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 Well, this sermon, as I said, was preached by Peter.

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 It was delivered exactly 50 days

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 after the crucifixion of Jesus.

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 But the backdrop of the sermon

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 was this unique outpouring of the Holy Spirit of God

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 on the disciples in Jerusalem.

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 And we're not gonna take the time

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 to explore all of that tonight.

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 You can do that in your own time,

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 reading even just the first 13 verses of this chapter.

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 We'll tell you what you need to know.

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 But basically what had happened

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 was the disciples, after Jesus had ascended back to heaven,

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 were in Jerusalem, as Jesus had commanded,

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 awaiting on the gift of the Holy Spirit

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 that Jesus had promised.

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 And as they're there praying in the upper room,

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 a unique outpouring of the Holy Spirit,

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 different than anything anyone had ever seen before,

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 this outpouring of the Holy Spirit comes on the disciples

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 and it's witnessed by people all over the city in Jerusalem.

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 And so you can imagine with such a magnificent display,

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 the people that are witnessing this,

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 that are witnessing the apostles experience this moment,

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 begin to ask some questions.

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 And we find in verse number 12

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 that they do actually specifically ask that.

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 Look at it with me.

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 Verse number 12,

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 Some people assumed that what was actually taking place

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 was that all the apostles,

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 maybe perhaps out of some particular depression

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 or just a riotous living at this moment in their lives,

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 some of them began to spread the word

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 that all of the apostles,

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 the followers of Jesus were drunk.

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 And so Peter in verse 14 begins to step up

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 and he brings some clarification

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 to exactly what is taking place.

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 It tells us right there in verse 14,

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 Peter standing up with the 11,

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 lifted up his voice and addressed them

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 in order that he could bring some clarity

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 to exactly what they were seeing.

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 And I want you to look with me at verses 16 to 18.

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 Here's what he says.

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 Peter says,

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 This is what was uttered through the prophet Joel.

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 And in the last days,

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 it shall be, God declares,

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 that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh

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 and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.

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 Your young men shall see visions

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 and your old men shall dream dreams.

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 Even on my male servants and female servants in those days,

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 I will pour out my spirit and they shall prophesy.

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 So what exactly is it that Peter does?

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 Well, he takes the prophet Joel as his text for the day

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 and he stands up before the people

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 and he proclaims that that day

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 was the inauguration of the last days.

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 The last days, as Joel said in his quotation

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 in verse number 17,

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 the last days that Joel said

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 would include a pouring out of the spirit of God

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 on his people.

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 But that's a problem for the Jews

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 that are listening to Peter give that explanation.

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 Because the Jews understood

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 that whenever this pouring out of the spirit would come,

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 that it would have to be preceded

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 by the Christ, the Messiah.

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 And so immediately,

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 Peter knew that they would be perplexed

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 by this statement.

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 How could this be the inauguration of the last days

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 if Messiah has not actually come?

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 It was the Messiah who the scriptures had said

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 would actually establish the kingdom of God

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 and would be responsible for the pouring out of God's spirit.

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 So you can see now where Peter's going with this.

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 So he preaches about the crucifixion

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 and the resurrection of Jesus

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 to prove that Jesus is Messiah

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 and that Messiah had come

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 and that what the people were witnessing on that day

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 was evidence of the fact that Messiah had come

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 and these last days had begun.

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 And this is the gospel preaching

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 that characterized all of the apostles' teaching

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 in the New Testament.

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 You'll recognize this from Paul's words

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 in 1 Corinthians 15.

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 He says,

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 Now I would remind you, brothers,

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 of the gospel I preached to you.

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 And then he goes on to define that gospel.

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 That Christ died for our sins

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 according to the scriptures,

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 that he was buried,

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 and that he raised on the third day

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 according to the scriptures.

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 This is the gospel of Jesus.

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 And it is the very reason

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 that Christianity exists.

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 Were it not for the crucifixion

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 and resurrection of Jesus,

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 none of us likely would have ever even heard the name Jesus.

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 Christianity would not exist.

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 We would likely not know one another

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 and we would certainly have no reason

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 to be gathered together here

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 on a beautiful spring evening in April.

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 But this was Peter's aim.

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 He was showing Jesus as the Messiah

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 by affirming the reality

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 and necessity of the crucifixion and resurrection.

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 And tonight we're going to focus in on his thoughts

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 about the crucifixion.

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 Three things I'd like for you to see

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 in these verses we just read.

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 The first one is this.

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 I want you to see the divine power of Jesus.

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 The divine power of Jesus.

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 Look with me again at verse 22.

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 Men of Israel, hear these words.

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 Perhaps we could apply that personally tonight.

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 Men and women of Lake Norman, Charlotte, Cornelius,

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 wherever you're from, hear these words.

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 Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God

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 with mighty works and wonders and signs

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 that God did through him in your midst

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 as you yourselves know.

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 The divine power of Jesus.

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 So Peter begins with an element of Jesus' life

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 that could not actually be denied.

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 It was his miraculous works.

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 Now he lists three different elements here.

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 He says there are mighty works.

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 He says there are wonders and there are signs.

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 And Peter doesn't mean to say

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 that these are three different types of miracles,

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 but they are three different perspectives

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 of the same actions.

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 Let me explain.

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 Mighty works comes from the Greek word dunamis.

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 It's where we get the English word dynamite.

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 It's explosive power is the meaning of this word.

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 Mighty works, explosive, supernatural

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 is the implications here.

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 And it describes the powerful nature

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 of the things that Jesus did.

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 That's the mighty works.

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 And then he says,

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 we could also consider these things as wonders,

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 which refers to the way that people stood in awe

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 and marveled at the power

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 that Jesus displayed in his miracles.

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 And then he uses this third word, signs.

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 Signs is exactly that.

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 They refer, they point us somewhere

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 and it refers to the primary purpose

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 of the Lord's demonstrations of power.

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 Have you ever asked yourself,

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 why did Jesus do all of those miracles?

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 And indeed, he had a compassionate heart

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 that desired to help those

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 who were suffering and downtrodden,

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 but that was not the primary purpose

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 of the miracles of Jesus.

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 The primary purpose of his power

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 was to reveal his identity,

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 who he is as the Messiah

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 and the Son of God.

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 John Pohill said,

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 throughout Acts,

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 the terms wonders

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 only occurs in conjunction with signs,

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 a testimony to the fact

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 that mere marvels

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 have no value in themselves

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 except as they point beyond themselves

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 to the divine power behind them

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 and so lead to faith.

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 That was the purpose of Jesus' miracles.

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 And that's where Peter leads off in his sermon.

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 He says,

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 men, listen,

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 this is what Joel said would happen

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 and let me tell you why it's happening.

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 Because this Jesus came

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 and God attested to him

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 by many mighty works

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 and wonders and signs.

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 Two things about this

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 I would like to make note of.

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 First, Jesus' miracles

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 were publicly displayed.

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 They were publicly displayed.

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 Look back with me at verse 22.

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 a man attested to you by God.

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 Attested to you by God.

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 Well, attest, you know what that means?

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 It means to put something on display.

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 It means to be a witness

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 to a particular fact or event.

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 And Peter's point,

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 using those words in particular,

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 is to say that God the Father

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 has put his son on display.

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 And the way that he has put him on display

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 is through these mighty works

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 and wonders and signs.

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 God bore witness to Jesus' identity

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 through supernatural miracles.

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 miracles.

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 That's what Jesus was doing.

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 That's what God was doing

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 through his son.

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 And each of us can probably think

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 of several incredible miracles of Jesus

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 that maybe we love to think on

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 or study after.

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 Even if you have very little knowledge

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 of the Bible,

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 you've probably heard of some of the things

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 that Jesus did.

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 Let me just remind you of a few of them.

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 They're amazing.

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 The very first one ever recorded for us

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 in the narrative is in John chapter two.

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 And it had to do with a wedding feast.

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 It was in the little town of Cana in Galilee.

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 Jesus had gone there along with his disciples

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 who were with him.

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 His mother was there.

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 Perhaps many people from his family was there.

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 It was a wedding feast.

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 Likely has lasted up to seven days.

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 These wedding feasts would last.

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 And they ran out of wine.

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 And Jesus' mom comes to him and says,

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 you should do something about this.

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 And what does Jesus do?

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 This is the first miracle recorded in the scripture.

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 He tells the servants.

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 He doesn't do it himself.

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 He tells other people.

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 He says, take these jars, six of them.

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 Jars that hold 20 to 30 gallons worth of water

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 or wine or whatever you're putting in it.

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 Take these six jars and go fill them

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 to the brim with water.

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 And that's exactly what they did.

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 After they filled them up with water,

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 knowing what they filled them with,

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 they bring them back to the wedding feast.

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 Jesus still doesn't touch it.

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 He doesn't do anything with it.

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 And he just tells the people

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 that had just filled them with water,

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 he says, now dip some out.

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 And they go to dip some out.

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 And it's not water anymore.

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 It's wine.

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 It's amazing.

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 Just like that, he doesn't even touch it.

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 Does it say anything?

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 Just like that,

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 we see this supernatural miracle of Jesus.

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 Perhaps you remember that one.

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 I know you probably remember the time

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 that he's on the hillside near Bethsaida,

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 just north of Galilee.

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 He had gone there with his disciples

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 to try to actually get a little bit of rest.

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 It had been a busy few days.

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 But the people could see him.

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 They could see him travel on the boat

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 around the north side of the Sea of Galilee.

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 And they rushed over to where Jesus was.

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 5,000 of them.

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 And they sit on a hillside.

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 And they listen all day as Jesus teaches them.

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 Exhausted as he might have been.

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 He continues to teach the people

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 because he said they were like sheep without a shepherd.

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 Somebody had to teach them.

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 Somebody had to help them.

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 But there was no place to buy food in that area.

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 It's a remote area.

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 And Jesus gathers his disciples.

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 And what does he say?

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 He says, you guys really need to give these people

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 some food.

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 They've got nothing to eat.

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 He said the disciples didn't have any food either.

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 But they went out and they found a little boy.

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 And he had five pieces of bread.

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 And he had two pieces of fish.

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 And they brought it to Jesus.

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 And they said, this is all we got.

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 And Jesus takes five pieces of bread,

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 two pieces of fish,

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 and in front of thousands of people.

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 This is not a secret miracle

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 where he could go behind and backstage somewhere

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 where he had a team full of chefs

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 who were secretly preparing all these things.

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 This is a hillside in Bethsaida.

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 And in front of all of these people,

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 Jesus has them sit down

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 and some people in groups of 50,

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 some people in groups of 100.

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 And he just begins to break off the bread

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 and break off the fish.

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 And somehow through his power,

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 he's able to feed more than 5,000 people

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 to the point that the people were all satisfied.

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 They were filled.

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 They ate as much as they could eat.

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 And then they had 12 baskets of food left over.

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 It's amazing.

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 What Jesus did was absolutely amazing.

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 But not all of his miracles had to do with food.

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 Some of his miracles had to do with other things.

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 They demonstrated in one case,

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 many cases actually,

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 his power over disease.

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 We read in Mark,

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 this has been a while ago now,

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 but we read in Mark chapter one,

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 you'll remember,

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 Jesus is teaching somewhere near Capernaum.

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 And a man with a deadly leprous disease,

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 contagious disease,

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 comes in the midst of the crowd.

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 All the people began to run away from this man

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 because they don't want to die either.

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 And what is it that Jesus does with the man?

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 He embraces the man.

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 Everyone else runs.

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 They want to avoid him.

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 Not Jesus.

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 He embraces him.

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 And immediately as he touches the man,

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 the man is in front of the eyes

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 of all the people that are there,

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 they see immediately,

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 he's cleansed of this leprosy.

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 It's like he was never sick to begin with.

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 Jesus had power over disease.

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 Some of his miracles showed

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 that he had power over nature.

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 Remember as he's on the boat

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 on the Sea of Galilee

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 with his 12 disciples.

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 This was right after the feeding

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 of the 5,000 perhaps,

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 or it was somewhere along those lines

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 around that same time frame.

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 They're out there

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 and a big storm comes up on the sea,

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 remember?

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 These men who,

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 some of them had been fishermen

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 their whole life,

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 are so scared at the size of this storm

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 that they think they're going to die.

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 Jesus is asleep in the back of the boat.

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 And they wake him up

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 and what is it they say?

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 Master, do you not care that we're dying?

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 We're going to die.

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 And Jesus stands up

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 and he says three words.

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 Peace be still.

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 And the Bible says that

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 this storm that was raging so much

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 that the water is filling the boat

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 and the boat is beginning to fall apart

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 that all of a sudden

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 the sea just becomes like glass.

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 The wind becomes silent.

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 He harnesses creation

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 with the sound of his voice.

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 It's amazing.

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 He has power over the spirits of the world.

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 Remember the little boy

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 whose father had brought his son

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 who had been possessed by a demon

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 that had tortured him

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 since he was very young

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 and he brought him to the disciples

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 and the disciples couldn't do anything about it.

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 And Jesus comes along

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 and he heals the boy

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 and he cast out this demon.

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 Over and over and over

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 we see the testimony of the scriptures.

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 Hundreds and thousands of these moments

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 that Jesus displayed these miraculous powers.

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 So many times that John

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 at the end of his gospel says this.

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 John chapter 21 and verse 25.

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 Now there are also many other things

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 that Jesus did.

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 Were every one of them to be written

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 I suppose that the world itself

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 could not contain the books

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 that would be written.

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 What's John's point?

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 Jesus did so much

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 we can't even write it all down.

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 And it wasn't private.

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 It was publicly displayed.

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 God attesting to Jesus.

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 God displaying his son to the world

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 through mighty works

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 and wonders and signs.

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 It's not only publicly displayed

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 it's publicly acknowledged.

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 Publicly acknowledged.

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 Look with me again at verse 22.

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 Jesus of Nazareth

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 a man attested to you by God

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 with mighty works and wonders and signs

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 that God did through him

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 in your midst.

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 And then Peter throws this in here.

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 This little clause here is so awesome.

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 As you yourselves know

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 he says.

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 It's not only that these miracles

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 were on display publicly.

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 They were actually acknowledged

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 by the people publicly.

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 They weren't performed in secret.

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 The miraculous power of Jesus

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 was undenied

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 in first century Israel.

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 It's not even that it was undeniable.

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 It's that it was undenied.

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 Nobody denied his works.

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 They couldn't.

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 There were too many of them.

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 There were too many people

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 that saw them.

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 The people acknowledged.

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 Yes.

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 He has tremendous power.

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 People traveled from countries

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 outside of Israel

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 to see it.

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 To experience it.

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 Even Jesus' enemies

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 who eventually prepared the way

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 for his execution

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 did not deny the fact

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 of his mighty works.

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 John chapter 3.

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 Remember Nicodemus

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 comes to Jesus

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 under the cover of night.

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 He's a Pharisee

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 and he says

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 and John tells us

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 now there was a man

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 of the Pharisees

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 named Nicodemus

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 a ruler of the Jews.

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 This man came to Jesus

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 by night and said to him

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 Rabbi

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 we know you are a teacher

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 that has come from God

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 for no one can do these signs

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 that you do

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 unless God is with him.

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 That's the testimony

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 of Jesus' enemies even.

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 So Peter's first point

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 established Jesus' identity

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 as the Messiah

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 by pointing to his divine power

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 as the Son of God

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 which again

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 was a key component

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 of the apostles' witness.

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 You still with me?

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 Still with me?

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 The divine power of Jesus.

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 Number two.

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 The divine purpose of Jesus.

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 The divine purpose.

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 Verse 23.

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 This Jesus, Peter says

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 delivered up

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 according to the definite plan

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 and foreknowledge of God

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 you crucified

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 and killed

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 by the hands

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 of lawless men.

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 Peter essentially says

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 this Jesus

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 the one attested to you

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 by God

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 through mighty works

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 and wonders

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 and signs

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 is the same one

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 that you crucified.

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 God put his Son

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 on display

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 the long-awaited Messiah

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 that you've been looking for

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 and your response

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 was to kill him

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 Peter says.

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 And we could stop right there

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 and we could chalk up

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 Peter's sermon here

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 50 days after the crucifixion

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 we could chalk it up

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 as a bitter airing

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 of grievance

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 against the Jews

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 who put his favorite teacher

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 to death.

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 But that's neither Peter's point

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 nor is it his tone in this.

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 There's an essential note

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 in this verse

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 that introduces

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 an important question.

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 Here's the question.

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 Who is actually responsible

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 for Jesus' crucifixion?

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 Who's responsible for this?

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 Who did this?

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 And the answer is here.

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 Let's walk it backwards though.

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 How about the Roman executioners?

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 The lawless men

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 Peter says.

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 Roman executioners

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 they were actually responsible

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 for carrying out

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 Jesus' crucifixion.

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 Did they crucify Jesus?

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 Yes.

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 But there was a step

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 before the Roman executioners.

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 It was Pilate.

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 We read about him

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 in John 18 and 19.

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 He's the Roman governor.

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 He's the one responsible

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 for sentencing Jesus

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 to death on a cross.

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 Did he crucify Jesus?

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 Yes.

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 But there's a step

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 before Pilate.

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 There's the Jewish leaders.

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 They were responsible

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 for handing Jesus over

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 to Pilate

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 and demanding

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 that he be executed

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 as we already read.

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 Did they crucify Jesus?

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 Yes.

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 But there's a step

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 before them.

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 There's Judas Iscariot.

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 He's the one

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 that betrayed the Lord

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 for 30 pieces of silver.

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 He's the one

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 that was responsible

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 for setting up

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 the arrest for Jesus.

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 He assisted it.

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 Did he crucify Jesus?

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 Yes.

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 All of these people

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 played a role

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 in Jesus' death.

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 But it is God the Father

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 who Peter ultimately credits

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 for the Lord's crucifixion.

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 Did those people do it?

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 Were they culpable

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 for their wrong?

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 Yes.

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 But it was God

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 who did this.

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 It was God's will

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 for the Christ

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 to be crucified.

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 He carried out

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 that will

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 through the work

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 of men,

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 the evil work of men,

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 without violating

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 their will.

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 But it was God

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 who did this.

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 What's amazing

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 to consider

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 is that God

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 used the wickedness

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 wickedness of these men

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 to provide a means

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 of redemption

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 for those men.

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 There's a song

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 by City of Light.

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 It's called Jerusalem.

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 There's a line

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 in that song

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 that I love so much.

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 It says,

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 See the king

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 who made the sun

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 and the moon

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 and shining stars.

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 let the soldiers

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 hold and nail him down

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 so that he could save them.

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 He uses their wickedness.

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 He uses their will

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 in which they are responsible

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 and culpable

00:23:06.580 --> 00:23:08.880
 in order that he might accomplish

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.759
 his will

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:12.120
 of actually providing redemption

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:14.279
 for the very people

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:16.060
 who crucified him.

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:18.779
 That's an amazing purpose.

00:23:19.919 --> 00:23:21.220
 That's what Jesus did.

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.559
 Who crucified Jesus?

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.240
 Well, ultimately,

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.379
 God did.

00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:27.919
 The crucifixion of Jesus

00:23:27.919 --> 00:23:28.799
 was not God

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.919
 making the best

00:23:29.919 --> 00:23:31.859
 out of a bad situation.

00:23:32.899 --> 00:23:33.799
 Peter says,

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.960
 This happened

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:37.079
 according to the definite plan

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:38.759
 and foreknowledge of God.

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:41.279
 It was always God's plan

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.839
 and purpose

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.599
 for the Messiah.

00:23:44.159 --> 00:23:44.500
 In fact,

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.879
 on three different occasions

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:46.580
 at least,

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:48.580
 Jesus explicitly told

00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:49.280
 his disciples

00:23:49.280 --> 00:23:50.140
 what would happen.

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.760
 We've studied this

00:23:51.760 --> 00:23:52.740
 in the Gospel of Mark.

00:23:53.040 --> 00:23:53.820
 Mark chapter 8,

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.440
 verse 31.

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:56.020
 He began to teach them

00:23:56.020 --> 00:23:56.960
 that the Son of Man

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:58.380
 must suffer many things,

00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:00.280
 be rejected by the elders

00:24:00.280 --> 00:24:01.280
 and the chief priests

00:24:01.280 --> 00:24:02.020
 and the scribes

00:24:02.020 --> 00:24:02.620
 and be killed

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:04.060
 and after three days

00:24:04.060 --> 00:24:04.740
 rise again.

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:06.560
 He said this plainly,

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.340
 Mark said.

00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:09.080
 Mark chapter 9,

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.720
 verse 31.

00:24:10.060 --> 00:24:10.720
 He was teaching

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.460
 his disciples,

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.280
 saying to them,

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.480
 The Son of Man

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.720
 is going to be delivered

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:16.000
 into the hands of men

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.559
 and they will kill him.

00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:19.160
 And when he is killed,

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.420
 after three days,

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.680
 he will rise.

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.819
 That's number two.

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.460
 Mark chapter 10,

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.220
 verse 33.

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:27.120
 Taking the twelve again,

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.600
 he began to tell them

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.920
 what was to happen to him,

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:30.900
 saying,

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.600
 We are going up

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.360
 to Jerusalem.

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.839
 The Son of Man

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.539
 will be delivered

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.839
 over to the chief priest

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.799
 and the scribes.

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:38.019
 They will condemn him

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.539
 to death

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.600
 and deliver him

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:40.900
 over to the Gentiles.

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:42.240
 They will mock him

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.079
 and spit on him

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:44.019
 and flog him

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.519
 and kill him.

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.980
 And after three days,

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:48.200
 he will rise.

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.160
 This was always

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.980
 the plan of God

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.180
 and Jesus knew it.

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:52.359
 That's why he could tell

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.960
 the disciples

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.160
 over and over again,

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.559
 This is what's going to happen.

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:57.539
 This is why I came.

00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:00.500
 Just because it was

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:02.019
 the eternal plan of God

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:03.440
 doesn't mean Jesus

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:05.000
 was an unwilling participant.

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:08.460
 In perfect union

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.460
 with the Father,

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.559
 the Son,

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.759
 willingly laid down

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:15.000
 his life for us.

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.819
 Hebrews chapter 12,

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.579
 in verse 2.

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.380
 The writer says,

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.960
 We are looking to Jesus,

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.940
 the founder and perfecter

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.620
 of our faith,

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.799
 who for the joy

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:29.100
 that was set before him

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:30.819
 endured the cross.

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.720
 The joy.

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:34.500
 It was his joy

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:36.440
 to lay down his life

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.319
 for sinners.

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:39.399
 It was his pleasure

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:41.139
 to give his life

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:43.139
 as a ransom for us.

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:44.240
 He wasn't an unwilling

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.399
 participant in this.

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.980
 He was in perfect union

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.700
 with the Father.

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:49.559
 And he said so himself.

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.559
 John chapter 10.

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.279
 Jesus said,

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:54.339
 I am the good shepherd.

00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:56.659
 The good shepherd

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:58.379
 lays down his life

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:59.139
 for the sheep.

00:26:00.419 --> 00:26:01.539
 And for this reason,

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:02.639
 the Father loves me

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:04.519
 because I lay down my life

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:06.240
 that I may take it up again.

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:08.799
 No one takes it from me,

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.700
 Jesus said.

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:11.259
 I lay it down.

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.620
 I have authority

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.500
 to lay it down.

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.759
 I have authority

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.980
 to take it up again.

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:18.319
 This charge I have received

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:19.480
 from my Father.

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.579
 We read it a moment ago

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.440
 in his interaction

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.400
 with Pilate.

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.140
 Pilate says,

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:26.299
 Don't you realize

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.640
 that I'm the one

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.299
 in the position

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.220
 of power here?

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.620
 I'm the one

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:31.839
 that can set you free?

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.459
 Pilate says,

00:26:32.459 --> 00:26:33.059
 And then the one

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:34.139
 in the real position

00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:35.359
 of power responds

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:35.980
 in humility.

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.659
 And he says,

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:38.179
 You would have no power

00:26:38.179 --> 00:26:38.819
 in this moment

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.939
 if I had not given it

00:26:39.939 --> 00:26:40.379
 to you.

00:26:41.459 --> 00:26:43.019
 His life wasn't taken.

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:46.319
 His life was laid down.

00:26:47.179 --> 00:26:48.959
 It's a glorious purpose.

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:51.579
 The definite plan

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.639
 of God.

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:52.860
 God.

00:26:55.800 --> 00:26:57.000
 But let's address

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.140
 why it's necessary.

00:27:00.080 --> 00:27:01.180
 We can understand

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.560
 the things

00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:02.520
 that we've said already,

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:04.720
 but that doesn't actually

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.780
 answer the question

00:27:05.780 --> 00:27:07.280
 of why did it

00:27:07.280 --> 00:27:08.220
 have to happen?

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.620
 Why did it have to happen?

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.460
 Let's deal with that.

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:17.299
 The crucifixion

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:20.079
 was a substitution.

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:23.120
 The crucifixion

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:24.000
 was a substitution.

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.160
 This is why

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.019
 it had to happen.

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:29.740
 Jesus took the place

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:31.600
 of every person

00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:33.000
 who would believe

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.980
 and follow him.

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.940
 Now when we say

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:38.380
 that Jesus took our place,

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:40.039
 that he died our death,

00:27:40.840 --> 00:27:41.720
 we don't mean

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.559
 that every one of us

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.220
 is destined

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.500
 to die

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.180
 by means

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:46.339
 of crucifixion.

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.500
 In that sense,

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.660
 Jesus died

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.299
 in the form

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:50.140
 of an execution,

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:51.180
 a criminal's death

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:52.059
 and crucifixion,

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.120
 that we then get

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:54.039
 to escape

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:55.039
 such a

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:56.759
 torturous

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.880
 and gruesome death.

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.720
 That's not what

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.620
 we mean by that.

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.279
 It means that

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:02.920
 we escape

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:04.240
 the wrath of God

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:06.120
 against our sin.

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.460
 It's not that

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.600
 we escape the cross.

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.680
 We escape something

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.420
 far worse

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.340
 than our cross.

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.660
 We escape

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.600
 the eternal wrath

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.120
 of God.

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:19.380
 He endured

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:20.600
 the wrath of God

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:22.400
 so that we could

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.120
 experience

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:23.960
 the peace

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:25.220
 of God.

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.920
 His death

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.840
 was an atonement,

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.759
 an atonement

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.519
 for sin

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:33.259
 that was promised

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.920
 again

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:35.180
 and again

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.320
 and again

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:37.320
 in the scriptures.

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.879
 that's why

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:39.839
 it was necessary.

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:42.079
 Had Jesus

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.939
 not died

00:28:42.939 --> 00:28:43.740
 this death,

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:46.099
 we would have

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:46.859
 no hope

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.599
 of forgiveness.

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.599
 He took

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.339
 our place

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:53.639
 and I

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.799
 know we talk

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.159
 about this

00:28:55.159 --> 00:28:55.599
 all the time

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.399
 because what else

00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:56.960
 would we talk

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.179
 about?

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:59.200
 This is the reason

00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.019
 that we gather.

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:02.779
 you realize

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:04.099
 when Jesus

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:05.039
 when you come

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.559
 to Christ

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.259
 in faith

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:07.119
 and you cry

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.680
 out to God

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.319
 for mercy

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:10.279
 it's not

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.779
 that God

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.599
 looks at you

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.879
 and decides

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.299
 okay

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.079
 I'm just

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.599
 going to turn

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.339
 a blind eye

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.920
 to the sin

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.460
 you've committed

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.379
 and we're just

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:17.900
 going to start

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.759
 with a clean slate.

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.319
 That is not

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.759
 what God

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.200
 does.

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.279
 He can't

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.740
 do that.

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.220
 You understand?

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.259
 He can't

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.700
 do that.

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.660
 That would

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.139
 violate

00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:27.759
 His holiness.

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.420
 It would

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:28.879
 violate

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.660
 His justice.

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.940
 He must

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.620
 judge

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:32.800
 every sin.

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.860
 When we

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.420
 come to

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.780
 Christ

00:29:35.780 --> 00:29:36.420
 in faith

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.960
 it's not

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.240
 that He

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.660
 turns a

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.140
 blind eye

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.860
 to our sin

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.840
 it's that

00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:41.520
 He takes

00:29:41.520 --> 00:29:42.040
 the sin

00:29:42.040 --> 00:29:42.740
 that we've

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.060
 committed

00:29:43.060 --> 00:29:44.380
 and He

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:44.960
 puts it

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.480
 on His

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.120
 perfect

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:47.100
 sinless

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.960
 Son.

00:29:49.540 --> 00:29:50.020
 Christ's

00:29:50.020 --> 00:29:50.340
 death

00:29:50.340 --> 00:29:51.460
 was not

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.180
 a tragedy

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.060
 it was

00:29:53.060 --> 00:29:54.040
 a substitution.

00:29:55.560 --> 00:29:56.240
 That's

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.640
 why this

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.200
 is Good

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.640
 Friday.

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.860
 I laughed

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.260
 at Andy

00:30:00.260 --> 00:30:00.720
 today.

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.560
 He texted

00:30:01.560 --> 00:30:02.020
 me while

00:30:02.020 --> 00:30:02.280
 he was

00:30:02.280 --> 00:30:02.780
 working at

00:30:02.780 --> 00:30:03.200
 the greenhouse

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.820
 and he said

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.380
 is it weird

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.820
 that I've been

00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:05.380
 telling people

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:06.440
 happy crucifixion

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:06.680
 day?

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:07.660
 I said

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.060
 yeah that's

00:30:08.060 --> 00:30:08.380
 weird.

00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.560
 That's weird.

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.380
 Because what's

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:13.120
 happy about a

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:13.920
 crucifixion?

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:16.000
 Well in this

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.380
 case

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:18.260
 it's that it

00:30:18.260 --> 00:30:18.580
 was the

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.460
 crucifixion

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.740
 the wrath

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.960
 that I

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.380
 deserve

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:23.880
 that you

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.340
 deserve

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:26.500
 but the

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.919
 perfect

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:27.379
 righteous

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:27.879
 Son of

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.240
 God

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.939
 took

00:30:28.939 --> 00:30:29.199
 my

00:30:29.199 --> 00:30:29.759
 place.

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.779
 That's

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.119
 why it

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.259
 was

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.899
 necessary

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.720
 and by

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.099
 the way

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:35.319
 this is

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.859
 pointed to

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.319
 over and

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.619
 over in

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.019
 the scriptures

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.720
 it was

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.319
 always

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.919
 necessary

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:39.359
 for the

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:39.639
 Christ

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:39.959
 to do

00:30:39.959 --> 00:30:40.359
 this.

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.039
 Think

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.480
 about it.

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.199
 We talked

00:30:42.199 --> 00:30:42.579
 about this

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:42.799
 in our

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.159
 Lakeside

00:30:43.159 --> 00:30:43.379
 Connect

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:43.859
 group a

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.000
 couple

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.279
 weeks

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.559
 ago.

00:30:45.459 --> 00:30:45.740
 Remember

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.039
 in your

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.679
 study of

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.319
 Genesis

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:48.099
 chapter 3

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.619
 the first

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:48.980
 sin.

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:50.399
 Remember

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:50.939
 Adam and

00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:51.220
 Eve?

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:52.620
 I said

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:52.920
 this is

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.360
 always weird

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.700
 to me

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.480
 especially

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.819
 when I was

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.079
 a kid

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.420
 I'd read

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:55.680
 this

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:55.980
 they were

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.319
 naked

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.680
 and they

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:56.980
 didn't

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.579
 realize

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:57.900
 it wasn't

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.140
 that they

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.299
 didn't

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.600
 realize

00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:58.740
 it's

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:58.960
 that they

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.140
 didn't

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.440
 care

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:01.460
 but then

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.740
 as soon

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.059
 as they

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.420
 sin

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:04.079
 all of a

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.279
 sudden

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.160
 they realize

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.900
 their nakedness

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.279
 and they're

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.759
 ashamed

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.160
 of it.

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.660
 Their

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.240
 nakedness

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.600
 in that

00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:10.140
 moment

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:12.100
 is symbolic

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:12.759
 of their

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.240
 guilt.

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.480
 It's not

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.799
 about their

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.480
 body in that

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:16.759
 moment

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.220
 it's about

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.839
 their shame

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.500
 their guilt

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.180
 for sinning

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.759
 against God

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.360
 and what

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:20.759
 is it that

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.099
 Adam and

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.559
 Eve did.

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:22.500
 They

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.819
 immediately

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.359
 began to

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:23.720
 work as

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.079
 hard as

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.460
 they could

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.339
 to cover

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:26.099
 their guilt

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:27.000
 to cover

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:28.000
 their nakedness

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.720
 to cover

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.579
 their shame

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.079
 so they

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.819
 sewed together

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.480
 some fig

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.839
 leagues

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.720
 but no matter

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.299
 how hard

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.920
 you try

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.879
 your efforts

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.480
 will never

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.980
 be good

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.279
 enough

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.960
 to cover

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.500
 your guilt.

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.240
 So what

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.619
 does God

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.019
 do for

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.420
 Adam and

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.660
 Eve?

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.259
 God

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:43.140
 provides

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.819
 a covering

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.480
 for them

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:46.680
 a covering

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.460
 of skins

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.400
 which meant

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:48.759
 that the

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.400
 first death

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:49.779
 had to

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.440
 take place

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.740
 God

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.580
 sacrifices

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:53.220
 an animal

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.000
 in order

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.960
 to cover

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:56.279
 Adam and

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.620
 Eve's

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.400
 nakedness.

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.400
 What is

00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:58.740
 that a

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.340
 picture of?

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.480
 It's a

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:00.880
 picture of

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.460
 atonement.

00:32:02.820 --> 00:32:03.480
 No matter

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.100
 how hard

00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:04.700
 you work

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.420
 no matter

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:05.840
 how many

00:32:05.840 --> 00:32:06.340
 times you

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:06.700
 come to

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.259
 these special

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.799
 services

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.580
 or services

00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:09.200
 on a Sunday

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.620
 no matter

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:10.100
 how much

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:10.539
 money you

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.080
 might give

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.779
 or how many

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.279
 good things

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.600
 you do

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:12.860
 in your

00:32:12.860 --> 00:32:13.200
 life

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.759
 no matter

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.519
 what type

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.240
 of good

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.580
 credit

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:16.279
 you amass

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.900
 for yourself

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.500
 it will

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.200
 always be

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.740
 fig leaves

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.299
 it will

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.819
 never be

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.220
 good enough

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.640
 to cover

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.160
 your guilt

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.900
 God

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.480
 has to

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.059
 provide

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.740
 a covering

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.539
 for us

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.019
 we are

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.480
 incapable

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.960
 of doing

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.160
 that

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:26.660
 ourselves

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.980
 and he

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.460
 did that

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.019
 in Jesus

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:30.839
 Jesus

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.400
 was the

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.859
 sacrifice

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.440
 to cover

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.180
 our

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.620
 guilt

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:34.940
 and we

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.259
 see it

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.599
 over and

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:35.900
 over in

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.140
 the Old

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:36.539
 Testament

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.140
 remember

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.720
 Passover

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.359
 that's

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:38.620
 what it

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:38.900
 was

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.339
 when the

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.779
 angel of

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.019
 death

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.339
 came

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:40.599
 through

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.039
 Egypt

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.920
 he only

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.359
 passed

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:42.579
 over

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.019
 those

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.220
 with

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.460
 the

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.960
 blood

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.420
 on

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:44.559
 the

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:45.180
 doorpost

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.559
 what is

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.880
 that all

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.280
 about

00:32:46.280 --> 00:32:47.160
 atonement

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:48.680
 when God

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.320
 established

00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:50.160
 the sacrificial

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.640
 system

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.220
 over and

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.500
 over

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.180
 the Jews

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.480
 would have

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.840
 you read

00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:53.340
 Leviticus

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:53.800
 you'll see

00:32:53.800 --> 00:32:54.100
 that they

00:32:54.100 --> 00:32:54.220
 were

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.800
 they had

00:32:54.800 --> 00:32:55.480
 to sacrifice

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.400
 a lot

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:58.040
 because one

00:32:58.040 --> 00:32:58.520
 sacrifice

00:32:58.520 --> 00:32:59.180
 was never

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.660
 enough

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.880
 they had

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.700
 to continually

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.940
 bring these

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.720
 sacrifices

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:05.200
 for atonement

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.240
 but Christ

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.980
 was the

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.740
 once and

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.440
 for all

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.420
 atonement

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:10.380
 for our

00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:10.940
 sins

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.900
 the divine

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.360
 purpose

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:13.020
 of Jesus

00:33:13.020 --> 00:33:14.160
 crucifixion

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:15.019
 was to

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.560
 atone

00:33:15.560 --> 00:33:16.200
 for you

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.940
 and for

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.240
 me

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:18.140
 and this

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.500
 was the

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.800
 plan

00:33:18.800 --> 00:33:19.340
 of God

00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:20.160
 and it

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:21.019
 was fulfilled

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:22.680
 joyfully

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:24.600
 by Jesus

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:25.360
 of Nazareth

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:26.480
 it's a

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.860
 divine

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.340
 purpose

00:33:27.340 --> 00:33:28.279
 we see

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.800
 his power

00:33:28.800 --> 00:33:30.120
 we see

00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:30.800
 his purpose

00:33:30.800 --> 00:33:32.460
 all the

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.000
 love that

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.220
 drew

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.840
 salvation

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.300
 plan

00:33:34.300 --> 00:33:36.120
 all the

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.620
 grace

00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:37.480
 that brought

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.880
 it down

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.360
 to man

00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:39.779
 all the

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.060
 mighty

00:33:40.060 --> 00:33:40.440
 gulf

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:40.980
 that God

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.660
 did span

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:43.019
 at Calvary

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:44.799
 or my

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.240
 favorite

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:47.039
 because the

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.500
 sinless

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:47.859
 savior

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.359
 died

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:49.819
 my

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.440
 sinful

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.940
 soul

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.859
 is

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:52.200
 counted

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.779
 free

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:54.579
 for God

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.400
 the just

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:56.400
 is satisfied

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:57.799
 to look

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.480
 on him

00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:00.180
 but pardon

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:01.079
 me

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:02.920
 that's the

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.400
 necessity

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:03.799
 of the

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.200
 cross

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:06.019
 finally we

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:07.000
 see the

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.400
 divine

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.199
 perfection

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.940
 of Jesus

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.400
 we've seen

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:09.960
 his power

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.739
 we've seen

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.460
 his purpose

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.420
 now I want

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.659
 you to

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.039
 notice

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.500
 his

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.039
 perfection

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:15.500
 verse 24

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:18.440
 God

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.139
 raised

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.880
 him up

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:21.619
 loosing

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:21.900
 the

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.260
 pangs

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.860
 of death

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.960
 because

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.559
 it was

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:24.820
 not

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.420
 possible

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:26.059
 for him

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.960
 to be

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.420
 held

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.840
 by it

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:30.920
 God

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.280
 raised

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.679
 him up

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:33.119
 and we're

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.240
 going to

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.579
 spend our

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.079
 time on

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.440
 Sunday

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.179
 focused on

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:35.780
 the resurrection

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.220
 we're going

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.460
 to deal

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.820
 with this

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.059
 verse

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.539
 again on

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:37.980
 that day

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:40.320
 but there's

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:40.860
 something about

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.340
 Peter's

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.920
 statement that

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.619
 is necessary

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.079
 as we

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.639
 consider the

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.099
 cross

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:46.659
 notice what

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.260
 he says

00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:49.420
 it was not

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.000
 possible

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:51.340
 for him

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.760
 to be

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.119
 held

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.920
 by it

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.300
 that is

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.699
 death

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.179
 it was

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.360
 not

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.760
 possible

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:55.179
 for him

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.500
 to be

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.699
 held

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.039
 by

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.840
 death

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.400
 but what

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:57.719
 does that

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.199
 mean

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:59.679
 does that

00:34:59.679 --> 00:34:59.920
 mean

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.599
 it's not

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.019
 possible

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.599
 for Jesus

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.260
 to remain

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:02.679
 dead

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:05.179
 we might

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.719
 come up

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:06.019
 with a few

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.559
 different answers

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:06.960
 for this

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.480
 we may say

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:07.900
 well we've

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.099
 already

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.780
 understood

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.360
 his divine

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.880
 power

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.500
 maybe his

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.019
 power

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.960
 was greater

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.260
 and that

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:12.559
 would be

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:12.880
 true

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:14.280
 maybe we

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:14.639
 would look

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:14.940
 to the

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.380
 fulfillment

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.740
 of the

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.039
 scriptures

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.400
 and say

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:16.659
 well he

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:17.000
 couldn't

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.500
 stay

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:17.860
 dead

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.179
 death

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.679
 had no

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:18.980
 claim

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.260
 on him

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.719
 because

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.579
 he was

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:20.940
 always

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.619
 the purpose

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:21.960
 of the

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.300
 Messiah

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:22.780
 to die

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:23.159
 and rise

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.679
 and that

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:23.980
 would be

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.219
 true

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:24.760
 but there's

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.360
 another

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:25.880
 option

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.619
 not even

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.000
 an option

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.340
 it's just

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.960
 in addition

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.360
 to those

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.579
 things

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.039
 I want

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.260
 you to

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.579
 consider

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.019
 for just

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.440
 a moment

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:32.960
 Jesus

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.619
 had no

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.219
 sin

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:36.039
 for which

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.360
 death

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:36.940
 could claim

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.159
 him

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:42.339
 you realize

00:35:42.339 --> 00:35:42.879
 death is

00:35:42.879 --> 00:35:43.279
 a result

00:35:43.279 --> 00:35:43.779
 of sin

00:35:43.779 --> 00:35:46.279
 but Jesus

00:35:46.279 --> 00:35:46.879
 was the

00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:47.259
 sinless

00:35:47.259 --> 00:35:47.659
 son of

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.039
 God

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:49.799
 death

00:35:49.799 --> 00:35:50.239
 had no

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:50.639
 hold

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:50.980
 on him

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.359
 he

00:35:51.359 --> 00:35:51.879
 willingly

00:35:51.879 --> 00:35:52.440
 laid down

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.139
 his life

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:54.079
 for sins

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:55.960
 he

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.519
 was the

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.119
 spotless

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.639
 lamb

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:59.000
 foreshadowed

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.480
 by all

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.779
 of those

00:35:59.779 --> 00:36:00.000
 old

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.440
 testament

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:01.519
 sacrifice

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:01.980
 he

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.420
 was the

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.860
 spotless

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.139
 lamb

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.480
 that we

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:03.659
 will

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.059
 remember

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.900
 symbolically

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.719
 in this

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.360
 supper

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.799
 tonight

00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:07.400
 and that's

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:07.559
 what

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:07.799
 John

00:36:07.799 --> 00:36:07.940
 the

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.259
 Baptist

00:36:08.259 --> 00:36:08.719
 said

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:09.679
 John

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:09.940
 chapter

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.199
 one

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:10.360
 in

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.739
 verse

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.000
 twenty

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.239
 nine

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:11.639
 the next

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:11.880
 day

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.199
 John

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.440
 saw

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:12.779
 Jesus

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.199
 coming

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:13.739
 and he

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:13.940
 said

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.440
 behold

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.719
 the

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.139
 lamb

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.900
 of God

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.859
 who takes

00:36:16.859 --> 00:36:17.219
 away

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.980
 the sins

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.980
 of the

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.319
 world

00:36:19.319 --> 00:36:21.119
 and in

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.519
 Hebrews

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:21.859
 chapter

00:36:21.859 --> 00:36:22.219
 nine

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:22.659
 the writer

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.199
 of Hebrews

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:24.259
 using this

00:36:24.259 --> 00:36:25.379
 metaphoric

00:36:25.379 --> 00:36:26.019
 symbolic

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.639
 language

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.119
 of the

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.699
 sacrificial

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.119
 system

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.400
 in the

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.579
 old

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:28.960
 testament

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.420
 says

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:30.119
 Jesus

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:30.740
 entered

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.340
 once

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:32.260
 for all

00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:32.679
 into the

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:32.900
 holy

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.480
 places

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.980
 not by

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.420
 means of

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:35.740
 the blood

00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:36.300
 of goats

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:36.980
 and calves

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.619
 but by

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:38.059
 the means

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.340
 of his

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:38.559
 own

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:38.960
 blood

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.240
 thus

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:41.119
 securing

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:41.699
 an

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.159
 eternal

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:42.780
 redemption

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:44.679
 for if

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:45.039
 the blood

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.599
 of goats

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.240
 and bulls

00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:46.480
 and the

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:46.880
 sprinkling

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.480
 of defiled

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:48.019
 persons

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.480
 with the

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.800
 ashes

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.119
 of a

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.460
 heifer

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.420
 sanctify

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:50.679
 the

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:51.260
 purification

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:51.639
 of the

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:52.000
 flesh

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:53.280
 how much

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.760
 more

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.260
 the writer

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:54.800
 says

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:55.460
 will the

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:55.720
 blood

00:36:55.720 --> 00:36:56.500
 of Christ

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.920
 who through

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.420
 the spirit

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:58.800
 offered

00:36:58.800 --> 00:36:59.340
 himself

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:00.460
 without

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:01.640
 blemish

00:37:01.640 --> 00:37:02.820
 to God

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:03.900
 and here's

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.360
 my point

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:05.940
 the

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.260
 resurrection

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:07.080
 of Jesus

00:37:07.080 --> 00:37:08.700
 proves

00:37:08.700 --> 00:37:10.019
 that his

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:10.420
 death

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.820
 on the

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:11.300
 cross

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:12.280
 was a

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:13.060
 sufficient

00:37:13.060 --> 00:37:14.180
 sacrifice

00:37:14.180 --> 00:37:15.600
 for your

00:37:15.600 --> 00:37:16.519
 sin

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:18.320
 it was

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:19.000
 enough

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:21.140
 not for

00:37:21.140 --> 00:37:21.800
 a moment

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:23.680
 but for

00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:24.880
 eternity

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:27.720
 the fact

00:37:27.720 --> 00:37:28.300
 that he

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.980
 rose from

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.420
 the dead

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:29.980
 means that

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.720
 you can

00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:31.260
 trust

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:31.840
 him

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.860
 alone

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:33.940
 to save

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.200
 you

00:37:34.200 --> 00:37:35.620
 to provide

00:37:35.620 --> 00:37:36.440
 forgiveness

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.519
 to give

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.200
 peace

00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:39.240
 with God

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:40.160
 to provide

00:37:40.160 --> 00:37:41.280
 eternal life

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:42.480
 his resurrection

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.480
 proves that

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.280
 he can do

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:45.220
 that and that

00:37:45.220 --> 00:37:46.620
 only he

00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:47.440
 can do

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:47.880
 that

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:49.320
 without the

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:49.920
 resurrection

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.580
 of Jesus

00:37:50.580 --> 00:37:52.000
 his crucifixion

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.640
 would be

00:37:52.640 --> 00:37:53.680
 meaningless

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.559
 it would

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:55.239
 just be

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.639
 another

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.539
 tragedy

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.299
 on the

00:37:57.299 --> 00:37:57.679
 pages

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:58.460
 of history

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:59.579
 but because

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.639
 he rose

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.099
 from the

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.519
 dead

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.339
 we know

00:38:02.339 --> 00:38:02.819
 that his

00:38:02.819 --> 00:38:03.500
 atonement

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:04.919
 was accepted

00:38:04.919 --> 00:38:05.719
 by God

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.379
 the father

00:38:06.379 --> 00:38:08.099
 and he

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:08.679
 can give

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:09.179
 you

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:10.099
 life

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:11.059
 forever

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:12.779
 don't you

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:13.159
 see

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:14.420
 the

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:14.980
 resurrection

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.579
 changes

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.360
 everything

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:17.579
 it

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:17.880
 changes

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.500
 everything

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:20.619
 it means

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:21.000
 that the

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.599
 purpose of

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:21.900
 Christ

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:22.639
 was actually

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:23.799
 fulfilled

00:38:23.799 --> 00:38:25.699
 and that

00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:26.500
 by faith

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:28.719
 we can

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.279
 receive

00:38:29.279 --> 00:38:29.799
 the gift

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:30.480
 of life

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:33.860
 now I

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.019
 believe

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:34.360
 everything

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:34.719
 that I've

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:34.940
 said

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.299
 tonight

00:38:35.299 --> 00:38:37.019
 is completely

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.679
 rational

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:40.339
 but rational

00:38:40.339 --> 00:38:40.799
 thinking

00:38:40.799 --> 00:38:41.279
 can only

00:38:41.279 --> 00:38:41.679
 get us

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.239
 so far

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:43.000
 can't it

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:45.699
 simple

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.279
 reason

00:38:46.279 --> 00:38:47.879
 can look

00:38:47.879 --> 00:38:48.099
 at the

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.480
 Bible

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:49.739
 and discern

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:50.259
 at least

00:38:50.259 --> 00:38:50.839
 within the

00:38:50.839 --> 00:38:51.379
 pages of

00:38:51.379 --> 00:38:51.859
 the Bible

00:38:51.859 --> 00:38:53.239
 that all

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:53.619
 of these

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:53.899
 things

00:38:53.899 --> 00:38:54.319
 point

00:38:54.319 --> 00:38:55.019
 to the

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.259
 fact

00:38:55.259 --> 00:38:55.779
 that Jesus

00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.460
 of Nazareth

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.839
 is the

00:38:56.839 --> 00:38:57.339
 Messiah

00:38:57.339 --> 00:38:57.779
 and the

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.079
 Son of

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.399
 God

00:38:58.399 --> 00:38:58.759
 that it

00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:59.339
 teaches

00:38:59.339 --> 00:38:59.980
 his death

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:00.759
 and resurrection

00:39:00.759 --> 00:39:01.239
 makes

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:01.759
 salvation

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:02.480
 possible

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:04.119
 that it

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.719
 affirms

00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:05.519
 that he

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.899
 is the

00:39:05.899 --> 00:39:06.319
 eternal

00:39:06.319 --> 00:39:06.879
 Lord

00:39:06.879 --> 00:39:07.359
 all of

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.559
 those

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:07.880
 things

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.220
 can be

00:39:08.220 --> 00:39:09.180
 rationally

00:39:09.180 --> 00:39:10.079
 discerned

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.599
 as we

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:10.880
 look at

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.039
 the

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.360
 scriptures

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:11.840
 and that's

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.240
 important

00:39:12.240 --> 00:39:14.019
 but it

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.740
 is totally

00:39:14.740 --> 00:39:15.500
 possible

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:17.460
 to see

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:18.019
 those things

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:18.320
 in the

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:18.720
 Bible

00:39:18.720 --> 00:39:19.680
 without

00:39:19.680 --> 00:39:20.280
 actually

00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:20.840
 believing

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.440
 that it's

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:21.860
 true

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:23.180
 without

00:39:23.180 --> 00:39:23.740
 actually

00:39:23.740 --> 00:39:24.340
 following

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:24.880
 Jesus

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.840
 as

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:26.220
 Savior

00:39:26.220 --> 00:39:26.500
 and

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:26.780
 Lord

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:28.840
 in fact

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.140
 many

00:39:29.140 --> 00:39:29.680
 people

00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:30.760
 consent

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:31.360
 to a

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:31.640
 form

00:39:31.640 --> 00:39:31.820
 of

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.480
 Christianity

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:33.559
 without

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:33.860
 ever

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:34.240
 actually

00:39:34.240 --> 00:39:34.680
 becoming

00:39:34.680 --> 00:39:35.000
 true

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.599
 Christians

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:38.259
 God

00:39:38.259 --> 00:39:38.779
 created

00:39:38.779 --> 00:39:39.019
 us

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.219
 as

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.599
 rational

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.099
 beings

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:41.480
 in order

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:41.860
 that we

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:42.059
 could

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:42.619
 discern

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:43.179
 his

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:43.839
 rational

00:39:43.839 --> 00:39:44.400
 truth

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:44.819
 in

00:39:44.819 --> 00:39:45.000
 his

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.380
 word

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:46.039
 but at

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.239
 the

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:46.400
 end

00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:46.519
 of

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:46.619
 the

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:46.980
 day

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:47.599
 it

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:47.779
 is

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:48.299
 faith

00:39:48.299 --> 00:39:48.759
 that

00:39:48.759 --> 00:39:48.940
 he

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.500
 demands

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:50.000
 of

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.199
 each

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:50.360
 of

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:50.679
 us

00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:51.679
 faith

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:54.000
 Hebrews

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.339
 chapter

00:39:54.339 --> 00:39:54.699
 11

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:54.860
 and

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.079
 verse

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.440
 6

00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:57.199
 without

00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:57.679
 faith

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:59.199
 it's

00:39:59.199 --> 00:39:59.799
 impossible

00:39:59.799 --> 00:40:00.399
 to

00:40:00.399 --> 00:40:00.759
 please

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:01.059
 him

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:03.440
 for

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:03.799
 whoever

00:40:03.799 --> 00:40:04.079
 would

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:04.259
 draw

00:40:04.259 --> 00:40:04.539
 near

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:04.739
 to

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:04.960
 God

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:05.239
 must

00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:05.639
 believe

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:05.859
 that

00:40:05.859 --> 00:40:06.019
 he

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.579
 exists

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:07.179
 and

00:40:07.179 --> 00:40:07.319
 that

00:40:07.319 --> 00:40:07.500
 he

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:07.980
 rewards

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.279
 those

00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:08.480
 who

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:08.819
 seek

00:40:08.819 --> 00:40:09.079
 him

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:11.139
 this

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:11.279
 is

00:40:11.279 --> 00:40:11.500
 what

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:11.839
 Paul

00:40:11.839 --> 00:40:12.119
 meant

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.279
 in

00:40:12.279 --> 00:40:12.559
 Romans

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.139
 5

00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:14.779
 since

00:40:14.779 --> 00:40:15.000
 we

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.199
 have

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:15.440
 been

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:16.059
 justified

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:17.019
 not

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.299
 by

00:40:17.299 --> 00:40:17.519
 our

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.259
 rational

00:40:18.259 --> 00:40:19.039
 assent

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:19.259
 to

00:40:19.259 --> 00:40:19.440
 the

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:19.719
 things

00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:19.919
 that

00:40:19.919 --> 00:40:20.099
 we

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.480
 read

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:20.879
 but

00:40:20.879 --> 00:40:21.179
 since

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:21.419
 we

00:40:21.419 --> 00:40:21.599
 have

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:21.839
 been

00:40:21.839 --> 00:40:22.440
 justified

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:22.980
 by

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:24.019
 faith

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:25.000
 we

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.259
 have

00:40:25.259 --> 00:40:25.579
 peace

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:25.799
 with

00:40:25.799 --> 00:40:26.219
 God

00:40:26.219 --> 00:40:27.019
 through

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:27.239
 our

00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:27.480
 Lord

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:27.779
 Jesus

00:40:27.779 --> 00:40:28.359
 Christ

00:40:28.359 --> 00:40:30.159
 through

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:30.579
 him

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:30.819
 we

00:40:30.819 --> 00:40:31.039
 have

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:31.439
 obtained

00:40:31.439 --> 00:40:32.299
 access

00:40:32.299 --> 00:40:33.319
 by

00:40:33.319 --> 00:40:34.599
 faith

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:35.739
 into

00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:36.079
 this

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:36.500
 grace

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.699
 in

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:36.899
 which

00:40:36.899 --> 00:40:37.119
 we

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:37.659
 stand

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:41.619
 and

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:41.759
 as

00:40:41.759 --> 00:40:41.899
 we

00:40:41.899 --> 00:40:42.199
 finish

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:42.379
 I

00:40:42.379 --> 00:40:42.519
 want

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:42.599
 you

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:42.719
 to

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:42.879
 look

00:40:42.879 --> 00:40:43.259
 back

00:40:43.259 --> 00:40:43.759
 at

00:40:43.759 --> 00:40:43.879
 the

00:40:43.879 --> 00:40:44.159
 beginning

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.379
 of

00:40:44.379 --> 00:40:44.839
 Peter's

00:40:44.839 --> 00:40:45.139
 sermon

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:46.599
 specifically

00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:46.980
 at

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.179
 verse

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.839
 21

00:40:47.839 --> 00:40:49.599
 look at

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:49.659
 it

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:49.799
 with

00:40:49.799 --> 00:40:49.919
 me

00:40:49.919 --> 00:40:50.139
 verse

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:50.539
 21

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:52.079
 this

00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:52.219
 is

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:52.359
 the

00:40:52.359 --> 00:40:52.559
 end

00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:52.699
 of

00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:53.019
 Joel's

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.459
 prophecy

00:40:53.459 --> 00:40:53.679
 that

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:53.799
 he

00:40:53.799 --> 00:40:54.279
 quotes

00:40:54.279 --> 00:40:55.980
 it

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.179
 shall

00:40:56.179 --> 00:40:56.380
 come

00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:56.559
 to

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.019
 pass

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:58.740
 that

00:40:58.740 --> 00:40:59.059
 everyone

00:40:59.059 --> 00:40:59.340
 who

00:40:59.340 --> 00:40:59.880
 calls

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:00.420
 upon

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:00.599
 the

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:00.800
 name

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:00.920
 of

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.039
 the

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.340
 Lord

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:02.860
 shall

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.119
 be

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.619
 saved

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:06.380
 so

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:07.079
 salvation

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:08.159
 comes

00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:08.619
 to those

00:41:08.619 --> 00:41:08.780
 who

00:41:08.780 --> 00:41:09.099
 call

00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:09.280
 on

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:09.420
 the

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:09.619
 name

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:09.719
 of

00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:09.840
 the

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:10.159
 Lord

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:11.340
 who

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:11.639
 Peter

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:12.079
 proves

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.219
 in

00:41:12.219 --> 00:41:12.400
 this

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:12.940
 passage

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.679
 is

00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.059
 Jesus

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:14.579
 Christ

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:14.960
 Jesus

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.240
 of

00:41:15.240 --> 00:41:15.679
 Nazareth

00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:17.039
 but

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.199
 what

00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:17.340
 does

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:17.440
 it

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:17.740
 actually

00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:18.280
 mean

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:19.179
 to

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:19.480
 call

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:19.619
 on

00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:19.719
 the

00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:19.860
 name

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:19.960
 of

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.079
 the

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.340
 Lord

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:21.719
 what

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:21.820
 does

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:21.960
 that

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.199
 even

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:22.579
 mean

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:25.059
 it

00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:25.319
 means

00:41:25.319 --> 00:41:25.500
 that

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:25.759
 after

00:41:25.759 --> 00:41:26.480
 acknowledging

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:28.019
 my

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:28.880
 lostness

00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:30.340
 not

00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:30.619
 just

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:30.819
 as

00:41:30.819 --> 00:41:31.039
 it's

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:31.539
 described

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:31.840
 on

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.000
 the

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:32.380
 pages

00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:32.579
 of

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:32.759
 a

00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:33.139
 book

00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:34.699
 but

00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:34.860
 as

00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:35.000
 I

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.539
 realize

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:35.819
 the

00:41:35.819 --> 00:41:36.340
 truth

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:37.179
 of

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:37.380
 what

00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:37.539
 is

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:37.840
 written

00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:38.420
 in

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:38.559
 the

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:38.920
 pages

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.159
 of

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.360
 this

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:39.739
 book

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:41.159
 and

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.299
 I

00:41:41.299 --> 00:41:41.900
 acknowledge

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:42.139
 the

00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:42.739
 lostness

00:41:42.739 --> 00:41:43.059
 that I

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:43.440
 have

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:43.900
 in

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.139
 my

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:44.519
 sin

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:46.059
 by

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.699
 faith

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:48.059
 I

00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:48.420
 cry

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:48.719
 out

00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:48.920
 to

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.279
 Jesus

00:41:49.279 --> 00:41:49.900
 alone

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:51.119
 to

00:41:51.119 --> 00:41:51.480
 save

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:51.739
 me

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:54.000
 cry

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:54.299
 out

00:41:54.299 --> 00:41:54.479
 for

00:41:54.479 --> 00:41:54.799
 his

00:41:54.799 --> 00:41:55.859
 mercy

00:41:55.859 --> 00:41:58.379
 realizing

00:41:58.379 --> 00:41:59.019
 finally

00:41:59.019 --> 00:42:00.559
 that I

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:00.819
 have

00:42:00.819 --> 00:42:01.039
 no

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.279
 other

00:42:01.279 --> 00:42:01.659
 hope

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:03.739
 my

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:04.079
 fig

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:04.339
 leaves

00:42:04.339 --> 00:42:04.619
 won't

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:05.039
 count

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:06.919
 my

00:42:06.919 --> 00:42:07.339
 goodness

00:42:07.339 --> 00:42:07.839
 can't

00:42:07.839 --> 00:42:08.000
 be

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.239
 good

00:42:08.239 --> 00:42:08.699
 enough

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:10.359
 my

00:42:10.359 --> 00:42:11.059
 faithfulness

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.339
 can't

00:42:11.339 --> 00:42:11.500
 be

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:11.879
 faithful

00:42:11.879 --> 00:42:12.419
 enough

00:42:12.419 --> 00:42:14.939
 the

00:42:14.939 --> 00:42:15.219
 only

00:42:15.219 --> 00:42:15.519
 thing

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:15.679
 I

00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:15.839
 can

00:42:15.839 --> 00:42:16.079
 do

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:16.279
 is

00:42:16.279 --> 00:42:16.739
 acknowledge

00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:17.039
 the

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.619
 truthfulness

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:18.459
 of what

00:42:18.459 --> 00:42:18.619
 the

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:18.859
 scripture

00:42:18.859 --> 00:42:19.399
 says

00:42:19.399 --> 00:42:20.879
 and

00:42:20.879 --> 00:42:21.139
 by

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.739
 faith

00:42:21.739 --> 00:42:22.639
 cry

00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:22.920
 out

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:23.119
 to

00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:23.460
 Jesus

00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:24.000
 Christ

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:25.259
 for

00:42:25.259 --> 00:42:25.739
 mercy

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:27.619
 acknowledging

00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:28.059
 him

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:29.000
 as

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.239
 my

00:42:29.239 --> 00:42:29.699
 savior

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:30.920
 and

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:31.099
 as

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:31.299
 my

00:42:31.299 --> 00:42:31.659
 lord

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:34.779
 Jesus

00:42:34.779 --> 00:42:35.859
 accomplished

00:42:35.859 --> 00:42:36.859
 this

00:42:36.859 --> 00:42:37.539
 salvation

00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:38.359
 on the

00:42:38.359 --> 00:42:38.799
 cross

00:42:38.799 --> 00:42:40.440
 and he

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:40.779
 offers

00:42:40.779 --> 00:42:41.000
 it

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:41.440
 freely

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:42.859
 to

00:42:42.859 --> 00:42:43.119
 all

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:43.299
 who

00:42:43.299 --> 00:42:43.500
 will

00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:43.879
 believe

00:42:43.879 --> 00:42:47.079
 that's

00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:47.259
 why

00:42:47.259 --> 00:42:47.559
 good

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:47.960
 friday

00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:48.659
 matters

00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:50.859
 that's

00:42:50.859 --> 00:42:51.039
 why

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:51.259
 it's

00:42:51.259 --> 00:42:51.699
 good

00:42:51.699 --> 00:42:54.039
 if

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:54.179
 you're

00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:54.420
 still

00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:54.659
 trying

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:54.799
 to

00:42:54.799 --> 00:42:55.039
 sort

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.239
 all

00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:55.339
 of

00:42:55.339 --> 00:42:55.500
 this

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:55.739
 out

00:42:55.739 --> 00:42:55.839
 in

00:42:55.839 --> 00:42:55.940
 your

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:56.139
 own

00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:56.440
 mind

00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:56.619
 in

00:42:56.619 --> 00:42:56.739
 your

00:42:56.739 --> 00:42:56.960
 own

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.259
 heart

00:42:57.259 --> 00:42:57.460
 as

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:57.599
 to

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:57.799
 whether

00:42:57.799 --> 00:42:57.960
 or

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 not

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 any

00:42:59.480 --> 00:42:59.619
 of

00:42:59.619 --> 00:42:59.759
 this

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 actually

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:00.460
 means

00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:00.839
 anything

00:43:00.839 --> 00:43:01.219
 helpful

00:43:01.219 --> 00:43:01.440
 at

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:01.759
 all

00:43:01.759 --> 00:43:03.259
 at

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 the

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 end

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:03.699
 of

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 the

00:43:03.779 --> 00:43:04.059
 day

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 it

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:05.739
 comes

00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:06.019
 back

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:06.219
 to

00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:06.559
 faith

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:08.279
 you

00:43:08.279 --> 00:43:08.480
 can

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:08.940
 acknowledge

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:09.219
 the

00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:09.699
 truthfulness

00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:09.960
 of

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:10.179
 these

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:10.559
 things

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.139
 without

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:11.659
 actually

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:12.239
 believing

00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:12.599
 them

00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:13.739
 without

00:43:13.739 --> 00:43:14.259
 actually

00:43:14.259 --> 00:43:14.839
 surrendering

00:43:14.839 --> 00:43:15.079
 to

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:15.519
 Christ

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:16.460
 in

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:16.940
 response

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:17.179
 to

00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:19.039
 and

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.119
 I

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:19.219
 want

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:19.320
 to

00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:19.539
 leave

00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:19.659
 you

00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:19.900
 with

00:43:19.900 --> 00:43:20.780
 Jesus

00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:21.360
 words

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:21.559
 in

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:21.780
 John

00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:22.239
 6

00:43:22.239 --> 00:43:24.360
 Jesus

00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:24.860
 said

00:43:24.860 --> 00:43:26.500
 I

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:26.639
 am

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:26.820
 the

00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:27.019
 bread

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:27.159
 of

00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:27.619
 life

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:29.599
 whoever

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:30.079
 comes

00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:30.239
 to

00:43:30.239 --> 00:43:30.420
 me

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:30.699
 shall

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:30.940
 not

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:31.360
 hunger

00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:32.380
 and

00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:32.659
 whoever

00:43:32.659 --> 00:43:33.300
 believes

00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:33.480
 in

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:33.759
 me

00:43:33.759 --> 00:43:34.739
 shall

00:43:34.739 --> 00:43:35.019
 never

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:35.559
 thirst

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:37.980
 but

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.099
 I

00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:38.380
 said

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:38.539
 to

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:38.699
 you

00:43:38.699 --> 00:43:38.900
 that

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:39.059
 you

00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:39.239
 have

00:43:39.239 --> 00:43:39.579
 seen

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:39.820
 me

00:43:39.820 --> 00:43:40.039
 and

00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:40.259
 yet

00:43:40.259 --> 00:43:40.440
 you

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:40.639
 do

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:40.860
 not

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:41.420
 believe

00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:43.579
 all

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:43.780
 that

00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:43.960
 the

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:44.239
 father

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:44.559
 gives

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:44.739
 me

00:43:44.739 --> 00:43:44.940
 will

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:45.199
 come

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:45.380
 to

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:45.619
 me

00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:47.059
 and

00:43:47.059 --> 00:43:47.420
 whoever

00:43:47.420 --> 00:43:47.900
 comes

00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:48.059
 to

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:48.280
 me

00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:49.200
 I

00:43:49.200 --> 00:43:49.340
 will

00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:49.619
 never

00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:50.000
 cast

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.320
 out

00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:51.960
 for

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:52.059
 I

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:52.180
 have

00:43:52.180 --> 00:43:52.400
 come

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:52.599
 down

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:52.840
 from

00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:53.180
 heaven

00:43:53.180 --> 00:43:54.360
 not

00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:54.519
 to

00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:54.640
 do

00:43:54.640 --> 00:43:54.820
 my

00:43:54.820 --> 00:43:55.059
 own

00:43:55.059 --> 00:43:55.360
 will

00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:56.019
 but

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:56.200
 the

00:43:56.200 --> 00:43:56.420
 will

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:56.579
 of

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:56.720
 him

00:43:56.720 --> 00:43:56.880
 who

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:57.140
 sent

00:43:57.140 --> 00:43:57.360
 me

00:43:57.360 --> 00:43:58.800
 and

00:43:58.800 --> 00:43:59.140
 this

00:43:59.140 --> 00:43:59.300
 is

00:43:59.300 --> 00:43:59.480
 the

00:43:59.480 --> 00:43:59.700
 will

00:43:59.700 --> 00:43:59.860
 of

00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:00.019
 him

00:44:00.019 --> 00:44:00.200
 who

00:44:00.200 --> 00:44:00.519
 sent

00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:00.680
 me

00:44:00.680 --> 00:44:00.980
 Jesus

00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:01.380
 said

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:02.559
 that

00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:02.700
 I

00:44:02.700 --> 00:44:02.940
 should

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.200
 lose

00:44:03.200 --> 00:44:03.640
 nothing

00:44:03.640 --> 00:44:03.880
 of

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:04.220
 all

00:44:04.220 --> 00:44:04.420
 that

00:44:04.420 --> 00:44:04.579
 he

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:04.780
 has

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:05.039
 given

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.380
 me

00:44:05.380 --> 00:44:06.380
 but

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:06.880
 raise

00:44:06.880 --> 00:44:07.059
 it

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:07.340
 up

00:44:07.340 --> 00:44:07.900
 on

00:44:07.900 --> 00:44:08.019
 the

00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:08.320
 last

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:08.599
 day

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:10.119
 for

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:10.440
 this

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:10.599
 is

00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:10.740
 the

00:44:10.740 --> 00:44:10.920
 will

00:44:10.920 --> 00:44:11.039
 of

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:11.200
 my

00:44:11.200 --> 00:44:11.559
 father

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:13.019
 that

00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:13.480
 everyone

00:44:15.380 --> 00:44:15.640
 and

00:44:15.640 --> 00:44:16.240
 believes

00:44:16.240 --> 00:44:16.619
 in

00:44:16.619 --> 00:44:17.019
 him

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:18.119
 should

00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:18.360
 have

00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:18.680
 eternal

00:44:18.680 --> 00:44:19.140
 life

00:44:19.140 --> 00:44:20.260
 and

00:44:20.260 --> 00:44:20.539
 I

00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:20.880
 will

00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:21.300
 raise

00:44:21.300 --> 00:44:21.559
 him

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:21.960
 up

00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:23.059
 on

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:23.200
 the

00:44:23.200 --> 00:44:23.500
 last

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:23.800
 day

00:44:23.800 --> 00:44:25.440
 notice

00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:25.740
 what

00:44:25.740 --> 00:44:26.059
 Jesus

00:44:26.059 --> 00:44:26.559
 says

00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:28.140
 whoever

00:44:28.140 --> 00:44:28.660
 looks

00:44:28.660 --> 00:44:28.840
 on

00:44:28.840 --> 00:44:29.019
 the

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:29.320
 son

00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:30.800
 and

00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:31.400
 believes

00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:33.160
 don't

00:44:33.160 --> 00:44:33.440
 just

00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:33.800
 look

00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:34.340
 tonight

00:44:34.340 --> 00:44:36.360
 believe

00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:37.940
 and

00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:38.420
 receive

00:44:38.420 --> 00:44:38.680
 by

00:44:38.680 --> 00:44:39.180
 faith

00:44:39.180 --> 00:44:40.099
 this

00:44:40.099 --> 00:44:40.519
 glorious

00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:41.000
 gospel

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.440
 truth