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 So, you've been following us, you've been talking, Nathan kind of brought you up to date with kind of where we are now in this series.

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 And he just reminded me that Martin Luther just said that this passage that we just read is the centerpiece of the whole Bible, which I can definitely see how he got that if you look at it.

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 And so we're going to talk about some big words tonight for us. And remember, as I've said in the past, big words are Latin phrases or any other thing we use around here.

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 It's not to sound smart and theological. It really is to kind of help you remember something, because if something's different, it'll stand out in your mind and you'll remember.

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 So that's why we use big words. And language is important, because it helps describe what Christ has done for us and who he is.

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 So tonight, we're going to talk about the substitutionary atonement of Christ.

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 And I have four points for us to kind of walk through.

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 And the first one to kind of walk through is, is all men have sinned and rebelled against God.

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 And we've kind of talked about that a lot already, so I'm not going to give you the whole doctrine of sin again.

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 But the reign of sin is universal. It affects everybody.

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 And I was talking with a good friend of mine, a really awesome, awesome girl.

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 And she has just a very, very staunch Catholic background, Roman Catholic background.

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 And she was telling me how she fully believes that Jesus, or Mary, was sinless.

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 And because if she was going to bear Jesus, that she had to be sinless.

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 And to which I was saying, like, no.

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 Like, we all are under the curse of sin, all of us.

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 And even Mary, during her song to God, or her prayer, she says, basically, that she blesses God, her Savior.

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 You know, like, she knew that she needed a Savior.

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 She cried out for a Savior, just like everybody did.

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 And in Ecclesiastes, you've got to turn there, but Ecclesiastes, Solomon wrote, more than likely Solomon wrote,

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 Surely there is not a righteous man on the earth who does good and never sins.

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 See this alone I have found, that God made man upright.

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 Remember that?

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 Like, Kyle talked about how God made man, God created man upright.

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 But then it says, but they have sought out many schemes, or many devices.

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 So we have rebelled against God.

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 We have abused that awesome privilege He gave us.

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 And then in Isaiah 59, 2, it really is a cool picture.

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 I'll just read it to you.

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 It says, your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God.

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 And your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

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 A very powerful language.

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 This picture of separation from God.

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 Not togetherness, not a relationship with God, but separation from God.

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 So that He has hidden His face from us.

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 And such a powerful phrase.

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 I was going to just kind of make a point that to the Hebrews, and also it should be to us as well, really.

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 But the greatest blessing in their mind, you can read in the Old Testament, the greatest blessing in their mind was to behold God's face.

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 To see God's face.

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 Because that implied His love, His favor.

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 Lord, lift up your countenance upon us.

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 You've heard that in the Psalms.

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 This idea of God loving and showing favor.

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 So that was the greatest blessing.

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 So the greatest curse was for God to hide His face from you.

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 To leave you to yourself and to your sin.

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 And later on in Habakkuk, chapter 1, verse 13.

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 It says,

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 You who have pure eyes, you cannot look upon evil and you cannot do wrong.

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 Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil and you cannot do wrong.

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 So this idea that God's face is hidden from those who have sinned and rebelled against Him.

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 And they're under a curse.

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 The curse of sin.

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 So all of us, no matter who we are, we all have sinned and rebelled against God.

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 And it has to start there.

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 So that's the first one.

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 But the second one, the second point of the night, is that God's righteousness must be upheld.

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 God's righteousness must be upheld.

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 And so righteousness, there's a lot of ways to describe this.

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 But basically, God will always do what's right.

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 Period.

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 Always.

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 At all times.

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 And that holiness, boy, there's a lot of definitions on that one.

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 They all hit on the same.

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 They're all good stuff.

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 It's probably one of the harder attributes of God to actually describe sometimes.

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 Like sanctification would be for a lot of things.

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 But in one sense, though, the holiness of God means that He is utterly separated from all things that are evil.

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 Utterly separated from Him.

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 But it doesn't just mean that.

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 It also means that if He is holy, it means that He is devoted to destroying evil.

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 And upholding His own honor.

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 That's what it could also imply.

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 So God's holiness pushes Him to destroy evil.

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 And so, since God loves what is good, right, and pure, then it shouldn't surprise us that He is devoted to destroying evil.

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 He won't, He's going to destroy anything that's opposed to who He is.

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 It's not just that God has holiness.

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 It's that God is holy.

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 Or He has righteousness, but that He is righteous.

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 It's anything that opposes Him, He will deal with.

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 So, what are some things in the world that have happened that you are outraged about?

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 Or something that you remember hearing about?

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 Something in you just kind of like rose up and said,

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 That is awful, and that has to be dealt with.

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 You know, just atrocities, or when judges let terrible criminals get off,

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 when the evidence is so clear that they were guilty.

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 So many things we get upset about.

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 And you just have to ask the question,

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 Is evil and is sin worth hating?

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 Absolutely, it is.

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 And like the loving thing for God to do would be to destroy evil.

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 So, God in His character like intrinsically hates sin.

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 He hates it.

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 And we don't want God just to kind of see what's going on and then brush it under the rug.

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 Some leaders in history don't tolerate anything.

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 They're just like killing people left and right, right?

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 Like a dictator, Stalin, Mao, Hitler.

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 But at the same time, it's probably just as bad to have a ruler who just lets anything fly.

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 And that's kind of like almost where our nation is kind of going to some degree.

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 A lot more so.

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 A Roman citizen during the Roman Republic wrote this,

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 And that's true.

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 But God is not like that at all.

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 So, He hates sin.

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 He hates injustice and injustice and anything that goes against who He is.

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 So, when people rape children, when young girls are taken captive and sold into slavery,

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 when greedy businessmen do damage to others to climb the ladder,

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 or when we, not me, but like when other people are just like your roommates in school or wherever,

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 and you lash out with them in anger and pride and think that you are better than them,

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 they should do something for you.

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 Just so many things.

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 When you actually do something good for somebody with a selfish gain in mind,

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 a selfish motive, not really out of love for them, but for yourself,

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 God hates these things.

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 Big and small, He hates all of it.

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 And we want Him to be that way.

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 We don't want a God that sees evil going on and just sweeps under the rug.

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 He's not worth worshipping if that's true.

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 He would not be God.

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 You see that?

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 He'd be like some kind of other deity we've created.

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 Sin destroys human happiness.

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 It destroys it.

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 It hurts us.

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 And what we glorify is what we love the most.

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 And if you track the matter of your day, you'll see that normally it's not God.

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 It's a lot of other things that you're following.

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 And so God just doesn't see what's going on and turn a blind eye.

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 He's sworn that He will deal with evil.

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 And He feels a holy wrath toward those things.

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 It's just within His character to be that way.

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 So just as much as God's love has propelled Him to send Christ,

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 and to provide a way for us to be forgiven,

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 at the same time, like running along right beside that,

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 is God's holiness saying that one day I will destroy all evil.

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 So He said, a lot of you know in Romans 6,

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 for the wages of sin is death.

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 Right?

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 Ezekiel, all souls belong to me, God says,

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 and the soul who sins shall die.

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 That's what He says.

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 Very powerful.

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 So there's a payday coming for sin,

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 and we've earned it.

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 We've worked for it.

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 It's our wage.

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 And it's death.

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 That's the outcome.

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 And His wrath is coming,

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 and it's coming like non-stop.

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 There's nothing anybody can do to stop it.

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 John the Baptist in Matthew,

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 he said,

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 flee from the wrath to come.

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 Now, I'm sure some of you saw those hoo-hahs up on the square during Gold Rush,

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 just pretty much just damning people.

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 Man, that disinfuriates me.

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 But don't be fooled.

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 What they're saying is true, though.

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 Okay?

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 They're just giving you a part of the picture, though.

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 They're not giving you the rest of who God is at all.

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 And to make an idol out of one attribute of God is idolatry.

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 Like, to just focus on one part of who God is

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 and then ignore the rest of Him is wrong.

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 So if you love,

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 if you really fall in love with His goodness and His fatherly side,

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 then you hate, like,

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 uh-uh, I don't want to hear about the wrath side.

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 You don't really love God.

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 You don't really know God.

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 He's all those things.

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 So, turn to Revelation 6.

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 Just to take a look at this.

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 This is terrifying stuff.

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 And this stuff's all through the Scripture.

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 You can't really turn a blind eye to it.

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 Revelation 6.

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 And all throughout the Scripture,

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 both Old and New Testament,

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 they had different names for this,

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 but a lot of times in the Old Testament,

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 they would call this the Day of the Lord.

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 It's referred to as the Day of the Lord

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 in Zephaniah and Ezekiel and other places.

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 Amos.

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 But, just to jump ahead,

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 Revelation 6, verse 12,

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 it says this.

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 This is going on in the heavenly realm.

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 It says,

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 When He opened the sixth seal,

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 I looked,

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 and behold,

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 there was a great earthquake,

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 and the sun became black like sackcloth,

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 and the full moon became white blood,

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 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth

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 as the fig tree sheds in winter

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 and its fruit was shaken by a gale.

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 So, basically,

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 it's like everything is getting dark.

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 Get the picture there,

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 just like utter darkness is what's happening.

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 Verse 14,

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 The sky vanished like a scroll,

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 that it is being rolled up,

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 and every mountain and island

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 was removed from its place.

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 The kings of the earth,

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 and the great ones,

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 and the generals,

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 and the rich,

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 and the powerful,

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 and everyone,

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 slave and free,

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 hid themselves in caves

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 and among the rocks of the mountains,

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 calling on to the mountains and the rocks,

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 fall on us and hide us

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 from the face of Him

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 who is seated on the throne

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 and from the wrath of the Lamb.

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 for the great day of their wrath has come,

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 and who can stand?

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 Very, like, terrifying stuff.

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 Like, no matter where you go,

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 the Lord will find them.

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 Like, He's going to...

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 It's like a...

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 I hated to compare it to this,

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 but if you are God's enemy

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 and you don't have Christ standing on your behalf,

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 like, you're His enemy.

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 We'll read that in just a minute.

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 But it's kind of like one of those scary movies

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 where everybody's kind of locked up in a house,

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 you know,

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 and they're hiding from people,

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 and then, like, the murderer,

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 whoever,

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 is just going from room to room

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 just killing people, you know?

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 And, like, you're hiding,

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 thinking, like, maybe He won't get me.

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 Like, it's that kind of terror

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 that is going on here,

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 and God will, like, find everybody.

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 And from the wrath of the Lamb,

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 that will be Christ, you know?

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 And it doesn't matter.

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 It says the King's the most powerful people on the earth.

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 Then it says slave and free

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 from the homeless guy out in the street.

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 I mean, everybody.

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 No one will be spared.

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 And so some of you may be thinking, like,

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 well, I'm glad I'm a Christian,

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 so I don't really need to worry

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 about reading passages like this.

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 So I really don't even like to think about it,

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 so I'm a Christian, and I'm okay.

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 Thank goodness I'm saved.

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 But think about this.

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 I think that if we're around when this happens,

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 no matter who you are,

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 we all will be aware of the wrath of God when it comes,

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 whether you're a believer or not.

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 And in that moment,

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 you're going to feel like terror

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 and also like what it's like to stand within Christ

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 when that happens

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 and like the gratitude and the joy

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 and the peace that will come from that.

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 But people will say, I'm saved.

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 Like, I shared the gospel with several guys this week,

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 and one of them was like, I'm saved.

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 Like, I'm good.

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 I'm saved.

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 And I was like, cool, man.

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 I said, well, I was trying not to be, like,

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 too hard on him.

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 I know he had no idea what he was talking about,

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 but I just said, like,

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 you know what you mean when you say you're saved?

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 Like, what does that imply?

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 He's like, well, I did it at a church, you know,

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 like when I was 15,

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 and, you know, like I went forward

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 and I prayed a prayer.

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 Like, I know I'm good, man.

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 You don't got to worry about me.

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 And I said, that's not answering the question, bro.

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 I was just kind of real with him.

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 And I said, like, what does it mean to be saved?

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 Like, when you say you're saved,

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 what are you saved from?

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 And I went on to show him a couple passages,

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 and I was saying, like, it's the wrath of God

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 that you're, that people say that term.

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 That's what it means.

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 It's saved from judgment, saved from the wrath of God,

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 saved from the just, holy, and loving wrath of God.

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 Hard to hear it that way, but it's true.

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 So in Romans 1, it says this,

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 the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven

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 against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men

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 who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

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 That's Romans 1.18.

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 So it's all over the pages of Scripture.

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 It's terrifying.

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 It should just...

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 Man, I'm...

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 So, where is the wrath right now?

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 Well, at this time,

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 I mean, you can definitely say this is going on now,

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 there's a season of grace

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 where God has sent His messengers,

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 His people,

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 out with the gospel to declare

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 that He has a peace offering,

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 like in Jesus.

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 He put it this way,

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 kind of like if we were...

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 I remember when this happened,

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 like Bush told Saddam,

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 like, surrender now.

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 Like, here's the terms.

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 Do it now.

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 Or we're going to war.

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 And Saddam obviously was like,

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 no, I'm not doing that.

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 And, okay.

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 And like, he had all fury unleashed on him

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 when that happened.

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 And tiny picture,

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 puny picture,

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 compared to what it's like now.

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 Christ, or God has said,

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 here is my terms.

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 Repent, believe the gospel,

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 and turn to my Son,

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 like you will be my enemy

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 based on...

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 my enemy or not,

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 based on what you do

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 with those terms.

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 And one day,

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 I will come back.

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 I'm going to clean house.

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 And that's really just how

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 terrifying it is.

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 So, when we sin,

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 we're putting ourselves

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 underneath that.

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 And no one can stand.

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 No one will be able to stand

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 the wrath of God.

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 A terrifying thing.

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 So then, thirdly,

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 the third point...

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 Kind of moving along tonight.

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 Alright.

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 The third point is,

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 Christ came to make atonement

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 on our behalf.

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 That's good.

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 Christ came to make atonement

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 on our behalf.

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 Okay?

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 So, atonement.

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 I'll just give you kind of a

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 loose definition of it, okay?

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 It's the work of Christ

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 in His life and in His death

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 to earn us salvation.

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 Okay?

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 It's the work of Christ

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 in His life and His death

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 to earn us salvation.

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 So,

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 Christ made right

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 the offense

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 that we have caused

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 to God

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 and the enmity

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 between us and God.

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 And He opened the door

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 for all spiritual blessings

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 then to come to us.

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 All the other things

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 that are about to follow

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 these messages,

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 regeneration,

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 justification,

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 all these things

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 that are going to follow this

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 were made possible

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 by the atoning work

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 of Christ

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 or else it wouldn't have happened.

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 So, Christ won for us

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 all these awesome things

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 through what He did

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 on the cross.

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 So,

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 here's some words

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 to kind of follow

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 to help describe this, okay?

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 The first one is

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 penal substitution,

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 P-E-N-A-L,

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 penal substitution.

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 We get from our word penalty,

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 alright?

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 And it basically just means that

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 it's the idea that

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 the penalty that we deserve

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 was given to someone else

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 who took it voluntarily

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 who didn't deserve it.

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 Christ took our penalty.

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 Christ voluntarily

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 took what we deserve.

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 He stood in our place

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 as our substitute.

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 And then,

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 another word

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 is used to describe this

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 as vicarious atonement.

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 And a vicar

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 is someone who stands

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 in the place of another,

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 a one who represents another.

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 And Christ's death

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 was vicarious

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 because He stood in our place

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 and represented us

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 before God

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 at that moment.

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 And He took the penalty

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 that we deserve.

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 He stood in our place.

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 So,

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 turn to Isaiah 53

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 real quick.

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 Christ bore our penalty

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 and He stood in our place.

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 Isaiah 53,

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 go to verse 4.

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 Isaiah,

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 Isaiah,

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 as some of my Irish friends say.

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 I'm like,

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 what?

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 Can you just not say Isaiah?

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 Isaiah.

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 Isaiah 53,

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 verse 4.

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 So,

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 over 700 years

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 before Christ,

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 these words were spoken

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 about the Messiah,

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 about Christ.

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 And this is a picture

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 to the T

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 about what

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 substitutionary atonement is.

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 All right?

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 Surely,

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 He has borne

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 our griefs

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 and carried

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 our sorrows.

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 Notice the hours

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 throughout this.

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 He bore our griefs

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 and carried

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 our sorrows.

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 Yet we esteemed

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 Him stricken,

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 smitten by God

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 and afflicted.

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 But He was wounded

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 for our transgressions.

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 He was crushed

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 for our iniquities.

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 Upon Him

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 was the chastisement

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 that brought us peace.

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 And with His stripes

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 we are healed.

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 All we like sheep

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 have gone astray.

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 Each turn,

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 we all have turned

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 everyone

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 to His own way.

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 And the Lord

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 has laid on Him

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 the iniquity

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 of us all.

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 He was oppressed

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 and He was afflicted.

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 Yet He opened

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 not His mouth.

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 Like a lamb

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 that is led

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 to the slaughter

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 and like a sheep

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 that before its shearers

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 is silent.

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 So He opened

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 not His mouth.

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 By the oppression

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 and judgment

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 He was taken away.

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 And as for His generation

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 who considered

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 that He was cut off

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 of the land

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 of the living,

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 stricken

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 for the transgression

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 of My people.

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 Transgressions

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 of My people.

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 That's what it is.

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 Our sorrows,

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 our transgressions,

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 our iniquities.

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 He bore this.

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 And the whole time

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 He could have stopped it.

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 Notice that?

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 He did not open His mouth.

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 He could have said,

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 I'm not doing this anymore.

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 He could have stopped it

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 at any time.

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 He could have bailed.

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 And notice the words

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 that are used.

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 It says that He was

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 stricken,

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 smitten,

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 afflicted,

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 wounded,

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 chastised,

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 oppressed,

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 and afflicted.

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 Alright?

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 Those are serious words.

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 On our behalf,

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 that's a definite picture

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 of what atonement means.

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 Do you remember,

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 I remember when the movie

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 Passion of the Christ

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 came out,

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 and I was just kind of

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 wondering like,

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 what does that mean?

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 Passion.

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 Like,

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 the passion of the Christ.

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 What does it mean?

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 And really,

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 like when you look at it

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 from a biblical sense,

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 I tried to read up on this

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 many years ago,

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 and I remember,

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 but it really means

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 not like,

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 rah, rah, rah,

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 we're passionate

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 about something.

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 I'm passionate about coffee.

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 Oh my gosh.

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 Like,

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 not that kind of,

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 not that kind of passion.

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 It means like,

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 suffering

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 the degree of difficulty

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 to reach the goal.

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 What it means.

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 Like,

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 something in us that says

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 that goal

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 or that prize

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 is worth anything,

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 and I'm willing to do it

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 to get that.

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 So,

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 when you speak of

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 the passion of Christ,

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 that's what it was.

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 Like,

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 what did he suffer for?

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 And,

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.860
 at least in my mind,

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.900
 what I could pick out

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 was really just three things.

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 One was,

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 he suffered

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 so that we would be

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 restored back

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 into a relationship

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 with the Father.

00:23:35.840 --> 00:23:36.240
 Okay?

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.240
 So that we could know God

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.740
 again.

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:39.259
 But also,

00:23:40.100 --> 00:23:41.320
 to enable us

00:23:41.320 --> 00:23:42.200
 to live in a manner

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:43.020
 that would reflect

00:23:43.020 --> 00:23:44.060
 God's glory again.

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:44.940
 Right?

00:23:45.020 --> 00:23:45.740
 Remember the fall?

00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:47.039
 The broken image of God

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:48.420
 cannot reflect

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:49.339
 God's glory anymore?

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.579
 Now we can,

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.920
 if you are in Christ.

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.339
 In many ways,

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:54.920
 we can reflect

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.779
 what we originally

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.539
 intended to do.

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.640
 But then,

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.140
 ultimately,

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.339
 Christ's passion

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:00.920
 was to honor

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.460
 his Father.

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.400
 That's why he did it.

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.519
 To honor

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.819
 his Father

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.380
 in heaven.

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.339
 It says that

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.940
 he gave himself

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.400
 for us

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.859
 a fragrant aroma

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.339
 to God,

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:11.299
 a fragrant sacrifice

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.960
 to God,

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.440
 pleasing to God.

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.099
 So,

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:17.160
 so on Good Friday,

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.839
 which is a long way

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.259
 from now,

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:19.759
 kind of,

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.359
 like in Jerusalem,

00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:23.200
 have you ever

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.900
 thought about this?

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:24.200
 Like,

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:26.120
 what must it be like

00:24:26.120 --> 00:24:27.140
 to know the hour

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.819
 of your death?

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.380
 You know?

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.180
 I just think about,

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.380
 like,

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.220
 what would that do to you?

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.000
 Would it just crush you?

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:34.240
 A lot of us,

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.660
 it would.

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.759
 The people here

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.400
 who know me well

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:38.859
 that have kind of

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.660
 followed me over the years

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.559
 know that I've had

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.460
 moments like that

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.460
 in the hospital

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:42.940
 where I knew,

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.120
 like,

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.640
 very well

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:43.840
 that,

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.120
 like,

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.420
 I was in my last

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:45.900
 few hours,

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.460
 possibly.

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:47.779
 And,

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:49.240
 you have a thousand

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.940
 things run through

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.400
 your mind.

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.000
 And,

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:53.940
 it can really just be

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:55.039
 a time of great turmoil.

00:24:56.100 --> 00:24:56.380
 And,

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:58.240
 so what must it be like,

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.920
 think about that,

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.720
 to know the hour

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.240
 of your death?

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.819
 And Christ

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:02.340
 had this on his mind

00:25:02.340 --> 00:25:03.200
 from the very beginning,

00:25:03.840 --> 00:25:04.200
 right?

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.360
 He knew why he was here.

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.519
 But,

00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:07.460
 when he set his face

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.240
 toward Jerusalem,

00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:09.279
 it really just kind of

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:10.779
 all came down on him.

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.399
 He really knew

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:12.200
 what was going on.

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:12.819
 And,

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.920
 it became more and more

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.599
 tense.

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:15.980
 And,

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.480
 so,

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:17.920
 well,

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.700
 and think about this,

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.779
 the Gospel of John,

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.119
 John throughout

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:21.899
 the whole time

00:25:21.899 --> 00:25:23.240
 calls Jesus

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.859
 the King,

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.000
 the King.

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.899
 He refers to Jesus

00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:27.180
 as the King

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.759
 a lot.

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.019
 And,

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.619
 and why?

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.119
 Because,

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.359
 like,

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:31.339
 he acted in the most

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:32.000
 royal and,

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.160
 like,

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.399
 dignified manner ever.

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.619
 While men were

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.500
 lashing out at him

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.359
 and spitting on him,

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.980
 he didn't revile

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.539
 in return.

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:40.119
 He had compassion

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.799
 on his mother

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.539
 at the cross.

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.939
 All these things.

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.659
 A totally disgraceful

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.919
 trial that he had.

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.339
 Blasphemy.

00:25:48.439 --> 00:25:48.919
 You know what?

00:25:48.959 --> 00:25:49.099
 They,

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:50.099
 they accused Jesus

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.539
 of that.

00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:50.919
 You know that?

00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:51.679
 That was the crime.

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.079
 Blasphemy.

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:53.779
 Right?

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.579
 That was what they

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:55.959
 were saying,

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.119
 like,

00:25:56.139 --> 00:25:56.739
 our Lord

00:25:56.739 --> 00:25:58.079
 was guilty of

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:59.379
 blasphemy.

00:25:59.459 --> 00:26:00.079
 And isn't that crazy?

00:26:00.219 --> 00:26:00.399
 Like,

00:26:00.479 --> 00:26:01.000
 that is,

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.259
 like,

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.979
 the ultimate thing

00:26:01.979 --> 00:26:02.919
 that we are guilty of.

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.759
 Blasphemy against God.

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.859
 And they were accusing

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.799
 Jesus for this.

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:09.319
 And,

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:11.639
 they accused him

00:26:11.639 --> 00:26:12.220
 of treason.

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.899
 Right?

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.599
 Against Rome

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:14.359
 and against the state.

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.019
 Definitely not.

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.899
 But that was the two things

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.879
 that we were the most guilty of.

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:19.119
 Blasphemy and treason.

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.339
 All of us are.

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.240
 Against God.

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:23.759
 So,

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.659
 in Gethsemane,

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.440
 in the garden,

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.899
 you can go and see it today.

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.419
 It's still there.

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.379
 But Gethsemane means,

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:30.599
 like,

00:26:30.659 --> 00:26:31.539
 the oil press.

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.039
 And it really,

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.480
 it's on the Mount of Olives

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.839
 on,

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:35.659
 like,

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.500
 the western side

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.019
 of Jerusalem.

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.359
 And,

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.639
 it really means,

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:39.859
 like,

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:41.200
 where olives are pressed.

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.539
 Right?

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.839
 And it's really

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:44.619
 crazy symbolic

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:46.119
 that Jesus was feeling that

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.980
 while he was there.

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:48.159
 He was feeling pressed

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:48.839
 and crushed

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:50.859
 by what was on his mind.

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:53.079
 And I'll just read you

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.680
 a few things

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.839
 out of some different

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.980
 gospels that happen.

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:58.039
 Jesus said this

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:59.059
 in Matthew.

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.539
 He said,

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:01.339
 My soul is very sorrowful.

00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:03.180
 Even to death.

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.240
 And he told his disciples,

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.079
 Remain here.

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.460
 Watch and pray.

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:09.079
 So sorrowful

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.519
 that he was,

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.139
 he felt like he was

00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:10.779
 going to die.

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.079
 Like,

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:13.240
 that's how awful it was

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.200
 for our Lord.

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:16.500
 And then in Luke 22,

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.960
 verse 41,

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:19.200
 he says this.

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.339
 Well,

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:21.700
 he withdrew from them

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:23.599
 about a stone's throw away.

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:23.740
 So,

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.440
 not too far.

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.579
 Then he said,

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.700
 he knelt down

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.299
 and he prayed,

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:27.779
 saying,

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:28.839
 Father,

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.599
 Abba,

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:32.240
 you know,

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:34.259
 if you are willing,

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:36.199
 remove this cup

00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:36.799
 from me.

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:38.879
 So,

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:41.099
 is there some other way?

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.919
 Is there any other way

00:27:42.919 --> 00:27:44.019
 that this can be done?

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.199
 Is what he almost was saying.

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.639
 If possible,

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.339
 is there any other way

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:49.379
 that you could,

00:27:49.459 --> 00:27:49.579
 like,

00:27:49.659 --> 00:27:50.319
 deal with this?

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:50.799
 When he says,

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:52.179
 take this cup from me,

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:54.059
 he's referring to,

00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:54.240
 like,

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.299
 the Father's wrath.

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.960
 All throughout the Old Testament,

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.680
 God's wrath

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.319
 that's referred to

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:59.180
 is cups

00:27:59.180 --> 00:28:00.839
 or bowls of wrath.

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.000
 And he knew

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:03.139
 that he was about to drink it.

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.139
 He knew it like the,

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:05.500
 it was being passed to him.

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.720
 And he said,

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.819
 is there any other way?

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.099
 And,

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:10.099
 and believe it,

00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.379
 like,

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.159
 like,

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.919
 the Lord,

00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:14.500
 the union between Christ

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.039
 and the Father

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.759
 is so close

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.960
 that if there was another way,

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:18.200
 he would have done it.

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.240
 Seriously.

00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:20.500
 He would not have done this

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.579
 if this was not

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:21.879
 the other,

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.799
 any other way.

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.460
 And then it says,

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.919
 Jesus went on to pray,

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.539
 nevertheless,

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.480
 not my will,

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.659
 but yours be done.

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.379
 And it says,

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.500
 and there appeared to him

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.559
 an angel from heaven

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.599
 strengthening him.

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.039
 Isn't that cool?

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:37.180
 And that is an awesome gift

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.759
 from the Father

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.779
 just to remind him

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.220
 of, like,

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.399
 who he is

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:41.339
 and where he will be going

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:41.759
 eventually.

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:42.960
 And it said,

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.980
 and being in agony,

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.720
 he prayed

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:46.039
 more earnestly

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.039


00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.399
 And his sweat

00:28:47.399 --> 00:28:48.059
 became like

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:49.220
 great drops of blood

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:50.440
 falling down to the ground.

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.940
 I'm very,

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:53.940
 the agony of Christ

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.640
 that he went through,

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:54.860
 like,

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.680
 in Gethsemane.

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.680
 Then the cross.

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:59.559
 When he finally was on the cross,

00:28:59.680 --> 00:28:59.920
 like,

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.059
 the cruelest,

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:02.240
 most degrading way

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.860
 of execution,

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:04.100
 at least,

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:05.100
 in my knowledge,

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.700
 I don't know,

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.380
 I could be wrong,

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:08.259
 but I doubt anybody here

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.900
 is going to dispute me

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.360
 on this anyway,

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.460
 but I think there was around

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:12.559
 maybe five or six thousand

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:14.279
 slaves that were crucified

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:16.220
 after the Spartacus Rebellion

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.400
 all along

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:19.080
 the Appian Way to Rome.

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:20.519
 it was reserved

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.879
 for, like,

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.720
 the cruelest,

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.099
 most wicked,

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.960
 treacherous people

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:25.000
 for scum.

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:26.779
 That's who it was designed for.

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.059
 And then, like,

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:30.359
 the very Creator Himself,

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:30.899
 Christ,

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:32.939
 being put on the cross.

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.159
 Cicero,

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.699
 an old writer,

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.259
 he said that

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.059
 crucifixion is

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:37.079
 the supreme

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:38.740
 capital penalty,

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.639
 the most painful,

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.759
 dreadful,

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.359
 and ugly.

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:43.279
 You'd hang there for days,

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.980
 you would die of,

00:29:45.439 --> 00:29:45.699
 like,

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.599
 you wouldn't be able to breathe,

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:47.679
 your arms would be lifted up

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.220
 so high,

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.380
 and eventually,

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.779
 buzzards and crows

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.480
 would come and just

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.100
 eat on you

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:53.180
 while you were there.

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:55.360
 It was meant to last for days,

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:56.700
 a very slow death,

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:59.539
 mentally and physically,

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.240
 just torture.

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.380
 And this was the death

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:03.000
 that Christ

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.539
 was to die for us.

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:08.039
 And remember what I said,

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:10.240
 for God to show His face

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.840
 towards you,

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.140
 the greatest blessing,

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.960
 and for God to hide

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.779
 His face from you,

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.340
 the greatest curse.

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:17.759
 in Mark 15,

00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:19.240
 this is something

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:20.119
 that happened at the cross,

00:30:20.179 --> 00:30:20.539
 it says,

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:22.179
 And when the sixth hour

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:22.919
 had come,

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.379
 there was darkness

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:25.699
 all over the whole land

00:30:25.699 --> 00:30:26.819
 until the ninth hour.

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.759
 And in the ninth hour,

00:30:29.459 --> 00:30:30.319
 Jesus cried

00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:31.439
 with a loud voice,

00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:32.740
 Eloi,

00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:33.539
 Eloi,

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:35.299
 lama sakpathini,

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.519
 which means,

00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:37.059
 My God,

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.639
 my God,

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:39.139
 why have you forsaken me?

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:41.120
 Because in that moment,

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.560
 like,

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:44.259
 God was treating Christ

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.820
 as if He was

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:47.820
 full of all the sin

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:48.380
 of all the people

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:49.080
 He was going to save.

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.680
 He was feeling

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.600
 the Father's wrath,

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:52.140
 something totally alien

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.800
 to Christ,

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.220
 something He was totally

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.140
 not used to at all.

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.900
 He was feeling

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:57.400
 the wrath of God

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:58.560
 on the cross.

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.860
 God was hiding His face

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:01.940
 from the Son.

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.600
 Terrible stuff.

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.060
 Think about our

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:07.919
 our Father Adam,

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.200
 right,

00:31:08.679 --> 00:31:09.460
 in the garden.

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.720
 The tree that was

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.220
 in the garden

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.679
 said what?

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.059
 Everything,

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.759
 it was beautiful,

00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:13.519
 it was attractive,

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.500
 right?

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.480
 Everything pleasing

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.079
 to the eye

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.859
 was on that tree.

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.639
 And He was,

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.720
 He went right for it.

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.579
 But think about this tree

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.500
 that Christ was on.

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.419
 Nothing appealing about it.

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.419
 Nothing in Christ's

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:26.019
 holy nature

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:27.839
 wanted to go to the cross.

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.539
 See that?

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:30.159
 Totally different.

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.440
 But He went

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.059
 and He suffered.

00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:34.099
 So,

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.279
 Christ,

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:36.619
 that second,

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.460
 that third point,

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.799
 excuse me,

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.559
 Christ came

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.720
 to make atonement

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.799
 on our behalf

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.000
 as our substitute.

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.500
 So then lastly,

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:46.579
 fourthly,

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:49.119
 Christ's atonement,

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:52.259
 the double cure.

00:31:53.399 --> 00:31:53.759
 Okay,

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.519
 we'll talk about that

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:54.920
 in a second.

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.639
 Christ's atonement,

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.460
 the double cure.

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.460
 Some of you are familiar

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.019
 with the hymn,

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.240
 Rock of Ages.

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:02.279
 I hope we might sing that.

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.759
 Are we singing that?

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.519
 We are singing that.

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:05.319
 There's a line in there

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:06.019
 where He says,

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:08.279
 Be of sin the double cure.

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:10.099
 Save from wrath

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.940
 and make me pure.

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.740
 And,

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:14.039
 so,

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.740
 atonement,

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.779
 when you look at the word,

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.240
 it really,

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.940
 there's two words

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:19.680
 that can be kind of used

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.900
 to give a full picture

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.859
 of what it really means.

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:22.799
 And then,

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.740
 there are two big words.

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.139
 The first one

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:26.799
 is propitiation.

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:28.059
 That's actually in your Bible,

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.619
 so don't think

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.440
 we're making that one up.

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.900
 If you have a good translation,

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.600
 it's in your Bible,

00:32:32.280 --> 00:32:33.300
 propitiation,

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.240
 and then expiation.

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.600
 And,

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.540
 they carry

00:32:37.540 --> 00:32:38.720
 slightly different meanings,

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:40.120
 but they give us

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:41.160
 a good picture

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:42.019
 of what Christ did

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.580
 on the cross.

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.480
 And,

00:32:43.560 --> 00:32:43.980
 they both

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:45.340
 are kind of found first

00:32:45.340 --> 00:32:46.960
 in the Old Testament

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.380
 during

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:48.940
 the Day of Atonement.

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.540
 And,

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.360
 it was

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:52.060
 symbolic

00:32:52.060 --> 00:32:52.740
 of what Christ

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.460
 would do for us

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:53.900
 one day.

00:32:54.320 --> 00:32:54.500
 And,

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.360
 they took two different

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:55.820
 goats,

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.700
 if you remember this,

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.519
 and then one of them

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.160
 was killed

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:59.460
 and slain

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:01.059
 on behalf

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.539
 of the sins

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.039
 of the people

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.519
 of Israel.

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.420
 And,

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:04.039
 the other goat

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:05.100
 was like set free

00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:06.240
 and sent off

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.900
 into the wilderness.

00:33:07.840 --> 00:33:07.940
 And,

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.720
 it was symbolic

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.539
 of like removing

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.200
 the sin

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.960
 from God's presence

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.700
 and freeing them

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.519
 of guilt and shame.

00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:14.039
 That's what it was

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.779
 symbolic of.

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:15.860
 That's where you get

00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:16.880
 the word scapegoat from,

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.279
 actually,

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.400
 the scapegoat.

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.460
 He was sent away

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.720
 into the wilderness.

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:21.740
 And,

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.400
 the first goat

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.559
 was an act

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.319
 of propitiation.

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:24.940
 He was killed.

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.180
 The second goat

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.720
 was an act

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.480
 of expiation.

00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:28.220
 He removed

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.519
 or blotted out

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.640
 the sin of the people

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:32.299
 from the presence

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.820
 of God.

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.480
 And,

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.180
 he carried away

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.600
 their guilt

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:35.200
 and their shame.

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.140
 And,

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.940
 both of those

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:38.400
 were figures,

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:39.080
 prefigures

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.660
 of what Christ

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.480
 would do for us.

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.340
 And,

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:42.080
 both represent

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:42.759
 the complete

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:44.019
 work of Christ.

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.900
 Christ propitiated

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.779
 the wrath of God.

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.460
 He satisfied

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:48.420
 the wrath of God.

00:33:48.820 --> 00:33:49.200
 But,

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:50.019
 he also removed

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.400
 our guilt

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:51.259
 and our shame

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.820
 from Christ.

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:52.660
 So,

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.240
 let's just look

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.960
 at one at a time.

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.820
 Propitiation.

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:58.600
 Just go ahead

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:58.840
 and,

00:33:59.560 --> 00:34:00.019
 we read it

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.700
 in Romans 3

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.380
 if you remember that.

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:01.700
 We'll look at

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.140
 something else

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.519
 in a second.

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:02.700
 But,

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.740
 turn to Romans 5

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.860
 real quick.

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:12.019
 Romans 5,

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:13.380
 go to verse 6.

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:15.079
 Excuse me.

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:18.079
 Choking a little bit.

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.820
 So,

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.800
 propitiation,

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.980
 the idea of like,

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:23.840
 in front of idea.

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:24.840
 That's what the word

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.980
 pro kind of means here.

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:27.059
 is the act

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.599
 by which

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:29.019
 a sacrifice,

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.179
 in our case,

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:30.679
 Christ,

00:34:31.379 --> 00:34:31.980
 bore the wrath

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.419
 of God

00:34:32.419 --> 00:34:32.859
 and thereby,

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.179
 like,

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:34.359
 changed God's attitude

00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:36.019
 or God's outlook

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.799
 on who we were.

00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:37.500
 It changed

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.699
 God's view

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.399
 on us.

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:40.699
 So,

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.859
 it turned it

00:34:41.859 --> 00:34:42.539
 from wrath

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:45.559
 to love

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:45.980
 is what

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.879
 Christ did.

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:47.719
 So,

00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:48.819
 some translations

00:34:48.819 --> 00:34:50.419
 use,

00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:51.719
 I don't know

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:52.440
 what yours might say.

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.859
 When we read

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:53.799
 Romans a while ago,

00:34:53.859 --> 00:34:54.399
 it might have said

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:55.119
 something like,

00:34:56.160 --> 00:34:58.740
 it might have just

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.460
 said atonement,

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.000
 it could have said

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.519
 a lot of different

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:00.840
 things,

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:02.099
 but when we look

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:03.840
 at this word,

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.780
 if you were to

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:05.500
 kind of look it up,

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.260
 it doesn't mean

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:07.460
 a lot of things,

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.280
 but some would say

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.599
 like,

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.780
 to appease

00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:10.660
 or to placate.

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:11.740
 Okay,

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.099
 like,

00:35:12.160 --> 00:35:12.940
 that's what Christ

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.539
 did for us.

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:13.700
 Like,

00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:14.840
 he appeased

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.660
 the wrath of God.

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:16.940
 And,

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:18.819
 those aren't really

00:35:18.819 --> 00:35:19.559
 good words

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.399
 to use

00:35:20.399 --> 00:35:21.359
 because,

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:21.659
 like,

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.139
 appease

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.879
 or placate,

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:23.899
 appease,

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.559
 appeasement

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.819
 usually has a

00:35:25.819 --> 00:35:26.739
 negative context,

00:35:26.859 --> 00:35:27.039
 right?

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.480
 Like a,

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.440
 like a tyrant

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:29.219
 wants something,

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.519
 a terrorist

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:30.920
 or something

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.519
 wants something

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.039
 and we give it

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.399
 to him

00:35:32.399 --> 00:35:33.399
 and that appeases

00:35:33.399 --> 00:35:33.899
 him and so

00:35:33.899 --> 00:35:34.659
 he backs off.

00:35:35.399 --> 00:35:36.440
 Or to placate

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.119
 almost carries

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:37.500
 an idea

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.619
 of,

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:37.759
 like,

00:35:37.839 --> 00:35:38.079
 soothing,

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:38.819
 like,

00:35:38.859 --> 00:35:39.239
 it's okay,

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.679
 you know,

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.579
 don't,

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.579
 don't be upset

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.119
 about this.

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.619
 And either one

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:42.900
 of those

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.500
 describe,

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.519
 like,

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.779
 what was

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.239
 really done

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:46.819
 for us.

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.619
 Both of those

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:48.819
 carry,

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.000
 like,

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.380
 just a very

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:50.299
 negative meaning

00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:52.880
 and I think

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.519
 some NIV

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:54.659
 translations say

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.659
 atoning sacrifice,

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:57.159
 which isn't bad

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.819
 but it kind of

00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:58.079
 means,

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.319
 like,

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.679
 that Jesus

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.619
 turned away

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.719
 the wrath of God

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:03.059
 from us

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:04.460
 is what that

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:05.400
 kind of implies.

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.440
 And that's

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.139
 not good either.

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:07.719
 Jesus didn't

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.199
 just simply

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.759
 turn away

00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:09.619
 the wrath of God.

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:12.940
 in high school

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:14.119
 some buddies

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.500
 of mine

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.500
 used to box

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:15.900
 a lot.

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.420
 One of my

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.799
 best friends

00:36:16.799 --> 00:36:17.279
 in high school

00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:17.659
 won the

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:18.159
 Junior Olympics

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.699
 in boxing.

00:36:19.359 --> 00:36:19.839
 He's a tough

00:36:19.839 --> 00:36:20.139
 dude.

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.579
 He beat the

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.039
 snot out of me

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.539
 like four or

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.059
 five times.

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.739
 He was just

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:25.139
 fast.

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.900
 Every time I

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.259
 rear back

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:26.559
 he'd go

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.159
 bam,

00:36:27.259 --> 00:36:27.299
 bam,

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:27.519
 bam.

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.279
 And I

00:36:28.279 --> 00:36:28.759
 gave him

00:36:28.759 --> 00:36:29.000
 a bloody

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.460
 nose one

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.739
 time.

00:36:30.279 --> 00:36:30.440
 But I

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:30.779
 kept coming

00:36:30.779 --> 00:36:31.159
 back for

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:31.500
 more for

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.940
 some reason.

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:32.960
 So,

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.299
 but like

00:36:34.299 --> 00:36:34.579
 when you're

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.259
 boxing though,

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:35.519
 like,

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:37.219
 if you swing

00:36:37.219 --> 00:36:37.659
 and someone

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.960
 like bobs

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.639
 and they

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.220
 miss or

00:36:40.220 --> 00:36:41.639
 they block

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:41.980
 you,

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.039
 like,

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.800
 it implies

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.119
 like you

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:44.500
 didn't hit

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.940
 your intended

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.340
 target,

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:45.639
 right?

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.980
 And that's

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.559
 why,

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:47.740
 like,

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.119
 we can't

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.619
 say that

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:48.900
 Christ

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.659
 turned aside

00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:51.119
 the wrath

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.539
 of God

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:51.880
 because it

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.139
 would mean

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.519
 like he

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.179
 missed,

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.860
 it missed

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.920
 the object

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:57.579
 and that God

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.019
 is upset

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.579
 because he

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:58.920
 didn't like

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.260
 hit his

00:36:59.260 --> 00:36:59.539
 intended

00:36:59.539 --> 00:36:59.960
 target.

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:00.820
 So,

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.079
 it really

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.539
 doesn't mean

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:01.740
 that.

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.119
 But two

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.639
 words I

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.079
 think that

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:04.360
 propitiation

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:05.039
 could mean

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:06.619
 clearly is

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:07.159
 one is like

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.740
 exhausted

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:09.219
 Christ

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.959
 exhausted

00:37:09.959 --> 00:37:10.539
 the wrath

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.039
 of God

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.899
 on the

00:37:11.899 --> 00:37:12.319
 cross

00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:13.619
 or he

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.239
 absorbed

00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:14.879
 the wrath

00:37:14.879 --> 00:37:15.319
 of God

00:37:15.319 --> 00:37:15.639
 on the

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:16.059
 cross

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:17.039
 or two

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.419
 words

00:37:17.419 --> 00:37:17.739
 that kind

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:17.919
 of

00:37:17.919 --> 00:37:19.019
 explain

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:19.359
 this.

00:37:19.479 --> 00:37:19.519
 He

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.679
 didn't

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.139
 just merely

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:20.899
 deflect it

00:37:20.899 --> 00:37:22.179
 from us

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:22.679
 or prevent

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:22.979
 it from

00:37:22.979 --> 00:37:23.619
 reaching us

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:23.959
 like he

00:37:23.959 --> 00:37:24.659
 absorbed it

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.659
 completely

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:27.619
 and like

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:29.000
 all of

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.659
 God's fury

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.500
 unleashed on

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:30.919
 his son

00:37:30.919 --> 00:37:31.199
 on the

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.619
 cross

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.500
 and held

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.139
 nothing back.

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.459
 Just think

00:37:33.459 --> 00:37:33.739
 about

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.699
 standing on

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.479
 like a

00:37:35.479 --> 00:37:36.000
 seashore

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.199
 or an

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.799
 ocean shore

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:38.000
 tsunami

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.460
 just coming

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:38.900
 right at

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.080
 you

00:37:39.080 --> 00:37:40.440
 like just

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:41.039
 full on

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:41.260
 and then

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.580
 all of a

00:37:41.580 --> 00:37:41.760
 sudden

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.640
 it's absorbed

00:37:42.640 --> 00:37:43.600
 into this

00:37:43.600 --> 00:37:44.140
 little hole

00:37:44.140 --> 00:37:44.500
 in front

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.680
 of you

00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:44.900
 like the

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.260
 whole thing

00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:45.519
 just goes

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:46.960
 like that's

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:48.240
 what Christ

00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:48.480
 did.

00:37:48.560 --> 00:37:49.300
 He absorbed,

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.660
 he exhausted

00:37:50.660 --> 00:37:51.280
 the wrath

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:51.800
 of God

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.740
 on our

00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:53.220
 behalf.

00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:54.920
 Romans 5

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:56.720
 verse 6

00:37:56.720 --> 00:37:58.820
 it says

00:37:58.820 --> 00:38:00.940
 for while we

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.560
 were still

00:38:01.560 --> 00:38:01.960
 weak

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:03.019
 at the

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.700
 right time

00:38:03.700 --> 00:38:04.560
 Christ died

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.840
 for the

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.460
 ungodly

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:04.840
 for the

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.460
 ungodly.

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:07.440
 So very

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.779
 important.

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.460
 I use this

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:10.860
 passage more

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.219
 than any

00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:11.679
 other to

00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:12.059
 share the

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:13.119
 gospel with

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.639
 unbelievers

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:13.900
 because it

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.480
 has so much

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.880
 in here

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:16.039
 that's good.

00:38:17.299 --> 00:38:17.719
 So while we

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:18.099
 were still

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.480
 weak,

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:20.119
 so not

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:21.340
 when God

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:21.779
 doesn't help

00:38:21.779 --> 00:38:22.199
 those who

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:22.840
 help themselves,

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.500
 not when you

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.960
 get your act

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.340
 together,

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:26.139
 the scripture

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:26.779
 says you're

00:38:26.779 --> 00:38:27.199
 weak and

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.739
 helpless and

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:28.299
 utterly can do

00:38:28.299 --> 00:38:28.960
 nothing for

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.619
 yourself at

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:29.920
 all.

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.059
 While we

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.440
 were still

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:31.940
 weak at the

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.759
 right time

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:34.380
 Christ died

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:34.680
 for the

00:38:34.680 --> 00:38:35.400
 ungodly.

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:36.940
 For one

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.620
 will scarcely

00:38:37.620 --> 00:38:38.500
 die for a

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.260
 righteous person,

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.600
 though perhaps

00:38:40.600 --> 00:38:41.060
 for a good

00:38:41.060 --> 00:38:41.680
 person one

00:38:41.680 --> 00:38:42.120
 would dare

00:38:42.120 --> 00:38:44.620
 even to die.

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:45.960
 So what's

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.320
 he saying

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:46.640
 there?

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:47.840
 It's a really

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:48.400
 good argument.

00:38:48.520 --> 00:38:49.020
 I really like

00:38:49.020 --> 00:38:49.960
 what he says.

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.240
 This is the

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:52.840
 best analogy

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:53.380
 I can have

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:54.260
 I guess for

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:54.500
 me.

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.680
 But I

00:38:55.680 --> 00:38:56.420
 have three

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:56.820
 nieces,

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.120
 okay,

00:38:57.220 --> 00:38:57.680
 like seven,

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.060
 six,

00:38:58.220 --> 00:38:58.820
 and a year

00:38:58.820 --> 00:38:59.200
 now.

00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:00.760
 Addison,

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.340
 Ansley,

00:39:01.560 --> 00:39:01.940
 and Ava.

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:03.179
 And they're

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:03.559
 all really

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:03.880
 cool.

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.700
 And I love

00:39:06.700 --> 00:39:06.800
 them.

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:07.099
 I don't really

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.440
 get to see

00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:07.820
 them a lot,

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.099
 but I

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:08.639
 really love

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:08.760
 them.

00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:09.559
 And if

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.099
 someone said,

00:39:10.200 --> 00:39:10.320
 hey,

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.800
 somebody's

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:11.039
 got to

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.320
 die,

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:11.539
 it's going

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:11.720
 to be

00:39:11.720 --> 00:39:12.059
 you or

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.360
 them,

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:14.220
 without any

00:39:14.220 --> 00:39:14.760
 hesitation,

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.440
 I would

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:16.159
 say me.

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.460
 John would

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:17.820
 for his

00:39:17.820 --> 00:39:18.179
 children,

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:18.800
 Nathan,

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.300
 Wes,

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:19.940
 they would

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:20.200
 do it for

00:39:20.200 --> 00:39:20.619
 their children

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.000
 like in a

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.360
 heartbeat.

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.260
 They wouldn't

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:22.619
 even stop

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:22.880
 them to think,

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.079
 okay,

00:39:23.200 --> 00:39:23.340
 well,

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.340
 it wouldn't

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:24.780
 be like a

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.139
 process,

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:25.639
 it would

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.599
 just happen.

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:26.940
 It would

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.340
 be like,

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.559
 they would

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.179
 just do it

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:30.579
 for their

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:30.940
 children.

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.279
 But at

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:32.599
 the same

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.019
 time,

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:33.420
 if you

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:33.619
 were to

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:33.759
 say,

00:39:33.819 --> 00:39:34.039
 hey,

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:35.000
 there's

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.319
 this dude

00:39:35.319 --> 00:39:35.739
 out here,

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:38.119
 he's murdered

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.719
 three people,

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:40.039
 he's molested

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:40.900
 several children,

00:39:41.819 --> 00:39:42.579
 and he's on

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:43.099
 death row,

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:44.079
 unless you

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.659
 step in

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:46.079
 and die on

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.659
 his behalf.

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.619
 You up for

00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:48.900
 that?

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:51.900
 Everything

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.319
 kind of

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:52.940
 goes back

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.159
 to,

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.279
 wait a

00:39:54.279 --> 00:39:54.400
 minute,

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:54.860
 he's had

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.460
 his chance,

00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:56.519
 you know,

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:56.960
 why should

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:57.360
 I do

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:57.779
 this?

00:39:58.199 --> 00:39:58.559
 He's going

00:39:58.559 --> 00:39:58.759
 to get

00:39:58.759 --> 00:39:59.000
 what he

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.539
 deserves.

00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:00.539
 Be glad

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:00.860
 that none

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:01.039
 of us

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.259
 get what

00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:01.719
 we deserve,

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.179
 by the

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.420
 way.

00:40:03.759 --> 00:40:04.059
 So,

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:04.579
 like,

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:05.980
 so what

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.539
 Paul is

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:06.900
 trying to

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.420
 say here

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:08.619
 is that

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.059
 we all

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:09.400
 are that

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:09.719
 guy.

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:11.400
 We're not

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:11.739
 like the

00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:12.000
 innocent,

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:12.539
 cute little

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:12.880
 kids,

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.199
 like we

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:13.699
 are that

00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:14.019
 guy.

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:15.340
 We are

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:16.460
 that person

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:16.920
 that no

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.239
 one would

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:17.719
 die for

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:18.320
 at all.

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.539
 It's his

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:19.860
 point.

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:21.119
 And so

00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:21.559
 what does

00:40:21.559 --> 00:40:22.059
 this do?

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.579
 We all

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:23.820
 would be

00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:24.239
 willing to

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:24.579
 die for

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:24.980
 those whom

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.420
 we love,

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:25.679
 right?

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:28.320
 But to

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:28.679
 die for

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:29.460
 someone as

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:29.980
 wretched as

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:31.000
 that would

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.179
 have to

00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:31.440
 be an

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:32.019
 incredible,

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:34.259
 powerful love,

00:40:34.359 --> 00:40:34.579
 right?

00:40:35.179 --> 00:40:35.839
 An incredible,

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:36.440
 powerful,

00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:37.000
 infinite,

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:37.859
 almost love.

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:38.940
 But he

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:39.119
 says,

00:40:39.319 --> 00:40:39.960
 this is why

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.480
 in verse 8,

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:41.139
 look at verse 8,

00:40:41.919 --> 00:40:42.739
 but God

00:40:42.739 --> 00:40:44.960
 is not like

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.299
 us,

00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:46.440
 but God

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:47.159
 shows his

00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:48.399
 love for

00:40:48.399 --> 00:40:48.599
 us,

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:49.139
 and while we

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:49.659
 were still

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:50.119
 sinners,

00:40:50.899 --> 00:40:51.480
 Christ died

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:52.059
 for us.

00:40:52.899 --> 00:40:53.339
 Wow,

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.059
 that was it.

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:54.899
 That demonstrates

00:40:54.899 --> 00:40:55.659
 the great love

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.139
 of Christ

00:40:56.139 --> 00:40:56.679
 right there,

00:40:57.399 --> 00:40:57.659
 that he

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.420
 died for

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:59.059
 wretches

00:40:59.059 --> 00:40:59.619
 like us.

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:00.179
 Verse 9,

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:01.319
 Since therefore

00:41:01.319 --> 00:41:02.019
 we have now

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.940
 been justified,

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.779
 made right

00:41:04.779 --> 00:41:05.739
 with God

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:07.000
 by his

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.460
 blood,

00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:08.399
 much more

00:41:08.399 --> 00:41:09.559
 shall I be

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:10.480
 saved by him

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:11.219
 from the wrath

00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:11.759
 of God.

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:14.079
 For if while

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:15.000
 we were enemies,

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.059
 we were

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.899
 reconciled to

00:41:16.899 --> 00:41:17.559
 God by the

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.099
 death of his

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:18.399
 son,

00:41:18.799 --> 00:41:19.559
 much more

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:20.299
 now that we

00:41:20.299 --> 00:41:21.339
 are reconciled

00:41:21.339 --> 00:41:22.159
 shall I be

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:23.000
 saved by his

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:23.500
 life.

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:25.039
 More than

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:25.380
 that,

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:26.039
 we rejoice

00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:26.639
 in God

00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:27.159
 through whom

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:28.360
 our Lord

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:29.199
 Jesus Christ,

00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:30.119
 through whom

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:30.780
 now we have

00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:31.119
 received

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:31.840
 reconciliation.

00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:34.360
 Great passage.

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.599
 Go back and

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:36.159
 study this

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.579
 some more.

00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:37.659
 There's so much

00:41:37.659 --> 00:41:38.199
 good stuff in

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:38.320
 there.

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:38.840
 What I like

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:39.239
 about it,

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:40.380
 it deals with

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:40.619
 the two

00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:41.340
 different extremes

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:42.099
 of people,

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:43.119
 some that are

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:43.460
 all about

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:44.199
 the love of

00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:44.599
 God,

00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:45.079
 and God

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:45.320
 is our

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:45.719
 grandpa in

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:46.219
 the sky,

00:41:46.420 --> 00:41:46.760
 and never

00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:47.880
 doesn't have

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.400
 any wrath,

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:48.719
 and then it

00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:48.960
 deals with

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.219
 the people

00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:49.679
 who say,

00:41:50.340 --> 00:41:50.880
 hellfire and

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:51.380
 damnation,

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:51.739
 that's all

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:52.179
 there is to

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:52.420
 God.

00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:52.860
 And so it

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:53.199
 deals with

00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:54.319
 both of

00:41:54.319 --> 00:41:54.879
 those camps,

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:55.259
 because it

00:41:55.259 --> 00:41:55.759
 says that,

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:57.359
 it talks about

00:41:57.359 --> 00:41:57.859
 the wrath

00:41:57.859 --> 00:41:58.359
 of God,

00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.480
 it says that

00:41:59.480 --> 00:41:59.839
 we were the

00:41:59.839 --> 00:42:00.419
 enemies of

00:42:00.419 --> 00:42:00.699
 God,

00:42:00.799 --> 00:42:01.139
 and then it

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.699
 says that,

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:02.559
 it talks about

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:03.159
 the great,

00:42:03.399 --> 00:42:04.059
 powerful love

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:04.519
 of God,

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:05.439
 and sending

00:42:05.439 --> 00:42:06.839
 Christ to

00:42:06.839 --> 00:42:07.379
 die on our

00:42:07.379 --> 00:42:07.639
 behalf,

00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:08.279
 to reconcile

00:42:08.279 --> 00:42:08.659
 us,

00:42:08.679 --> 00:42:09.059
 to bring us

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:10.460
 back into

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:11.099
 fellowship with

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:11.679
 the Father so

00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:11.980
 that we can

00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:12.599
 live for him

00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:13.319
 and glorify him

00:42:13.319 --> 00:42:13.639
 again.

00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:14.919
 All that in

00:42:14.919 --> 00:42:15.239
 that one

00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:15.699
 passage.

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:16.879
 So many

00:42:16.879 --> 00:42:17.439
 good things.

00:42:18.399 --> 00:42:18.939
 So that's

00:42:18.939 --> 00:42:19.619
 propitiation,

00:42:19.799 --> 00:42:21.199
 God sending

00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:21.679
 Christ,

00:42:21.779 --> 00:42:23.179
 Christ absorbs,

00:42:23.179 --> 00:42:24.159
 exhausted the

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:24.980
 wrath of God

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:26.419
 on the cross

00:42:26.419 --> 00:42:27.960
 on behalf of

00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:29.619
 those who

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:30.539
 would believe

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:31.059
 in him by

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:31.480
 faith.

00:42:31.899 --> 00:42:32.279
 That's what it

00:42:32.279 --> 00:42:32.699
 says here.

00:42:33.899 --> 00:42:34.259
 And then,

00:42:34.399 --> 00:42:34.859
 so that's

00:42:34.859 --> 00:42:35.460
 propitiation.

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:36.399
 Then expiation,

00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:39.379
 that's E-X-P-I-A-T-I-O-N.

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.659
 Expiation,

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:42.539
 it means out of

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:43.659
 or from,

00:42:43.779 --> 00:42:44.179
 if you want to,

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:45.319
 out from.

00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:45.559
 And,

00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:48.640
 Christ,

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:49.580
 death on the

00:42:49.580 --> 00:42:49.980
 cross,

00:42:50.640 --> 00:42:51.100
 not only

00:42:51.100 --> 00:42:51.700
 dealt with

00:42:51.700 --> 00:42:51.980
 our,

00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:53.620
 not only

00:42:53.620 --> 00:42:54.039
 bore our

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:54.460
 punishment,

00:42:55.140 --> 00:42:55.940
 but enabled

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:57.740
 us to be

00:42:57.740 --> 00:42:58.420
 free from

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.559
 guilt and

00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:00.000
 from shame.

00:43:00.080 --> 00:43:00.519
 And for me,

00:43:00.600 --> 00:43:00.980
 this is what I

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.360
 have a hard

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:01.900
 time with.

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:03.800
 I have a hard

00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:04.360
 time forgiving

00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:04.820
 myself.

00:43:05.600 --> 00:43:06.120
 The guys in

00:43:06.120 --> 00:43:06.539
 here that are

00:43:06.539 --> 00:43:07.180
 really close up

00:43:07.180 --> 00:43:07.519
 and in my

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:07.780
 life,

00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:08.160
 they know,

00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:08.620
 like I,

00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:09.960
 I really just

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:10.500
 want to like

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:11.559
 ram my head

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:12.100
 into the wall

00:43:12.100 --> 00:43:13.100
 sometime after I

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:14.559
 sinned against

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:15.039
 the Lord.

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:17.139
 And this is

00:43:17.139 --> 00:43:17.559
 the hard,

00:43:17.739 --> 00:43:17.960
 so,

00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:19.119
 if Christ really

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:19.739
 did remove

00:43:19.739 --> 00:43:20.239
 the wrath of

00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:20.559
 God,

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.420
 then this would

00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:22.000
 be an obvious

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.719
 conclusion that

00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:23.339
 he also would

00:43:23.339 --> 00:43:23.900
 deal with your

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:24.420
 guilt and your

00:43:24.420 --> 00:43:25.380
 shame from

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:25.920
 that second

00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:27.219
 goat that

00:43:27.219 --> 00:43:27.940
 was set off.

00:43:28.799 --> 00:43:29.139
 And so,

00:43:29.380 --> 00:43:30.619
 some of you

00:43:30.619 --> 00:43:32.339
 know Casting

00:43:32.339 --> 00:43:33.119
 Crown Song,

00:43:33.380 --> 00:43:34.639
 East from the

00:43:34.639 --> 00:43:34.980
 West.

00:43:36.279 --> 00:43:37.079
 Psalm 103,

00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:38.500
 verse 11,

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:39.159
 For as high

00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:39.719
 as the heavens

00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:40.920
 are above

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:41.480
 the earth,

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.900
 so great is

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:43.680
 his steadfast

00:43:43.680 --> 00:43:45.039
 love towards

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:45.680
 those who

00:43:45.680 --> 00:43:46.180
 fear him.

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.639
 As far as

00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:48.260
 the east is

00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:48.880
 from the west,

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:49.780
 so far he

00:43:49.780 --> 00:43:50.599
 has removed

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:52.079
 our transgressions

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:52.639
 from us.

00:43:53.740 --> 00:43:54.180
 So,

00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:54.519
 this is

00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:55.039
 language,

00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:56.539
 this cultural

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:58.619
 idioms that

00:43:58.619 --> 00:43:59.180
 are trying to

00:43:59.180 --> 00:43:59.860
 express an

00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:00.680
 infinite distance.

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:02.200
 How high is

00:44:02.200 --> 00:44:03.800
 the heavens above

00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:04.260
 the earth?

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.519
 There isn't

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:06.280
 a limit.

00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:07.480
 How far is

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:07.960
 the east is

00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:08.559
 from the west?

00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:09.079
 It just keeps

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:09.440
 going,

00:44:09.539 --> 00:44:09.920
 like there is

00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:11.619
 no set distance.

00:44:11.740 --> 00:44:12.000
 It's an

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.800
 infinite picture.

00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:13.639
 So,

00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:14.360
 Jesus not only

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:14.800
 bore our

00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:15.300
 punishment on

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:15.680
 the sin,

00:44:15.740 --> 00:44:15.940
 but he

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.599
 carried away

00:44:16.599 --> 00:44:17.800
 an infinite

00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:19.420
 distance our

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:19.780
 guilt and

00:44:19.780 --> 00:44:20.260
 our shame.

00:44:21.300 --> 00:44:21.559
 Okay?

00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:22.300
 That's what

00:44:22.300 --> 00:44:23.720
 the cross did.

00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:25.139
 So,

00:44:25.240 --> 00:44:25.639
 when it says

00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:26.180
 that God

00:44:26.180 --> 00:44:29.280
 forgets the

00:44:29.280 --> 00:44:29.840
 things we do,

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.280
 you ever heard

00:44:30.280 --> 00:44:30.440
 that?

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:31.180
 Like he forgives

00:44:31.180 --> 00:44:31.920
 and he forgets?

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:34.619
 It really

00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:35.059
 depends on what

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:35.420
 you mean by

00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:35.559
 that.

00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:35.920
 God is

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:36.340
 omniscient.

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:36.619
 He doesn't

00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:37.260
 forget anything,

00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:37.500
 right?

00:44:37.500 --> 00:44:38.139
 He knows all

00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:38.539
 things.

00:44:39.180 --> 00:44:39.460
 But what it

00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:39.840
 really does

00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:40.380
 mean is that

00:44:40.380 --> 00:44:40.820
 he chooses

00:44:40.820 --> 00:44:41.360
 not to

00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:42.220
 count our

00:44:42.220 --> 00:44:42.900
 sin against

00:44:42.900 --> 00:44:43.240
 us.

00:44:43.840 --> 00:44:44.260
 He chooses

00:44:44.260 --> 00:44:44.800
 not to

00:44:44.800 --> 00:44:45.180
 deal with

00:44:45.180 --> 00:44:45.740
 it that

00:44:45.740 --> 00:44:46.840
 way because

00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:47.240
 of what

00:44:47.240 --> 00:44:47.680
 Christ has

00:44:47.680 --> 00:44:47.940
 done on

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:48.380
 the cross.

00:44:49.100 --> 00:44:49.780
 Choosing not

00:44:49.780 --> 00:44:50.120
 to bring

00:44:50.120 --> 00:44:50.440
 them up

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:50.760
 again.

00:44:51.600 --> 00:44:51.880
 And so,

00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:53.019
 he tore

00:44:53.019 --> 00:44:53.480
 down the

00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:54.100
 barrier between

00:44:54.100 --> 00:44:54.460
 us and

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:54.860
 God and

00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:55.559
 provided this.

00:44:56.200 --> 00:44:56.420
 So,

00:44:57.300 --> 00:44:58.180
 I think,

00:44:58.280 --> 00:44:58.559
 partially,

00:44:58.660 --> 00:44:58.940
 one of the

00:44:58.940 --> 00:44:59.680
 greatest gifts

00:44:59.680 --> 00:45:00.100
 that Christ

00:45:00.100 --> 00:45:01.400
 gives us is

00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:02.320
 an approving

00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:02.800
 or a clear

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:03.360
 conscience.

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:04.559
 You can lay

00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:05.039
 your head down

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:05.440
 at night and

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:05.559
 say,

00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:05.900
 amen.

00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:07.739
 And that's

00:45:07.739 --> 00:45:09.159
 what the

00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:09.619
 cross was

00:45:09.619 --> 00:45:09.940
 meant to

00:45:09.940 --> 00:45:10.279
 do for

00:45:10.279 --> 00:45:10.460
 us,

00:45:10.500 --> 00:45:10.840
 to carry

00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:11.279
 away our

00:45:11.279 --> 00:45:11.719
 guilt and

00:45:11.719 --> 00:45:12.239
 our shame,

00:45:12.659 --> 00:45:13.139
 to do

00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:13.519
 away with

00:45:13.519 --> 00:45:14.259
 the accusations

00:45:14.259 --> 00:45:14.719
 that come

00:45:14.719 --> 00:45:15.500
 against us.

00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:16.579


00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:19.579
 I guess a

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:19.940
 difference,

00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:20.320
 if you just

00:45:20.320 --> 00:45:20.679
 kind of want

00:45:20.679 --> 00:45:21.039
 to make that

00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:21.440
 distinction.

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:21.799
 One more

00:45:21.799 --> 00:45:22.079
 time,

00:45:22.179 --> 00:45:22.779
 propitiation

00:45:22.779 --> 00:45:24.039
 refers to

00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:25.079
 satisfying or

00:45:25.079 --> 00:45:25.719
 absorbing the

00:45:25.719 --> 00:45:26.079
 wrath of

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:26.380
 God,

00:45:26.980 --> 00:45:27.440
 making Him

00:45:27.440 --> 00:45:27.900
 favorable

00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:28.860
 towards us.

00:45:29.779 --> 00:45:30.299
 Expiation

00:45:30.299 --> 00:45:30.920
 refers to

00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:31.420
 the removing

00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:32.119
 of sin and

00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:32.500
 guilt from

00:45:32.500 --> 00:45:32.860
 God's

00:45:32.860 --> 00:45:33.279
 presence.

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:36.260
 that makes

00:45:36.260 --> 00:45:37.760
 us joyful,

00:45:38.160 --> 00:45:38.980
 the result of

00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:39.360
 what Christ

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:39.760
 has done.

00:45:40.540 --> 00:45:40.760
 So,

00:45:40.940 --> 00:45:41.540
 in the future,

00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:44.060
 whatever that

00:45:44.060 --> 00:45:45.240
 sin is in

00:45:45.240 --> 00:45:45.700
 your life,

00:45:45.780 --> 00:45:46.220
 it just keeps

00:45:46.220 --> 00:45:46.940
 popping up

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:48.019
 over and

00:45:48.019 --> 00:45:48.320
 over and

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:48.500
 over.

00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:49.820
 You all know

00:45:49.820 --> 00:45:50.360
 what it is.

00:45:51.140 --> 00:45:51.460
 You just

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:51.680
 think,

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:52.260
 gosh,

00:45:52.780 --> 00:45:53.320
 again.

00:45:54.380 --> 00:45:55.140
 And then

00:45:55.140 --> 00:45:55.680
 you hear

00:45:55.680 --> 00:45:57.860
 the accuser

00:45:57.860 --> 00:45:59.000
 saying,

00:45:59.320 --> 00:45:59.340
 like,

00:45:59.580 --> 00:46:00.100
 you fool,

00:46:00.720 --> 00:46:01.180
 he did it

00:46:01.180 --> 00:46:01.519
 again.

00:46:01.820 --> 00:46:02.200
 God does

00:46:02.200 --> 00:46:03.260
 not care

00:46:03.260 --> 00:46:03.620
 about you

00:46:03.620 --> 00:46:03.960
 anymore.

00:46:04.060 --> 00:46:04.280
 You've

00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:04.700
 ruined it.

00:46:05.420 --> 00:46:05.800
 This is

00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:06.280
 all over.

00:46:06.600 --> 00:46:06.960
 You're

00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:07.520
 done.

00:46:08.520 --> 00:46:09.440
 Jesus did

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:09.720
 all that

00:46:09.720 --> 00:46:10.080
 for you,

00:46:10.120 --> 00:46:10.340
 and you

00:46:10.340 --> 00:46:10.620
 can't do

00:46:10.620 --> 00:46:10.900
 that for

00:46:10.900 --> 00:46:11.120
 Him.

00:46:11.160 --> 00:46:11.420
 You really

00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:11.740
 think He's

00:46:11.740 --> 00:46:12.000
 going to

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:12.260
 put up

00:46:12.260 --> 00:46:12.620
 with that

00:46:12.620 --> 00:46:15.160
 when you

00:46:15.160 --> 00:46:15.800
 talk to

00:46:15.800 --> 00:46:16.080
 yourself.

00:46:16.200 --> 00:46:16.520
 I actually

00:46:16.520 --> 00:46:16.760
 read a

00:46:16.760 --> 00:46:17.160
 cool quote

00:46:17.160 --> 00:46:17.520
 recently.

00:46:17.640 --> 00:46:17.840
 It said

00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:18.760
 that no

00:46:18.760 --> 00:46:19.300
 one has

00:46:19.300 --> 00:46:19.560
 greater

00:46:19.560 --> 00:46:20.100
 influence

00:46:20.100 --> 00:46:20.700
 over you

00:46:20.700 --> 00:46:21.760
 than you

00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:23.020
 because no

00:46:23.020 --> 00:46:23.860
 one listens

00:46:23.860 --> 00:46:24.320
 to themselves

00:46:24.320 --> 00:46:25.400
 more than

00:46:25.400 --> 00:46:25.660
 you.

00:46:26.140 --> 00:46:26.320
 Like,

00:46:26.340 --> 00:46:26.680
 you preach

00:46:26.680 --> 00:46:27.140
 to yourself

00:46:27.140 --> 00:46:27.680
 constantly,

00:46:28.280 --> 00:46:28.660
 all the

00:46:28.660 --> 00:46:28.980
 time,

00:46:29.220 --> 00:46:29.560
 and you're

00:46:29.560 --> 00:46:29.840
 just going

00:46:29.840 --> 00:46:30.260
 over things

00:46:30.260 --> 00:46:30.480
 in your

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:31.540
 head all

00:46:31.540 --> 00:46:31.980
 the time.

00:46:32.100 --> 00:46:32.220
 So,

00:46:32.219 --> 00:46:32.419
 what are

00:46:32.419 --> 00:46:32.819
 you preaching

00:46:32.819 --> 00:46:33.500
 to yourself?

00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:33.899
 Are you

00:46:33.899 --> 00:46:34.259
 preaching

00:46:34.259 --> 00:46:35.339
 guilt,

00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:36.259
 condemnation,

00:46:36.379 --> 00:46:36.859
 and shame

00:46:36.859 --> 00:46:37.719
 if you

00:46:37.719 --> 00:46:38.139
 belong to

00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:38.500
 Christ?

00:46:39.379 --> 00:46:39.759
 I'm just

00:46:39.759 --> 00:46:39.959
 going to

00:46:39.959 --> 00:46:40.259
 read you

00:46:40.259 --> 00:46:40.619
 a quote

00:46:40.619 --> 00:46:43.799
 by Martin

00:46:43.799 --> 00:46:44.199
 Luther,

00:46:44.959 --> 00:46:45.579
 a pretty

00:46:45.579 --> 00:46:46.379
 fiery guy.

00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:46.859
 He said

00:46:46.859 --> 00:46:47.279
 this,

00:46:47.959 --> 00:46:48.379
 and this

00:46:48.379 --> 00:46:48.799
 relates

00:46:48.799 --> 00:46:49.619
 directly to

00:46:49.619 --> 00:46:50.159
 the atoning

00:46:50.159 --> 00:46:50.559
 work of

00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:50.959
 Christ on

00:46:50.959 --> 00:46:51.459
 the cross.

00:46:52.219 --> 00:46:52.679
 He said,

00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:53.199
 when the

00:46:53.199 --> 00:46:53.480
 devil

00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:54.099
 throws

00:46:54.099 --> 00:46:54.359
 your

00:46:54.359 --> 00:46:54.739
 sins

00:46:54.739 --> 00:46:54.899
 in

00:46:54.899 --> 00:46:55.059
 your

00:46:55.059 --> 00:46:55.480
 face

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:56.419
 and

00:46:56.419 --> 00:46:56.839
 declares

00:46:56.839 --> 00:46:57.159
 that you

00:46:57.159 --> 00:46:57.619
 deserve

00:46:57.619 --> 00:46:57.980
 death

00:46:57.980 --> 00:46:58.159
 and

00:46:58.159 --> 00:46:58.419
 hell,

00:46:59.579 --> 00:47:00.059
 tell him

00:47:00.059 --> 00:47:00.460
 this,

00:47:01.279 --> 00:47:02.299
 I admit

00:47:02.299 --> 00:47:02.719
 that I

00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:03.219
 deserve

00:47:03.219 --> 00:47:03.519
 death

00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:03.679
 and

00:47:03.679 --> 00:47:03.919
 hell,

00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:04.219
 what

00:47:04.219 --> 00:47:04.559
 of it?

00:47:05.639 --> 00:47:06.000
 For I

00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:06.219
 know

00:47:06.219 --> 00:47:06.739
 one who

00:47:06.739 --> 00:47:07.099
 suffered

00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:07.539
 and made

00:47:07.539 --> 00:47:08.159
 satisfaction

00:47:08.159 --> 00:47:08.719
 on my

00:47:08.719 --> 00:47:09.199
 behalf.

00:47:09.839 --> 00:47:10.319
 His name

00:47:10.319 --> 00:47:10.739
 is Jesus

00:47:10.739 --> 00:47:11.199
 Christ,

00:47:11.319 --> 00:47:11.639
 Son of

00:47:11.639 --> 00:47:11.980
 God,

00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:12.839
 and where

00:47:12.839 --> 00:47:13.419
 he is,

00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:13.799
 there I

00:47:13.799 --> 00:47:14.119
 shall be

00:47:14.119 --> 00:47:14.480
 also.

00:47:15.399 --> 00:47:15.759
 That's

00:47:15.759 --> 00:47:16.259
 it.

00:47:16.399 --> 00:47:16.819
 That's like

00:47:16.819 --> 00:47:17.399
 the effect

00:47:17.399 --> 00:47:18.299
 of the

00:47:18.299 --> 00:47:18.599
 atonement

00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:19.139
 of Christ.

00:47:19.139 --> 00:47:21.679
 he suffered

00:47:21.679 --> 00:47:22.000
 and made

00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:22.639
 satisfaction

00:47:22.639 --> 00:47:23.039
 on our

00:47:23.039 --> 00:47:23.440
 behalf,

00:47:23.839 --> 00:47:24.139
 and where

00:47:24.139 --> 00:47:24.699
 he is,

00:47:24.779 --> 00:47:25.059
 there we

00:47:25.059 --> 00:47:25.440
 shall be

00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:25.839
 also.

00:47:27.400 --> 00:47:27.759
 So,

00:47:28.139 --> 00:47:29.259
 that's

00:47:29.259 --> 00:47:29.859
 the fourth

00:47:29.859 --> 00:47:30.119
 thing.

00:47:30.199 --> 00:47:30.279
 So,

00:47:30.319 --> 00:47:30.440
 some

00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:30.980
 application.

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:32.159
 If you

00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:32.460
 are,

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:34.259
 last place

00:47:34.259 --> 00:47:34.579
 to turn,

00:47:34.659 --> 00:47:34.900
 just look

00:47:34.900 --> 00:47:35.339
 at John

00:47:35.339 --> 00:47:35.719
 3,

00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:36.920
 the famous

00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:37.460
 chapter of

00:47:37.460 --> 00:47:38.019
 John 3,

00:47:38.759 --> 00:47:39.339
 and go to

00:47:39.339 --> 00:47:40.159
 verse 35.

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:45.139
 John 3,

00:47:45.219 --> 00:47:45.839
 verse 35.

00:47:47.379 --> 00:47:47.859
 So,

00:47:47.980 --> 00:47:48.179
 if you

00:47:48.179 --> 00:47:48.500
 are,

00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:49.579
 without

00:47:49.579 --> 00:47:50.059
 Christ

00:47:50.059 --> 00:47:50.480
 tonight,

00:47:51.679 --> 00:47:52.480
 know that

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:53.239
 God doesn't

00:47:53.239 --> 00:47:53.860
 see you

00:47:53.860 --> 00:47:55.000
 as neutral.

00:47:55.139 --> 00:47:55.420
 He's not

00:47:55.420 --> 00:47:55.960
 waiting for

00:47:55.960 --> 00:47:56.239
 you to

00:47:56.239 --> 00:47:57.079
 RSVP.

00:47:59.059 --> 00:47:59.440
 You're

00:47:59.440 --> 00:47:59.780
 either going

00:47:59.780 --> 00:48:00.000
 to be

00:48:00.000 --> 00:48:00.460
 friends on

00:48:00.460 --> 00:48:01.000
 his terms

00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:01.539
 or enemies

00:48:01.539 --> 00:48:01.960
 on your

00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:02.340
 terms.

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.159
 That's

00:48:03.159 --> 00:48:03.559
 really just

00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:03.940
 kind of how

00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:04.199
 it is.

00:48:04.239 --> 00:48:04.400
 And he

00:48:04.400 --> 00:48:05.059
 sent you

00:48:05.059 --> 00:48:07.480
 away to

00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:08.380
 be reconciled

00:48:08.380 --> 00:48:08.739
 and brought

00:48:08.739 --> 00:48:09.059
 back to

00:48:09.059 --> 00:48:09.400
 him and

00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:09.780
 his son.

00:48:09.860 --> 00:48:10.420
 That's his

00:48:10.420 --> 00:48:11.000
 peace terms.

00:48:12.139 --> 00:48:12.739
 And you

00:48:12.739 --> 00:48:13.239
 can throw

00:48:13.239 --> 00:48:13.699
 that away

00:48:13.699 --> 00:48:14.039
 and say,

00:48:14.139 --> 00:48:14.360
 I'm not

00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:14.579
 going to

00:48:14.579 --> 00:48:14.800
 do it.

00:48:14.820 --> 00:48:15.000
 I'm going

00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:15.119
 to do

00:48:15.119 --> 00:48:15.260
 it on

00:48:15.260 --> 00:48:15.699
 my own

00:48:15.699 --> 00:48:16.639
 or I

00:48:16.639 --> 00:48:16.800
 don't

00:48:16.800 --> 00:48:17.139
 care.

00:48:17.139 --> 00:48:19.279
 And you're

00:48:19.279 --> 00:48:19.500
 going to

00:48:19.500 --> 00:48:20.039
 put yourself

00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:20.619
 under the

00:48:20.619 --> 00:48:21.000
 wrath of

00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:21.359
 God.

00:48:22.099 --> 00:48:22.679
 Because Christ

00:48:22.679 --> 00:48:22.980
 is the

00:48:22.980 --> 00:48:23.799
 definitive thing.

00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:24.219
 He is

00:48:24.219 --> 00:48:24.460
 the,

00:48:25.159 --> 00:48:25.679
 it's either

00:48:25.679 --> 00:48:25.940
 or.

00:48:26.039 --> 00:48:26.279
 You have

00:48:26.279 --> 00:48:26.719
 Christ or

00:48:26.719 --> 00:48:27.199
 you don't.

00:48:27.879 --> 00:48:28.980
 You can't

00:48:28.980 --> 00:48:29.339
 be on

00:48:29.339 --> 00:48:29.900
 the fence.

00:48:29.900 --> 00:48:30.519
 so.

00:48:31.460 --> 00:48:31.820
 So in

00:48:31.820 --> 00:48:32.519
 John 3

00:48:32.519 --> 00:48:33.420
 verse 35

00:48:33.420 --> 00:48:33.780
 it says

00:48:33.780 --> 00:48:34.160
 this,

00:48:35.160 --> 00:48:35.260
 the

00:48:35.260 --> 00:48:35.619
 father

00:48:35.619 --> 00:48:36.260
 loves

00:48:36.260 --> 00:48:36.579
 the

00:48:36.579 --> 00:48:36.960
 son

00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:38.220
 and

00:48:38.220 --> 00:48:38.380
 has

00:48:38.380 --> 00:48:38.619
 given

00:48:38.619 --> 00:48:39.019
 all

00:48:39.019 --> 00:48:39.460
 things

00:48:39.460 --> 00:48:39.639
 into

00:48:39.639 --> 00:48:39.880
 his

00:48:39.880 --> 00:48:40.280
 hand.

00:48:41.480 --> 00:48:41.740
 Whoever

00:48:41.740 --> 00:48:42.360
 believes

00:48:42.360 --> 00:48:42.660
 in the

00:48:42.660 --> 00:48:43.000
 son

00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:44.380
 has

00:48:44.380 --> 00:48:44.740
 eternal

00:48:44.740 --> 00:48:45.240
 life.

00:48:46.079 --> 00:48:46.559
 Whoever

00:48:46.559 --> 00:48:47.139
 does not

00:48:47.139 --> 00:48:47.539
 obey the

00:48:47.539 --> 00:48:47.800
 son

00:48:47.800 --> 00:48:48.019
 shall

00:48:48.019 --> 00:48:48.340
 not

00:48:48.340 --> 00:48:48.579
 see

00:48:48.579 --> 00:48:49.019
 life,

00:48:49.519 --> 00:48:50.019
 but

00:48:50.019 --> 00:48:50.200
 the

00:48:50.200 --> 00:48:50.440
 wrath

00:48:50.440 --> 00:48:50.599
 of

00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:50.940
 God

00:48:50.940 --> 00:48:51.519
 remains

00:48:51.519 --> 00:48:51.720
 on

00:48:51.720 --> 00:48:51.980
 him.

00:48:53.019 --> 00:48:53.320
 That's

00:48:53.320 --> 00:48:53.840
 terrifying.

00:48:53.960 --> 00:48:54.039
 It's

00:48:54.039 --> 00:48:54.320
 like this

00:48:54.320 --> 00:48:54.579
 thing

00:48:54.579 --> 00:48:54.860
 hanging

00:48:54.860 --> 00:48:55.139
 over

00:48:55.139 --> 00:48:55.480
 you

00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:56.800
 and

00:48:56.800 --> 00:48:58.320
 that

00:48:58.320 --> 00:48:58.900
 that's

00:48:58.900 --> 00:48:59.119
 it.

00:48:59.119 --> 00:48:59.759
 Christ,

00:49:00.299 --> 00:49:00.859
 believe in

00:49:00.859 --> 00:49:01.019
 him,

00:49:01.079 --> 00:49:01.519
 be saved.

00:49:01.619 --> 00:49:01.739
 Don't

00:49:01.739 --> 00:49:02.099
 just have

00:49:02.099 --> 00:49:02.480
 a mental

00:49:02.480 --> 00:49:02.880
 knowledge

00:49:02.880 --> 00:49:03.259
 of him,

00:49:03.739 --> 00:49:04.420
 but such

00:49:04.420 --> 00:49:04.920
 a strong

00:49:04.920 --> 00:49:05.400
 conviction

00:49:05.400 --> 00:49:05.739
 of who

00:49:05.739 --> 00:49:06.279
 he is

00:49:06.279 --> 00:49:07.299
 that it

00:49:07.299 --> 00:49:07.679
 changes

00:49:07.679 --> 00:49:08.099
 how you

00:49:08.099 --> 00:49:08.440
 live.

00:49:08.559 --> 00:49:08.799
 Like I

00:49:08.799 --> 00:49:09.179
 want

00:49:09.179 --> 00:49:09.599
 Christ,

00:49:09.679 --> 00:49:10.000
 give me

00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:10.460
 Christ,

00:49:10.839 --> 00:49:11.279
 or else

00:49:11.279 --> 00:49:11.799
 I die.

00:49:13.159 --> 00:49:13.500
 And if

00:49:13.500 --> 00:49:13.759
 you know

00:49:13.759 --> 00:49:14.279
 Christ,

00:49:15.299 --> 00:49:16.059
 rejoice

00:49:16.059 --> 00:49:17.519
 that your

00:49:17.519 --> 00:49:17.920
 sin has

00:49:17.920 --> 00:49:18.359
 been dealt

00:49:18.359 --> 00:49:18.759
 with a

00:49:18.759 --> 00:49:19.219
 long time

00:49:19.219 --> 00:49:19.539
 ago.

00:49:20.339 --> 00:49:20.699
 I have

00:49:20.699 --> 00:49:21.639
 a better

00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:22.299
 time feeling

00:49:22.299 --> 00:49:22.839
 like Christ

00:49:22.839 --> 00:49:23.259
 died for

00:49:23.259 --> 00:49:23.759
 my past

00:49:23.759 --> 00:49:24.019
 sins,

00:49:24.099 --> 00:49:24.400
 but like

00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:24.819
 my future

00:49:24.819 --> 00:49:25.059
 ones,

00:49:25.119 --> 00:49:25.279
 I have a

00:49:25.279 --> 00:49:25.799
 hard time.

00:49:26.119 --> 00:49:26.339
 I think

00:49:26.339 --> 00:49:26.519
 like,

00:49:26.579 --> 00:49:26.859
 oh man,

00:49:26.940 --> 00:49:27.239
 if he'd

00:49:27.239 --> 00:49:27.619
 just known I

00:49:27.619 --> 00:49:27.799
 was going

00:49:27.799 --> 00:49:27.960
 to do

00:49:27.960 --> 00:49:28.260
 that,

00:49:28.980 --> 00:49:29.960
 he did

00:49:29.960 --> 00:49:30.360
 know I

00:49:30.360 --> 00:49:30.579
 was going

00:49:30.579 --> 00:49:30.860
 to do

00:49:30.860 --> 00:49:31.139
 that.

00:49:31.980 --> 00:49:32.579
 And that

00:49:32.579 --> 00:49:32.980
 was dealt

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 with at

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 the cross.

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 And if

00:49:36.460 --> 00:49:36.780
 you want

00:49:36.780 --> 00:49:37.179
 one,

00:49:38.099 --> 00:49:38.800
 why not?

00:49:38.960 --> 00:49:39.159
 Okay,

00:49:39.300 --> 00:49:39.659
 just go ahead

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 and turn

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 here.

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 This is the

00:49:40.539 --> 00:49:40.800
 last thing

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 we're going

00:49:41.019 --> 00:49:41.199
 to do,

00:49:41.280 --> 00:49:41.420
 and we're

00:49:41.420 --> 00:49:41.639
 going to

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 close.

00:49:43.099 --> 00:49:43.920
 But 1

00:49:43.920 --> 00:49:44.760
 John 4,

00:49:45.460 --> 00:49:45.980
 towards the

00:49:45.980 --> 00:49:46.340
 back of your

00:49:46.340 --> 00:49:46.659
 Bible,

00:49:48.300 --> 00:49:49.360
 1 John 4,

00:49:49.360 --> 00:49:52.539
 verse 9.

00:50:03.720 --> 00:50:04.200
 Okay?

00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:05.980
 1 John 4,

00:50:06.039 --> 00:50:06.500
 verse 9

00:50:06.500 --> 00:50:07.200
 says this,

00:50:08.280 --> 00:50:09.260
 In this,

00:50:09.880 --> 00:50:10.660
 the love

00:50:10.660 --> 00:50:11.059
 of God

00:50:11.059 --> 00:50:11.480
 was made

00:50:11.480 --> 00:50:12.160
 manifest

00:50:12.160 --> 00:50:12.820
 among us

00:50:12.820 --> 00:50:13.240
 that God

00:50:13.240 --> 00:50:13.820
 sent his

00:50:13.820 --> 00:50:14.599
 only son

00:50:14.599 --> 00:50:14.980
 into the

00:50:14.980 --> 00:50:15.320
 world

00:50:15.320 --> 00:50:16.360
 so that

00:50:16.360 --> 00:50:16.780
 we might

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 live

00:50:17.260 --> 00:50:17.920
 through him.

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 All right?

00:50:20.139 --> 00:50:20.840
 And this,

00:50:21.119 --> 00:50:21.820
 and this

00:50:21.820 --> 00:50:23.220
 is the

00:50:23.220 --> 00:50:23.599
 love.

00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:24.440
 Not that

00:50:24.440 --> 00:50:24.980
 we love

00:50:24.980 --> 00:50:25.440
 God,

00:50:25.579 --> 00:50:25.960
 but that

00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:26.599
 he loved

00:50:26.599 --> 00:50:27.019
 us,

00:50:27.680 --> 00:50:28.099
 and sent

00:50:28.099 --> 00:50:28.700
 his son

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 to be

00:50:29.200 --> 00:50:29.400
 the

00:50:29.400 --> 00:50:30.099
 propitiation

00:50:30.099 --> 00:50:31.159
 for our

00:50:31.159 --> 00:50:31.579
 sins.

00:50:32.579 --> 00:50:32.940
 All right?

00:50:33.000 --> 00:50:33.380
 See that?

00:50:33.460 --> 00:50:33.720
 We didn't

00:50:33.720 --> 00:50:34.320
 love God.

00:50:35.700 --> 00:50:36.539
 We could have

00:50:36.539 --> 00:50:37.119
 cared less.

00:50:37.200 --> 00:50:37.380
 We would have

00:50:37.380 --> 00:50:37.880
 just constantly

00:50:37.880 --> 00:50:38.240
 rebelled

00:50:38.240 --> 00:50:38.820
 against him.

00:50:39.260 --> 00:50:39.579
 But he

00:50:39.579 --> 00:50:40.180
 loved us,

00:50:40.260 --> 00:50:40.559
 and sent

00:50:40.559 --> 00:50:40.940
 his son

00:50:40.940 --> 00:50:41.320
 to be

00:50:41.320 --> 00:50:41.480
 the

00:50:41.480 --> 00:50:42.099
 propitiation

00:50:42.099 --> 00:50:42.579
 for our

00:50:42.579 --> 00:50:42.880
 sins.

00:50:42.880 --> 00:50:45.059
 to satisfy,

00:50:45.400 --> 00:50:45.920
 to absorb

00:50:45.920 --> 00:50:46.380
 the wrath

00:50:46.380 --> 00:50:46.740
 of God

00:50:46.740 --> 00:50:47.039
 on our

00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:47.400
 behalf,

00:50:47.480 --> 00:50:47.720
 and to

00:50:47.720 --> 00:50:48.360
 carry away

00:50:48.360 --> 00:50:49.300
 our guilt

00:50:49.300 --> 00:50:49.619
 and our

00:50:49.619 --> 00:50:49.960
 shame,

00:50:50.059 --> 00:50:50.400
 the double

00:50:50.400 --> 00:50:50.760
 cure.

00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:52.599
 So we

00:50:52.599 --> 00:50:53.140
 have a

00:50:53.140 --> 00:50:53.700
 magnificent

00:50:53.700 --> 00:50:54.800
 Savior.

00:50:54.980 --> 00:50:55.180
 It couldn't

00:50:55.180 --> 00:50:55.700
 get better.

00:50:55.980 --> 00:50:56.320
 It was

00:50:56.320 --> 00:50:57.019
 impossible to

00:50:57.019 --> 00:50:57.800
 improve upon

00:50:57.800 --> 00:50:58.539
 like what

00:50:58.539 --> 00:50:58.840
 he did

00:50:58.840 --> 00:50:59.320
 for us.

00:50:59.900 --> 00:51:00.519
 So let's

00:51:00.519 --> 00:51:01.160
 celebrate that

00:51:01.160 --> 00:51:01.559
 together.

00:51:02.700 --> 00:51:03.140
 Let me just

00:51:03.140 --> 00:51:03.800
 pray for us.

00:51:04.019 --> 00:51:04.500
 Wes and

00:51:04.500 --> 00:51:04.680
 Lauren,

00:51:04.740 --> 00:51:04.940
 you can

00:51:04.940 --> 00:51:05.380
 come on

00:51:05.380 --> 00:51:05.539
 up.

00:51:05.539 --> 00:51:05.700
 Amen.

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00:51:05.700 --> 00:51:07.700
 Amen.

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00:51:07.700 --> 00:51:09.700
 Amen.

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 Amen.