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 Reading from Matthew, chapter 27, verses 27 through 56.

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 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they

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 gathered the whole battalion before him.

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 And they stripped him, and they put a scarlet robe on him, and twisted together a crown

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 of thorns.

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 They put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand.

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 And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews.

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 And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.

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 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on

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 him and led him away to crucify him.

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 As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name.

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 They compelled this man to carry his cross.

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 And when they had come, or when they came to the place called Galgatha, which means place

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 of the skull, they offered him wine to drink mixed with gall.

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 But when he tasted it, he would not drink it.

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 And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.

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 Then they sat down and kept watch over him there.

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 And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, This is Jesus, the King of

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 the Jews.

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 Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.

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 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, You who would destroy

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 the temple and rebuild it in three days?

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 Save yourself.

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 Save yourself.

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 If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

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 So also the chief priests and scribes and elders mocked him, saying, He saved others.

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 He can't save himself.

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 He is the King of Israel.

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 Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

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 He trusts in God.

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 Let God deliver him now, if he desires him.

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 For he said, I am the Son of God.

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 And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

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 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

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 And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Ali, Ali, Lama, Sabah

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 Danati.

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 That is, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

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 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, This man is calling Elijah.

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 And some of them at once ran and took a sponge and filled it with sour wine and put it on a

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 reed and gave it to him to drink.

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 But the other said, Wait, let us see if Elijah will come and save him.

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 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and healed it of his spirit.

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 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

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 And the earth shook and the rocks were split.

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 The tombs were also opened.

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 And many bodies of saints who had fallen asleep were raised, coming out of the tombs.

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 After his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

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 When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake

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 and what had taken place, they were filled with awe and said, Truly, this was the Son of God.

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 There were also many women there looking on at a distance who also followed Jesus from Galilee,

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 ministering to him, among who were Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James and Joseph,

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 and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

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 And Turned

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 If you want to grab one of those Bibles in front of you in the pew and turn to Matthew

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 chapter 27, we're going to be looking at a couple spots in Matthew chapter 27, starting

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 in verse 45.

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 But let me begin here.

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 As 21st century people, we have lost sight of how offensive crucifixion was.

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 In the first century, anyone who would hear the word cross would be thinking something

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 shameful, that this was not good, that there must be a criminal involved.

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 Today, we see crosses everywhere, and we think they're kind of part of the scenery.

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 We see crosses on necklaces.

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 I'm sure many of you in the room have a cross on your necklace tonight.

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 We see crosses on tattoos.

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 I've got a cross tattoo on my back.

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 I'm only kidding.

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 I don't.

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 Some of you may.

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 We see crosses on t-shirts, bumper stickers, on buildings.

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 When was the last time you were on 50 driving by St. Katz?

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 There is a huge cross on the top of St. Katz, a huge metal cross on the highest point of that

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 building.

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 We have gotten used to seeing crosses exalted.

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 They're somewhat normal.

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 We're not surprised to see them, are we?

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 But in the first century, crosses would have been despised.

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 In order to help you understand that, let's just imagine this.

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 Instead of on the top of St. Katz building being a metal cross, what happens if there's

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 this big metal electric chair?

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 Another means of execution.

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 How about driving that by that?

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 Or when your aunt visits you and on her necklace there is a golden electric chair?

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 You start thinking, whoa.

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 What's going on, Aunt Deidre?

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 When we hear the words electric chair, we think the death of a criminal.

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 Someone who probably deserved what was coming.

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 The way we think about the electric chair today in the 21st century gets at the way people

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 in the first century thought of the cross.

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 It was a shameful, shameful way to die.

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 It was a brutal, brutal way to die.

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 It was designed to inflict as much punishment and pain over as long a period of time as someone

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 could handle.

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 So here we are tonight gathered to bring to mind the death of Jesus who died the death of a criminal

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 on a cross.

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 What's the good in that?

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 Well, what happened that Friday afternoon between 3 p.m. or excuse me, noon and 3 p.m.?

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 What took place on that cross in that place called Golgotha, the place of the skull?

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 What took place is the old, old story.

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 And it never gets old.

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 It's the place where God showed His goodness to sinners to save them.

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 And so tonight we're just going to dwell upon five things in this passage.

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 Five ways God has demonstrated His goodness in Matthew chapter 27, 45 through 54.

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 So the first is this.

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 We see it in verse 45.

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 Now from the sixth hour, which is noon, there was darkness over all the land until the ninth

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 hour, which would have been three in the afternoon.

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 So up until this point, Jesus has already been crucified.

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 He's not dead yet.

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 So He's been crucified.

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 So He's been nailed to the cross.

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 And again, it's an awful way to die.

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 You die of asphyxiation.

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 You try trying to push up from your feet to hold open your lungs to take breaths.

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 And over time, you just collapse on yourself.

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 So you can't get enough breath.

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 And eventually, your heart fails.

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 It's a brutal way to die.

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 Very, very much designed that way.

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 And so Jesus has been crucified.

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 And what we read in verse 45 is that there was darkness all over the land, which is really

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 interesting.

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 Darkness at noon.

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 What is this darkness?

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 Some have said it's a solar eclipse.

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 But great minds have already debunked that because Passover, when this took place, happened

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 on a full moon.

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 And apparently, you can't have a solar eclipse when there's a full moon.

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 I didn't know that.

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 So what is this darkness if it's not a solar eclipse?

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 Well, it's a supernatural darkness.

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 It's God showing up in a particular way.

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 And so in what way is God showing up?

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 Well, we read elsewhere in the Old Testament that when there is darkness, there is this sense

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 of foreboding judgment from God.

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 The storms of God's judgment are gathering as the Son of God hangs on the tree.

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 How is this God's goodness?

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 Well, God is about to pour out His wrath, His justice in a way that's going to demonstrate

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 His goodness to sinners.

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 So God is there in His justice.

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 God the Son is there.

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 God the Son of God.

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 The second thing I want you to see is verse 46.

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 Darkness covers the land.

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 About the ninth hour, Jesus cries out.

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 So this would have been around 3 p.m.

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 He says, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani.

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 He calls out, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani.

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 He's quoting Psalm 22.

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 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

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 And so here's Jesus crucified, hanging on this cross.

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 And the darkness of God's judgment is come over the land.

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 And Jesus cries out, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

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 And so this is called the cry of dereliction.

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 And a derelict is someone who's been abandoned.

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 Someone who's been forsaken.

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 And so this cry of dereliction happens at a time when there is darkness come over the land.

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 And so we've got to ask the question, is there any kind of correspondence?

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 Is there any correspondence between this darkness and the crying out of the Son of God?

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 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

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 At this moment, Isaiah 53.6.

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 This ancient prophecy of Isaiah 750 years earlier.

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 At this moment, it's being fulfilled.

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 And the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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 When we read Matthew 27, we get to see with our own eyes God's just wrath being poured out on the Son.

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 And Jesus cries out, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

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 Which is amazing.

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 As Christians, we believe in the Trinity.

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 Three gods, excuse me, three persons, one God.

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 God, this is the one time in the eternal existence of the Trinitarian bliss that something has been brought in.

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 That there is disruption of some sort.

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 Jesus doesn't cease to be the second person of the Trinity.

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 God the Father doesn't cease to be the first person of the Trinity.

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 But here we have in some mysterious way this separating effect.

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 This forsaking of the Son by the Father.

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 Because God in His justice is pouring out His wrath for our sin on the Son.

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 The cry of dereliction is the cry of God's forsakenness.

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 Jesus was forsaken by the Father on account of our sin.

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 He was sinless.

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 The storm clouds of God's judgment were storm clouds of God's judgment for our sin.

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 And what I want you to hear in this cry of dereliction,

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 my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

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 Brothers and sisters, this is a loving cry of our Savior.

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 Because He is being forsaken so that we would be accepted.

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 He's doing it for us.

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 He was forsaken.

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 So that we would be welcomed in.

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 The cry of dereliction is a cry of great pain.

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 And a cry of great love.

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 And so what we see happening here is

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 God's goodness on display

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 with great pain involved.

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 Jesus bore the wrath and abandonment we would have had it not been for Him.

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 The next thing I want you to see is in verse 50.

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 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up His spirit.

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 Now, when He cried out,

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 Eli, Eli, lame, sebachthani,

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 people thought He was calling for Elijah

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 because when He says Eli, Eli,

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 they think that sounds like Elijah.

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 So they think that He's calling upon Elijah to come.

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 So they get all excited about Elijah coming, maybe.

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 But then He cries out again.

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 And then He yields up His spirit.

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 And what I want you to know, see,

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 is that this is not someone taking His life.

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 This is Jesus voluntarily giving His life.

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 It's a voluntary death.

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 The yielding up of His spirit

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 was a laying down of His life for His people.

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 If you were to look at John 10,

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 between verses 11 and 18,

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 you would see Jesus talking about His future death,

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 what we're talking about tonight.

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 And He would be talking about it as this.

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 verse, the Son has been given authority

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 to give up His own life.

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 I give up my life.

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 I lay down my life for my sheep.

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 And so what Jesus was talking about,

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 John 10, is happening here in Matthew 27, 50.

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 He is voluntarily of His own accord

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 laying down His life.

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 He has full authority over His life right here.

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 It was not taken from Him.

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 He gave Himself up for you.

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 He breathed His last for you.

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 This is God's goodness on display.

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 The next picture of goodness we see happening

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 is verse 51.

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 As soon as He yields up His spirit,

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 the camera shifts from Golgotha

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 to inside the temple on the temple mount.

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 The curtain in the temple

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 is rend in two.

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 Look at verse 51.

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 And behold, the curtain of the temple

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 was torn in two from top to bottom

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 and the earth shook

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 and rocks were split.

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 So not only was the curtain in the temple

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 torn asunder,

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 but there was an earthquake

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 and there was rock splitting.

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 It was an epic event.

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 But back to this dividing of the curtain.

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 The curtain that Matthew is writing about

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 is in the temple

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 and it was of elaborate woven fabric.

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 It would have been 60 feet tall,

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 30 feet wide,

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 very thick

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 and it served as a barrier.

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 It served as a barrier

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 between the holy place

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 and the holy of holy places

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 in the temple.

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 And it was in the holy of holy places

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 that God dwelt.

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 And only one time a year

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 would one person be allowed

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 to enter the holy of holies.

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 It was the high priest

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 on the day of atonement,

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 Yom Kippur.

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 And He would go in

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 and make atonement

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 for the sins of the people.

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 It was the place where God dwelt.

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 And so this thick curtain

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 was a barrier

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 between a holy God

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 and His sinful people.

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 And so when Jesus yields up His Spirit

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 and He dies,

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 do you know what happens?

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 That barrier is torn in two

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 from top to bottom.

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 Do you know what that means?

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 Jesus' death

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 made the only way

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 for sinners

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 to come into the presence

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 of the holy God.

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 And did you notice

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 it was from top down?

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 God initiated this.

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 This act of love

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 to reconcile sinners to Himself.

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 Jesus voluntarily died

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 so that He would satisfy

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 God's wrath

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 and that was the catalyst

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 which tore the curtain in two

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 allowing us sinners

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 to come into the presence

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 of a holy God.

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 Jesus' death removed the barrier.

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 God wanted us to be

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 in His presence.

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 This is further evidence

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 of God's goodness

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 in the death of Christ

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 to sinners.

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 So through Christ's death,

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 God provided the one

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 and only way a sinner

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 could enter the presence

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 of God without fear.

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 Through Jesus.

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 Through His death.

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 We are forgiven

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 and made acceptable

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 in His sight.

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 But there's one more thing

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 I want you to see

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 and it's in verse 54.

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 When the centurion,

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 a centurion was a Roman soldier

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 and He was charged over 100 men.

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 And this particular centurion

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 had responsibility

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 for what was taking place

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 with these executions

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 on Golgotha.

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 And so this particular centurion

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 that we're about to read about

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 when the centurion

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 and those who were with Him

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 keeping watch over Jesus

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 saw the earthquake,

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 remember when Jesus died

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 and gave up His spirit,

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 and what took place,

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 they were filled with awe.

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 And so they've experienced

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 the darkness.

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 They heard the cry of dereliction.

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 They witnessed Jesus

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 giving up His spirit.

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 They felt the earthquake.

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 They heard the splitting of rocks.

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 And they were filled with awe.

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 Now surely the centurion

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 had seen a couple crucifixions before.

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 Who knows how many.

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 But let's just say

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 He was familiar with death.

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 How many crucifixions

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 had He witnessed?

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 But this one stands out.

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 The death of this man

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 stands out.

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 Wouldn't you love to ask Him,

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 Mr. Centurion,

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 when was the last time

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 darkness and earthquake

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 accompanied the death

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 of someone on the cross?

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 Do you know what the conclusion

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 of this centurion was?

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 Truly this was the Son of God.

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 Truly this was the Son of God.

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 The centurion recognized

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 what the Jewish establishment

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 of the time would not.

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 that this dead man

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 hanging on the cross

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 was who He claimed to be.

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 The Son of God.

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 Emmanuel.

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 God with us.

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 The perfect mediator

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 between God and man.

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 The one who came

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 to save His people

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 from their sins.

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 Jesus is God's goodness

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 to sinners

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 on Good Friday.

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 Oh, did He suffer.

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 Oh, did He suffer for us.

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 Not just physically,

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 but He was forsaken

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 that we would be accepted.

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 So tonight,

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 let me ask you this.

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 Tonight,

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 do you have eyes of faith

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 to see what the centurion saw?

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 That the one who died

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 on the cross

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 was the Savior of the world?

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 Your Savior

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 who gave Himself up for you?

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 Good Friday is all about

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 Emmanuel.

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 God with us.

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 The Son of God

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 who voluntarily bore God's wrath

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 and laid His life down

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 to remove the barrier

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 between God and sinners.

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 And now,

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 as we turn to the Lord's Supper,

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 be thinking this.

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 God's goodness to us.

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 He gave His body

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 and He shed His blood

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 so that we could enter

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 the presence

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 of a holy God

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 without fear.

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 This is God's goodness

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 to us on Good Friday.

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 This is what we

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 draw to our minds

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 and remember

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 on this day.

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 It's a day of sadness,

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 but it's a day of goodness.

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 And now,

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 let's prepare our hearts

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 to receive

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 the Lord's Supper.

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 would the greeters

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 come down,

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 please.

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 Please.

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 At Christ the King Church,

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 we reserve

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 the partaking

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 of the Lord's Supper

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 to Christians.

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 And so,

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 if you're a Christian,

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.780
 you are welcome

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 to participate with us.

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 But if you're not

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 a Christian,

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 we would just ask you

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 to pass the elements by

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 and think about

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 what they represent.

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 We're going to pass out

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 the bread first.

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 And as you take

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:08.019
 a piece of bread,

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.940
 hold on to it

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 and we're going to

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.440
 partake of it together.

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 I'm going to say

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 a couple things

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 before we do.

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 Thank you.

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 When you pay

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.659
 you

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 a few

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 each

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 gesehen

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 and

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 a few

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 two

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 and

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 the

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 end

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 and

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 the

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 e

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 back

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 and

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.039
 all

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 and

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 in

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Do you want?

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.220
 Do you want?

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 Do you want?

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 Do you want?

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.759
 Do you want?

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:57.759
 Do you want?

00:28:57.759 --> 00:29:05.180
 on the night that Jesus was betrayed

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.660
 he took bread

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:08.559
 after giving thanks he broke it and said

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.720
 this is my body

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:13.019
 given for you this is God's goodness to you

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.859
 this represents

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:16.259
 God's goodness to you

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:18.839
 take eat in remembrance

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.480
 of me

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:57.740
 thank you

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 thank you

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 thank you

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 thank you

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 thank you

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 thank you

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.759
 Amen.

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.759
 Amen.

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.759
 Amen.

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.759
 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:50.759
 Thank you.

00:32:50.759 --> 00:33:06.759
 In the same way, also after supper, Jesus took the cup saying, this cup is the new covenant

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:12.759
 given in my blood, it's God's goodness to you.

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:15.759
 Do this in remembrance of me.

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:41.759
 Lord, come together in my blood, it's God's goodness to you.

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.759
 Amen.

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.759
 Amen.

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.759
 Amen.

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.759
 Amen.

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.759
 Amen.

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.759
 Amen.

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:54.759
 Thank you for coming tonight.

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:59.759
 Thank you for gathering together and remembering together what our great God has done for us

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:02.759
 in Jesus Christ on that cross.

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:08.760
 And so as you go here, be thinking God's goodness to you in the cross.

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:16.760
 But realize, three days from now, when we gather again, our focus will be going from the cross

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:19.760
 to the empty tomb.

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:23.760
 Because we have a Savior who is risen and alive.

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:25.760
 So go now.

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:28.760
 Go now sober, but go hopeful.

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.760
 We'll see you on Sunday morning.

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:30.760
 God bless you.

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:34.760
 God bless you.

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.760
 God bless you.

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:38.760
 Moses has given me grace all over theAY way.

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那我們 would see you on Sunday morning.

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.760
 You're not there yet, Ben?

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:41.760
 On Saturday morning of Sunday, at night, our home will be in Richard coming today.

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.760
 You know what will to feel like it is.

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.760
 That is cooler when there are two Sundays days.

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:45.800
 So this is 눈물, there is was a mixture of you only ladies versus you facing,

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.760
 who's gonna see him at the river and us, we go the season but we're going to NYT,

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.760
 We go to two things days before the river, that is to kill

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.760
 a.'

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 We're gonna lose.

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.760
 On Saturday morning of theала gate.

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:52.760
 So remember when there day is no backễING.

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:54.960
 자주 comes in a physical activity without giving back media to generation to

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.760
 & vice versa.