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 Well, thank you very much, Pamela, for reading to us.

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 This is a great passage, and I'm excited this morning to be able to bring it to us.

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 Thank you, Pamela, for reading.

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 Let me just pray as we begin.

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 God, Father, just give us open ears to hear your word.

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 Speak to each one of us this morning,

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 and soften our hearts through the Holy Spirit to hear what you have to say.

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 Amen.

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 So this morning, we're going to see a death like no other.

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 We've read our passage.

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 We know what's going to happen.

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 And here this morning, we've read and we'll see that King Jesus, he is crucified,

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 fulfilling messianic prophecy,

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 taking that substitutionary place to redeem through his death.

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 That is a big, complicated sentence.

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 And as we go through, we will see exactly what that means.

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 You know, this morning, we have our passage, and it is all about Jesus.

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 There's lots of different people in it, and we'll go through it.

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 But this passage is all about the Lord Jesus.

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 You know, there's that phrase, isn't there?

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 Famous last words.

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 Normally, it's in the sense of, you know, I'll clean the dishes before bed,

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 and then my wife will say, famous last words.

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 That'll never happen.

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 You know, it's things like that, isn't it?

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 But, you know, it got me thinking.

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 Here we have Jesus' famous last words, or really, word.

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 Because in the Greek, it is one word.

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 And his words are, it is finished.

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 And so I looked some others up.

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 Maybe you know some.

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 Sometimes people talk about things like this.

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 You know, Bob Marley, he died quite young.

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 And his last words, supposedly, were,

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 money can't buy life.

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 That's what he said.

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 Poignant, I would say.

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 Winston Churchill, he was quite old when he died.

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 He did a lot.

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 I'm sure we all know who that is.

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 He is supposed to have said, I'm bored with it all.

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 And Bessie Smith, she was a soul singer in America.

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 And she said, I'm going, but I'm going in the name of the Lord.

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 Some pretty interesting last words there.

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 But I'm going to say that it is finished.

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 There's no greater last words than that.

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 Jesus has completed fully the plan of salvation.

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 This plan that was hatched before time even began,

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 before the world was in existence.

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 This was the plan.

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 Now, if you're here this morning and you do not know Jesus,

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 maybe you've heard of him,

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 but maybe you're here exploring who he really is

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 and why he matters.

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 Then hopefully by the end,

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 you will see why these words have such a big impact on your life

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 and why you've got decisions to make.

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 And if you do know Jesus as your savior,

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 then we will be reminded of the magnitude of Jesus's work of the cross.

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 This completed work

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 and why it should cause us to recoil in horror

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 at what happened to him

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 and yet also rejoice in the freedom we now enjoy

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 through life in his name.

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 So we've started this passage,

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 as Pam said,

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 halfway through a verse.

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 So we need to know where we've been.

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 Okay.

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 I realize you might not have been here the last few weeks.

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 So where are we?

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 Well, Jesus has completed his active ministry on earth.

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 That ends in about John chapter 12.

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 He then goes with the disciples into the upper room

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 and he washes their feet

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 and then he teaches them about how to live once he is gone.

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 He spends a good few chapters of John teaching them about life after he's away.

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 And as we just saw very helpfully,

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 Palm Sunday,

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 Jesus enters Jerusalem

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 and he is arrested by the Jewish leaders

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 and he is handed to Pilate

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 and Archie and Ian last week.

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 They took us through exactly what happened in that.

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 The Jewish leaders,

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 they demand Jesus's death.

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 They do not want him.

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 They reject him.

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 And yet Pilate finds no fault.

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 Pilate says,

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 I can find no fault with this man.

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 He does not deserve to die.

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 And yet he gives in.

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 And the start of 16 says,

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 finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

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 Pilate, the people pleaser,

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 he just hands him over to die.

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 It's worth remembering as well.

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 And once again,

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 that's very helpful that here in our passage this morning,

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 this is actually Friday.

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 This is what we now call Good Friday.

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 The disciples,

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 they certainly would not have called this Good Friday.

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 This was a terrible day for them.

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 So they thought,

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 but that's where we are.

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 And it's the day of the preparation before the Passover.

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 And we'll think about that a little bit later.

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 So we're going to see this morning,

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 this is all about Jesus.

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 It's about Jesus,

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 the crucified in 16 to 18.

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 Jesus,

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 Jesus,

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 the king in 19 to 22.

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 Jesus,

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 the Messiah in 23 to 24.

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 Jesus,

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 the substitute in 25 to 27.

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 And Jesus,

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 the redeemer.

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 You know,

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 at first glance,

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 it seems that this passage,

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 you know,

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 we're not entirely sure what to think.

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 I don't know about yourself.

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 Certainly when I first read this,

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 when I started studying,

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 I thought,

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 what am I going to say about this?

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 It's almost too familiar,

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 isn't it?

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 But you know,

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 really,

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 this passage,

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 it almost seems at first glance

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 to show Jesus humanity.

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 But really,

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 as we delve deeper into it,

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 we'll really see that Jesus

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 is in fact God.

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 And that is what John

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 is trying to show us.

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 John 20 verse 31,

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 the whole reason that he writes,

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 he says,

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 but these are written

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 that you may believe

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 that Jesus is the Messiah,

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 the Son of God,

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 and that by believing

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 you may have life in his name.

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 That is why John is writing.

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 He is showing that this Jesus

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 is all of these things,

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 but that all of these things

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 that he is truly God.

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 So let's start with Jesus,

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 the crucified.

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 So verse 16,

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 Pilate,

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 he gives in.

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 He just wants to please the Jews.

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 As was said in that video,

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 there was real tensions.

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 Pilate was in charge of this area.

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 He was the Roman official,

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 but he needed to keep it under wraps

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 and he was worried

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 about what the Jews were doing.

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 And we need to not gloss over

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 the crucifixion

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 because of familiarity.

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 You know,

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 Brunsfield's logo,

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 it's got a cross in it,

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 doesn't it?

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 I don't know anyone here

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 might have a cross necklace on.

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 People wear them.

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 It might be a fashion thing

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 or it might be to show their faith.

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 But crosses are common symbols,

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 aren't they?

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 They're common symbols.

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 We see them.

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 And it quite rightly

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 is the central image,

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 the central symbol

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 of the Christian faith.

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 But you know,

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 to first century people,

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 wearing a cross around your neck

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 would be just totally abhorrent.

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 A symbol of death,

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 of shame.

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 A horrifying symbol

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 to put anywhere.

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 And that's what the cross was.

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 Crucifixion,

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 it was a method

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 of corporal punishment

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 that the Romans

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 had designed

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 or potentially

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 they stole it

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 from the Persians.

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 Don't really know.

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 But it was to be

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 as drawn out,

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 as painful,

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 as shameful

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 as possible.

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 And it was

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 kept

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 for the worst

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 of the worst,

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 the non-Roman citizens,

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 those

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 who just,

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 the Roman society

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 just didn't care for.

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 And they used it

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 as a deterrent

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 for others.

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 The person,

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 they were stripped naked.

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 They were beaten

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 as we saw last week.

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 They were elevated

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 in a place

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 that everyone could see,

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 lifted up on high.

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 They had nails

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 in their hands

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 and their feet.

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 And they died

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 by suffocating slowly.

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 As they hung there.

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 The crucifixion

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 was a horrible

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 method of death.

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 And this is what

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 happened to Jesus.

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 Now you might be saying,

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 yeah, well,

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 there's two others there.

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 They're crucified as well.

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 What about them?

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 I'm sure there was

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 many others,

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 countless others

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 that were crucified

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 in their time.

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 That's true.

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 That is right.

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 And everyone dies,

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 don't they?

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 That is true

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 for each and every one of us.

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 But Jesus

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 was different.

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 Isaiah 53, 12

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 says this,

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 therefore,

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 I will give him

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 a portion among the great

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 and he will divide

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 the spoils

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 with the strong

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 because he poured

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 out his life

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 unto death

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 and was numbered

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 with the transgressors.

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 He bore the sin

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 of many

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 and made intercession

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 for the transgressors.

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 Jesus was different.

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 Yes, he died

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 in the same way

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 but we'll go on

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 to see why

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 it was so different.

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 Pilate could find

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 no fault.

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 Pilate could find

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 no fault

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 in an earthly way

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 but Jesus had done

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 nothing wrong

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 at all.

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 He was the sinless one,

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 the one who had done

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 no wrong

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 and that was only possible

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 because he was truly God.

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 John actually here,

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 you've maybe noticed,

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 he doesn't actually mention

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 much about the cross.

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 He doesn't mention

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 the details,

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 what actually happened

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 physically.

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 He's more interested

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 in the why.

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 Why does this happen?

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 Well, the innocent one

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 has been wrongly accused

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 and put to death

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 and yet this was all

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 part of the plan.

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 That takes us to Jesus,

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 the king,

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 in 19 to 22.

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 So we have Pilate's inscription

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 here on the cross.

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 This would have been a plaque

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 and it would have gone

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 above the person

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 and we've seen

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 that over the last few weeks

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 Ian took us through

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 that Pilate questions Jesus.

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 He says,

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 are you a king?

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 And Jesus says

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 that his kingdom,

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 this is Jesus speaking,

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 he says,

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 my kingdom

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 is for the world

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 but it is not

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 from the world.

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 Pilate couldn't get it.

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 It wasn't an earthly kingdom

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 that Jesus was talking about.

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 But we saw that Jesus,

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 he was mocked

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 for this.

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 The Roman battalion,

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 this was 600 soldiers,

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 they dressed him in a robe,

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 they bowed down mockingly

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 in front of him

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 and they made a crown of thorns

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 and a staff

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 to mock him.

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 Then we have that shocking statement

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 from the chief priests,

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 these Jewish leaders

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 who say,

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 we have no king

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 but Caesar.

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 Something that in their faith

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 just goes against

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 everything that they should believe.

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 You know,

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 this inscription,

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 this was common

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 and what it actually was

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 was that at the top

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 it said the person's name.

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 So in this case,

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 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 And at the bottom

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 was actually

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 their accusation,

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 why they are being killed.

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 It was used as a deterrent

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 in the crucifixion.

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 It was used

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 so that no one

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 would ever do

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 that crime again.

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 You know,

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 the two people

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 either side of Jesus,

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 they would have their name

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 and then they would have

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 what they had done wrong.

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 They would have murderer

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 or they would have robber,

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 whatever it was.

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 So it makes sense,

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 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 But what doesn't make sense

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 is the king of the Jews.

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 Jesus is being killed

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 for being

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 the king of the Jews.

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 The chief priests here,

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 they're absolutely livid.

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 They say,

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 do not write

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 the king of the Jews.

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 That's not right.

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 But that this man

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 claimed to be

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 the king of the Jews.

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 You know,

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 they were so angry

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 because everyone

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 could see it

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 and everyone

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 could read it.

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 Jesus was lifted up

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 on a place

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 that was raised up.

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 It was near the entrance

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 to the city

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 so people were walking

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 in and out.

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 As we've heard,

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 it was a busy time of year.

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 People would be coming

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 and going.

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 They wouldn't all fit

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 in the city.

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 They'd have to go in

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 and come back out

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 to stay in different places.

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 And it was written

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 in the three main languages

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 of the world

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 of that day.

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 Aramaic,

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 Greek,

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 and Latin.

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 Everyone could see it

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 and the Jews hated this.

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 They hated

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 that everyone

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 could see it.

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 So Jesus is being killed

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 for being the king

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 of the Jews.

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 He doesn't look like a king,

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 does he?

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 Which king have you seen

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 that looks like that?

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 Where are the conquering armies?

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 Where is the throne room?

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 Where are the royal subjects

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 who do his bidding?

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 What kind of king

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 is this?

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 You know,

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 the true king,

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 he conquers evil

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 by letting evil

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 conquer him.

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 Now that doesn't seem

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 to make sense,

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 but Jesus,

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 he gains the victory

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 through an act

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 of self-giving love.

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 Sometimes it's called

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 the upside-down kingdom.

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 Jesus came to serve,

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 not to be served.

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 And at the end here,

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 Pilate in 22,

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 he's kind of over the Jews,

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 he's over trying

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 to please them,

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 and he just says,

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 what I have written,

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 I have written.

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 He's dismissing them,

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 saying,

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 get out,

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 basically.

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 Pilate here,

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 despite his ignorance

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 in the previous section,

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 he unknowingly

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 just proclaims the truth

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 that Jesus is

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 the king of the Jews.

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 In chapter 18,

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 Pilate says,

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 what is truth

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 to Jesus?

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 And yet here,

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 unknowingly,

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 he writes the truth.

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 King Jesus

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 being killed.

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 So that takes us

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 to Jesus,

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 the Messiah.

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 So this section

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 where the soldiers,

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 where they cast lots,

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 you know,

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 this,

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 at first glance,

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 this can just seem

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 a little bit

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 of an odd detail

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 to have in.

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 We can read it

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 and kind of just

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 gloss over it

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 and go,

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 well,

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 I'll go to the next bit.

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 I'll go to the next bit.

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 But what happens here

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 is that the soldiers,

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 they've put Jesus

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 on the cross to die

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 along with the two others,

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 okay?

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 Now,

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 they did this

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 at nine o'clock

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 in the morning.

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 Now,

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 the crucifixion

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 lasted all day.

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 It could last all day.

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 Here,

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 in this case,

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 it lasted about six hours.

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 So it was a long day

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 and the soldiers,

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 they would have to

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 guard the cross,

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 make sure that people

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 didn't come to try

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 and,

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 you know,

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 stop what was going on.

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 That was their jobs.

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 So what they would do is,

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 and this would have been

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 commonplace,

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 is that they would,

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 they would just take

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 the person's clothes

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 who was being killed.

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 They weren't going to

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 need them,

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 were they?

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 So they would take them.

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 But what they do

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 is that there's

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 this undergarment

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 and it is woven

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 in one piece

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 and they decide

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 not to break it apart,

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 it will ruin it,

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 so they cast lots.

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 So what these Roman soldiers

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 actually do here

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 is that they unwittingly

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 fulfill a thousand-year-old

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 prophecy.

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 A prophecy from the time

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 of David,

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 a thousand years

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 before Jesus,

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 is here on the cross.

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 And it's quoted there,

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 and it might be

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 in inverted commas

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 in your passage,

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 they divided my clothes

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 among them

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 and cast lots

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 for my garment.

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 Now that is a quote

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 from Psalm 22,

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 verse 18.

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 Graham read from that

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 Psalm at the beginning.

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 And that there

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 is a verse

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 from a prophetic

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 Messianic psalm.

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 Basically what that means

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 is that it's a prophetic psalm,

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 so it's looking

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 to the future,

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 looking to when

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 the Messiah will come

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 and that that person

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 will fulfill

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 certain things.

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 That is what happens here.

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 The video helpfully

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 showed us that

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 Jesus coming in

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 to Jerusalem

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 in that way

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 was fulfilling

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 the Messianic prophecies

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 and likewise

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 this happens here.

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 You might be thinking,

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 so what?

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 What's the relevance here?

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 Well, it shows us

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 that the Bible

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 is the true

00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:02.980
 inspired Word of God.

00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:06.259
 This fulfillment here

00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:07.139
 shows that Jesus

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 is, as John 1 says,

00:16:08.800 --> 00:16:09.480
 the Word

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 who became flesh

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 and made His dwelling

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 among us.

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 Jesus is the Messiah.

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 He's not just

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 another man being killed.

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 He is the Messiah,

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 the promised King

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 who would come

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 to conquer.

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 In verse 18,

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 where Jesus

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 is crucified

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 with others,

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 that is a fulfillment

00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:28.400
 of that passage

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 I read in 53

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 that shows that

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 Jesus will be numbered

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 with the transgressors.

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 He will be killed

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 with other people,

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 basically.

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 Something that is

00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.460
 completely outwith

00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:38.500
 of Jesus' control.

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 In a humanly sense,

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 He couldn't make

00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:43.100
 that happen.

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 In verse 28,

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 Jesus fulfills

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 Psalm 69,

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 we'll see later on,

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 by being given vinegar

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 for His thirst.

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 Soldiers offer Him

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 this vinegar.

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 You know,

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 the Jews,

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 they rejected Jesus

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 as King,

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 as their Messiah,

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 because He wasn't

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 the King

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 that they either

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 expected

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 or that they wanted.

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 One of the guys

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 in the video

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 said that,

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 that they expected

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 somebody to come in

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 to conquer the Romans,

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 to set up

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 a Jewish nation again,

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 to have an Israel,

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 and they expected

00:17:17.060 --> 00:17:18.279
 this King to come.

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 He was not

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 the hero they wanted,

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 but He was

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 the promised Messiah.

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 So that takes us

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 to Jesus,

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 the substitute.

00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:32.180
 We've seen Jesus

00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:32.680
 crucified,

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 we've seen Jesus

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 the King,

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 Jesus the Messiah,

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 and now Jesus

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 the substitute.

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 You know,

00:17:39.600 --> 00:17:39.920
 again,

00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:40.519
 we have another

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 little section here

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 in 25 to 27

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 that we can read

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 and we can just

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 sort of say,

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 okay,

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 and then move

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 on to the next bit.

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 But what happens

00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:53.019
 here is amazing.

00:17:53.300 --> 00:17:53.539
 Jesus,

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 He sees some of the

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 people that

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 are watching.

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 So that's what

00:17:57.060 --> 00:17:57.519
 would happen.

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 People would go,

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 maybe it would be

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 people that they know

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 or people would just

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 watch out of some

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 sort of morbid interest.

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 But here He sees

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 some of His friends

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 and His family.

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 And what He does

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 is He calls on John,

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 the disciple,

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 the person writing

00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.500
 this account

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 of Jesus' life.

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 He says,

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 look after my mother.

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 And likewise,

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 He says to His mother,

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 look after John.

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 You know,

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 Jesus' mother Mary,

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 we reckon that

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 most likely she was

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 a widow by this point.

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 So it would have been

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 the cultural practice

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 that she would have

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 been looked after.

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 And Jesus,

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 knowing that He

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 was about to go,

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 says to John,

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 please look after

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 my mother.

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 Take her in

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 and look after her.

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 Jesus is ensuring

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 that His mother

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 is looked after

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 those whom He loves

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 are cared for

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 once He is gone.

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 And there's two

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 sort of side things

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 to note here

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 before the main point.

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 The side thing,

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 one is that John,

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 the writer,

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 is actually watching

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 the events unfold.

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 Last couple of weeks,

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 we've learned from Archie

00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:58.019
 and Ian that they really

00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:59.039
 enjoy true crime

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 and true crime videos

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 and podcasts

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.779
 and they like watching

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.279
 these things.

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 But what do the police

00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:05.420
 look for when they're

00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:06.400
 trying to solve something?

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 Well, they look for

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.539
 eyewitnesses,

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 don't they?

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 Nowadays,

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 they want dashcams

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 and CCTV

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 and all that kind of thing

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 and maybe WhatsApp

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:16.360
 messages nowadays as well.

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 But really,

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.880
 it's eyewitnesses,

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 people that were there

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 that saw it,

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 that can testify

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 to what truly happened.

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 And that is John.

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 John watched

00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:28.220
 these things occur.

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 So we know

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 that it is a trustworthy

00:19:29.860 --> 00:19:31.400
 source of information.

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 The second little side note

00:19:34.840 --> 00:19:35.360
 is that John

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 just obeys straight away.

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 It says that

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 at the end of 27,

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 from that time on,

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:42.299
 the disciple took her

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 into his home.

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 One example of how to react

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 when God calls us

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 to do something.

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 Of course,

00:19:49.719 --> 00:19:50.379
 we do not get

00:19:50.379 --> 00:19:51.279
 the same call

00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:52.399
 directly like

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 Jesus gave to John.

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 But God calls us

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 in other ways

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 to do other things

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 for him.

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 And we should obey

00:19:59.159 --> 00:20:00.059
 like John obeyed.

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.139
 But you know,

00:20:02.159 --> 00:20:02.859
 it's more than that.

00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:04.059
 Jesus is telling John

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:05.339
 to take his place

00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:07.319
 as son to Mary

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:08.879
 to care for her.

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 And you know,

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:10.719
 similarly,

00:20:11.459 --> 00:20:11.979
 I can't say that,

00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:12.500
 similarly,

00:20:12.979 --> 00:20:13.959
 Jesus is taking

00:20:13.959 --> 00:20:14.959
 John's place

00:20:14.959 --> 00:20:15.740
 on the cross.

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.179
 Now, it wasn't that

00:20:18.179 --> 00:20:18.879
 John deserved

00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:19.679
 a crucifixion.

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.459
 It wasn't that John

00:20:20.459 --> 00:20:21.439
 was a murderer,

00:20:21.639 --> 00:20:22.159
 a robber,

00:20:22.439 --> 00:20:23.319
 things like this.

00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:24.299
 But John,

00:20:24.419 --> 00:20:25.439
 like all of us,

00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:26.519
 had done wrong.

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:29.279
 And he had to face

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:30.119
 God's wrath

00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:30.759
 for sin.

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 And why?

00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:33.759
 You know,

00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.059
 why?

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.700
 Maybe you're sitting

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.119
 there thinking,

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:36.140
 but why is that

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 the case?

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:36.859
 Well,

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.440
 Peter,

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.119
 very helpfully

00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:38.660
 this morning,

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.480
 talked us through

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:40.759
 that,

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.839
 that that relationship

00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.759
 is broken.

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.680
 God,

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.859
 the creator God,

00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:47.059
 made everything

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.539
 perfect,

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.720
 and yet sin came in

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.519
 and broke that

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.640
 relationship between

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.859
 God and man.

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:54.319
 Sin causes a

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:55.519
 separation from us

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:55.940
 and God

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:56.660
 that needs

00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:57.640
 fixed.

00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:59.879
 Jesus is

00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:00.800
 the plan of

00:21:00.800 --> 00:21:01.280
 salvation.

00:21:03.560 --> 00:21:04.340
 And we need

00:21:04.340 --> 00:21:05.120
 to be made right.

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.840
 Why do we need

00:21:05.840 --> 00:21:06.500
 to be made right?

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:06.880
 Well,

00:21:07.560 --> 00:21:08.580
 spend eternity

00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:09.660
 in heaven.

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.120
 We don't know

00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:11.740
 much about heaven.

00:21:11.820 --> 00:21:12.440
 The Bible doesn't

00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:13.720
 say an awful lot

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.240
 about heaven.

00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:15.420
 But essentially,

00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:16.620
 heaven is eternity

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:17.980
 with God.

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.740
 And God cannot

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.640
 have us there

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:22.440
 if we are not

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:23.220
 made right,

00:21:23.580 --> 00:21:24.540
 if we are not

00:21:24.540 --> 00:21:25.140
 perfect

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:26.640
 as we should be.

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 And we're not,

00:21:28.860 --> 00:21:29.180
 are we?

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.280
 You know,

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.400
 if we had a

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:33.540
 plaque with our

00:21:33.540 --> 00:21:34.080
 name on it,

00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.460
 and we had our

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:36.620
 accusations underneath,

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.680
 I don't think

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.480
 any of them would

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.420
 be particularly

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.160
 terrible,

00:21:41.300 --> 00:21:41.860
 so to speak,

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.759
 as society might

00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.100
 say.

00:21:43.780 --> 00:21:44.160
 But you know

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.440
 what?

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.420
 I would not like

00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:46.640
 my sins to be

00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:47.620
 written on a

00:21:47.620 --> 00:21:48.300
 plaque for all

00:21:48.300 --> 00:21:48.620
 to see.

00:21:50.360 --> 00:21:51.180
 We have all

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.640
 done wrong.

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:53.340
 We all have

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:53.640
 sinned.

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:56.360
 But Jesus,

00:21:56.520 --> 00:21:57.900
 he had done

00:21:57.900 --> 00:21:58.400
 no wrong.

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.480
 That was only

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.380
 possible because

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:03.560
 he was God.

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.780
 But he takes

00:22:06.780 --> 00:22:07.500
 that place

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.080
 for everyone

00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:08.500
 else.

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:10.040
 So that we

00:22:10.040 --> 00:22:10.660
 may be made

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.120
 righteous,

00:22:11.520 --> 00:22:12.120
 just means to

00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:12.820
 be made right,

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.520
 looked on as

00:22:13.520 --> 00:22:15.100
 innocent by God

00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:15.720
 because of the

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.220
 work of the

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.620
 cross.

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:19.000
 If you're not

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.740
 a believer in

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.440
 Jesus today,

00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:21.060
 you've not

00:22:21.060 --> 00:22:21.980
 trusted him

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.840
 with your

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:23.280
 future.

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.100
 If you've

00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:25.780
 not repented

00:22:25.780 --> 00:22:26.300
 for all the

00:22:26.300 --> 00:22:26.840
 wrong things

00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:27.200
 that you've

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.500
 done,

00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:28.200
 we know

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.460
 that we

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:28.800
 have,

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:29.800
 then I

00:22:29.800 --> 00:22:30.480
 implore you

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.120
 to address

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.600
 that this

00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:31.960
 morning,

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.640
 this very

00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:32.960
 day.

00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:34.340
 It is the

00:22:34.340 --> 00:22:35.060
 most important

00:22:35.060 --> 00:22:35.480
 thing.

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:39.000
 And that

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.440
 takes us to

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:39.880
 our final

00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.520
 thing we see

00:22:40.520 --> 00:22:41.080
 about Jesus,

00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:42.220
 the Redeemer,

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.680
 in 28 to

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.000
 30.

00:22:46.060 --> 00:22:46.800
 So up to

00:22:46.800 --> 00:22:47.580
 verse 27,

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.259
 we've had the

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.880
 first three

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.480
 hours on the

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.860
 cross.

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.720
 Okay?

00:22:51.280 --> 00:22:51.920
 And then

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:53.140
 between 27 and

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.580
 28,

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.060
 which John

00:22:54.060 --> 00:22:54.620
 doesn't talk

00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:54.860
 about,

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.300
 but you can

00:22:55.300 --> 00:22:55.660
 read it in

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:55.920
 the other

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.400
 gospels,

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:56.880
 we have the

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.480
 three hours

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.120
 of darkness.

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.920
 Now we know

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.540
 from those other

00:23:01.540 --> 00:23:02.120
 accounts of

00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:03.020
 Jesus' life that

00:23:03.020 --> 00:23:03.820
 Christ at this

00:23:03.820 --> 00:23:04.840
 point suffers.

00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:05.960
 He is forsaken

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.780
 by the Father

00:23:06.780 --> 00:23:08.300
 and he takes

00:23:08.300 --> 00:23:08.940
 that just

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.500
 punishment

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:12.420
 that we deserve

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:13.200
 because of our

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:14.120
 rebellion and our

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.860
 sinful ways.

00:23:16.600 --> 00:23:17.600
 So Jesus has

00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:18.280
 borne this and

00:23:18.280 --> 00:23:18.759
 then in verse

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:20.599
 28, it

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:20.799
 says,

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:21.240
 later,

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.799
 showing a

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.259
 period of

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.819
 time has

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:25.000
 passed.

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.420
 Knowing that

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.279
 everything had

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.779
 now been

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.339
 finished.

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.559
 You might say,

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:31.980
 well, how did

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.420
 Jesus know

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:32.960
 everything was

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.379
 finished?

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.740
 Well, one, he

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.579
 has taken that

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.240
 punishment in

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.599
 those three

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:36.960
 hours of

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.279
 darkness.

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.379
 The work has

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:38.900
 been done,

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.720
 but he also

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.640
 knows because he

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 is God that

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:44.079
 his death is

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.779
 about to come.

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 He is about to

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.920
 give up his

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.779
 life, as it

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 says.

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:48.960
 His

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.960
 substitutionary

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.599
 death is

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 imminent.

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 He can only

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:54.079
 know that because

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 he can willingly

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 give it up.

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.619
 So Jesus, he

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.619
 says, I am

00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:00.480
 thirsty, in other

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.399
 versions it says,

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.160
 I thirst.

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.480
 So he takes

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.279
 this drink from

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.799
 the soldiers.

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 So as I said,

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.259
 the soldiers,

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:08.899
 they've been out

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:11.740
 for about six

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.359
 hours at this

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:12.899
 point in the

00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.339
 heat of the

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:14.180
 day in Jerusalem,

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:15.039
 a hot land,

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 and this

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:17.180
 wine vinegar,

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.859
 this was just a

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.460
 drink that they

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.159
 would have to

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 keep themselves

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.220
 going.

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 It was their

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.399
 job to stay

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:21.680
 there.

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 I presume,

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:23.940
 being the Roman

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.460
 Empire, they

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.960
 were not allowed

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:26.220
 to go on breaks

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.740
 or anything like

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:26.980
 that.

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.019
 So this was just

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.539
 a drink that

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.420
 they used for

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.259
 thirst as they

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.619
 went through

00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:31.019
 the day.

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 It's worth noting

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.960
 that this was a

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.859
 different drink to

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.379
 what was offered

00:24:34.379 --> 00:24:35.759
 to Jesus, the

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.599
 drink with gall,

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.180
 it's sometimes

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:38.019
 called, before

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.579
 the cross.

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 That was a

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.599
 sedative, that

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:42.259
 was an ancient

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.740
 painkiller that

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.740
 was offered to

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.460
 the person to

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.240
 dull the pain,

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.880
 to dull the

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.900
 senses as they

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.700
 went to a

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.400
 crucifixion.

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.740
 But Jesus, he

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.559
 refused that

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.220
 because he had

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.839
 to be in his

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.700
 full mind to

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.160
 take the

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:55.380
 punishment of

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:55.980
 the cross.

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.640
 But this here,

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.359
 Jesus says, I

00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:59.120
 thirst, and he

00:24:59.120 --> 00:24:59.880
 takes this wine

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.279
 vinegar.

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.359
 And it is

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.259
 lifted to him on

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.059
 the stalk of a

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.740
 hyssop plant.

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:08.180
 So backtracking a

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.720
 wee bit, we know

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.880
 it's Friday, it's

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.640
 the day of the

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.599
 preparation of the

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:11.960
 Passover.

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.039
 Passover.

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 So the

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.380
 Passover is on

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:14.660
 the Saturday, the

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.319
 Sabbath, the

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:16.460
 Jewish holy day, it

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.240
 was the week was

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.980
 building up to

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.220
 that.

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.779
 And the Jews, they

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.720
 would kill the

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:23.039
 Passover lamb and

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.860
 they would eat it and

00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:24.460
 they would celebrate

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.000
 that on the

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.420
 Saturday.

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:26.720
 But being the

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.579
 Sabbath, the Jewish

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.440
 holy day, they had

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.039
 rules that they

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.819
 couldn't do things

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.220
 like that.

00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:31.299
 Modern day

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.920
 equivalent, they

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.400
 couldn't turn the

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:33.140
 light bulb on, they

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.840
 couldn't switch on the

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.920
 oven, it all had to

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:36.500
 be done on the day of

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.740
 the preparation, on the

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:39.100
 Friday, the day before.

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 And the Passover

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:42.919
 festival, it remembers

00:25:42.919 --> 00:25:43.719
 when the Israelites

00:25:43.719 --> 00:25:44.879
 were rescued from

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.339
 Egypt.

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.759
 You can read that in

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:48.480
 Exodus 12, the

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.299
 Israelites, God's

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.039
 people, they were in

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:51.459
 Egypt and they were

00:25:51.459 --> 00:25:53.279
 saved out of Egypt

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.759
 and they were spared

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.839
 the plague of the

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.480
 death of the

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.419
 firstborn son.

00:25:58.839 --> 00:26:00.459
 And they did that by

00:26:00.459 --> 00:26:02.159
 killing a lamb and

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:03.799
 spreading its blood on

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.779
 the doorposts of their

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.159
 homes.

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:09.660
 When God saw that

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:11.940
 blood on the posts, then

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:13.740
 he passed over and

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:15.060
 death was avoided.

00:26:16.320 --> 00:26:17.200
 That's what happened

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:18.360
 back in Exodus 12.

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:20.180
 So why am I telling

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.460
 you that?

00:26:20.540 --> 00:26:22.200
 Well, in Exodus 12,

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.019
 verse 22, they

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.880
 instructed that they

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:25.140
 are to use the

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:26.060
 branches of the

00:26:26.060 --> 00:26:27.840
 hyssop plant to spread

00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:29.320
 the blood of the

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:29.620
 lamb.

00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:32.660
 Jesus is the

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.779
 sacrificed lamb.

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:36.380
 Allowing punishment

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.220
 and death to be

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.460
 avoided, to be passed

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:40.300
 over through obedience

00:26:40.300 --> 00:26:41.820
 to God and trust in

00:26:41.820 --> 00:26:42.100
 him.

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.620
 Ian last week, he took

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.840
 us through the brutality

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:46.920
 of the flogging.

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:51.200
 How it would just rip

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.140
 someone's back open.

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.840
 It was a horrible

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.259
 thing.

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.380
 And the people often

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:55.500
 died from that alone,

00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:57.160
 never mind making it to

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:58.000
 the crucifixion.

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.100
 So blood was running

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:01.220
 down this cross that

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:02.540
 Jesus was on from his

00:27:02.540 --> 00:27:02.980
 back.

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:05.480
 running down from his

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.440
 head on the crown of

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.480
 thorns, the beatings

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:09.660
 that he had had, the

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:11.380
 nails through his hands

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:12.120
 and his feet.

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:15.240
 Jesus is the

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.660
 redeemer.

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:17.500
 His blood was shed.

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.599
 He is paying the debt

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.299
 for others.

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.480
 The blood of the lamb

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.259
 pays the debt.

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.539
 Hebrews 9, it talks

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:28.880
 about the ancient blood

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:31.279
 sacrificed on many

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.339
 altars in Israel.

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.619
 And it talks about the

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.079
 Lord Jesus.

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.879
 And in verse 22, it

00:27:35.879 --> 00:27:36.859
 says that without the

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:38.700
 shedding of blood, there

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.559
 is no forgiveness.

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:42.279
 But Jesus' blood was

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.740
 shed because he was the

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:45.440
 lamb, the sacrificial

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:47.079
 lamb that allows God to

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:48.299
 pass over in judgment

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:50.819
 and allows people to be

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.200
 saved.

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:57.539
 And after this, Jesus

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.920
 receives the drink and he

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:01.059
 says his famous last

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:03.180
 word, it is finished.

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.660
 The work was done.

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.460
 It was complete.

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.700
 The plan of salvation that

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.940
 was hatched before time

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:12.640
 has been carried out to the

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:12.900
 full.

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:15.559
 And with that, he bowed his

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:17.279
 head and gave up his

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.640
 spirit.

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:21.720
 Jesus gives up his spirit.

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:23.300
 He gives up his life in a

00:28:23.300 --> 00:28:24.400
 way that we can never do,

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:27.300
 knowing that his work was

00:28:27.300 --> 00:28:27.540
 done.

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:32.320
 Jesus' suffering on the

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:33.500
 cross can give us freedom

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:35.660
 if we trust in him and if

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:37.100
 we seek forgiveness for our

00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:37.380
 wrong.

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:39.600
 The fulfillment of prophecy

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:41.460
 that we've seen here, it

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.640
 shows that Jesus wasn't just

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:43.640
 another person dying.

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.560
 It wasn't just another

00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:45.620
 person killed by the

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:45.920
 Romans.

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:47.940
 but that he was God

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:50.640
 himself in human form.

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:52.900
 And you know, as

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:54.300
 Christians, if we're sitting

00:28:54.300 --> 00:28:56.180
 here today and you believe

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.920
 all this and that is

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:59.000
 brilliant, then we want to

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.240
 emulate the Lord Jesus.

00:29:01.580 --> 00:29:02.600
 Bearing in mind that we

00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:04.039
 will never match up to how

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:05.360
 he is.

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:07.720
 But we want to finish God's

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.920
 plan for our lives.

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:12.519
 God has a plan for each and

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.400
 every one of us.

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:15.780
 We are to live that out and

00:29:15.780 --> 00:29:18.420
 seek to end our lives well.

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:22.380
 Paul, in one of his letters

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:25.019
 in 2 Timothy 4, 7 to 8, which

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:26.320
 is potentially some of his

00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:27.840
 last words that he spoke or

00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:30.100
 certainly wrote down anyway, he

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.759
 says this.

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.480
 Paul says,

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:56.740
 Let's run the race well and finish

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.259
 strongly.

00:29:59.120 --> 00:30:00.440
 Remembering that our home is

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:02.480
 actually in heaven and that we

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.740
 are just foreigners in this

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:06.019
 world and that we have a better

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.920
 place to go to.

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:11.599
 Let me just pray as we finish.

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:17.279
 God and Father, I just thank you

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.299
 for your word.

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:20.439
 Thank you so much for the Lord

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:20.740
 Jesus.

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:23.639
 That that plan was hatched before

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:25.119
 time even began, before the

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:26.259
 creation of this world.

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:28.719
 That the Lord Jesus would do the

00:30:28.719 --> 00:30:33.039
 will of the Father and go down and

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:35.240
 be that lamb who was sacrificed.

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.480
 Christ.

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:39.500
 We thank you for the truth that

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:41.500
 we've seen in these this passage

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.039
 this morning.

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:44.059
 And we pray that these things will

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:45.859
 continue in our minds and in our

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:47.400
 hearts this week as we think

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:48.120
 towards Easter.

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:51.880
 And we thank you so much for the

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:53.680
 glorious news of the resurrection.

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:58.600
 that the Lord Jesus rose again and

00:30:58.600 --> 00:31:00.820
 that he is at the right hand of the

00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:03.940
 Father on high and that we worship a

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:06.620
 God who is not dead but is alive.

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.779
 Amen.