359
 gate of God

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:23.819
 by it

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.259
 the just

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.799
 shall enter

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.099
 in.

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.099
 Thee will

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.559
 I praise

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:26.919
 for thou

00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:27.079
 may

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.539
 hurtst

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.679
 and

00:31:27.679 --> 00:31:28.000
 hast

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.239
 my

00:31:28.239 --> 00:31:28.659
 safety

00:31:28.659 --> 00:31:28.939
 been.

00:31:28.939 --> 00:31:30.519
 That stone

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.959
 is made

00:31:30.959 --> 00:31:31.179
 head

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:31.899
 cornerstone

00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:33.219
 which builders

00:31:33.219 --> 00:31:34.119
 did despise.

00:31:34.739 --> 00:31:35.399
 This is the

00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:35.859
 doing of the

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.299
 Lord and

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.819
 wondrous

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:38.079
 in our

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.459
 eyes.

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.059
 This is the

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.459
 day God

00:31:39.459 --> 00:31:39.919
 made and

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.219
 it will

00:31:40.219 --> 00:31:40.439
 joy

00:31:40.439 --> 00:31:41.159
 triumphantly.

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.519
 Save now,

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.139
 I pray thee,

00:31:43.199 --> 00:31:43.399
 Lord,

00:31:43.479 --> 00:31:43.879
 I pray,

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.519
 send now

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.159
 prosperity.

00:31:46.199 --> 00:31:46.659
 Blessed is

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:47.639
 he in

00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:48.000
 God's

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.619
 great name.

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:50.219
 that cometh

00:31:50.219 --> 00:31:50.679
 us to

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:51.039
 save,

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.299
 we from

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.759
 the house

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.219
 which to

00:31:53.219 --> 00:31:53.579
 the Lord

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.319
 pertains,

00:31:54.959 --> 00:31:55.539
 you blessed

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:55.879
 have.

00:31:55.959 --> 00:31:56.419
 These verses

00:31:56.419 --> 00:31:57.359
 of Psalm

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.059
 118 from

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.559
 verse 20

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.199
 to 26

00:31:59.199 --> 00:31:59.699
 to God's

00:31:59.699 --> 00:31:59.939
 praise.

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.319
 This is

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.639
 the gate

00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:01.079
 of God.

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:08.159
 This is

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:10.539
 the gate

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:13.119
 of God

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:15.139
 by it

00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:15.879
 the

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:18.039
 church

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:19.039
 shall

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:21.440
 enter.

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:23.440
 The

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:25.639
 will

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.639
 I

00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:27.680
 praise

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.779
 for

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:30.079
 love

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.579
 me

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:32.159
 hers

00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:33.579
 and

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.799
 hath

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.700
 my

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:37.299
 safety

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:39.519
 been

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:42.019
 that

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:43.259
 stone

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.279
 is

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:45.619
 made

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.619
!

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:47.219
 The

00:32:46.719 --> 00:32:47.619
 corner

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.619
 stone

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:51.579
 which

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.959
 build

00:32:52.959 --> 00:32:54.099
 her

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:55.359
 dead

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:55.359


00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:55.619
 He

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.359
 is

00:32:56.359 --> 00:32:57.359
 by

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:59.739
 this

00:32:59.739 --> 00:33:01.159
 is

00:33:01.159 --> 00:33:02.299
 the

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.359
 doing

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:05.359
 of

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:06.299
 the

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:07.819
 Lord

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.819
!

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:08.819


00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.419
 will

00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:09.419


00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:09.819
!

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.500
 He

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.220
 will

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.220


00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.220


00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.779
!

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.359
 He

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.919
 will

00:33:12.919 --> 00:33:13.220
!

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.500
!

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.819
!

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.419
 He

00:33:14.419 --> 00:33:14.419


00:33:14.419 --> 00:33:14.419


00:33:14.419 --> 00:33:14.419


00:33:14.419 --> 00:33:15.299
!

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.419
 He

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.559
!

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.559
 He

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.559
 will

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:20.299
 be

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:20.559
!

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:20.559


00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.039
 will

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.039


00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.039


00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.559
 He

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.099
 will

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:23.039
 be

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.039


00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.599
 He

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:24.099
 will

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:25.099
!

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.099


00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:27.039
 will

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.039


00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:28.039
 joy

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:29.039
 triumph

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:31.039
 triumph

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.039
 and

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:34.039
 lead

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:35.039
 save

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:36.039
 now

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.039
 I

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:38.039
 pray

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:39.039
 Thee

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:40.039
 Lord

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:41.039
 I

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.039
 pray

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:44.039
 send

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:46.039
 prosperity

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:48.039
!

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:49.039
 He

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.039


00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.039


00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:53.039
 blessed

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.039
 is

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.039
 he

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:56.039
 in

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.039


00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:57.039
 great

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.039


00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:59.039
 that

00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:01.039
 cometh

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:02.039
 us

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:03.039
 to

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.039


00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.039


00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:04.039
 from

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:05.039
 the

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:06.039
 house

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:07.039
 who

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:08.039
 come

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:09.039
 to

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.039


00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:11.039
 we

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:12.039
 from

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:13.039
 the

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:14.039
 house

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:16.039
 which

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:17.039
 to

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:18.039
 the

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:19.039
 Lord

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:22.039
 pertains

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:23.039
 you

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:25.039
 blessed

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:27.039
 heart

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:30.039
 conclude

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.039


00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:31.039
 prayer

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.039
 we

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.039


00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.039


00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.039


00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.039


00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.039


00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:33.039
 would

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.039


00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:34.039
 worship

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.039


00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.039


00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.039


00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.039


00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.039


00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:35.039
 accept

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:36.039
 the

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.039


00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:37.039
 from our

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.039


00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:38.039
 that

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.039


00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.039


00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.039


00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.539
 your

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.039
 word

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.039


00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:40.039
 with us

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.039


00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.039
 anything

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.039


00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:42.039
 said or

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.039


00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.039


00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.679
 and

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:43.039
 must be

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.039


00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.039


00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:45.039
 for

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:46.039
 the

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:47.039
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