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 Hi, my name is George Sinclair. I'm the lead pastor of Church of the Messiah.

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! It is wonderful that you would like to check out some of the sermons done by Church of the Messiah,

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 either by myself or some of the others. Listen, just a couple of things. First of all, would you pray for us

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 that we will open God's Word well to His glory and for the good of people like yourself?

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 The second thing is, if you aren't connected to a church and if you are a Christian,

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 we really, I would really like to encourage you to find a good local church where they believe the

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 Bible, they preach the gospel, and if you have some trouble finding that, send us an email. We will do

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 what we can to help connect you with a good local church wherever you are. And if you're a non-Christian,

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 checking us out, we're really, really, really glad you're doing that. Don't hesitate to send us

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 questions. It helps me actually to know, as I'm preaching, how to deal with the types of things

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 that you're really struggling with. So God bless.

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 Welcome, those who are here, and to those who are joining us online, welcome. If you are here and you

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 haven't, if you've never been to one of our Good Friday services before, they're a bit of a different

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 format. We're going to go into the, really the heart of the service, which is going back and forward

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 between having a four to six minute reflection or teaching on each of the last seven last words of

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 Jesus. So four, five, six minutes each. And they'll be punctuated by prayer. So the first person will

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 come up and speak. I'll ask us all to stand and we'll have a minute or so of silence as we reflect

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 on what we've just heard. I'll close the silence with a prayer. And then we'll either go to the next word

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 or a song, but we'll go that rhythm all the way through the service. Reflections, silence, singing

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 of hymns and songs until the service comes to an end. And then we'll have a sort of a closing prayer

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 and blessing and a couple of announcements. So that's how the flow of the service will go.

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 So actually, let's just commend this service once again into God's hands. Father, we give you thanks

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 and praise that you are just as present in a group of a thousand as you are in a group of,

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 I don't know, 50, 60, 70 people. Father, we thank you that you love it when your people gather.

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 Help us to know, Father, that you are the sovereign God who loves us. Draw us into your presence and tune

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 our hearts to receive everything you desire to give us all the grace you desire to give us this morning.

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 Tune our hearts to receive that and respond in a worthy manner. And we ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Lisa will come and speak on the first word.

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 Luke 23, 34. Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.

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 And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. Before the cross, Jesus was rejected by his own.

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 He was spit on, given a crown of thorns, whipped, and carried his own cross, which he was not able to

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 carry all the way. Stripped of his clothes, experiencing a very cruel death, and more.

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 With all of this, Jesus' first words are a prayer to God.

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 God, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.

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 With all the suffering and injustice he experienced, he prays. But he doesn't pray for himself.

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 He prays for the forgiveness of those who are causing his suffering.

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 Jesus came to take the punishment for our sins. By accepting his forgiveness, we can be with God forever.

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 For the forgiveness of God.

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 Christ forgave us and taught us to forgive others.

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 I looked up what forgiveness causes, and this is what I found.

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 Unforgiveness causes severe physical, mental, spiritual harm, acting as a toxic burden that leads to chronic stress,

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 high blood pressure, depression, and weakened immunity.

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 It fosters deep-seated bitterness, rage, and resentment, while damaging relationships

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 and hindering our personal growth by keeping a person trapped in the past.

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 In light of this, it seems fitting that Jesus' first words are,

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 Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.

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 Jesus knows that unforgiveness hinders us and causes a barrier with our relationship with God.

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 To forgive means to excuse a fault, absolve from payment, pardon, send away, cancel, and bestow favor unconditionally.

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 I was brought up in a Christian home.

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 We went to church. We were very involved.

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 I accepted Christ when I was nine, went to Sunday school, VBS, youth group, a Christian high school.

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 In the middle school, we were seen as the perfect family.

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 But behind the scenes, it was not so perfect.

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 I grew up in a household where I had to obey and not question, otherwise I was punished.

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 I couldn't ask questions about my faith. I was told to just believe.

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 I was a sensitive child and didn't like conflict. I did what I was told.

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 Being the eldest, the roles were stricter for me than my younger siblings.

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 I was set as an example.

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 My household was an abusive household.

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 There was arguing, deceit, and sexual abuse.

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 I was taken out of the house at 14, and at that point, I can choose if I was going to follow God or not.

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 I always knew that Jesus was with me, so I continued to follow Jesus.

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 Forgiveness is a choice, not a feeling.

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 I knew Jesus wanted me to forgive my father.

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 Being brought up to obey, I did forgive him.

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 My foster mother told me that I could ask God any questions and go to him if I was angry, sad, mad, really anything.

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 With this new information, I learned that asking questions is something God wants us to do.

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 I wanted to learn and understand my faith more.

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 I wanted to understand what forgiveness was and what it meant.

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 I learned I had to forgive in different levels.

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 My father knew what he was doing was wrong, and I had to forgive him.

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 Later, I realized I needed to forgive my mother for not protecting me.

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 She did not know what to do, and she was under my father's wrath.

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 She was trapped, but I forgave her.

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 My younger brothers, about seven years younger than I, were told lies about me,

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 and as a result, they were mean to me and hurtful.

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 They did not know what they were doing.

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 I had to forgive them.

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 Different levels of forgiveness.

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 I knew I had to forgive them, even though they did not ask for forgiveness.

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 This was for my own peace, and I gave them and the situation to God to deal with.

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 There is also an everyday forgiveness that God has shown me.

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 Forgiving those in our lives that are close, our family, parents, husbands, children, friends, workmates.

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 They can do or say things that can hurt us, whether we know it or not.

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 Be quick to forgive them.

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 As well.

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 Holding on to hurt only hurts us and our relationship with God and others.

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 We even need to forgive those we don't know that cause us inconvenience or pain.

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 We need to pray for all and believe that God will take care of their side of the situation,

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 and we need to take care of our side of the situation with God's help.

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 Mark 11, 22 to 26 teaches us that forgiveness hinders our faith from working.

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 The Father can't forgive our sins if we don't forgive other people.

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 Jesus freely forgives us.

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 Jesus freely forgives us.

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 We are to forgive others.

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 Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.

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 God, our Creator, loves us so much, He showed it by sending His Son, Jesus, to bridge the gap that our sin causes between us and God.

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 He knew what His Son was going to go through, yet He still sent Him.

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 Jesus fully submitted Himself to God.

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 Paul encourages us in Philippians 2 to be like Christ.

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 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

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 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but to the interests of others.

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 Have the mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

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 who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God something to be grasped,

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 but emptied Himself by taking the form of a servant, being born in likeness of men, and being found in human form,

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 He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

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 Therefore, God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name,

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 so that the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.

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 I invite you to stand.

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 We'll have a minute or so of silent prayer.

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 Father, we marvel and rejoice that you are omniscient, that you know all things, you see all things,

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 and we give you thanks and praise.

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 Our mind can't really ever fully understand it,

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 that knowing every single thing there is to know about us,

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 that still you desire to forgive us, and so your Son came to die on the cross,

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 that by our faith and trust in Him we might be forgiven of every sin we have ever done.

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 We ask, Father, that you would bring that truth deep into our hearts.

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 We ask, Father, that you would help us to die to all vain attempts to forgive ourselves,

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 but instead that you might bring before our hearts, our minds, our eyes,

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 the true and real and deep and eternal forgiveness that is offered to us from yourself,

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 to each one of us.

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 And we ask, Father, that as that truth becomes more real to us,

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 and we are able to stand, that you would help us to be people who forgive,

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 that that might more and more be what characterizes us, that we forgive.

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 And we ask these things in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 I ask you be seated, and Uzo will speak on the second word.

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 The second word of Jesus is from Luke chapter 23, verses 43.

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 It says,

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 Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.

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 So now, just some brief context for this verse.

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 Just in this scene, Jesus has been crucified, and alongside both sides of him,

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 two people who are accused of being thieves.

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 One of them mocks Jesus, saying to him,

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 If you are so innocent, how come you are up here with us?

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 The other says,

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 The other asks him in humility for mercy,

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 and to him, Jesus responds,

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 Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.

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 Now, this meditation will entail me drawing your attention to three words in this sentence

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 that I find to be particularly revealing.

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 First word is, truly.

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 Truly here showcases Jesus' seriousness and sincerity.

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 Oftentimes in scripture, Jesus will,

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 when he intends to communicate something with particular sincerity,

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 he says,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 or verily I say to you.

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 Here in this scene, to a criminal, he says,

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 Truly, I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.

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 And so, by saying this,

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 he showcases the sincerity of his promise,

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 which underscores our hope of assurance

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 for forgiveness and salvation

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 once we profess Christ

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 and ask for his mercy and humility.

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 The second word is you.

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 You here referring to the criminal.

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 Now, some might think it's scandalous

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 that a criminal would receive promise of paradise

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 just like that.

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 There is a common notion,

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 or cognitive bias, if you will,

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 amongst modern society,

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 wherein, if God forgives

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 the worst person you know,

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 or the worst person in history,

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 whoever that may be,

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 this warrants some query against God.

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 However, if you were to forgive me,

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 or us,

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 then that's understandable

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 because our sins aren't that bad.

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 This reveals a false sense of entitlement

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 that we have

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 to being consulted

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 or having a say as to who God

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 can show mercy to.

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 If this is the case,

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 a question then arises,

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 who has a say as to whether God

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 shows mercy on us?

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 And furthermore,

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 would it be a favorable decision?

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 Perhaps, instead of worrying about

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 how God can show grace to another person,

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 we should ask how he can show grace to us,

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 and then rejoice that he has.

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 The last word is today.

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 Now, in the traditional interpretation,

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 we are given to understand

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 that this showcases the immediacy

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 of our being with Christ upon our death.

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 This offers some comfort,

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 hope in the face of death.

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 However, in my brief research,

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 there exists some debate

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 over whether the word today

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 should appear after the comma,

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 as I read before,

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 or before the comma,

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 such that it now reads,

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 truly I tell you,

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 truly I tell you today,

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 you will be with me in paradise.

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 Now, for some,

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 this shift creates doubt,

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 uncertainty about their fate

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 prior to Christ's second coming,

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 but after their death.

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 It offers not hope,

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 but now fear,

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 fear due to uncertainty,

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 fear due to the unknown.

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 But I submit that

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 what should in fact offer us hope

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 is the essence,

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 the core of the promise,

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 and not the exact time

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 of the promise being fulfilled.

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 A quick argument to illustrate,

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 and then to conclude.

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 Premise one,

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 if we can trust Christ's character,

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 then it doesn't really matter

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 when the promise is fulfilled.

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 To support this,

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 think about it.

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 If the scripture shows

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 Christ's character to be trustworthy,

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 and his words to be sincere,

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 then does it really matter

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 when the promise is fulfilled?

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 If the scripture were to tell us

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 the exact time

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 the promise were to be fulfilled,

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 but also in the same scriptures,

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 we see Jesus,

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 Jesus' words being lies,

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 his character being untrustworthy,

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 would that really bring you clarity?

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 Premise two,

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 and so therefore,

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 if Christ's character is trustworthy,

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 then it doesn't really matter.

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 If his character is not trustworthy,

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 then it doesn't really matter.

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 Premise two,

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 we can trust Christ's character,

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 fortunately,

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 and by way of support here,

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 1 Peter 2 verse 6 says,

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 whoever puts his trust in him

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 will not be put to shame.

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 Conclusion,

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 therefore,

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 after we die,

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 it doesn't really matter

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 when we get to be with Christ.

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 For he said,

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 we will be with him,

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 and so we shall.

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 Thank you.

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 I invite you to stand

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 for a minute or so

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 of silent prayer.

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 Thank you.

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 Father,

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 we thank you that we can gather,

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 and in the background here,

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 the quiet,

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 friendly,

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 safe,

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 murmuring of children,

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 and at the same time,

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 in the distance,

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 the sound of sirens.

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 But Father,

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 whether it is the comforting noises

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 or the noises of great distress,

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 we give you thanks and praise

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 that Jesus is our true shepherd,

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 and that when it comes

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 our time to walk

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 through the valley

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 of the shadow

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 of the veil of death,

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 that we will not walk alone

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 if we have put our faith

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 and trust in Jesus.

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 We thank you,

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 Father,

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 that like the thief

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 on the cross

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 who is penitent,

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 you have not weighed

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 our merits

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 but pardoned our offenses.

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 And Father,

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 whether the theologians

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 who think we are

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 immediately in your presence

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 or we sleep

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 and whatever it is

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 they say,

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 we know that we will

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 be with Jesus,

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 that he will care for us,

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 and that we will see him

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 face to face

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 and be granted

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 resurrected bodies

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 in paradise

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 for all eternity.

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 So we ask,

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 Father,

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 that you build within us

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 a sure and certain hope

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 of our Lord and Savior,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 triumph over death

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 and our sharing

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 in his victory

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 by humble faith.

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 And we ask this

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 in the name of Jesus,

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 your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated

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 for the third word.

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 Reading from

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 John 19,

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 26 to 27.

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 But standing

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 by the cross

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 of Jesus

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 were his mother

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 and his mother's sister,

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 Mary,

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 the wife of Clopas

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 and Mary Magdalene.

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 When Jesus saw

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 his mother

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 and the disciple

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 whom he loved

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 standing nearby,

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 he said to his mother,

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 woman,

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 behold your son.

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 Then he said

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 to the disciple,

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 behold your mother.

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 And from that hour

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 the disciple

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 took her

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 to his own home.

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 A son

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 looking

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 into the eyes

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 of his mother.

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 A mother

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 looking into the eyes

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 of her son.

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 The son

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 dripping,

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 stained,

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 exposed,

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 looks out

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 to the masses

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 who jeer

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 and laugh

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 and lock eyes

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 with the tender gaze

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 of his mother

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 watching her son.

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 Her son

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 she first heard

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 about from the angel.

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 Her son

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 she swaddled

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 and soothed.

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 Her son

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 who held her hand

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 and all her hope

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 now hung destitute

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 in front of her.

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 He initiates

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 with her.

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 Behold,

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 woman,

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 behold your son.

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 His eyes

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 now shift focus

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 to his disciple.

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 Behold your mother.

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 He calls out,

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 pulling himself up

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 to get the words out.

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 Collapsing,

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 back down

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 in exhale

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 exhaustion.

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 What of his brothers?

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 His uncles?

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 Surely there are

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 other family members

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 to take care

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 of his mother.

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 Mary's own sister

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 is there beside her.

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 Yet he

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 in his last moments

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 redraws

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 the lines

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 of responsibility

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 delegating

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 a loved disciple

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 to care

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 for his mother.

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 To stand

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 in his place

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 as the son

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 that he needs

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 as the son

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 that she needs

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 to protect

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 and provide for.

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 But Jesus knows

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 the disciple

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 offers something

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 different to Mary

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 than potentially

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 a relative could.

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 Though all Mary

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 can see

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 is deep loss,

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 broken dreams,

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 and oppressive darkness,

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 Jesus,

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 in frailty,

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 speaks words

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 that denote

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 attuned attention

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 to her physical needs,

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 yes,

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 but also

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 to her spiritual need.

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 Is this beloved disciple

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 one who has

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 economic means

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 to protect his mother

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 and provide for her

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 in such a vulnerable

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 stage of life?

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 Humble means possibly,

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 but nothing lavish.

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 We don't really know,

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 but surely

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 this disciple

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 affords her

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 something much

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 more valuable.

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 He keeps her

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 right where

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 she needs to be

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 to be reminded

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 of Jesus,

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 his teachings,

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 his actions,

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 to be reminded

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 of his promises

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 in miracles

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 and wonders,

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 to be in the community

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 of people

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 who would mourn

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 him deepest

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 and who saw

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 him rightly.

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 Yes,

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 but even more,

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 what this disciple

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 does ensure

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 is that he would

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 keep her

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 right where

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 she needs to be

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 to be amongst

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 the first

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 who would see

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 him raised

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 from the dead,

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 amongst the first

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 to see death

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 conquered

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 and fear

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 and loss

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 mended.

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 Yes,

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 this would place

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 her right

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 in the front row

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 of beholding

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 his resurrection

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 power,

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 seeing her

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 scatter hopes

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 and dreams

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 rebuilt

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 into a more

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 glorious narrative

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:22.559
 than could ever

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.279
 be imagined.

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 A grafting

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 into a new family,

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 God's people

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 reconstituted

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 around the

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 resurrected Christ,

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 a new line

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 that centers

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 on him

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 that supersedes

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 bloodlines,

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 open to all

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 nations.

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 As he looks

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 after her

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:42.140
 temporary security,

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 he is moments

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.220
 away from

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 securing her

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 eternity

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 and all those

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 who look to him.

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 His eyes

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 are somehow

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.700
 on her

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.539
 in his moments

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.100
 of agony.

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 His eyes

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 are somehow

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 on you

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:57.000
 in those moments

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.559
 of agony,

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.200
 a son

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.819
 looking into

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 the eyes

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 of his mother,

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 a mother

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:03.039
 looking into

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 the eyes

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 of her son.

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 I invite you

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 to stand,

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 please.

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:08.140
 We'll have a

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.859
 minute or so

00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:09.700
 of silent prayer.

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:17.860
 father,

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.600
 we give you

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.080
 thanks and

00:23:19.080 --> 00:23:19.460
 praise

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 that we

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.460
 are reminded

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 of your

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 great tenderness

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:26.120
 and kindness

00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:27.299
 towards us.

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.120
 Father,

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.340
 bring deep

00:23:30.340 --> 00:23:30.819
 within our

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.279
 hearts

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.180
 that we

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 will never

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 meet anyone

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.360
 more kind

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 or more tender

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.120
 than you.

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:38.159
 you are

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:38.859
 tenderness

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.699
 and kindness

00:23:39.699 --> 00:23:40.359
 itself.

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.059
 Father,

00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:42.559
 we ask

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:42.979
 that you

00:23:42.979 --> 00:23:43.799
 continue

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.159
 to look

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 upon us.

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.299
 Some of us,

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:45.659
 fathers,

00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:46.199
 struggle

00:23:46.199 --> 00:23:47.139
 with great

00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:47.559
 wounds

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.979
 and great

00:23:48.979 --> 00:23:49.479
 loss.

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 Some of us,

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.079
 fathers,

00:23:51.219 --> 00:23:51.759
 struggle with

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.859
 deep fears.

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.599
 Fears

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.259
 and loss

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.919
 and wounds

00:23:55.919 --> 00:23:56.479
 that are so

00:23:56.479 --> 00:23:57.379
 deep we feel

00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:57.979
 uncomfortable

00:23:57.979 --> 00:23:58.979
 even allowing

00:23:58.979 --> 00:23:59.699
 others to know

00:23:59.699 --> 00:24:00.119
 about it.

00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:00.699
 But you know.

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.399
 And so,

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:02.659
 father,

00:24:02.739 --> 00:24:03.179
 we ask

00:24:03.179 --> 00:24:03.500
 that you

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:03.919
 would look

00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.659
 upon us,

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:06.519
 continue tenderly

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.400
 and lovingly

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:07.800
 and with

00:24:07.800 --> 00:24:08.220
 kindness.

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.580
 That you

00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:11.300
 minister to

00:24:11.300 --> 00:24:12.000
 those of us

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.600
 who struggle

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.200
 with great

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.940
 loss and

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.620
 great wounds

00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:15.060
 that we

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.519
 might know

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.240
 your tender

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.880
 comfort.

00:24:19.300 --> 00:24:19.779
 And,

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.019
 father,

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.820
 reveal to us

00:24:20.820 --> 00:24:21.320
 as to whether

00:24:21.320 --> 00:24:21.700
 there are

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.460
 people with

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:22.900
 whom we

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.400
 can share.

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.779
 We know

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.279
 there are,

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:24.680
 father.

00:24:24.800 --> 00:24:25.060
 You have

00:24:25.060 --> 00:24:25.900
 put each

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.180
 other,

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:26.960
 you have

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.300
 put us

00:24:27.300 --> 00:24:27.540
 in a

00:24:27.540 --> 00:24:27.960
 one another

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.380
 life.

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.420
 That you

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.060
 use your

00:24:31.060 --> 00:24:32.820
 children to

00:24:32.820 --> 00:24:33.759
 help us

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.259
 bear our

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.560
 burden.

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:36.000
 So,

00:24:36.120 --> 00:24:36.320
 father,

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:36.900
 draw us

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.880
 again to

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.340
 your tender

00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:38.740
 heart.

00:24:39.040 --> 00:24:39.259
 And we

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.660
 ask this

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.060
 in Jesus'

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.460
 name.

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.420
 Amen.

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.019
 Remain

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.400
 seated.

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:43.860
 Please

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.500
 be seated

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.060
 as we

00:24:45.060 --> 00:24:45.480
 will have

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.840
 Shannon

00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:46.420
 bring the

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.720
 fourth

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.080
 word.

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.700
 The

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:49.980
 fourth

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.360
 word

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:51.200
 comes from

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:52.000
 Mark 15

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:53.620
 verses

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:54.540
 34.

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 And at

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.420
 the ninth

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.759
 hour,

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.060
 Jesus

00:24:58.060 --> 00:24:58.700
 cried with

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.040
 a loud

00:24:59.040 --> 00:24:59.540
 voice,

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.320
 Eloi,

00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:01.200
 Eloi,

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.100
 lema

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.860
 sabachthani,

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.540
 which means

00:25:03.540 --> 00:25:04.500
 my God,

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.059
 my God,

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.880
 why have

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.400
 you forsaken

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:06.680
 me?

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.480
 I'm not

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.819
 very good

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.319
 at memorizing

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.700
 scripture.

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.220
 Maybe some

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.559
 of you can

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:12.859
 relate.

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.660
 I never

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.200
 have been,

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.299
 and I seem

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.519
 to have

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.980
 plenty of

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:17.400
 excuses as

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:17.900
 to why I'm

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.279
 not good

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.960
 at it and

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.400
 don't do it

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:20.240
 as much as

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.680
 I should

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.700
 or could.

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:22.940
 But if I'm

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.440
 being honest

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.079
 with myself,

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.799
 it's really

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.460
 just a matter

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.500
 of it being

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.319
 an underdeveloped

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:29.460
 skill, a

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.960
 muscle that I

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.559
 haven't put to

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.279
 very much use.

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:32.859
 As technology

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.460
 has progressed

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.079
 and smartphones

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.559
 have made

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.220
 us dumber,

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.339
 the muscle

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:37.000
 of memorization

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.740
 has atrophied,

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.700
 and it's

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:38.960
 to our

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.339
 detriment,

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:41.200
 our mental

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:42.379
 and spiritual

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:42.779
 detriment.

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.259
 In Mark

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.899
 15,

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:46.000
 verse 34,

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:47.319
 Jesus shows

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.539
 the incredible

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.579
 spiritual power

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.240
 of scripture

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.879
 memorization.

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.879
 We see how

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.480
 knowing the

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.460
 scriptures isn't

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.379
 just a functional,

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.879
 robotic response

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.740
 that we expect

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.859
 is going to help

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.660
 us to deal

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.040
 with the

00:26:00.040 --> 00:26:00.560
 challenges of

00:26:00.560 --> 00:26:00.860
 life.

00:26:01.540 --> 00:26:01.940
 Rather,

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.580
 it is a

00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:02.940
 deeply

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.779
 theological

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:05.140
 and spiritual

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:06.259
 experience.

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.640
 Memorizing

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.720
 sacred texts

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:10.360
 was and

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:10.740
 is an

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.480
 essential part

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.080
 of Judaism,

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.300
 as it is

00:26:13.300 --> 00:26:13.640
 for many

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.360
 cultures with

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:15.640
 strong oral

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.140
 traditions.

00:26:17.040 --> 00:26:17.660
 Teachers like

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.259
 Jesus and

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.900
 Paul would

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.440
 have memorized

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.580
 vast swaths

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:21.000
 of the Old

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.320
 Testament,

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.200
 putting many

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.840
 of us modern

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:23.500
 Christians to

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:23.759
 shame.

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.340
 And not just

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:25.740
 teachers,

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.420
 but followers

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:26.940
 as well.

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:29.960
 We typically

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.759
 view memorizing

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.799
 scripture as

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.559
 a helpful tool

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.140
 in times of

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.460
 trouble,

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.559
 a way to

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.279
 encourage us,

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:35.900
 to lift us

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.180
 up,

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.559
 and to

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.160
 remind us of

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.640
 bigger and

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.380
 better things.

00:26:40.080 --> 00:26:40.380
 And while

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.380
 that can

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:42.299
 be and

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:43.100
 is all

00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:43.480
 good and

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.720
 true,

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.799
 what I love

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.580
 about Jesus'

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:47.240
 own use of

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.559
 memorized

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.100
 scripture in

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.799
 this passage

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:50.120
 is that he

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.640
 chose a

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.620
 rather strange

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:54.200
 and un-uplifting

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.920
 verse to

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.259
 recite.

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:57.000
 it's fair to

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.460
 assume that

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:57.940
 Jesus would

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.259
 have known

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.779
 by heart

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.220
 several,

00:26:59.359 --> 00:26:59.720
 if not all,

00:26:59.740 --> 00:26:59.960
 of the

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.359
 Psalms.

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.200
 There were

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.019
 so many

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.759
 others he

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.119
 could have

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.480
 chosen.

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.940
 Psalm 23,

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.680
 for example,

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.420
 would have

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.799
 been a great

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.740
 one to use

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.000
 in that

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.259
 moment.

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.759
 I'm sure

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.240
 many other

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.619
 martyrs

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:09.879
 have.

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.319
 But in

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.680
 Mark 1534,

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.799
 Jesus chooses

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:16.480
 Psalm 22,

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:18.059
 a passage of

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.859
 unequivocal

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.460
 lament.

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.980
 Interestingly,

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.420
 he quotes it,

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.079
 I just realized

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.359
 this,

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:23.940
 he quotes it

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.640
 in Aramaic.

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.259
 the Hebrew

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.680
 Bible was

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.000
 not written

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.640
 in Aramaic.

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.900
 He chooses

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:30.240
 to use the

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.759
 language that

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.299
 speaks to his

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.519
 heart.

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.220
 So I think

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:34.079
 that's a plug

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:35.740
 for translating

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:37.240
 scripture and

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.879
 knowing it in

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.180
 your own

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.599
 language,

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.140
 in your heart

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.559
 language.

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.579
 He uses it

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.039
 the same way

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.539
 the author

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.460
 had,

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.440
 to cry out,

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.240
 to voice a

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.579
 deep,

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.680
 guttural

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.579
 desperation,

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.960
 despair that

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.940
 he felt in

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.420
 that moment,

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.039
 a moment when

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.680
 he was separated

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.460
 from the very

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:54.319
 God he chose

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:54.759
 to obey.

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.460
 This is a

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.139
 scripture passage

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.960
 that opens with

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.740
 a line that

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.659
 is dangerously

00:27:59.659 --> 00:28:01.079
 close to an

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:02.079
 accusation toward

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.419
 God.

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:04.179
 Why have you

00:28:04.179 --> 00:28:05.039
 forsaken me?

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:07.059
 This is the line

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.839
 that Jesus quotes.

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:09.639
 He's not afraid to

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.579
 express frustration,

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.419
 desperation,

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.419
 and deep,

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.980
 deep disappointment.

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.339
 In fact,

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.839
 I believe he uses

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.700
 this unexpected,

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.539
 unconventional,

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.639
 memorized passage

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.880
 precisely to

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.480
 express the

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.320
 deeply human

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:23.180
 emotion of

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.640
 loss.

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.560
 He's embodying

00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:26.520
 a core part

00:28:26.520 --> 00:28:27.220
 of humanity

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.840
 in this fallen

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.259
 world.

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.320
 Like his

00:28:29.320 --> 00:28:30.240
 entrance into

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.720
 our earthly

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:32.020
 realm as an

00:28:32.020 --> 00:28:32.580
 embryo,

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.880
 then a fetus,

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.700
 then a helpless

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.160
 baby,

00:28:36.020 --> 00:28:36.720
 his empathy

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:38.300
 with us in

00:28:38.300 --> 00:28:38.960
 the deepest

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:40.340
 and lowest

00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:41.060
 elements of

00:28:41.060 --> 00:28:43.380
 life reverberates

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:43.759
 through this

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.040
 prayer.

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.600
 In this

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:45.920
 moment,

00:28:46.040 --> 00:28:46.620
 he prays a

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.259
 priestly prayer

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.819
 that both

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:49.440
 expresses his

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:51.079
 humanity and

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:52.180
 paves a path

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.960
 for us in

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.299
 ours.

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:55.160
 Hebrews 5

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.940
 tells us,

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.879
 during the

00:28:56.879 --> 00:28:57.319
 days of

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.539
 Jesus'

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.240
 life on

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.539
 earth,

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.400
 he offered

00:28:59.400 --> 00:28:59.920
 up prayers

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.559
 and petitions

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.640
 with fervent

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:03.680
 cries and

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:05.240
 tears to

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.720
 the one who

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:07.000
 could have

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.500
 saved him

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.079
 from death.

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.079
 And he was

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.640
 heard because

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:09.940
 of his

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.379
 reverent

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:10.960
 submission.

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.779
 The

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.079
 scriptures

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:14.119
 invite us

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:15.660
 to pray

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.220
 through our

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.640
 suffering,

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.480
 not to

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.160
 repress it,

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:19.980
 not to

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:21.000
 silence the

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.300
 pain,

00:29:21.780 --> 00:29:22.160
 but to

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:22.759
 cry through

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.060
 it.

00:29:24.280 --> 00:29:24.560
 Do you

00:29:24.560 --> 00:29:25.000
 realize how

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.560
 unique this

00:29:25.560 --> 00:29:25.880
 is to

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.340
 Christianity?

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.800
 Jesus is

00:29:28.800 --> 00:29:29.400
 showing a

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:30.320
 natural response

00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:30.800
 to the

00:29:30.800 --> 00:29:31.259
 unnatural

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:32.040
 reality of

00:29:32.040 --> 00:29:32.740
 death and

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.400
 separation from

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:33.860
 our father.

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.140
 He's using

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:36.660
 spirit-breathed

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.940
 scripture to

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.580
 express it.

00:29:39.780 --> 00:29:40.640
 And he was

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.800
 doing it out

00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:42.420
 of reverence

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.080
 and obedience.

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:45.040
 The gospels

00:29:45.040 --> 00:29:45.820
 record our

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.500
 Lord crying

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.879
 out this

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.460
 very real,

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.079
 very raw

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.679
 prayer because

00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:49.019
 they are

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.599
 pointing us

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.179
 to and

00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:50.799
 teaching us

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.939
 through a

00:29:51.939 --> 00:29:52.559
 theology of

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:52.939
 suffering.

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.819
 Christ's

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.119
 personal

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.759
 experience with

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.399
 pain and

00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:57.159
 his unashamed

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:58.279
 use of

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.659
 such a

00:29:58.659 --> 00:29:59.399
 vulnerable and

00:29:59.399 --> 00:30:00.119
 dark passage

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:00.700
 of the Bible

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:02.059
 acknowledges our

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.659
 own suffering.

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.319
 It shows us

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.139
 how because of

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:06.279
 his choice to

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.019
 be forsaken,

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.740
 completely forsaken,

00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:10.359
 to follow through

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:11.240
 with the worst

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.980
 thing possible

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:14.200
 means that we

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.819
 will never be

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.559
 fully forsaken.

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.420
 This morning,

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.400
 I heard an

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.220
 interview with a

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.880
 famous pastor,

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.360
 many of you

00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:21.779
 would know him,

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.620
 who was facing

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:23.039
 a terminal

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.900
 illness a few

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.360
 years ago.

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.279
 He very wisely

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.839
 and simply

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.240
 said,

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.860
 if Jesus Christ

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.740
 has been risen

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.380
 from the dead,

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.400
 that means

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.940
 everything will

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.460
 be okay,

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:34.079
 but that doesn't

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.620
 mean you stop

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:34.980
 crying.

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:37.819
 Jesus shows us

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.339
 that it's okay

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.880
 to grieve,

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.559
 to wail,

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.259
 to question,

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:41.079
 and to cry out

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.700
 at the searing

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.579
 pain of feeling

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.079
 forgotten,

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:43.980
 forsaken.

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.660
 But because of

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.279
 his grief,

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.240
 we know ours

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.059
 will eventually

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.819
 come to an end,

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.660
 as his did.

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.980
 Psalm 22

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:53.160
 ends,

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.559
 and Jesus

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:54.880
 would have

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:55.140
 likely,

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:55.839
 well,

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.240
 he would have

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:57.059
 memorized the

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.539
 whole thing

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.740
 and known it

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.500
 as well as

00:30:59.500 --> 00:30:59.960
 the beginning.

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.839
 And it goes

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.420
 like this,

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:03.299
 all the rich

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.839
 of the earth

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.420
 will feast

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.980
 and worship.

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.080
 All who go

00:31:06.080 --> 00:31:06.900
 down to the dust

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.300
 will kneel

00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:07.940
 before him,

00:31:08.620 --> 00:31:09.400
 those who cannot

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.060
 keep themselves

00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:10.560
 alive.

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.779
 Posterity will

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.420
 serve him.

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:13.600
 Future generations

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:14.300
 will be told

00:31:14.300 --> 00:31:14.960
 about the Lord.

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.100
 They will

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.640
 proclaim his

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.060
 righteousness,

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.960
 declaring to a

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.560
 people yet

00:31:18.560 --> 00:31:19.240
 unborn,

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:21.660
 he has

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.539
 done it.

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.800
 Jesus'

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.460
 lament

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.180
 wasn't,

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.259
 that was not

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.080
 his last word

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:28.779
 on this earth

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.420
 as a human.

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.880
 Because of his

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.840
 lament and the

00:31:31.840 --> 00:31:32.759
 scorn he faced,

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:34.140
 he could later

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.560
 declare,

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.840
 it is finished.

00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:37.080
 I invite you

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:38.080
 to stand for a

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:38.580
 minute or so

00:31:38.580 --> 00:31:39.380
 of silent prayer.

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.440
 Father,

00:31:52.540 --> 00:31:53.540
 we know there's

00:31:53.540 --> 00:31:54.560
 nothing necessarily

00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:55.320
 wrong with

00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:56.400
 Hallmark cards

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:57.200
 and other greeting

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.640
 cards,

00:31:57.820 --> 00:31:58.520
 but we thank and

00:31:58.520 --> 00:31:59.300
 praise you that you

00:31:59.300 --> 00:32:00.300
 have not called us

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.519
 to be Hallmark

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.000
 people,

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:03.039
 but Bible

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.500
 people.

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.960
 We give you

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.899
 thanks and praise

00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:07.899
 that your word

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:09.259
 is just filled

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:10.399
 with promises

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:11.599
 too wild and

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:12.799
 crazy for ever

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.339
 to be made

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:14.059
 by a Hallmark

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.480
 card.

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.839
 And at the same

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.279
 time,

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:17.519
 your word

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.299
 touches the

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.000
 very depths

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:20.079
 and hardest

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:21.119
 parts of human

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:21.740
 experience,

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.339
 the hardest

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.519
 parts of fear

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.319
 and anxiety

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.980
 and shame,

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.419
 that your word,

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:26.799
 Father,

00:32:26.899 --> 00:32:27.779
 covers the whole

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.899
 range and gamut

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.860
 of human emotion

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.400
 and human

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:31.220
 experience.

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:32.720
 And so,

00:32:32.820 --> 00:32:32.960
 Father,

00:32:33.040 --> 00:32:33.820
 always mindful

00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:34.400
 of Jesus

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:35.840
 and what he did

00:32:35.840 --> 00:32:36.519
 for us on the

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.920
 cross,

00:32:37.040 --> 00:32:38.100
 in light of his

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.820
 death upon the

00:32:38.820 --> 00:32:39.460
 cross and his

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.960
 resurrection,

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.980
 help us to be,

00:32:41.780 --> 00:32:42.740
 to read and

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.500
 know your Bible.

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.100
 And help us,

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.420
 Father,

00:32:45.540 --> 00:32:46.380
 to so read and

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:47.180
 know your Bible

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:49.560
 and in that

00:32:49.560 --> 00:32:49.960
 light,

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:51.519
 understand Jesus

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.160
 and his death

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.880
 upon the cross

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.600
 better and better

00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:54.000
 and better.

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.259
 We ask,

00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:55.620
 Father,

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.540
 that you help

00:32:56.540 --> 00:32:57.120
 us to have

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:58.400
 minds that are

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:59.320
 furnished by

00:32:59.320 --> 00:32:59.980
 your word,

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.360
 saturated by

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:02.060
 your word,

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.980
 are purified

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:05.000
 and healed

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:06.420
 by your word.

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.280
 Father,

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.040
 make us Bible

00:33:08.040 --> 00:33:09.060
 people as

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:09.940
 your son was.

00:33:10.300 --> 00:33:10.900
 And we ask

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.480
 this in Jesus'

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:11.900
 name.

00:33:12.320 --> 00:33:12.680
 Amen.

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.800
 Please be

00:33:13.800 --> 00:33:14.720
 seated for

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.140
 the fifth

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:15.560
 word.

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:18.100
 The fifth

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:19.200
 word comes

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.460
 from John

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.580
 19,

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.560
 verse 28.

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.840
 After this,

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:25.720
 Jesus,

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.840
 knowing that

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.779
 all was now

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.439
 finished,

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.959
 said to

00:33:29.959 --> 00:33:30.500
 fulfill the

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.899
 scripture,

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.259
 I thirst.

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.299
 Exhausted,

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.919
 dehydrated,

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.459
 and losing

00:33:38.459 --> 00:33:38.959
 blood,

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.699
 Jesus surely

00:33:40.699 --> 00:33:41.299
 would have been

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.740
 thirsty.

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.599
 I can only

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:44.299
 imagine how

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.980
 parched he

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.279
 would have

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.619
 been.

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.819
 But as I

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.339
 sat with

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:49.099
 these words,

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.279
 what came to

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:51.179
 mind was the

00:33:51.179 --> 00:33:52.099
 powerful imagery

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:53.059
 of thirstiness

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.819
 elsewhere in the

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.139
 Bible.

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:56.180
 Israelites

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:57.360
 wandering in

00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:57.860
 the wilderness,

00:33:58.820 --> 00:33:59.780
 testing God,

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.020
 and God

00:34:01.020 --> 00:34:01.560
 ultimately

00:34:01.560 --> 00:34:02.440
 splitting open

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.120
 the rock at

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:03.700
 Horeb to

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.200
 quench their

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.600
 thirst.

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.540
 Take care,

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.400
 lest you forget

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.000
 the Lord your

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.500
 God,

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.500
 who brought

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:09.960
 you out of

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.480
 the land of

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:10.880
 Egypt,

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.119
 out of the

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.599
 house of

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.019
 slavery,

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.480
 who led you

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.820
 through the

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.360
 great and

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:15.900
 terrifying

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.400
 wilderness

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.099
 with its

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:18.000
 fiery serpents

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.820
 and scorpions

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.400
 and thirsty

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.940
 ground,

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.140
 where there was

00:34:21.140 --> 00:34:21.700
 no water,

00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:23.039
 who brought you

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.900
 water out of

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.400
 the flinty

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.800
 rock.

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:27.159
 The thirst of

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:28.079
 Samson after

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.639
 killing a

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.800
 thousand Philistines,

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.420
 again quenched

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.119
 by God,

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:32.800
 splitting open

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.300
 the earth.

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.400
 And Samson was

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.119
 very thirsty,

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.179
 and he called

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.840
 upon the Lord

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.380
 and said,

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.340
 You have

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:40.039
 granted this

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.880
 great salvation

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.619
 by the hand

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.519
 of your servant,

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.599
 and shall I

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.779
 now die of

00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.759
 thirst and fall

00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:46.500
 into the hands

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.619
 of the uncircumcised?

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.420
 And God split

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.139
 open the hollow

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.980
 place that is

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.699
 at Lehi,

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.779
 and water

00:34:52.779 --> 00:34:53.399
 came out of

00:34:53.399 --> 00:34:53.599
 it.

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.559
 And when

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:55.419
 Samson drank,

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.000
 his spirit

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.679
 returned and

00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:57.279
 he revived.

00:34:58.919 --> 00:34:59.839
 The sons of

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.419
 Korah in

00:35:00.419 --> 00:35:01.159
 Psalm 42

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:02.159
 crying out,

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.500
 As a deer

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.159
 pants for

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:05.299
 flowing streams,

00:35:05.859 --> 00:35:06.559
 so pants

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:07.139
 my soul

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.659
 for you,

00:35:07.839 --> 00:35:08.439
 O God.

00:35:08.839 --> 00:35:09.619
 My soul

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.259
 thirsts for

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:10.699
 God,

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.480
 for the

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.199
 living God.

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:13.439
 When shall

00:35:13.439 --> 00:35:13.919
 I come

00:35:13.919 --> 00:35:14.480
 and appear

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:15.299
 before God?

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.500
 The words

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:17.879
 of Jesus

00:35:17.879 --> 00:35:18.539
 himself in

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.319
 the Beatitudes,

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:20.840
 blessed are

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.400
 those who

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.200
 hunger and

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:23.019
 thirst for

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.539
 righteousness,

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.300
 for they

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.720
 shall be

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:25.240
 satisfied.

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:27.160
 And of

00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:27.580
 course,

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.780
 Jesus'

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.840
 promise of

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.600
 living water

00:35:30.600 --> 00:35:31.080
 in his

00:35:31.080 --> 00:35:31.720
 conversation

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.160
 with the

00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:32.620
 Samaritan

00:35:32.620 --> 00:35:32.940
 woman.

00:35:34.080 --> 00:35:34.620
 Jesus said

00:35:34.620 --> 00:35:34.900
 to the

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.140
 woman,

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:36.820
 Everyone who

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.340
 drinks of

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:38.059
 Jacob's well

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.440
 will be

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.240
 thirsty again,

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.559
 but whoever

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.160
 drinks of

00:35:41.160 --> 00:35:41.559
 the water

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:41.980
 that I

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.440
 will give

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.920
 him or

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.600
 her will

00:35:43.600 --> 00:35:44.160
 never be

00:35:44.160 --> 00:35:44.519
 thirsty

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:44.940
 again.

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:47.179
 In these

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.740
 passages,

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.420
 we see

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.820
 God's

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.240
 provision,

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:51.159
 we see

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.880
 answers to

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.539
 prayer in

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.159
 times of

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:53.700
 thirstiness,

00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:55.360
 we see

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.760
 God's

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.159
 people

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:56.800
 thirsting

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.420
 after him,

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:59.119
 and ultimately

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.900
 we see

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.880
 Jesus promising

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.639
 a spring of

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.619
 water welling

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.159
 up to

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.980
 eternal life.

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.780
 So,

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:07.019
 what do I

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.480
 make of

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.820
 Jesus hanging

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.179
 on the

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:09.639
 cross,

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.700
 thirsty and

00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:11.159
 about to

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.440
 die?

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.460
 I see

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.059
 the Christ

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:15.099
 physically

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.659
 thirsty,

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.619
 yet unlike

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.039
 for the

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.539
 Israelites

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.400
 and Samson,

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.420
 there is

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:20.940
 no spring

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.360
 of fresh

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.739
 water.

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:23.340
 That day

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.820
 there will

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.259
 be no

00:36:24.259 --> 00:36:24.779
 revival.

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.340
 There is

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:26.860
 simply a

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.500
 sponge of

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.299
 sour wine,

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:30.039
 one final

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.880
 swallow to

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.519
 fulfill the

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.320
 prophecy at

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:33.360
 Psalm 69

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.079
 21.

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.659
 They gave

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.179
 me poison

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.940
 for food,

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:38.000
 and for my

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.559
 thirst they

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.219
 gave me sour

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:39.719
 wine to

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:40.059
 drink.

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.920
 I see

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.599
 the Christ,

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.000
 thirsty

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.679
 for God

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:45.000
 and his

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.539
 righteousness,

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:47.320
 the only

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.960
 one who

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.320
 lived a

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:49.039
 perfect life.

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.800
 I see

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.480
 the paradox

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.159
 of Jesus

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:53.559
 having lived

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.159
 his whole

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:55.400
 life doing

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:55.760
 the will

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:56.059
 of the

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.840
 Father and

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.360
 living in

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.860
 absolute

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.840
 harmony with

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.139
 him,

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:00.659
 willingly

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:02.139
 accepting to

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.780
 come and

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.559
 appear before

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.260
 God to

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:04.820
 die a

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.440
 criminal and

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:05.800
 a sinner.

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.179
 And I

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:09.099
 ultimately

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.539
 see the

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.699
 Christ for

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:11.179
 the first

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:11.739
 time,

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:13.179
 cut off

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:14.039
 and forsaken

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.599
 by the

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:15.000
 Father,

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.380
 freely

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:17.279
 absorbing my

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:17.779
 sin,

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:19.139
 your sin,

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:21.019
 the vileness

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.699
 of everything

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:22.219
 we have

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:23.079
 ever done

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.619
 wrong,

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.400
 willingly

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:26.360
 submitting to

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:27.239
 God's judgment

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:27.860
 for that

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.619
 wrongdoing.

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:31.340
 Two thousand

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:32.079
 years later,

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.420
 it can be

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.219
 easy to gloss

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:34.759
 over what

00:37:34.759 --> 00:37:35.559
 actually happened

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:36.279
 that day on

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:36.860
 the cross.

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:38.740
 We can see

00:37:38.740 --> 00:37:39.280
 it as some

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:40.460
 abstract thing,

00:37:41.120 --> 00:37:41.760
 a sleight of

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:43.060
 hand, in

00:37:43.060 --> 00:37:43.460
 which we

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:44.260
 magically come

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:44.920
 out justified

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.540
 on the other

00:37:45.540 --> 00:37:46.060
 side.

00:37:47.140 --> 00:37:47.740
 Yet it

00:37:47.740 --> 00:37:49.160
 involved the

00:37:49.160 --> 00:37:49.680
 immeasurable

00:37:49.680 --> 00:37:50.760
 pain of a

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:53.040
 father sacrificing

00:37:53.040 --> 00:37:54.140
 his only and

00:37:54.140 --> 00:37:54.960
 beloved son.

00:37:55.680 --> 00:37:56.519
 There was no

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.180
 last-minute

00:37:57.180 --> 00:37:58.180
 substitution of

00:37:58.180 --> 00:37:58.680
 a ram.

00:37:59.560 --> 00:38:00.180
 It involved

00:38:00.180 --> 00:38:00.820
 the father

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.820
 watching the

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:03.220
 son suffer

00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:04.480
 beyond our

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:05.220
 comprehension.

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:06.780
 We're not

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.440
 talking just

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.360
 physical pain,

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.320
 but the

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:09.700
 crushing

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:11.180
 weight, the

00:38:11.180 --> 00:38:11.540
 crushing

00:38:11.540 --> 00:38:12.400
 conviction of

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:13.060
 our sin.

00:38:14.140 --> 00:38:14.820
 And it

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:15.480
 involved the

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:16.440
 father restraining

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:18.000
 himself as

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.840
 the son cried

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:19.280
 out, I

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:19.800
 thirst.

00:38:20.640 --> 00:38:21.320
 Desperate for

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:21.900
 water, no

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:23.160
 doubt, but

00:38:23.160 --> 00:38:23.840
 more desperate

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.800
 to remain in

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.420
 unbroken

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:26.720
 relationship with

00:38:26.720 --> 00:38:27.260
 the father.

00:38:28.260 --> 00:38:29.080
 The cry goes

00:38:29.080 --> 00:38:29.680
 unanswered

00:38:29.680 --> 00:38:30.180
 that day.

00:38:31.580 --> 00:38:32.740
 And ultimately,

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.940
 it involved the

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.900
 father's wrath,

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:36.300
 falling on that

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:37.119
 beloved son,

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:38.559
 not because the

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.240
 son deserved

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:40.519
 it, but because

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:41.579
 they both loved

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:43.000
 us so much.

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:44.360
 Why?

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:46.160
 Why would the

00:38:46.160 --> 00:38:47.139
 father and the

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:48.420
 son do this?

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.960
 Because they

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.880
 understood it was

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:52.579
 the only way that

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:54.180
 you and I get to

00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.840
 drink the living

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:56.579
 water, so that

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:58.320
 when we die, we

00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:59.740
 can confidently say,

00:39:00.160 --> 00:39:01.700
 I thirst, and

00:39:01.700 --> 00:39:02.440
 know that our

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:03.559
 thirst will be

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.079
 satisfied.

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:05.460
 I invite you to

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:06.400
 stand for a minute

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.239
 or so of silent

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:07.539
 prayer.

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:23.739
 Father, we

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:26.979
 give you thanks

00:39:26.979 --> 00:39:28.039
 and praise that

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:29.139
 you have not

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.879
 removed from

00:39:29.879 --> 00:39:31.139
 human hearts a

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:31.799
 longing and

00:39:31.799 --> 00:39:32.919
 desire and a

00:39:32.919 --> 00:39:34.299
 yearning to

00:39:34.299 --> 00:39:34.839
 know you.

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:36.239
 You know,

00:39:36.379 --> 00:39:37.000
 Father, that

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.939
 there is a part

00:39:37.939 --> 00:39:38.899
 deep within each

00:39:38.899 --> 00:39:39.639
 of us that,

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.619
 just like Adam

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:41.239
 and Eve hid

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:41.839
 from you in the

00:39:41.839 --> 00:39:42.919
 garden, so we

00:39:42.919 --> 00:39:44.119
 would rather have

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:45.339
 terrible fig leaves

00:39:45.339 --> 00:39:46.219
 around us and

00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:47.399
 hide in bushes

00:39:47.399 --> 00:39:48.299
 than be present

00:39:48.299 --> 00:39:50.179
 with you.

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.219
 you.

00:39:51.419 --> 00:39:52.199
 But even in the

00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:52.960
 midst of that

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:54.739
 very important

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:55.759
 and deep-rooted

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:56.919
 part of us, you

00:39:56.919 --> 00:39:58.359
 have left within

00:39:58.359 --> 00:40:00.339
 our hearts a

00:40:00.339 --> 00:40:01.759
 longing for you.

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:03.899
 And we give you

00:40:03.899 --> 00:40:04.960
 thanks and praise

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:06.659
 that on the

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:07.460
 cross, your

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:08.699
 son opened that

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:09.919
 pathway that we

00:40:09.919 --> 00:40:11.879
 might know you

00:40:11.879 --> 00:40:12.919
 and that we

00:40:12.919 --> 00:40:14.019
 might have our

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:15.159
 thirst for you

00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:16.099
 quenched, our

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:17.279
 hunger for you

00:40:17.279 --> 00:40:19.199
 satisfied, that

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:20.480
 all our longings

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.179
 and yearnings

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:22.759
 ultimately can

00:40:22.759 --> 00:40:24.319
 come to fruition,

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:26.419
 not because of

00:40:26.419 --> 00:40:27.519
 our great longings

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:28.379
 and yearnings, but

00:40:28.379 --> 00:40:29.079
 because of your

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:30.099
 great love for us

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.679
 and what your

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:31.299
 son has done.

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:33.239
 We ask, Father,

00:40:33.319 --> 00:40:33.980
 that you fan

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:34.739
 into flame within

00:40:34.739 --> 00:40:36.099
 us ever deeper

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:38.159
 and more full a

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:38.739
 longing and

00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:39.859
 yearning for that

00:40:39.859 --> 00:40:41.339
 day when in

00:40:41.339 --> 00:40:42.199
 Jesus we will

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:43.619
 see, Father, you

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:45.179
 in the company

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:45.799
 and the presence

00:40:45.799 --> 00:40:46.299
 of the Holy

00:40:46.299 --> 00:40:46.719
 Spirit.

00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:48.299
 And we ask

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:48.980
 these things in

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.620
 Jesus' name.

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:50.620
 Amen.

00:40:51.680 --> 00:40:52.760
 We'll be seated

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:53.820
 as we hear

00:40:53.820 --> 00:40:55.380
 Scott bring us

00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:56.980
 reflections on

00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:57.860
 the sixth word.

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:01.519
 It is finished

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:02.720
 in the

00:41:02.720 --> 00:41:03.519
 thirtieth

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:04.240
 verse of the

00:41:04.240 --> 00:41:05.220
 nineteenth chapter

00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:05.980
 of the Gospel

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.600
 of John.

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:08.420
 John writes,

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:09.700
 When he had

00:41:09.700 --> 00:41:10.420
 received the

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:11.060
 drink, Jesus

00:41:11.060 --> 00:41:11.780
 said, it is

00:41:11.780 --> 00:41:12.160
 finished.

00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:12.980
 With that, he

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.780
 bowed his head

00:41:13.780 --> 00:41:15.380
 and gave up

00:41:15.380 --> 00:41:15.920
 his spirit.

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:17.580
 John, the

00:41:17.580 --> 00:41:18.400
 Gospel writer,

00:41:19.140 --> 00:41:19.680
 uses the

00:41:19.680 --> 00:41:20.280
 Greek word

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:21.880
 tetelestai for

00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:22.760
 the phrase, it

00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:23.360
 is finished.

00:41:24.040 --> 00:41:24.600
 And this

00:41:24.600 --> 00:41:25.320
 definitely does

00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:26.140
 convey the

00:41:26.140 --> 00:41:26.900
 idea of

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.700
 something being

00:41:27.700 --> 00:41:28.660
 finished or

00:41:28.660 --> 00:41:29.440
 completed and

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:30.700
 it was sometimes

00:41:30.700 --> 00:41:31.840
 a phrase used

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.580
 in the ancient

00:41:32.580 --> 00:41:33.640
 world to reflect

00:41:33.640 --> 00:41:34.880
 the payment of

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:35.900
 a debt or the

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:37.040
 payment of a

00:41:37.040 --> 00:41:37.720
 bill of some

00:41:37.720 --> 00:41:38.160
 kind.

00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:39.819
 But in

00:41:39.819 --> 00:41:40.420
 thinking about

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:41.199
 this a little

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:41.839
 bit further,

00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:43.399
 and as others

00:41:43.399 --> 00:41:44.199
 have mentioned,

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:45.139
 we probably

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:46.039
 think of Jesus

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:47.379
 speaking from

00:41:47.379 --> 00:41:48.980
 the cross in

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:50.619
 Aramaic, even

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:51.460
 though John was

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:52.399
 writing in Greek.

00:41:52.679 --> 00:41:53.239
 And so what

00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:53.699
 would it have

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:54.460
 been like in

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:55.099
 Aramaic?

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:56.960
 As best as we

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.619
 can tell, it

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:58.399
 was probably a

00:41:58.399 --> 00:41:59.179
 phrase like

00:41:59.179 --> 00:42:00.779
 mashalim, which

00:42:00.779 --> 00:42:01.699
 is similar in

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.519
 meaning to the

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:04.119
 Greek, but it

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:04.799
 was a phrase

00:42:04.799 --> 00:42:05.899
 specifically used

00:42:05.899 --> 00:42:07.279
 to indicate the

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:08.500
 completion of a

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:09.080
 sacrifice.

00:42:09.680 --> 00:42:10.420
 It certainly

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.980
 had other

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.560
 meanings,

00:42:12.080 --> 00:42:12.540
 completion,

00:42:12.740 --> 00:42:13.140
 perfection,

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:14.580
 peace, and

00:42:14.580 --> 00:42:15.480
 these could

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:16.320
 relate to the

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:17.140
 fulfillment of

00:42:17.140 --> 00:42:17.940
 a plan or a

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.940
 debt, but

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:19.980
 principally it

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:21.160
 was about the

00:42:21.160 --> 00:42:22.100
 ritual end of

00:42:22.100 --> 00:42:22.780
 a sacrifice.

00:42:24.720 --> 00:42:25.700
 In the most

00:42:25.700 --> 00:42:26.780
 basic sense,

00:42:27.060 --> 00:42:27.940
 over the years

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.860
 Christians have

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:29.560
 thought that this

00:42:29.560 --> 00:42:30.580
 phrase, it is

00:42:30.580 --> 00:42:32.200
 finished, was

00:42:32.200 --> 00:42:33.220
 Jesus saying

00:42:33.220 --> 00:42:33.880
 that he had

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:35.780
 completed his

00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:36.480
 earthly mission,

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:38.079
 paid for the

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:38.579
 sins of

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:41.280
 humanity, and

00:42:41.280 --> 00:42:41.980
 fulfilled

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.579
 prophecy.

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.840
 Sometimes one

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:45.800
 of these aspects

00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:47.119
 is given more

00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:47.619
 weight than

00:42:47.619 --> 00:42:48.840
 others, and

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:49.240
 it's worth

00:42:49.240 --> 00:42:50.219
 considering each

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:50.659
 one of them

00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:52.019
 briefly, and

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:52.599
 of course they

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:53.800
 do interrelate

00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:54.599
 as well.

00:42:55.920 --> 00:43:00.139
 First, it

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:01.320
 clearly represents

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:02.139
 the end of his

00:43:02.139 --> 00:43:02.980
 earthly mission.

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.019
 mission.

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:04.579
 The important

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:06.559
 point here, I

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:07.400
 believe, is that

00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:08.119
 it was a mission

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:09.480
 that he pursued

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:10.920
 and controlled

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:11.780
 of his own

00:43:11.780 --> 00:43:12.519
 volition and

00:43:12.519 --> 00:43:13.980
 will, consistent

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:14.659
 with the

00:43:14.659 --> 00:43:14.980
 Father.

00:43:16.740 --> 00:43:18.960
 So, he

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:19.940
 knew that he

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:20.639
 was completing

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:21.579
 a mission to

00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:24.320
 pay for the

00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:25.059
 sins of

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:26.800
 humanity, and

00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:27.760
 this was

00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:28.380
 something that

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:29.199
 was pursued in

00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:30.260
 a structured way

00:43:30.260 --> 00:43:31.139
 that he was

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:31.679
 well aware

00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:31.920
 of.

00:43:32.339 --> 00:43:33.119
 He was not

00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:33.619
 an unwilling

00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:34.119
 victim.

00:43:35.279 --> 00:43:36.480
 He had set

00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:37.199
 his face to

00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:37.759
 go toward

00:43:37.759 --> 00:43:39.259
 Jerusalem, as

00:43:39.259 --> 00:43:40.139
 Luke says in

00:43:40.139 --> 00:43:41.619
 his gospel, and

00:43:41.619 --> 00:43:42.119
 he knew what

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:43.039
 was involved in

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:43.519
 the physical

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:45.000
 completion of

00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:45.500
 his mission.

00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:47.339
 And the

00:43:47.339 --> 00:43:48.920
 second element,

00:43:49.699 --> 00:43:50.519
 briefly worth

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:51.920
 noting, was

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:52.719
 that he was to

00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:53.059
 be the

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:54.400
 sacrifice for

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:55.159
 the sins of

00:43:55.159 --> 00:43:55.719
 humanity.

00:43:55.719 --> 00:43:55.819
 humanity.

00:43:58.259 --> 00:43:59.399
 The symbolism

00:43:59.399 --> 00:44:00.039
 and the

00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:00.819
 concepts here

00:44:00.819 --> 00:44:01.219
 have been

00:44:01.219 --> 00:44:01.659
 probably

00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:02.699
 elaborated more

00:44:02.699 --> 00:44:03.179
 than some of

00:44:03.179 --> 00:44:03.500
 the other

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:04.099
 meanings that

00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:04.939
 can be

00:44:04.939 --> 00:44:06.000
 associated with

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.679
 this phrase.

00:44:07.819 --> 00:44:09.079
 His death

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:10.239
 basically atones

00:44:10.239 --> 00:44:11.199
 for the sins

00:44:11.199 --> 00:44:12.379
 of humanity,

00:44:12.679 --> 00:44:13.480
 and this is

00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:14.839
 often referred to

00:44:14.839 --> 00:44:15.379
 with phrases

00:44:15.379 --> 00:44:17.559
 like substitutionary

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:18.179
 atonement,

00:44:18.659 --> 00:44:20.659
 although we

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:21.099
 can often

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:21.739
 think of this

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:22.199
 in highly

00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:22.819
 personalized

00:44:22.819 --> 00:44:24.019
 ways as well

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:25.179
 in terms of

00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:25.480
 our own

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:26.159
 experience,

00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:27.860
 rather than

00:44:27.860 --> 00:44:28.480
 theological

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:29.099
 reasoning.

00:44:31.320 --> 00:44:32.259
 Third, and

00:44:32.259 --> 00:44:33.579
 underlying all

00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:34.360
 of the final

00:44:34.360 --> 00:44:35.300
 words, and

00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:36.139
 not just this

00:44:36.139 --> 00:44:36.780
 one certainly,

00:44:38.059 --> 00:44:38.780
 Christ has

00:44:38.780 --> 00:44:39.960
 fulfilled the

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:40.880
 prophecies from

00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:41.559
 the Old or

00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:42.039
 the First

00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:43.119
 Testament, or

00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:44.340
 the Tanakh, if

00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:45.940
 you prefer, just

00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:46.980
 about every step

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:47.699
 of the approach

00:44:47.699 --> 00:44:48.539
 to Jerusalem,

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:51.980
 his triumphs,

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:52.719
 his trials,

00:44:52.719 --> 00:44:53.819
 and his

00:44:53.819 --> 00:44:55.179
 crucifixion, is

00:44:55.179 --> 00:44:55.819
 rooted in the

00:44:55.819 --> 00:44:56.699
 prophecies of

00:44:56.699 --> 00:44:57.019
 the Old

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:57.480
 Testament,

00:44:58.079 --> 00:44:59.199
 principally parts

00:44:59.199 --> 00:44:59.980
 of the Psalms

00:44:59.980 --> 00:45:00.839
 and Isaiah, but

00:45:00.839 --> 00:45:01.980
 certainly other

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:02.399
 books are

00:45:02.399 --> 00:45:03.019
 involved as

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:03.279
 well.

00:45:04.399 --> 00:45:05.199
 Probably the

00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:06.000
 most, to me

00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:06.759
 anyway, vivid

00:45:06.759 --> 00:45:07.439
 and striking

00:45:07.439 --> 00:45:08.379
 illustration of

00:45:08.379 --> 00:45:09.079
 this from a

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:10.299
 symbolic perspective

00:45:10.299 --> 00:45:11.739
 is that prior

00:45:11.739 --> 00:45:12.799
 to saying it

00:45:12.799 --> 00:45:14.279
 is finished, he

00:45:14.279 --> 00:45:16.939
 does say, I

00:45:16.939 --> 00:45:18.179
 thirst, and he

00:45:18.179 --> 00:45:19.599
 did slake his

00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:20.539
 thirst by drinking

00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:21.840
 of the sour

00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:22.340
 wine.

00:45:23.099 --> 00:45:24.420
 And symbolically,

00:45:24.699 --> 00:45:25.980
 this really

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:28.059
 represents the

00:45:28.059 --> 00:45:30.079
 drinking of the

00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:31.039
 cup of God's

00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:33.300
 wrath as a

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:34.279
 way of consuming

00:45:34.279 --> 00:45:36.019
 responsibility for

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:36.860
 the sins of the

00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:37.539
 human race.

00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:40.380
 And once that

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:41.480
 is done, then the

00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:42.800
 whole process of

00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:44.420
 atonement in its

00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:46.000
 immediate sense has

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:46.719
 been completed.

00:45:46.719 --> 00:45:48.619
 and this is a

00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:49.359
 symbolism that

00:45:49.359 --> 00:45:51.059
 occurs in some

00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:51.739
 other parts of

00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:52.439
 the scripture as

00:45:52.439 --> 00:45:52.699
 well.

00:45:55.699 --> 00:45:56.500
 Finally, it's

00:45:56.500 --> 00:45:57.159
 worth noting,

00:45:57.759 --> 00:45:58.219
 apart from

00:45:58.219 --> 00:45:59.219
 specific words

00:45:59.219 --> 00:45:59.799
 and meanings,

00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:01.199
 that the

00:46:01.199 --> 00:46:02.939
 tenses and the

00:46:02.939 --> 00:46:04.539
 structure of the

00:46:04.539 --> 00:46:05.599
 writing in John's

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:06.599
 gospel at this

00:46:06.599 --> 00:46:07.739
 point suggest

00:46:07.739 --> 00:46:08.839
 that this is

00:46:08.839 --> 00:46:10.699
 not just

00:46:10.699 --> 00:46:11.319
 something that

00:46:11.319 --> 00:46:11.819
 has happened

00:46:11.819 --> 00:46:12.879
 once, this is

00:46:12.879 --> 00:46:13.459
 something that

00:46:13.459 --> 00:46:14.679
 has been

00:46:14.679 --> 00:46:15.480
 structured in the

00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:16.320
 past to happen.

00:46:16.699 --> 00:46:17.360
 It's occurring

00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:17.760
 now.

00:46:17.860 --> 00:46:18.579
 It echoes into

00:46:18.579 --> 00:46:19.179
 the future.

00:46:20.079 --> 00:46:21.199
 And the salvation

00:46:21.199 --> 00:46:23.059
 provided by the

00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:24.000
 crucifixion and

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:25.380
 death of Christ is

00:46:25.380 --> 00:46:26.639
 an ongoing thing.

00:46:27.480 --> 00:46:29.260
 And it is the

00:46:29.260 --> 00:46:30.179
 completion of the

00:46:30.179 --> 00:46:31.099
 part of his work

00:46:31.099 --> 00:46:32.500
 that will precede

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:34.139
 his later return

00:46:34.139 --> 00:46:35.559
 as a judge.

00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:36.679
 I invite you to

00:46:36.679 --> 00:46:37.619
 stand for a minute

00:46:37.619 --> 00:46:38.440
 or so of prayer.

00:46:38.440 --> 00:46:38.519
 Thank you.

00:46:38.519 --> 00:46:38.519


00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:54.780
 Father, we give

00:46:54.780 --> 00:46:55.440
 you thanks and

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:56.699
 praise that you

00:46:56.699 --> 00:46:57.420
 are a God who

00:46:57.420 --> 00:46:59.079
 speaks and we

00:46:59.079 --> 00:46:59.579
 ask that you

00:46:59.579 --> 00:47:00.300
 would help us to

00:47:00.300 --> 00:47:01.039
 be a people who

00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:01.380
 listen.

00:47:02.219 --> 00:47:02.900
 We give you

00:47:02.900 --> 00:47:03.400
 thanks and

00:47:03.400 --> 00:47:05.059
 praise that you

00:47:05.059 --> 00:47:05.820
 are a God who

00:47:05.820 --> 00:47:06.699
 has made promises

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:08.880
 and has kept

00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:09.139
 them.

00:47:09.659 --> 00:47:10.360
 And we ask,

00:47:10.599 --> 00:47:11.000
 Father, that you

00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:11.699
 would make us a

00:47:11.699 --> 00:47:13.920
 people who hears

00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:14.599
 your promises,

00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:15.680
 remembers them,

00:47:16.200 --> 00:47:17.000
 and trust that

00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:17.559
 you will keep

00:47:17.559 --> 00:47:18.880
 them, both those

00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:19.159
 who you have

00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:20.059
 already kept and

00:47:20.059 --> 00:47:20.559
 those that you

00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:21.360
 will keep in our

00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:22.380
 lives and in our

00:47:22.380 --> 00:47:22.740
 future.

00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:24.539
 And we thank and

00:47:24.539 --> 00:47:25.039
 praise you,

00:47:25.180 --> 00:47:26.639
 Father, that you

00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:27.480
 have provided a

00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:28.440
 way for there to

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:30.039
 be, for people

00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:31.099
 like us to be part

00:47:31.099 --> 00:47:32.079
 of your new

00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:32.440
 covenant.

00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:33.880
 We thank you,

00:47:34.000 --> 00:47:34.539
 Father, that

00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:35.460
 because Jesus

00:47:35.460 --> 00:47:36.539
 drank the cup of

00:47:36.539 --> 00:47:37.920
 your wrath on

00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:40.059
 our behalf, we

00:47:40.059 --> 00:47:42.260
 can spiritually

00:47:42.260 --> 00:47:44.180
 feed and drink

00:47:44.180 --> 00:47:45.460
 on him in the

00:47:45.460 --> 00:47:46.080
 Lord's Supper.

00:47:47.100 --> 00:47:48.040
 And so, Father, we

00:47:48.040 --> 00:47:48.720
 ask that you would

00:47:48.720 --> 00:47:49.780
 help us to feed

00:47:49.780 --> 00:47:50.960
 and drink on

00:47:50.960 --> 00:47:51.420
 Christ.

00:47:51.800 --> 00:47:52.720
 And we ask this

00:47:52.720 --> 00:47:54.200
 in Jesus' name.

00:47:54.540 --> 00:47:54.920
 Amen.

00:47:55.980 --> 00:47:57.120
 Invite you to be

00:47:57.120 --> 00:47:58.620
 seated as Samuel

00:47:58.620 --> 00:48:00.580
 reflects on the

00:48:00.580 --> 00:48:01.840
 seventh and last

00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:02.380
 word.

00:48:03.500 --> 00:48:05.060
 The seventh word

00:48:05.060 --> 00:48:06.120
 is from Luke

00:48:06.120 --> 00:48:07.860
 23, 46.

00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:09.900
 Then Jesus,

00:48:10.500 --> 00:48:11.300
 calling out with a

00:48:11.300 --> 00:48:11.980
 loud voice,

00:48:12.260 --> 00:48:13.960
 said, Father,

00:48:14.700 --> 00:48:15.700
 into your hands

00:48:15.700 --> 00:48:16.780
 I commit my

00:48:16.780 --> 00:48:17.180
 spirit.

00:48:18.320 --> 00:48:19.100
 And having said

00:48:19.100 --> 00:48:20.580
 this, he breathed

00:48:20.580 --> 00:48:21.220
 his last.

00:48:23.180 --> 00:48:24.260
 These were the

00:48:24.260 --> 00:48:25.300
 final words Jesus

00:48:25.300 --> 00:48:26.000
 spoke on the

00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:26.400
 cross.

00:48:27.860 --> 00:48:29.140
 At this point,

00:48:29.700 --> 00:48:30.700
 Jesus had already

00:48:30.700 --> 00:48:31.560
 been through so

00:48:31.560 --> 00:48:32.000
 much.

00:48:33.220 --> 00:48:34.080
 He was betrayed,

00:48:35.360 --> 00:48:35.940
 flogged,

00:48:36.520 --> 00:48:37.860
 humiliated in

00:48:37.860 --> 00:48:38.200
 front of

00:48:38.200 --> 00:48:38.600
 everyone,

00:48:38.599 --> 00:48:40.880
 and finally

00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:41.860
 nailed to the

00:48:41.860 --> 00:48:42.259
 cross.

00:48:43.819 --> 00:48:44.940
 From a human

00:48:44.940 --> 00:48:45.619
 perspective,

00:48:46.380 --> 00:48:47.380
 everything seemed

00:48:47.380 --> 00:48:48.339
 to be in utter

00:48:48.339 --> 00:48:48.860
 despair,

00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:50.420
 with no light,

00:48:51.099 --> 00:48:52.059
 no hope,

00:48:52.559 --> 00:48:53.619
 only complete

00:48:53.619 --> 00:48:54.779
 crushing defeat.

00:48:56.039 --> 00:48:57.460
 But even in that

00:48:57.460 --> 00:48:57.920
 moment,

00:48:59.139 --> 00:49:00.139
 even with his

00:49:00.139 --> 00:49:00.860
 last breath,

00:49:02.179 --> 00:49:03.099
 Jesus did not

00:49:03.099 --> 00:49:03.860
 surrender to

00:49:03.860 --> 00:49:04.639
 bitterness or

00:49:04.639 --> 00:49:05.079
 despair.

00:49:05.079 --> 00:49:05.139
 fear.

00:49:06.139 --> 00:49:07.239
 He did not

00:49:07.239 --> 00:49:07.960
 turn away from

00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:09.380
 God, nor did

00:49:09.380 --> 00:49:09.980
 he speak in

00:49:09.980 --> 00:49:10.340
 anger.

00:49:11.799 --> 00:49:12.719
 Instead, he

00:49:12.719 --> 00:49:13.799
 said with a

00:49:13.799 --> 00:49:14.539
 loud voice,

00:49:15.539 --> 00:49:16.900
 Father, into

00:49:16.900 --> 00:49:18.239
 your hands I

00:49:18.239 --> 00:49:18.799
 commit my

00:49:18.799 --> 00:49:19.199
 spirit.

00:49:21.559 --> 00:49:22.099
 Even in

00:49:22.099 --> 00:49:23.840
 suffering, even

00:49:23.840 --> 00:49:24.739
 in uncertainty,

00:49:25.840 --> 00:49:26.319
 even in

00:49:26.319 --> 00:49:28.079
 death, Jesus

00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:29.219
 chose to trust

00:49:29.219 --> 00:49:29.659
 God.

00:49:29.659 --> 00:49:31.859
 God, he

00:49:31.859 --> 00:49:32.460
 placed his

00:49:32.460 --> 00:49:33.119
 very life

00:49:33.119 --> 00:49:33.719
 into the

00:49:33.719 --> 00:49:34.159
 Father's

00:49:34.159 --> 00:49:34.480
 hand.

00:49:36.299 --> 00:49:37.239
 This is a

00:49:37.239 --> 00:49:38.239
 picture of

00:49:38.239 --> 00:49:39.139
 complete faith.

00:49:41.659 --> 00:49:42.259
 Jesus

00:49:42.259 --> 00:49:42.920
 sets an

00:49:42.920 --> 00:49:43.819
 example for

00:49:43.819 --> 00:49:44.559
 all of us.

00:49:45.799 --> 00:49:46.440
 He reminds

00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:48.879
 us that

00:49:48.879 --> 00:49:49.539
 even in our

00:49:49.539 --> 00:49:50.299
 most difficult

00:49:50.299 --> 00:49:52.779
 situations, he

00:49:52.779 --> 00:49:53.480
 is with us.

00:49:56.199 --> 00:49:56.879
 Everything

00:49:56.879 --> 00:49:58.440
 is, nothing

00:49:58.440 --> 00:49:59.139
 is beyond

00:49:59.139 --> 00:49:59.539
 God's

00:49:59.539 --> 00:50:00.559
 control, and

00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:00.879
 that we

00:50:00.879 --> 00:50:01.420
 can trust

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 him even

00:50:02.179 --> 00:50:02.559
 in our

00:50:02.559 --> 00:50:03.179
 most difficult

00:50:03.179 --> 00:50:03.779
 moments.

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 Some of

00:50:06.460 --> 00:50:06.940
 us here

00:50:06.940 --> 00:50:07.699
 today have

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 been through

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 or may

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 even now be

00:50:10.619 --> 00:50:11.279
 walking through

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 very difficult

00:50:12.079 --> 00:50:12.779
 situations.

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 We may

00:50:14.960 --> 00:50:15.699
 feel trapped,

00:50:16.359 --> 00:50:17.440
 without hope,

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 as if we

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 were thrown

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 in extreme

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 darkness,

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 with no

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 light, and

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 absolutely no

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 way out.

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 We may not

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 understand why

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 things are

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 happening,

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 we may

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 feel confused,

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 afraid, or

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 even defeated.

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 But because

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 of the

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 example Jesus

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 set on the

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 cross, we

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 are reminded

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 that we are

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 not alone,

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 and we are

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 not forgotten.

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 God is

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 with us.

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 So on this

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 Good Friday,

00:50:53.379 --> 00:50:54.559
 as we remember

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 the suffering

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 of Jesus,

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 we also

00:50:57.139 --> 00:50:58.079
 remember his

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 trust.

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 And maybe

00:51:00.779 --> 00:51:01.539
 we can ask

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 ourselves,

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 can we also

00:51:04.339 --> 00:51:05.099
 surrender our

00:51:05.099 --> 00:51:05.659
 lives into

00:51:05.659 --> 00:51:06.480
 God's hands,

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 not only when

00:51:08.259 --> 00:51:08.859
 it's easy,

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 but also in our

00:51:10.379 --> 00:51:11.219
 darkest moments?

00:51:14.639 --> 00:51:15.519
 Trusting God

00:51:15.519 --> 00:51:16.239
 doesn't mean we

00:51:16.239 --> 00:51:16.899
 have all the

00:51:16.899 --> 00:51:17.359
 answers.

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 It means we

00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:20.179
 know the one

00:51:20.179 --> 00:51:20.839
 who does.

00:51:20.840 --> 00:51:20.960
 trust us.

00:51:22.160 --> 00:51:23.120
 And because

00:51:23.120 --> 00:51:24.340
 of that, it

00:51:24.340 --> 00:51:24.700
 gives us

00:51:24.700 --> 00:51:25.480
 strength to

00:51:25.480 --> 00:51:26.000
 hold on.

00:51:28.680 --> 00:51:29.600
 We trust

00:51:29.600 --> 00:51:30.200
 God not

00:51:30.200 --> 00:51:31.019
 because everything

00:51:31.019 --> 00:51:31.519
 is going

00:51:31.519 --> 00:51:33.079
 well, but

00:51:33.079 --> 00:51:34.240
 because he

00:51:34.240 --> 00:51:34.740
 is faithful.

00:51:34.739 --> 00:51:37.299
 to stand

00:51:37.299 --> 00:51:37.859
 for a minute

00:51:37.859 --> 00:51:38.539
 or so of

00:51:38.539 --> 00:51:39.759
 silent prayer.

00:51:50.500 --> 00:51:51.059
 Father,

00:51:51.419 --> 00:51:52.799
 we commend

00:51:52.799 --> 00:51:53.239
 into your

00:51:53.239 --> 00:51:53.839
 hands the

00:51:53.839 --> 00:51:54.359
 persecuted

00:51:54.359 --> 00:51:54.779
 church

00:51:54.779 --> 00:51:55.219
 throughout the

00:51:55.219 --> 00:51:55.539
 world.

00:51:56.819 --> 00:51:57.339
 We think

00:51:57.339 --> 00:51:58.219
 in particular,

00:51:58.579 --> 00:51:58.679
 Father,

00:51:58.839 --> 00:52:00.419
 lamentably,

00:52:00.579 --> 00:52:01.139
 there's too

00:52:01.139 --> 00:52:02.019
 many countries

00:52:02.019 --> 00:52:02.659
 for me to

00:52:02.659 --> 00:52:02.959
 name,

00:52:03.799 --> 00:52:04.139
 but we

00:52:04.139 --> 00:52:04.500
 think in

00:52:04.500 --> 00:52:05.259
 particular of

00:52:05.259 --> 00:52:05.819
 the persecuted

00:52:05.819 --> 00:52:06.400
 church in

00:52:06.400 --> 00:52:06.759
 Iran,

00:52:07.759 --> 00:52:08.759
 in Pakistan,

00:52:09.920 --> 00:52:10.859
 in China,

00:52:11.819 --> 00:52:12.539
 in northern

00:52:12.539 --> 00:52:13.199
 Nigeria,

00:52:13.859 --> 00:52:14.859
 and as I've

00:52:14.859 --> 00:52:15.099
 said,

00:52:15.239 --> 00:52:15.420
 Father,

00:52:15.539 --> 00:52:16.099
 too many other

00:52:16.099 --> 00:52:16.759
 places to

00:52:16.759 --> 00:52:17.739
 list,

00:52:17.920 --> 00:52:18.339
 but we

00:52:18.339 --> 00:52:20.039
 commend these

00:52:20.039 --> 00:52:20.539
 our brothers

00:52:20.539 --> 00:52:21.219
 and sisters

00:52:21.219 --> 00:52:21.859
 in Christ

00:52:21.859 --> 00:52:22.379
 into your

00:52:22.379 --> 00:52:22.799
 hands.

00:52:23.099 --> 00:52:23.500
 We ask,

00:52:23.799 --> 00:52:23.879
 Father,

00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:24.420
 that you

00:52:24.420 --> 00:52:25.039
 would continue

00:52:25.039 --> 00:52:25.539
 to give

00:52:25.539 --> 00:52:26.259
 them strength

00:52:26.259 --> 00:52:26.960
 to stand

00:52:26.960 --> 00:52:28.440
 in very

00:52:28.440 --> 00:52:29.359
 hard times,

00:52:29.480 --> 00:52:29.879
 to kneel

00:52:29.879 --> 00:52:30.420
 in prayer

00:52:30.420 --> 00:52:30.879
 in very

00:52:30.879 --> 00:52:31.739
 hard times.

00:52:32.400 --> 00:52:33.000
 We thank

00:52:33.000 --> 00:52:33.279
 you for

00:52:33.279 --> 00:52:33.879
 their faith,

00:52:34.139 --> 00:52:34.980
 and

00:52:34.980 --> 00:52:35.279
 we ask,

00:52:35.500 --> 00:52:35.619
 Father,

00:52:35.739 --> 00:52:36.079
 for their

00:52:36.079 --> 00:52:36.799
 tormentors

00:52:36.799 --> 00:52:37.719
 and persecutors

00:52:37.719 --> 00:52:38.299
 that you

00:52:38.299 --> 00:52:38.739
 would turn

00:52:38.739 --> 00:52:39.440
 their hearts

00:52:39.440 --> 00:52:40.819
 away from

00:52:40.819 --> 00:52:41.519
 persecution

00:52:41.519 --> 00:52:43.819
 and violence

00:52:43.819 --> 00:52:44.539
 and turn

00:52:44.539 --> 00:52:45.039
 their hearts

00:52:45.039 --> 00:52:45.619
 to Christ.

00:52:46.719 --> 00:52:47.359
 We also

00:52:47.359 --> 00:52:48.199
 remember before

00:52:48.199 --> 00:52:48.879
 you at this

00:52:48.879 --> 00:52:49.139
 time,

00:52:49.319 --> 00:52:49.559
 Father,

00:52:49.719 --> 00:52:51.179
 the missionaries

00:52:51.179 --> 00:52:51.539
 that we

00:52:51.539 --> 00:52:52.379
 support around

00:52:52.379 --> 00:52:52.920
 the world.

00:52:53.119 --> 00:52:53.579
 We commend

00:52:53.579 --> 00:52:53.960
 into your

00:52:53.960 --> 00:52:54.699
 hands Trish

00:52:54.699 --> 00:52:55.379
 in Uganda,

00:52:56.319 --> 00:52:56.679
 Kogala

00:52:56.679 --> 00:52:57.199
 Ministries

00:52:57.199 --> 00:52:57.920
 also in

00:52:57.920 --> 00:52:58.379
 Uganda,

00:52:59.099 --> 00:52:59.799
 Norm and

00:52:59.799 --> 00:53:01.059
 Audrey in

00:53:01.059 --> 00:53:01.840
 Angola,

00:53:02.920 --> 00:53:03.759
 Judah and

00:53:03.759 --> 00:53:04.799
 Jesse amongst

00:53:04.799 --> 00:53:05.500
 Venezuelan

00:53:05.500 --> 00:53:06.739
 refugees in

00:53:06.739 --> 00:53:07.400
 Colombia,

00:53:08.400 --> 00:53:09.380
 for Brian

00:53:09.380 --> 00:53:10.719
 in Taiwan,

00:53:11.860 --> 00:53:12.860
 for Samir

00:53:12.860 --> 00:53:13.739
 amongst the

00:53:13.739 --> 00:53:14.599
 Derry-speaking

00:53:14.599 --> 00:53:16.119
 refugees and

00:53:16.119 --> 00:53:16.840
 Derry-speaking

00:53:16.840 --> 00:53:17.460
 people in

00:53:17.460 --> 00:53:18.099
 Afghanistan.

00:53:19.380 --> 00:53:19.820
 Father,

00:53:19.920 --> 00:53:20.779
 we commend

00:53:20.779 --> 00:53:21.880
 these missionaries

00:53:21.880 --> 00:53:22.679
 into your

00:53:22.679 --> 00:53:23.159
 hands.

00:53:23.619 --> 00:53:24.380
 We commend

00:53:24.380 --> 00:53:25.360
 their locations

00:53:25.360 --> 00:53:26.019
 as well.

00:53:27.079 --> 00:53:27.559
 May you,

00:53:27.559 --> 00:53:28.239
 at this

00:53:28.239 --> 00:53:28.679
 time,

00:53:28.900 --> 00:53:29.480
 distant from

00:53:29.480 --> 00:53:29.980
 family,

00:53:30.159 --> 00:53:30.619
 may they

00:53:30.619 --> 00:53:31.719
 rejoice in

00:53:31.719 --> 00:53:32.340
 their Christian

00:53:32.340 --> 00:53:33.000
 brothers and

00:53:33.000 --> 00:53:33.539
 sisters in

00:53:33.539 --> 00:53:34.159
 these places.

00:53:35.079 --> 00:53:35.420
 May you

00:53:35.420 --> 00:53:35.900
 bless them

00:53:35.900 --> 00:53:36.179
 in all

00:53:36.179 --> 00:53:36.940
 things physical

00:53:36.940 --> 00:53:37.820
 and spiritual.

00:53:39.360 --> 00:53:39.559
 And,

00:53:39.659 --> 00:53:39.759
 Father,

00:53:39.860 --> 00:53:40.719
 we commend

00:53:40.719 --> 00:53:41.279
 ourselves

00:53:41.279 --> 00:53:41.759
 into your

00:53:41.759 --> 00:53:42.099
 hands.

00:53:42.199 --> 00:53:42.420
 In the

00:53:42.420 --> 00:53:42.880
 words of

00:53:42.880 --> 00:53:43.400
 Samuel,

00:53:43.579 --> 00:53:43.799
 who has

00:53:43.799 --> 00:53:44.380
 just spoken,

00:53:44.519 --> 00:53:44.900
 we ask,

00:53:44.900 --> 00:53:45.279
 Father,

00:53:45.440 --> 00:53:45.820
 that whether

00:53:45.820 --> 00:53:46.320
 in good

00:53:46.320 --> 00:53:47.000
 times or

00:53:47.000 --> 00:53:47.539
 in bad,

00:53:48.179 --> 00:53:48.860
 in times

00:53:48.860 --> 00:53:49.239
 of our

00:53:49.239 --> 00:53:50.659
 height of

00:53:50.659 --> 00:53:51.659
 joy and

00:53:51.659 --> 00:53:52.000
 in our

00:53:52.000 --> 00:53:52.719
 times of

00:53:52.719 --> 00:53:53.099
 deepest

00:53:53.099 --> 00:53:53.539
 sorrow,

00:53:53.739 --> 00:53:54.039
 that you

00:53:54.039 --> 00:53:54.500
 would help

00:53:54.500 --> 00:53:55.159
 us day by

00:53:55.159 --> 00:53:55.739
 day to

00:53:55.739 --> 00:53:56.079
 commend

00:53:56.079 --> 00:53:56.619
 ourselves

00:53:56.619 --> 00:53:57.139
 into your

00:53:57.139 --> 00:53:57.539
 hands.

00:53:58.559 --> 00:53:59.279
 Trusting that

00:53:59.279 --> 00:53:59.880
 you walk

00:53:59.880 --> 00:54:01.179
 with us and

00:54:01.179 --> 00:54:01.500
 that the

00:54:01.500 --> 00:54:02.039
 end of our

00:54:02.039 --> 00:54:02.820
 story has

00:54:02.820 --> 00:54:03.440
 already been

00:54:03.440 --> 00:54:04.579
 revealed when

00:54:04.579 --> 00:54:05.039
 we put our

00:54:05.039 --> 00:54:05.460
 faith and

00:54:05.460 --> 00:54:05.940
 trust in

00:54:05.940 --> 00:54:06.219
 Jesus.

00:54:06.920 --> 00:54:07.559
 So we ask

00:54:07.559 --> 00:54:08.039
 all these

00:54:08.039 --> 00:54:08.480
 things in

00:54:08.480 --> 00:54:08.779
 the name

00:54:08.779 --> 00:54:09.299
 of Jesus,

00:54:09.460 --> 00:54:09.980
 your Son

00:54:09.980 --> 00:54:10.420
 and our

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 Savior.

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 Amen.

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