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 At the heart of Christianity is the conviction that the focal point of all human history

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 is the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.

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 Of course, we understand that.

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 That's why we gather today.

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 That's why we gather Sunday by Sunday.

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 It is to reflect particularly and foremost on what Christ has done for us through the

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 cross and the resurrection.

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 But the significance of this particular belief, this conviction, is not merely on the historical

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 reality of crucifixion, but it's on the atoning work that was accomplished by Jesus through

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 the crucifixion.

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 In other words, the cross is not important to us because it is the dramatic climax of

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 Jesus' life.

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 It's important because through it alone, we can actually receive forgiveness of sins

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 and eternal life.

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 Do you see that?

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 I'm not sure that the world around us understands that part of it.

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 People in our communities and people in our world and in our life are almost always going

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 to be familiar on some level with Christianity.

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 And when they think of Christianity, at some point, they're probably very early on in those

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 thoughts, going to be brought to the cross.

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 But for the most part, they see it only as a historical reality.

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 The fact that there's this man that we follow, this moral man, we have patterned our lives

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 after him.

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 And this is the dramatic conclusion to his life and that it is tragic.

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 And there is things that we learn through what he displayed, even in his moments of suffering.

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 And they think that really that that's why we care so much about this.

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 But that's not why we care so much about this.

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 It's not just about the reality of his suffering.

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 It's about what is purposed in his suffering.

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 It's the fact that in the cross, in his crucifixion, and in his crucifixion alone, we actually have

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 eternal life.

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 We have forgiveness of sin.

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 And we have been reconciled to God.

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 So this crucifixion is what it's called.

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 This conviction that the cross is really the focal point of all of history.

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 It's not a theological concept developed by Christians over time.

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 It's not like the first two or three hundred years after Christ's life, the people who were

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 following him looked back and in examining his life and maybe through their forms of philosophy

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 determined that this was important.

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 This was not a concept that was contrived by man.

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 The concept of the cross as the focal point of human history is actually revealed as a reflection

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 in the scriptures themselves.

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 beginning at Genesis all the way to Revelation, the Bible is a book about salvation, a salvation

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 that is promised by God and is fulfilled in his son, Jesus Christ.

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 So even as we look all the way back to the very beginning of mankind, and then we look ahead

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 to what will be the conclusion of mankind in the second coming of Christ, everything we read

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 in the Bible finds its focus here in this part of the Gospels and the crucifixion and resurrection

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 of Jesus.

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 That's the nature of Mark's gospel even.

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 Everything we've studied over the last two years in this gospel has been pushing us forward

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 to the cross.

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 As early as chapter 2 even, Jesus had detailed or revealed the fact of his murderous death

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 that he would be taken from the disciples and from his followers.

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 But then on at least three occasions, he's explicitly described it to his disciples and those who

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 followed him.

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 Everything in Mark is pushing forward, not just to show us the incredible things that Jesus did,

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 though those things are very important, but it's to eventually get us to this moment on the cross.

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 Of course, you'll remember in Mark chapter 10, Jesus plainly said all the things that we just read

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 would take place.

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 Mark 10 verse 33.

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 See, we are going up to Jerusalem, he told his disciples.

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 The Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priest and the scribes.

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 We read about that with Judas.

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 Judas delivers him to the chief priest and scribes.

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 They will condemn him to death.

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 We saw that in the kangaroo court in the midnight trial.

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 And they will deliver him over to the Gentiles.

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 We studied that last week.

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 They parade him to Pontius Pilate, where he stands trial there.

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 And what does he say to his disciples will happen after he has stood before the Gentiles or Pontius

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 Pilate, as we look back?

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 And they will mock him and they will spit on him.

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 They will flog him and they will kill him.

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 And after three days, he will rise.

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 Jesus has already told his disciples, this is going to happen.

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 And we get here to the verses we just read and we see it indeed happened exactly as Jesus said it would.

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 The crucifixion was no accident.

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 Jesus had not lost control.

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 He is in this predicament.

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 He is in this circumstance and in this position, particularly and specifically because he is in control in this moment.

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 That's why he's there.

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 So Christians view the crucifixion as the focus of human history because Jesus taught it as such.

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 And the scriptures affirm it as such.

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 But there are some inherent dangers to this, aren't there?

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 There are some inherent dangers to us having a complete focus on the cross in our faith.

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 On the one hand, we can become so distracted by the savagery of such an execution that we are guilty of a shallow sentimentalism.

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 You know what I mean?

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 You scroll through Facebook and perhaps as I saw the other day,

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 someone posts a portrait rendering, a painted rendering of what Jesus' deformed body must have looked like

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 as he endured the process of crucifixion, particularly the scourging and the flogging that he went through.

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 And we see that.

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 And we should see that.

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 But we see it and we gaze on it, we gaze on it, we gaze on it.

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 We never actually move beyond that to the purpose of it.

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 We get so distracted by the fact of his suffering that we develop this shallow sentimentalism

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 that is only attracted to Christ because of what he endured, not necessarily what he endured for us.

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 Are you with me on that?

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 So there's one end of this, one extreme of it, we would say,

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 where constantly looking at the cross actually might prevent us from actually going all the way to see the purpose of the cross

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 because we never actually get past the grotesque picture that we see there.

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 That's one side.

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 On the other side of that, we can become so desensitized to the sufferings of Christ

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 that we're no longer moved by the extent to which he was willing to go to save us.

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 That's a problem too.

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 To where we can come in even our daily Bible studies or maybe perhaps in,

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 even in our reading in our time of worship this morning,

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 as we come to the Lord's tables month by month and we reflect on these things.

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 We can reflect on it so often that we become desensitized to it,

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 to where we're no longer moved by the reality of what he has done for us.

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 Both are problems.

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 Not a problem with reflection, problem with our hearts,

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 problem with the way that we approach the scriptures.

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 Kent Hughes pointed out these two extremes.

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 He said,

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 as Christians, we must still ourselves against such desensitization.

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 Christ's passion was real.

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 Granted, we should not be overcome by a morbid preoccupation

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 with the gore of the cross or by shallow sentimentalism.

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 At the same time, Christ's agony must never become a matter of dispassionate interest.

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 It is the fact of Jesus's suffering that makes salvation possible.

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 It wouldn't have been enough for Jesus to have been strangled to death.

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 That wouldn't have done it.

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 Hebrews says,

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 without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins.

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 An honorable death wouldn't have worked either.

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 For a substitution to occur,

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 which was necessary in the death and in the suffering of Christ.

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 For a substitution to occur,

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 he had to have been treated as if he was truly guilty.

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 He himself says to his disciples in Luke 24, following his resurrection,

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 was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?

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 And he went back to Moses and the prophets and he interpreted to them in all the scriptures,

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 the things concerning himself,

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 the things concerning his suffering.

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 The fact that this was not an honorable death,

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 this was a criminal's death.

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 Furthermore,

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 it wouldn't have been sufficient for his death to take place in the privacy of a prison cell or an execution chamber.

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 Jesus had to face the full gamut of public scorn and humiliation to be our savior.

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 As we read in Isaiah 53 in verse 3,

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 he was despised and rejected by men,

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 a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.

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 And as one from whom men hide their faces,

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 he was despised and we esteemed him not.

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 Keith and Kristen Getty wrote a Christmas song years ago called Fullness of Grace

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 that touches on this dynamic.

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 Fullness of grace,

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 the love of the Father,

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 shown in the face of Jesus,

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 stooping to bear the weight of humanity,

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 walking the Calvary road.

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 Christ,

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 the holy innocent,

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 took our sin and punishment.

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 Fullness of God,

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 despised and rejected,

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 crushed for the sins of the world.

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 That's what we see in this text.

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 Not only today,

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 but the text that we'll see next Sunday as well.

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 And I want us to take the next two Sundays to gaze fully at the cross of our Lord.

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 not to fall into a morbid preoccupation or a shallow sentimentalism,

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 but to duly consider the suffering and humiliation that Jesus willingly endured

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 to provide salvation for us.

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 salvation for sinners.

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 So what did he endure?

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 This text,

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 I think,

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 reveals three things he endured for us.

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 Number one,

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 he endured mockery.

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 Mockery.

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 Look at verse 16.

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 The soldiers led him away inside the palace,

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 that is the governor's headquarters.

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 And they called together the whole battalion.

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 So traveling to Jerusalem with Pontius Pilate,

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 as we saw last week,

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 is a battalion of soldiers assigned underneath his control.

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 This would have been equal to about 600 men,

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 a tenth of a Roman legion.

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 They were stationed in Caesarea,

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 but had traveled to Jerusalem due to the Passover celebration.

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 There were so many people in Israel descending upon Jerusalem at this time.

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 We've talked about that a number of times.

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 There were so many people in Jerusalem

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 that the battalion station in Caesarea would go to Jerusalem during these times

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 in order to make sure no riots unfold,

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 as from time to time they actually took place.

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 These anti-Roman crowds,

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 anti-Roman riots that would inevitably unfold,

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 they go there to make sure that they can control the people who are there.

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 So there's 600 men there.

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 They've traveled from Caesarea along with Pontius Pilate.

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 There's a fortress in Jerusalem that we read about in history,

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 had barracks there that the soldiers would have stayed in.

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 Pilate wouldn't have stayed in the fortress.

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 Pilate would have stayed in Herod's palace that was also located in Jerusalem.

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 It was also from this palace where Pilate would have overseen the morning trials,

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 pronounced his judgment against Jesus.

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 That's why we see it reflected in verse 16,

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 that the soldiers led him away inside the palace

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 that is also at that moment functioning as the governor's headquarters.

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 So the Jews wouldn't have risked, especially with it being the Passover,

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 they wouldn't have risked going inside the palace of King Herod

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 to appear before Pontius Pilate.

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 That would have made them ceremonially unclean,

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 which would have removed them from any participation in the feast of Passover

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 and the unleavened bread that immediately followed.

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 So that morning as they come to Pilate, the Jews remain outside.

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 Pilate would go out to the front.

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 Perhaps there was a stairwell there.

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 Perhaps there was something there where many people could gather.

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 Pilate would address the Jews.

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 They would do their business.

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 And then Pilate would move inside the headquarters to carry out the specific trials.

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 So when we see the Sanhedrin crying out to Pilate,

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 we see that would have taken place outside.

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 And then when we see that Pilate is interacting with Jesus,

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 that would have actually occurred inside the palace.

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 And at some point in the trial, we're told,

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 Pilate handed Jesus over to the soldiers

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 who were present there to scourge him.

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 We see that in verse 15 right at the very end.

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 Mark's not writing chronologically here,

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 but that's where we see the scourging in particular.

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 So Pilate wishing to satisfy the crowd,

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 released for them Barabbas,

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 and having scourged Jesus,

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 he delivered him to be crucified.

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 Scourging or flogging was an intense form of discipline.

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 It almost always preceded crucifixion,

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 but it doesn't seem like it was in regards to crucifixion

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 that Jesus was scourged here,

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 especially when we look to John's gospel.

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 It was really being used, at least at this point,

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 as a punishment in and of itself.

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 A criminal would be tied to a post.

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 They would be tortured with their bareback exposed.

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 A flagellum is what was used.

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 It was a whip that had multiple thongs on it.

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 On the end of each thong would be a broken piece of glass

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 or bone or a ball bearing or some type of metal,

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 and it was designed specifically to rip into the flesh

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 of those who were suffering underneath the torture of it.

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 Some of these beatings were so severe,

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 we read historically,

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 that some criminals died before it was ever over.

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 Pilate has delivered Jesus over to this battalion of soldiers

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 to endure this particular scourging,

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 not to the point of death,

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 but to the point of perhaps releasing him back to the crowd.

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 And it's after Jesus endured this vile torture device

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 that the scene with the soldiers begins to unfold.

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 Look with me at verse 17.

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 They clothed him in a purple cloak,

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 twisting together a crown of thorns.

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 They put it on him,

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 and they began to salute him.

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 Hail, King of the Jews!

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 They were striking his head with a reed

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 and spitting on him

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 and kneeling down in homage to him.

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 Do you see what they're doing?

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 You see the mockery that is beginning to unfold.

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 Between the scourging and the earlier beating from the Sanhedrin,

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 remember, Jesus has already been through

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 quite a bit of suffering, physical suffering,

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 up to this point,

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 before the soldiers are ever beginning to mock him in this way.

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 He would have stood before these men,

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 swollen, bruised, bloodied,

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 fulfilling Isaiah's prophecy.

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 In Isaiah 52,

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 his appearance was so marred beyond human semblance,

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 his form beyond that of the children of mankind,

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 Isaiah wrote.

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 The soldiers were aware of the charges against Jesus,

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 which the charges brought to Jesus before Pilate

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 were not charges of blasphemy.

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 Remember, the charges brought before Pilate

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 were charges of insurrection.

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 He says he's the king of the Jews,

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 and he's amassing an army to take over Rome.

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 That's what they view.

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 And now standing before them is this frail man,

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 beaten and swollen and bruised and bloodied.

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 And what does that result in in the minds of these soldiers?

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 How could they possibly take him serious?

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 The idea of a true king in Jesus's position,

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 the way that they saw him, was preposterous.

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 So they made a game out of his suffering.

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 First, they found some purple material or scarlet material,

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 perhaps something they found lying around Herod's palace,

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 and they draped it over Jesus as if it was a royal robe.

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 Then someone comes in with a fake crown fashioned out of thorns,

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 and they force it on his head.

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 Someone else takes a reed or a stick,

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 and they put it in his hand as if it's a royal scepter.

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 Jesus, of course, at this point would have been too weary

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 to stand on his two feet and endure the treatment

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 that he's experiencing.

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 Surely they would have also provided a stool or a chair,

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 a makeshift throne from which they could cast their mockings.

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 And after the whole battalion had gathered

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 to see the charade that's unfolding in the palace,

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 some wise guy yells out,

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 hell, king of the Jews!

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 And you can imagine a wave of laughter

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 following and billowing through the hall

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 as they continue to mock the Lord,

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 one by one, taking their turn, spitting in his face,

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 beating him in the head with the reed

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 that they had earlier put in his hand,

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 kneeling before him to get a good laugh.

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 And when the laughter had grown old,

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 they stopped and they delivered him outside.

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 The God of all creation,

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 who created these men,

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 who gave them life,

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 sat silently before them,

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 enduring the fury of their scorn.

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 Verse 20,

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 when they had mocked him,

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 they stripped him of the purple cloak,

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 put his own clothes on him,

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 and they led him out to crucify him.

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 Now if we follow John's chronology,

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 if you want to write maybe in the margins of your notes,

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 John 19,

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 you can piece all of this together.

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 Pilate presented Jesus to the Jews one last time

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 before they removed the robe and the crown.

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 So they escort him out before the Sanhedrin

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 and the crowd that had gathered there,

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 not for Jesus,

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 but for Barabbas,

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 and he presents their king to the people,

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 arrayed in the fake robe and in the fake crown,

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 beaten now even more severely after a scourging.

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 And Pilate says in John 19,

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 look at the man.

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 Not so much,

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 I think in a sense of mockery from his own mouth,

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 I think in resistance

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 to what the crowd was actually calling for,

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 which was the crucifixion of Jesus.

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 He's essentially presenting Jesus before them

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 and essentially saying,

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 what more do you want us to do with him?

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 Look at what we have done to him already.

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 It's not that he felt bad for doing what he did.

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 He's presenting to them,

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 what more must we do to satisfy you?

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 And it's from that point

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 that they look on this fake form of royalty

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 and they say,

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 crucify him.

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 And they follow crucify him with,

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 we have no king but Caesar.

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 So that's what they did.

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 The soldiers removed the robe,

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 they replace it with Jesus' tunic

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 and they let him out of the palace

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 to be crucified.

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 What did he endure for us?

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 He endured mockery.

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 Number two,

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 he endured brutality.

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 Brutality.

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 And when describing the crucifixion here,

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 Mark broke from the narrative style

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 and he really fires off a series of bullet points

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 is what he does.

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 You can notice if the style of Bible

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 that you have is a verse by verse edition,

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 that is that the beginning of every verse

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 is aligned on the left side of the page,

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 you may have one like that.

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 You'll see this very clearly.

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 If not, you can write it out

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 on a piece of notebook paper

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 with each verse beginning a new line.

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 And what you'll see is

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 every one of these verses

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 begins with the word and.

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 Do you see it there?

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 Look first with me.

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 It really begins at verse 16,

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 but let's look first at verse 21.

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 And they compelled a passerby, 22.

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 And they brought him, 23.

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 And they offered him wine, 24.

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 And they crucified him, 25.

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 And it was the third hour, 26.

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 And the inscription of the charge, 27.

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 And with him, they crucified two robbers, 29.

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 And those who passed by derided him.

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 Do you see what Mark's doing?

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 He's pushing the story forward.

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 And this is consistent with Mark's style.

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 But what he's doing is breaking

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 from this narrative element,

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 and he's firing off these bullet points.

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 Now, why would he do that?

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 Part of it, I really actually think,

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 is just he's moving the story along

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 because that's what Mark does.

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 His book is one of action.

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 He's constantly moving things forward.

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 The other thing is we're reminded here

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 that Mark's immediate audience for this gospel

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 were Romans.

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 They didn't need a description of crucifixion.

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 They were well aware of that.

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 And it was actually so disdainful of a death

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 and such disdainful of a form of execution

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 that not even the Romans in general

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 wanted to talk about things related to crucifixion.

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 So Mark kind of passes over the details of it.

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 I think it's also true that Mark wasn't interested

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 in us fixating on the gory details of crucifixion,

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 a la Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.

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 We need to acknowledge the reality of Jesus's suffering.

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 We need to look into those things, and we will.

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 But we need to be careful not to get stuck

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 dwelling on his anguish

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 without ever genuinely moving forward

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 to consider its purpose,

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 which was to satisfy God's wrath against our sins,

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 to make an atonement for us.

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 We got to move forward to that.

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 And the gospel authors, I think all four of them,

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 none of them really get distracted

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 by the gory details of it.

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 And so let's work through the bullet points.

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 We'll note those things,

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 but we'll do it as quickly as we can.

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 Verse 21,

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 And they compelled a passerby,

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 Simon of Cyrene,

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 who was coming in from the country,

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 father of Alexander and Rufus,

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 to carry his cross.

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 Just as a side note,

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 Rufus, we know was,

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 according to Romans,

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 was one of the Christians

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 and perhaps even leaders of the church in Rome.

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 Perhaps the reason,

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 Mark's the only one that mentions Alexander and Rufus.

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 All the gospel authors mention Simon.

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 Perhaps the reason he's mentioning Alexander and Rufus

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 is because if they wanted to check the validity

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 of what he's writing,

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 they have eyewitness testimony

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 right there in their own church

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 that could confirm or deny the things

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 that are being written here.

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 And they brought him to the place called Golgotha,

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 which means place of skull.

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 So the place of Jesus's execution was Golgotha.

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 In Latin, that is Calvary,

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 named for its shape like a human skull.

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 The path between the palace and Golgotha

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 would have been very long and very crowded.

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 That was intentional.

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 The Romans intentionally paraded

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 their crucifixion victims through the streets

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 in order that they could strike fear

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 into the hearts of all who witnessed the procession.

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 This wasn't just about the shame for the criminal.

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 This was about a warning to everyone else.

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 If you do what he does or what she has done,

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 this will be your result as well.

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 This will be your destiny.

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 And so they would have paraded him through the streets,

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 long and crowded.

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 James Edwards said,

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 every totalitarian regime needs a terror apparatus.

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 And crucifixion was Rome's terror apparatus ad horrendum,

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 infamous alike for its infliction of pain

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 and disgrace on the victim.

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 Quote,

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 whenever we crucify the guilty,

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 the most crowded roads are chosen

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 where the most people can see

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 and be moved by this fear,

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 which was a statement of approval

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 by a noted Roman orator from the first century.

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 Well, Golgotha was located just outside the city gates.

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 It was itself on a busy thoroughfare.

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 It was equipped with vertical posts

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 fixed into the ground.

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 So when we picture Jesus carrying a cross,

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 it is not the full cross that he's carrying.

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 The vertical posts are already fixed into the ground

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 outside of the city.

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 They were used multiple times for multiple crucifixions.

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 The portion of the cross that criminals were to carry

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 was the cross beam,

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 known as the patibulum in Latin.

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 Jesus was too weak to carry even this piece.

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 So the execution squad forced a passing spectator

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 named Simon to carry it for him.

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 It's quite a fitting picture of discipleship, isn't it?

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 We don't know the nature of Simon's faith

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 at that particular moment.

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 Perhaps he became a believer later.

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 We don't really know anything else about him.

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 What we do know is that as he picks up that cross

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 and begins to follow Jesus on the path of suffering,

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 Jesus's earlier words from Mark chapter eight

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 really come alive in a unique way.

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 That if anyone will come after me,

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 let him deny himself, pick up his cross and follow me.

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 Soldiers nailed Jesus's hands to the cross beam

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 carried by Simon.

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 Then they would have together lifted the beam,

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 Jesus's body suspended in the air,

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 and fastened it to one of the vertical posts.

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 Final step was to nail his feet,

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 probably one on top of the other.

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 Then the soldiers took a seat nearby

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 to wait and to watch.

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 Crucifixion was notoriously painful.

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 It's undoubtedly one of the most torturous forms

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 of execution the world has ever known.

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 Most victims ultimately died of either exhaustion

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 or asphyxiation.

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 As they were hanging on a cross,

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 their bodies slumped over,

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 it was difficult for them to breathe.

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 And the only way for them to grab a breath

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 would be to force themselves up

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 in order to gasp for a breath.

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 So you can imagine for the hours

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 that Jesus is on the cross,

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 time after time,

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 to breathe or to make one of the statements

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 that he said to have made

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 would have required some type of physical effort

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 just to get a breath

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 in order to say the things that he said.

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 And eventually,

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 the people being crucified

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 just became so exhausted

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 that they could no longer push themselves up

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 and they would have suffocated to death.

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 We even have an English word

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 that reflects the brutality of crucifixion.

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 Excruciating is the word.

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 Literally means out of crucifixion.

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 So even when we describe

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 an excruciating experience

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 that maybe we have gone through,

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 we're speaking of the realities

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 of the devastating,

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.740
 torturous moments

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 that Christ went through

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 in physical suffering

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 to provide salvation.

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 It was a disgusting form of death.

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 So disgusting

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 that it was illegal

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 to crucify a Roman.

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 Crucifixion was reserved

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 for the people

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 that the world considered

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.960
 to be the most despicable

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:46.820
 and deserving of shame.

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.799
 And again,

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:50.940
 that's the death

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:52.799
 Jesus suffers for us.

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:54.440
 And it's necessary

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.980
 that that's the death

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:58.640
 Jesus suffers for us.

00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:01.060
 verse 23.

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.680
 They offered him wine

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.560
 mixed with myrrh,

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:06.580
 but he did not take it.

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:09.080
 Historians say

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:10.080
 it was customary

00:31:10.080 --> 00:31:11.620
 for the Jewish women

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.800
 to prepare wine

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:13.800
 mixed with myrrh.

00:31:14.020 --> 00:31:15.000
 It functioned really

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.920
 as a narcotic,

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:17.880
 as a reflection

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:20.720
 on a proverb of Solomon

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:22.259
 that talks about giving wine

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.460
 to those who are suffering.

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.860
 They would have

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:26.400
 had this prepared

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:27.940
 for victims of crucifixion.

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.640
 It was a show

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:29.799
 of compassion.

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.660
 And Jesus was offered

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.340
 this mixture

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:33.519
 to numb the pain

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:35.360
 in his final moments

00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:36.720
 of death,

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.799
 but he refused it.

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:40.000
 He refused

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:41.319
 to accept anything

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.680
 that would mitigate

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.660
 his suffering.

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.240
 But why?

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.259
 He didn't rely

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.160
 on a narcotic

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:51.180
 in his final act

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.700
 of obedience.

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.799
 He willingly

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.840
 embraced

00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:56.259
 the Father's plan

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.980
 in a fully

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:58.140
 conscious state

00:31:58.140 --> 00:32:00.019
 necessary

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.960
 for Jesus

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:02.420
 not only

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.200
 to go through

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.980
 what he went through,

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:04.720
 but to feel

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.920
 every part

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.460
 of the pain,

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.100
 to feel

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:08.080
 every part

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:09.080
 of the separation

00:32:09.080 --> 00:32:09.640
 from God

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.279
 as we'll get into

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:11.100
 in the next passage

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.700
 next Sunday.

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.799
 Necessary

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.200
 for him

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.940
 to endure it

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.680
 in that way.

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.640
 Again,

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.279
 Keith Getty

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:18.000
 and Stuart Town

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.819
 and help us here.

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:21.079
 What took him

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:22.480
 to this wretched place?

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:24.200
 What kept him

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.039
 on this road?

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:27.039
 His love

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.839
 for Adam's

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.779
 cursed race,

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:31.180
 for every broken soul.

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.139
 No sin

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.859
 to light

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:35.160
 to overlook.

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:37.220
 No crime

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.920
 too great

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.599
 to carry.

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.819
 All mingled

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.579
 in this

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.480
 poison cup,

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.759
 and yet

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.680
 he drank it

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.399
 all.

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:47.160
 The Savior

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:48.400
 drank

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.840
 it all.

00:32:53.040 --> 00:32:53.980
 Every part

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.480
 of the pain,

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:56.160
 every part

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.680
 of the torment,

00:32:57.300 --> 00:32:58.320
 every part

00:32:58.320 --> 00:32:59.259
 of God's wrath

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:00.060
 poured out

00:33:00.060 --> 00:33:00.640
 on him

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:01.860
 in this cup,

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:03.320
 and no drop

00:33:03.320 --> 00:33:03.920
 of the cup

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.800
 was left.

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.180
 He drank

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.680
 it all.

00:33:08.300 --> 00:33:09.140
 That means

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:10.259
 that in

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.140
 every sin

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.420
 that you've

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:11.980
 ever committed,

00:33:12.280 --> 00:33:12.940
 there's never

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.540
 been a sin

00:33:13.540 --> 00:33:14.800
 so badly

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.859
 that Jesus

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.659
 refused

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:17.639
 to suffer

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:18.240
 for it.

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.980
 And there's

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.599
 no sin

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:22.539
 too small

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:24.519
 that didn't

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.059
 require

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.599
 the same

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.139
 effect

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:27.480
 as Jesus

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.119
 displayed

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.859
 on the cross.

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.399
 Verse 24,

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:31.720
 and they

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.519
 crucified him

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.980
 and divided

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.579
 his garments

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:34.240
 among them,

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.440
 casting lots

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:35.980
 for them

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.799
 to decide

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.240
 what each

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.899
 should take.

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:40.340
 each crucifixion

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:40.759
 is carried

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.259
 out by

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.900
 an execution

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.460
 squad,

00:33:43.060 --> 00:33:43.660
 has four

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.080
 soldiers

00:33:44.080 --> 00:33:44.540
 and one

00:33:44.540 --> 00:33:45.160
 centurion.

00:33:46.560 --> 00:33:47.380
 The squad

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:48.360
 is so callous

00:33:48.360 --> 00:33:48.720
 to what

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.160
 they're doing

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.519
 at this

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.900
 point

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.940
 that they

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.540
 pass the

00:33:51.540 --> 00:33:52.300
 hours as

00:33:52.300 --> 00:33:52.700
 they wait

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.019
 for these

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.420
 men to

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.759
 die

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:55.019
 by casting

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.480
 lots

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.280
 to distribute

00:33:56.280 --> 00:33:57.100
 the

00:33:57.100 --> 00:33:57.480
 prisoners'

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.120
 belongings.

00:34:01.280 --> 00:34:02.000
 William Lane

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.420
 helps us

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.600
 here.

00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:02.980
 Roman

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:04.099
 legal texts

00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:04.920
 confirm that

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.440
 it was the

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:06.480
 accepted right

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.940
 of the

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.720
 executioner

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.179
 squad

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:09.199
 to claim

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.719
 the minor

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.320
 possessions

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.699
 of an

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.139
 executed

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.539
 man.

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:12.940
 In the

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.340
 case of

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.679
 Jesus,

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:15.059
 this was

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.679
 limited to

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:16.240
 his clothing

00:34:16.240 --> 00:34:17.960
 which probably

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:19.059
 consisted of

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.800
 an under

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.420
 and outer

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.880
 garment,

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.039
 a belt,

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:23.219
 sandals,

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.260
 and possibly

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:24.659
 a head

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.059
 covering.

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.519
 And the

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:26.900
 significance

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.480
 of this

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.539
 note is

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.900
 that it's

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.539
 a fulfillment

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:31.000
 of a portion

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.440
 of Psalm

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.260
 22 that we

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:32.880
 read earlier

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.160
 in the

00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:33.480
 service.

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.619
 John 19

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.119
 24

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.960
 specifically

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.760
 refers to

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.000
 it as

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.500
 a fulfillment

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.440
 of Psalm

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:38.880
 22.

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:39.980
 We read

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.400
 it a moment

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.760
 ago.

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.660
 Verse 17,

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.640
 I can count

00:34:42.640 --> 00:34:43.380
 all my bones.

00:34:43.640 --> 00:34:44.200
 They stare

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:44.700
 and gloat

00:34:44.700 --> 00:34:45.160
 over me.

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.140
 They divide

00:34:46.140 --> 00:34:46.900
 my garments

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.780
 among them

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.599
 and for

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.300
 my clothing

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:50.599
 they cast

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.280
 lots.

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.039
 Reminder

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.500
 that no

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.099
 portion of

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.480
 scripture

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:55.619
 left

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.440
 unfulfilled

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:57.840
 by Jesus.

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.519
 Verse 25,

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.460
 it was the

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.000
 third hour

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.340
 when they

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.119
 crucified him.

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.579
 The inscription

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.940
 of the

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.220
 charge

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.760
 against him

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.039
 read,

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.720
 the king

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:05.980
 of the

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.300
 Jews,

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.760
 and with

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.119
 him they

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.579
 crucified

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.460
 two robbers,

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.500
 one on his

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.880
 right and

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.440
 one on his

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:12.800
 left.

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:13.599
 So Mark

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.220
 provides three

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:14.920
 final bullet

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.640
 points about

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:16.280
 the process

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:17.340
 of crucifixion.

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.559
 We're not

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:17.880
 going to dig

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.240
 into the

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.720
 details of

00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:18.920
 these.

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:19.480
 We'll just

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.960
 take a moment

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.400
 to mention

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.619
 them.

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.240
 The first

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:21.740
 one is that

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:22.320
 they began

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.099
 the process

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.780
 at the

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.380
 third hour,

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.099
 which is

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.740
 about nine

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:26.000
 in the

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.300
 morning.

00:35:26.660 --> 00:35:27.320
 We'll find

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:27.760
 out next

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.260
 week that

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:29.280
 Jesus dies

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:30.080
 at about

00:35:30.080 --> 00:35:31.260
 the ninth

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.600
 hour,

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:32.020
 which is

00:35:32.020 --> 00:35:32.640
 three in

00:35:32.640 --> 00:35:33.320
 the afternoon.

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.240
 So perhaps

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:34.920
 about six

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.500
 hours from

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.020
 beginning to

00:35:36.020 --> 00:35:36.560
 end is how

00:35:36.560 --> 00:35:37.100
 we see this

00:35:37.100 --> 00:35:37.580
 unfolding.

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.440
 The second

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:38.980
 bullet point

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.560
 Mark gives

00:35:39.560 --> 00:35:40.360
 is that

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:40.960
 those being

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.540
 crucified

00:35:41.540 --> 00:35:43.060
 had a sign

00:35:43.060 --> 00:35:43.380
 on the

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.320
 cross describing

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:45.120
 their charges.

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:46.560
 Jesus'

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.440
 sign simply

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:47.880
 said,

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:48.920
 King of the

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.240
 Jews.

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.140
 Fitting.

00:35:51.560 --> 00:35:52.200
 Third note,

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.760
 we're told that

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.580
 Jesus wasn't

00:35:54.580 --> 00:35:55.260
 the only one

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:56.080
 crucified that

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.400
 day.

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.139
 Two others,

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:58.960
 probably

00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:01.659
 insurrectionists

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.119
 along with

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.779
 Barabbas,

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.860
 were also

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.559
 executed,

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.639
 one on

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:05.880
 Jesus'

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.639
 right hand,

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.539
 one on

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.779
 Jesus'

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.360
 left.

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.819
 Now as we

00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:10.139
 read through

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.539
 the gospel

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.980
 accounts,

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.460
 we know that

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.759
 there was

00:36:11.759 --> 00:36:12.299
 only one

00:36:12.299 --> 00:36:12.960
 disciple that

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.460
 was present

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.819
 at the

00:36:13.819 --> 00:36:14.219
 cross.

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:16.340
 It was

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:16.779
 John.

00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:18.179
 Do you

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.559
 remember

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.299
 earlier in

00:36:19.299 --> 00:36:19.639
 Mark's

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.039
 gospel,

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.380
 as they're

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:21.659
 on the

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:22.119
 road from

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.579
 Jericho

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:23.380
 to Jerusalem,

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.799
 John and

00:36:24.799 --> 00:36:25.420
 James had

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.940
 a question

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.519
 for Jesus?

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:26.800
 Do you

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.139
 remember the

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:27.559
 question?

00:36:29.200 --> 00:36:29.460
 Lord,

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:29.840
 would you

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.420
 let us

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:30.880
 sit in

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.400
 your kingdom,

00:36:31.700 --> 00:36:32.159
 one on

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.539
 your right

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:32.860
 hand and

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.139
 one on

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.559
 your left?

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.119
 They wanted

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:35.619
 seats of

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.000
 power.

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.159
 They wanted

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:37.720
 authority.

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:38.200
 They wanted

00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:38.659
 honor.

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.059
 They wanted

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.840
 position and

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.159
 they thought

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.780
 they deserved

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.460
 it for what

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.079
 they had done

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.880
 in following

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.380
 Christ in

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:43.840
 those moments.

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.200
 And do you

00:36:44.200 --> 00:36:44.880
 remember Jesus'

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:45.700
 response?

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.679
 Can you drink

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.240
 the cup that

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.940
 I'm prepared

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.320
 to drink?

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.559
 And they

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.059
 didn't understand

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.480
 what they were

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.800
 saying, but

00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:50.039
 they said,

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.519
 yeah, we'll

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.159
 do whatever

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.840
 you want us

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.300
 to do.

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.159
 And in that

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.519
 moment,

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:54.380
 you can imagine

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:55.380
 for probably

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:57.380
 the reality

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.800
 of what

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.400
 Jesus was

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.139
 saying, truly

00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.880
 settling in

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.420
 on John's

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.780
 mind.

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:03.300
 As to be

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.840
 on Jesus'

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.579
 right hand

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.000
 and Jesus'

00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:05.880
 left hand

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.700
 in his

00:37:06.700 --> 00:37:07.159
 ultimate

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.960
 moment of

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.840
 glory is

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:09.480
 to suffer

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.079
 with him.

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:11.260
 It is to

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:11.760
 walk the

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.460
 true path

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.400
 of discipleship,

00:37:13.740 --> 00:37:14.220
 the true

00:37:14.220 --> 00:37:14.659
 path of

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.380
 denial and

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:16.340
 self-abandonment

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:17.280
 in order to

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:18.079
 follow Christ

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:18.619
 and to

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.480
 follow Christ

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.679
 alone.

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.860
 So we see

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.800
 Jesus endures

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.320
 for us,

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:24.820
 mockery,

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:26.320
 he endures

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:27.400
 brutality and

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:28.059
 finally he

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.539
 endures

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.820
 blasphemy.

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.420
 Blasphemy.

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:31.740
 Look at

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:32.380
 verse 29.

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:34.220
 Those who

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:34.820
 passed by

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.620
 derided him,

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:37.019
 wagging their

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.580
 heads and

00:37:37.580 --> 00:37:38.000
 saying,

00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:38.940
 aha,

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.840
 you who

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.400
 would destroy

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:41.980
 the temple

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.660
 and rebuild

00:37:42.660 --> 00:37:43.200
 it in three

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:43.640
 days,

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.920
 save yourself,

00:37:45.640 --> 00:37:46.059
 come down

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.500
 from the

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.000
 cross.

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:49.700
 So also

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.200
 the chief

00:37:50.200 --> 00:37:51.539
 priest with

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.280
 the scribes

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:52.960
 mocked him

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.940
 to one

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.360
 another,

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.119
 saying he

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.900
 saved others,

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.780
 he cannot

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.559
 save himself.

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.559
 Let the

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:00.960
 Christ,

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.500
 the king of

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:01.740
 Israel,

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.500
 come down

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:02.900
 now from

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.440
 the cross

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:03.980
 that we

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.659
 may see

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:05.699
 and believe.

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:08.119
 Those who

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.720
 were crucified

00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:09.360
 with him

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:11.340
 also reviled

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:12.019
 him.

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:14.039
 It's another

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.699
 fulfillment of

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.280
 Psalm 22,

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.780
 isn't it?

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.920
 We just read it

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.539
 in verse 7.

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.619
 All who seek

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.360
 me, see

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.199
 me, mock

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.480
 me.

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.500
 They make

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.380
 mouths at me,

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:23.360
 they wag

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:24.059
 their heads

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.400
 and they

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:24.760
 say,

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.599
 he trusts

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:25.880
 in the

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.140
 Lord,

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:27.000
 let him

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.760
 deliver him,

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:28.519
 let him

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:29.660
 rescue him,

00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:30.440
 for he

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:30.880
 delights

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.579
 in him.

00:38:32.240 --> 00:38:32.660
 Mocking

00:38:32.660 --> 00:38:33.920
 tones.

00:38:36.220 --> 00:38:36.660
 Mark's

00:38:36.660 --> 00:38:37.220
 focus is

00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:37.519
 on the

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:37.920
 shame and

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.320
 rejection

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.860
 of Jesus

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:39.240
 here.

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:41.160
 And every

00:38:41.160 --> 00:38:41.660
 group in

00:38:41.660 --> 00:38:42.260
 this text

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:43.320
 despised

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:43.559
 him.

00:38:44.640 --> 00:38:45.420
 The people

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:46.220
 passing by,

00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:47.360
 the chief

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:47.800
 priest and

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.619
 the scribes,

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:49.579
 even the

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:50.300
 two criminals,

00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:52.519
 even the

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.160
 two criminals

00:38:53.160 --> 00:38:54.140
 who are

00:38:54.140 --> 00:38:54.840
 dying,

00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:56.000
 show no

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.800
 humility

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.519
 at all.

00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.260
 Right here.

00:39:01.220 --> 00:39:02.080
 They show

00:39:02.080 --> 00:39:02.960
 no humility

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.480
 at all.

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:05.060
 All of

00:39:05.060 --> 00:39:05.360
 them

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:06.240
 revile

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:06.539
 him.

00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:07.680
 All of

00:39:07.680 --> 00:39:08.019
 them

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:09.720
 blaspheme

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:10.460
 him.

00:39:11.120 --> 00:39:11.519
 And again,

00:39:11.580 --> 00:39:12.120
 we're reminded

00:39:12.120 --> 00:39:12.660
 of Isaiah

00:39:12.660 --> 00:39:13.260
 53.

00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:14.980
 He was

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.640
 despised

00:39:15.640 --> 00:39:16.320
 and rejected

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:18.160
 by men.

00:39:19.240 --> 00:39:20.039
 So they

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.300
 taunted

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:21.620
 Jesus as

00:39:21.620 --> 00:39:22.059
 he suffered

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.320
 on the

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:22.780
 cross.

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:25.160
 If you're

00:39:25.160 --> 00:39:25.519
 really the

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:26.220
 Messiah and

00:39:26.220 --> 00:39:26.519
 Son of

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.860
 God,

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:27.580
 save

00:39:27.580 --> 00:39:28.019
 yourself.

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.600
 But they

00:39:30.600 --> 00:39:31.080
 had it all

00:39:31.080 --> 00:39:31.420
 wrong.

00:39:34.140 --> 00:39:34.820
 Jesus

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.480
 didn't need

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:36.000
 a Savior.

00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:38.460
 Do you

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:38.880
 see that?

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:42.039
 A thought

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.900
 of saving

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.460
 himself,

00:39:43.580 --> 00:39:43.840
 a thought

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.180
 of coming

00:39:44.180 --> 00:39:44.559
 off the

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:45.000
 cross was

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.780
 never,

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.940
 ever a

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.840
 part of

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.159
 Jesus'

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:48.920
 mind.

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:50.159
 He

00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:50.579
 didn't need

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.059
 a Savior.

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:51.880
 He was

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:52.320
 there for

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:53.139
 that very

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:54.079
 purpose.

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.559
 As he

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:55.940
 said on

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.219
 another

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:56.739
 occasion,

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.380
 he could

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:57.760
 have called

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.380
 10,000

00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:59.300
 angels to

00:39:59.300 --> 00:39:59.659
 come and

00:39:59.659 --> 00:40:00.099
 deliver him

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.340
 if he

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:00.840
 wanted to,

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.360
 but he

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:01.780
 didn't do

00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:02.119
 that.

00:40:02.219 --> 00:40:02.559
 Why?

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:04.300
 Mark's

00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:04.880
 purpose is

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.440
 not just

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.920
 to reveal

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:06.579
 him as

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:07.139
 the one

00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:07.800
 who suffers,

00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:08.559
 but as

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:08.980
 the one

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:10.280
 who saves.

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:10.780
 He's there

00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:11.519
 on purpose.

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:12.260
 He's not

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:12.579
 the one

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:13.079
 needing a

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:13.340
 Savior.

00:40:13.619 --> 00:40:14.159
 He just

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.619
 needed a

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.440
 cross so

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:15.779
 that he

00:40:15.779 --> 00:40:16.380
 could be

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:17.079
 the Savior.

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:19.199
 The soldiers

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:19.739
 in Herod's

00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:20.639
 palace mocked

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.099
 Jesus out

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:21.559
 of ignorance.

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.599
 The Jews

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:23.799
 outright rejected

00:40:23.799 --> 00:40:24.159
 him in

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:25.000
 unbelief.

00:40:27.319 --> 00:40:28.159
 The Sanhedrin's

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:28.699
 charge against

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:29.099
 him was

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:29.819
 blasphemy,

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.500
 but in

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.119
 reality,

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:32.239
 they were

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:33.139
 the blasphemous

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.619
 ones.

00:40:36.779 --> 00:40:37.639
 The Roman

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:38.099
 soldiers,

00:40:38.259 --> 00:40:38.779
 they hadn't

00:40:38.779 --> 00:40:39.339
 been around

00:40:39.339 --> 00:40:39.839
 to witness

00:40:39.839 --> 00:40:40.400
 the miracles

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:40.920
 of Jesus.

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:41.839
 They hadn't

00:40:41.839 --> 00:40:42.900
 sat underneath

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:44.320
 the authoritative

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:45.380
 teaching of

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:45.740
 Jesus,

00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:46.360
 but the

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:46.880
 Jews were

00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:47.360
 given every

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:48.599
 possible proof

00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:49.440
 of Jesus'

00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:50.180
 identity,

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:51.019
 and yet

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.880
 they rejected

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.960
 him still.

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:55.440
 Says Edwards,

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.559
 the thought

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.099
 that God's

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:57.880
 Messiah could

00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:58.519
 suffer a

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:59.000
 cross of

00:40:59.000 --> 00:40:59.960
 shame was

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:01.180
 so scandalous

00:41:01.180 --> 00:41:02.119
 that some

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:03.139
 25 years

00:41:03.139 --> 00:41:03.700
 later,

00:41:04.260 --> 00:41:05.320
 Paul confessed

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:06.079
 that the

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:06.740
 preaching of

00:41:06.740 --> 00:41:07.320
 a crucified

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:08.539
 Messiah was

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:09.160
 a stumbling

00:41:09.160 --> 00:41:10.220
 block to the

00:41:10.220 --> 00:41:11.019
 Jews and

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:12.219
 foolishness to

00:41:12.219 --> 00:41:13.019
 the Gentiles.

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:14.539
 He's quoting

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:15.440
 there 1 Corinthians

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:16.239
 1.22,

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:17.519
 for Jews demand

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:18.079
 signs,

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:19.219
 Greeks seek

00:41:19.219 --> 00:41:19.619
 wisdom,

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.840
 but we preach

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:21.880
 Christ crucified,

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:23.179
 which is a

00:41:23.179 --> 00:41:23.820
 stumbling block

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.480
 to the Jews

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:25.599
 and folly to

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:26.360
 the Gentiles,

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:27.639
 but to those

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:28.739
 who are called,

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:30.239
 both Jews and

00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:30.639
 Greeks,

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:32.099
 it is Christ

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:33.119
 the power of

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:34.340
 God and the

00:41:34.340 --> 00:41:36.199
 wisdom of

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:36.579
 God.

00:41:36.579 --> 00:41:40.639
 in unbelief,

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.759
 they refused

00:41:42.759 --> 00:41:43.319
 to receive

00:41:43.319 --> 00:41:44.000
 Jesus for

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:44.599
 who he

00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:45.460
 truly was,

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:47.460
 and they

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:48.559
 committed the

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:49.239
 greatest act

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:49.960
 of blasphemy

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.579
 in history.

00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:52.019
 And here's

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.400
 the point of

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:52.599
 that.

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:54.759
 Every single

00:41:54.759 --> 00:41:55.239
 one of us

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:55.799
 sitting in this

00:41:55.799 --> 00:41:56.340
 room today

00:41:56.340 --> 00:41:57.679
 have been so

00:41:57.679 --> 00:41:58.179
 privileged.

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:01.139
 We have not

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.739
 sat on a

00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:02.460
 hillside to

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:03.039
 see Jesus

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.400
 healed,

00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:04.420
 but we have

00:42:04.420 --> 00:42:05.000
 read it in

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.460
 the scriptures.

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:05.659
 scriptures.

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:06.800
 We know

00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:07.320
 the truth

00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:07.659
 of it.

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:09.579
 We've seen

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:09.980
 it in the

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.559
 pages of

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:11.139
 God's word.

00:42:11.880 --> 00:42:12.679
 We haven't

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:13.300
 sat in a

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:13.720
 room and

00:42:13.720 --> 00:42:14.220
 listened to

00:42:14.220 --> 00:42:15.179
 Jesus himself

00:42:15.179 --> 00:42:15.619
 out of his

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:16.220
 own mouth

00:42:16.220 --> 00:42:16.880
 speak the

00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:17.360
 words that

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.720
 he taught

00:42:17.720 --> 00:42:18.079
 to those

00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:18.460
 people,

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:19.059
 but we

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:19.619
 have read

00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:19.980
 what he

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.340
 taught.

00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:20.920
 We have

00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:21.440
 read what

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:22.460
 he saw.

00:42:22.720 --> 00:42:23.079
 We have

00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:23.740
 read all

00:42:23.740 --> 00:42:24.179
 the things

00:42:24.179 --> 00:42:24.780
 related to

00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:25.280
 his life

00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:25.579
 that are

00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:26.360
 necessary for

00:42:26.360 --> 00:42:26.679
 us to

00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:26.920
 know.

00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:27.940
 We are

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.619
 just as

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:29.179
 guilty as

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.740
 the Jews

00:42:29.740 --> 00:42:30.639
 if we walk

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.139
 away from

00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:31.480
 the word

00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:31.940
 of God

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:33.059
 in unbelief.

00:42:33.900 --> 00:42:34.579
 It won't

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:34.980
 be out of

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.420
 ignorance.

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:37.000
 it will

00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:38.380
 be in

00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:39.019
 unbelief.

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.760
 So what

00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:42.199
 did Jesus

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:42.760
 endure for

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:43.079
 us?

00:42:44.300 --> 00:42:44.599
 Well, he

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:44.840
 endured

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:45.380
 mockery,

00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:47.360
 brutality,

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:49.820
 blasphemy,

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:52.100
 but the

00:42:52.100 --> 00:42:53.280
 impact of

00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:53.620
 Jesus'

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.700
 crucifixion

00:42:54.700 --> 00:42:55.140
 is not

00:42:55.140 --> 00:42:56.160
 found in

00:42:56.160 --> 00:42:56.340
 the

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:56.700
 suffering

00:42:56.700 --> 00:42:57.440
 itself,

00:42:57.440 --> 00:42:59.019
 but in

00:42:59.019 --> 00:42:59.720
 the reality

00:42:59.720 --> 00:43:00.620
 that God's

00:43:00.620 --> 00:43:02.320
 son submitted

00:43:02.320 --> 00:43:03.080
 himself to

00:43:03.080 --> 00:43:03.900
 such suffering

00:43:03.900 --> 00:43:05.240
 to bring

00:43:05.240 --> 00:43:06.019
 us salvation.

00:43:07.700 --> 00:43:08.600
 Can I remind you

00:43:08.600 --> 00:43:09.080
 of Philippians

00:43:09.080 --> 00:43:09.660
 chapter 2?

00:43:09.740 --> 00:43:10.100
 I know we

00:43:10.100 --> 00:43:10.860
 quote this

00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:11.280
 often.

00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:12.840
 Paul says,

00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:13.200
 though he

00:43:13.200 --> 00:43:13.680
 was in the

00:43:13.680 --> 00:43:14.220
 form of

00:43:14.220 --> 00:43:14.600
 God,

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:15.539
 did not

00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:15.840
 count

00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:16.460
 equality

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:17.000
 with God

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.300
 a thing

00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:17.620
 to be

00:43:17.620 --> 00:43:18.240
 grasped,

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:19.400
 but he

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:19.780
 emptied

00:43:19.780 --> 00:43:20.840
 himself by

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:21.440
 taking the

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:21.820
 form of

00:43:21.820 --> 00:43:22.300
 a servant,

00:43:22.660 --> 00:43:23.260
 being born

00:43:23.260 --> 00:43:23.600
 in the

00:43:23.600 --> 00:43:24.180
 likeness of

00:43:24.180 --> 00:43:24.519
 men,

00:43:25.579 --> 00:43:25.980
 and being

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.660
 found in

00:43:26.660 --> 00:43:27.500
 human form,

00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:28.840
 he humbled

00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:30.320
 himself by

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:30.760
 becoming

00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:31.579
 obedient to

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:31.940
 the point

00:43:31.940 --> 00:43:32.460
 of death,

00:43:33.380 --> 00:43:33.980
 even death

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.260
 on a

00:43:34.260 --> 00:43:34.700
 cross.

00:43:37.340 --> 00:43:37.640
 You see,

00:43:37.700 --> 00:43:38.220
 the scandal

00:43:38.220 --> 00:43:38.980
 of this is

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:39.460
 not the

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:40.180
 crucifixion

00:43:40.180 --> 00:43:40.519
 itself,

00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:41.039
 it's not the

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:41.719
 suffering itself.

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:42.599
 Lots of

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:43.079
 people were

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:43.800
 crucified in

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:44.139
 history.

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:45.039
 Lots of

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:45.500
 people have

00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:46.000
 suffered

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:47.199
 physically in

00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:47.820
 the same way

00:43:47.820 --> 00:43:48.340
 that Jesus

00:43:48.340 --> 00:43:48.739
 suffered.

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:49.480
 It's not

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.400
 just about

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:50.940
 the physical

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:51.559
 torment that

00:43:51.559 --> 00:43:51.860
 he went

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:52.059
 through,

00:43:52.199 --> 00:43:52.719
 it's the

00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:53.119
 fact of

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:53.460
 who he

00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:54.019
 was.

00:43:55.739 --> 00:43:56.340
 God's

00:43:56.340 --> 00:43:56.759
 son,

00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:58.079
 co-equal

00:43:58.079 --> 00:43:58.460
 with the

00:43:58.460 --> 00:43:58.920
 father and

00:43:58.920 --> 00:43:59.400
 the spirit

00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:00.320
 who willingly

00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:01.480
 steps away

00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:01.860
 from the

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:02.400
 glory that

00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:02.699
 is in

00:44:02.699 --> 00:44:02.980
 heaven,

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:03.539
 and he

00:44:03.539 --> 00:44:04.279
 comes and

00:44:04.279 --> 00:44:04.739
 he takes

00:44:04.739 --> 00:44:05.460
 on flesh,

00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:05.960
 and he

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:06.719
 is crucified

00:44:06.719 --> 00:44:07.900
 and mocked

00:44:07.900 --> 00:44:08.639
 and brutally

00:44:08.639 --> 00:44:09.579
 beaten and

00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:10.219
 blasphemed

00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:10.739
 against,

00:44:10.739 --> 00:44:11.379
 for the

00:44:11.379 --> 00:44:12.259
 very people

00:44:12.259 --> 00:44:12.899
 that he

00:44:12.899 --> 00:44:13.359
 came to

00:44:13.359 --> 00:44:13.939
 save.

00:44:14.579 --> 00:44:15.319
 That's the

00:44:15.319 --> 00:44:15.919
 scandal of

00:44:15.919 --> 00:44:16.099
 it.

00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:18.559
 And if it's

00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:19.159
 true that

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:20.000
 Jesus is the

00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:20.319
 son of

00:44:20.319 --> 00:44:20.979
 God who

00:44:20.979 --> 00:44:21.399
 willingly

00:44:21.399 --> 00:44:22.079
 subjected

00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:22.719
 himself to

00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:23.500
 such suffering,

00:44:23.739 --> 00:44:24.339
 then we

00:44:24.339 --> 00:44:25.159
 must consider

00:44:25.159 --> 00:44:25.779
 the why

00:44:25.779 --> 00:44:26.279
 of all of

00:44:26.279 --> 00:44:26.459
 it.

00:44:27.879 --> 00:44:28.619
 Why would

00:44:28.619 --> 00:44:28.919
 he do

00:44:28.919 --> 00:44:29.299
 that?

00:44:30.399 --> 00:44:31.039
 What does

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:31.379
 it have to

00:44:31.379 --> 00:44:31.639
 do with

00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:32.019
 us?

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:34.019
 And the

00:44:34.019 --> 00:44:34.679
 simple answer

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:35.079
 to that

00:44:35.079 --> 00:44:36.779
 question is

00:44:36.779 --> 00:44:37.459
 love.

00:44:39.799 --> 00:44:40.319
 Love.

00:44:40.739 --> 00:44:42.819
 He did

00:44:42.819 --> 00:44:43.519
 it willingly

00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:44.099
 out of

00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:44.219
 his

00:44:44.219 --> 00:44:45.099
 measureless

00:44:45.099 --> 00:44:46.259
 love

00:44:46.259 --> 00:44:47.619
 for us.

00:44:49.219 --> 00:44:49.399
 And so

00:44:49.399 --> 00:44:49.679
 I want to

00:44:49.679 --> 00:44:50.319
 conclude with

00:44:50.319 --> 00:44:50.979
 John 3.

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:51.959
 Would you

00:44:51.959 --> 00:44:52.379
 flip there

00:44:52.379 --> 00:44:52.639
 in your

00:44:52.639 --> 00:44:52.959
 Bible?

00:44:53.319 --> 00:44:53.599
 I don't

00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:54.159
 know if I

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:54.459
 put this

00:44:54.459 --> 00:44:54.659
 on the

00:44:54.659 --> 00:44:54.879
 screen,

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:55.639
 so just

00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:55.899
 look at

00:44:55.899 --> 00:44:56.179
 it in

00:44:56.179 --> 00:44:58.059
 the pages

00:44:58.059 --> 00:44:58.479
 of your

00:44:58.479 --> 00:44:58.839
 Bible.

00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:00.759
 That way

00:45:00.759 --> 00:45:01.039
 you know

00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:01.500
 I'm not

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:02.559
 saying

00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:02.919
 something

00:45:02.919 --> 00:45:03.199
 that's

00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:03.379
 not

00:45:03.379 --> 00:45:03.699
 true.

00:45:03.699 --> 00:45:05.739
 John

00:45:05.739 --> 00:45:06.019
 chapter

00:45:06.019 --> 00:45:06.460
 3.

00:45:16.779 --> 00:45:17.379
 Look at

00:45:17.379 --> 00:45:18.019
 verse 14.

00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:21.480
 As

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:22.179
 Moses lifted

00:45:22.179 --> 00:45:22.519
 up the

00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:23.019
 serpent in

00:45:23.019 --> 00:45:23.139
 the

00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:23.439
 wilderness,

00:45:24.439 --> 00:45:25.639
 so must

00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:26.059
 the Son

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:26.480
 of Man

00:45:26.480 --> 00:45:26.960
 be lifted

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:27.279
 up,

00:45:28.279 --> 00:45:29.299
 that whoever

00:45:29.299 --> 00:45:29.980
 believes in

00:45:29.980 --> 00:45:30.500
 him may

00:45:30.500 --> 00:45:31.679
 have eternal

00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:32.179
 life.

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:34.239
 Now do

00:45:34.239 --> 00:45:34.599
 you remember

00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:35.119
 the story

00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:36.339
 that Jesus

00:45:36.339 --> 00:45:37.419
 was referring

00:45:37.419 --> 00:45:37.859
 to there?

00:45:39.819 --> 00:45:40.559
 You'll find

00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:40.960
 in the Old

00:45:40.960 --> 00:45:41.339
 Testament,

00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:41.879
 you can read

00:45:41.879 --> 00:45:42.199
 it on your

00:45:42.199 --> 00:45:42.359
 own,

00:45:42.419 --> 00:45:42.699
 but you'll

00:45:42.699 --> 00:45:43.039
 find in

00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:43.279
 the Old

00:45:43.279 --> 00:45:43.599
 Testament

00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:43.919
 there was

00:45:43.919 --> 00:45:44.299
 a time

00:45:44.299 --> 00:45:45.019
 where God

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:45.799
 sent a

00:45:45.799 --> 00:45:46.199
 judgment

00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:47.619
 on the

00:45:47.619 --> 00:45:48.039
 people of

00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:48.399
 Israel

00:45:48.399 --> 00:45:49.339
 because of

00:45:49.339 --> 00:45:50.039
 their unbelief,

00:45:50.619 --> 00:45:50.739
 their

00:45:50.739 --> 00:45:51.559
 hard-heartedness.

00:45:52.179 --> 00:45:53.319
 It was God's

00:45:53.319 --> 00:45:53.679
 judgment.

00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:54.639
 He devised

00:45:54.639 --> 00:45:54.819
 it,

00:45:55.079 --> 00:45:55.599
 he sent

00:45:55.599 --> 00:45:55.839
 it.

00:45:56.219 --> 00:45:56.899
 But along

00:45:56.899 --> 00:45:57.539
 with the

00:45:57.539 --> 00:45:57.899
 judgment,

00:45:58.379 --> 00:45:59.199
 God sent

00:45:59.199 --> 00:46:01.159
 an element

00:46:01.159 --> 00:46:01.980
 of mercy.

00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:03.739
 The judgment

00:46:03.739 --> 00:46:04.619
 were fiery

00:46:04.619 --> 00:46:05.159
 serpents.

00:46:05.259 --> 00:46:05.480
 They would

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:05.859
 bite the

00:46:05.859 --> 00:46:06.199
 people and

00:46:06.199 --> 00:46:06.539
 the people

00:46:06.539 --> 00:46:07.039
 would die.

00:46:07.359 --> 00:46:07.839
 So God

00:46:07.839 --> 00:46:08.539
 had Moses

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:09.539
 make a

00:46:09.539 --> 00:46:10.179
 serpent out

00:46:10.179 --> 00:46:10.699
 of bronze

00:46:10.699 --> 00:46:11.219
 and wrap

00:46:11.219 --> 00:46:11.659
 it around

00:46:11.659 --> 00:46:12.179
 a post

00:46:12.179 --> 00:46:12.539
 and would

00:46:12.539 --> 00:46:13.500
 display it

00:46:13.500 --> 00:46:14.019
 among the

00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:14.399
 camp of

00:46:14.399 --> 00:46:14.639
 Israel.

00:46:14.839 --> 00:46:15.119
 So if

00:46:15.119 --> 00:46:15.839
 anyone were

00:46:15.839 --> 00:46:16.939
 bitten by

00:46:16.939 --> 00:46:17.500
 the fiery

00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:18.039
 serpents,

00:46:18.199 --> 00:46:18.559
 they could

00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:19.259
 look up

00:46:19.259 --> 00:46:19.939
 and looking

00:46:19.939 --> 00:46:20.739
 up as

00:46:20.739 --> 00:46:21.559
 an act of

00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:22.599
 faith in

00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:23.319
 God's promise

00:46:23.319 --> 00:46:23.779
 that he would

00:46:23.779 --> 00:46:24.259
 heal them if

00:46:24.259 --> 00:46:24.539
 they would

00:46:24.539 --> 00:46:25.219
 look up to

00:46:25.219 --> 00:46:25.679
 what he had

00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:26.119
 provided.

00:46:26.399 --> 00:46:26.879
 As they

00:46:26.879 --> 00:46:27.579
 looked up,

00:46:27.659 --> 00:46:27.919
 they would

00:46:27.919 --> 00:46:28.579
 become healed.

00:46:28.579 --> 00:46:29.460
 And Jesus

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:30.179
 looks back

00:46:30.179 --> 00:46:30.500
 on that

00:46:30.500 --> 00:46:30.739
 and he

00:46:30.739 --> 00:46:31.199
 says to

00:46:31.199 --> 00:46:31.779
 Nicodemus

00:46:31.779 --> 00:46:32.159
 in John

00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:32.460
 3,

00:46:32.799 --> 00:46:33.380
 just as

00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:34.119
 Moses lifted

00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:34.559
 up that

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:34.880
 serpent,

00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:35.779
 so must

00:46:35.779 --> 00:46:36.420
 I be

00:46:36.420 --> 00:46:37.019
 lifted up

00:46:37.019 --> 00:46:37.420
 because

00:46:37.420 --> 00:46:38.019
 every one

00:46:38.019 --> 00:46:38.279
 of us

00:46:38.279 --> 00:46:38.619
 have been

00:46:38.619 --> 00:46:39.259
 bitten by

00:46:39.259 --> 00:46:39.799
 the fiery

00:46:39.799 --> 00:46:40.380
 serpent of

00:46:40.380 --> 00:46:40.719
 sin.

00:46:41.019 --> 00:46:41.440
 God

00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:42.000
 sends the

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:42.420
 judgment.

00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:43.500
 The judgment

00:46:43.500 --> 00:46:44.259
 is devised

00:46:44.259 --> 00:46:44.799
 by him

00:46:44.799 --> 00:46:45.480
 and it is

00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:46.039
 sent by

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:46.400
 him.

00:46:46.659 --> 00:46:47.159
 It is the

00:46:47.159 --> 00:46:47.460
 judgment

00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:48.179
 of death,

00:46:48.500 --> 00:46:49.000
 eternal

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:49.519
 death.

00:46:49.759 --> 00:46:50.199
 But then

00:46:50.199 --> 00:46:50.719
 he also

00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:51.319
 sends an

00:46:51.319 --> 00:46:51.739
 act of

00:46:51.739 --> 00:46:52.639
 mercy and

00:46:52.639 --> 00:46:53.500
 grace in

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:53.980
 the person

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.319
 of his

00:46:54.319 --> 00:46:55.059
 son and

00:46:55.059 --> 00:46:55.980
 lifted up

00:46:55.980 --> 00:46:56.299
 on the

00:46:56.299 --> 00:46:56.940
 cross quite

00:46:56.940 --> 00:46:57.400
 literally,

00:46:57.880 --> 00:46:58.440
 lifted up

00:46:58.440 --> 00:46:58.760
 on the

00:46:58.760 --> 00:46:59.139
 cross.

00:46:59.519 --> 00:46:59.860
 Jesus

00:46:59.860 --> 00:47:00.280
 says,

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:00.920
 all who

00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:01.500
 look to

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:02.280
 my cross

00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:03.039
 and believe

00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:04.320
 will be

00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:05.240
 saved.

00:47:06.579 --> 00:47:06.900
 And then

00:47:06.900 --> 00:47:07.480
 he continues

00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:07.900
 on in

00:47:07.900 --> 00:47:08.599
 verse 16.

00:47:08.720 --> 00:47:09.220
 This is the

00:47:09.220 --> 00:47:10.179
 explanation of

00:47:10.179 --> 00:47:10.300
 it.

00:47:10.659 --> 00:47:11.559
 Why would

00:47:11.559 --> 00:47:12.019
 the son of

00:47:12.019 --> 00:47:12.440
 man have to

00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:12.820
 go through

00:47:12.820 --> 00:47:13.079
 this?

00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:13.980
 Why would

00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:14.460
 God do

00:47:14.460 --> 00:47:14.820
 this?

00:47:15.220 --> 00:47:15.880
 For God

00:47:15.880 --> 00:47:16.360
 so loved

00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:16.860
 the world.

00:47:18.320 --> 00:47:19.340
 For God

00:47:19.340 --> 00:47:19.860
 so loved

00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:20.360
 the world

00:47:20.360 --> 00:47:21.559
 that he

00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:22.119
 gave his

00:47:22.119 --> 00:47:22.920
 only son

00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:24.099
 that whoever

00:47:24.099 --> 00:47:25.039
 believes in

00:47:25.039 --> 00:47:26.240
 him should

00:47:26.240 --> 00:47:27.079
 not perish

00:47:27.079 --> 00:47:27.920
 but have

00:47:27.920 --> 00:47:28.840
 eternal life.

00:47:29.680 --> 00:47:30.099
 For God

00:47:30.099 --> 00:47:30.519
 did not

00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:31.099
 send his

00:47:31.099 --> 00:47:31.559
 son into

00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:32.019
 the world

00:47:32.019 --> 00:47:32.619
 to condemn

00:47:32.619 --> 00:47:33.139
 the world

00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:33.820
 but in

00:47:33.820 --> 00:47:34.320
 order that

00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:34.800
 the world

00:47:34.800 --> 00:47:35.440
 might be

00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:36.680
 saved through

00:47:36.680 --> 00:47:37.180
 him.

00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:38.159
 And whoever

00:47:38.159 --> 00:47:38.980
 believes in

00:47:38.980 --> 00:47:39.639
 him is not

00:47:39.639 --> 00:47:40.079
 condemned.

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:41.340
 But whoever

00:47:41.340 --> 00:47:42.059
 does not

00:47:42.059 --> 00:47:43.139
 believe is

00:47:43.139 --> 00:47:43.500
 condemned

00:47:43.500 --> 00:47:44.900
 already because

00:47:44.900 --> 00:47:45.680
 he has not

00:47:45.680 --> 00:47:46.340
 believed in

00:47:46.340 --> 00:47:47.240
 the name of

00:47:47.240 --> 00:47:47.800
 the only

00:47:47.800 --> 00:47:49.300
 son of

00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:49.660
 God.

00:47:50.519 --> 00:47:50.800
 Do you

00:47:50.800 --> 00:47:51.120
 see?

00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:52.320
 The

00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:53.320
 crucifixion of

00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:53.940
 Jesus was

00:47:53.940 --> 00:47:54.360
 not a

00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:54.920
 historical

00:47:54.920 --> 00:47:55.660
 coincidence

00:47:55.660 --> 00:47:57.060
 that Christians

00:47:57.060 --> 00:47:58.000
 through history

00:47:58.000 --> 00:47:58.980
 have twisted

00:47:58.980 --> 00:47:59.880
 to look back

00:47:59.880 --> 00:48:00.320
 on and

00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:01.260
 fashioned it

00:48:01.260 --> 00:48:01.920
 into some

00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:02.300
 type of

00:48:02.300 --> 00:48:02.640
 religious

00:48:02.640 --> 00:48:03.780
 scam to

00:48:03.780 --> 00:48:04.180
 help us

00:48:04.180 --> 00:48:04.880
 cope in

00:48:04.880 --> 00:48:05.320
 life.

00:48:06.240 --> 00:48:07.060
 If the

00:48:07.060 --> 00:48:07.620
 cross is

00:48:07.620 --> 00:48:08.080
 supposed to

00:48:08.080 --> 00:48:08.460
 help us

00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:08.820
 cope,

00:48:09.000 --> 00:48:09.480
 it's not

00:48:09.480 --> 00:48:09.940
 much of a

00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:10.240
 coping

00:48:10.240 --> 00:48:10.800
 mechanism.

00:48:13.060 --> 00:48:14.019
 The cross

00:48:14.019 --> 00:48:14.700
 was always

00:48:14.700 --> 00:48:15.140
 God's

00:48:15.140 --> 00:48:15.560
 plan.

00:48:15.720 --> 00:48:16.140
 That's the

00:48:16.140 --> 00:48:16.480
 point.

00:48:16.600 --> 00:48:16.760
 It was

00:48:16.760 --> 00:48:17.480
 always God's

00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:17.780
 plan.

00:48:18.039 --> 00:48:18.440
 It was

00:48:18.440 --> 00:48:19.100
 always his

00:48:19.099 --> 00:48:19.739
 purpose to

00:48:19.739 --> 00:48:20.739
 forgive sins

00:48:20.739 --> 00:48:21.400
 and reconcile

00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:22.039
 sinners.

00:48:22.699 --> 00:48:23.099
 The cross

00:48:23.099 --> 00:48:23.739
 was his

00:48:23.739 --> 00:48:24.480
 initiative.

00:48:25.440 --> 00:48:25.799
 And in

00:48:25.799 --> 00:48:26.219
 his

00:48:26.219 --> 00:48:27.339
 indescribable

00:48:27.339 --> 00:48:27.839
 love,

00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:28.860
 he invites

00:48:28.860 --> 00:48:29.339
 us to

00:48:29.339 --> 00:48:29.900
 receive

00:48:29.900 --> 00:48:30.619
 eternal

00:48:30.619 --> 00:48:31.360
 salvation

00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:32.719
 through the

00:48:32.719 --> 00:48:33.739
 sacrifice of

00:48:33.739 --> 00:48:34.299
 his son,

00:48:34.699 --> 00:48:35.559
 Jesus Christ.

00:48:35.779 --> 00:48:36.739
 Just as he

00:48:36.739 --> 00:48:37.299
 told the

00:48:37.299 --> 00:48:38.099
 Israelites,

00:48:38.420 --> 00:48:39.000
 if you get

00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:40.480
 bit, look

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:41.219
 to what I've

00:48:41.219 --> 00:48:42.000
 provided in

00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:42.360
 faith.

00:48:42.599 --> 00:48:43.239
 So he

00:48:43.239 --> 00:48:43.940
 tells sinners

00:48:43.940 --> 00:48:44.380
 now.

00:48:44.539 --> 00:48:45.420
 If you are

00:48:45.420 --> 00:48:45.900
 bit with

00:48:45.900 --> 00:48:46.659
 sin, and

00:48:46.659 --> 00:48:47.380
 you are all

00:48:47.380 --> 00:48:47.839
 bit with

00:48:47.839 --> 00:48:48.559
 sin, it's

00:48:48.559 --> 00:48:48.860
 in your

00:48:48.860 --> 00:48:49.699
 very nature,

00:48:49.699 --> 00:48:50.699
 you need

00:48:50.699 --> 00:48:51.820
 only look

00:48:51.820 --> 00:48:52.239
 to the

00:48:52.239 --> 00:48:52.699
 cross.

00:48:53.000 --> 00:48:53.299
 You need

00:48:53.299 --> 00:48:54.299
 only look

00:48:54.299 --> 00:48:54.799
 to what I

00:48:54.799 --> 00:48:55.619
 have provided

00:48:55.619 --> 00:48:56.320
 in my

00:48:56.320 --> 00:48:57.360
 son, and

00:48:57.360 --> 00:48:58.320
 believe in

00:48:58.320 --> 00:48:59.420
 him, believe

00:48:59.420 --> 00:49:00.000
 on his

00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:00.900
 work, believe

00:49:00.900 --> 00:49:01.579
 on his

00:49:01.579 --> 00:49:03.079
 sacrifice, and

00:49:03.079 --> 00:49:03.639
 you will

00:49:03.639 --> 00:49:05.420
 receive life.

00:49:09.159 --> 00:49:10.019
 What love

00:49:10.019 --> 00:49:10.599
 my God

00:49:10.599 --> 00:49:11.119
 could hold

00:49:11.119 --> 00:49:11.619
 you to the

00:49:11.619 --> 00:49:13.639
 tree, to

00:49:13.639 --> 00:49:14.179
 bear that

00:49:14.179 --> 00:49:14.860
 overwhelming

00:49:14.860 --> 00:49:16.480
 debt for me,

00:49:16.480 --> 00:49:18.340
 the son

00:49:18.340 --> 00:49:18.880
 of heaven

00:49:18.880 --> 00:49:19.980
 leaves the

00:49:19.980 --> 00:49:20.480
 father's

00:49:20.480 --> 00:49:22.179
 side, the

00:49:22.179 --> 00:49:22.740
 healer

00:49:22.740 --> 00:49:24.679
 bleeds, the

00:49:24.679 --> 00:49:26.360
 life was

00:49:26.360 --> 00:49:26.880
 made to

00:49:26.880 --> 00:49:27.199
 die.

00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:28.599
 Why?

00:49:29.960 --> 00:49:30.980
 For love.

00:49:33.380 --> 00:49:34.400
 We sang it

00:49:34.400 --> 00:49:34.900
 at Christmas,

00:49:35.099 --> 00:49:36.119
 thou who

00:49:36.119 --> 00:49:37.280
 art God

00:49:37.280 --> 00:49:38.000
 beyond all

00:49:38.000 --> 00:49:39.300
 praising, all

00:49:39.300 --> 00:49:40.019
 for love's

00:49:40.019 --> 00:49:41.179
 sake became

00:49:41.179 --> 00:49:41.740
 his man,

00:49:42.880 --> 00:49:43.780
 stooping so

00:49:43.780 --> 00:49:44.780
 low, but

00:49:44.780 --> 00:49:45.420
 sinners

00:49:45.420 --> 00:49:46.180
 raising

00:49:46.180 --> 00:49:47.500
 heavenward

00:49:47.500 --> 00:49:48.019
 by thine

00:49:48.019 --> 00:49:48.420
 eternal

00:49:48.420 --> 00:49:49.539
 plan, thou

00:49:49.539 --> 00:49:50.019
 who art

00:49:50.019 --> 00:49:51.039
 God beyond

00:49:51.039 --> 00:49:51.780
 all praising,

00:49:52.300 --> 00:49:52.760
 all for

00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:53.639
 love's sake

00:49:53.639 --> 00:49:54.760
 became his

00:49:54.760 --> 00:49:55.079
 man.

00:49:56.240 --> 00:49:57.320
 He provides

00:49:57.320 --> 00:49:57.960
 his son, and

00:49:57.960 --> 00:49:58.420
 he says,

00:49:58.539 --> 00:49:59.119
 believe my

00:49:59.119 --> 00:50:00.639
 son, and

00:50:00.639 --> 00:50:01.119
 all who

00:50:01.119 --> 00:50:01.680
 will believe

00:50:01.680 --> 00:50:02.340
 his son

00:50:02.340 --> 00:50:03.760
 will receive

00:50:03.760 --> 00:50:04.680
 eternal

00:50:04.680 --> 00:50:05.200
 life.

00:50:05.720 --> 00:50:06.320
 That's the

00:50:06.320 --> 00:50:07.099
 significance of

00:50:07.099 --> 00:50:07.619
 the cross.

00:50:07.619 --> 00:50:08.619
 God

00:50:08.619 --> 00:50:09.279
 will

00:50:09.279 --> 00:50:09.619
 have

00:50:09.619 --> 00:50:09.619


00:50:09.619 --> 00:50:10.119
 son

00:50:10.119 --> 00:50:10.619
 to

00:50:10.619 --> 00:50:11.219
 him.

00:50:11.219 --> 00:50:11.659
 He

00:50:11.659 --> 00:50:12.219
 will

00:50:12.219 --> 00:50:12.219


00:50:12.219 --> 00:50:13.099
 his

00:50:13.099 --> 00:50:13.099


00:50:13.099 --> 00:50:13.219
!