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 Father, we confess before you that sometimes we don't really know how to read your word

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 in the context of the opinions of others.

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 They can make us maybe a little bit hesitant or a little bit embarrassed

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 when passages of your word seem to go against what people around us want to be true.

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 So, Father, we can confess before you that there can be a hesitancy and a timidity in our Christian walk.

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 Father, we ask that you help us not to be timid.

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 We ask, Father, that you would gently but deeply pour out your Holy Spirit upon us

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 and help us to be humble and bold, that you would help us, Father, to be gracious but also very clear,

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 that you would help us, Father, rather than being intimidated by our context,

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 that you would help us to pray for those around us.

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 Father, pour out your Holy Spirit upon us.

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 Lead us and guide us into all truth.

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 Help us, Father, to seek to hear your word clearly and simply

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 so that it might come into our lives and bear much fruit in our daily lives, all for your glory.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So here's the problem with this text.

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 Are the Jewish people Christ killers?

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 Quite simply, bluntly.

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 Are the Jewish people Christ killers?

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 And is the Gospel of Luke inherently anti-Semitic?

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 Now, some of you are maybe a bit shocked that I would even raise this question in a church.

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 But you know what?

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 Given what's gone on in Western history over the last 2,000 years,

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 given the well-documented history of anti-Semitism by many, many people,

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 but unfortunately, regrettably, also by people who call themselves Christians,

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 how can we not listen to a text like this, which seems to illustrate the Jewish people

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 overriding the justice of Rome to demand the death of Jesus?

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 How can we not listen to this text within the context of a history of anti-Semitism?

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 At the same time, we have to be very, very aware as we read this text that we live in a city

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 where it's probably the case that anti-Semitism is on the rise.

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 And as I mentioned several weeks ago, we're virtually next door to the university,

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 and unfortunately, in Canada and in North America at this time,

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 universities are often hotbeds of anti-Semitism,

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 places where, in fact, there are attempts to silence, marginalize, and intimidate people who are Jewish.

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 One of the things I was very conscious of this week is not only that I have Jewish friends as I was reading this text,

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 but also that I have people that I know that in conversation with them,

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 I suspect that they have a fair amount of anti-Semitism.

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 Fortunately, these aren't people who are Christians, but still.

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 And I think to myself, if I was to sit down in a Bible study and we were to read this text,

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 how would I feel if there were lots of Jewish friends listening in?

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 And how would I feel with people who have anti-Semitism coursing through their veins and in their minds as we read this text?

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 So let's look at the text with this big question in the back of our mind.

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 In fact, this text raises lots of other questions, but we begin with this one.

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 So is this text showing that the Jewish people are Christ killers,

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 which is part of the ancient roots in Christian circles or justification in Christian circles for anti-Semitism?

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 Let's look at the text.

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 Luke 23, in case you were wondering where the text was.

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 Then the whole company, as I explained a few minutes ago,

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 that's all of the people who, I didn't turn my watch on, sorry about that.

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 I will do that right now.

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 So that's the Sanhedrin, the Jewish leaders.

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 Then the whole company of them arose and brought Jesus before Pilate.

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 And they began to accuse Jesus, saying,

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

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 and saying that he himself is Christ a king.

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 Just sort of pause here.

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 There are two types of things to understand, two things to understand as we're going forward.

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 The first one is that at that time, the Jewish people are a subject people under the Roman power.

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 And so the Jewish people, as an over what, only I think one exception,

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 did not have the ability to perform a capital sentence.

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 And this was definitely, Jesus didn't come under any type of even remote thing for Jewish power

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 to have him executed.

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 And so they're going to have to get the Romans to find Jesus guilty of something that the Romans cared about

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 so that Jesus could be executed.

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 So that's what's going on.

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 And so what they've done is they take these,

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 and Luke is very, very carefully summarized in one little verse,

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 the three charges that they bring against Jesus that they hope will make Pilate very, very concerned about Jesus.

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 And the three charges are, in verse 2,

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 we found this man misleading our nation.

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 That's the first thing.

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 In other words, he's causing trouble.

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 He's leading the nation astray.

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 He's causing unrest and uncertainty.

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 And, of course, within this, with this idea that he's leading them astray and causing turmoil,

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 the Romans who are concerned with peace and Romans who are concerned that the Jewish people

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 would contentedly stay under Roman rule,

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 they're hoping that that would get Pilate's attention.

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 The second is that he is claiming to, he's forbidding to give tribute to Caesar.

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 In other words, that he's saying that they shouldn't pay taxes,

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 especially taxes that show that Rome are the nation over the Jewish people.

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 And then, finally, that he's claiming to be Christ, a king.

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 These are the three charges that they bring.

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 In summary, Luke summarizes them.

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 I'm sure it probably took 20 minutes or whatever for them to talk about it,

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 but Luke summarizes it for us.

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 And these are all, in fact, things which, in fact, Pilate would be concerned about.

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 But before we go any further,

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 and this is part of us having a bit of a hint that this whole story isn't, in fact,

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 painting the Jewish people as Christ killers.

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 But if we're very, if we think about it for a second,

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 I bet that for many of us, if we were to be very, very painfully honest with a mentor

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 about some of the concerns we have about being a more committed follower of Jesus,

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 or if we were to actually ask some people around us what were some of the things

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 that would keep them from being a Christian, okay?

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 And if they were to actually be very, very comfortable and honest with us,

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 what are the three, what are three things that many people would say would concern them

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 about becoming a follower of Jesus, a fully committed follower of Jesus?

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 Well, you know, one of the things is that if they followed Jesus,

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 he would lead them in directions that they don't want to go

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 in terms of certain things about how they lived their lives.

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 That he would mislead them about sexuality.

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 That he would probably mislead them

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 and make them have to end up doing things with their time

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 that they didn't really want to do.

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 Like, I don't know, like go in a small group,

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 or, you know, like read the Bible, or good grief,

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 go to church on a Sunday morning

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 when there's so many better things that you could possibly do.

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 And so for many people, their concern would be

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 that Jesus would mislead them.

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 The second thing is that many people would be concerned

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 that if they became a follower of Jesus,

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 that it would have an impact on how much money they had

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 under their own control.

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 I mean, good grief, those Christians are going to pass the offering plate.

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 I mean, good grief, some churches actually talk about tithing.

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 Good grief, maybe if I followed Jesus,

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 I'll have to end up being like Mother Teresa

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 and having absolutely no money whatsoever.

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 And how dare, you know, this whole thing about,

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 you know, my money's my own.

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 If I give myself to Jesus, if I get closer to Jesus,

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 it might mean that I have less money to spend it the way that I want.

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 And what's the third thing?

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 The third thing is that Jesus is going to demand

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 some type of control of my time.

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 That he's going to, and I don't want to have,

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 you know what, I'm trying to, many people will say,

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 I'm trying to regain control of my own life.

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 Maybe I'm trying to regain control of my life

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 because of the wounds which haunt me,

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 because of my fear of failure or my fear of success,

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 or trying to get over things that my parents said about me,

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 or trying to overcome limits to growth.

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 And I'm trying to get control,

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 and I have a sense that if I get closer to Jesus,

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 he's going to demand control.

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 And isn't it very, very interesting that the three things

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 that Luke summarizes as the Jewish charges,

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 the charges that Rome should be interested,

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 in fact, if you think about it for a second,

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 are three of the things that keep many of us

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 from wanting to get closer to Jesus

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 and keep many people from wanting to think about Jesus

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 as being the Savior and the Lord of their life.

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 You see, here's the thing about the Bible.

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 Here's the thing about the Bible.

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 The Bible goes after the control center of our life

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 in the context of the living God.

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 And if we let it, and if we listen to it very carefully,

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 we'll realize that it's constantly challenging motivations,

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 motivations that keep us from Jesus,

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 and for those who are followers of Jesus,

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 keep us still a little bit worried

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 about being even more trusting and committed

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 to following Jesus.

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 And with this, we realize one moment,

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 there's probably something else going on here

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 than justifying anti-Semitism,

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 because this is talking about my pagan heart.

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 And I'm of Irish descent.

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 That means I don't think I have any Jewish blood in me.

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 My ancestors, as I like to joke,

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 you know, when we first met the Romans,

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 we would like to strip our clothes off,

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 get naked, paint blue, and paint ourselves blue,

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 and fight the Romans.

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 That's my, you know, my cultural heritage.

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 But the Bible is actually sort of pinning me in this spot.

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 And so verse 3, let's see how it goes.

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 And Pilate asked Jesus,

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 are you the king of the Jews?

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 And Jesus answered him,

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 you have said so,

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 which is a polite form of Jesus saying,

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 yes, I am.

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 Now, here's the first thing.

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 And so from now on,

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 from the rest of the text,

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 as we read this text,

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 we have to read the rest of the text,

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 everything that happens

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 with the fact that Jesus claims

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 to be the king of the Jews.

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 And in fact, later on,

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 if you go and you read through

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 all of Luke chapter 23,

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 to emphasize it,

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 Luke records,

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 there's probably a variety of things

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 that were put on the cross.

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 And the way Luke summarizes

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 what was put on the cross

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 over the head of Jesus

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 as Jesus is dying on the cross

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 is that this is the king of the Jews.

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 Andrew, if you could put up the first point.

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 Jesus is the king of the Jews,

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 so I need to pray

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 that God will cleanse my heart

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 from all anti-Semitism

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 and all other types of prejudice

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 and racism as well

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 while we're at it.

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 Jesus dies as the king of the Jews.

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 Jesus accepts the title

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 of the king of the Jews.

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 When Jesus returns in glory,

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 he will, of course,

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 be revealed as what he is,

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 which is king of kings

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 and lord of lords,

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 but he will also be revealed

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 as king of the Jews.

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 He never renounces

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 that role or that title.

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 He bears it to the cross.

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 He bears it to that place

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 which is the power of God

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 for salvation

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 for all who believe,

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 whether pagan or Jew.

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 And so,

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 if we, in fact,

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 have entrusted ourselves

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 to the king of the Jews,

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 how can we have within us

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 any anti-Semitism at all?

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 How could that possibly be?

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 And so,

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 if we find any slight type

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 of prejudice there about it,

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 and once we become,

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 and see,

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 this is the powerful thing,

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 this is the way the gospel works,

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 that as the gospel convicts us

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 of a certain type of prejudice,

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 it convicts us of prejudice

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 in general,

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 because it's not saying,

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 okay,

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 I can be prejudiced against Jews,

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 but I can be prejudiced

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 against blacks

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 or Chinese people

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 or women

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 or, you know,

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 or gays,

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 or I can be prejudiced

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 against all these other,

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 no, no, no, no, no,

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 you see,

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 this is the power of the gospel.

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 This is the power of Jesus.

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 It isn't as if Christianity

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 needs some infusion

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 of some other type

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 of philosophy

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 to make us realize

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 that prejudice

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 and racism is wrong.

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 We just listen

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 to the scriptures.

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 In fact,

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 I would maintain

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 it would be a whole other topic

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 that the most powerful force

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 against racism

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 and prejudice

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 historically and to this day

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 is the Christian faith.

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 Even though many Christians

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 fall short of it,

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 it is the power of the gospel.

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 And so,

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 for the rest of the stuff

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 that we read,

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 all of the different dynamics

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 that go on,

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 remember that our own hearts

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 have the same fears

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 of these actors

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 and that we are

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 reading the story

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 of the death

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 of the king of the Jews,

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 whom I,

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 as a follower of Jesus,

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 have put my hope

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 and faith and trust in

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 and therefore

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 all anti-Semitism

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 must be cleansed from me.

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 God have mercy upon me.

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 So the story continues,

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 verse five.

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 But they were urgent.

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 That's the Sanhedrin

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 in the crowd.

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 He stirs up the people

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 teaching throughout all Judea

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 from Galilee

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 even to this place.

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 When Pilate heard this,

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 he asked whether the man

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 was a Galilean.

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 And when he learned

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 that he belonged

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 to Herod's jurisdiction,

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 he sent Jesus over

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 to Herod,

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 who was himself

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 in Jerusalem at that time.

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 This is just a very,

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 very classic thing.

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 How does a bureaucrat

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 often deal with a problem?

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 You have a problem,

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 you've discovered

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 that it could actually

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 be somebody else's jurisdiction,

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 and then you discover,

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 oh boy,

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 it's somebody I don't like.

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 So you kick the problem

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 over to the person

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 with the other jurisdiction

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 to get it out of your hair.

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 That's what Pilate does.

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 And so he sends him

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 over to Herod.

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 And verse eight,

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 when Herod saw Jesus,

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 he was very glad,

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 for he had long desire

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 to see him

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 because he had heard about him

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 and he was hoping

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 to see some sign.

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 That means a miracle

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 done by him.

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 Now just sort of pause here.

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 One of the things

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 which you're going to see here

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 is that one of the things

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 which often happens

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 for Christians

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 is that they think,

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 you know,

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 I'm really bothered

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 and troubled by this idea

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 that Jesus' death

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 was a sacrifice for sin.

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 It seems very old-fashioned.

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 It seems pagan.

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 It seems antiquated.

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 It seems inhumane.

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 And, you know,

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 isn't it like,

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 you know,

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 what we should really think

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 is we should have a desire

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 for Jesus.

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 We should portray Jesus

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 as a great teacher,

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 as a great example,

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 as a great model

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 of how to live.

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 And we should just think

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 of all of the marvelous

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 things he does.

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 And that's the thing

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 which should draw us to Jesus.

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 And it's a very,

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 very common move

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 in Christian circles

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 and in Christian churches

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 to downplay,

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 to in fact actually

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 maybe even deny

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 that there's anything

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 sacrificial about

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 the death of Jesus

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 upon the cross

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 and focus on his life.

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 Focus on the red letter

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 parts of the Bible.

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 Focus on what he has to say

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 about the poor.

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 Focus on the wonderful things

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 that he says

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 about this and that

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 and the miracle,

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 you know,

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 the wonderful things

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 he did.

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 And in a sense,

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 Herod is that person.

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 Herod is that person.

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 He's heard about

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 the wonderful things

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 that Jesus does

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 and he'd like to see

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 Jesus do some

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 wonderful things.

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 And then the story

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 continues

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 because Jesus

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 actually doesn't

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 satisfy him

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 by trying to just do

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 those wonderful things

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 for him.

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 Verse 8 again,

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 when Herod saw Jesus,

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 he was very glad

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 for he had long

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 desired to see Jesus

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 because he had heard

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 about him

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 and he was hoping

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 to see some miracle

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 done by Jesus.

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 So Herod questioned

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 Jesus at some length,

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 but Jesus made no answer.

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 The chief priests

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 and the scribes

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 stood by vehemently

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 accusing Jesus

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 and Herod with his soldiers

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 treated him with contempt

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 and mocked him.

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 Then arraying him,

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 that's Jesus,

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 in splendid clothing,

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 he sent Jesus back

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 to Pilate

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 and Herod and Pilate

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 became friends

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 with each other

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 that very day

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 for before this

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 they had been at enmity

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 with each other.

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 Now just sort of

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 pause here for a second.

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 Is it reasonable

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 to think that Jesus

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 is primarily

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 a good teacher,

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 that he's primarily

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 a wonderful example

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 of how to live?

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 Well, let's see

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 how Pilate and Herod

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 understand Jesus

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 within that perspective

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 in the next verse.

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 Pilate then called together

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 the chief priests

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 and the rulers

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 and the people

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 and said to them,

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 you brought me this man

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 as one who is misleading

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 the people

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 and after examining

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 him 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 death

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 has been done by him.

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 I will therefore

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 punish him

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 and release him.

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 Now just sort of

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 pause here for a second.

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 This is something

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 which is very significant,

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 both that he find

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 Jesus completely

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 and utterly innocent

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 but also that

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 they're just going

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 to casually

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 mock him

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 and that they're

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 going to casually

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 just have him whipped.

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 And here's,

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 and Andrew,

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 if you could put up

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 the next point,

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 here's what Pilate found

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 and I just used Pilate.

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 I could have said

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 Pilate and Herod

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 but it sort of

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 upset the flow

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 of the sentence.

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 But Pilate found Jesus

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 to be an innocent,

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 impractical,

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 harmless fool.

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 In other words,

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 someone that no one

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 would want to follow

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 or listen to.

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 Pilate and Herod

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:02.259
 found Jesus

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 to be an innocent,

00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.480
 impractical,

00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:06.079
 harmless fool.

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 In other words,

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 someone that no one

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 would want to follow

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 or listen to.

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 Now this might sound

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 a little bit shocking

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 to you,

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 but if you think about it

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 for a second,

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 if Jesus is actually

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 primarily an example,

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 then why on earth

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 did he die?

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 Like what is that showing?

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 And how is it that

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 his whole behavior

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 right now

00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:29.279
 is showing anything

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 worthy of us to follow?

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 Like he doesn't say anything,

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 he doesn't do anything

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 to protect himself,

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 is that the type of example

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 that we want to model?

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 Like do we want to

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 actually model somebody

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 that when it comes down

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 to the crunch

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 is on one hand

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 is recognized

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 to be innocent

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 but on the other hand

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 given that he's also

00:19:47.340 --> 00:19:48.200
 impractical,

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 harmless and foolish

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 and therefore we can do

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 whatever we want with him,

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 then why on earth

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 would this actually

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 be somebody

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 that we actually

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 wanted to follow?

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 Like, you see,

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 what often happens,

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 there's a very,

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 very common claim

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 about Christians

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 that Christians

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 are just always

00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:05.880
 trying to model Jesus

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 after their age

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 and that's primarily

00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.839
 the case

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 when people want

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.440
 to turn Jesus

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 no longer into

00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:16.720
 the power of God

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.579
 for salvation

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 to all who believe

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 but want to make

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 Jesus primarily

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 an example

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 for how to live

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 and when people

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 want to turn Jesus

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 into an example

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 about how to live

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 and how his teaching

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 is wise,

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 they focus,

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 we focus,

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 on those parts

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 of the teaching

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 of Jesus

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 that agree with

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 the wisdom

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 of the world

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 and we focus

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 on the examples

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 of his life

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 that are examples

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 that our culture

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 already teaches us

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 and all of the

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 other things

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 in the Bible

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 and all of the

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 other things

00:20:51.379 --> 00:20:52.059
 about Jesus

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 that don't fit in

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 with that,

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 we ignore

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 and in fact,

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 we even lose

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 any real desire

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 to follow Jesus

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 in his words

00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:01.039
 because it'll keep

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.660
 bringing us up

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 to these awkward,

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 inconvenient things

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 like the fact

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 that he seems

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 to be impractical

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 and foolish

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 and harmless

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 and doesn't even

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 take normal types

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 of means

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 to defend himself.

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 So what Herod and Pilate

00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:15.620
 find and what

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 the gospel shows

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 is that when we

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 on one hand

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 think that we are

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 exalting Jesus

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 and making him

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 more culturally relevant

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 by holding him up

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 as an example

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 and as a guru

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 and as a wise teacher,

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 what we're really doing

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 is demoting him

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 and making him

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 something which is

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 someone who is

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 very comfortable

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 in whatever the culture

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 has to be saying

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 in this particular day

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 and actually doesn't

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 fit with the evidence.

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 The evidence

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 of Herod and Pilate

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 is that Jesus

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 is innocent

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 which is significant

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 to us

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 but he's harmless.

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 He's impractical.

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 You know what?

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 He's a fool.

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 And Herod

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 acts like a typical

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 Canadian.

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 A typical Canadian

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 is utilitarian.

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 Some of you

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 have been to university

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 and you know

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 that's a particular

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 ethical theory

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 by which you say

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 that amongst

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 other things

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 that what you do

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 is you take

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 the course of action,

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 the moral action

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 that you take

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 is the one

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 that creates

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 the less pain.

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 And so what we're

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 going to see

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 in the rest of the text

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 is that Herod,

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 Pilate,

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 is a utilitarian.

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 That there's going

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 to be a contrast

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 between the potential

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 of a riot

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 starting up

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 and even more importantly

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 that people

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 aren't going to

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 like him

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 and are going to

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 undermine his authority

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 and they're going

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 to try to cause

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 some trouble for him

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 and on one hand

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 you have that,

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 on the other hand

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 you have the death

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 of an innocent

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 harmless fool

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 that no one

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 in their right mind

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 would want to follow.

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 And so Herod

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 as a utilitarian

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 is going to say

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 it causes

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 far less distress

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 and far less pain

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 in general

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 if I can end

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 and prevent a riot

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 by the death

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 of one innocent man

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 who doesn't even

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 have any followers

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 around him anyway.

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 They've all fled,

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 they're all in hiding.

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 And that's what we're

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 going to see happen

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 here in the rest

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 of the text.

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 But they all cried

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 out together,

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 verse 18,

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 away with this man

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 and release to us

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 Barabbas,

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 a man who had been

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 thrown into prison

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 for an insurrection

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 started in the city

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 and for murder.

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 Pilate addressed

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 them once more

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 desiring to release

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 Jesus but they

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 kept shouting,

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 crucify,

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 crucify him.

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 A third time

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 he said to them,

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 why,

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 what evil has he done?

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 I have found in him

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 no guilt

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 deserving death.

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 I will therefore

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 punish and release him.

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 But they were urgent

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 demanding with loud

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 cries that he should

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 be crucified

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 and their voices

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 prevailed.

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 So Pilate decided

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 that their demand

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 should be granted.

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 He released the man

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 who had been thrown

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 into prison

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 for insurrection

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 and murder

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 for whom they asked

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 but he delivered

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 Jesus over to their will.

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 Just this final thing

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 about the anti-Semitism.

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 If you go back

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 and,

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 this is sort of

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 the second to last,

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 if you go back

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 and look at Acts chapter 4,

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 it's very,

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 very clear that

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 the Bible says

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 that it's

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.580
 Pilate,

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:11.980
 Herod,

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 everybody.

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 In fact,

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 it's ultimately humanity

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 which is implicated

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 in the death of Jesus,

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 not any particular group.

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 Even looking for

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 a particular group

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 is actually an indication

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 of anti-Semitism

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 to actually even try

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 to ask that type of question

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 and apportion the blame

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 and it's to completely

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:28.440
 and utterly misunderstand Jesus.

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 Here we see

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 that Pilate

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.380
 and the crowd

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 are at one,

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 that Pilate

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 and the crowd

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 are being cynical,

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:37.559
 they are being unjust,

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.819
 they are being immoral

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 and they are being cruel.

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 They are being cynical

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 because many in the crowd

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:44.219
 know that the charges

00:24:44.219 --> 00:24:44.879
 against Jesus

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.500
 are false.

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:46.240
 Pilate knows

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.659
 that Jesus

00:24:46.659 --> 00:24:47.859
 is an innocent man.

00:24:48.199 --> 00:24:48.939
 They have a cynic,

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:50.159
 everything that's going on

00:24:50.159 --> 00:24:50.879
 is just reeking

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.719
 with cynicism

00:24:51.719 --> 00:24:53.059
 and it's unjust

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.779
 and it's cruel

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.740
 and it's immoral

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.819
 that they would go

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.799
 and that they would choose

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.939
 a person who actually

00:24:57.939 --> 00:24:58.879
 is guilty of murder

00:24:58.879 --> 00:25:00.019
 and is actually guilty

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:01.000
 of insurrection

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.319
 and is actually guilty

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.980
 of rebellion

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:04.440
 and that Pilate

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.480
 would even offer that

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.920
 as a choice to the crowd

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:08.319
 and that the crowd

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.420
 would choose that man

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:10.279
 and that Pilate

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.079
 would go along with it.

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:12.180
 Everything about this

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:13.700
 whole story

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:15.519
 just reeks

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:17.160
 of cynicism,

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.259
 cruelty,

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.599
 immorality

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.519
 and injustice.

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.299
 But here

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:23.700
 is the profound question

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.440
 for us.

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.680
 Andrew,

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.460
 could you put up

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.059
 the next one?

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:30.519
 Is God the Father

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.619
 the same as Pilate

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.220
 in the crowd?

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.079
 Unjust,

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.119
 cynical,

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.259
 immoral

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.819
 and cruel?

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.179
 I mean,

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:44.779
 that's one of the things

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.980
 which motivates people

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.440
 who say

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.399
 that the whole idea

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:48.240
 of Jesus dying

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.019
 as a sacrifice

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:51.419
 is just not right.

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:54.299
 And so many might say,

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:54.639
 George,

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:54.980
 okay,

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.259
 yeah,

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.480
 yeah,

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:55.720
 yeah,

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.720
 maybe I,

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.899
 you have some problems

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.800
 in me trying to mainly

00:25:58.800 --> 00:25:59.500
 say that Jesus,

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.259
 I should be like

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.720
 primarily a red-letter Christian

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.680
 and mainly concerned

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.480
 with some of the teaching

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.440
 of Jesus that I like

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.420
 and an example in Guru.

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.640
 But gosh,

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:06.980
 I mean,

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:08.500
 so it's that God's

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.360
 going along with this?

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.380
 God just goes ahead

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.720
 and lets the crowd do this?

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:13.540
 That Pilate's being cynical,

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.200
 unjust,

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:15.259
 immoral and cruel

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:17.360
 and that's like,

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.820
 isn't God picking Jesus

00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.380
 as well?

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:26.780
 And for many of us,

00:26:27.300 --> 00:26:27.820
 and by the way,

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.720
 questions like this

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.540
 are often raised

00:26:29.540 --> 00:26:30.440
 in academic literature.

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.860
 It's maybe not as much

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:34.160
 heard in certain church circles

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:34.460
 as well.

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 Maybe some of you

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.940
 have never come across

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:37.540
 this as a complaint

00:26:37.540 --> 00:26:40.620
 and it can be a bit staggering

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.320
 to think about.

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.720
 Here's the thing.

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:48.100
 One of the problems

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:49.140
 that we Christians have

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.980
 is that we've lost

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.579
 the habit

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:52.759
 of reading Bibles

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:54.220
 as,

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.019
 we read it

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:56.200
 as a series of quotes.

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.740
 I'm all in favor

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.940
 of things like daily bread

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 and stuff like that

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.759
 but often we just get

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.940
 a little bit of a snippet

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.460
 of a text

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.380
 or a bit of a chapter

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.880
 of a text

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.480
 and we move on

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.299
 to something else.

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:08.400
 And we've lost this habit

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 of reading a book

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 as a book.

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:10.980
 You know,

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.720
 we read movie,

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.720
 we watch movies,

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.240
 you know,

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.900
 most people,

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 we try to watch

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 the movie at the beginning

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 and we watch it

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 right through to the end

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 and we see how themes develop

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:20.299
 and how things are prefigured

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.380
 or certain things

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:22.200
 are set in motion

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 or certain comments

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.220
 reveal intentions

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:26.279
 in what's going on

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 and we've lost that habit

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.319
 often when it comes

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 to reading the gospel.

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 And so many of you,

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.700
 if you've been here

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.660
 over the months

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.200
 that we've been going

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.720
 through Luke,

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 I've said that

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.720
 ever since Luke chapter 9

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 when Jesus says

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.079
 that he's going to go

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.599
 to Jerusalem

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.519
 to die upon the cross

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 and rise from the dead,

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 that every single thing

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.279
 in the gospel of Luke

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.940
 after that point,

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.740
 you have to realize

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:47.119
 that it's to be read

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:48.480
 in the context

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.639
 of Jesus'

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:52.139
 repeatedly saying

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.720
 that he's going

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.319
 to Jerusalem

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.359
 to die upon the cross

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 and then he will rise

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.599
 from the dead.

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:57.440
 And that's still at work here

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:58.420
 because he's in Jerusalem.

00:27:59.019 --> 00:28:00.680
 But even more specifically,

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:02.259
 if you just turn back

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.059
 in your Bibles,

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:04.000
 on my page,

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.660
 I have to turn it back

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:06.079
 to Luke chapter 22.

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:10.559
 And Luke chapter 22

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:12.480
 beginning at verse 39.

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:15.480
 And Jesus has explained

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.559
 what's going to be happening

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.599
 to him in the institution

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.500
 of the Last Supper.

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.740
 Judas has gone off

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.720
 to betray Jesus

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:23.099
 and gather the soldiers.

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:26.460
 And Jesus is in the garden.

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.740
 And I talked about this

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.579
 a couple of weeks ago,

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:29.199
 but we have to,

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.579
 everything that's happening

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.199
 right now,

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.059
 if we don't,

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:33.919
 this question that's on the stage,

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:35.860
 if this part of Luke's gospel

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:36.460
 wasn't there,

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.580
 then this would be a very good,

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:40.700
 that's an unanswerable question.

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:44.519
 But look what happens to Jesus.

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.620
 And he came out and went,

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.240
 verse 39,

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:48.259
 as was his custom

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.240
 to the Mount of Olives.

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:50.759
 And the disciples followed him.

00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:52.240
 And when he came to the place,

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.820
 he said to them,

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.759
 pray that you may not

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.779
 enter into temptation.

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.700
 And he withdrew from them

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.800
 about a stone's throw

00:28:57.800 --> 00:28:58.980
 and knelt down and prayed,

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.360
 saying,

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.880
 Father, if you are willing,

00:29:01.600 --> 00:29:03.060
 remove this cup from me.

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:04.099
 Nevertheless,

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.819
 not my will,

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.879
 but yours be done.

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.379
 Nevertheless,

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.899
 not my will,

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:11.059
 but yours be done.

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:13.440
 Everything that's happening

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:14.279
 after this,

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.000
 you will see,

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.960
 if you keep on reading,

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.740
 and there appeared to him

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.659
 an angel from heaven

00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:18.460
 strengthening him

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.659
 and being in agony,

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.779
 he prayed more earnestly

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.440
 and his sweat

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.759
 became like great drops

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.200
 of blood

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.419
 falling down to the ground.

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.799
 See,

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:33.059
 if Jesus is all

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:34.180
 just merely about love

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:35.500
 and teaching and examples,

00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:36.299
 then it's really,

00:29:36.419 --> 00:29:37.159
 the death of Jesus

00:29:37.159 --> 00:29:38.059
 makes no sense.

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.839
 It's really,

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.559
 literally like,

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.899
 like some person

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:41.839
 coming up to you,

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.139
 you know,

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:43.279
 some guy coming up

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.039
 to a girl and says,

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:45.460
 I love you so much.

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.059
 And the girl says,

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.339
 really?

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.839
 I love you so much.

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.460
 I'm going to show you

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.159
 how much I love you.

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.899
 And then takes out a gun

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:51.079
 and shoots himself in the head.

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.919
 That would be completely

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:54.579
 crazy and cruel

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.480
 if the woman would be

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:57.159
 in therapy maybe for years,

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:59.060
 need profound inner healing.

00:29:59.360 --> 00:30:00.500
 And she would just say

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.580
 the man is sick.

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.740
 And if,

00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:06.740
 if the death,

00:30:06.860 --> 00:30:08.880
 if Jesus just says,

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.080
 you know,

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.920
 I love you so much

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.779
 and then boom,

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.660
 kills himself,

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:13.279
 that's completely crazy.

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.900
 But you know,

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.200
 if,

00:30:15.300 --> 00:30:16.340
 if you see somebody,

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:16.759
 if you,

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.259
 you know,

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:18.440
 periodically every,

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.800
 unfortunately about every year,

00:30:19.800 --> 00:30:20.560
 there's several people

00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:22.240
 who drown in the Ottawa River

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.480
 right near Ottawa.

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.580
 And if,

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:26.100
 and when you read about somebody

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:27.140
 who they don't even know

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.720
 the person,

00:30:27.820 --> 00:30:28.720
 but they see a person

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.200
 in distress

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.160
 and they,

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.940
 they dive in

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.540
 and they swim

00:30:31.540 --> 00:30:32.400
 and they get them back,

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.640
 we call them a hero.

00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:34.720
 And,

00:30:34.800 --> 00:30:34.940
 and,

00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:35.740
 and the greater,

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.660
 that the,

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:38.100
 the greater the risk

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:40.540
 and the greater self-knowledge

00:30:40.540 --> 00:30:41.380
 before the act,

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:42.660
 the more that we consider it

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:44.020
 to be something completely

00:30:44.020 --> 00:30:45.320
 and utterly praiseworthy.

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:47.100
 That a person who knows

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:48.500
 that in that particular area

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.980
 that there are dangerous currents,

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:51.060
 but still they are going

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:52.060
 to do what they can

00:30:52.060 --> 00:30:53.420
 to risk their own life

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.640
 to save that other person,

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:56.780
 we marvel at their courage.

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:58.859
 We marvel at their sacrifice

00:30:58.859 --> 00:31:00.279
 and at their risk.

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:01.839
 And when we hear of people

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:03.059
 who've gone into a house

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:04.839
 that's burning to rescue children

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.539
 and,

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.759
 and maybe even at the end

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.940
 they save all of the children,

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.980
 but then they are overcome

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:10.000
 by smoke themselves,

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.899
 we are overcome

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:12.259
 by their willingness

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.519
 to sacrifice themselves

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.399
 for children.

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:16.379
 And what we see here

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:17.480
 in the garden

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:19.779
 is Jesus understanding

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:21.200
 understanding completely

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.099
 and fully

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:23.460
 and massively

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:25.899
 the act of sacrifice

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.879
 and rescue

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.799
 and what it is going

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.680
 to cost him

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.740
 to undertake.

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:32.759
 And part of him says,

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:33.180
 Father,

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.180
 if there's any way

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.539
 that this can be taken from me,

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.759
 please take it from me.

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.759
 And it is so,

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:41.579
 the magnitude

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.899
 of the fact

00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.899
 that he is going

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:45.160
 to bear the wrath

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:46.339
 and justice of God

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.539
 in his very person,

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:49.259
 that he is going to,

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:50.720
 it's going to entail

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:52.099
 him no longer

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.899
 being at one

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.639
 with the Father,

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.920
 that it is going

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.759
 to entail

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:57.579
 him taking upon himself

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.200
 the doom

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:59.680
 that human beings deserve

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:01.839
 and he will offer

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.839
 human beings

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.519
 the destiny

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.899
 that he deserves.

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.700
 He takes upon

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.059
 the doom

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.859
 that I deserve,

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.000
 he offers me

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.440
 the destiny

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:09.279
 that he deserves.

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.700
 And we see

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.519
 that full,

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:13.119
 clear-eyed struggle

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:14.920
 and the conclusion

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.700
 of it is,

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:17.279
 not my will,

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:18.859
 but yours be done.

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.200
 And so,

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.480
 Andrew,

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.460
 if you could put up this,

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.799
 in the suffering

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.299
 and death

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.720
 of Jesus Messiah,

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:28.839
 we see revealed

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:30.599
 the deep justice,

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.519
 mercy,

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.420
 and grace

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.539
 of the living God

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:35.519
 working in perfect harmony

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:37.180
 with saving power

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:38.740
 for fallen humans.

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:40.960
 in fact,

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:43.019
 Jewish people

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:45.160
 would see

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:46.539
 in this text

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:46.980
 a very,

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.759
 very powerful

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.500
 Old Testament

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:50.140
 image of atonement,

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.039
 of the scapegoat,

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:54.220
 that they would see

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.039
 within this

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.599
 that,

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.920
 in a sense,

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.940
 Jesus becomes

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:59.000
 the scapegoat

00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:00.259
 by which the sins

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.839
 of the people

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.640
 are put,

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:01.940
 sorry,

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:02.960
 that the sins

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.779
 of the people

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.680
 are put on Jesus

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.480
 who dies

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.640
 and the scapegoat

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:07.280
 goes free,

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:09.040
 that Barabbas

00:33:09.040 --> 00:33:09.700
 goes free,

00:33:10.280 --> 00:33:11.400
 that the justice

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.400
 which is deserved

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.000
 in a sense

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:14.160
 falls upon

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:15.100
 another person

00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:16.400
 so that the one

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:17.020
 who voluntarily

00:33:17.020 --> 00:33:18.280
 takes that place,

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.800
 sorry,

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:21.259
 the one voluntarily

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:22.380
 takes that place

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.580
 of having the sin

00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:25.180
 and the wrath

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.900
 and the punishment

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.660
 fall on them

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.960
 so another can go free.

00:33:28.040 --> 00:33:29.120
 That's what we see here

00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:29.800
 in the text.

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:32.100
 It's clear-eyed love.

00:33:32.560 --> 00:33:34.259
 It's clear-eyed grace.

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:36.359
 It's clear-eyed mercy.

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:38.180
 And at the same time,

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:39.599
 a just and holy God

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:41.400
 is able to punish

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:43.019
 sin and rebellion

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.660
 and evil.

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:46.339
 That in the suffering

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.779
 and death

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.879
 of Jesus Messiah,

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.839
 we see revealed

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.799
 the deep justice,

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.319
 mercy,

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.879
 and grace

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.819
 of the living God

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:53.619
 working in perfect harmony

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:55.099
 with saving power

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:56.700
 for fallen humans.

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.859
 In a sense,

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:01.519
 every single one of us

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.480
 is Barabbas.

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:07.680
 only rather than

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:09.079
 having a crowd yell

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:11.920
 that Barabbas

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.639
 would be freed,

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.740
 Jesus willingly

00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:16.360
 takes our place

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:18.219
 so that we can be free.

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.820
 We're going to see

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.940
 this very powerfully,

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.679
 not next week

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.380
 because we're going to have

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.219
 a sermon on the Trinity,

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.139
 but the week after

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:26.039
 when we look at Jesus

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.820
 as death upon the cross,

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:29.880
 that the hint

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:31.219
 of the Barabbas story

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.980
 is seen far more clearly

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:34.459
 when Jesus says

00:34:34.459 --> 00:34:35.059
 to the thief

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:36.059
 dying upon the cross,

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.759
 today you will be

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:37.799
 with me in paradise.

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:39.539
 That we see Jesus

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.399
 dying,

00:34:41.899 --> 00:34:42.959
 fulfilling the justice

00:34:42.959 --> 00:34:43.579
 of God

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.399
 and displaying

00:34:44.399 --> 00:34:45.419
 the deeper grace

00:34:45.419 --> 00:34:46.459
 and mercy of God

00:34:46.459 --> 00:34:47.359
 for all who put their

00:34:47.359 --> 00:34:48.439
 faith and trust in him.

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:50.799
 So in conclusion,

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:52.199
 is Jesus an example?

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.919
 Only if we receive

00:34:54.919 --> 00:34:55.619
 the gospel

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.819
 and only in a very,

00:34:56.959 --> 00:34:58.099
 very particular way,

00:34:58.099 --> 00:35:00.139
 but in a very powerful way

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:01.619
 that will actually

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.819
 completely and utterly

00:35:02.819 --> 00:35:04.000
 change and transform

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.599
 our lives.

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:05.219
 If you could put up

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:06.079
 the final slide.

00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:08.819
 When we receive the gospel,

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:10.059
 we truly receive

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:11.219
 new life from God.

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:12.779
 As we are gripped

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.599
 by the gospel,

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.719
 we are nudged

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.500
 and drawn

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.380
 and shaped

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:17.199
 and grounded

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:18.539
 in a new way of living

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.539
 for the glory

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.400
 of the living God.

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:21.599
 You see,

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.839
 when we put our faith

00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:23.759
 and trust in Jesus,

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.659
 it's not just that

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.400
 we put our faith

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:26.519
 and trust in a story

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.340
 or an example,

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:29.280
 but Jesus actually

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:31.239
 did something for us.

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.380
 The book of Romans

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:33.219
 describes it

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:34.599
 that Jesus is the,

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.759
 the death of Jesus

00:35:35.759 --> 00:35:36.599
 upon the cross

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:38.280
 is the power of salvation

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:39.659
 that comes from God

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.699
 that's available

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:42.119
 to all who believe.

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.759
 And so that when we put

00:35:43.759 --> 00:35:44.559
 our faith and trust

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:44.980
 in Jesus,

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:46.199
 we actually receive

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:46.759
 new life.

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.519
 We receive

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.900
 a new relationship

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.460
 with God.

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:51.320
 We enter into a new covenant

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:52.400
 with the true

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:54.259
 and living creator God.

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.500
 And that's what we receive.

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.500
 The Bible goes on

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:57.159
 and says other things.

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:58.119
 We receive the gift

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.760
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.800
 We are born again.

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.559
 We are clothed

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.159
 with the righteousness

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.840
 of Christ.

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:03.260
 That there's a range

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:03.840
 of images

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.840
 that portray

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.639
 what happens

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.619
 when we put our faith

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.800
 and trust in Jesus.

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:09.440
 But it's also then

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:11.039
 as we are gripped

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:12.079
 by the story

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:13.019
 of the gospel,

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.960
 as week by week,

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.760
 and as day by day

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.699
 as we read the Bible

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.719
 and we come clear

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:19.219
 and clear

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:20.420
 that what Jesus does

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.579
 upon the cross for us,

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.300
 how he,

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.800
 knowing every single thing

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.480
 there is to know

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.280
 about you and me,

00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:26.600
 knowing everything

00:36:26.600 --> 00:36:27.620
 to know about me,

00:36:27.700 --> 00:36:28.620
 still he died

00:36:28.620 --> 00:36:30.100
 on the cross for me,

00:36:30.160 --> 00:36:30.660
 that he would

00:36:30.660 --> 00:36:31.960
 take my place,

00:36:32.040 --> 00:36:32.780
 that he would

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:34.100
 take my doom,

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:35.540
 that he would offer me

00:36:35.540 --> 00:36:36.680
 his destiny,

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:38.120
 that he does this

00:36:38.120 --> 00:36:38.680
 for me.

00:36:39.060 --> 00:36:40.600
 And as this story

00:36:40.600 --> 00:36:41.620
 grips us,

00:36:42.620 --> 00:36:43.460
 we're nudged

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.100
 into saying,

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.600
 well, you know,

00:36:45.660 --> 00:36:46.480
 maybe I should listen

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.480
 to him about money.

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:50.460
 when we know

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.340
 that at the end

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:51.900
 of the day

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:53.500
 we are reconciled

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:53.960
 to God,

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:55.619
 that God's final word

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:56.199
 about us

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:56.820
 when we appear

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:57.380
 before him,

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.019
 not because of

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.679
 our own righteousness,

00:36:59.300 --> 00:37:02.059
 is to be welcomed

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:03.199
 into God's kingdom,

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.679
 to spend eternity

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:05.219
 in the new heaven

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:05.800
 and the new earth

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.679
 with the living God

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:08.019
 because of what

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:09.099
 Jesus has done for us.

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.460
 When we know

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.139
 that that's the end

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:10.719
 of the story,

00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:11.699
 maybe we say,

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:11.840
 you know,

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.780
 maybe I can be

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.579
 more generous.

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:15.840
 You know,

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.299
 because maybe

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:17.239
 I don't have to think

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.679
 that the one

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:18.619
 with the most toys

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.420
 at the end wins

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.099
 because that actually

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:21.000
 has nothing to do

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.559
 with the meaning

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.139
 and the direction

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.599
 of life.

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:24.420
 And if Jesus knows

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.380
 me so perfectly

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:26.380
 and still he died

00:37:26.380 --> 00:37:26.699
 for me,

00:37:26.759 --> 00:37:27.779
 maybe I should listen.

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:29.440
 It draws me.

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:31.099
 It nudges me.

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:33.500
 And it makes me say,

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:33.719
 you know,

00:37:33.799 --> 00:37:35.659
 if Jesus became poor

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.940
 so that I can become rich,

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.840
 maybe I should just

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.799
 make do with

00:37:38.799 --> 00:37:39.920
 a little bit less money

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:41.259
 so that,

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:41.940
 you know,

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:43.219
 maybe people in China

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:44.139
 can hear the gospel

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:45.119
 or people in India

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.059
 can hear the gospel

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:47.000
 or that the poor

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.480
 in Ottawa

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.539
 can hear the gospel.

00:37:49.459 --> 00:37:49.599
 Like,

00:37:50.419 --> 00:37:53.039
 maybe that makes sense.

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:55.539
 Maybe that should shape,

00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:57.000
 that will shape my life.

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:58.000
 Maybe that will ground

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:59.279
 how I view money.

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.319
 And the fact of the matter

00:38:01.319 --> 00:38:02.379
 is that my control

00:38:02.379 --> 00:38:02.699
 often,

00:38:02.859 --> 00:38:03.419
 you know,

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.679
 often brings me

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:05.159
 into trouble.

00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:06.500
 And maybe if Jesus

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.799
 has loved me so deeply

00:38:07.799 --> 00:38:08.459
 and done this,

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:10.019
 maybe as we're gripped

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:11.000
 by that story,

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:12.299
 it nudges us

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:13.580
 into saying

00:38:13.580 --> 00:38:14.039
 that Jesus

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:15.140
 should have more control.

00:38:15.220 --> 00:38:16.460
 It draws us into it.

00:38:17.060 --> 00:38:17.900
 It shapes us.

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.880
 It grounds us.

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.280
 That's why

00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:22.019
 the mission statement

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.660
 of this church

00:38:22.660 --> 00:38:23.680
 is making disciples

00:38:23.680 --> 00:38:24.260
 of Jesus

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:25.300
 gripped by the gospel

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:26.400
 who live for his glory.

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:29.680
 That when we receive

00:38:29.680 --> 00:38:30.320
 the gospel,

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.340
 we truly receive

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:32.360
 new life from God

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:33.280
 as we are gripped

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:34.180
 by the gospel.

00:38:35.100 --> 00:38:35.680
 And that means

00:38:35.680 --> 00:38:36.340
 not only what,

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:37.300
 what the meaning

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:38.280
 of what Jesus does

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:39.000
 for us on the cross,

00:38:39.060 --> 00:38:40.260
 but all of the nuances

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:41.180
 of the story,

00:38:41.560 --> 00:38:42.440
 as we're gripped

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.100
 by that,

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:45.460
 we are nudged

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.160
 and drawn

00:38:46.160 --> 00:38:46.820
 and shaped

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.480
 and grounded

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:48.300
 in a new way

00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:48.720
 of living

00:38:48.720 --> 00:38:49.680
 for the glory

00:38:49.680 --> 00:38:51.080
 of the living God.

00:38:52.040 --> 00:38:52.860
 Please stand.

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:58.100
 We're going to have

00:38:58.100 --> 00:38:59.340
 real time challenges.

00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:03.120
 Let's just pray

00:39:03.120 --> 00:39:04.040
 and then I'll tell you

00:39:04.040 --> 00:39:05.040
 about the time challenges.

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:08.139
 Father,

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:10.759
 you know,

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:12.259
 even today,

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:13.420
 how many of us

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:14.300
 are worried about

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:15.659
 drawing too close to you

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:16.920
 because we fear

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:18.440
 losing control to Jesus.

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:19.840
 Father,

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.300
 you know,

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:21.000
 even today,

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:22.039
 how many of us

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:23.340
 fear drawing too close

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:23.820
 to Jesus

00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:24.759
 because we think

00:39:24.759 --> 00:39:26.179
 he will mislead us

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:27.920
 about certain things

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:29.199
 like maybe sexuality

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:29.699
 or

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:32.779
 how we spend our time.

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.079
 Father,

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:34.480
 you know how many of us

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:35.199
 are leery

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:35.920
 and worried

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.760
 about drawing close

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:37.360
 to Jesus

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:39.219
 because of the impact

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.719
 he'll have

00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:41.199
 on money

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:43.099
 and how we use money.

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:44.880
 Father,

00:39:45.240 --> 00:39:47.019
 we thank you

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.900
 that Jesus knew

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.980
 everything like this

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.639
 about us

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:51.079
 and still he died

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:52.179
 on the cross for us.

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.559
 We thank you,

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:53.900
 Father,

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.960
 that Jesus had

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:56.059
 a clear-eyed knowledge

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:56.900
 of who we are

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:58.760
 and yet he died for us.

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.880
 And we thank you,

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.199
 Father,

00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:00.980
 that his death

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.920
 upon the cross

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:03.460
 was your means,

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:04.400
 your power,

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:05.400
 for us

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:06.159
 to become

00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:07.240
 your children forever

00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:09.099
 if we receive it.

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:09.460
 Father,

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:10.639
 we thank you for this.

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.719
 We ask,

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:12.139
 Father,

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:13.300
 that you would help us

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:13.960
 to receive

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.820
 what Jesus did

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:15.820
 for us on the cross

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:16.960
 by trusting him

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.559
 as our Savior

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.240
 and our Lord,

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:20.219
 this King of the Jews,

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:21.360
 that he would be

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:22.500
 the King of my life

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:23.320
 and the King

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:24.139
 of this congregation.

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:26.119
 And we ask as well,

00:40:26.260 --> 00:40:26.519
 Father,

00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:27.340
 that you would bring

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:28.659
 the story of Jesus

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:29.659
 to us,

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:30.800
 that we would be gripped

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:32.460
 by the story of Jesus

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:33.640
 and what he did

00:40:33.640 --> 00:40:34.640
 for us on the cross.

00:40:35.140 --> 00:40:35.660
 And Father,

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.600
 as we are gripped

00:40:36.600 --> 00:40:37.519
 by the gospel,

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:39.160
 make us,

00:40:39.600 --> 00:40:40.519
 help us to live

00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:41.160
 for your glory.

00:40:41.620 --> 00:40:42.420
 And this we ask

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:43.260
 in the name of Jesus,

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:43.960
 your Son

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.700
 and our Savior.

00:40:45.220 --> 00:40:45.580
 Amen.

00:40:45.580 --> 00:40:45.720
 Amen.

00:40:45.720 --> 00:40:45.780
 Amen.

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:45.800
 Amen.

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:45.820
 Amen.

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:45.840
 Amen.

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:45.860
 Amen.

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:45.880
 Amen.

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:45.940
 Amen.

00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:45.960
 Amen.

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:45.980
 Amen.

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:47.860
 Amen.

00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:47.880
 Amen.

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:47.900
 Amen.

00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:47.920
 Amen.

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:49.860
 Amen.

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:49.920
 Amen.

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:49.940
 Amen.

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:50.019
 Amen.

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:51.860
 Amen.

00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:51.920
 Amen.

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:53.860
 Amen.