WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.480 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.980 --> 00:00:09.560 Our passion is to experience and express grace. 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:10.620 Join us. 00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:13.839 Amen. 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:16.960 Thank you all so much. 00:00:17.019 --> 00:00:22.460 I love that song, He has beaten death at death's own game. 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:27.160 Isn't that the story of the Easter week and of the gospel message? 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:34.259 As I set up here for just a minute, I'm excited about Easter. 00:00:34.480 --> 00:00:37.420 I'm really thankful for Cole's words. 00:00:37.420 --> 00:00:42.380 I hope you're able to celebrate with us at some of these special events this week. 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:45.359 And also invite your friends to be a part of that. 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:51.340 You'll see even as you go look at the events, there are ways you can serve to help us be prepared to welcome people. 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:55.879 We do need your help with that, with food and other ways that you welcome people. 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:58.920 But it's because we're celebrating good news, right? 00:00:59.400 --> 00:01:00.500 That's why we would do this. 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:02.620 That's why you'd come to a service on a Thursday night. 00:01:02.900 --> 00:01:08.120 Because there's good news that is worth celebrating and it's worth sharing, isn't it? 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:11.560 Both of those things we get the privilege of doing this week. 00:01:11.620 --> 00:01:11.799 Amen? 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:14.020 Let's do that together. 00:01:16.300 --> 00:01:17.640 Easter Sunday is coming. 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:18.640 Easter Sunday is coming. 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:21.599 But in our study in Luke, it's still Friday. 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:32.340 From the praises of Palm Sunday that we've been enjoying this morning, now we've come to the crucifixion itself on Friday morning. 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:42.840 Last week we saw Jesus as the forgiving Savior, even as He was nailed to the cross, having mercy on those around Him. 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:48.219 He promises eternal life with Him to the dying thief, doesn't He? 00:01:49.340 --> 00:01:51.520 And now it's noon. 00:01:52.600 --> 00:01:56.620 It doesn't look or feel like it here outside Jerusalem. 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:01.100 And we're going to hear the rest of the story of the death of Jesus. 00:02:01.320 --> 00:02:02.640 Luke chapter 23. 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:07.240 We'll pick up the reading at verse 44. 00:02:08.180 --> 00:02:10.500 This is God's holy Word. 00:02:10.500 --> 00:02:20.280 It was now about the sixth hour, noon, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun's light failed. 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:23.900 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 00:02:25.219 --> 00:02:27.819 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, 00:02:27.939 --> 00:02:30.520 Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit. 00:02:31.900 --> 00:02:34.780 And having said this, He breathed His last. 00:02:34.780 --> 00:02:40.340 Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, 00:02:40.699 --> 00:02:42.300 Certainly this man was innocent. 00:02:42.920 --> 00:02:49.039 And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts. 00:02:49.539 --> 00:02:55.099 And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things. 00:02:56.599 --> 00:03:00.340 Now there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea. 00:03:00.340 --> 00:03:06.640 He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, who had not consented to their decision and action. 00:03:07.180 --> 00:03:09.219 And he was looking for the kingdom of God. 00:03:09.860 --> 00:03:12.520 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:19.319 Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone where no one had ever yet been laid. 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:23.060 It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning. 00:03:23.060 --> 00:03:29.580 The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. 00:03:30.420 --> 00:03:33.479 Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. 00:03:34.060 --> 00:03:38.060 On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. 00:03:38.640 --> 00:03:39.259 Let's pray. 00:03:43.340 --> 00:03:51.560 Father, very somber words for sure as we hear of the death of our Savior. 00:03:51.560 --> 00:04:08.939 Would you have it to be that we would understand not merely what happened, but why and why each and every one of us needs his death and needs to trust the Savior. 00:04:09.640 --> 00:04:13.000 Father, speak to us by your Spirit through your Word. 00:04:13.780 --> 00:04:14.480 We need it. 00:04:14.479 --> 00:04:22.959 We come sinful and needy and weak and ask that you would speak and that you would heal and that you would give life. 00:04:23.339 --> 00:04:24.259 In Jesus' name. 00:04:25.459 --> 00:04:25.819 Amen. 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:32.519 Jesus really died. 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:37.759 Jesus really died. 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:40.060 When we read that a few moments ago. 00:04:40.659 --> 00:04:48.120 But I just want to acknowledge up front how utterly remarkable that reality is. 00:04:48.779 --> 00:04:51.500 Jesus really died. 00:04:52.659 --> 00:04:55.879 The Lord of life expires. 00:04:55.879 --> 00:05:01.879 The promised Messiah King who healed others who were dying. 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:06.100 Who walked through crowds prepared to kill Him. 00:05:07.379 --> 00:05:11.379 Hangs on the cross and breathes His last. 00:05:12.219 --> 00:05:19.439 The heart of the perfect Son of God that beats with love, beats no more. 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:28.879 I considered stopping this sermon right there and having us ponder that puzzle. 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:36.120 We've heard this so many times that perhaps reading over it in one verse is old hat and we think, 00:05:36.180 --> 00:05:37.980 yeah, sure, that's what happens next. 00:05:39.459 --> 00:05:43.480 Can you even wrap your mind around that reality this morning? 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:45.620 It's hard, isn't it? 00:05:46.780 --> 00:05:50.819 It's hard to imagine Jesus really died. 00:05:51.660 --> 00:05:56.780 But Jesus has been telling us all along that His death is absolutely essential. 00:05:57.140 --> 00:05:59.420 That it's vital that it must happen, right? 00:06:00.520 --> 00:06:03.080 It's vital to who He is and why He has come. 00:06:03.460 --> 00:06:05.900 In fact, Paul tells us that when he starts saying, 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:08.460 here are the things that are most important, what do they start with? 00:06:08.459 --> 00:06:14.180 That Christ Jesus died and that He was buried. 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:17.680 Two things we just read about. 00:06:18.259 --> 00:06:22.259 What's most important for us to know in all the world are those truths. 00:06:22.579 --> 00:06:24.759 Luke makes sure that we don't miss either of them. 00:06:24.819 --> 00:06:26.639 That's a big part of this passage. 00:06:27.099 --> 00:06:30.779 That as usual, he is documenting with eyewitnesses. 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:34.000 This time a wide range of eyewitnesses. 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:35.539 Roman centurions. 00:06:36.939 --> 00:06:37.879 Jewish women. 00:06:38.459 --> 00:06:40.819 Crowds from outside Jerusalem. 00:06:41.259 --> 00:06:43.019 A Jewish religious leader. 00:06:43.259 --> 00:06:44.439 Greatly respected. 00:06:45.659 --> 00:06:49.439 They all see and can affirm what happens here. 00:06:51.459 --> 00:06:55.719 It's important to Luke to establish that Jesus really died. 00:06:56.779 --> 00:06:58.740 Because Jesus really died. 00:07:00.779 --> 00:07:03.620 Perhaps that seems normal to us. 00:07:03.620 --> 00:07:08.459 But it wouldn't have earned His followers any points, would it? 00:07:08.540 --> 00:07:11.100 To talk about their leader who had died. 00:07:12.620 --> 00:07:16.980 Certainly would seem easier to promote a powerful, conquering Messiah. 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:19.680 Because all the people around were looking for one, weren't they? 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:21.240 They were longing for that. 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:30.639 As I was reminded recently, Islam teaches that part of Jesus' good name and being a great person is that He never actually died. 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:34.180 But rather that Allah brought Jesus to Himself. 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:37.199 That's the way to make someone you respect important, right? 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:43.620 Unless that's not the way it happened. 00:07:43.620 --> 00:07:47.139 Luke wants the historical truth, remember? 00:07:47.259 --> 00:07:48.620 No matter how hard it is. 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:53.339 Luke's eyewitnesses walk with Jesus all week. 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:54.680 And all weekend. 00:07:55.060 --> 00:07:58.379 And follow Him every step of the way to the cross. 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:00.180 Until His side is pierced. 00:08:00.180 --> 00:08:03.819 His blood and water pour out. 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:08.060 He's taken, wrapped up, buried in a tomb. 00:08:10.300 --> 00:08:16.360 Hundreds of these witnesses that are in the city this day will, in coming months, 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:22.100 give their lives for the truth of Jesus' death and resurrection. 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:25.340 That's how sure they are of what they saw. 00:08:25.340 --> 00:08:29.360 They themselves will die for their belief in that truth. 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:32.779 Jesus really dies. 00:08:34.980 --> 00:08:36.820 Luke wants us to know that. 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:45.419 But he also wants us to see a couple of other occurrences around Jesus' death that show us the significance of it. 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:47.200 Why did He die? 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:49.580 Why not another way? 00:08:50.460 --> 00:08:53.539 What did Jesus' death accomplish? 00:08:53.539 --> 00:08:59.980 First, notice that Jesus in His death took our judgment. 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:06.899 We saw last week how Jesus kept speaking of repentance and forgiveness at the cross. 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:12.959 But now, here Luke highlights the just penalty that our sin deserves. 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:26.960 Verse 44, it was now about the sixth hour and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour while the sun's light failed. 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:31.120 Noon to three o'clock. 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:32.480 Darkness. 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:35.040 Not just a cloudy day. 00:09:35.420 --> 00:09:37.440 The sun's light goes out. 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:39.160 That's amazing. 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:40.939 That's what the sun does, isn't it? 00:09:42.259 --> 00:09:44.120 The sun's light fails. 00:09:44.339 --> 00:09:48.019 I'm not sure exactly how God worked this out. 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:54.519 But it's clear that creation is groaning as Jesus hangs on the cross. 00:09:55.659 --> 00:10:00.039 In particular, this darkness is a picture of God's judgment. 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:03.439 We could read about it in many prophets. 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:05.299 Joel, Zephaniah. 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:13.039 But this morning, I want to look briefly at Amos chapter 8 where God is speaking of His judgment on His people. 00:10:13.439 --> 00:10:16.000 On the day of the Lord, His coming judgment. 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:19.099 And I'll just read a couple of the verses that describe it. 00:10:19.419 --> 00:10:21.759 On that day, declares the Lord God, 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:26.480 I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:29.680 I'll turn your feasts into mourning. 00:10:29.800 --> 00:10:31.500 All your songs into lamentation. 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:34.899 I'll bring sackcloth on every waist and baldness on every head. 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:38.060 I will make it like the mourning for an only son. 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:41.440 And the end of it like a bitter day. 00:10:42.920 --> 00:10:44.240 A day of mourning. 00:10:45.820 --> 00:10:48.060 Like mourning for an only son. 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:51.300 Interesting that God would cast it in those terms, isn't it? 00:10:51.299 --> 00:10:54.139 The darkness that comes. 00:10:54.259 --> 00:10:57.019 A picture of the judgment of God. 00:10:57.240 --> 00:11:00.699 Not merely on those who are killing His son. 00:11:01.019 --> 00:11:02.439 But on sin. 00:11:05.439 --> 00:11:08.339 See, it's the sin of God's creatures. 00:11:08.620 --> 00:11:13.679 Our rebellion against Him in our thoughts, words, attitudes, actions. 00:11:13.939 --> 00:11:16.799 That incites His just wrath, isn't it? 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:22.039 Forgiveness that we've been talking about is needed at the cross 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:27.399 because a holy God has been repeatedly and willfully turned against. 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:32.699 People, you and me included, have decided to pursue our own ways. 00:11:33.659 --> 00:11:37.599 To find life and fulfillment and things and people other than God. 00:11:38.979 --> 00:11:42.120 And the Bible tells us the wages of that sin is death. 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:44.320 That's what our sin deserves. 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:47.940 The wrath and curse of God forever. 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:55.940 God tells us Himself He will not and cannot overlook sin and clear guilty people. 00:11:56.500 --> 00:11:57.460 He's too righteous. 00:11:58.500 --> 00:12:02.580 Too good of a judge to declare guilty people innocent, isn't He? 00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:04.120 He won't do it. 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:08.360 So sin must be punished. 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:13.860 And the darkness moves in. 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:18.940 You can feel that sin must be punished. 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:21.480 This day will not be the only day, 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:27.820 but one particular glimpse of God's judgment breaking into human history. 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:33.240 See, when God's just judgment on your sin shows up, 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:34.800 it's not a small thing. 00:12:35.899 --> 00:12:38.180 I've had people say to me things like, 00:12:38.179 --> 00:12:41.120 yeah, I deserve to lose that job. 00:12:41.859 --> 00:12:43.659 Or to lose that relationship. 00:12:43.839 --> 00:12:45.659 Or even to lose that game. 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:48.839 Because I really messed up. 00:12:49.899 --> 00:12:51.559 God was getting me back. 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:53.879 Giving me what I deserved. 00:12:56.259 --> 00:12:56.859 Friends, 00:12:57.779 --> 00:13:02.919 do we not see the true awfulness of our sin? 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:05.219 The game? 00:13:05.220 --> 00:13:08.980 If God was getting you back, 00:13:09.420 --> 00:13:11.340 making you pay for your sin, 00:13:11.540 --> 00:13:15.240 it would have been far, far worse than that, yes? 00:13:16.580 --> 00:13:19.080 Sin deserves death. 00:13:19.899 --> 00:13:21.980 When it gets its just reward, 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:23.740 that's the only thing. 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:25.820 Death and death forever. 00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:30.720 I want to show you a picture of what happened on that cross 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:35.980 that I can still remember my RUF campus minister showing me in college. 00:13:37.280 --> 00:13:40.280 It seems like a good time of year for eggs, right? 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:45.019 Kids, you may be looking forward to some eggs, 00:13:45.179 --> 00:13:48.519 but this morning, it's not looking so good for the egg. 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:52.199 I've got an egg and a hammer for this illustration. 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:55.600 It's not looking great for the egg, is it? 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:59.580 But see, the egg represents us. 00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:01.180 Okay? 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:03.639 And no matter how hard we try 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:05.100 and all the good things we do 00:14:05.100 --> 00:14:07.759 to try to make ourselves look clean 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:09.540 and shiny on the outside, 00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:12.639 we go to church and we do good things, 00:14:12.800 --> 00:14:15.879 and it's all still an eggshell. 00:14:16.340 --> 00:14:18.500 That's all we can do on our own 00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:20.340 because of our sin. 00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:24.060 Leaves us a little bit fragile, doesn't it? 00:14:24.059 --> 00:14:30.379 The hammer in this picture represents God's wrath 00:14:30.379 --> 00:14:33.299 because of our sin, 00:14:33.579 --> 00:14:36.899 we deserve to be crushed by God. 00:14:36.979 --> 00:14:39.039 That's what should happen to our sin, right? 00:14:39.219 --> 00:14:41.859 We should be crushed by God forever. 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:45.879 And in God's wrath comes, 00:14:46.299 --> 00:14:50.059 His just judgment comes on sin and sinners. 00:14:50.539 --> 00:14:51.739 And you see what happens 00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:56.060 when God's just judgment comes on our sin is... 00:14:56.060 --> 00:15:00.560 Actually, that's not exactly how the story goes, is it? 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:02.440 The one we read this morning, 00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:05.200 actually in God's story, 00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:06.720 something else happens, doesn't it? 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:10.139 And it's not that the egg gets any better. 00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:14.639 It's not that the hammer goes away. 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:18.860 But something else steps in. 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:24.439 This paint can here will represent Jesus. 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:28.759 Jesus comes and on the cross, 00:15:28.819 --> 00:15:29.860 what does Jesus do? 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:31.840 Jesus steps in, 00:15:31.939 --> 00:15:35.080 into the place where those cursed sinners 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:36.419 are supposed to be. 00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:40.139 And He stands there on the cross 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:41.919 where the sinners were. 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:44.860 And God says that He decided, 00:15:45.199 --> 00:15:47.439 instead of His wrath coming on our sin, 00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:51.299 He decided to crush Jesus, right? 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:54.220 That the hammer of God's wrath 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:57.399 really did come down on Jesus. 00:15:59.460 --> 00:16:00.740 Nobody's sleeping anymore, is there? 00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:05.460 That Jesus was crushed 00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:07.759 in our place. 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:11.460 That He took the wrath of God 00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:12.759 that was meant for us 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:16.399 and He protected us. 00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:19.340 That we're safe because 00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:23.139 He covered us and protected us. 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:26.279 See, Jesus didn't deserve to die at all, 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:26.899 did He? 00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:30.939 Even the soldier in charge 00:16:30.939 --> 00:16:32.139 of putting Him on the cross 00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:33.259 could see that. 00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:37.199 Certainly, this man was innocent. 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.279 Righteous. 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:41.399 That's five times now, 00:16:41.459 --> 00:16:42.100 in case you're counting, 00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:44.699 in one day that someone has seen this 00:16:44.699 --> 00:16:45.340 about Jesus. 00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:48.840 So if Jesus didn't have any sin, 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:52.299 God can't call an innocent person 00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:54.019 guilty, can He? 00:16:54.019 --> 00:16:55.460 Just like He can't call 00:16:55.460 --> 00:16:56.720 a guilty person innocent, 00:16:56.899 --> 00:17:00.439 God can't call an innocent person guilty. 00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:04.400 So if Jesus didn't have any sin, 00:17:05.619 --> 00:17:08.779 then whose sin is He dying for? 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:12.599 When we read of His death on the cross, 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.839 it has to be sin. 00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:16.480 That's what gets death. 00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:18.680 He's dying for your sin. 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:21.119 My sin. 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:23.500 The sin of His people. 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:25.759 Did you notice that that day of judgment 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:27.839 judgment was supposed to be God's judgment 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:29.200 coming on His people? 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:31.339 But it actually, 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:34.720 as darkness falls and someone dies, 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:38.000 it's actually coming on Jesus. 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:40.379 Isn't it? 00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:44.140 The hammer of God's wrath 00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:45.800 falls on Jesus 00:17:45.800 --> 00:17:49.000 so that everyone who trusts Him, 00:17:49.100 --> 00:17:51.840 who runs to Him for refuge, 00:17:52.840 --> 00:17:56.020 no matter how weak His shell is, 00:17:56.860 --> 00:18:00.220 no matter how dirty her past is, 00:18:00.260 --> 00:18:02.340 it doesn't really matter if the shell's white 00:18:02.340 --> 00:18:05.220 or dark or muddy, 00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:08.660 everyone who runs and finds refuge in Jesus 00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:10.259 is safe. 00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:14.539 If Jesus didn't really die, 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:21.579 then this hammer is still coming down on us. 00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:24.899 But because He did, 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:27.679 Jesus took our judgment, 00:18:27.919 --> 00:18:28.419 which was what? 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:28.939 Guilty. 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:30.500 Deserving death. 00:18:31.679 --> 00:18:33.759 And we get His judgment. 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.539 Innocent. 00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:35.799 Life. 00:18:36.199 --> 00:18:36.599 Forever. 00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:39.419 Isn't that amazing? 00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:41.099 That He would die, 00:18:41.179 --> 00:18:43.759 that He would be crushed in your place? 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:47.759 He's the only place to run 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:49.240 from what you deserve. 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:51.799 And instead of getting justice, 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:54.359 to get grace never-ending. 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:00.440 If you can imagine it, 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:04.559 the second picture Luke gives us 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.660 makes it even better than that. 00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:10.480 He also shows us how Jesus in His death 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:12.859 welcomed us home. 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:17.299 See, home is where God is. 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:22.599 Mankind was created to live with God. 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:24.660 That's what makes us at home. 00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:27.319 To have this relationship with Him 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:28.259 that's so special, 00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:31.519 but sin messed that up, didn't it? 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:34.319 It didn't merely earn death, 00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:35.200 although it did that, 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:37.500 but it separated us from God. 00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:39.420 Remember what happened to Adam and Eve 00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:40.640 in the very first sin? 00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:41.500 What do they have to do? 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:43.640 They've been walking with God 00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:44.140 in the garden, 00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:45.759 and now they're sent away. 00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:47.860 Out of His presence. 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:50.900 Away from Him. 00:19:51.020 --> 00:19:52.140 Out of the garden. 00:19:52.340 --> 00:19:54.940 Out of their home with Him. 00:19:55.600 --> 00:19:57.759 And so when God comes in the Bible 00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:59.320 to live with His people, 00:19:59.600 --> 00:20:00.960 sometimes it's in the tabernacle, 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:02.520 or then it's in the temple. 00:20:03.080 --> 00:20:04.759 It's not like it used to be. 00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:06.280 There's not walking and talking 00:20:06.280 --> 00:20:07.540 with God in the garden. 00:20:07.600 --> 00:20:09.040 There's a barrier, isn't there, 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:11.559 between God and people. 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:13.359 In the Jerusalem temple, 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:15.819 it's this really thick curtain 00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:18.119 before the Holy of Holies, 00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:19.659 the place where God lives. 00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:22.059 And it requires many sacrifices 00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:24.460 to get one man into that place 00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:25.500 one day a year, 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.240 and that's all. 00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:27.159 No one else. 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:31.940 But in this dramatic moment 00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:35.080 of darkness descending on Jerusalem, 00:20:35.340 --> 00:20:39.360 the Son of God breathing His last breaths, 00:20:39.860 --> 00:20:42.140 God reaches down, as it were, 00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:44.820 to that curtain. 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:46.980 Verse 45, 00:20:47.080 --> 00:20:49.360 and the curtain of the temple 00:20:49.360 --> 00:20:51.660 was torn in two. 00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:54.640 The curtain that hung there from the top 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:56.340 ripped all the way down to the bottom 00:20:56.340 --> 00:20:58.460 and laid aside. 00:20:58.660 --> 00:21:00.840 No longer is God's presence 00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:01.759 with His people 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:04.060 mediated through that curtain 00:21:04.060 --> 00:21:05.860 and those sacrifices. 00:21:07.860 --> 00:21:10.180 No, now through the death of Jesus, 00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:14.120 God welcomes His people home 00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:16.560 where they're meant to be. 00:21:17.360 --> 00:21:18.880 Do you see in that the restoration 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:20.480 of that relationship, 00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:21.940 of the fellowship, 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:24.020 of the creational purpose 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:26.440 for which God always intended it, 00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:28.220 were to live in paradise 00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:29.900 with Him 00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:32.720 in His presence? 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.900 I'm not making this up 00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:37.279 from a little detail in Luke. 00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:40.539 Hebrews chapter 10 says this, 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.900 we have confidence 00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:44.960 to enter the holy places 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:47.019 by the blood of Jesus, 00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.879 by the new and living way 00:21:48.879 --> 00:21:50.279 that He opened for us 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.319 through the curtain 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:54.279 that is through His flesh. 00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.879 You see His body 00:21:55.879 --> 00:21:56.680 and His blood 00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.700 mentioned there? 00:21:58.500 --> 00:22:00.359 What Jesus has done 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:01.420 is given us 00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:03.480 now unlimited access 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.700 to God, 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:06.519 to a holy God 00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:08.240 for unholy people. 00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.660 All of God's people 00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.859 now have access 00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:12.660 into His presence. 00:22:13.379 --> 00:22:13.839 In fact, 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.660 even Jesus, 00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.879 who we're told elsewhere, 00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:17.399 has just called out, 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.480 my God, my God, 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:20.140 why have you forsaken me? 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:22.579 As He bears sins 00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.440 on the cross, 00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.079 says, 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.839 verse 46, 00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.259 Father. 00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.480 The intimacy 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.680 of the Trinity 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:35.900 has been separated 00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:37.779 as never before. 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:39.759 Why have you forsaken me? 00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:40.799 And yet, 00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:43.700 in the darkest moment, 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:45.120 even there, 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.959 the Father 00:22:45.959 --> 00:22:48.019 is there. 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.059 And so now, 00:22:49.139 --> 00:22:50.039 all His children, 00:22:50.219 --> 00:22:51.959 by faith in Jesus, 00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:53.279 can come home 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.119 to their Father 00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:54.939 anytime, 00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:57.859 in the deepest darkness 00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:59.439 of their lives. 00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:01.099 Not through their great efforts, 00:23:02.159 --> 00:23:03.479 not by bringing enough money 00:23:03.479 --> 00:23:04.519 to church with them, 00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:07.299 not through their great sacrifices, 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:09.219 but through the single 00:23:09.219 --> 00:23:11.779 sacrifice of Jesus, 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:13.379 we come home. 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:15.660 See, 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.619 Jesus doesn't just 00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:18.639 protect us 00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:20.119 from God's wrath 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:21.359 and then leave us 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:22.039 living life 00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.660 fragile 00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.899 and alone 00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:25.619 and isolated 00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:27.819 and with no more protection. 00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.119 No. 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.940 He dies 00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:32.579 to welcome us 00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:34.440 into God's family, 00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:36.859 to bring us home 00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:38.180 to our Father 00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:40.120 so that we always 00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:41.940 live in His presence 00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.700 even now. 00:23:45.820 --> 00:23:46.680 There's a door 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.620 in this hallway 00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:49.660 beside the sanctuary 00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.420 that says 00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:50.960 private 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:52.299 on it. 00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:53.960 I want to tell you 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:55.080 a secret about that. 00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.820 Most of you have never 00:23:55.820 --> 00:23:57.060 been through that door. 00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.960 On the other side 00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.640 of that door 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:01.259 is the pastor's study. 00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.720 It's where 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:04.080 on many mornings, 00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:05.620 especially Thursday mornings, 00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.679 I'm studying 00:24:06.679 --> 00:24:08.500 and writing sermons 00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:10.759 and no one else 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.459 can come in. 00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.439 The staff jokes 00:24:13.439 --> 00:24:14.019 that they're 00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.799 not allowed 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:16.139 into the inner sanctum 00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:17.079 then. 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:19.539 The doors are closed. 00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:21.319 No one gets in. 00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.000 Okay? 00:24:24.739 --> 00:24:25.759 But last year, 00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:27.279 almost every Thursday morning 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.639 around 9.30 00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.419 as the ladies 00:24:29.419 --> 00:24:30.399 were gathering 00:24:30.399 --> 00:24:31.519 in their small groups 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.519 for Bible study 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.279 and I was sitting 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:34.139 in my chair, 00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.059 I would hear 00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:36.019 some little feet 00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.740 running down 00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.319 the hallway 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.839 towards that door 00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:40.700 and I would jump up 00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.559 out of my sermon 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.440 writing chair 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:43.500 and I would run 00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.379 over to the door 00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:45.919 and my five-year-old 00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:46.679 daughter, Lily, 00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:48.039 would come running in 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.720 and jump up 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.379 into my arms 00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:50.399 and give me a big hug. 00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.940 It's a great way 00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.799 to start your Thursday. 00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:55.460 I was always glad 00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.200 to take a break 00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.720 for that. 00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.240 I'm going to ask you 00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.859 a question I think 00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.759 you'll know the answer to. 00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:02.539 Why for her, 00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:04.819 when even the other 00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:06.500 pastors were locked out? 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:09.259 Why for her? 00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:12.460 Because she's my child, 00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:12.799 right? 00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:15.319 She has access. 00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:17.680 Anytime she wants, 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.799 she can run 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.859 into my arms 00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:21.379 and be at home. 00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.279 That's what Jesus 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.720 is making us 00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:26.119 on the cross. 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.000 Children 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:28.399 who can run 00:25:28.399 --> 00:25:29.139 into the arms 00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:30.279 of their father. 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:31.660 See, many people 00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.539 see in this passage 00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:34.059 a great example 00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:35.200 of how to die. 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:37.379 Running into the arms 00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:38.259 of our father 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.559 at death. 00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:41.680 And that's certainly here. 00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:43.980 Jesus, in his final hours, 00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:44.940 thinks of others. 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.539 Quotes Scripture. 00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:51.759 Trusts God's strength. 00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:54.059 Follows God's plan. 00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:55.619 And even in his last breath, 00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.940 entrusts himself 00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.559 to his father's 00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.559 faithful care. 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.099 Care. 00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.980 It's a great, 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:04.399 great picture for us 00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:06.319 of how to die. 00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.419 Pastor Jimmy Agan says, 00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.339 even at the moment 00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:10.019 of death, 00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.319 Jesus would rather 00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.519 entrust himself 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:14.019 to his father's 00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:15.319 steadfast love 00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.599 than attempt 00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:18.059 to deliver himself. 00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:21.159 It's good stuff. 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.960 I need to start 00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.859 living that way now. 00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:25.299 And it is true 00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.919 that the death 00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:26.379 of Jesus 00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:28.019 changes death 00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:29.420 for us. 00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.759 Colin Smith writes, 00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.859 Christ's death 00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.779 changes death 00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.759 for all his people. 00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:35.039 When you die, 00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.440 you will not carry 00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.519 your sin and guilt 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.680 into your death 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:40.200 because he carried it 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:41.259 into his death 00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.000 for you. 00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.500 If you are in Christ, 00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:45.059 you will never know 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.019 what it is like 00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.859 to die 00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:48.819 a sin-bearing death. 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.119 Amen? 00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:50.119 Yes. 00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.879 Yes. 00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:53.259 As we consider 00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:54.199 facing death 00:26:54.199 --> 00:26:54.839 one day, 00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.119 the confidence 00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:57.359 and humility 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.519 and trust 00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.199 of Jesus 00:26:59.199 --> 00:27:00.559 can be ours 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.399 because we learn 00:27:01.399 --> 00:27:01.959 from him 00:27:01.959 --> 00:27:03.319 and because he 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.359 bore our sins 00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:06.119 and took our punishment. 00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:09.459 That's good news. 00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:10.659 But y'all, 00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.979 Jesus didn't die 00:27:11.979 --> 00:27:12.719 primarily 00:27:12.719 --> 00:27:13.639 to give us 00:27:13.639 --> 00:27:14.339 an example 00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.419 of how to die. 00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:17.920 but rather 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.800 to give us 00:27:18.800 --> 00:27:19.800 an empowerment 00:27:19.800 --> 00:27:21.420 for how to live 00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.240 right now 00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.920 today 00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:24.140 where he has 00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.960 placed us. 00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.019 He died 00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:27.779 to tear the curtain 00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:29.180 so that we could 00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:30.060 run home 00:27:30.060 --> 00:27:31.200 into the arms 00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.980 of our heavenly 00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.600 father 00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:33.700 now. 00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.640 Yeah, 00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.240 a lot of times 00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.860 we live like 00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.380 that curtain 00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:39.080 is still there, 00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.480 don't we? 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.160 I only really 00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.920 talk to God 00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.560 on Sunday. 00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.960 Only the pastor 00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:48.500 can really pray 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.220 especially about 00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.300 important things. 00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.080 I better not 00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:53.920 try something 00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:55.820 big and tough 00:27:55.820 --> 00:27:56.580 for God, 00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:58.380 something risky. 00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:58.700 I don't want 00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.460 to risk failing. 00:27:59.580 --> 00:28:00.080 He might turn 00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:00.940 his back on me. 00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.080 You know, 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.980 when I'm struggling 00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.560 with sin, 00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.080 I better keep 00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:06.680 my distance 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.440 from God 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.500 for a while. 00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:10.100 No, 00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.980 no, 00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.720 no, 00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.420 no, 00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.300 because of 00:28:13.300 --> 00:28:13.759 Jesus, 00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:15.120 the relationship 00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:16.340 with God 00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:17.220 is yours 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.539 now. 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.500 Not just 00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.000 one day, 00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.400 someday 00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.400 in heaven. 00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.480 Let me finish 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.380 the Hebrews passage 00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:24.440 where he tells us 00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.100 how to live 00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.759 because of the 00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.380 torn curtain. 00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.660 Since we have 00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.480 confidence to 00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.039 enter the holy 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.860 places by the 00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.539 blood of Jesus, 00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:31.560 by the new 00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:32.259 and living way 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.900 that he opened 00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.539 for us through 00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.060 the curtain, 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.539 that is through 00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.220 his flesh, 00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.300 since we have 00:28:36.300 --> 00:28:37.259 a great priest 00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:38.000 over the house 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.480 of God, 00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:39.220 all of those 00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.960 things we have 00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.660 now. 00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:42.120 let us 00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:43.279 now draw 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.960 near with 00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.400 a true 00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:44.860 heart, 00:28:45.580 --> 00:28:46.200 in full 00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:47.000 assurance of 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.259 faith, 00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.840 with our 00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:48.540 hearts sprinkled 00:28:48.540 --> 00:28:49.240 clean from 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.560 an evil 00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:50.279 conscience, 00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.080 and our 00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:51.940 bodies washed 00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.460 with pure 00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:52.820 water. 00:28:52.820 --> 00:28:53.620 Let us 00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:54.840 hold fast 00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:56.060 the confession 00:28:56.060 --> 00:28:56.900 of our hope 00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:58.480 without wavering, 00:28:58.800 --> 00:28:59.980 for he who 00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.640 promised 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:02.340 is faithful. 00:29:03.040 --> 00:29:03.500 Brothers 00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.359 and sisters, 00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.000 let us 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:07.220 draw near 00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:08.960 often. 00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.079 Let us 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:12.579 hold fast 00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.839 always 00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:16.079 because he 00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.859 is 00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:18.059 faithful. 00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.200 You're his 00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.980 child. 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.119 He is your 00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:23.099 father who 00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.720 loves you 00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.400 and you can 00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.099 run into his 00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.839 arms anytime 00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.480 now. 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.559 Lily runs 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:30.900 into my 00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:32.279 office partly 00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.180 because as 00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:33.960 a child, 00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:35.440 her eye 00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.720 line, 00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.180 her line 00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.680 of sight 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.119 is too 00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.619 low to 00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.379 read the 00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.119 word private 00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:40.339 on the 00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.660 door. 00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.240 She hasn't 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.000 noticed it 00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.460 yet. 00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.220 If she 00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.819 ever grows 00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.920 up and 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.539 becomes an 00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.319 adult who's 00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:48.920 taller, 00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.599 who can read 00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.279 that sign 00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:52.879 and stops 00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.440 coming into 00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.019 my office, 00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.940 I'll tear 00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.440 that sign 00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:55.759 down. 00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.420 I assure 00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:57.720 you I 00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:57.920 will. 00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:57.960 I will. 00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.000 I will. 00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.019 I will. 00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.039 I will. 00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.079 I will. 00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.500 I will. 00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.960 I will. 00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.000 I will. 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:02.259 I will. 00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.519 Have you 00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:03.980 grown up 00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.599 too much 00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.879 to remember 00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.319 you're his 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.740 child? 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.400 And your 00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:10.140 father has 00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.079 sent his 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:12.160 son so 00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.519 that you 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.359 can live 00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.460 with him 00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.640 and come 00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:16.660 to him 00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.720 anytime 00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.400 in any 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.079 situation. 00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.240 He loves 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.200 you so 00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.160 much that 00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.900 he tears 00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.460 the curtain 00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:25.099 down so 00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.559 you can be 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.079 with him. 00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:29.220 Colin Smith 00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.500 again. 00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.440 When our 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.420 sin reached 00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.000 its full 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.460 horror, 00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.460 at the 00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.900 worst 00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:35.579 possible 00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.140 moment, 00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.019 God's 00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.960 love was 00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:39.079 displayed in 00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.619 all its 00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.140 glory. 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:40.960 If you 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.700 doubt God's 00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.200 love for 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.420 you, 00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.799 look at 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.519 the cross. 00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:44.819 No other 00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.339 love can 00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.079 match this. 00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.319 Nothing else 00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.619 in our 00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:48.440 experience can 00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.099 come close. 00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.099 God's love 00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.839 for us in 00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.859 Christ is 00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.859 greater than 00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.400 we ever 00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:54.160 dared 00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.960 dream. 00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:58.120 the love 00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:58.539 of God 00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.160 in Christ 00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.559 is a 00:30:59.559 --> 00:30:59.900 beautiful 00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.480 thing to 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.039 remember as 00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.519 we prepare 00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:01.900 to come 00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.240 to this 00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.579 table. 00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.660 Notice 00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.059 in verse 00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.860 46, 00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.299 Luke tells 00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.600 us, 00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:06.940 Jesus 00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:08.420 called out 00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.259 with a 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:10.740 loud voice 00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:12.000 his final 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.720 words, 00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.500 Father, 00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.240 into your 00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:15.319 hands I 00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:16.440 commit my 00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.340 spirit. 00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.259 Shockingly, 00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.940 with almost 00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:23.460 no air 00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.360 left in 00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:25.259 his lungs 00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.059 on the 00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.680 cross, 00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.600 Jesus 00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:29.120 calls out 00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.559 in a 00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.799 loud voice, 00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.220 y'all, 00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:31.920 that doesn't 00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.480 happen. 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.700 You've never 00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.240 been to a 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.920 crucifixion, 00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.400 that's not 00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:35.779 how it 00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.259 ends. 00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:38.279 Jesus 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.480 calls out 00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.039 in a 00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.880 loud voice 00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:42.460 and actively 00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.720 entrusts his 00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.920 spirit to 00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.579 his Father. 00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.700 Why is Luke 00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.420 highlighting this? 00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.100 I think it's 00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:48.759 because Jesus 00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.440 is showing 00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.640 us that no 00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:51.220 one takes 00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.819 his life 00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.559 from him. 00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:55.200 He lays 00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.819 it down 00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:57.000 of his own 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:58.059 accord as 00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.840 he told us. 00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.759 Maybe this is 00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.160 part of what 00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.519 made the 00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.079 centurion 00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.700 believe he 00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.019 was the 00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:04.000 innocent son 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:05.100 of God. 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.420 He was 00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.299 close enough 00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.319 to see 00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:08.519 the incredible 00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.519 love that 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.779 sent Jesus 00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.640 to the 00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.299 cross 00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:13.920 purposefully. 00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.740 He knew 00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.240 where he was 00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.720 going and 00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.740 he went 00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.740 there to 00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.279 take the 00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.940 judgment for 00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.740 your sins 00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:22.420 and to 00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.319 welcome you 00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.700 home to 00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.299 your Father 00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:27.140 and to a 00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.880 table like 00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.940 this one 00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:30.859 where the 00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.440 Father eats 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.019 with you. 00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:34.140 Knowing that 00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.519 that cross 00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.839 was coming, 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.319 Jesus 00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.579 just 24 00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.359 hours earlier 00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:41.559 sat with 00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.240 his disciples 00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.099 and he took 00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.640 bread 00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:45.099 and he broke 00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.380 it 00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:47.180 and gave 00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.460 it to 00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:47.760 him and 00:32:47.760 --> 00:32:48.000 said, 00:32:48.320 --> 00:32:48.580 take, 00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.060 eat, 00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:50.080 this is 00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:50.840 my body 00:32:50.840 --> 00:32:51.820 broken for 00:32:51.820 --> 00:32:52.160 you, 00:32:52.520 --> 00:32:53.140 do this 00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:54.020 in remembrance 00:32:54.020 --> 00:32:55.260 of me. 00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:56.080 And then 00:32:56.080 --> 00:32:56.720 he took 00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.380 the cup 00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:58.400 and said, 00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.320 this cup 00:32:59.320 --> 00:33:00.360 is the new 00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.760 covenant 00:33:00.760 --> 00:33:02.040 in my blood. 00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:03.580 Shed for 00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:04.520 many for the 00:33:04.520 --> 00:33:05.280 forgiveness of 00:33:05.280 --> 00:33:05.680 sins, 00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:06.660 drink from 00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:06.820 it, 00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.700 all of you. 00:33:07.820 --> 00:33:08.400 He wasn't 00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:09.160 confused about 00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.700 where he was 00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:09.960 headed. 00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:11.360 and he 00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:12.079 went there 00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:13.039 for you 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.960 and for 00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.420 me 00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:15.700 because of 00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.259 his great 00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.799 love for 00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:16.960 you. 00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:17.559 Let's pray. 00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.680 Jesus, 00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.640 my sins 00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.640 are enough 00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.059 for you 00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.519 to have 00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.259 needed to 00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.660 die 00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:33.299 for me 00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.579 to know 00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:34.059 my Father. 00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.140 Our sins 00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.680 are greater 00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.240 than we 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.880 can count 00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.640 and we 00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:41.340 thank you. 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.660 Not just 00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.380 for words, 00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:45.480 but for 00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:45.920 your body 00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.580 and blood 00:33:46.580 --> 00:33:47.400 given to 00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:47.780 us that 00:33:47.780 --> 00:33:48.140 we can 00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:48.600 touch 00:33:48.600 --> 00:33:49.480 and smell 00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.360 and taste 00:33:50.360 --> 00:33:51.000 this morning 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:52.980 and remember 00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.580 your love 00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:54.760 and rejoice 00:33:54.760 --> 00:33:56.000 in it. 00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.780 Would these 00:33:56.780 --> 00:33:57.880 strengthen our 00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.240 faith? 00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.260 They're common 00:33:59.260 --> 00:33:59.700 elements, 00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:00.300 but Father, 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.280 you use them 00:34:01.280 --> 00:34:01.800 for holy 00:34:01.800 --> 00:34:02.560 purposes in 00:34:02.560 --> 00:34:03.140 our hearts 00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:04.220 and you're 00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.680 here meeting 00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.160 with us 00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.580 by your 00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:05.920 spirit. 00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:06.360 We give 00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:06.820 you praise 00:34:06.820 --> 00:34:07.360 and thanks 00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:07.820 in Jesus' 00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.260 name. 00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.559 Amen. 00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:12.119 This table 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.700 is not 00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:13.640 Southwood's 00:34:13.640 --> 00:34:13.900 table 00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.680 or the 00:34:14.680 --> 00:34:15.420 Presbyterian 00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.079 church's. 00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.160 It's the 00:34:17.160 --> 00:34:17.740 Lord's 00:34:17.740 --> 00:34:18.320 table. 00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.059 And He 00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.740 invites all 00:34:19.740 --> 00:34:20.059 of us 00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.320 who have 00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:21.099 come home 00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.720 to the 00:34:21.720 --> 00:34:22.119 Father 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.740 through the 00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.220 death of 00:34:23.220 --> 00:34:23.579 Jesus 00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.500 in our 00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.039 place, 00:34:25.640 --> 00:34:26.500 who have 00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:26.920 baptized 00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.559 Christians 00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.539 from any 00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.059 church 00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:30.300 that preaches 00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:31.599 salvation 00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.559 through Christ 00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.320 alone 00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:34.200 to come 00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:35.099 and celebrate 00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.760 with us. 00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.579 Listen, 00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.179 if you 00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.519 don't 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.900 trust 00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.400 Jesus 00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:39.420 to be 00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.679 the 00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:40.239 solution 00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.699 to 00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:41.599 your 00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.440 problem 00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:42.960 with 00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.440 sin, 00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.779 then don't 00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.279 come 00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:46.699 and partake 00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.219 of these 00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.779 elements 00:34:47.779 --> 00:34:48.579 this morning. 00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.679 Don't come 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.519 and say 00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.440 outwardly 00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:52.340 something that 00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.819 you don't 00:34:52.819 --> 00:34:53.719 believe to be 00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.259 true 00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:54.900 inwardly. 00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.340 We wouldn't 00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:56.019 ask you to 00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.539 do that 00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.279 at all. 00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.099 Please know 00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.719 you're welcome 00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.440 to come 00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.440 as we do 00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.739 to these 00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.319 tables and 00:35:01.319 --> 00:35:01.819 just say, 00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.519 will you pray 00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.960 with me? 00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.539 We'd love 00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:03.820 to do 00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.059 that. 00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:06.320 But rather 00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:07.179 than coming 00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.800 to a table 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.579 and taking 00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.099 bread and 00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.300 juice, 00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:10.159 we'd love 00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.519 to talk 00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:10.820 with you 00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.079 about 00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.420 Jesus 00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:12.199 himself 00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:14.000 and how 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.820 he is 00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.239 the one, 00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.039 the only 00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.420 one, 00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.500 who can 00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:17.820 deal with 00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.340 our sin, 00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.579 yours and 00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:19.960 ours. 00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:21.860 Listen, 00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.259 if you do 00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:22.820 trust him, 00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:23.820 if he's 00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:25.039 your savior, 00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.619 draw near 00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.619 to God 00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.539 this morning 00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.619 through 00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.659 this bread 00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.599 and juice, 00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:33.039 come through 00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.719 the body 00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.219 and blood 00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:34.659 of Jesus 00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:35.139 and don't 00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.739 just take 00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:36.599 bread and 00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:36.880 juice, 00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.679 but meet 00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:39.320 with God. 00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:40.460 Draw near 00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.960 to him, 00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:42.219 hold fast 00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.659 to him, 00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.840 encourage your 00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.420 brothers and 00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:45.059 sisters to 00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.699 trust him. 00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.880 That's why 00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.759 we come. 00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.179 We come 00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:51.739 because Jesus 00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.400 has died for 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.980 our sins 00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.739 so that we 00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:54.119 can come 00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:54.619 and run 00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.679 into the arms 00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.179 of our 00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:57.119 father this 00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.960 morning and 00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.360 know him 00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.980 and trust 00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.320 him and 00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.679 love him 00:35:59.679 --> 00:35:59.960 more. 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.759 Our host 00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.179 team will 00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.559 usher you 00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.119 to tables 00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.940 forward, 00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.759 and back 00:36:03.759 --> 00:36:04.259 as we 00:36:04.259 --> 00:36:04.659 celebrate 00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.099 together 00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.500 and draw 00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.239 our strength 00:36:06.239 --> 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