WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.660 Father, we give you great thanks and praise that because we know the deep love that Jesus has for us, 00:00:08.220 --> 00:00:14.939 the deep love that you have for us as revealed by his setting aside his glory and divine prerogatives 00:00:14.939 --> 00:00:20.660 and his appearance as God to take into himself our human nature, to walk amongst us, 00:00:20.660 --> 00:00:29.839 suffering the trials and temptations, the just plain bother at times of being human, 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:40.280 that he was one of us among us and that he died on the cross and bore our punishment, our sin, our shame, all out of love for us. 00:00:40.859 --> 00:00:48.320 And so, Father, knowing how much you love us, it is easier to say that it is only in your will that we are free. 00:00:48.500 --> 00:00:56.920 And so we ask that the gospel would be more real to our heart, that we might experience the truth that it is in your will that we are truly free. 00:00:56.920 --> 00:01:01.060 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Saviour. Amen. 00:01:01.800 --> 00:01:02.780 Please be seated. 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:11.000 Now, just before we go a bit further into the service, a bit of an explanation. 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:13.219 This is Palm Sunday. 00:01:14.060 --> 00:01:22.620 And it's interesting that over the last few decades, Palm Sunday has become like a very big thing. 00:01:22.620 --> 00:01:24.540 And we mention it a little bit. 00:01:24.660 --> 00:01:30.460 But if you look at the ancient lectionaries that go right back to the early 400s, late 300s, 00:01:30.960 --> 00:01:34.040 and if you look at the English Reformation from the mid-16th century, 00:01:34.240 --> 00:01:38.500 the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem isn't even part of the readings. 00:01:39.880 --> 00:01:44.320 The whole point of today and for the rest of this week is to think about the cross. 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:50.659 So our responsive reading, which we're about to do, will be of the triumphal entry. 00:01:51.279 --> 00:01:58.639 But then we follow the ancient Christian wisdom that today should be a day where we think about the death of Jesus. 00:01:58.899 --> 00:02:04.859 And that is, in fact, what I will open the word on, is Jesus' final breath. 00:02:04.859 --> 00:02:15.780 So by that, as introduction, please look up on your screen and join with me in this responsive reading of the triumphal entry into Jerusalem 00:02:15.780 --> 00:02:20.840 on a Sunday, either in the year 30 or 33. 00:02:21.939 --> 00:02:27.000 And scholars don't know which year, but it was one of those two years that this happened. 00:02:27.500 --> 00:02:28.659 So please join with me. 00:02:29.139 --> 00:02:33.740 Now, when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethpage, to the Mount of Olives, 00:02:33.740 --> 00:02:36.760 then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:43.360 Go through the village in front of you, and meet the people who have come on the tide, 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:47.379 and hold the earth, and die them for bringing them to me. 00:02:49.300 --> 00:02:53.100 And if they said anything to you, you shall say, 00:02:53.379 --> 00:02:56.640 The Lord needs them, and he needs them at once. 00:02:57.660 --> 00:03:02.340 It would be really neat when we have our own building and there's a screen at the back so I can see what you see. 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:07.400 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:10.659 Say to the daughter of Zion, 00:03:11.020 --> 00:03:13.620 Behold, your king is coming to you, 00:03:13.920 --> 00:03:16.000 Humble and mounted on a donkey, 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:19.480 And on a bolt, the bull and beast of burden. 00:03:19.860 --> 00:03:23.439 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:27.579 Most of the crowds spread their blows on the road, 00:03:27.900 --> 00:03:30.099 And the others cut branches from the tree, 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:31.979 And spread them on the road. 00:03:32.359 --> 00:03:35.439 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, 00:03:36.819 --> 00:03:39.000 Hosanna to the son of David, 00:03:39.460 --> 00:03:42.300 Blessed is he who comes to the name of the Lord, 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:44.300 Hosanna in the highest. 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:46.560 And when Jesus entered Jerusalem, 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:48.539 The whole city was stirred up, saying, 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:50.180 Who is this? 00:03:50.180 --> 00:03:51.360 And the crowd said, 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:53.740 This is the prophet Jesus, 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:55.560 Our pastor of Galilee. 00:03:56.060 --> 00:03:58.360 Let us pray together the collect for purity. 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:00.460 Almighty God, 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:02.680 Unto whom all hearts be open, 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:04.460 All desires known, 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:07.000 And from whom no secrets are hid, 00:04:07.600 --> 00:04:09.300 Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts 00:04:09.300 --> 00:04:11.439 By the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, 00:04:12.060 --> 00:04:13.920 That we may perfectly love you, 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:16.719 And worthily magnify your holy name, 00:04:17.139 --> 00:04:18.360 Through Christ our Lord. 00:04:18.779 --> 00:04:19.240 Amen. 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:21.839 Our Lord Jesus Christ said, 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:23.879 The first and great commandment is this, 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:25.539 Hear, O Israel, 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:28.079 The Lord our God is the only Lord. 00:04:28.599 --> 00:04:31.079 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:32.399 With all your soul, 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:33.819 With all your mind, 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:35.259 And with all your strength. 00:04:35.819 --> 00:04:37.019 The second is this, 00:04:37.339 --> 00:04:38.939 Love your neighbor as yourself. 00:04:39.620 --> 00:04:42.680 There is no other commandment greater than these. 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:43.840 Amen. 00:04:44.540 --> 00:04:45.860 Lord have mercy, 00:04:46.180 --> 00:04:48.060 And write these laws in our hearts, 00:04:48.180 --> 00:04:48.620 We pray. 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:52.519 I invite you to join with me in praying this collect, 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:54.900 In the old Book of Common Prayer, 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:56.699 It's called the Sunday before Easter, 00:04:57.220 --> 00:04:59.460 Now commonly known as Palm Sunday. 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:00.680 Together, 00:05:01.579 --> 00:05:03.920 Almighty and everlasting God, 00:05:04.460 --> 00:05:07.420 Who of your tender love towards the human race, 00:05:07.420 --> 00:05:09.120 Has sent your Son, 00:05:09.420 --> 00:05:10.920 Our Savior Jesus Christ, 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:13.319 To take upon him our flesh, 00:05:13.780 --> 00:05:15.780 And to suffer death upon the cross, 00:05:16.340 --> 00:05:19.660 That all should follow the example of his great humility, 00:05:20.520 --> 00:05:21.520 Mercifully grant, 00:05:21.860 --> 00:05:24.980 That we may both follow the example of his patience, 00:05:25.379 --> 00:05:28.580 And also be made partakers of his resurrection, 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:31.379 Through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. 00:05:31.860 --> 00:05:32.259 Amen. 00:05:32.259 --> 00:05:37.099 And this is the last Sunday where we'll pray this prayer, 00:05:37.579 --> 00:05:40.740 And join with me in praying the prayer for all of Lent. 00:05:41.539 --> 00:05:43.839 Almighty and everlasting God, 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:46.259 Who hates nothing that you have made, 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:50.079 And does forgive the sins of all them that are penitent, 00:05:50.599 --> 00:05:53.980 Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, 00:05:54.379 --> 00:05:56.699 That we worthily lamenting our sins, 00:05:57.099 --> 00:05:58.980 And acknowledging our fallenness, 00:05:58.980 --> 00:06:02.200 May obtain of you the God of all mercy, 00:06:02.660 --> 00:06:04.259 Perfect permission and forgiveness, 00:06:04.840 --> 00:06:06.480 Through Jesus Christ our Lord. 00:06:06.939 --> 00:06:07.400 Amen. 00:06:09.200 --> 00:06:13.100 It looks like the person who was reading the epistle isn't here, 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:15.379 So I guess I'll read it. 00:06:15.660 --> 00:06:17.480 It's Philippians chapter 2, 00:06:18.020 --> 00:06:20.060 Verses 5 to 11. 00:06:20.060 --> 00:06:24.639 And it won't be obvious to you when you're looking at it on the screen, 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:28.579 But most scholars nowadays consider this to be a, 00:06:29.220 --> 00:06:30.019 Sort of almost, 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:31.399 Whether it was a hymn, 00:06:31.860 --> 00:06:35.280 Or whether it was what we would now consider a creed, 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:35.620 It was, 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:37.220 It's written in a poetic form, 00:06:37.980 --> 00:06:39.620 To make it a bit easier to, 00:06:39.660 --> 00:06:41.800 To understand and remember. 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:43.459 And here it is. 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:46.000 Our first scripture reading is from the book of Philippians, 00:06:46.139 --> 00:06:46.840 Chapter 2, 00:06:47.139 --> 00:06:48.660 Beginning at the 5th verse. 00:06:48.660 --> 00:06:52.140 Have this mind among yourselves, 00:06:52.460 --> 00:06:54.260 Which is yours in Christ Jesus, 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:56.880 Who though he was in the form of God, 00:06:57.260 --> 00:07:00.640 Did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 00:07:00.940 --> 00:07:04.300 But emptied himself by taking the form of a servant, 00:07:05.100 --> 00:07:07.660 And being born in the likeness of men, 00:07:08.060 --> 00:07:09.940 And being found in human form, 00:07:10.460 --> 00:07:14.460 He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, 00:07:14.960 --> 00:07:17.100 Even death on a cross. 00:07:17.100 --> 00:07:20.620 Therefore God has highly exalted him, 00:07:21.020 --> 00:07:24.320 And bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:26.620 So that at the name of Jesus, 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:28.260 Every knee should bow, 00:07:28.640 --> 00:07:31.220 In heaven and on earth and under the earth, 00:07:31.580 --> 00:07:32.580 And every tongue confess, 00:07:33.580 --> 00:07:35.080 That Jesus Christ is Lord, 00:07:35.460 --> 00:07:37.379 To the glory of God the Father. 00:07:37.840 --> 00:07:39.620 This is the word of the Lord. 00:07:40.080 --> 00:07:41.420 Thanks be to God. 00:07:41.420 --> 00:07:45.860 I invite you to stand for the reading of the gospel text. 00:07:45.860 --> 00:07:57.620 The holy gospel is found in the good news according to Mark, 00:07:57.960 --> 00:08:02.060 Beginning at the 15th chapter and the 33rd verse. 00:08:02.699 --> 00:08:05.240 Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ. 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:08.500 And when the sixth hour had come, 00:08:08.960 --> 00:08:12.019 There was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:13.860 And at the ninth hour, 00:08:14.400 --> 00:08:16.579 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, 00:08:17.180 --> 00:08:19.699 Eloi, Eloi, lima sabachthani, 00:08:20.220 --> 00:08:20.939 Which means, 00:08:21.460 --> 00:08:23.000 My God, my God, 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:25.220 Why have you forsaken me? 00:08:25.220 --> 00:08:28.560 Some of the bystanders, 00:08:28.860 --> 00:08:29.500 Hearing it, 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:29.900 Said, 00:08:30.300 --> 00:08:30.760 Behold, 00:08:30.860 --> 00:08:32.019 He's calling Elijah. 00:08:32.940 --> 00:08:36.379 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, 00:08:36.560 --> 00:08:38.040 And put it on a reed, 00:08:38.100 --> 00:08:39.740 And gave it to Jesus to drink, 00:08:39.899 --> 00:08:40.180 Saying, 00:08:40.940 --> 00:08:41.680 Wait, wait, wait, 00:08:41.899 --> 00:08:44.500 Let's see whether Elijah will come to take him down. 00:08:45.779 --> 00:08:47.379 Jesus uttered a loud cry, 00:08:48.160 --> 00:08:49.360 And breathed his last. 00:08:50.460 --> 00:08:53.080 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:54.920 From top to bottom. 00:08:55.840 --> 00:08:56.940 And when the centurion, 00:08:57.180 --> 00:08:58.620 Who stood facing Jesus, 00:08:58.840 --> 00:09:00.300 Saw that in this way, 00:09:00.899 --> 00:09:02.340 Jesus breathed his last, 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:04.100 The centurion said, 00:09:04.740 --> 00:09:05.120 Truly, 00:09:05.779 --> 00:09:08.019 This man was the Son of God. 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:11.840 There were also women looking on from a distance, 00:09:11.940 --> 00:09:13.660 Among whom were Mary Magdalene, 00:09:13.779 --> 00:09:15.720 And Mary the mother of James the younger, 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:16.580 And of Joseph, 00:09:16.800 --> 00:09:17.879 And of Salome, 00:09:18.259 --> 00:09:19.639 Salome, I should say. 00:09:20.460 --> 00:09:22.240 When Jesus was in Galilee, 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:24.200 They followed him and ministered to him, 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:26.020 And there were also many other women, 00:09:26.020 --> 00:09:27.600 Who came up with him to Jerusalem. 00:09:28.500 --> 00:09:29.740 And when evening had come, 00:09:30.379 --> 00:09:32.180 Since it was the day of preparation, 00:09:32.860 --> 00:09:34.600 That is, the day before the Sabbath, 00:09:35.340 --> 00:09:37.020 Joseph of Arimathea, 00:09:37.560 --> 00:09:39.320 A respected member of the council, 00:09:39.820 --> 00:09:42.580 Who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:44.620 Took courage and went to Pilate, 00:09:45.100 --> 00:09:46.620 And asked for the body of Jesus. 00:09:46.620 --> 00:09:49.840 Pilate was surprised to hear, 00:09:50.019 --> 00:09:51.620 That Jesus should have already died. 00:09:52.299 --> 00:09:53.919 And summoning the centurion, 00:09:54.560 --> 00:09:55.740 Pilate asked him, 00:09:56.220 --> 00:09:58.299 Whether Jesus was already dead. 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:01.139 When Pilate learned from the centurion, 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:02.299 That Jesus was dead, 00:10:02.860 --> 00:10:04.200 He granted the corpse, 00:10:04.700 --> 00:10:05.220 To Joseph. 00:10:06.179 --> 00:10:08.179 And Joseph bought a linen shroud, 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:11.000 And taking Jesus down from the cross, 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:13.259 Wrapped him in the linen shroud, 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:15.019 And laid him in a tomb, 00:10:15.460 --> 00:10:16.639 That had been cut out of the rock. 00:10:18.019 --> 00:10:19.399 And Joseph rolled a stone, 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:20.799 Against the entrance of the tomb. 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:22.980 Mary Magdalene, 00:10:23.080 --> 00:10:24.419 And Mary the mother of Joseph, 00:10:24.779 --> 00:10:26.200 Saw where he was laid. 00:10:26.820 --> 00:10:28.759 This is the gospel of Christ. 00:10:29.620 --> 00:10:30.700 Praise to you, 00:10:30.899 --> 00:10:32.059 Lord Jesus Christ. 00:10:32.980 --> 00:10:34.559 I invite you to remain standing, 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:36.299 And join with me in confessing, 00:10:36.299 --> 00:10:37.340 The Christian faith, 00:10:37.860 --> 00:10:39.659 With the words of this creed. 00:10:39.659 --> 00:10:42.279 I believe in God, 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:43.439 The Father Almighty, 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:45.339 Maker of heaven and earth, 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:47.039 And in Jesus Christ, 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:48.439 His only Son, our Lord, 00:10:48.740 --> 00:10:50.939 Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:52.899 Born of the Virgin Mary, 00:10:53.539 --> 00:10:55.159 Suffered under Pontius Pilate, 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:57.759 Was crucified, died, and was buried. 00:10:58.299 --> 00:10:59.699 He descended into hell. 00:11:00.219 --> 00:11:01.159 On the third day, 00:11:01.259 --> 00:11:02.659 He rose again from the dead. 00:11:03.199 --> 00:11:04.539 He ascended into heaven, 00:11:04.659 --> 00:11:07.159 And is sitting at the right hand of God, 00:11:07.259 --> 00:11:08.220 The Father Almighty. 00:11:08.220 --> 00:11:09.960 He shall come again, 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:11.740 To judge the living and the dead. 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:14.120 I believe in the Holy Spirit, 00:11:14.540 --> 00:11:16.139 The Holy Catholic Church, 00:11:16.540 --> 00:11:17.860 The communion of saints, 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:19.660 The forgiveness of sins, 00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:21.360 The resurrection of the body, 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:22.840 And the life everlasting. 00:11:23.500 --> 00:11:23.840 Amen. 00:11:24.560 --> 00:11:26.180 I invite you to remain standing, 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:28.920 Just as I pray to the Father, 00:11:29.420 --> 00:11:31.160 That he might lead us into all truth, 00:11:31.220 --> 00:11:31.779 At this time. 00:11:32.180 --> 00:11:32.680 Let's pray. 00:11:32.679 --> 00:11:36.319 Father, 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:37.459 First of all, 00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:38.399 We know that it's hard enough 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:40.120 To get just ideas in our head, 00:11:40.599 --> 00:11:42.139 But you know as well, 00:11:42.699 --> 00:11:44.179 You know better than we do, Father, 00:11:44.259 --> 00:11:45.979 How hard it is for those ideas 00:11:45.979 --> 00:11:48.059 To become real to us, 00:11:48.699 --> 00:11:50.239 To be something which 00:11:50.239 --> 00:11:51.839 Shape us, 00:11:52.079 --> 00:11:54.859 And move us, 00:11:55.199 --> 00:11:56.539 And draw us. 00:11:56.539 --> 00:11:57.879 And so, Father, 00:11:58.099 --> 00:11:59.719 I ask that as we look at 00:11:59.719 --> 00:12:01.139 These powerful words, 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:04.519 In this ancient biography of Jesus, 00:12:05.579 --> 00:12:08.179 That the words would sink deep 00:12:08.179 --> 00:12:09.079 Into our hearts, 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:10.459 That they would change us, 00:12:10.740 --> 00:12:11.980 That they would change me, 00:12:12.719 --> 00:12:14.879 That these words would change 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:16.759 My heart and my life, 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:17.659 As I pray, 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:19.419 They will change the word, 00:12:19.740 --> 00:12:21.980 The heart and life of those 00:12:21.980 --> 00:12:23.019 Who are listening. 00:12:23.019 --> 00:12:25.120 And I ask this in the name of Jesus, 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:26.259 Your Son and our Savior. 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:27.240 Amen. 00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:28.799 Please be seated. 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:34.939 Set my timer. 00:12:36.340 --> 00:12:36.939 So, 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:39.819 I'm going to maybe be, 00:12:41.100 --> 00:12:43.039 For some of you, 00:12:44.019 --> 00:12:45.279 A little crass. 00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:47.539 A little 00:12:47.539 --> 00:12:50.379 Hillbilly-ish. 00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:52.779 A little 00:12:52.779 --> 00:12:55.779 Lower class 00:12:55.779 --> 00:12:57.539 By Canadian standards. 00:12:57.879 --> 00:12:58.879 And I'm going to ask you 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:00.299 This very important question. 00:13:01.580 --> 00:13:02.820 Are you born again? 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:06.960 Are you born again? 00:13:07.659 --> 00:13:09.159 You can come to this church, 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:11.120 And you can come to the workshops, 00:13:11.299 --> 00:13:12.059 And the men's group, 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:12.899 And the women's group, 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:14.379 And you can come to lots of things, 00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:16.860 And you can learn lots of wisdom for life. 00:13:16.860 --> 00:13:19.279 And week in and week out, 00:13:19.379 --> 00:13:21.379 I try to communicate to us 00:13:21.379 --> 00:13:23.340 How the story of the gospel, 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:24.440 And what Jesus did, 00:13:24.539 --> 00:13:26.700 How if that story becomes real to you, 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:27.899 And real to me, 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:29.240 It will shape your life, 00:13:29.300 --> 00:13:31.080 In very, very different ways, 00:13:31.139 --> 00:13:32.340 And very powerful ways. 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:35.159 And I stand by everything that I've said, 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:36.519 On these particular matters. 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:39.000 But it's very, very possible, 00:13:39.180 --> 00:13:40.019 To have your life, 00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:41.680 Not formed now, 00:13:41.779 --> 00:13:44.379 By the symbol of the almighty dollar, 00:13:44.379 --> 00:13:47.340 Or the symbol of climbing the greasy pole, 00:13:47.700 --> 00:13:50.720 Or looking out for number one, 00:13:50.820 --> 00:13:52.360 Which is another type of the same symbol. 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:54.259 And it might be that you, 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:56.379 You're no longer controlled by violence, 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:57.080 Or recrimination, 00:13:57.580 --> 00:13:58.439 Or anything like that, 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:00.539 That you start to be controlled by a story, 00:14:00.539 --> 00:14:02.019 That has at its very heart, 00:14:02.580 --> 00:14:04.399 A story of sacrificial love. 00:14:05.019 --> 00:14:07.559 And your life will be a better life, 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:09.840 If that's the story that controls you, 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:12.440 That is both very, very mindful of justice, 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:13.320 And its importance, 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:15.460 But also very mindful of compassion, 00:14:15.560 --> 00:14:15.940 And mercy. 00:14:16.260 --> 00:14:18.180 And your life will be a far better life, 00:14:18.400 --> 00:14:20.020 If you hear the stories, 00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:21.320 And you get that out from you. 00:14:23.280 --> 00:14:25.060 But you could do all of those things, 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:26.460 And have a vastly better life, 00:14:26.520 --> 00:14:27.820 And still not be born again. 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:30.500 And the Bible says, 00:14:30.620 --> 00:14:31.560 If you are not born again, 00:14:31.640 --> 00:14:32.520 What does it profit you, 00:14:32.580 --> 00:14:33.960 If you gain all of those other things? 00:14:36.180 --> 00:14:37.260 Because being born again, 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:38.540 Is a matter of life and death. 00:14:39.020 --> 00:14:40.960 We're going to talk about life and death today, 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:42.220 In the gospel text. 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:44.080 And it really came upon me, 00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:45.580 That I will challenge you now, 00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:46.040 And at the end, 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:46.860 Are you born again? 00:14:47.800 --> 00:14:49.000 Have you invited Jesus, 00:14:49.300 --> 00:14:50.220 To come into your life, 00:14:50.280 --> 00:14:51.580 To be your savior and your lord? 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:54.800 And if you invite Jesus, 00:14:54.800 --> 00:14:55.660 To come into your life, 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:56.920 To be your savior and your lord, 00:14:57.500 --> 00:14:59.500 He promises that you will be born again, 00:14:59.620 --> 00:15:01.300 That the Holy Spirit will do something, 00:15:01.460 --> 00:15:03.500 In your very center of who you are. 00:15:04.920 --> 00:15:06.400 That you might not feel it, 00:15:06.680 --> 00:15:07.980 And others might not see it, 00:15:08.019 --> 00:15:09.280 But when God looks down, 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:11.819 He will see that you have become a new creation, 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:16.039 A new creation that is fit for the new creation. 00:15:17.699 --> 00:15:18.100 Well, 00:15:18.659 --> 00:15:21.779 We're going to look at a very sad story, 00:15:22.019 --> 00:15:23.139 About death. 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:27.319 Given that every single one of us will one day die, 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:30.779 And I'm very conscious as I'm talking to this, 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:33.199 That some of you here in the congregation, 00:15:33.699 --> 00:15:36.319 Have been very touched by the death of somebody, 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:38.879 Very, very, within the last couple of weeks, 00:15:39.060 --> 00:15:41.080 Maybe even attended a funeral, 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:42.400 Within the last few days. 00:15:45.280 --> 00:15:45.680 But, 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:48.180 This is the text as we go through Mark, 00:15:48.520 --> 00:15:49.920 And it's not a bad thing, 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:51.280 In fact, it's a very good thing, 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:52.160 To think about death. 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:54.020 So please join with me, 00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:56.559 We're going to be looking at Mark chapter 15, 00:15:57.639 --> 00:15:58.919 In fact, we're only going to look today, 00:15:59.059 --> 00:16:00.679 At Mark chapter 15, 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:02.340 Verses 33 to 37, 00:16:02.500 --> 00:16:03.399 The death of Jesus, 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:05.000 Next week we'll look at the burial, 00:16:05.539 --> 00:16:06.899 And the resurrection of Jesus, 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:09.399 And just to recap, 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:10.639 What's just going on, 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:12.159 You know, immediately before this, 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:13.819 Is that Jesus has been scourged, 00:16:14.819 --> 00:16:15.399 With whips, 00:16:16.059 --> 00:16:18.179 Often historians report, 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:19.899 That people could be whipped, 00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:21.539 Right until the bones were shown, 00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:24.500 And then he was taken to, 00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:26.899 Just as in nowadays, 00:16:27.459 --> 00:16:27.740 You know, 00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:30.699 Tim Hortons or McDonald's, 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:32.779 Look for a high traffic area, 00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:34.059 To set up their business, 00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:37.099 The Romans look for high traffic areas, 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:39.639 To do their crucifixions, 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.740 And so Jesus was taken, 00:16:41.819 --> 00:16:42.879 Just outside of the city, 00:16:42.939 --> 00:16:43.860 On a major road, 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:46.439 To find a very high traffic area, 00:16:46.439 --> 00:16:47.879 Where they could crucify Jesus, 00:16:48.599 --> 00:16:50.139 And he's crucified, 00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:51.439 Between two thieves, 00:16:51.539 --> 00:16:52.779 And he's mocked, 00:16:53.299 --> 00:16:54.719 And now the story continues, 00:16:54.839 --> 00:16:55.599 Verse 33, 00:16:55.959 --> 00:16:56.899 And I'm going to use, 00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:59.500 That little Netflix series, 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:01.439 Giving the story scenes, 00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:03.279 To help us to enter into it, 00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:04.059 Hopefully better, 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:05.799 And the first scene, 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.940 Scene number one, 00:17:07.399 --> 00:17:08.279 Is the creator, 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:11.420 Darkens his creation, 00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:12.740 Scene one, 00:17:13.379 --> 00:17:15.460 The creator darkens his creation, 00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:16.259 Verse 33, 00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:17.159 It goes like this, 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:19.259 And when the sixth hour had come, 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:21.700 There was darkness over the whole land, 00:17:21.879 --> 00:17:22.960 Until the ninth hour, 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:24.180 Now, 00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:29.879 How is the date for Passover determined? 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:31.400 I know that's not something, 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:33.279 That most non-Jewish people, 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.079 Ever think about, 00:17:34.879 --> 00:17:36.079 But the date for Passover, 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:39.019 Is set by the first full moon, 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:40.519 After the summer, 00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:42.279 After the spring equinox, 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:44.119 So March 20 or 21st, 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:46.199 And the very first full moon, 00:17:46.379 --> 00:17:47.019 After that, 00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:48.539 Is when Passover begins, 00:17:49.699 --> 00:17:51.539 And that's why sometimes, 00:17:51.639 --> 00:17:53.079 Passover is at the same time, 00:17:53.219 --> 00:17:54.359 As our good Friday, 00:17:55.139 --> 00:17:56.719 But most years it isn't, 00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:59.119 Because we set it up always, 00:17:59.199 --> 00:18:00.479 To be on a Friday or a Sunday, 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:02.299 Passover can begin, 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:03.259 On any day of the week, 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:06.439 And now what that means though, 00:18:06.899 --> 00:18:09.299 Is that this cannot be an eclipse, 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.899 When it gets darkened, 00:18:11.339 --> 00:18:12.079 Scientifically, 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:13.339 It cannot be an eclipse, 00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:14.500 Now, 00:18:14.859 --> 00:18:15.679 I got this from, 00:18:15.679 --> 00:18:17.299 The Wikipedia, 00:18:17.679 --> 00:18:17.899 So it, 00:18:17.959 --> 00:18:18.519 Not Wikipedia, 00:18:18.639 --> 00:18:19.579 I got this from the internet, 00:18:19.699 --> 00:18:20.779 So it has to be true, 00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:22.659 But what I understand, 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.379 From the internet, 00:18:23.639 --> 00:18:25.599 Is that there cannot be an eclipse, 00:18:25.699 --> 00:18:26.639 When there's a full moon, 00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:28.199 That it's impossible, 00:18:29.159 --> 00:18:30.439 So what you see here, 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:31.779 Is a miracle of darkness, 00:18:32.899 --> 00:18:33.659 You see here, 00:18:33.679 --> 00:18:34.740 A miracle of darkness, 00:18:34.899 --> 00:18:35.919 Listen to what it says again, 00:18:35.959 --> 00:18:37.159 And when the sixth hour had come, 00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:38.500 There was darkness, 00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.500 Over the whole land, 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:40.579 Until the ninth hour, 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:42.619 Now Mark doesn't say, 00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:44.639 That God did it, 00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:46.399 But he reports that it happened, 00:18:47.139 --> 00:18:47.720 And we know, 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.419 That only God, 00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:49.740 Could do something like this, 00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:52.599 It's very powerful, 00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:52.959 You know, 00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:53.779 If you believe, 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:55.279 That, 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:57.819 The neo-Darwinian theory of evolution, 00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.299 And you believe that, 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:01.980 Without any type of theistic underpinnings, 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:04.519 You believe a philosophy, 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:06.059 That's known as naturalism, 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:07.539 Then really, 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:09.000 There is no meaning, 00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:09.940 In anything, 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:11.460 There's no meaning in the universe, 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:14.139 And things don't represent anything, 00:19:14.139 --> 00:19:15.339 Other than themselves, 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:18.500 And we can't really live in a universe, 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.299 Without meaning, 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.579 So that would just mean, 00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:22.139 That we try to put, 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:23.159 Hang meaning, 00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:24.439 On different things, 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.799 But Christians believe, 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:28.159 That all that exists, 00:19:28.399 --> 00:19:30.240 Was created by the triune God, 00:19:30.939 --> 00:19:32.740 And because everything that exists, 00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:34.279 Is created by the triune God, 00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:35.359 And the Bible tells us, 00:19:35.399 --> 00:19:35.500 You know, 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:37.139 The heavens declare the glory of God, 00:19:37.199 --> 00:19:39.119 And the firmament proclaims his handiwork, 00:19:39.919 --> 00:19:40.259 You know, 00:19:40.979 --> 00:19:42.419 The psalmist says, 00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:42.619 You know, 00:19:42.639 --> 00:19:43.479 When I look at the stars, 00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.500 And wonder about them, 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:44.699 Then, 00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:44.899 You know, 00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:45.639 What is man, 00:19:45.739 --> 00:19:47.359 That you would even think about him, 00:19:47.479 --> 00:19:48.099 Consider him, 00:19:48.139 --> 00:19:49.579 And then it goes on to talk about, 00:19:49.679 --> 00:19:50.899 What it means to be a human being, 00:19:51.719 --> 00:19:52.879 And we human beings, 00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:54.319 At a very deep level, 00:19:54.459 --> 00:19:55.759 Know that the story, 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:57.519 Of the eastern religions, 00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.819 That at the end of the day, 00:19:59.019 --> 00:20:00.379 Creation is a problem, 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.459 And that we're all destined, 00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:02.759 To be at one with God, 00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:05.839 Or the naturalistic underpinnings, 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:06.459 Of the west, 00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.579 That at the end of the day, 00:20:07.659 --> 00:20:08.519 There is no meaning, 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:10.420 And all that happens is death, 00:20:11.139 --> 00:20:13.259 And we can't really live like that, 00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.799 We put meaning in there, 00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:16.400 We're meaning creatures, 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:18.559 But what the Bible teaches us, 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:21.559 Is that the reason we long for meaning, 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.960 Is because there is meaning, 00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:26.440 And the reason that we have a sense, 00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:29.119 That there's something about a forest, 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:32.599 Which isn't just that there's trees there, 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:36.480 That there's something powerful, 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.779 When you look at a forest, 00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.839 Or you look at a mountain, 00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:40.059 Or you look at a, 00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:41.440 You look at a baby, 00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.759 Or you look at a very, 00:20:42.879 --> 00:20:44.099 Very old person, 00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:45.160 With all of their wrinkles, 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:46.240 And you have a sense, 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.960 That you're looking, 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:48.319 And there's a meaning there, 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:49.180 About something, 00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:51.440 And if you think that, 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:53.259 Then you're close to what's really true, 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:56.519 And so when we know, 00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.599 We know what it means, 00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:58.440 When there's darkness, 00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.539 How many of us, 00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.539 Have gone to a funeral, 00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.339 On a beautiful, 00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:01.839 Beautiful, 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:03.079 Beautiful sunny day, 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:05.460 And just felt that it's wrong, 00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:08.699 It should be dark, 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.359 And cloudy, 00:21:09.439 --> 00:21:09.939 And rainy, 00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:12.599 I know there's been times, 00:21:12.679 --> 00:21:14.339 I've come to church on a good Friday, 00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:15.599 And it's just beautiful, 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.119 Beautiful, 00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:16.579 Beautiful, 00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:17.480 And it feels like, 00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:19.419 It's not the right type of outside, 00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:21.299 For what we're celebrating, 00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:22.379 Inside the church, 00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:24.659 So we know, 00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.960 What darkness symbolizes, 00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.980 We don't have to go through, 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:28.179 Looking through the Bible, 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:30.440 Darkness, 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:32.880 Means sadness, 00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:38.019 It's connected to death, 00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:42.740 Often it's connected to a sense of judgment, 00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.460 Or guilt, 00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:47.779 And so as Jesus is hanging on the cross, 00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:49.700 In the last couple of hours, 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:51.420 Before he will breathe his last, 00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:56.140 In and around Jerusalem, 00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:57.840 God makes the world dark, 00:21:58.180 --> 00:22:02.039 And all of the people there, 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:04.180 Who were far more quick and easy, 00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:05.920 In understanding that there is meaning, 00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.820 They would have felt, 00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:09.220 The unnatural darkness, 00:22:10.580 --> 00:22:13.220 And it's very interesting, 00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:15.980 It doesn't record the same degree of mocking, 00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:18.100 After the darkness comes, 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:22.039 Now I don't know if that's just an editorial technique, 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.460 And whether they still mocked, 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:25.860 We're going to see with the wine and all, 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:27.160 That there's a bit of mocking there, 00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:30.320 But it's almost as if, 00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:32.320 Those who were the tormentors of Jesus, 00:22:32.320 --> 00:22:34.340 Have a sense of something, 00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.460 That's gone on, 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.340 That shouldn't be, 00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.300 That this darkness, 00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:39.740 And maybe it's like in the book of Exodus, 00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:41.400 A darkness that can be felt, 00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:44.920 The creator turns the world dark, 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.519 As his son, 00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:48.220 Hangs upon the cross, 00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:53.380 Now if what happens next in the story, 00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.600 Happened to one of us, 00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:56.000 It would be deeply, 00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:56.880 Deeply, 00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:58.480 Deeply disturbing, 00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:00.000 It would be something, 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:02.920 That we actually would maybe not tell anybody about, 00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:04.860 Or if we did, 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:06.819 It would only be like our best friends, 00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:09.419 It would be something we wanted to cover up, 00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:11.740 Look what happens next, 00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.299 It's verse, 00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.399 Scene two, 00:23:14.679 --> 00:23:16.179 Verse 34, 00:23:16.679 --> 00:23:18.000 Jesus knows, 00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:19.759 He has been forsaken, 00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.379 By the father, 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.259 His father, 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.419 Jesus knows, 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:25.339 That he has been forsaken, 00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.720 By the father, 00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.299 His father, 00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:28.399 Listen to what it says, 00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:30.319 And at the ninth hour, 00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:31.259 It's dark, 00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:33.000 And at the ninth hour, 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.920 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.599 Eloi, 00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.319 Eloi, 00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:38.279 Lema sabachthani, 00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.559 Which means, 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.339 My God, 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.279 My God, 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:45.819 Why have you forsaken me? 00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:49.119 We don't know if he said it once, 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.599 Or twice, 00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.480 Or three times, 00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:53.880 We don't know if he said it in Greek, 00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.779 It's in Aramaic, 00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:57.119 We'll talk about that in a moment, 00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.940 And some Hebrew mixed in, 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:02.059 And Mark provides the translation, 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.960 Now, 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:05.380 What do I mean when I said, 00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.200 If this happened? 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:08.279 I don't know how many of you, 00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.220 Have been with a loved one, 00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.880 When they've died, 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.740 Or just with anybody, 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.480 When they've died, 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:13.500 And if you were, 00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:15.240 Around a hospital bed, 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:17.019 Waiting for the person to die, 00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:18.299 Because you know they're going to die, 00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:21.500 And if a few minutes, 00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.619 Before they died, 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.819 They cried out, 00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.319 My God, 00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.099 My God, 00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:27.980 Why have you forsaken me? 00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:31.220 That would rock you, 00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:33.600 It would rock, 00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:34.200 It would rock an atheist, 00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.519 It would rock a Buddhist, 00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.220 A Muslim, 00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.420 I mean a Hindu, 00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:40.200 It would rock a Canadian, 00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.059 Anybody, 00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:43.900 If you saw your loved one cry out, 00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.680 My God, 00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.600 My God, 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:48.140 Why have you forsaken me? 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:51.500 It would be so disturbing, 00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.740 We wouldn't want to tell, 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.319 The family members, 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:58.100 What our loved one had just called out, 00:24:58.099 --> 00:25:00.480 Isn't that true? 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:06.599 It might in fact be one of those things, 00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:07.799 That if our loved one said it, 00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:09.459 It would haunt us for years to come, 00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.379 We'd wonder, 00:25:12.199 --> 00:25:13.919 What went on with our loved one, 00:25:13.959 --> 00:25:15.119 That they would call out, 00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:16.159 And say that, 00:25:17.159 --> 00:25:19.039 Just before they died, 00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:23.059 Now, 00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:27.359 The historical accuracy, 00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.779 And reason to believe this, 00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:31.539 I mean one of the reasons you can believe, 00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.220 That this is, 00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:34.279 That this really happened, 00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:35.420 Is if you just realize, 00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:37.519 This is something you cover up, 00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:40.279 This isn't something you talk about, 00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:42.680 Not unless you come to see, 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:44.159 That it has some other meaning, 00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:47.399 Would be very distressing, 00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.460 Very frightening, 00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:52.340 It would cause us to worry, 00:25:52.340 --> 00:25:53.180 About our loved one, 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.900 It would frighten us, 00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:55.059 It would mean that we pity them, 00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:55.620 And you know what, 00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:57.220 We would think less highly of them, 00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:00.720 If we'd always thought, 00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.340 That our dad, 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.000 Or our mom, 00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.700 Or our sister, 00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.259 Or our brother, 00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:03.880 Or our child, 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:05.000 Was a really good person, 00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:06.880 And to have them cry that out, 00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.840 Just before they're dying, 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:09.000 We would think less of them, 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.360 Now, 00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.880 This is very important, 00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.519 Because, 00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.440 Well, 00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.360 It's going to be very important, 00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:18.659 For all sorts of reasons, 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.419 In some ways, 00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.659 This is the climax, 00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.919 One of the climaxes, 00:26:21.959 --> 00:26:23.539 Of the whole gospel, 00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.199 And, 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.719 And it's important, 00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:28.099 Because you'll listen, 00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:28.399 To many, 00:26:28.479 --> 00:26:28.939 Many people, 00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.319 And many, 00:26:29.419 --> 00:26:29.939 Many churches, 00:26:30.199 --> 00:26:31.219 And at the end of the day, 00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.619 What they fundamentally teach, 00:26:32.719 --> 00:26:33.740 Week in and week out, 00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:34.879 Is, 00:26:34.959 --> 00:26:35.959 Is that Jesus, 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:37.099 Is a good example, 00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:39.179 And the sermons, 00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:39.599 You know, 00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.419 You might go to a church, 00:26:40.479 --> 00:26:41.199 And they talk all the time, 00:26:41.199 --> 00:26:41.699 About Jesus, 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.459 And they talk all about, 00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:42.819 The time, 00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.639 All the time, 00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.319 And all about, 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.439 How good an example he is, 00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.619 If this happened, 00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.819 He's not a good example, 00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:51.500 Then that can't be all, 00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.500 That Jesus is, 00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:57.619 Who wants to copy that? 00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.859 Nobody, 00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:03.700 And, 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:05.099 And for people to talk about, 00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:06.000 Somehow it's just like, 00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.919 As if Jesus is, 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.659 It's not so much, 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.500 Jesus is death, 00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.359 We just sort of get over that, 00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:09.899 Very quickly, 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:11.379 That what we're really looking at, 00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:12.279 When we're looking at Jesus, 00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:12.700 Is that, 00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:12.840 You know, 00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.259 There shouldn't, 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:13.559 Don't get, 00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.519 You forget all about that, 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.180 Violence stuff, 00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.360 I mean, 00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:16.160 It's all about victory, 00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.500 Where's the victory, 00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.319 In that? 00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:21.000 If that's all you understand, 00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.680 About Jesus, 00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.080 I mean, 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:24.080 Obviously I think Jesus is an example, 00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:25.580 And obviously I think there's a victory, 00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:27.460 But if that's how you fundamentally, 00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.240 See Jesus, 00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:29.620 It doesn't fit with this, 00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.840 In this moment of his death, 00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:36.980 In fact, 00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:40.960 If Jesus hadn't risen from the dead, 00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:45.220 Then this would actually be a perfect story, 00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.799 To tell, 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:48.039 About the problem of evil, 00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.920 Think about it, 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.880 It would be a perfect story, 00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:53.400 To tell about the problem of evil, 00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.539 Say, 00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:56.019 You know, 00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.519 Look at this, 00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:58.000 This is why I'm not a Christian, 00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:59.960 This is why I'm not a Muslim, 00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:02.299 This is why I gave up on all of that, 00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.360 What we see here, 00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:05.920 We see bad things happen to good people, 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:08.620 We see waiting for God to help, 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:10.220 And he doesn't do anything, 00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:12.660 We call out to him, 00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:14.819 And he just remains silent, 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:17.319 The darkness even reveals, 00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:19.620 The emptiness of the universe, 00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.140 It's darkness, 00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.200 Not light, 00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.220 You know, 00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.920 You look at this, 00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.740 And you think to yourself, 00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:26.200 Why didn't he do something different, 00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.839 So he could have lived a little bit longer, 00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.860 Maybe had a wife, 00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.880 And had some children, 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.960 Rather than dying, 00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:31.680 You know, 00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.279 Abandoned, 00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:33.120 And forsaken, 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.180 And childless, 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:36.160 And naked on a cross, 00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:38.740 He should have chosen to live longer, 00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.920 To stay alive, 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:42.940 He should have gotten over all this God stuff, 00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.360 And look at this, 00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:46.519 The evil people do evil things, 00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:48.120 And nothing happens to them, 00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:51.539 They keep on living while he dies, 00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:53.820 It doesn't get judged, 00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.300 The evil, 00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:55.240 They just go on, 00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:56.320 And drink their wine, 00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.519 And do whatever they're going to do, 00:28:57.580 --> 00:28:58.580 And cause more evil, 00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.320 And the virtuous, 00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.519 And the innocent hide, 00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:02.779 Or need to look on from a distance, 00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.759 Like those other women, 00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:05.279 They can't even come close, 00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:07.119 And Jesus himself, 00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:08.399 He bears witness, 00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:10.000 That God has forsaken him, 00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:11.059 And how can you believe, 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:12.420 In a God like that, 00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:17.099 If there is no resurrection, 00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.920 From the dead, 00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:19.220 That is the story, 00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:20.059 Of the gospel, 00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:22.599 And every single one of us, 00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.740 Should leave this place, 00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.319 Right now, 00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:27.059 We are fools, 00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:32.000 If that is the story, 00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.799 Of this text, 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:40.740 Or is there something else, 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.819 Going on in this story, 00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:45.259 If you could put up my first point, 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:46.359 That would be very handy, 00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:50.339 Jesus drank the cup of wrath, 00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.639 That you deserve, 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:54.219 And now, 00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.019 By grace alone, 00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.740 Offers you, 00:29:56.439 --> 00:29:58.559 His life-giving cup, 00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.899 Of the new covenant, 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.079 Actually, 00:30:09.219 --> 00:30:09.699 If you just, 00:30:09.939 --> 00:30:11.119 Those of you who have Bibles, 00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:13.359 If you turn back, 00:30:13.719 --> 00:30:15.199 To Mark chapter 14, 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:17.059 Verse 36, 00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:20.559 It's not going to be on the screen, 00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.660 Because I forgot to ask, 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.620 That it be put on the screen, 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.740 So you just have to listen, 00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.180 Or look in your Bibles, 00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:26.420 Mark chapter 14, 00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.279 Verse 36, 00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:29.140 And Jesus is in the garden, 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.940 Of Gethsemane, 00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.539 And it's a very, 00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.840 Very powerful scene, 00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:33.299 He collapses, 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:36.340 He literally collapses, 00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:38.500 In anguish, 00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:41.580 And the cry of his heart is, 00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:43.220 Abba, Father, 00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:44.580 All things are possible, 00:30:44.580 --> 00:30:45.059 For you, 00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:46.859 Remove this cup from me, 00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.859 Yet not what I will, 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.819 But what you will, 00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:52.159 And what is this cup? 00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:54.819 It's an Old Testament image, 00:30:54.899 --> 00:30:56.159 That's in quite a few books, 00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:59.179 And it's an image of judgment, 00:30:59.379 --> 00:30:59.980 And of sin, 00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:02.159 And it sort of imagines, 00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:03.579 That at the end of your life, 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.539 That all throughout your life, 00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.980 Every time you do something, 00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.859 Which is wrong, 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:11.879 Or every time you should do something, 00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:13.000 Or could have done something, 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.460 And it was right, 00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.640 And you fail to do it, 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.400 Every time, 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:18.019 It's as if God takes, 00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:19.460 The blackness of that, 00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:21.279 The darkness of that, 00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.960 The foulness of that, 00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.900 And he makes it into a drop of liquid, 00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:27.880 And it's not just the evil, 00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:29.099 That you do, 00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.960 The evil either by what you do, 00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.980 Or what you fail to do, 00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.980 It's not just the evil, 00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:34.660 That goes into the cup, 00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:38.099 Because then that might actually sound, 00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:40.160 As if we could somehow amass the evil, 00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:41.940 And become more powerful and evil, 00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.720 And we all know, 00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:44.400 That there are many people that we know, 00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:46.140 Who would love to be made more powerful, 00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.740 With evil, 00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:49.360 There are people who walk this earth, 00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:52.180 Who try to devise ways, 00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:54.900 To consume more evil, 00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:56.640 That more evil they may be, 00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:58.539 And more powerful they may be, 00:31:58.539 --> 00:32:00.240 And we meet those people, 00:32:01.159 --> 00:32:03.099 And maybe at one time, 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:05.200 We were one of those people, 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:08.399 But God is God, 00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:10.240 And so it's not just the evil, 00:32:10.379 --> 00:32:11.399 Which goes in the cup, 00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:13.220 But the shame, 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:15.159 That should be with the evil, 00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:17.539 The guilt that goes with the evil, 00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.759 And God's judgment, 00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:21.000 That goes with the evil, 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.859 And the evil, 00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:24.299 The shame, 00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:25.059 The guilt, 00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.700 And the judgment, 00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.639 All go in the cup, 00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:29.220 And at the end of my days, 00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:35.020 When I see God face to face, 00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:37.540 He gives me the cup, 00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:39.640 And I must drink it, 00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.940 Because it is me, 00:32:41.580 --> 00:32:42.940 And it will unmake me, 00:32:44.020 --> 00:32:48.100 And when Jesus has that cry, 00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.759 At the beginning, 00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:51.500 Just a few hours before this happens, 00:32:52.340 --> 00:32:54.600 What he is saying, 00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.879 Is that in a sense, 00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:57.459 There is my cup, 00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:00.159 But it is possible, 00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:02.459 By the grace and mercy of God, 00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:04.719 This was something which was hinted at, 00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.639 In prophecies, 00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.699 Throughout what we now call, 00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.379 The Old Testament, 00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.539 And our Jewish friends call, 00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:09.000 The Torah, 00:33:09.179 --> 00:33:09.759 Or the Tanakh, 00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:12.559 That my cup, 00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:14.000 Could be poured into his cup, 00:33:14.959 --> 00:33:15.559 And it's a little bit, 00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:17.019 Maybe like a Harry Potter world, 00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:18.000 You could keep pouring, 00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:19.700 Between the cups of my cup, 00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.680 And yours, 00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:22.119 And yours, 00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.480 And yours, 00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.500 And yours, 00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:26.160 And yours, 00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.920 And it all goes in one cup, 00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:31.339 And when Jesus cries out, 00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:31.859 My God, 00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.599 My God, 00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:34.240 Why have you forsaken me? 00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:35.319 That is the moment, 00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:37.299 That he drinks the cup, 00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:42.420 And he experiences, 00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.759 Separation from God, 00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:49.960 Because he is drunk, 00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:52.759 Well here's the thing, 00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:55.720 If you were to look, 00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:57.000 In heaven, 00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:58.460 For Jesus' cup, 00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.359 It would be like this, 00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.799 Empty, 00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:06.660 He never sinned, 00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:10.659 And so on the cross, 00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:12.400 When you hear him cry, 00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:12.900 My God, 00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.420 My God, 00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.820 Why have you forsaken me? 00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:16.079 You hear him, 00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:19.099 Having drunk your cup, 00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:22.460 But you know, 00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.900 If that was all the gospel is, 00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:25.360 It wouldn't be much of a gospel, 00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:27.599 What is it I say, 00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:29.500 In my attempt to explain it, 00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.680 He drank the cup of wrath, 00:34:30.740 --> 00:34:31.340 That you deserve, 00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.539 And now by grace alone, 00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.720 Offers you his life, 00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:35.880 Giving cup of the new creation, 00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:39.200 Just before all of this happened, 00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:41.599 Jesus instituted a ceremony, 00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:43.139 That he wanted his followers, 00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:45.420 To do after his death, 00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:46.480 And resurrection, 00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:48.679 We're going to celebrate it today, 00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:49.759 In obedience to him, 00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:52.099 We're going to celebrate the Lord's Supper, 00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.599 Holy Communion, 00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:55.739 And if you have your Bibles, 00:34:55.879 --> 00:34:57.559 This is in how Mark 14, 00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:58.799 22 to 25, 00:34:58.879 --> 00:34:59.719 He describes it, 00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.739 When he institutes it, 00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.839 He says, 00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.940 And it says, 00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.860 As they were eating, 00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.920 Jesus took bread, 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.920 And after blessing it, 00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:07.079 Broke it and gave it to them, 00:35:07.100 --> 00:35:07.400 And said, 00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.780 Take, 00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.760 This is my body, 00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:10.400 And he took a cup, 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:14.220 And when he had given thanks, 00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:15.539 The cup has wine in it, 00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:17.460 And when he had given thanks, 00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:18.280 He gave it to them, 00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:19.200 And they all drank it, 00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:19.960 And he said to them, 00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:21.059 This is my blood, 00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:23.079 Of the new covenant, 00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:25.260 Which is poured out for many, 00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:29.139 And in his death and resurrection, 00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:30.380 When Jesus calls out, 00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.840 My God, 00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.380 My God, 00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.720 Why have you forsaken me? 00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:34.519 He has drunk the cup, 00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.480 That you deserve, 00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.740 The cup of wrath, 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:39.220 And he doesn't just offer you his cup, 00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.559 An empty cup, 00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:43.199 He offers you his cup, 00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:46.139 The cup of the new covenant, 00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:50.799 The cup of a new relationship with him, 00:35:51.879 --> 00:35:53.699 And not just a relationship with him, 00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:56.819 I can have a relationship with my barista, 00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:59.839 Who works for a month or two or three, 00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:01.440 And then goes on and I have receive them, 00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:03.579 Again, that's not the type of relationship, 00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:04.519 It's a covenant, 00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:07.839 It's like marriage only far beyond, 00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:11.059 It's a new relationship with him, 00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:12.699 As my God and my king, 00:36:12.799 --> 00:36:13.480 My savior, 00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:17.099 He is my elder brother, 00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:18.840 God is my father, 00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.340 The whole, 00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:22.619 It's a completely new world, 00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:25.780 That is offered to me, 00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:27.719 And that I am invited to remember, 00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:29.360 Every time we have the Lord's Supper, 00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.900 Every time we have the Lord's Supper, 00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:33.480 We confess our sins just before it, 00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.519 Because we are remembering, 00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:36.460 That he drank the cup of his wrath, 00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:39.699 And we have a sip of the new wine, 00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.820 Because we remember, 00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:42.159 That he is inaugurated, 00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:43.299 And invited you and me, 00:36:43.379 --> 00:36:45.119 Into this new covenant with him, 00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:50.539 And that leads me, 00:36:50.879 --> 00:36:52.460 Before we move on any further, 00:36:53.299 --> 00:36:54.359 Are you born again? 00:36:57.339 --> 00:36:58.679 Are you born again? 00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:04.279 This isn't just a beautiful and moving story, 00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.539 It's real, 00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:06.839 It's as real as death, 00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:12.200 And you don't have to feel like you're born again, 00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:14.280 You don't have to know exactly what, 00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:15.700 Here's what it is, 00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:16.640 It's a matter of you, 00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:17.559 You know, 00:37:17.660 --> 00:37:18.900 It begins with the will, 00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:21.280 It's like in a friendship relationship, 00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:23.500 Where it goes from the sense that you become friends, 00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:24.360 Where there's some things, 00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.600 Whether spoken or unspoken, 00:37:25.660 --> 00:37:26.920 About the fact that you are friends, 00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:28.820 Because you see each other on a regular basis, 00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:30.280 Or it's a little bit like, 00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:31.820 It's just moved beyond love, 00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:34.559 And maybe attraction to that moment, 00:37:34.720 --> 00:37:36.500 That one or the other says, 00:37:36.600 --> 00:37:37.420 Will you marry me? 00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:38.300 And the other one says, 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.740 Yes, 00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:41.160 And then that there's a covenant, 00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:42.039 Which is sealed, 00:37:42.220 --> 00:37:42.960 That takes place, 00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:44.340 Whether it's just before the state, 00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:46.480 Or before lots of witnesses in a church, 00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:47.860 And in the sight of God, 00:37:48.100 --> 00:37:50.420 And one says to the other, 00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:53.559 They pledge the deepest of themselves to each other, 00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.000 And say, 00:37:54.100 --> 00:37:54.180 You know, 00:37:54.260 --> 00:37:54.559 I, 00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:55.360 George, 00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:56.480 Give myself to Louise, 00:37:56.600 --> 00:37:58.280 And Louise gives herself to me, 00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:58.960 Or, 00:37:59.100 --> 00:37:59.320 You know, 00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.680 Whatever, 00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:01.360 And we enter into something, 00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:03.160 Which is just different than just a friendship, 00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.980 And it's very, 00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:04.580 Very deep, 00:38:04.660 --> 00:38:04.960 And very, 00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.480 Very real, 00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:07.920 But it begins with a reality, 00:38:08.140 --> 00:38:09.860 And then there's words that articulate it, 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:11.039 And some people, 00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:12.860 They've always been Christians, 00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.580 And that's good, 00:38:13.620 --> 00:38:15.240 That's what we hope for all of our children, 00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:15.920 And others, 00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:17.920 We know that there's a specific time, 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:20.920 But it all begins by acknowledging these realities, 00:38:21.100 --> 00:38:23.100 And acknowledging that there is a cup of my wrath, 00:38:23.100 --> 00:38:24.260 That one day I will die, 00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:27.240 That one day I will realize that all my life, 00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:28.880 I have been running far from God, 00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:30.059 And want God far away, 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.820 And that that's, 00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.460 That's, 00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:36.460 That just means I will experience the wrath of, 00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:38.800 Have to drink that cup of my wrath, 00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:40.280 And it begins with, 00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:44.960 And it continues with believing that Jesus has done something for me, 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:46.480 That I can't do for myself, 00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:47.900 And it involves me, 00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.200 See, 00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:52.300 Considering that I don't want to have my life be something, 00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:53.579 Which is just on my own, 00:38:53.680 --> 00:38:55.160 And completely and utterly still, 00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:55.820 And quiet, 00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:58.220 Or open rebellion against God, 00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:58.660 That I, 00:38:58.660 --> 00:38:59.640 That does, 00:38:59.720 --> 00:39:02.160 I don't want death to be the final word about me, 00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:05.200 I don't want the cup of wrath to be the final word about me, 00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:07.559 And then you decide that you want to do something, 00:39:07.660 --> 00:39:09.120 And it's not just having stories, 00:39:09.180 --> 00:39:11.140 Although stories are profoundly important, 00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:12.240 It's when you, 00:39:12.680 --> 00:39:13.420 With your heart, 00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.260 And with your lips, 00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:15.260 Or at least in your mind, 00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:16.400 You call out to Jesus, 00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:16.860 And say, 00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:17.280 Jesus, 00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.860 Would you come into my life, 00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:20.420 And be my savior and Lord? 00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:22.139 And when you do that, 00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:23.579 He says yes, 00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:25.220 And you are born again, 00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:25.320 And, 00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:32.519 And so I just want to say to you, 00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.340 And to you, 00:39:33.700 --> 00:39:34.559 Are you born again? 00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:40.039 And if you don't think that has described you up until now, 00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:41.920 Or you never even really knew you had to do that, 00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:43.639 You just thought you could go through liturgies, 00:39:43.740 --> 00:39:44.300 And rituals, 00:39:44.700 --> 00:39:46.320 And think of stories, 00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:48.039 And try to improve your life, 00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.279 You know, 00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:50.440 A friend of mine was talking to some young men, 00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.119 Who, 00:39:51.320 --> 00:39:51.880 Believe it or not, 00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:53.300 Were led by Jordan Peterson, 00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:56.400 To start considering the Christian faith, 00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.360 And they were talking to him, 00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:58.719 And my friend said to him, 00:39:58.719 --> 00:39:58.920 Listen, 00:39:59.039 --> 00:39:59.179 You know, 00:39:59.219 --> 00:40:00.460 You can listen to Jordan Peterson, 00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:01.420 And all it'll mean, 00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:03.119 Is you have a really neat bedroom, 00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:05.960 And you're in better shape, 00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:08.079 And you're better emotionally, 00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:09.239 But that doesn't count anything, 00:40:09.279 --> 00:40:10.139 Unless you're born again, 00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:11.840 It's the same with us, 00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:15.519 And I just would invite you to call on the Lord, 00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:16.719 And ask that he would be, 00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:18.559 Jesus would be your Savior and your Lord, 00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:20.959 Thank him for drinking the cup that you deserved, 00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:23.980 And for offering this cup of a new relationship, 00:40:24.699 --> 00:40:27.480 Which we remember, 00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:30.619 And recommit to every time we take the Lord's Supper, 00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:36.519 We will finish the story, 00:40:36.779 --> 00:40:37.379 There's still, 00:40:37.779 --> 00:40:38.539 There's humor, 00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:40.339 There's maybe some mocking, 00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:41.319 Maybe some help, 00:40:41.419 --> 00:40:42.739 And another miracle, 00:40:42.859 --> 00:40:43.539 And a confession, 00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:45.019 Which we'll look at very briefly, 00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:47.019 As we finish this story, 00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:48.619 Look at scene number three, 00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:50.380 Scene number three, 00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:52.639 Lost in translation, 00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.579 Lost in translation, 00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:57.199 Verses 35 and 36, 00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:58.920 And it goes like this, 00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:01.039 Some of the bystanders, 00:41:01.279 --> 00:41:02.119 Hearing it said, 00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:03.579 Eloi, Eloi, 00:41:03.659 --> 00:41:04.679 Lama Sabachthani, 00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.639 Behold, 00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:06.579 He's calling Elijah, 00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:10.360 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, 00:41:11.299 --> 00:41:12.119 Put it on a reed, 00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:13.219 And gave it to him to drink, 00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:13.579 Saying, 00:41:14.279 --> 00:41:14.759 Wait, 00:41:14.819 --> 00:41:14.940 Wait, 00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:15.079 Wait, 00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:15.259 Wait, 00:41:15.319 --> 00:41:15.480 Wait, 00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:17.599 Let's see whether Elijah will come to take him down, 00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:20.679 Probably said in a mocking way, 00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:22.719 And it comes in translation, 00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:24.379 You know, 00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:27.539 I don't know how some people ever figure out how to speak English, 00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.739 Some of you, 00:41:28.819 --> 00:41:30.980 I know that there's at least one person here, 00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:33.000 That English was the fourth language they learned, 00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:34.419 And I just marvel, 00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:35.980 I don't know how on earth they figured out English, 00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:39.399 There's so many times where the same sound means very different words, 00:41:39.939 --> 00:41:41.159 That you can tell when it's written, 00:41:41.259 --> 00:41:42.559 But you can't tell when it's spoken, 00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:43.559 Not very easily, 00:41:44.279 --> 00:41:45.039 And so, 00:41:45.339 --> 00:41:47.039 Depending on your language, 00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:50.659 The word for God here also sounds like Elijah, 00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:52.279 And so it's lost in translation, 00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:54.980 And it's not clear whether they're trying to be helpful, 00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:56.459 Whether they're trying to be mocking, 00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:58.139 You know, 00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:59.159 What's going on here, 00:41:59.279 --> 00:42:00.879 But they get confused, 00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:02.299 It's lost in translation, 00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:04.699 They don't realize that he's talking to God, 00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:07.559 The God who's forsaken him, 00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:08.759 Not Elijah, 00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:14.299 And then this next bit is something which is more powerful in the original language, 00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.000 But, 00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.139 But, 00:42:20.139 --> 00:42:20.500 But, 00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:22.699 Not as obvious in English, 00:42:22.719 --> 00:42:26.659 And it touches this final moment when he dies, 00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:27.659 You know, 00:42:27.739 --> 00:42:31.059 If you've never been with somebody who has died, 00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:35.519 It is on one level like the movies, 00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:37.179 You watch their breath, 00:42:37.279 --> 00:42:38.199 And then they breathe, 00:42:38.779 --> 00:42:39.439 Their last, 00:42:40.939 --> 00:42:41.859 And then it's after that, 00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:43.599 You might notice a change in the body, 00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:44.839 Or the eyes, 00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:47.380 But you sort of watch, 00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:49.100 And you're waiting for that last breath, 00:42:49.180 --> 00:42:50.820 And that's what now happens to Jesus, 00:42:50.820 --> 00:42:52.019 It's the final, 00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:53.100 It's called, 00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:55.559 The scene is scene number four, 00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:59.460 It's verse 37, 00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:01.660 The final breath of Jesus, 00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:02.700 And it goes like this, 00:43:03.240 --> 00:43:04.900 And Jesus uttered a loud cry, 00:43:05.220 --> 00:43:06.340 And breathed his last. 00:43:06.340 --> 00:43:07.600 Now, 00:43:07.600 --> 00:43:07.620 Now, 00:43:07.620 --> 00:43:10.720 What's not quite caught here, 00:43:11.120 --> 00:43:11.860 Is that it's a, 00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:13.420 I'm not going to burst your ear, 00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:14.980 But it's a loud cry, 00:43:15.120 --> 00:43:17.019 It's something he shouldn't be able to do, 00:43:17.120 --> 00:43:17.680 Given that he's, 00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:18.960 He's been whipped, 00:43:19.160 --> 00:43:21.019 To maybe the point of bone showing, 00:43:21.240 --> 00:43:22.559 And lost all this blood, 00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:24.760 And is being dehydrated, 00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:26.880 And bleeding profusely, 00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:28.060 From the nails, 00:43:28.180 --> 00:43:29.020 Into his wrists, 00:43:29.100 --> 00:43:30.440 And into the ankles, 00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:31.960 Just above the feet, 00:43:32.560 --> 00:43:32.620 And, 00:43:32.700 --> 00:43:33.220 And, 00:43:33.220 --> 00:43:33.500 And, 00:43:33.560 --> 00:43:35.120 And in the original language, 00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:36.900 There's two things that go, 00:43:37.100 --> 00:43:38.480 Are going on with it, 00:43:38.600 --> 00:43:40.040 The first thing is that it, 00:43:40.040 --> 00:43:41.680 It sounds like it's a cry of victory, 00:43:42.180 --> 00:43:42.500 And, 00:43:42.540 --> 00:43:44.460 And scholars wonder if it's him saying, 00:43:44.620 --> 00:43:45.280 It is finished, 00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:46.900 Which is recorded in John, 00:43:47.620 --> 00:43:49.000 But the other thing is, 00:43:49.140 --> 00:43:49.860 That it's, 00:43:53.860 --> 00:43:54.420 Well, 00:43:54.420 --> 00:43:54.599 Well, 00:43:54.720 --> 00:43:55.619 Here's the thing, 00:43:55.659 --> 00:43:56.860 If you could put up the next point, 00:43:57.159 --> 00:43:57.980 That would be helpful, 00:43:58.659 --> 00:43:59.460 For you and me, 00:43:59.579 --> 00:44:00.740 Death is not an option, 00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:02.720 For Jesus, 00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:04.159 Entering death, 00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:05.360 Was his quest, 00:44:05.659 --> 00:44:06.599 Of love and mercy, 00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:08.280 For you and me, 00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:09.460 Death is not an option, 00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:10.180 For Jesus, 00:44:10.380 --> 00:44:11.079 Entering death, 00:44:11.139 --> 00:44:12.659 Was his quest of love and mercy, 00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:14.460 What I'm trying to get at here, 00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:14.860 Is that, 00:44:15.280 --> 00:44:17.019 I cannot not die, 00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:18.619 I cannot not die, 00:44:18.700 --> 00:44:19.400 Neither can you, 00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:20.300 I mean, 00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:20.920 Christians, 00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:21.519 You know, 00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:22.579 Some of us won't die, 00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:23.180 If we're alive, 00:44:23.240 --> 00:44:24.159 When Jesus returns, 00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:25.259 But apart from that, 00:44:25.539 --> 00:44:26.339 Which is the end, 00:44:26.379 --> 00:44:26.920 And the beginning, 00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:29.359 Human beings don't have a choice, 00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:29.559 I mean, 00:44:29.779 --> 00:44:31.059 Maybe we can do some things, 00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:32.079 That speed up our death, 00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:33.019 Or slow our death, 00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:34.579 But it's not an option, 00:44:35.879 --> 00:44:36.000 We, 00:44:36.359 --> 00:44:36.839 In Canada, 00:44:36.839 --> 00:44:37.960 We're trained to think, 00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:39.019 That death is what happens, 00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:39.819 To other people, 00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:40.859 And that somehow or another, 00:44:40.859 --> 00:44:42.279 It's an option for me, 00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:43.559 And every day I wake up, 00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:43.699 I'm saying, 00:44:43.759 --> 00:44:44.539 I'm not going to die today, 00:44:44.699 --> 00:44:44.879 You know, 00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:45.460 But at the end of the day, 00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:46.319 You can say that every day, 00:44:46.359 --> 00:44:47.279 And someday you're going to die, 00:44:47.339 --> 00:44:48.420 Because death is not an option, 00:44:48.420 --> 00:44:50.500 But what this cry, 00:44:50.800 --> 00:44:51.920 From the cross, 00:44:52.139 --> 00:44:52.559 Is, 00:44:53.920 --> 00:44:54.240 That, 00:44:56.240 --> 00:44:57.800 And because he came to die, 00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:59.099 We don't know what it would have meant, 00:44:59.139 --> 00:45:00.579 If he'd still be alive today, 00:45:00.579 --> 00:45:02.300 But the implication is, 00:45:02.480 --> 00:45:03.599 That Jesus actually, 00:45:04.599 --> 00:45:06.440 He couldn't die, 00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:09.740 Unless he chose to die, 00:45:10.180 --> 00:45:11.280 Not chose to die, 00:45:11.340 --> 00:45:12.099 The way made, 00:45:12.280 --> 00:45:13.200 Is choosing to die, 00:45:13.300 --> 00:45:14.579 But he literally, 00:45:14.700 --> 00:45:15.360 And I mean literally, 00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:17.039 He couldn't die, 00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:19.140 And this call, 00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:20.400 And it's communicated, 00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:21.660 And hinted at, 00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:23.700 And in the structure of the Greek, 00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:24.980 Is that, 00:45:25.720 --> 00:45:26.940 He's chosen, 00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:29.240 To do, 00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:30.260 What couldn't, 00:45:31.120 --> 00:45:32.680 Happen to him naturally, 00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:34.760 He chooses to die, 00:45:35.200 --> 00:45:36.840 If you could put up the next point, 00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:37.800 That would be very helpful, 00:45:38.700 --> 00:45:40.380 On a Friday afternoon, 00:45:41.420 --> 00:45:42.640 Death swallowed Jesus, 00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:44.079 On Sunday, 00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:45.679 It was discovered, 00:45:46.340 --> 00:45:47.980 That Jesus had swallowed death, 00:45:48.500 --> 00:45:52.279 On a Friday afternoon, 00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:53.719 In the year 30, 00:45:54.079 --> 00:45:55.139 April in 30, 00:45:55.219 --> 00:45:56.299 Or April in 33, 00:45:57.299 --> 00:45:58.619 It looked as if, 00:45:58.819 --> 00:45:59.860 Death swallowed Jesus, 00:46:00.039 --> 00:46:00.840 He truly died, 00:46:01.299 --> 00:46:01.960 On Sunday, 00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:03.940 Going a little bit ahead in the story, 00:46:04.779 --> 00:46:05.460 It was discovered, 00:46:05.639 --> 00:46:07.079 That Jesus had swallowed death, 00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:13.380 And, 00:46:13.460 --> 00:46:14.920 You know, 00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:15.659 That is why, 00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:17.860 We'll talk about this more next week, 00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:20.779 The grave is a bed of hope, 00:46:20.900 --> 00:46:21.519 For Christians, 00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:24.980 It's sad, 00:46:26.340 --> 00:46:27.759 And Christians should, 00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:30.319 Should feel completely free, 00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:31.679 To cry their eyes out, 00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:34.779 But, 00:46:34.779 --> 00:46:35.480 But we know that, 00:46:36.179 --> 00:46:37.419 We are in him, 00:46:38.059 --> 00:46:39.279 Who swallowed death, 00:46:41.279 --> 00:46:43.059 And that when we say, 00:46:43.199 --> 00:46:44.319 Goodbye to our loved one, 00:46:44.359 --> 00:46:45.359 Who is in Christ, 00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:45.960 We really, 00:46:46.139 --> 00:46:46.379 Truly, 00:46:46.579 --> 00:46:46.859 Literally, 00:46:46.859 --> 00:46:47.779 Can say, 00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:48.719 See you later, 00:46:49.579 --> 00:46:50.559 Not farewell, 00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:56.279 Now there's a final miracle, 00:46:56.280 --> 00:46:58.700 And that takes place, 00:46:59.060 --> 00:47:00.060 In the next scene, 00:47:00.660 --> 00:47:02.360 The father tears down the curtain, 00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:03.200 Verse 38, 00:47:03.920 --> 00:47:05.040 And the curtain of the temple, 00:47:05.240 --> 00:47:06.100 Was torn in two, 00:47:06.240 --> 00:47:07.260 From top to bottom, 00:47:08.160 --> 00:47:10.180 Now what this is saying here, 00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:11.260 Is that as Jesus, 00:47:11.260 --> 00:47:12.500 Jesus has now died, 00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:14.860 And in the whole, 00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:15.700 Old Testament, 00:47:15.880 --> 00:47:16.380 In a sense, 00:47:16.460 --> 00:47:17.280 Has been pointing, 00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:18.519 And bringing us to this point, 00:47:18.600 --> 00:47:19.540 The whole Tanakh, 00:47:19.600 --> 00:47:20.060 And Torah, 00:47:20.600 --> 00:47:21.920 Has brought us to this point, 00:47:22.660 --> 00:47:23.760 And God, 00:47:23.860 --> 00:47:24.260 Had communicated, 00:47:25.080 --> 00:47:25.760 How in a sense, 00:47:25.760 --> 00:47:27.280 Inaccessible he was, 00:47:27.320 --> 00:47:28.600 And that he could only come, 00:47:28.760 --> 00:47:30.140 Through the mediation of priests, 00:47:30.720 --> 00:47:31.900 And through sacrifices, 00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:33.340 And where in a sense, 00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:34.380 He was most, 00:47:34.620 --> 00:47:36.000 Completely and perfectly, 00:47:36.160 --> 00:47:37.560 Which was in the Holy of Holies, 00:47:37.900 --> 00:47:39.180 That could only be entered, 00:47:39.300 --> 00:47:39.940 Once a year, 00:47:40.040 --> 00:47:41.440 But only by the high priest, 00:47:41.440 --> 00:47:43.520 And only after solemn sacrifices, 00:47:44.080 --> 00:47:46.260 And solemn preparation for it, 00:47:46.340 --> 00:47:47.220 Could that be done, 00:47:47.640 --> 00:47:48.820 And that way to see, 00:47:48.880 --> 00:47:50.360 In the very presence of God, 00:47:50.420 --> 00:47:52.120 Was always covered with a curtain, 00:47:52.420 --> 00:47:53.620 And it is that curtain, 00:47:53.720 --> 00:47:54.440 Which is torn, 00:47:54.780 --> 00:47:55.740 And it is not torn, 00:47:55.760 --> 00:47:56.760 From the bottom up, 00:47:56.820 --> 00:47:57.540 That a human being, 00:47:57.540 --> 00:47:58.140 Could do it, 00:47:58.360 --> 00:47:59.500 It is as if God, 00:47:59.640 --> 00:48:00.540 From heaven, 00:48:00.900 --> 00:48:01.760 Reaches down, 00:48:01.900 --> 00:48:03.000 And takes that curtain, 00:48:03.100 --> 00:48:03.480 Himself, 00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:04.620 That curtain, 00:48:04.720 --> 00:48:05.680 That he had requested, 00:48:05.820 --> 00:48:06.680 That was be made, 00:48:06.920 --> 00:48:08.240 And he takes that curtain, 00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:09.320 And he tears it, 00:48:09.320 --> 00:48:10.560 From the top to the bottom, 00:48:10.720 --> 00:48:11.520 So that the way, 00:48:11.560 --> 00:48:12.420 To the Holy of Holies, 00:48:12.480 --> 00:48:13.220 Is now open, 00:48:13.219 --> 00:48:17.399 There is a new way, 00:48:17.399 --> 00:48:18.899 To be in God's presence, 00:48:19.559 --> 00:48:20.859 And it is through faith, 00:48:21.779 --> 00:48:23.059 In his son Jesus Christ, 00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:24.879 The beloved son, 00:48:25.579 --> 00:48:26.679 The beloved son, 00:48:26.679 --> 00:48:30.559 And then a surprising confession, 00:48:31.559 --> 00:48:33.419 The next and final scene, 00:48:34.739 --> 00:48:35.440 You know, 00:48:35.500 --> 00:48:37.099 It's really interesting, 00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:38.899 Now it shows a little bit, 00:48:39.739 --> 00:48:40.119 You know, 00:48:40.319 --> 00:48:40.619 I, 00:48:40.619 --> 00:48:42.400 I sometimes, 00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:43.239 I have to confess, 00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:44.420 I have a guilty pleasure, 00:48:44.539 --> 00:48:45.960 Of sometimes watching, 00:48:46.139 --> 00:48:47.559 JP Awakening on YouTube, 00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:49.400 Some of you are now, 00:48:49.480 --> 00:48:50.259 Going to write me off, 00:48:50.480 --> 00:48:51.559 Many of you have never heard, 00:48:51.619 --> 00:48:52.579 Of JP Awakening, 00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:54.279 But he's a, 00:48:54.539 --> 00:48:55.400 If you've seen him, 00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:56.539 He's a muscular guy, 00:48:56.679 --> 00:48:57.199 With very, 00:48:57.299 --> 00:48:57.900 Very white, 00:48:58.339 --> 00:48:59.000 Looking very, 00:48:59.119 --> 00:48:59.599 Very white, 00:48:59.679 --> 00:49:00.880 With long red hair, 00:49:00.900 --> 00:49:01.339 And a beard, 00:49:01.460 --> 00:49:02.319 Looks like a hippie, 00:49:02.320 --> 00:49:03.280 And, 00:49:03.360 --> 00:49:04.840 And, 00:49:04.960 --> 00:49:07.900 He began as a, 00:49:07.900 --> 00:49:08.880 Wellness guru, 00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:11.500 And a spiritual coach, 00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:12.200 Type guy, 00:49:13.160 --> 00:49:14.180 Ended up accidentally, 00:49:14.180 --> 00:49:15.720 Discovering that if he spoofed it, 00:49:15.780 --> 00:49:17.019 He could make more money, 00:49:17.200 --> 00:49:18.420 So he started spoofing it, 00:49:19.140 --> 00:49:19.400 Anyway, 00:49:19.500 --> 00:49:20.260 Then he's become, 00:49:20.600 --> 00:49:20.860 Anyway, 00:49:22.080 --> 00:49:25.000 He became a Christian, 00:49:26.200 --> 00:49:29.180 Just within the last week, 00:49:31.420 --> 00:49:31.700 Like, 00:49:31.699 --> 00:49:33.359 If you'd looked at guys on YouTube, 00:49:33.579 --> 00:49:34.639 That were going to become Christians, 00:49:34.719 --> 00:49:35.639 You wouldn't have picked him, 00:49:35.960 --> 00:49:36.139 Like, 00:49:36.659 --> 00:49:37.299 You wouldn't have, 00:49:38.719 --> 00:49:39.980 And he became Christian, 00:49:40.079 --> 00:49:40.719 In a really, 00:49:40.980 --> 00:49:42.059 Interesting way, 00:49:42.159 --> 00:49:42.739 Because he, 00:49:42.779 --> 00:49:43.379 He shares, 00:49:43.500 --> 00:49:44.399 If you look at the video, 00:49:44.539 --> 00:49:45.599 Of how he mocked, 00:49:45.619 --> 00:49:46.099 And mocked, 00:49:46.119 --> 00:49:46.960 And mocked Christians, 00:49:47.139 --> 00:49:47.480 And thought, 00:49:48.119 --> 00:49:49.039 Christians were like, 00:49:49.119 --> 00:49:50.399 People still trying to use, 00:49:50.819 --> 00:49:51.079 Like, 00:49:51.139 --> 00:49:52.460 Really ancient technology, 00:49:52.579 --> 00:49:54.159 In a modern technology world, 00:49:54.639 --> 00:49:54.939 But as, 00:49:55.059 --> 00:49:55.699 As the world, 00:49:55.799 --> 00:49:56.759 He just saw more and more, 00:49:56.879 --> 00:49:57.799 Evil in the world, 00:49:58.359 --> 00:50:00.119 And he was recoiling from evil, 00:50:00.299 --> 00:50:01.399 And he realized one day, 00:50:01.400 --> 00:50:03.139 That when he recoils away from evil, 00:50:03.240 --> 00:50:05.260 He's recoiling towards something, 00:50:05.740 --> 00:50:06.960 And he started to realize, 00:50:07.059 --> 00:50:08.280 It was the Christian God, 00:50:09.340 --> 00:50:10.340 He became a Christian, 00:50:10.340 --> 00:50:10.440 And, 00:50:10.440 --> 00:50:16.240 My conversion was a miracle, 00:50:16.239 --> 00:50:18.379 And so was yours, 00:50:18.579 --> 00:50:21.039 Nobody's conversion, 00:50:21.399 --> 00:50:23.259 Is ever merely an act of their will, 00:50:24.179 --> 00:50:27.119 And we see this, 00:50:27.179 --> 00:50:28.779 Most remarkable confession, 00:50:28.979 --> 00:50:30.000 In this final scene, 00:50:30.239 --> 00:50:30.879 It's called, 00:50:31.079 --> 00:50:33.019 The first to see, 00:50:33.159 --> 00:50:33.919 And confess, 00:50:34.119 --> 00:50:35.119 It's the final scene, 00:50:35.239 --> 00:50:35.859 Scene six, 00:50:35.939 --> 00:50:36.659 Verse 39, 00:50:37.919 --> 00:50:39.059 The centurion, 00:50:39.459 --> 00:50:41.459 Who stood facing Jesus, 00:50:41.659 --> 00:50:42.679 Saw that in this way, 00:50:42.679 --> 00:50:43.960 He breathed his last, 00:50:44.559 --> 00:50:45.279 He said, 00:50:46.079 --> 00:50:46.579 Truly, 00:50:47.299 --> 00:50:48.079 This man, 00:50:48.379 --> 00:50:49.559 Was the son of God, 00:50:49.559 --> 00:50:49.619 And, 00:50:49.619 --> 00:50:58.500 Many people, 00:50:58.739 --> 00:50:59.639 Had sort of seen, 00:50:59.799 --> 00:51:01.199 That Jesus might be God, 00:51:01.299 --> 00:51:02.500 Because of his miracles, 00:51:02.500 --> 00:51:07.300 But everybody thought, 00:51:07.300 --> 00:51:09.019 That as Jesus suffers, 00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:09.880 And dies, 00:51:10.260 --> 00:51:11.159 That this is a sign, 00:51:11.280 --> 00:51:11.880 That he definitely, 00:51:11.880 --> 00:51:13.460 Wasn't anything like that, 00:51:14.139 --> 00:51:15.800 And this pagan, 00:51:16.460 --> 00:51:18.099 Who would have worshipped, 00:51:18.179 --> 00:51:19.380 The pagan gods, 00:51:19.820 --> 00:51:21.059 Who supervised, 00:51:21.400 --> 00:51:22.320 The death of Jesus, 00:51:22.480 --> 00:51:23.659 By crucifixion, 00:51:24.380 --> 00:51:26.539 Seeing Jesus' crucifixion, 00:51:26.579 --> 00:51:27.719 And his final cry, 00:51:28.300 --> 00:51:29.860 In the midst of the darkness, 00:51:29.860 --> 00:51:35.260 Has this miraculous confession, 00:51:36.700 --> 00:51:39.160 Truly this man, 00:51:39.280 --> 00:51:40.940 Was the son of God, 00:51:42.180 --> 00:51:45.599 If you could put up, 00:51:45.660 --> 00:51:46.240 The final point, 00:51:46.320 --> 00:51:47.240 That would be very helpful, 00:51:48.160 --> 00:51:49.280 Your only hope, 00:51:49.340 --> 00:51:50.220 In life and death, 00:51:50.700 --> 00:51:51.440 Is the death, 00:51:51.519 --> 00:51:52.700 And resurrection of Jesus, 00:51:54.700 --> 00:51:55.840 If there is, 00:51:56.019 --> 00:51:56.860 A Muslim friend, 00:51:56.980 --> 00:51:57.700 Watching this, 00:51:58.120 --> 00:51:59.579 I want to announce, 00:51:59.579 --> 00:51:59.940 To you, 00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:00.840 If you understand, 00:52:00.980 --> 00:52:01.860 That this really happened, 00:52:01.960 --> 00:52:02.699 Is your only hope, 00:52:02.759 --> 00:52:03.440 In life and death, 00:52:03.500 --> 00:52:04.279 Is not Muhammad, 00:52:04.440 --> 00:52:04.940 But Jesus, 00:52:05.739 --> 00:52:06.980 If you were a Buddhist, 00:52:07.400 --> 00:52:08.019 Or a Hindu, 00:52:08.139 --> 00:52:09.099 Who is watching this, 00:52:09.179 --> 00:52:09.860 If you were a good, 00:52:09.980 --> 00:52:10.880 Secular Canadian, 00:52:11.019 --> 00:52:12.000 And you were watching this, 00:52:12.059 --> 00:52:12.759 Or you were here, 00:52:13.440 --> 00:52:14.460 Your only hope, 00:52:14.519 --> 00:52:15.360 In life and death, 00:52:16.179 --> 00:52:16.840 Is the death, 00:52:16.920 --> 00:52:18.099 And resurrection of Jesus, 00:52:19.319 --> 00:52:20.860 And ask him into your life, 00:52:20.940 --> 00:52:21.619 To be your savior, 00:52:21.619 --> 00:52:22.279 And your lord, 00:52:23.059 --> 00:52:24.960 And you know, 00:52:25.299 --> 00:52:26.319 The stories, 00:52:26.319 --> 00:52:28.440 Will begin to change your life, 00:52:28.440 --> 00:52:30.079 But it's not just the stories, 00:52:30.280 --> 00:52:31.400 It's his real presence, 00:52:31.579 --> 00:52:32.260 And it's the presence, 00:52:32.380 --> 00:52:33.320 Of the Holy Spirit, 00:52:34.320 --> 00:52:35.519 His presence with you, 00:52:35.539 --> 00:52:36.480 As you live your life, 00:52:36.900 --> 00:52:39.280 And people can begin, 00:52:39.360 --> 00:52:40.760 To understand from the inside, 00:52:40.940 --> 00:52:43.539 The profound emotional power, 00:52:43.539 --> 00:52:45.019 And beauty of the gospel, 00:52:45.480 --> 00:52:46.740 That when you have times, 00:52:46.820 --> 00:52:47.920 That you have been abandoned, 00:52:48.159 --> 00:52:48.860 And you have been, 00:52:48.860 --> 00:52:50.280 You have been betrayed, 00:52:50.619 --> 00:52:52.740 And you have been left alone, 00:52:52.800 --> 00:52:53.940 And you have been a mock, 00:52:53.940 --> 00:52:55.099 That you can pour out, 00:52:55.220 --> 00:52:56.320 Your heart to him, 00:52:56.519 --> 00:52:57.720 And he knows, 00:52:57.780 --> 00:52:59.200 What you are going through, 00:52:59.280 --> 00:53:00.840 Because he has gone through it himself, 00:53:01.019 --> 00:53:01.880 You can pour out, 00:53:01.980 --> 00:53:02.740 Your heart to him, 00:53:02.900 --> 00:53:04.000 You can come to him, 00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:04.760 For comfort, 00:53:04.900 --> 00:53:05.940 Because he knows that, 00:53:06.179 --> 00:53:07.720 You can let him rule, 00:53:08.260 --> 00:53:08.940 Because he is, 00:53:09.380 --> 00:53:10.400 He is, 00:53:12.400 --> 00:53:13.400 Because he loved you, 00:53:13.460 --> 00:53:14.039 So deeply, 00:53:14.200 --> 00:53:15.320 Who else could you trust, 00:53:15.400 --> 00:53:16.300 To rule in your life, 00:53:16.360 --> 00:53:16.920 Than him, 00:53:17.260 --> 00:53:18.380 And you can come to him, 00:53:18.380 --> 00:53:19.240 For courage, 00:53:19.280 --> 00:53:20.760 To do hard things, 00:53:20.760 --> 00:53:22.800 Because you know, 00:53:22.900 --> 00:53:24.540 That death does not win, 00:53:25.400 --> 00:53:27.220 Injustice does not win, 00:53:27.740 --> 00:53:29.640 The devil does not win, 00:53:30.320 --> 00:53:33.540 And so you can be inspired, 00:53:33.780 --> 00:53:35.640 To do courage and justice, 00:53:36.240 --> 00:53:37.860 And you know, 00:53:37.940 --> 00:53:39.460 That death is not the final word, 00:53:40.500 --> 00:53:41.840 I invite you to stand, 00:53:43.060 --> 00:53:44.340 Let's pray, 00:53:44.340 --> 00:53:53.640 Father, 00:53:53.640 --> 00:53:53.760 Father, 00:53:54.039 --> 00:53:57.180 I gave my life to you, 00:53:57.460 --> 00:53:58.100 Through Jesus, 00:53:58.300 --> 00:53:59.400 Many, many years ago, 00:53:59.920 --> 00:54:01.220 And I ask, 00:54:01.380 --> 00:54:01.579 Father, 00:54:01.680 --> 00:54:02.860 That you make it more real, 00:54:02.960 --> 00:54:03.559 To my heart, 00:54:03.620 --> 00:54:04.180 Every day, 00:54:04.340 --> 00:54:05.300 That Jesus drank, 00:54:05.400 --> 00:54:06.120 The cup of wrath, 00:54:06.200 --> 00:54:06.860 That I deserved, 00:54:07.039 --> 00:54:07.680 And offered me, 00:54:07.740 --> 00:54:09.340 Not just in his empty cup, 00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:09.780 But his, 00:54:09.980 --> 00:54:11.440 His cup filled, 00:54:11.539 --> 00:54:11.980 With the blood, 00:54:12.039 --> 00:54:12.720 Of the new covenant, 00:54:12.960 --> 00:54:14.320 That he offered to me, 00:54:14.320 --> 00:54:15.760 And can make me, 00:54:16.340 --> 00:54:18.000 A part of this covenant, 00:54:18.180 --> 00:54:18.720 That goes, 00:54:19.059 --> 00:54:19.900 Into the new heaven, 00:54:19.960 --> 00:54:20.539 And the new earth, 00:54:20.640 --> 00:54:21.480 That begins today, 00:54:21.600 --> 00:54:22.559 And goes into the new heaven, 00:54:22.620 --> 00:54:23.080 And the earth, 00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:23.800 New earth, 00:54:23.880 --> 00:54:24.140 Father, 00:54:24.539 --> 00:54:25.460 May you bring this truth, 00:54:25.519 --> 00:54:26.400 Home to my life, 00:54:26.480 --> 00:54:27.380 And may you help me, 00:54:27.580 --> 00:54:27.800 Father, 00:54:27.880 --> 00:54:29.200 To be so gripped by it, 00:54:29.780 --> 00:54:31.660 And so walk with Jesus, 00:54:31.900 --> 00:54:33.460 And be in step with the Holy Spirit, 00:54:33.580 --> 00:54:34.760 That I am comforted, 00:54:34.860 --> 00:54:35.320 That I am, 00:54:35.400 --> 00:54:36.860 That I am challenged, 00:54:36.860 --> 00:54:37.820 To be courageous, 00:54:38.120 --> 00:54:39.460 And to do hard things, 00:54:39.539 --> 00:54:40.660 And I am challenged, 00:54:40.660 --> 00:54:41.640 To do things, 00:54:41.640 --> 00:54:43.600 That bless this city, 00:54:43.599 --> 00:54:44.679 And bless the world, 00:54:44.860 --> 00:54:45.860 And that I am challenged, 00:54:45.960 --> 00:54:46.779 To share the gospel, 00:54:46.940 --> 00:54:47.179 Father, 00:54:47.319 --> 00:54:48.059 Please make it real, 00:54:48.119 --> 00:54:48.719 To my hearts, 00:54:48.779 --> 00:54:49.559 And the hearts of those, 00:54:49.619 --> 00:54:50.059 Who are here, 00:54:50.139 --> 00:54:51.019 And if there are any here, 00:54:51.440 --> 00:54:51.779 Now, 00:54:51.860 --> 00:54:53.099 Or those watching now, 00:54:53.179 --> 00:54:54.539 Or those watching downstream, 00:54:54.880 --> 00:54:55.079 Lord, 00:54:55.639 --> 00:54:57.339 If they have not, 00:54:57.539 --> 00:54:58.339 Given their life to you, 00:54:58.400 --> 00:54:59.579 And they feel that tug, 00:54:59.819 --> 00:55:01.339 May that tug, 00:55:02.679 --> 00:55:02.880 Well, 00:55:02.940 --> 00:55:03.639 May that tug, 00:55:03.719 --> 00:55:04.159 Pull them, 00:55:04.239 --> 00:55:04.880 And may they, 00:55:04.980 --> 00:55:06.119 Use this time now, 00:55:06.159 --> 00:55:07.119 To call out to Jesus, 00:55:07.279 --> 00:55:08.000 To be their Savior, 00:55:08.119 --> 00:55:08.400 And Lord, 00:55:08.400 --> 00:55:10.099 And so, 00:55:10.220 --> 00:55:10.300 Father, 00:55:10.340 --> 00:55:11.079 We ask that the, 00:55:11.260 --> 00:55:12.599 That Jesus would, 00:55:13.039 --> 00:55:14.139 Be our Savior and Lord, 00:55:14.260 --> 00:55:15.539 That he would be the Savior and Lord, 00:55:15.579 --> 00:55:16.300 Of this congregation, 00:55:17.160 --> 00:55:18.740 And that we would live in a way, 00:55:18.860 --> 00:55:19.559 That honors him, 00:55:19.619 --> 00:55:20.340 And delights him, 00:55:20.639 --> 00:55:21.539 Knowing that one day, 00:55:21.660 --> 00:55:21.860 Father, 00:55:22.000 --> 00:55:23.180 We will be in your presence, 00:55:23.300 --> 00:55:23.780 In the new heaven, 00:55:23.840 --> 00:55:24.400 And the new earth, 00:55:25.160 --> 00:55:27.000 And that, 00:55:27.380 --> 00:55:29.139 Time when we close our eyes, 00:55:29.519 --> 00:55:30.320 And say farewell, 00:55:30.500 --> 00:55:31.280 To our loved ones, 00:55:31.320 --> 00:55:32.380 On this side of the grave, 00:55:33.380 --> 00:55:34.780 Will be the same moment, 00:55:34.780 --> 00:55:35.860 That we open our eyes, 00:55:35.860 --> 00:55:36.700 In your presence, 00:55:37.440 --> 00:55:38.640 And we see your smile, 00:55:39.640 --> 00:55:40.640 And hear you say, 00:55:41.059 --> 00:55:41.380 Welcome. 00:55:42.660 --> 00:55:43.980 We ask these things, 00:55:44.079 --> 00:55:44.920 In the name of Jesus, 00:55:45.220 --> 00:55:46.599 And all God's people said, 00:55:47.440 --> 00:55:47.760 Amen.