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 If you have your Bibles, I want to turn to Luke chapter 23, Luke chapter 23, and while you

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! are turning there, I want to acknowledge that Chase Williams is here this morning and just

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! completed basic training in the Marines at Parris Island, heads to Camp Lejeune in about

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 a week.

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 Chase, God bless you.

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 Let's give him a hand.

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 Thank you for your service, my friend.

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 The most important events in human history.

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 I was curious as to what people said about that, so I found some lists this week, went

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 to the authorities.

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 The Neolithic Revolution was number one.

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 You don't even know what that is, do you?

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 It's when we became civilized.

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 Some of you are still coming, but it's when we became civilized.

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 Number two was writing.

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 Number three was the Roman Empire.

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 Then there was the printing press.

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 Then there was the age of exploration.

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 And then the Industrial Revolution.

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 And then the World Wars.

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 And then the Internet.

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 And I don't believe any of them are the most important events in human history.

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 Because none of them changed eternity.

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 I mean, they're big.

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 They're right up there with sliced bread and homemade churned ice cream.

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 And I don't know why they didn't make the list.

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 But I found on one list that Jesus was listed number 16.

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 Behind Buddha and behind Confucius.

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 Or confusion, depending on how you pronounce it.

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 I believe the greatest event in human history and in all of eternity

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 is the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 Followed by the birth of Christ.

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 And some of you may say, well, that's more important

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 because if that hadn't happened, the second hadn't happened.

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 Okay, you got a right to be wrong.

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 But either way, the crucifixion of Christ

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 is the greatest event in human history.

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 And people were playing games

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 at the foot of the cross.

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 Luke chapter 23.

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 Beginning in verse 26 to set the setting.

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 And as they led Christ away,

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 they seized one Simon of Cyrene

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 who was coming in from the country

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 and laid on him the cross

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 to carry it behind Jesus.

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 And they followed him

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 a great multitude of the people

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 and of women

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 who were mourning and lamenting for him.

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 Two others who were criminals

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 were led away to be put to death with him.

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 In verse 32.

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 And when they came to the place

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 that is called the skull,

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 there they crucified him.

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 And the criminals,

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 one on his right

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 and one on his left.

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 And Jesus said,

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 Father, forgive them

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 for they know not what they do.

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 And they cast lots

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 to divide his garments.

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 And the people stood by

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 watching.

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 But the rulers scoffed at him

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 saying,

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 He saved others,

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 let him save himself.

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 If he is Christ of God,

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 his chosen one.

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 The soldiers also mocked him,

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 coming up and offering him sour wine

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 and saying,

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 If you are the king of the Jews,

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 save yourself.

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 There was an inscription over him,

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 This is the king of the Jews.

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 One of the criminals who were hanged

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 railed at him saying,

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 Are you not the Christ?

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 Save yourself

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 and us.

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 How in the world

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 did they not get it?

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 How could they be standing

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 at the base of Mount Calvary

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 watching the Savior die

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 and not get it?

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 It's hard to understand.

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 Or is it?

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 Because actually,

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 there's often a wasted opportunity

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 when it comes to the cross of Christ.

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 Some just stand there.

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 But verse 35 tells us

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 that there's some

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 were just standing there watching.

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 They were just taking it in.

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 calmly,

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 probably dazedly,

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 standing there

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 with little to no response.

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 It does not mean

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 they were against him.

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 It does not mean

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 that they were for him.

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 They were just bystanders.

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 Observing,

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 pondering,

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 trying to figure it out.

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 What scares me is

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 some still do that today.

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 There's no ill intent.

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 There's just no response.

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 There's not much of anything.

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 Just standing there.

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 Above his head

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 hung a sign

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 that said he was

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 the king of the Jews.

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 It was written in Aramaic,

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 Latin,

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 and Greek.

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 Aramaic was the language

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 of the Jews.

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 Latin was the language

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 of the law.

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 Greek

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 was for the educated.

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 And the rest of the folks,

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 if they could read.

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 Remember,

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 Christ was crucified

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 in a very public place.

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 place.

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 A major thoroughfare

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 outside the city.

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 Scottish minister

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 George MacLeod

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 years ago

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 said we ought to

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 keep that in mind

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 when he said this.

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 I simply argue

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 that the cross

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 be raised again

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 at the center

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 of the marketplace

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 as well as

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 on the steeple

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 of the church.

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 I am recovering

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 the claim

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 that Christ

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 was not crucified

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 in a cathedral

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 between two candles

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 but on a cross

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 between two thieves

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 on a town

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 garbage heap

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 at a crossroads

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 of politics

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 so cosmopolitan

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 that they had

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 to write his title

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 in Hebrew

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 and in Latin

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 and in Greek

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 and at that kind

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 of place

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 where cynics

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 talk smut

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 and thieves

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 curse

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 and soldiers

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 gamble

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 because that's

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 where he died

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 and that's

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 what he died

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 about

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 and that is

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 where Christ

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 own ought to be

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 and that is

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 where church

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 people ought

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 to be about.

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 End of quote.

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 In other words

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 he died

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 where he did

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 for the people

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 that were standing

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 around and gawking

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 at him.

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 He died

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 for them.

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 He died

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 for people

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 who are slow

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 to respond.

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 He died

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 for people

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 who are resistant

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 to respond.

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 He died

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 for people

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 that just

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 stand by

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 and gawk.

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 He died

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 for me.

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 He died

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 for you.

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 Let's not

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 just stand

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 and watch.

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 There was

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 enough

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 of that

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 on the day

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 that he died.

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 There was

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 another response

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 too.

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 Still is.

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 Some try

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 to get

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 what they

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 can get.

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 When my

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 grandmother

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 was too

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 aged

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 to live

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 by herself

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 she moved

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 in with my

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 mom and dad

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 and sometime

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 after that

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 her house

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 on the

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 Brandon

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 Mill

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 Village

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 was sold.

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 and before

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 it was

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 we as a

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 family

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 went there

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 to visit

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 the museum

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 of my

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 childhood.

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 The

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 treasured

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 place

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 where I

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 got to

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 spend the

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 night

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 with my

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 grandmother.

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 The porch

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 with the

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 wrought

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 iron

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 chairs

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 and that

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 couch

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 swing

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 felt like

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 home.

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 It wasn't

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 that they

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 were comfortable

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 they were

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 just at

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 grandma's.

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 I

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 rolled

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 a

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 mini

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 matchbox

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 car

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 across

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 that

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 porch

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 with a

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 whole

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 universe

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 of a

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 made up

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 grown up

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 world

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 of a

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 kid's

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 imagination.

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 When you

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 walked in

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 that front

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 door you

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 walked

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 into the

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 living room

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 with the

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 oil heater

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 right in

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 the middle

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 of the

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 room.

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 I can

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 still smell

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 it on

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 cold days.

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 The

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 bedroom off

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 to the

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 right

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 is where

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 I saw

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 my beloved

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 grandpa for

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 the last

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 time alive

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 and later

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 that night

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 he died

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 in that

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 bed.

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 My

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 grandma's

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 room

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 with the

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 two twin

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 beds

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 is in

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 the next

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 room

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 and between

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 those two

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 beds where

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 when I was

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 spending the

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 night as

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 a child

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 her

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 mutt

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 mean

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 dog

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 laid.

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 A

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 staunch

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 defender

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 of my

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 grandma.

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 I was

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 afraid to

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 move.

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 The dog

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 made me

00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:03.100
 hope that

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 my bladder

00:10:03.659 --> 00:10:04.159
 held out

00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:04.759
 all night

00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:06.000
 for the

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 risk of

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 my life.

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 And then

00:10:09.899 --> 00:10:10.240
 there was

00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:10.860
 that kitchen.

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 That kitchen

00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:13.860
 where years

00:10:13.860 --> 00:10:14.440
 before my

00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:15.240
 grandfather had

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 fried egg

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 sandwiches

00:10:16.379 --> 00:10:18.399
 frying in the

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 morning before

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 he went to

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 the Anderson

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 Jockey Lot

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 to sell

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 tools.

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 and that

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 kitchen table

00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:27.200
 where my

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 grandmother

00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:28.740
 drank her

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 coffee out

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 of a

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 saucer,

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 read her

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 Bible,

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 ate her

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 toast and

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 cut her

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 government

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 cheese.

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 And then

00:10:37.860 --> 00:10:38.259
 there was

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 the enclosed

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 back porch

00:10:40.059 --> 00:10:42.580
 where grandma's

00:10:42.580 --> 00:10:43.179
 washer and

00:10:43.179 --> 00:10:44.039
 dryer was,

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 her mason jars

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 and canned

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 things and a

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 cabinet.

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 That cabinet

00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:51.819
 held a handful

00:10:51.819 --> 00:10:52.519
 of outdoor

00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:53.299
 toys that

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 stayed at

00:10:53.860 --> 00:10:54.579
 grandma's.

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 And I

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 loved that

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 five foot

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 by 15 inch

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 cabinet.

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 It was cheap,

00:11:01.099 --> 00:11:01.779
 nothing fancy,

00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:02.179
 but it was

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 special.

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 It was my

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 spot.

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 My mother

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 had us meet

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 her there on

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 that day to

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 see what we

00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:09.679
 wanted to keep

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 and my wants

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 were simple.

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 I claimed

00:11:12.299 --> 00:11:12.860
 the cabinet.

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 It sits in

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 our kitchen

00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:15.120
 today.

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 As Jesus

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 hung on the

00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:20.279
 cross,

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 there were

00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:23.139
 people putting

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 in dibs on

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 his clothing.

00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:28.120
 However,

00:11:28.219 --> 00:11:28.819
 it was not

00:11:28.819 --> 00:11:29.379
 because they

00:11:29.379 --> 00:11:30.099
 were sentimental.

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 It was a

00:11:32.579 --> 00:11:33.360
 fringe benefit

00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:33.799
 for the

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 soldiers to

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 claim the

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 clothing that

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 had been

00:11:35.819 --> 00:11:36.299
 stripped from

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 the dying.

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 And they

00:11:38.459 --> 00:11:39.179
 divided up

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 his clothing.

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 That would

00:11:41.939 --> 00:11:42.159
 have been

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 his tunic,

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 his robe,

00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:45.699
 his sandals,

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 the fourth

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 item would

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 either be

00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:49.020
 his cap

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 or turban

00:11:49.660 --> 00:11:51.379
 or possibly

00:11:51.379 --> 00:11:52.000
 even his

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 undergarments.

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 They did

00:11:55.780 --> 00:11:56.240
 not seek

00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:56.860
 these things

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 because he

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 was their

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 savior,

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 nor because

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 he was the

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 king of the

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 Jews as the

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 placard said.

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 They claimed

00:12:06.340 --> 00:12:06.720
 him because

00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:07.300
 it was standard

00:12:07.300 --> 00:12:07.980
 practice.

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 They gambled

00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:11.000
 to see who

00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:11.340
 would get

00:12:11.340 --> 00:12:11.940
 the tunic

00:12:11.940 --> 00:12:13.340
 because John

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 19 tells us

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 that it was

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 a rare

00:12:15.339 --> 00:12:16.240
 seamless

00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:17.599
 tunic that

00:12:17.599 --> 00:12:18.299
 was valuable.

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 Not special

00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:20.360
 to them,

00:12:20.439 --> 00:12:20.659
 but it was

00:12:20.659 --> 00:12:21.219
 worth money.

00:12:22.839 --> 00:12:23.399
 They were

00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:23.799
 just trying

00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:24.240
 to get what

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 they could

00:12:24.539 --> 00:12:24.839
 get.

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 That's not

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 the first

00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:27.839
 time people

00:12:27.839 --> 00:12:28.240
 were trying

00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:28.639
 to get what

00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:28.899
 they could

00:12:28.899 --> 00:12:29.219
 get from

00:12:29.219 --> 00:12:29.579
 Jesus.

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 When 5,000

00:12:33.860 --> 00:12:34.259
 men and

00:12:34.259 --> 00:12:34.799
 their families

00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:35.379
 were fed,

00:12:36.339 --> 00:12:36.939
 they tried

00:12:36.939 --> 00:12:37.299
 to follow

00:12:37.299 --> 00:12:37.819
 Jesus to

00:12:37.819 --> 00:12:38.179
 the next

00:12:38.179 --> 00:12:38.539
 meal.

00:12:40.219 --> 00:12:41.000
 Jesus told

00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:41.639
 the disciples

00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:43.379
 to get out

00:12:43.379 --> 00:12:45.659
 of there as

00:12:45.659 --> 00:12:46.460
 he escaped

00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:47.679
 to his own

00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:48.340
 solitude.

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 There's an

00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:52.039
 account in

00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:52.799
 scripture where

00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:53.779
 Jesus healed

00:12:53.779 --> 00:12:54.639
 ten leper

00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:57.980
 men and

00:12:57.980 --> 00:12:58.539
 only one of

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 them came

00:12:58.899 --> 00:12:59.480
 back to him

00:12:59.480 --> 00:12:59.860
 to give him

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 thanks.

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 It's easy

00:13:03.220 --> 00:13:03.779
 for us to

00:13:03.779 --> 00:13:04.480
 ask God for

00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:05.340
 what we want,

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 but do we

00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:08.000
 bother to

00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:08.419
 come back

00:13:08.419 --> 00:13:08.860
 and thank

00:13:08.860 --> 00:13:09.080
 him?

00:13:10.820 --> 00:13:11.460
 At least

00:13:11.460 --> 00:13:12.220
 with words.

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 But even

00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:15.399
 more than

00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:15.879
 that with

00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:16.659
 our lives.

00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:18.899
 About that

00:13:18.899 --> 00:13:19.279
 account,

00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:20.000
 Jesus asked

00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:20.320
 in Luke

00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:22.399
 17, 17,

00:13:22.659 --> 00:13:23.559
 where are

00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:23.899
 the other

00:13:23.899 --> 00:13:24.340
 nine?

00:13:25.740 --> 00:13:26.299
 Why didn't

00:13:26.299 --> 00:13:26.720
 they come

00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:27.039
 back?

00:13:29.059 --> 00:13:30.000
 He gave

00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:30.700
 his life

00:13:30.700 --> 00:13:33.700
 for us

00:13:33.700 --> 00:13:35.600
 knowing

00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:37.679
 that all

00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:38.259
 about the

00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:38.779
 kind of

00:13:38.779 --> 00:13:39.559
 sinners that

00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:40.879
 we are.

00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:43.539
 And yet

00:13:43.539 --> 00:13:45.219
 he also

00:13:45.219 --> 00:13:46.019
 still cares

00:13:46.019 --> 00:13:46.619
 about the

00:13:46.619 --> 00:13:47.339
 little things

00:13:47.339 --> 00:13:47.899
 that stress

00:13:47.899 --> 00:13:48.479
 us out.

00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:50.879
 Recently on

00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:51.299
 the night

00:13:51.299 --> 00:13:52.179
 before Abby

00:13:52.179 --> 00:13:53.000
 was to drive

00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:53.599
 home and

00:13:53.599 --> 00:13:54.059
 return to

00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:54.459
 work,

00:13:55.379 --> 00:13:55.979
 she lost

00:13:55.979 --> 00:13:56.679
 her one

00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:57.359
 key fob

00:13:57.359 --> 00:13:58.179
 to her car

00:13:58.179 --> 00:14:00.159
 the night

00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:00.719
 that she was

00:14:00.719 --> 00:14:01.159
 going to leave

00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:01.500
 the next

00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:01.879
 morning.

00:14:02.579 --> 00:14:03.399
 No idea

00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:03.679
 where it

00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:04.000
 was.

00:14:04.699 --> 00:14:05.139
 We lit

00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:05.699
 a lamp

00:14:05.699 --> 00:14:07.339
 scripturally,

00:14:07.699 --> 00:14:08.359
 swept the

00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:10.019
 house and

00:14:10.019 --> 00:14:10.340
 searched

00:14:10.340 --> 00:14:11.039
 diligently.

00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:13.240
 And I

00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:13.740
 prayed.

00:14:15.019 --> 00:14:15.639
 And after

00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:16.279
 looking in

00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:16.680
 the same

00:14:16.680 --> 00:14:17.320
 place three

00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:17.700
 times,

00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:18.220
 all four

00:14:18.220 --> 00:14:18.659
 of us

00:14:18.659 --> 00:14:19.720
 that were

00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:20.100
 looking,

00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:21.120
 we found

00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:21.740
 it 17

00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:22.740
 miles away

00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:24.320
 at my

00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:24.680
 mom and

00:14:24.680 --> 00:14:25.080
 dad's

00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:26.259
 house at

00:14:26.259 --> 00:14:26.940
 an odd

00:14:26.940 --> 00:14:27.500
 and hidden

00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:28.399
 place there

00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:28.840
 where she

00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:29.399
 had to plug

00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:29.779
 up her

00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:30.100
 phone,

00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:30.500
 which was

00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:30.940
 dying.

00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:33.100
 And we

00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:33.740
 rejoiced

00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:34.080
 when we

00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:34.659
 found it,

00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:35.960
 that Abby

00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:36.539
 could go back

00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:37.019
 home after

00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:37.420
 being with

00:14:37.420 --> 00:14:37.879
 us for a

00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:38.139
 week.

00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:41.120
 Yes,

00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:43.139
 Jesus cares

00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:44.180
 enough about

00:14:44.180 --> 00:14:46.000
 us, I

00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:46.539
 believe this

00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:47.899
 folks, to

00:14:47.899 --> 00:14:48.700
 help us find

00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:50.560
 a fob when

00:14:50.560 --> 00:14:51.200
 we lose it.

00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:54.379
 He cares

00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:54.960
 enough to

00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:56.720
 forgive those

00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:57.259
 that whipped

00:14:57.259 --> 00:14:57.500
 him.

00:14:59.300 --> 00:15:00.279
 He cares

00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:02.720
 enough to

00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:03.779
 forgive those

00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:05.259
 that hung

00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:05.700
 him on the

00:15:05.700 --> 00:15:06.180
 cross.

00:15:06.179 --> 00:15:09.079
 he cares

00:15:09.079 --> 00:15:11.399
 enough to

00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:12.359
 forgive those

00:15:12.359 --> 00:15:14.539
 that gambled

00:15:14.539 --> 00:15:14.919
 for his

00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:15.459
 clothes.

00:15:17.599 --> 00:15:18.539
 He still

00:15:18.539 --> 00:15:19.299
 cares enough

00:15:19.299 --> 00:15:21.019
 for those

00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:21.500
 that claim

00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:21.919
 to love

00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:23.699
 him, but

00:15:23.699 --> 00:15:24.659
 vaguely show

00:15:24.659 --> 00:15:26.120
 it with

00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:26.799
 their lives.

00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:28.559
 Because people

00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:29.019
 are still

00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:29.859
 trying to get

00:15:29.859 --> 00:15:30.559
 what they can

00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:30.979
 get.

00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:32.279
 They're still

00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:33.279
 playing games

00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:34.799
 at the foot

00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:35.000
 of the

00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:35.419
 cross.

00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:38.699
 And there's

00:15:38.699 --> 00:15:39.120
 a third

00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:39.480
 kind of

00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:39.779
 person.

00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:41.959
 Some

00:15:41.959 --> 00:15:43.139
 mock the

00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:43.860
 hope in

00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:44.360
 Christ.

00:15:46.319 --> 00:15:47.459
 Luke records

00:15:47.459 --> 00:15:48.379
 that besides

00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:49.139
 the people

00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:49.879
 just standing

00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:50.339
 there, there

00:15:50.339 --> 00:15:50.839
 were three

00:15:50.839 --> 00:15:51.779
 different kinds

00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:52.339
 of people

00:15:52.339 --> 00:15:53.079
 that were

00:15:53.079 --> 00:15:53.519
 mocking.

00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:55.379
 there were

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:55.939
 the rulers

00:15:55.939 --> 00:15:56.899
 which speaks

00:15:56.899 --> 00:15:57.639
 of the

00:15:57.639 --> 00:15:58.360
 Sanhedrin,

00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:00.439
 a group

00:16:00.439 --> 00:16:01.299
 of 70

00:16:01.299 --> 00:16:01.980
 religious

00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.600
 ruling

00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:03.779
 leaders

00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:05.360
 that most

00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:05.779
 of which

00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.740
 never liked

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 Jesus.

00:16:08.059 --> 00:16:08.379
 They were

00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:08.799
 threatened

00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:09.659
 by Jesus.

00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:11.679
 Jesus was

00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:12.319
 not afraid

00:16:12.319 --> 00:16:12.759
 of them.

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 You were

00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:13.340
 supposed to

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 be afraid

00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:14.100
 of them.

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 He wasn't

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 afraid of

00:16:15.059 --> 00:16:15.179
 them.

00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:16.340
 He was

00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:16.759
 not afraid

00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.379
 to confront

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 them.

00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:19.740
 He was

00:16:19.740 --> 00:16:20.139
 not afraid

00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:20.500
 to call

00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:21.460
 them hypocrites.

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 And he

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 called it

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 as he

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 was.

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 In Matthew

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 23 he

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 calls them

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 whitewashed

00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:28.660
 tombs.

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 You look

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 good on

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 the outside

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 but on

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 the inside

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 it's dead

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 man's bones.

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 There's no

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 spiritual life

00:16:36.820 --> 00:16:37.440
 there at

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 all.

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 He said

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 you're like

00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:40.900
 a cup

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 that's clean

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 on the

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 outside

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 but yet

00:16:45.660 --> 00:16:46.180
 inside

00:16:46.180 --> 00:16:47.200
 is still

00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:48.700
 nastiness.

00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:51.019
 He spoke

00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:51.399
 of their

00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:51.740
 dead

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.139
 bones

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:52.720
 as being

00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:52.939
 their

00:16:52.939 --> 00:16:53.819
 hypocrisy.

00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:55.340
 He spoke

00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:55.720
 of the

00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:56.620
 nasty

00:16:56.620 --> 00:16:57.100
 cup

00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:57.699
 as being

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 one full

00:16:58.199 --> 00:16:58.840
 of greed

00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:00.179
 being one

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 full of

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 indulgence.

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 When you

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 call the

00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:04.379
 real shots

00:17:04.379 --> 00:17:04.960
 on people

00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:05.980
 they sometimes

00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:07.000
 dislike you

00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:07.940
 and on the

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 cross

00:17:08.379 --> 00:17:09.599
 they mocked

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.059
 him.

00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:12.480
 They mocked

00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:12.879
 how he

00:17:12.879 --> 00:17:13.400
 saved

00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:13.960
 others.

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 Thank God

00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.779
 that he did

00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.680
 bring salvation

00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:20.320
 but they

00:17:20.320 --> 00:17:20.860
 desperately

00:17:20.860 --> 00:17:22.039
 needed salvation

00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:22.840
 and was so

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 in love

00:17:23.320 --> 00:17:23.720
 with the

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 law

00:17:24.120 --> 00:17:24.720
 and their

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 own

00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:25.480
 performance

00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:26.240
 that they

00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:26.779
 thought they

00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:27.700
 were enough.

00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.360
 They're not

00:17:30.360 --> 00:17:30.940
 the only ones

00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:31.100
 though.

00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:31.640
 Soldiers

00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:32.160
 mocked him

00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:32.600
 as well.

00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:35.700
 They felt

00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:36.019
 like they

00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.400
 had the

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 might and

00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:37.500
 authority

00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:39.440
 was too

00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:39.920
 much for

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 him.

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:41.620
 He couldn't

00:17:41.620 --> 00:17:42.140
 do anything

00:17:42.140 --> 00:17:42.940
 about it.

00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:44.740
 They relished

00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.500
 in the misery

00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:45.940
 and they

00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.560
 scoffed at

00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:47.379
 his salvation.

00:17:48.899 --> 00:17:49.319
 Even a

00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:49.919
 criminal that

00:17:49.919 --> 00:17:50.399
 was hanging

00:17:50.399 --> 00:17:51.179
 beside him

00:17:51.179 --> 00:17:52.099
 ridiculed

00:17:52.099 --> 00:17:52.319
 him.

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 Little did

00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:54.740
 both those

00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:55.319
 groups know

00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:55.819
 or that

00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:56.359
 man know

00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:58.000
 that their

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.940
 reaction was

00:17:58.940 --> 00:17:59.619
 a fulfillment

00:17:59.619 --> 00:18:00.579
 of prophecy.

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.579
 Psalm 22

00:18:03.579 --> 00:18:04.159
 verse 6

00:18:04.159 --> 00:18:04.559
 through 8

00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:05.179
 says this

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 but I am

00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:06.740
 a worm

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.240
 and not a

00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:08.059
 man scorned

00:18:08.059 --> 00:18:08.700
 by mankind

00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.859
 and despised

00:18:09.859 --> 00:18:10.579
 by the people.

00:18:11.399 --> 00:18:11.879
 All who

00:18:11.879 --> 00:18:12.440
 seek me

00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:13.059
 mock me.

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.879
 They make

00:18:13.879 --> 00:18:14.619
 mouths at

00:18:14.619 --> 00:18:14.799
 me.

00:18:14.919 --> 00:18:15.619
 They wag

00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:16.460
 their heads

00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.420
 he trusts

00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:17.640
 in the

00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:17.940
 Lord.

00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:18.259
 Let him

00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:18.660
 deliver

00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:19.019
 him.

00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:19.660
 Let him

00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:20.059
 rescue

00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:20.519
 him for

00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:21.480
 he delights

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.779
 in him.

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 I hope

00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:24.620
 you pick

00:18:24.620 --> 00:18:25.019
 up on

00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.740
 the irony

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.440
 of the

00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.039
 scoffing

00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:29.360
 because the

00:18:29.360 --> 00:18:29.880
 only way

00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:30.360
 that Jesus

00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:31.279
 could save

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.960
 us

00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:33.799
 was by

00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.519
 refusing to

00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:34.740
 save

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.240
 himself.

00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:37.880
 He

00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:39.620
 was easily

00:18:39.620 --> 00:18:40.340
 able to

00:18:40.340 --> 00:18:40.720
 deliver

00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.299
 himself

00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:43.319
 but his

00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:44.120
 mission was

00:18:44.120 --> 00:18:44.720
 to provide

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.559
 the opportunity

00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.619
 for deliverance

00:18:46.619 --> 00:18:48.679
 and that

00:18:48.679 --> 00:18:49.980
 would have

00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.819
 not come

00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.980
 if he

00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:52.379
 had been

00:18:52.379 --> 00:18:52.819
 delivered.

00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:55.339
 He died

00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:55.819
 on Mount

00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:56.740
 Calvary for

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.579
 me and

00:18:57.579 --> 00:18:58.240
 for you

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:59.039
 and for

00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:00.179
 those onlookers

00:19:00.179 --> 00:19:00.720
 and for

00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.419
 those lost

00:19:01.419 --> 00:19:02.559
 religious folks

00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:03.119
 and for

00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:04.179
 those hardened

00:19:04.179 --> 00:19:04.720
 ruthless

00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.679
 soldiers and

00:19:05.679 --> 00:19:06.559
 for those

00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:07.659
 guilty criminals

00:19:07.659 --> 00:19:08.559
 on each side

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:09.039
 of him

00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.519
 and for

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.059
 you

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:11.079
 and for

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.659
 me

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:13.160
 and for

00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:13.900
 all those

00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:14.500
 people that

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:15.060
 he puts

00:19:15.060 --> 00:19:15.519
 in our

00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:16.080
 path.

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.360
 2 Corinthians

00:19:17.360 --> 00:19:18.080
 5 verse

00:19:18.080 --> 00:19:18.880
 15 says

00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:19.640
 he died

00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:20.660
 for all

00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:23.080
 that those

00:19:23.080 --> 00:19:24.060
 who live

00:19:24.060 --> 00:19:25.259
 might no

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:26.140
 longer live

00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:26.880
 for themselves

00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:27.540
 but for

00:19:27.540 --> 00:19:28.560
 him who

00:19:28.560 --> 00:19:29.100
 for their

00:19:29.100 --> 00:19:29.880
 sake died

00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:30.400
 and was

00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:31.160
 raised.

00:19:32.560 --> 00:19:33.040
 He was

00:19:33.040 --> 00:19:33.980
 busy dying

00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:34.500
 while they

00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:35.019
 were busy

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.680
 playing,

00:19:36.860 --> 00:19:37.440
 gulking,

00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.120
 gambling,

00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:42.119
 and the

00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:42.659
 only reason

00:19:42.659 --> 00:19:43.059
 he hung

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.539
 there was

00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:44.219
 to meet

00:19:44.219 --> 00:19:44.779
 them where

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.479
 they are

00:19:45.479 --> 00:19:46.659
 and to

00:19:46.659 --> 00:19:47.419
 make them

00:19:47.419 --> 00:19:48.159
 to be

00:19:48.159 --> 00:19:49.219
 what he

00:19:49.219 --> 00:19:49.719
 would have

00:19:49.719 --> 00:19:50.139
 them to

00:19:50.139 --> 00:19:50.459
 be.

00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.099
 What an

00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:52.619
 opportunity.

00:19:56.379 --> 00:19:57.279
 A friend

00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:57.919
 of a friend

00:19:57.919 --> 00:19:58.639
 shared with

00:19:58.639 --> 00:19:59.299
 me an

00:19:59.299 --> 00:20:00.099
 experience

00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:01.699
 that he

00:20:01.699 --> 00:20:02.319
 had that I

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:02.759
 can well

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.479
 relate to

00:20:03.479 --> 00:20:05.979
 because my

00:20:05.979 --> 00:20:07.419
 family loves

00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:08.119
 Disney.

00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:11.119
 I've been

00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:11.519
 there,

00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:13.439
 I've done

00:20:13.439 --> 00:20:13.679
 it,

00:20:14.719 --> 00:20:15.239
 spent too

00:20:15.239 --> 00:20:15.699
 much money

00:20:15.699 --> 00:20:16.219
 at it

00:20:16.219 --> 00:20:17.939
 but they

00:20:17.939 --> 00:20:18.799
 love it.

00:20:19.739 --> 00:20:20.319
 They love

00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:20.479
 it.

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.439
 I've told

00:20:22.439 --> 00:20:22.979
 them what's

00:20:22.979 --> 00:20:23.339
 wrong with

00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:23.679
 the Disney

00:20:23.679 --> 00:20:24.299
 Corporation.

00:20:25.159 --> 00:20:25.939
 They don't

00:20:25.939 --> 00:20:26.319
 care.

00:20:26.439 --> 00:20:26.839
 They love

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.019
 it.

00:20:29.419 --> 00:20:30.299
 My girls

00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:30.759
 have been

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.899
 several times

00:20:31.899 --> 00:20:33.839
 and one of

00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:34.419
 the grandest

00:20:34.419 --> 00:20:35.059
 experiences

00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:35.579
 that a little

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.559
 girl can have

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.940
 is to eat

00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:38.599
 in the top

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.359
 of Cinderella's

00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:39.779
 castle.

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.339
 While

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:43.220
 Cinderella and

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:43.639
 some other

00:20:43.639 --> 00:20:44.480
 princesses walk

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.339
 around and greet

00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:45.700
 you.

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:48.419
 It is an

00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:49.759
 amazing experience

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.599
 for most little

00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:50.819
 girls.

00:20:50.879 --> 00:20:51.359
 There's always

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:52.079
 some brat in the

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.659
 corner trying to

00:20:52.659 --> 00:20:53.059
 ruin it for

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.740
 everybody but

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:55.319
 for most folks

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:56.159
 it is

00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:59.440
 just the best.

00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:03.160
 best $60

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:04.759
 eggs and

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.240
 bacon I've

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.740
 ever eaten.

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.620
 Cinderella and

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.320
 those princesses

00:21:12.320 --> 00:21:12.759
 come in and

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.600
 they gravitate to

00:21:13.600 --> 00:21:14.640
 her like moths

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.299
 on a flame.

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.120
 It's amazing to

00:21:16.120 --> 00:21:16.380
 see.

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:19.220
 But one

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.740
 friend of a

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.779
 friend had an

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.240
 even more

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.480
 memorable experience

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:22.779
 there.

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:27.059
 Cinderella made

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:28.860
 her entrance and

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.799
 the children rushed

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:31.139
 to be near her.

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:32.319
 He said if it

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:32.859
 had been a boat

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.159
 we would have

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.639
 tipped over.

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:36.659
 It was amazing.

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.740
 Cinderella.

00:21:40.679 --> 00:21:41.559
 The pristine

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:42.240
 princess.

00:21:43.719 --> 00:21:44.319
 Perfectly

00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:45.099
 typecast.

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:47.099
 A gorgeous

00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:48.439
 young girl with

00:21:48.439 --> 00:21:49.459
 every hair in

00:21:49.459 --> 00:21:50.279
 place and

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.839
 flawless skin

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.839
 and a

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.939
 beaming smile.

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:54.839
 She stood

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:56.059
 waist deep in

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.819
 a garden of

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:58.359
 kids and

00:21:58.359 --> 00:21:58.959
 wanted to

00:21:58.959 --> 00:21:59.500
 touch and

00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.179
 be touched.

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:03.019
 However on

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.500
 the other side

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.979
 of the room

00:22:03.979 --> 00:22:06.299
 was a little

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:06.719
 seven or

00:22:06.719 --> 00:22:07.099
 eight year old

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.399
 boy.

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.359
 His age was

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 not easy to

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.939
 determine because

00:22:11.939 --> 00:22:13.000
 his body was

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.599
 disfigured.

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 He was

00:22:15.699 --> 00:22:16.379
 dwarfed in

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 size.

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:19.039
 His face

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:20.099
 was disfigured.

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.419
 His countenance

00:22:22.419 --> 00:22:23.259
 was shy.

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 He stood

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 across the

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.700
 room

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.980
 watching

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.740
 quietly

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:30.599
 and

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.200
 wistfully

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 holding the

00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:33.700
 hand of his

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 older brother.

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 You know

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.279
 that he wanted

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.740
 to be there

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.200
 with the other

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.660
 children.

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.940
 But even

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.539
 just telling

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.140
 you can

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:44.379
 you can

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:45.299
 sense his

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.879
 feeling of an

00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:46.559
 outcast.

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.299
 That fear

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:48.019
 of rejection

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.819
 once again.

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:52.539
 you can feel

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.039
 the fear.

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.919
 Fear of being

00:22:55.919 --> 00:22:56.279
 taunted

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:56.700
 again.

00:22:58.139 --> 00:22:58.759
 Fear of being

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.379
 mocked one

00:22:59.379 --> 00:22:59.980
 more time.

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 Wouldn't it be

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.319
 nice if Cinderella

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 made her way

00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:04.379
 over there?

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 If you've been

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 to Disney

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:09.639
 you know she

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:09.939
 did.

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 that's

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:13.460
 exactly what

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:13.940
 she did.

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.059
 She

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.600
 noticed the

00:23:16.600 --> 00:23:17.080
 little boy.

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:18.700
 She

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.120
 immediately

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:19.660
 began to

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.140
 walk in

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.320
 his

00:23:20.320 --> 00:23:20.900
 direction.

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 Gracefully

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:24.980
 politely

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:26.420
 but yet

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:26.880
 firmly

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:28.620
 she inched

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:29.220
 her way

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.620
 through the

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.279
 crowd of

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.980
 children until

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.580
 she finally

00:23:31.580 --> 00:23:32.340
 broke free.

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 She walked

00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:35.160
 quickly across

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 the room and

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.519
 when she got

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.920
 there she

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:38.180
 knelt down

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.660
 to eye

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.200
 level with

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.779
 this stunned

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.420
 little boy

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.799
 and she

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.220
 placed a

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.660
 kiss on

00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:43.279
 his cheek.

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.639
 She met

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:48.379
 him in

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:48.879
 the state

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.139
 that he

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.660
 was in

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:52.539
 right where

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.420
 he was

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 and that's

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.039
 the relevance

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:59.220
 of the

00:23:59.220 --> 00:23:59.599
 story.

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 Rather

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:03.279
 than a

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:04.259
 princess of

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.759
 Disney

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:06.960
 today we're

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.740
 considering the

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.139
 prince of

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.500
 peace.

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.859
 rather than

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.279
 a boy

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.619
 and a

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:12.099
 castle

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:15.700
 we look

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:15.980
 at a

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.740
 thief on

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.339
 the cross.

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.759
 However in

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.480
 both stories

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.279
 mercy was

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.639
 given.

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 Love was

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:26.000
 shared and

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.660
 a loving one

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.399
 gave a gesture

00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:28.000
 that's better

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.819
 than words.

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.639
 Jesus meets

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.500
 us where we

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:31.920
 are.

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.339
 But he does

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:33.839
 more than

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.799
 Cinderella can.

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:36.759
 Cinderella just

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:38.000
 gave a kiss and

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.460
 when she

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.559
 left she

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.019
 took her

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.640
 beauty with

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:40.799
 her.

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:43.140
 The boy was

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:44.220
 briefly delighted

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.140
 but in reality

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:46.180
 he was unchanged.

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.859
 But Christ

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:51.240
 meets us

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.160
 where we are.

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.599
 He meets us

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.380
 in the state

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:56.259
 that we're in.

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:59.019
 He makes us

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.920
 what he would

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.880
 have for us

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.440
 to be.

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:03.440
 Christ gave

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.680
 us his

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:06.420
 beauty and

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.460
 took on our

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.440
 sinful

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:09.779
 deformity.

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.080
 Isaiah

00:25:11.080 --> 00:25:12.279
 chapter 55

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.559
 53 verse

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.140
 4 and 5

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.779
 puts it this

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.039
 way.

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.100
 Surely he

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.799
 was born,

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.740
 surely he has

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.120
 borne our

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:19.039
 griefs and

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.600
 carried our

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.180
 sorrows.

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.100
 Yet we

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:21.779
 esteemed him

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.259
 stricken,

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:22.920
 smitten by

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.440
 God and

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.019
 afflicted.

00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:25.200
 But he was

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.880
 pierced for

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.820
 our transgressions.

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.900
 He was crushed

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.440
 for our

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.039
 iniquities.

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:30.460
 Upon him

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:30.859
 was the

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.559
 chastisement

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.099
 that brought

00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.759
 us peace

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.700
 and with

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.819
 his wounds

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:36.579
 we are

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.119
 healed.

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:40.099
 Christ

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:41.299
 changes

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.319
 everything.

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.940
 So let's

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.460
 quit just

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.279
 standing there.

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.700
 Come across

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.700
 the room as

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.759
 you are and

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.220
 come to

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.619
 Jesus.

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.339
 Let's quit

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:53.200
 playing games

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.619
 at the foot

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.359
 of the cross.

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.339
 Let's quit

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.899
 making a

00:25:56.899 --> 00:25:57.500
 mockery of

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.079
 what Christ

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.539
 has done

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.279
 for us

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:01.159
 and instead

00:26:01.159 --> 00:26:02.099
 as he gave

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.579
 his life

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.220
 for us

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:04.920
 may we

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.339
 give our

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.940
 lives to

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.399
 him.

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:09.379
 May we

00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:09.899
 entrust

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.319
 him

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:12.339
 with all

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.639
 that we

00:26:12.639 --> 00:26:13.059
 are

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:15.220
 and simply

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.200
 accept the

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.180
 greatest offer

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:19.099
 that we

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.920
 have ever

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.599
 or will

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.000
 ever

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.680
 receive.

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.579
 Hope

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:25.259
 in the

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.799
 Lord Jesus.

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:28.319
 God

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.139
 with every

00:26:29.139 --> 00:26:29.659
 head bowed

00:26:29.659 --> 00:26:29.859
 and every

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.299
 eye closed

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.659
 this morning

00:26:30.659 --> 00:26:30.879
 I want

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.240
 to ask

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.480
 you

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:34.039
 do you

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.319
 know the

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.619
 Lord?

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.119
 Have you

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.379
 ever

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:37.859
 surrendered

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.419
 your life

00:26:38.419 --> 00:26:38.960
 to follow

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.500
 the Lord

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.379
 Jesus Christ?

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.019
 Have you

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.559
 ever admitted

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.200
 the sin

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.000
 that is in

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.440
 your life

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.119
 separates you

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.619
 from him

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:48.639
 and that

00:26:48.639 --> 00:26:48.959
 you need

00:26:48.959 --> 00:26:49.119
 his

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:49.579
 cleansing?

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.139
 You need

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.399
 him to

00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:53.000
 change you

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.619
 and empower

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.119
 you?

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.839
 You need

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.279
 to surrender

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.959
 your ways

00:26:57.959 --> 00:26:58.319
 to his

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.759
 ways?

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:01.739
 If that's

00:27:01.739 --> 00:27:02.259
 never happened

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.699
 to you I

00:27:02.699 --> 00:27:03.279
 encourage you

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.979
 today to come

00:27:03.979 --> 00:27:04.559
 down this aisle

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.119
 when we stand

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.559
 to sing.

00:27:07.179 --> 00:27:07.879
 I'd love to

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.359
 share with you

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:08.859
 what it means

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.279
 to give your

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.859
 heart and life

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.319
 to the Lord

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.679
 Jesus.

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:10.799
 Jesus.

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.420
 Maybe you're

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:13.880
 here today

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.400
 and you have

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:14.680
 done that

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.019
 but you've

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.240
 never

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.759
 acknowledged

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.580
 that publicly.

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.340
 Jesus by

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:20.039
 his commission

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.600
 and by his

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.640
 example shows

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.680
 us that the

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.299
 acknowledgement of

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.900
 that publicly

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.299
 is through

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.799
 baptism.

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.580
 If you've

00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:27.019
 never been

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.820
 baptized as a

00:27:27.820 --> 00:27:28.799
 believer it's

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.820
 coming up in

00:27:29.820 --> 00:27:30.180
 just a few

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.640
 weeks.

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.019
 Let's get

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.400
 together and

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:33.740
 let's talk

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.180
 about it.

00:27:36.580 --> 00:27:37.220
 Maybe you're

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.560
 here this

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:37.960
 morning and

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.500
 God's leading

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.100
 you to Pickens

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.680
 First Baptist

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.259
 Church.

00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:41.900
 You've

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.480
 worshipped with

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:42.840
 us.

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.539
 You felt the

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.160
 spirit of God

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.799
 leading you to

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.299
 be here.

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:48.279
 You feel led

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.779
 to come.

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.480
 I'd love to

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.039
 guide you in

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.940
 that process.

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.980
 Or maybe

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.920
 you're here and

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:56.360
 you're gawking

00:27:56.360 --> 00:28:00.920
 or gambling

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:04.799
 or just

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.320
 gabbing

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:08.380
 and it's time

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:09.080
 to change

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:09.600
 and you know

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:09.940
 that.

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:12.580
 and I am

00:28:12.580 --> 00:28:13.120
 so thankful

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.519
 that the

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.140
 same Christ

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:14.660
 that came

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.039
 to where

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.560
 we are

00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:17.039
 comes to

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.400
 where we

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:18.180
 are today.

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.779
 Meets us

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.160
 where we

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.519
 are.

00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:23.160
 Get it

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.640
 right with

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.060
 the Lord.

00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:26.320
 You can do

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:26.700
 that where

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.320
 you'll stand.

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:27.920
 You can do

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.460
 that at this

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:28.779
 altar.

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.779
 You can do

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.120
 it with a

00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:30.779
 pastor praying

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.279
 for you.

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 I don't know

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 what God's

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 told you to

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 do.

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 I just

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 tell you

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 you need to

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 be obedient to

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 follow his

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 lead.

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 Trust him.

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 You can

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 trust him.

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 Heavenly

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 Father,

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 work and move

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 in our midst

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 right now,

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 I pray.

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 Help us to

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 simply be

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 obedient to

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 follow your

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 will and your

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 way in our

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 life.

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 In Jesus'

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 precious name,

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 Amen.