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 Matthew chapter 27. As you're turning up your Bibles, I should say a special welcome back

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 to Helen. Helen, it's lovely to see you today. You've been away for a good number of weeks,

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 not because you've been dossing, but because you've been recovering. And we have been praying

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 for you, and we're just delighted to see you again in person. So welcome again, Helen.

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 Well done for making it. Matthew chapter 27. We're going to be picking it up in verse 11.

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 Just some context before we read. Matthew's Gospel is always heading, as each of the Gospels

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 are, towards the death and resurrection of Jesus. So what's happened just in the immediate

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 chapter before, Jesus has been arrested, and the religious leaders have brought their various

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 charges about him. Basically, the charge that he claims to be God, the Son of God. They don't

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 have authority to punish him or sentence him, so they bring Jesus then before the ruling authorities,

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 which is Pilate, the governor. And that's where we pick up the account. So Matthew chapter 27,

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 starting at verse 11, let's hear God's word. Meanwhile, Jesus stood before the governor,

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 and the governor asked him, Are you the king of the Jews? You have said so, Jesus replied.

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 When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. Then Pilate asked him,

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 Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing against you? But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single

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 charge, to the great amazement of the governor. Now, it was the governor's custom at the festival,

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 that was the Passover festival, to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. At that time,

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 they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus Barabbas. So when the crowd had gathered,

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 Pilate asked them, Which one do you want me to release to you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is

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 called the Messiah? For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.

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 While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him this message,

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 Don't have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream

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 because of him. But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas

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 and to have Jesus executed. Which of the two do you want me to release to you? asked the governor.

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 Barabbas, they answered. What shall I do then with Jesus who is called the Messiah? Pilate asked.

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 They all answered, Crucify him. Why? What crime has he committed? asked Pilate.

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 But they shouted all the louder, Crucify him!

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 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but instead an uproar was starting,

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 he took water, washed his hands in front of the crowd.

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 I am innocent of this man's blood, he said. It's your responsibility.

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 All the people answered, His blood is on us and on our children.

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 Then he released Barabbas to them, but he had Jesus flogged and handed him over to be crucified.

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 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers round him.

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 They stripped him, put a scarlet robe on him, twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on his head,

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 put a staff in his hand.

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 Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him.

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 Hail, King of the Jews, they said.

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 They spat on him, took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.

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 After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put on his own clothes.

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 Then they led him away to crucify him.

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 As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene named Simon,

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 and they forced him to carry the cross.

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 They came to a place called Golgotha, which means the place of the skull.

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 There they offered Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall,

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 but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.

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 When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

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 And sitting down, they kept watch over him there.

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 Above his head, they placed the written charge against him.

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 This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

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 Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.

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 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying,

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 You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself.

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 Come down from the cross if you are the Son of God.

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 In the same way, the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him.

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 He saved others, they said, but he can't save himself.

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 He's the King of Israel.

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 Let him come down now from the cross and we will believe in him.

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 He trusts in God?

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 Let God rescue him now if he wants him.

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 For he said, I am the Son of God.

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 In the same way, the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

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 Well, let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, these words, this account can be familiar to all of us as we think about the death of Jesus.

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 So what we ask for today is that we would have a mind and a heart that comes to this in a fresh way.

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 That you would help us to see wonderful truth in your word.

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 Truth that helps us see why Jesus died for us today.

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 Help us to believe your word.

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 And may it change us to be more like your Son, Jesus Christ.

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 We need your help today and that is why we ask.

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 Knowing that you will help and you will give us understanding.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well, the last time we looked at Matthew's Gospel we were back in chapter 13.

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 But for these next few weeks, for the month of Easter,

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 we're going to be looking at the account of the death and the resurrection of Jesus

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 and then we'll go back again, further back in Matthew.

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 And today we want to start looking at the events leading up to Jesus' death.

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 So three things we're going to see from the text this morning.

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 We're going to look at the silence of Jesus,

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 the mocking of Jesus,

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 and the victory of Jesus.

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 The silence of Jesus, the mocking of Jesus,

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 and the victory of Jesus.

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 So first, the silence.

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 There's something extraordinary about the trial with Pilate.

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 And that is, Jesus is strangely silent.

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 Apart from a question and answer at the beginning,

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 look at verse 11,

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 where the governor Pilate asked,

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 Are you the king of the Jews?

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 Jesus replied,

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 You have said so.

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 That's it.

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 That's all Jesus says

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 through the whole trial.

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 He doesn't even try and defend himself.

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 He stays silent.

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 In fact, Jesus seems to be accepting

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 what is happening to him.

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 Look at verse 12.

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 When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders,

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 he gave no answer.

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 Then Pilate asked him,

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 Don't you hear the testimony they're bringing against you?

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 But Jesus made no reply,

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 not even to a single charge.

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 It's staggering, isn't it?

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 Jesus knows that if he doesn't speak up,

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 it's going to be certain death.

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 Unlike Pilate at the end of verse 14,

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 we're just amazed,

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 we're stunned.

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 We want to speak up for him

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 and say something like this,

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 Jesus,

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 defend yourself.

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 Say something.

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 But Jesus just seems to be accepting

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 of what will happen.

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 He remains silent.

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 But perhaps what's even more amazing

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 is the fact that Jesus is

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 completely innocent.

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 Look at verse 19.

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 While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat,

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 so he's the one who's ultimately going to declare

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 whether Jesus is innocent or guilty.

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 As he was sitting on his judge's seat,

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 his wife sent him this message.

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 Don't have anything to do with that

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 innocent man.

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 For I've suffered a great deal today

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 in a dream because of him.

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 Mrs Pilate has obviously heard about Jesus.

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 She knows the truth.

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 And she's been desperately troubled

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 about a miscarriage of justice.

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 And it's weighing on her conscience.

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 Pilate, this Jesus person,

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 he's innocent.

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 And deep down,

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 Pilate knows this too.

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 Look at verse 23.

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 As the crowds come,

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 or as the religious leaders come to him,

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 calling for Barabbas to be released

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 and Jesus to be crucified,

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 Pilate questions them

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 and he says,

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 Why?

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 What crime has he committed?

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 Of course,

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 the religious leaders

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 have done their very best

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 to come up with a charge.

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 Have a look back at chapter 6

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 and verse 59.

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 Chapter 26, verse 59.

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 The chief priests,

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 chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin,

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 so they were the religious authorities,

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 were looking for false evidence against Jesus

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 so that they could put him to death.

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 But they did not find any,

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 though many false witnesses came forward.

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 Not one of the charges stick.

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 There's no evidence.

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 In fact,

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 the only crime of Jesus

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 is to speak the truth.

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 His claim to be God's son,

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 that he is God in the flesh,

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 that he is God's promised chosen king

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 who will redeem this broken world

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 and restore our disordered lives.

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 But yet,

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 throughout all this trial,

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 Jesus remains silent.

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 He doesn't open his mouth.

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 Although he's innocent,

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 he's accepting.

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 And so Jesus

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 is sentenced.

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 Chapter 27,

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 verse 26.

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 Then he released Barabbas to them,

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 but he had Jesus flogged

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 and handed him over to be crucified.

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 It's shockingly unjust.

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 The defendant is innocent,

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 while the judge who pronounces the sentence,

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 well, he's guilty for letting it happen.

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 But still there's not a word.

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 There's no last-minute evidence

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 that's brought to the judge's seat

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 that's going to reverse the situation.

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 If that were you or me,

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 wouldn't we be shouting from the sand,

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 I'm innocent!

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 Stop!

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 You must listen to me!

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 You've got it wrong!

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 By staying silent,

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 Jesus is signing his own death sentence.

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 Why would he do that?

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 Why does he not defend himself?

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 Why is Jesus

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 so silent?

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 Well, we'll answer that

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 in a minute.

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 Second, the mocking.

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 Despite the injustice

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 and the innocence

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 of what's going on,

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 there's no one

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 who comes running

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 to Jesus' defence.

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 In fact, the only person

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 who comes to the aid of Jesus

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 is Simon,

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 verse 32,

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 who came from Cyrene.

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 And they forced him

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 to carry the cross

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 of Jesus.

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 At best,

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 he's a reluctant volunteer.

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 Not only is Jesus silent,

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 but everybody else

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 has gone silent too.

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 Nobody is speaking up for him.

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 apart from their mocking.

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 Look at how the people

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 respond to this

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 miscarriage of justice.

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 First, we have the soldiers

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 who see Jesus

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 as irrelevant.

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 Verse 28,

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 they stripped him

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 and put a scarlet robe

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 on him,

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 twisted together

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 a crown of thorns

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 and set it on his head

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 and put a staff

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 in his right hand,

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 dressing him up

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 to look like a king.

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 Then they knelt

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 in front of him

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 and mocked him.

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 Hail,

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 King of the Jews,

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 they said.

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 And they spat on him

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 and took the staff

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 and struck him again

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 on the head

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 over and over.

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 The soldiers knew

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 there was one king

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 and for them

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 their king

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 was the Roman emperor.

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 For them,

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 the only voice

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 that they should be

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 listening and obeying

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 was the voice

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 of the emperor.

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 Why should they

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 listen to Jesus?

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 To him,

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 he was a complete

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 irrelevance.

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 They had one master.

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 Why would they

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 need Jesus?

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 Then there's the crowd

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 who see Jesus

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 as a fraud.

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 Look at verse 39.

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 Those who passed by

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 as Jesus was crucified

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 hurled insults at him,

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 shaking their heads

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 and saying,

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 you who are going

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 to destroy the temple

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 and build it

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 in three days,

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 save yourself.

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 Come down from the cross

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 if you're the son of God.

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 what?

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 Well,

00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:07.879
 they were right,

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 weren't they?

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 Because Jesus

00:17:10.460 --> 00:17:11.599
 had said,

00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:13.680
 destroy this temple

00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:15.440
 and I will

00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:16.759
 rebuild the temple

00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.819
 in three days.

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 but they were only

00:17:20.399 --> 00:17:21.639
 partially right.

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 Matthew doesn't

00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:25.220
 record it for us

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 but John does.

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 John in his gospel,

00:17:28.659 --> 00:17:29.539
 another eyewitness,

00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.480
 tells us

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:31.939
 what this means.

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 If you just jump

00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:35.599
 forward to John's gospel,

00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.039
 Matthew,

00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:36.599
 Mark,

00:17:36.899 --> 00:17:37.220
 Luke,

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 John.

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 John chapter 2

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 verse 19.

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 It's the occasion

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 where he

00:18:00.159 --> 00:18:01.559
 overthrows

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 the tables

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:04.579
 where they were

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 exchanging money

00:18:05.639 --> 00:18:06.740
 because the temple

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 should be open

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 to all people.

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 In other words,

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 that everybody

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 has a right

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 to go to God.

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 And the Jews,

00:18:16.800 --> 00:18:17.460
 verse 18,

00:18:17.580 --> 00:18:18.080
 chapter 2,

00:18:18.120 --> 00:18:18.660
 verse 18,

00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.620
 responded to him,

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 what sign

00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:22.400
 can you show us

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 to prove your authority

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 to do all this?

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 Jesus answered them,

00:18:26.380 --> 00:18:27.960
 destroy this temple

00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:29.440
 and I will

00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:30.180
 raise it again

00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:31.320
 in three days

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 or I will

00:18:33.420 --> 00:18:34.400
 rebuild it again

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 in three days.

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 They replied,

00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:37.800
 it has taken

00:18:37.800 --> 00:18:39.019
 46 years

00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:40.060
 to build this temple

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 and you are

00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:41.839
 going to raise

00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.879
 it in three days.

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 But the temple

00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:46.319
 he had spoken of

00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:48.019
 was his body.

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 And after he

00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:50.480
 was raised

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 from the dead,

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 his disciples

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 recalled what

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 he had said.

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 Then they believed

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 the scripture

00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.379
 and the words

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 that Jesus

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 had spoken.

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 Go back

00:19:01.159 --> 00:19:01.759
 to Matthew

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 chapter 27.

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 You see,

00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:05.880
 the problem

00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:06.560
 with the crowd

00:19:06.560 --> 00:19:06.980
 is,

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.740
 though they had

00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.400
 heard Jesus

00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:09.400
 say these things,

00:19:09.840 --> 00:19:10.440
 they couldn't

00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:10.940
 see it

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:12.160
 nor understand it.

00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:13.860
 To them,

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:15.120
 Jesus was a fraud.

00:19:15.560 --> 00:19:16.060
 He makes

00:19:16.060 --> 00:19:16.700
 these great

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.460
 big promises

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:18.820
 but he fails

00:19:18.820 --> 00:19:20.080
 to deliver.

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:23.300
 So the soldiers

00:19:23.300 --> 00:19:24.259
 see him as irrelevant,

00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:24.860
 the crowd

00:19:24.860 --> 00:19:25.980
 see him as a fraud.

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.860
 And the religious

00:19:27.860 --> 00:19:28.420
 leaders

00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:29.960
 see Jesus

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.960
 as a threat.

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 verse 41.

00:19:34.840 --> 00:19:35.720
 In the same way

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.640
 the chief priest,

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.720
 the teachers of the law

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.279
 and the elders

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:38.880
 mocked him.

00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:40.380
 He saved others,

00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:40.779
 he said,

00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.420
 but he can't

00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:42.100
 save himself.

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 He's the king

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 of Israel.

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 Let him come down

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 now from the cross

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 and we'll believe him.

00:19:48.620 --> 00:19:49.059
 You see,

00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:49.740
 they had become

00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.900
 envious of Jesus,

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.559
 hadn't they?

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:53.240
 Because Jesus

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.759
 had come

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.539
 disrupting

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.259
 and disturbing

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:56.380
 their little

00:19:56.380 --> 00:19:57.380
 religious club

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:58.420
 and they wanted

00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.600
 to get rid of Jesus.

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:02.000
 And now they see

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.900
 him nailed up

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:03.579
 on a cross

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.660
 and to them,

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:05.640
 well,

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.279
 the threat

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:07.000
 was now

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.860
 eliminated.

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:10.160
 We've got rid

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:10.500
 of him.

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:14.460
 And the rebels,

00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:17.259
 well,

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:18.140
 they see Jesus

00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:18.840
 as a fool.

00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.880
 Verse 38.

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:22.160
 Two rebels

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.900
 were crucified

00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:23.480
 with him,

00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:24.400
 one on his right

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 and one on his left.

00:20:26.860 --> 00:20:28.000
 Verse 44.

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 In the same way,

00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:29.880
 the rebels

00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:30.819
 who were crucified

00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:31.519
 with him

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:33.519
 also heaped

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:34.480
 insults

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.200
 on him.

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:37.700
 Why would anyone

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.839
 who is innocent

00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:40.740
 put themselves

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.579
 through this suffering?

00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.619
 That's what they're

00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:43.079
 thinking.

00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:45.140
 They knew their crime

00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:45.900
 and their guilt.

00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:46.960
 They deserved

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.819
 to be crucified.

00:20:48.339 --> 00:20:49.119
 They understood

00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:49.839
 the horrors

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.859
 of crucifixion.

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.859
 crucifixion.

00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:53.439
 One author

00:20:53.439 --> 00:20:54.399
 described

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:56.859
 crucifixion

00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.539
 like this

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:58.219
 and the suffering

00:20:58.219 --> 00:20:59.339
 that takes place.

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:01.359
 Crucifixion

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:02.579
 was unspeakably

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.359
 painful

00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:05.079
 and degrading.

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 The victim

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.099
 endured

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:08.439
 countless moments

00:21:08.439 --> 00:21:09.539
 of physical shock

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:11.000
 and surging pain

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:12.019
 as he pulled

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.859
 with his arms,

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:14.639
 pushed with his legs

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:17.120
 to keep his chest cavity

00:21:17.120 --> 00:21:18.320
 open for breathing.

00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:20.100
 The victim

00:21:20.100 --> 00:21:20.580
 would then

00:21:20.580 --> 00:21:21.100
 collapse

00:21:21.100 --> 00:21:21.880
 in exhaustion

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.980
 until the demand

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.800
 for oxygen

00:21:23.800 --> 00:21:24.360
 renewed

00:21:24.360 --> 00:21:25.960
 the physical shock

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:27.140
 and surging pain.

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:29.180
 This cycle

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.920
 could go on

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.980
 for days

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:32.720
 ending at last

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.880
 by suffocation,

00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.780
 cardiac arrest

00:21:35.780 --> 00:21:37.800
 or loss of blood.

00:21:39.800 --> 00:21:40.640
 So,

00:21:41.020 --> 00:21:41.980
 the rebels

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.520
 as they're

00:21:42.520 --> 00:21:43.240
 hanging there,

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.819
 they're thinking

00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:45.839
 why would you

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.400
 willingly

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:47.839
 accept such

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.579
 punishment

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.980
 if you're

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.380
 innocent?

00:21:52.120 --> 00:21:52.779
 The rebels

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.660
 thought he was

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.480
 a fool.

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:57.059
 It's astonishing,

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:57.819
 isn't it,

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.680
 as we think

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.500
 about the mocking

00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.539
 that takes place.

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.880
 No one

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:03.680
 stands up

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.400
 for Jesus.

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.339
 No one.

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.099
 Instead,

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:09.079
 they all

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.900
 join in

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.460
 the mocking

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.220
 in one way

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.759
 or another.

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.160
 But what

00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:14.839
 about you?

00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:16.819
 What about

00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.140
 me?

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.500
 How do you

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.359
 see Jesus

00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:21.440
 as he hangs

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.279
 on the cross?

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.480
 Yeah,

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.019
 I know what

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.779
 the right answer

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.120
 is,

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:27.019
 but how do you

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.720
 treat him?

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:30.200
 Is he

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:31.079
 in irrelevance

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.680
 to you?

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.420
 You have

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.079
 your own

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.900
 way of living

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.799
 and your own

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.500
 way of doing

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.960
 things.

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.539
 Why would I

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.319
 ever listen

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.880
 to Jesus?

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.779
 Why would I

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.620
 bother listening

00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:42.459
 to his word?

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.239
 Or maybe

00:22:45.239 --> 00:22:46.219
 Jesus is a

00:22:46.219 --> 00:22:47.239
 fraud to you.

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.439
 He makes

00:22:48.439 --> 00:22:49.459
 great claims

00:22:49.459 --> 00:22:50.500
 about establishing

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.199
 an eternal

00:22:51.199 --> 00:22:51.639
 kingdom,

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.759
 but you all

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.259
 find it

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:54.439
 rather disappointing

00:22:54.439 --> 00:22:55.279
 and demanding

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.139
 because it's

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:57.119
 about serving

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:58.179
 and sacrifice.

00:23:01.479 --> 00:23:02.319
 Maybe you

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.919
 see Jesus

00:23:02.919 --> 00:23:03.879
 as a threat

00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:04.599
 to your own

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.000
 life.

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.979
 You prefer

00:23:06.979 --> 00:23:07.599
 to believe

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.299
 your own

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.799
 truth

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:10.440
 and don't

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:10.960
 like the

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.680
 claims that

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.460
 Jesus makes

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.879
 on you,

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.379
 so you

00:23:13.379 --> 00:23:14.180
 intentionally

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.559
 block him

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.180
 out.

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:19.440
 Or maybe

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.859
 you just

00:23:19.859 --> 00:23:20.519
 simply see

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.119
 Jesus as

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:21.740
 a fool,

00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.240
 a good

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.960
 person who

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.500
 said and

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.940
 did some

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.680
 great things,

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.539
 but then it

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.159
 just got a

00:23:27.159 --> 00:23:27.659
 bit out of

00:23:27.659 --> 00:23:27.960
 hand.

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:29.119
 He got a

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.599
 bit ahead

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.259
 of himself

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.899
 and it

00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:32.539
 all ended

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.039
 badly.

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.079
 He's just

00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.619
 a fool.

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:39.239
 Well,

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:39.639
 as much

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:39.919
 as we

00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:40.319
 like to

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:40.699
 think of

00:23:40.699 --> 00:23:41.139
 ourselves

00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:41.759
 as better

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.259
 than any

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.639
 of these

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.139
 things,

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.659
 the truth

00:23:44.659 --> 00:23:45.119
 is we

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:45.559
 have all

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.259
 joined in

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.779
 the mocking.

00:23:48.179 --> 00:23:48.579
 You see,

00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.159
 none of us

00:23:49.159 --> 00:23:49.959
 naturally

00:23:49.959 --> 00:23:51.039
 side with

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.539
 Jesus.

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.359
 We don't

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.979
 like to

00:23:53.979 --> 00:23:54.659
 stand up

00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:55.099
 for him.

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.739
 We prefer

00:23:56.739 --> 00:23:57.259
 to keep

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.779
 quiet,

00:23:57.919 --> 00:23:58.279
 don't we?

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.199
 We want

00:23:59.199 --> 00:23:59.759
 to stay

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.500
 silent.

00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:03.419
 That is,

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.039
 apart from

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.539
 the mocking.

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.459
 Okay,

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.019
 we might

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.899
 make jokes,

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:08.939
 we might

00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.719
 be laughing,

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.699
 we may

00:24:10.699 --> 00:24:11.839
 never verbalise

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:11.979
 it,

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.479
 but don't

00:24:12.479 --> 00:24:13.039
 we live

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.639
 at times

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.039
 as if

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.799
 Jesus is

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.399
 a complete

00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:16.359
 irrelevance

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:16.759
 to our

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.159
 life,

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:19.119
 a fraud,

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:21.179
 a threat,

00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:23.559
 and a

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:23.979
 fool.

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.719
 Look at

00:24:26.719 --> 00:24:27.259
 those

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:28.279
 surrounding

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.159
 the cross

00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:30.719
 as Jesus

00:24:30.719 --> 00:24:31.619
 is crucified.

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.739
 Look

00:24:32.739 --> 00:24:33.979
 closely at

00:24:33.979 --> 00:24:34.519
 all the

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:34.979
 people are

00:24:34.979 --> 00:24:35.219
 there,

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:35.900
 look

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.500
 closely

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:38.579
 and you'll

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.180
 see me

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:41.299
 and you'll

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.039
 see yourself.

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.160
 So we

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.539
 have the

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.319
 silence of

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:48.680
 Jesus

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:50.579
 and the

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.200
 mocking of

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.559
 Jesus.

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.319
 But then

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.740
 there's the

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.220
 victory.

00:24:57.860 --> 00:24:58.559
 As Jesus

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.740
 silently goes

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.120
 to his

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.400
 death,

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.059
 as the

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.420
 people

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.339
 mock and

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.039
 insult him,

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.740
 it all

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.299
 seems to

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.639
 be a

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.079
 tragic

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.940
 and painful

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.599
 defeat.

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.539
 After all

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.119
 that Jesus

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.759
 has done

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.480
 and all

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.779
 that he

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.200
 claims,

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:11.940
 it ends

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.279
 in a

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.579
 rather

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.480
 disappointing

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.980
 way,

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.599
 doesn't it?

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.680
 Look at

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.399
 the cross,

00:25:17.159 --> 00:25:17.720
 naked,

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.119
 bloody,

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.579
 grasping

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.339
 for breath.

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.200
 Jesus is

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:24.059
 hanging as a

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.639
 condemned

00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:25.460
 criminal.

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.539
 death.

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.559
 Yet what

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.460
 appears to

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.819
 be a

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.259
 crushing

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:32.700
 death is

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.400
 a life

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.360
 saving

00:25:34.360 --> 00:25:35.480
 victory.

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:37.620
 Well,

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.079
 where's the

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:39.620
 victory in

00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.740
 this mess

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.900
 on a

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.380
 cross?

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.259
 Well,

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.759
 let's think

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.299
 about this

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.759
 together.

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.680
 First,

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.340
 we've got to

00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:49.960
 know that this

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:51.000
 was a planned

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.880
 death.

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:53.400
 You see,

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:53.820
 Jesus'

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.700
 silence

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.460
 before his

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.160
 accusers

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:57.080
 may seem

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:57.980
 strange to

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.400
 us.

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.360
 But Jesus

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:01.060
 doesn't need

00:26:01.060 --> 00:26:01.700
 to defend

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.180
 himself.

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.880
 He knows

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.660
 he must

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.120
 die.

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.820
 Leading up

00:26:06.820 --> 00:26:07.220
 to these

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.660
 events,

00:26:08.020 --> 00:26:09.240
 three times,

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.340
 Jesus had

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:10.760
 made it

00:26:10.760 --> 00:26:11.940
 explicitly clear

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.380
 to his

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.920
 disciples,

00:26:13.560 --> 00:26:14.140
 I'm going

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.900
 to Jerusalem

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:16.460
 and I'm

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:16.880
 going to

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.180
 die.

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.960
 Have a

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.440
 look back

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.940
 at chapter

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.540
 20.

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:23.420
 chapter

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:24.000
 20,

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.420
 verse

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.140
 18.

00:26:27.780 --> 00:26:28.760
 So this

00:26:28.760 --> 00:26:29.100
 is the

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:30.140
 third time

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.820
 Jesus has

00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:31.440
 spelt it

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.560
 out in

00:26:32.560 --> 00:26:33.000
 simple

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.680
 terms.

00:26:36.280 --> 00:26:37.000
 Chapter

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.600
 20,

00:26:38.060 --> 00:26:39.280
 verse

00:26:39.280 --> 00:26:39.800
 18.

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.220
 We are

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.820
 going up

00:26:44.820 --> 00:26:45.540
 to Jerusalem

00:26:45.540 --> 00:26:46.700
 and the

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.080
 Son of

00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:47.480
 Man,

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.800
 remember

00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.520
 that's his

00:26:50.520 --> 00:26:51.560
 title for

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.179
 himself.

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.319
 The Son of

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.740
 Man will

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.339
 be delivered

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:55.919
 over to

00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:56.599
 the chief

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.319
 priests and

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.799
 the teachers

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.399
 of the law.

00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:00.000
 They will

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.759
 condemn him

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.440
 to death

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.879
 and will

00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:03.359
 hand him

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:03.759
 over to

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.659
 the Gentiles

00:27:04.659 --> 00:27:05.059
 to be

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:06.099
 mocked

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:07.240
 and flogged

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:08.720
 and crucified

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:10.659
 and on the

00:27:10.659 --> 00:27:11.339
 third day he

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:11.960
 will be raised

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.500
 to life.

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:14.059
 You can't

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.440
 get more

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.159
 simple than

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:15.639
 that, can

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:15.839
 you?

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.599
 You see,

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.039
 Jesus'

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.720
 death,

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.980
 before it

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.419
 happened,

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.200
 before his

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.039
 crucifixion,

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:22.860
 was all

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:24.140
 planned and

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:25.340
 purposed by

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:25.640
 God.

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.680
 It's not a

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.259
 mistake.

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.240
 The events

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.100
 surrounding the

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:30.680
 trial of

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:32.120
 Jesus may

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.620
 have been

00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:33.800
 orchestrated by

00:27:33.800 --> 00:27:34.759
 religious rulers.

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.200
 The final

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:37.180
 sentence may

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.560
 have been

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:38.400
 pronounced by

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:38.900
 Pilate.

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.120
 The soldiers

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:41.080
 may have nailed

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.640
 him to the

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.620
 cross, but

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.460
 all of their

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.340
 actions and

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:44.960
 all of their

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.920
 deeds have

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.460
 all been

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.660
 woven together

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:49.040
 into God's

00:27:49.040 --> 00:27:50.200
 foreordained

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.040
 plan.

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.860
 The writers

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.560
 of Scripture

00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:55.540
 won't let us

00:27:55.540 --> 00:27:55.920
 off the

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.259
 hook.

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.080
 Over and

00:27:58.080 --> 00:27:58.640
 over again

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.100
 they want

00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.820
 this point

00:27:59.820 --> 00:28:00.440
 to be

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.040
 clear to

00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:01.440
 us.

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.500
 Luke, the

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.040
 author of

00:28:04.040 --> 00:28:04.740
 Acts, tells

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.400
 us this, you

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.040
 can read on

00:28:06.040 --> 00:28:06.480
 screen.

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:09.120
 This man,

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.900
 speaking of

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:11.060
 Jesus, was

00:28:11.060 --> 00:28:11.800
 handed over

00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:12.519
 to you by

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:14.099
 God's

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:14.980
 deliberate

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:17.400
 plan and

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:18.299
 foreknowledge.

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.740
 And you, with

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.359
 the help of

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:21.240
 wicked men, put

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.920
 him to death

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:23.720
 by nailing

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.220
 him to the

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.660
 cross.

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.539
 Jesus may

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:29.440
 die, but

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:29.879
 let's be

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.920
 absolutely clear

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.799
 on this, he

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.660
 is sovereign

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.980
 over his

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.700
 own death.

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.440
 He is God's

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.220
 chosen king

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.279
 with absolute

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:39.019
 power and

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:40.039
 supreme authority.

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.180
 Nothing is

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:42.000
 taken Jesus

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.859
 by surprise

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:43.859
 and no one

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.619
 has control

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.099
 over the

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.579
 life of

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:45.900
 Jesus.

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.579
 He

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.400
 deliberately

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:48.220
 and

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:49.000
 intentionally

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:50.440
 goes to

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.059
 his death.

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.359
 He goes

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:53.099
 silently.

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.359
 He endures

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:54.920
 the mocking

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:56.299
 because that

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.819
 is his

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.539
 purpose for

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.140
 coming to

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.400
 earth.

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.339
 He came

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.400
 to die.

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.940
 He came

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.559
 to die.

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.960
 But why

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.319
 did he

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.640
 die?

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.359
 Well, it

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.680
 was a

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.779
 substitutionary

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.140
 death.

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.259
 A terrible

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.920
 injustice

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:19.019
 takes place

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:20.440
 at Jesus'

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.200
 trial.

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.079
 Look back

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.559
 at verse

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.799
 15,

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.660
 chapter 7,

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.460
 verse 15.

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.000
 It was the

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.599
 governor's

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.220
 custom at

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.900
 the festival

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:32.420
 at the time

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.000
 of Passover

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:34.000
 to release a

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.519
 prisoner

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:36.119
 chosen by

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.640
 the crowd.

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.180
 So obviously

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.839
 the prisoner

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.759
 is a criminal,

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.359
 he's done

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.819
 wrong,

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.259
 he's been

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.759
 imprisoned.

00:29:42.919 --> 00:29:43.500
 At that

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.079
 time they

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.439
 had a

00:29:44.439 --> 00:29:45.059
 well-known

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.599
 prisoner

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.199
 whose name

00:29:46.199 --> 00:29:46.879
 was Jesus

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.579
 Barabbas.

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.719
 So when

00:29:48.719 --> 00:29:49.179
 the crowd

00:29:49.179 --> 00:29:49.799
 had gathered,

00:29:49.979 --> 00:29:50.599
 Pilate asked

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:50.740
 them,

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.199
 which one

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:51.379
 do you

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:51.699
 want me

00:29:51.699 --> 00:29:52.240
 to release

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.639
 to you?

00:29:52.959 --> 00:29:53.439
 Jesus

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:54.240
 Barabbas

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.679
 or Jesus

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:56.259
 who's called

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.779
 the Messiah?

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.379
 The one

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.939
 who claims

00:29:57.939 --> 00:29:58.319
 to be

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.740
 God,

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.199
 to be

00:29:59.199 --> 00:29:59.539
 king.

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.219
 For he

00:30:02.219 --> 00:30:02.639
 knew it

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.019
 was out

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:04.099
 of self-interest

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.839
 or envy

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.979
 that they

00:30:05.979 --> 00:30:06.439
 had handed

00:30:06.439 --> 00:30:07.279
 Jesus over

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.759
 to him.

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:09.799
 Pilate

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.319
 knew their

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.939
 schemes.

00:30:11.939 --> 00:30:12.659
 They wanted

00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:13.299
 Barabbas

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.839
 freed.

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.339
 But he

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:16.059
 also knew

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.559
 that this

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.279
 Jesus was

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:17.659
 innocent.

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.599
 So what

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:18.919
 was he

00:30:18.919 --> 00:30:19.379
 going to

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:19.719
 do?

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.419
 Verse 20,

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.939
 the chief

00:30:22.939 --> 00:30:23.519
 priests and

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.000
 the elders

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.879
 persuaded the

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.799
 crowd to

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.299
 ask for

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.959
 Barabbas

00:30:26.959 --> 00:30:27.839
 and to

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.459
 have Jesus

00:30:28.459 --> 00:30:29.219
 executed.

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:31.059
 Which of

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.559
 the two

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:31.859
 do you

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:32.219
 want me

00:30:32.219 --> 00:30:32.759
 to release

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.139
 to you?

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:33.599
 asked the

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:33.919
 governor.

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.359
 Barabbas

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.259
 they answered.

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.240
 What shall

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.979
 I do then

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.740
 with Jesus

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.120
 who is

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.559
 called the

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.000
 Messiah?

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.120
 Pilate

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.380
 asked.

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.279
 They all

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.720
 answered,

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:45.380
 crucify him.

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.420
 Why?

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:49.120
 What crime

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.480
 has he

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.880
 committed?

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.299
 But they

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.980
 shouted all

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.500
 the louder,

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.620
 crucify him.

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.420
 Pilate knows

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.000
 what he has

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.440
 to do.

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.099
 He just

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.759
 needs to be

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.460
 the honourable

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.620
 faithful judge,

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.200
 do what's

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.779
 right and

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.779
 free Jesus.

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.079
 Jesus.

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:10.400
 But,

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.380
 verse 24,

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.579
 Pilate saw

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.059
 that he was

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.900
 getting nowhere

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:15.000
 and that

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.740
 instead an

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.400
 uproar was

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:16.799
 starting,

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.519
 literally a

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:18.220
 riot was

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.839
 beginning to

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.519
 take place.

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.380
 So he

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:21.240
 took water,

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:22.940
 washed his

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.519
 hand in

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.059
 front of the

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.460
 crowd.

00:31:25.620 --> 00:31:26.120
 I am

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:27.039
 innocent of

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.680
 this man's

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:27.920
 blood,

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.480
 he said.

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:30.200
 It is your

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:31.019
 responsibility.

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.279
 All the

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.059
 people answered,

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:35.319
 blood is

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.039
 on us and

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.440
 on our

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:36.879
 children.

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:38.839
 Then he

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.359
 released

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.240
 Barabbas to

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.539
 them,

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.559
 had Jesus

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.240
 flogged,

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.980
 and handed

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.639
 him over to

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:46.279
 be crucified.

00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:48.440
 It's a

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.179
 travesty.

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.319
 But yet if

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.079
 Jesus has

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:53.039
 control over

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.799
 his death,

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:55.059
 does he not

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.839
 have control

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.419
 over the

00:31:56.419 --> 00:31:57.599
 circumstances of

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.119
 his death?

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:59.339
 You see,

00:31:59.439 --> 00:32:00.039
 the prisoner

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:01.159
 exchange that

00:32:01.159 --> 00:32:01.719
 is taking

00:32:01.719 --> 00:32:02.259
 place,

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.259
 the setting

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:04.000
 the guilty

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:05.119
 prisoner free

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:06.679
 and sentencing

00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:07.500
 the innocent

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.979
 one,

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.459
 is exactly

00:32:09.459 --> 00:32:10.319
 what Jesus'

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.359
 death means

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:11.919
 for us.

00:32:12.199 --> 00:32:12.679
 It's a

00:32:12.679 --> 00:32:13.919
 substitutionary

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:14.319
 death.

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.439
 What happened

00:32:15.439 --> 00:32:16.379
 at the trial

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:17.959
 is what

00:32:17.959 --> 00:32:18.559
 happens at

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.359
 the cross

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:20.939
 for all

00:32:20.939 --> 00:32:21.339
 who would

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.879
 believe.

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:24.319
 Jesus comes

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.459
 to exchange

00:32:25.459 --> 00:32:26.359
 places with

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:26.779
 us.

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:28.079
 He is

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.779
 treated as

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.440
 guilty for

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.240
 us so

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.740
 that we

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.279
 might be

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.759
 declared

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.480
 innocent

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:34.379
 like him.

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.180
 It's a

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.779
 staggering

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:38.539
 reversal of

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.480
 our situation.

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.319
 We're the

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:42.420
 guilty mockers.

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:44.059
 We've

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.519
 rejected

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.700
 Jesus as

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.039
 king.

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:46.960
 We've

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.480
 shut him

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.759
 up.

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.559
 We've

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.099
 shut him

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.500
 out.

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.299
 We want

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:51.839
 to be the

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.119
 king.

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.539
 It's us

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.220
 who deserve

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.879
 to die.

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.079
 But Jesus

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:57.199
 dies as

00:32:57.199 --> 00:32:57.419
 our

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:58.019
 substitute

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:59.559
 in our

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.119
 place.

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.919
 Do you

00:33:03.919 --> 00:33:04.299
 see what

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.720
 Pilate

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.179
 does?

00:33:07.439 --> 00:33:08.399
 He knows

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:09.099
 Jesus is

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.500
 innocent.

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.559
 But what

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:11.819
 does he

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.059
 do?

00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:12.720
 He takes

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.139
 a bowl

00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:13.759
 of water

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:15.439
 and symbolically

00:33:15.439 --> 00:33:16.220
 washes his

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.859
 hands as if

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.319
 to say,

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.539
 well, I

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.000
 know what

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.480
 the truth

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.960
 is, but

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.619
 I'm taking

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.639
 no responsibility.

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.939
 I'm not

00:33:22.939 --> 00:33:24.179
 going to be

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:25.799
 guilty in

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.240
 any of

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.680
 this.

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.120
 Well,

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.539
 the point

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:29.960
 he is

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.380
 guilty.

00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.140
 And no

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.880
 washing of

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.539
 water could

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.200
 ever wash

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.960
 Pilate's

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.640
 guilt away.

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.400
 But that's

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:39.019
 why Jesus

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.680
 has come.

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:41.779
 You see,

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:42.539
 this is what's

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.900
 happening.

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.700
 Think of the

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.320
 shame of

00:33:45.320 --> 00:33:46.120
 your past.

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.660
 Think of the

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.519
 secrets that

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.220
 we bury

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:50.299
 deep down in

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.900
 our life.

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:52.560
 the ones

00:33:52.560 --> 00:33:53.160
 that keep

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:53.759
 us awake

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.400
 at night.

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.280
 Or the

00:33:56.280 --> 00:33:56.920
 guilt that

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:57.600
 weighs upon

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:58.060
 us, the

00:33:58.060 --> 00:33:58.720
 sins that

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.460
 people know

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.080
 and it

00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:00.740
 holds us

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.380
 back from

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:02.940
 entering into

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.820
 service or

00:34:03.820 --> 00:34:05.240
 getting involved

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.019
 a bit more.

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.820
 Well, Jesus

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.519
 is the one

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.119
 who's come to

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:10.039
 take my

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:11.039
 guilt and

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.880
 your shame

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:13.840
 so that we

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.260
 can be

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.880
 declared

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:16.280
 innocent.

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.760
 Innocent.

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:21.660
 set free

00:34:21.660 --> 00:34:22.280
 to live a

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.980
 new life

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:24.740
 as members

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:25.260
 of his

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:25.660
 kingdom.

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.240
 It's a

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:30.580
 planned

00:34:30.580 --> 00:34:32.220
 death, a

00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:33.240
 substitutionary

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:35.180
 death, which

00:34:35.180 --> 00:34:35.880
 makes it a

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:37.240
 victorious death.

00:34:38.080 --> 00:34:38.640
 You see, if

00:34:38.640 --> 00:34:39.460
 we're to know

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.920
 this true

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.640
 life, this

00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:42.940
 new life, this

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:44.040
 innocence that

00:34:44.040 --> 00:34:44.800
 Jesus gives,

00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:46.080
 we must see

00:34:46.080 --> 00:34:46.760
 that Jesus

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:48.720
 must die

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.840
 for me.

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:50.900
 He doesn't

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.520
 die for

00:34:51.520 --> 00:34:52.600
 other people,

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.620
 he must die

00:34:53.620 --> 00:34:54.240
 for me.

00:34:55.580 --> 00:34:56.160
 Look at how

00:34:56.160 --> 00:34:56.660
 the people

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:57.620
 respond as

00:34:57.620 --> 00:34:58.280
 Jesus is

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:58.820
 crucified.

00:34:59.640 --> 00:35:00.000
 Do you see

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.420
 what they're

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.000
 all saying

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.400
 in verse

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:01.920
 39?

00:35:03.120 --> 00:35:03.700
 Save

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:04.320
 yourself.

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.440
 Come down

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.900
 from the

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.480
 cross if

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:07.800
 you're the

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.160
 son of

00:35:08.160 --> 00:35:08.540
 God.

00:35:09.560 --> 00:35:10.220
 He saved

00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:11.020
 others, he

00:35:11.020 --> 00:35:11.680
 can't save

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:12.140
 himself.

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.100
 If he's the

00:35:13.100 --> 00:35:13.440
 king of

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:14.620
 Israel, let

00:35:14.620 --> 00:35:15.100
 him come

00:35:15.100 --> 00:35:16.000
 down now

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.519
 from the

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:18.559
 cross, then

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.380
 we'll believe

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:19.599
 him.

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.219
 They're all

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:22.219
 demanding that

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:23.000
 Jesus would

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:24.619
 save himself.

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.420
 If we're to

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:27.139
 believe you,

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:28.400
 Jesus, you've

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:29.000
 got to do

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.900
 something great.

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:31.000
 Come down

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.420
 from the

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.179
 cross right

00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:33.099
 now, do

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.940
 some miracle,

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.059
 show us your

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:36.139
 power, give

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.780
 us what we

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.599
 want, and

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:38.380
 then we're

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:38.659
 going to

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:38.940
 believe.

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.360
 But they're

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.000
 all blind.

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:45.380
 they can't

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:46.079
 see that

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:47.099
 Jesus is

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.739
 doing the

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:48.500
 greatest thing

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.059
 possible.

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.219
 He is

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:51.280
 displaying his

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.739
 power.

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:53.159
 Something

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:54.599
 supernatural is

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:55.519
 taking place

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:56.619
 as he hangs

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.360
 on the cross.

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.900
 Jesus doesn't

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.500
 give in to

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.380
 their demands.

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.800
 He does

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.440
 what they

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.539
 need.

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.679
 He stays

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:07.079
 on the

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.559
 cross.

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:09.880
 and as

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.519
 he gives

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:10.900
 of his

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.599
 own life,

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.340
 he is

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:13.880
 saving

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:15.480
 your life.

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.599
 I wonder

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.219
 what is it

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:20.659
 that you

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:21.480
 demand of

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.860
 Jesus?

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.519
 What do

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.219
 you want

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:26.000
 Jesus to

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.519
 do for

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:28.500
 you so

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:28.920
 that you

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.460
 will believe

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.699
 him?

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.019
 What are

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:33.480
 you shouting

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.199
 at Jesus?

00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:34.559
 What are

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.400
 you asking

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:36.320
 for him to

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.699
 do?

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.759
 so that

00:36:38.759 --> 00:36:39.199
 you will

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.840
 trust him

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.199
 with your

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:41.880
 future and

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.219
 that you

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:42.960
 will follow

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.380
 him

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.500
 absolutely.

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:46.840
 Jesus,

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.380
 give me

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:49.440
 that secure

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:51.199
 job and

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:52.279
 then I'll

00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:52.559
 commit.

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.119
 Jesus,

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.039
 if you would

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:57.000
 sort out the

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.699
 mess of my

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:58.239
 life and

00:36:58.239 --> 00:36:59.400
 just make

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.019
 things a little

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.299
 easier,

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:02.599
 then I'll

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:04.199
 start making

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:05.360
 it regular

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.059
 that I come

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.739
 to church.

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:09.019
 Jesus,

00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:09.980
 you do

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.619
 this

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:13.179
 and then

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.599
 I will

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.000
 do

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:15.139
 that.

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.460
 Just

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.259
 think about

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:17.739
 that for a

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.460
 moment and

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:19.219
 you fill in

00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:19.659
 the blank.

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:20.579
 Jesus,

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.539
 you do

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.799
 this for

00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:23.159
 me

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:25.400
 and then

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:26.799
 I will

00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:27.340
 do that

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:27.960
 for you.

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.340
 God

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:28.940
 God

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.900
 will

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:31.159
 do that.

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.840
 No,

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:33.260
 don't

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:33.699
 demand.

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.760
 Make no

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.420
 demands.

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.159
 Instead he

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.760
 says I want

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:39.260
 you to look

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:39.539
 at the

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:41.240
 cross and

00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:42.039
 see Jesus

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.820
 who submits

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.500
 to death

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.720
 for you.

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.199
 Jesus

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:47.340
 stays silent.

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:49.159
 He endures

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:50.019
 the mocking.

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.420
 He stays

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:52.139
 on the

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:52.599
 cross

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:54.239
 to save

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:54.519
 you.

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.159
 He does

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.960
 the greatest

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.480
 thing

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:59.480
 so that

00:37:59.480 --> 00:37:59.960
 you can

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.779
 trust him

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:01.779
 with

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.480
 everything.

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.179
 His death

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.839
 is enough.

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.119
 It's a

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.759
 victorious

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:09.440
 death

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:11.860
 and it's a

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.279
 death for

00:38:12.279 --> 00:38:12.599
 you

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:14.219
 and it's a

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:14.639
 death for

00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:14.880
 me.

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.400
 Let's

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:17.659
 pray.

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:43.139
 Father,

00:38:43.259 --> 00:38:43.579
 we are

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:44.339
 stunned

00:38:44.339 --> 00:38:46.420
 and amazed

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:46.940
 that your

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.800
 silence

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:50.579
 the way

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.119
 you take

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.340
 your

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:51.820
 mocking

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:55.720
 the way

00:38:55.720 --> 00:38:56.179
 you make

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:56.460
 no

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:57.159
 defense

00:38:57.159 --> 00:39:00.400
 and you

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:00.840
 humbly

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.559
 walk to

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.300
 the place

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:04.039
 where we

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.820
 deserve to

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:05.139
 go.

00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:09.940
 You

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.519
 stay on

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:11.099
 the cross

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:13.820
 and you

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:14.360
 die for

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:14.639
 me.

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:19.500
 thank you

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.920
 Jesus.

00:39:21.200 --> 00:39:21.900
 Thank you

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.340
 for what

00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:22.679
 you have

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:22.980
 done.

00:39:25.740 --> 00:39:26.559
 Help us

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:27.440
 to entrust

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:28.440
 our life,

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:31.099
 our future,

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:31.940
 our dreams,

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:32.880
 our plans

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:35.519
 to see

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:36.200
 that all

00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:36.539
 that you

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:36.920
 have done

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.420
 is enough.

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:37.860
 We could

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.679
 never ask

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:38.960
 of you

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.340
 to do

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:39.700
 more.

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:42.639
 and because

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.079
 you have

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.699
 given us

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:44.339
 the very

00:39:44.339 --> 00:39:44.960
 best,

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:47.359
 help us

00:39:47.359 --> 00:39:47.759
 that we

00:39:47.759 --> 00:39:48.419
 might walk

00:39:48.419 --> 00:39:48.839
 with you

00:39:48.839 --> 00:39:49.599
 and follow

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:49.960
 you

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:52.039
 and trust

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.419
 you.

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:56.500
 Help us,

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.019
 we pray.

00:39:58.379 --> 00:39:59.019
 Amen.

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.119
 Amen.

00:39:59.119 --> 00:40:06.880
 We're

00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:07.099
 going to

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:07.400
 sing.

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:09.699
 We're

00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:09.920
 going to

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.619
 sing about

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:12.880
 how deep

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.579
 the Father's

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:14.239
 love for us,

00:40:14.339 --> 00:40:14.819
 the second

00:40:14.819 --> 00:40:15.299
 verse,

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:17.179
 brings it

00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:17.739
 home and

00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:18.239
 brings it

00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:18.799
 personal.

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.699
 Behold the

00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:21.259
 man upon

00:40:21.259 --> 00:40:21.819
 the cross,

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:23.159
 my sin,

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:23.219
 my sin,

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:23.239
 my sin,

00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:23.279
 my sin,

00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:25.239
 my sin,