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 All right, well as we turn to God's Word, we're picking up where we left off in John's Gospel.

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 If you have your Bible with you, you can turn there.

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 If the screen stops working, the Bibles are in the seats in front of you.

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 We have been having a little bit of technical difficulties this morning.

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 Hopefully it all goes smoothly.

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 So we're in John chapter 19.

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 And last Sunday we observed Jesus' trial before Pilate, the Roman governor.

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 We saw how the chief priests sought to have Jesus executed by crucifixion.

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 We watched as Pilate wrestled with this, finding Jesus to be not guilty, not deserving of that verdict.

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 And we watched the religious leaders of the Jews stir up the people so much that they demanded Jesus' execution.

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 And finally we saw how Pilate gave in.

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 We continue now with the story as witnessed and recorded by John the Apostle in John chapter 19 verse 16.

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 Finally, Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

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 So the soldiers took charge of Jesus.

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 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

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 There they crucified him.

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 And with him, two others, one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

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 So the Roman soldiers marched Jesus out of the city.

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 And Jesus is made to carry the wooden cross on which he will be crucified.

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 We notice here that John doesn't linger too much over this like the other three gospel writers do.

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 Matthew, Mark, and Luke give us other details.

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 John says Jesus carried his cross.

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 Some of those gospels tell us that he was only able to make it as far as the city gate.

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 And at that point there was a man named Simon from Cyrene who was just on his way into the city.

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 And the soldiers took that man named Simon and forced him to carry Jesus' cross for him.

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 We assume because he was too weak, unable to carry it himself.

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 Likely because the flogging he received was so severe.

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 And there's interactions that Jesus had with some of the people as he was proceeding out of the city that Luke tells us about.

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 Jesus speaks to them and tells them in Luke's gospel,

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 Don't cry for me.

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 Cry for yourselves.

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 Weep for yourselves and for your children.

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 And basically tells them that judgment is coming because of the wickedness of the people.

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 Verse 18.

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 There they crucified him and with him two others.

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 One on each side and Jesus in the middle.

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 Similar to the other gospel writers, John doesn't go into detail about how they crucified Jesus.

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 But simply tells us that they did.

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 They nailed him alive to a wooden cross and hung him up to die.

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 John takes notice that there were at least two others that were crucified at the same time as Jesus.

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 One on each side.

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 And again, John doesn't linger here.

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 He doesn't tell us about the brief exchanges between Jesus and the men on the cross like we hear about in Luke.

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 So what does John linger over here?

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 John makes a point of drawing our attention to the sign that was posted above Jesus' head on the cross.

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 Verse 19.

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 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross.

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 It read,

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 Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews.

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 Many of the Jews read this sign.

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 For the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city.

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 And the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

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 The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate.

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 Do not write the king of the Jews.

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 But that this man claimed to be the king of the Jews.

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 Pilate answered, what I have written, I have written.

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 It may seem strange to us that John would spend so much time on this.

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 But John wants us to notice it.

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 He wants us to read what was written on the sign above his head.

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 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 The king of the Jews.

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 Matthew tells us that this was the charge that was written against Jesus.

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 This brings into view the purpose of crucifixion.

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 It was a form of public execution done to criminals.

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 And it was the custom to write the name of the person

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 and what they were guilty of on a sign above their heads.

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 It was intended to get the attention of people passing by.

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 This is what will be done to people who do such things.

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 Usually people guilty of murder or other heinous crimes.

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 This is why the sign was written in three languages.

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 They wanted everybody to know that if you defy Roman law,

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 if you commit a capital offense, this will be your fate.

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 And John tells us that many of the Jews read this sign.

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 Here lies the irony of this whole situation.

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 Three times prior to this,

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 Pilate has declared Jesus to be innocent

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 and undeserving of punishment.

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 As we heard last week,

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 so much of Jesus' interactions with Pilate

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 and Pilate's interactions with the leaders and the people

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 had to do with whether or not Jesus was the king of the Jews.

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 Let me just remind us again.

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 It was the first question that Pilate asked Jesus.

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 Are you the king of the Jews?

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 It was the subject of their conversation.

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 Jesus said,

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 My kingdom is not from this world.

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 It was the title that Pilate gave publicly to Jesus.

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 Do you want me to release to you Barabbas or the king of the Jews?

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 Shall I crucify your king?

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 He said.

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 It's what Jesus was mocked for with the robe

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 and the crown of thorns by the soldiers.

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 Hail, king of the Jews!

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 They said.

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 And finally, it was why the religious leaders said

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 Pilate must condemn him

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 or be no friend of the emperor's.

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 We have no king but Caesar, they said.

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 Whether Jesus is the king of the Jews

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 is at the heart of all of this.

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 So it makes sense that this is what Pilate had written on the sign

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 and yet it's ironic, isn't it?

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 Jesus is being executed for what?

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 What crime has he committed?

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 The king of the Jews is not a crime.

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 The religious leaders tried to paint Jesus as guilty of sedition.

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 Guilty of undermining the emperor's authority and rule

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 with his claim to be king.

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 And yet Jesus has not participated in any kind of violent uprising

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 or military action.

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 He hasn't promoted any kind of rebellion against Caesar.

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 So we have to think about what this charge against Jesus meant

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 to those involved.

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 John tells us that the religious leaders

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 objected to what Pilate had written for the sign.

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 They protested.

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 Do not write the king of the Jews

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 but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.

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 They wanted it to be clear that Jesus was not their king.

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 Not their Messiah.

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 But Pilate refused to change the sign.

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 I don't think he's too happy with these chief priests.

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 He's been working a good part of his day to figure all this out

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 and how he can release Jesus

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 since it's obvious that Jesus doesn't deserve this.

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 But these chief priests, they've been stirring up the people

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 and it's getting out of hand.

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 They've been posturing.

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 Trying to manipulate Pilate into having Jesus killed.

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 Like, if you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar's.

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 So I think Pilate is quite happy to stick it to them

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 and to write on there

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 the opposite of what they are saying.

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 What he knows will offend them.

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 And we did see that Pilate was somewhat sympathetic

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 even to Jesus.

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 Possibly, maybe, we don't know.

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 He thought that Jesus should be their king

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 at least under the Roman government.

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 Finally, there's what God meant

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 by the sign posted above his head.

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 In the providence of God,

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 in the sovereign working and orchestrating of God,

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 the truth of who Jesus was and is

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 came to be written on the sign above his head.

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 Remember what the angel declared to Mary.

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 The angel said,

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 You will conceive and give birth to a son

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 and you are to call him Jesus.

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 He will be great and will be called

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 the son of the Most High.

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 The Lord God will give him the throne

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 of his father, David.

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 And he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever.

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 His kingdom will never end.

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 He was the king of the Jews.

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 He was God's chosen king for his people.

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 The promised Messiah.

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 This is at the heart of why he was crucified.

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 Yet as we heard last Sunday,

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 they rejected him as their Messiah,

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 as their king.

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 It's a powerful detail of Jesus' death

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 that John wants us to see.

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 Why did they kill him?

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 Not because he had done anything wrong

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 or was a criminal.

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 They executed him

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 because of who he really was.

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 The king of the Jews.

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 It was a blatant and clear rejection

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 of him as Messiah.

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 As the one God had sent.

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 The next thing John tells us about

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 at Jesus' crucifixion

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 is what they did with Jesus' clothing.

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 Verse 23.

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 When the soldiers crucified Jesus,

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 they took his clothes,

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 dividing them into four shares,

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 one for each of them,

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 with the undergarment remaining.

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 This garment was seamless,

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 woven in one piece from top to bottom.

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 Let's not tear it,

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 they said to one another.

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 Let's decide by lot who will get it.

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 This happened

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 that the scripture might be fulfilled

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 that said,

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 they divided my clothes among them

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 and cast lots for my garment.

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 So this is what the soldiers did.

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 When the soldiers crucified Jesus,

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 they took his clothes.

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 Let's pause for a moment

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 before we get to what they did

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 with his clothes.

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 Consider first that they took his clothes

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 away from him.

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 Crucifixion was not only excruciating,

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 it was utterly humiliating.

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 At the same time,

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 they took his clothes.

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 They stripped him naked,

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 right there in front of everybody,

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 and then they nailed his body

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 to the cross.

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 Most depictions of the crucifixion

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 in art or film

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 have Jesus wearing some sort of undergarment

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 while on the cross.

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 Perhaps we just assume

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 that they still had some sense of decency

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 back then,

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 which they afforded to criminals

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 at their execution.

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 Much more likely, though,

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 is that artists today

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 and filmmakers today

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 are being sensitive

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 to their audiences.

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 The whole point of this

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 was to publicly shame

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 the criminal

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 for his actions.

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 Stripping them naked

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 was part of how they achieved that.

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 And the Roman soldiers,

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 as we heard last Sunday,

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 they treated people on death row

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 with brutality.

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 They mocked Jesus.

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 They spit on him.

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 They beat him.

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 They tortured him

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 with the crown of thorns.

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 And so we can be pretty confident

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 that they took all of his clothes,

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 stripped him completely naked

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 before executing him.

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 John remembered this part

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 of the crucifixion.

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 They took his clothes.

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 Now here's what they did with them.

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 They divided them up like plunder,

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 says John.

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 Now we might have to wonder here,

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 why would they even want

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 the clothes of Jesus?

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 They would have likely been covered in blood

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 from when Jesus was flogged.

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 Truth be told,

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 we don't know

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 what was going on

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 in the minds of these soldiers.

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 Could it be that Jesus

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 had been such a popular figure

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 that they thought of having

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 an article of his clothes

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 as a sick sort of souvenir?

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 Something to be able

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 to brag about to others.

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 I was there.

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 I was one of the ones

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 who executed Jesus.

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 We don't know.

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 But evidently,

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 they wanted his under tunic

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 enough

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 to cast lots for it,

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 to roll dice for it.

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 It must have been

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 absolutely heart-wrenching

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 for John to watch this.

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 But as John reflected on all this,

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 he remembered the words

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 of Psalm 22,

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 a psalm written by King David

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 almost a thousand years

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 before all this.

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 John remembered a part

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 of that psalm

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 where God's chosen king,

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 David,

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 said,

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 They divide 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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 Here John is watching

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 as that very thing

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 is happening.

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 As the word of God

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 spoken long ago

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 through David

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 is fulfilled.

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 It's happening

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 right in front of his eyes.

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 They divided

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 Jesus' clothes,

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 plural,

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 and cast lots

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 for his garment,

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 singular.

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 Just as King David

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 described,

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 so it was happening now

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 with the son

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 of David.

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 God's ancient words

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 of prophecy

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 being fulfilled.

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 Now we come to

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 a very unique part

00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:37.639
 of this account,

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 something we only see

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 through John's eyes.

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 Verse 25.

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 Near the cross

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 of Jesus

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 stood his mother,

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 his mother's sister,

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 Mary,

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 the wife of Clopas,

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 and Mary Magdalene.

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 When Jesus saw

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 his mother there

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 and the disciple

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 whom he loved

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 standing nearby,

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 he said to her,

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 Woman,

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 here is your son.

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 And to the disciple,

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 here is your mother.

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 From that time on,

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 this disciple

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 took her

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 into his home.

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 So John tells us

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 that there were

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 some women

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 standing near

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 the cross

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 where Jesus

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 was hanging.

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 He mentions

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 four women,

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 one of whom

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 was Jesus'

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 own mother,

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 Mary.

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 And standing

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 nearby to Jesus'

00:16:27.659 --> 00:16:28.139
 mother was

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 this disciple

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 whom Jesus

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 loved.

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 Now,

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 I'm not going to

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 get into all this

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 this morning,

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 but a good

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 biblical case

00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:37.879
 can be made

00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:40.740
 that the disciple

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 whom Jesus

00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:41.940
 loved

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 was John,

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 the author

00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:46.000
 of this

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 account.

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 The later

00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:49.779
 writings of history

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 affirm that.

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 Tradition

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 agrees.

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 This is likely

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 John the apostle

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 referring to himself

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 in a way that

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 keeps

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 himself

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 anonymous.

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 I think that

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 John doesn't want

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 to do anything

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 to draw attention

00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:05.759
 to himself

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 at this moment.

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 He wants to

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 keep the spotlight

00:17:09.320 --> 00:17:10.200
 on Jesus.

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 Look up

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 to the man

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 on the cross.

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 Don't look at me

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 down on the ground

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 here.

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 So John was

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 there

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 near

00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.920
 the cross.

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 He was right

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 there witnessing

00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:26.680
 all of this

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 with his own eyes.

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 And something

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 happened in that

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 moment that John

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 just had to tell

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 us.

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 As Jesus

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 was suffering

00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:36.299
 on the cross,

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 Jesus looked

00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:37.659
 down and

00:17:37.659 --> 00:17:38.700
 saw his

00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:39.319
 mother.

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 And he

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 saw John

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 and he spoke

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 to each of them.

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 To his mom,

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 take

00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:51.180
 John

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 as your son.

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 And to John,

00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.079
 take

00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:55.799
 my mom

00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:57.119
 as your own

00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:57.720
 mother.

00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:57.779
 father.

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 This is a

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 sweet moment.

00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:02.539
 In the midst

00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:03.039
 of Jesus'

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:03.700
 suffering,

00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:05.480
 his agony,

00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:06.839
 he is still

00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:07.980
 thinking of

00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:08.460
 others.

00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:11.000
 He's still

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.759
 caring for

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.120
 others.

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 He's thinking

00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:13.720
 of his dear

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:15.180
 mother and

00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:15.860
 what it's like

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 for her to be

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 losing her son

00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.180
 in this moment.

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 And so,

00:18:19.620 --> 00:18:20.480
 take this

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 beloved

00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.860
 disciple of

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 mine,

00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:23.539
 John,

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 as your

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 son.

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 And John,

00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:27.840
 take my

00:18:27.840 --> 00:18:28.440
 mom as

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 your own

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 mom.

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 Look after

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.100
 her.

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.759
 Take care

00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:33.100
 of her.

00:18:35.120 --> 00:18:35.779
 We don't

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.200
 know where

00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:36.620
 Joseph,

00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.580
 the earthly

00:18:37.580 --> 00:18:38.480
 father of

00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:38.820
 Jesus,

00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.700
 has been.

00:18:40.860 --> 00:18:41.259
 He's not

00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:41.880
 mentioned in

00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:42.299
 the gospel

00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:43.640
 accounts after

00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:44.220
 the beginning.

00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:46.140
 Did he die?

00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:46.960
 Was Jesus'

00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:47.600
 mother a

00:18:47.600 --> 00:18:47.759
 widow?

00:18:48.180 --> 00:18:50.700
 John tells

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.259
 us that

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:51.660
 from this

00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.220
 moment on,

00:18:52.340 --> 00:18:53.060
 this disciple

00:18:53.060 --> 00:18:53.960
 took Jesus'

00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:55.100
 mom into

00:18:55.100 --> 00:18:55.640
 his home.

00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:57.560
 And so,

00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.100
 history and

00:18:58.100 --> 00:18:58.900
 tradition probably

00:18:58.900 --> 00:18:59.779
 has it right.

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 They could

00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:01.220
 have just

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:02.240
 verified this

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:04.759
 after John's

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.180
 writing.

00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:07.120
 Who is Mary

00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:07.759
 living with

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.299
 today?

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.060
 You know,

00:19:11.100 --> 00:19:11.539
 as I read

00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:11.740
 this,

00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.060
 I'm just

00:19:12.060 --> 00:19:12.680
 blown away

00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:13.060
 at how

00:19:13.060 --> 00:19:14.360
 truly loving

00:19:14.360 --> 00:19:15.400
 Jesus is.

00:19:16.840 --> 00:19:17.860
 His own

00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:18.719
 pain and

00:19:18.719 --> 00:19:19.119
 his own

00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:19.819
 suffering

00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:21.139
 cannot keep

00:19:21.139 --> 00:19:21.599
 him from

00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:22.259
 thinking of

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:23.899
 others and

00:19:23.899 --> 00:19:24.579
 caring for

00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:25.019
 others.

00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:27.299
 Even as

00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:27.859
 he dies,

00:19:27.959 --> 00:19:28.539
 he's making

00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.459
 arrangements for

00:19:29.459 --> 00:19:30.819
 his mom to

00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:31.559
 be cared for.

00:19:32.179 --> 00:19:32.959
 It's amazing.

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:37.620
 John now

00:19:37.620 --> 00:19:38.360
 fast-forward

00:19:38.360 --> 00:19:39.140
 a little bit

00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:40.680
 and time

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.539
 passes on

00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:42.640
 as Jesus

00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.319
 hangs there

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:43.700
 on the

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.120
 cross.

00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.819
 Verse 28,

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:47.359
 later,

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:47.960
 knowing that

00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:48.559
 everything had

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.039
 now been

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.700
 finished and

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.119
 so that

00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:50.899
 scripture would

00:19:50.899 --> 00:19:51.639
 be fulfilled,

00:19:52.139 --> 00:19:52.839
 Jesus said,

00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:54.500
 I'm thirsty.

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:57.179
 A jar of

00:19:57.179 --> 00:19:57.859
 wine vinegar

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.519
 was there,

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.119
 so they

00:19:59.119 --> 00:19:59.659
 soaked a

00:19:59.659 --> 00:20:00.319
 sponge in

00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:00.519
 it,

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.480
 put the

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.139
 sponge on

00:20:02.139 --> 00:20:02.659
 a stalk

00:20:02.659 --> 00:20:03.079
 of the

00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:03.399
 hyssop

00:20:03.399 --> 00:20:03.799
 plant,

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:05.259
 and lifted

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.679
 it to

00:20:05.679 --> 00:20:06.059
 Jesus'

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:06.879
 lips.

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.879
 When he

00:20:08.879 --> 00:20:09.480
 had received

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.019
 the drink,

00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:11.319
 Jesus said,

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:13.159
 it is

00:20:13.159 --> 00:20:13.859
 finished.

00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:16.279
 With that,

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.379
 he bowed

00:20:17.379 --> 00:20:17.879
 his head

00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:19.139
 and gave

00:20:19.139 --> 00:20:19.500
 up his

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:19.839
 spirit.

00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.879
 So John

00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.359
 tells us

00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:22.899
 about Jesus'

00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:23.740
 final moments

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.240
 leading up

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.579
 to his

00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:24.919
 death.

00:20:25.659 --> 00:20:25.839
 John

00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.299
 remembered

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.839
 that Jesus

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.599
 was thirsty,

00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:29.139
 and after

00:20:29.139 --> 00:20:29.759
 saying so,

00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:30.339
 a drink of

00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:31.539
 wine vinegar

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:33.079
 was given

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:34.139
 to him.

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.179
 This word

00:20:35.179 --> 00:20:36.699
 refers to

00:20:36.699 --> 00:20:38.059
 an inexpensive,

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:38.859
 a cheap,

00:20:39.899 --> 00:20:40.699
 sour wine

00:20:40.699 --> 00:20:42.979
 that people

00:20:42.979 --> 00:20:43.419
 in the

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:43.920
 lower ranks

00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:44.539
 of society

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.100
 would often

00:20:45.100 --> 00:20:45.800
 drink in

00:20:45.800 --> 00:20:46.400
 those days.

00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:47.960
 And they

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.440
 lifted this

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:48.880
 up on the

00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.360
 stalk of a

00:20:49.360 --> 00:20:50.000
 hyssop plant

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.440
 to his

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:50.779
 lips,

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:51.200
 and this

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.000
 seems to

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.720
 prepare Jesus

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.200
 for his

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:54.060
 last words

00:20:54.060 --> 00:20:55.080
 from the

00:20:55.080 --> 00:20:55.500
 cross.

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:58.160
 It is

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:59.360
 finished.

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.560
 Could be

00:21:01.560 --> 00:21:01.980
 that these

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.340
 were the

00:21:02.340 --> 00:21:02.860
 words that

00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:03.580
 Jesus spoke

00:21:03.580 --> 00:21:04.279
 with the

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.960
 loud cry

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.539
 mentioned

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.200
 by Mark

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.180
 before

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.539
 breathing

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.320
 his last.

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.680
 It is

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.620
 finished.

00:21:11.619 --> 00:21:11.719
 finished.

00:21:12.899 --> 00:21:13.659
 These are

00:21:13.659 --> 00:21:14.099
 rich and

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.399
 meaningful

00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:14.879
 words.

00:21:15.939 --> 00:21:16.459
 And we

00:21:16.459 --> 00:21:16.859
 know from

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:17.419
 how Jesus

00:21:17.419 --> 00:21:17.939
 has been

00:21:17.939 --> 00:21:19.659
 speaking that

00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.119
 he doesn't

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.659
 just mean

00:21:20.659 --> 00:21:21.599
 finally my

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.219
 suffering is

00:21:22.219 --> 00:21:22.539
 over.

00:21:23.459 --> 00:21:24.319
 This word

00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:24.919
 for finished

00:21:24.919 --> 00:21:25.419
 he has

00:21:25.419 --> 00:21:25.979
 already been

00:21:25.979 --> 00:21:27.319
 using the

00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:28.079
 previous night

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.459
 in his

00:21:28.459 --> 00:21:28.839
 prayer.

00:21:29.979 --> 00:21:30.759
 John 17

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.339
 verse 4,

00:21:31.439 --> 00:21:31.679
 he was

00:21:31.679 --> 00:21:32.139
 praying to

00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.639
 his father.

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.000
 He said,

00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.299
 I have

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:34.099
 brought you

00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:35.459
 glory on

00:21:35.459 --> 00:21:36.399
 earth by

00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:37.959
 finishing the

00:21:37.959 --> 00:21:39.019
 work you

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:40.219
 gave me to

00:21:40.219 --> 00:21:40.439
 do.

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:40.840
 It's the

00:21:40.840 --> 00:21:41.440
 same word.

00:21:43.820 --> 00:21:44.779
 It is

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.660
 finished.

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:46.799
 It is

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.700
 accomplished

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:49.180
 is what

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:50.059
 Jesus means.

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:51.080
 Mission

00:21:51.080 --> 00:21:51.960
 completed.

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.380
 My work

00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:54.360
 is done.

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.200
 And upon

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:56.860
 saying this

00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:57.680
 Jesus bows

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.259
 his head

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.640
 and gives

00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.000
 up his

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.340
 spirit.

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:01.960
 I know

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.299
 I've said

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.759
 this many

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.259
 times.

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.120
 So many

00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:04.600
 times I've

00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:05.140
 lost count.

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.880
 But what a

00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:06.680
 thing to say

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:08.360
 in this

00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:08.779
 moment.

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:12.240
 we don't

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.660
 think of

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:14.099
 death as

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:14.839
 the completion

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:15.579
 of our

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:15.899
 work.

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.399
 We think

00:22:16.399 --> 00:22:16.720
 of that

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.160
 as kind

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.720
 of, you

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.000
 know, it's

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.559
 tragedy.

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.899
 It's the

00:22:19.899 --> 00:22:20.639
 loss of our

00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:21.740
 opportunity to

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.579
 live and to

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:22.920
 work.

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:25.139
 But Jesus,

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:27.339
 knowing that

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:27.740
 he's about

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.359
 to die,

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.579
 claims his

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.720
 own death

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:32.299
 as the

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:33.059
 accomplishment,

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.960
 the completion

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.879
 of his work.

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:38.200
 he knew

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.660
 he came

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.000
 to do

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.360
 this.

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:41.260
 He knew

00:22:41.260 --> 00:22:42.160
 he was

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:42.740
 here to

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.360
 offer his

00:22:43.360 --> 00:22:44.600
 life as

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:45.220
 a sacrifice

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.020
 of atonement

00:22:46.020 --> 00:22:47.180
 for the

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.600
 sins of

00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:47.940
 people.

00:22:48.800 --> 00:22:49.040
 And so

00:22:49.040 --> 00:22:49.680
 staring his

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.100
 own death

00:22:50.100 --> 00:22:50.700
 in the face,

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:51.820
 knowing what

00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:52.500
 it will

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.120
 achieve,

00:22:53.560 --> 00:22:54.420
 he embraces

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:54.860
 it and

00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.340
 declares,

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.340
 mission

00:22:56.340 --> 00:22:57.460
 accomplished.

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 I mean,

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.940
 what a

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.600
 holy thing.

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:04.699
 such a

00:23:04.699 --> 00:23:05.319
 unique thing

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:05.980
 about Jesus

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:07.759
 as he

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.159
 dies.

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:08.740
 It's a

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:11.099
 sign that

00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:11.559
 he really

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.399
 was sent

00:23:12.399 --> 00:23:12.959
 from heaven.

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.399
 Notice

00:23:16.399 --> 00:23:16.799
 the way

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.299
 that John

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.299
 describes

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:19.059
 Jesus

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.899
 dying.

00:23:20.919 --> 00:23:21.099
 With

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.519
 that,

00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:22.299
 he bowed

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.659
 his head

00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:23.519
 and death

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.139
 overtook

00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:24.359
 him.

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.379
 No.

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.439
 With

00:23:28.439 --> 00:23:28.799
 that,

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.279
 he bowed

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.719
 his head

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.500
 and gave

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.960
 up

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:33.400
 his spirit.

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.220
 Literally,

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.460
 handed over

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:36.720
 his spirit.

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.200
 I don't

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.539
 think this

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.180
 is coincidence.

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.220
 Death

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:40.700
 did not

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.460
 overtake

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.100
 Jesus

00:23:42.100 --> 00:23:42.980
 like a

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.240
 greater

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.740
 power

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.480
 overtaking

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.200
 a lesser

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.660
 power.

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.460
 No.

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.079
 Jesus

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:48.100
 handed over

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:49.519
 and gave

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:49.940
 up

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.900
 his spirit.

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.680
 He allowed

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.360
 death,

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.380
 the lesser

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:54.059
 power,

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.180
 to have

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.759
 his body

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:57.360
 and surrendered

00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:58.200
 his spirit

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.100
 to the

00:23:59.100 --> 00:23:59.539
 hands

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:01.339
 of his

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.700
 father.

00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:03.059
 Remember

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.559
 what Jesus

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.019
 said

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:05.019
 back in

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.319
 John

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:06.279
 chapter

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.920
 10

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:10.680
 verse 14

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.339
 and 15.

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.519
 I am the

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.159
 good shepherd

00:24:14.159 --> 00:24:16.279
 and I lay

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.940
 down my

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.519
 life for

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:17.960
 the sheep.

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.200
 No one

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.839
 takes it

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.359
 from me

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.759
 but I lay

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.220
 it down

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.539
 of my own

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:23.920
 accord.

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.680
 I have

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.480
 authority to

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.159
 lay it down

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:28.700
 and authority

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.200
 to take

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:29.480
 it up

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:29.840
 again.

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:33.440
 Just like

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.019
 Jesus said

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.240
 in the

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.660
 garden of

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.279
 Gethsemane

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.960
 at his

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.680
 arrest,

00:24:37.800 --> 00:24:38.720
 he could

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.779
 have called

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.300
 upon his

00:24:40.300 --> 00:24:41.560
 father in

00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:42.100
 this moment,

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:42.940
 come down

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.360
 from the

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.759
 cross,

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.740
 healed his

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.120
 wounds,

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.340
 struck down

00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:47.080
 his enemies.

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.519
 They couldn't

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.040
 take his

00:24:49.040 --> 00:24:49.720
 life from

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.000
 him.

00:24:51.040 --> 00:24:51.600
 But just

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:52.000
 like in

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.700
 Gethsemane,

00:24:53.840 --> 00:24:55.019
 shall I not

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.480
 drink the

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.019
 cup the

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.540
 father has

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.079
 given me.

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.000
 And so

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.379
 Jesus

00:24:59.379 --> 00:25:00.079
 willingly,

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.180
 voluntarily

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:02.519
 surrenders

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.139
 his life

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:04.500
 to death

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.759
 and hands

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.259
 over his

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.659
 spirit

00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:08.440
 from his

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:08.799
 body

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.779
 to God.

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:13.019
 Now John

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.399
 has more

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:14.079
 to tell us

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:15.440
 about that

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:15.779
 day.

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.440
 We're going

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:16.879
 to save it

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.279
 for next

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.659
 Sunday.

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.259
 In the

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.619
 time we

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.139
 have left,

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.819
 let's linger,

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.839
 let's reflect

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.220
 a little

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:23.599
 on this

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.799
 suffering and

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.299
 this death

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.819
 of Jesus.

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.899
 what's the

00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.700
 meaning of

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.240
 all this?

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:29.899
 Well,

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.559
 John's already

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.599
 shared some

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:31.919
 of that.

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.500
 To recap,

00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:35.359
 this is the

00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:35.939
 true king

00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:36.639
 of the Jews,

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.819
 chosen and

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.579
 sent by

00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:39.000
 God,

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.639
 yet rejected

00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:42.079
 by his

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:42.480
 people.

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.200
 And this

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.159
 isn't happening

00:25:45.159 --> 00:25:45.899
 outside the

00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:46.559
 great plan

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.179
 of God.

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.980
 John tells

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.500
 us twice

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.639
 in this

00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:51.319
 account,

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.139
 this happened

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.900
 so that

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.540
 the scriptures

00:25:54.540 --> 00:25:55.660
 might be

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.100
 fulfilled.

00:25:56.520 --> 00:25:56.880
 So that

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.400
 what God

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.259
 declared

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.180
 long ago

00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:00.500
 would be

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.420
 completed.

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.340
 And we

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:05.440
 heard also

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.100
 from Jesus

00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:08.140
 himself in

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.480
 the moment

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.040
 just before

00:26:09.040 --> 00:26:09.500
 he died

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.740
 that the

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.180
 death he's

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.620
 about to

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:12.380
 die is

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:13.100
 his work

00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:14.420
 now

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.120
 finished.

00:26:16.300 --> 00:26:17.080
 But what

00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:17.460
 is that

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:17.720
 work?

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.380
 Why did

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.000
 he have to

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.980
 die like

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.320
 this?

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:21.319
 what I

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.559
 want to

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:21.919
 do here

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:22.339
 now is

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.679
 to just

00:26:22.679 --> 00:26:23.039
 simply

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.019
 quickly

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.200
 go back

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.839
 through a

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.319
 couple

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:28.059
 pieces of

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.460
 John's

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.019
 gospel and

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.500
 just read

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:29.799
 a few

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.439
 verses to

00:26:30.439 --> 00:26:31.919
 you that

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:32.740
 explain the

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.259
 significance

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.799
 of his

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.159
 death.

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.639
 Because

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:36.919
 Jesus has

00:26:36.919 --> 00:26:37.439
 been talking

00:26:37.439 --> 00:26:37.960
 about it

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.500
 all the way

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:38.799
 through.

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.019
 Why did

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.700
 Jesus die

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:41.980
 on the

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.359
 cross?

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:43.960
 Hear the

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.439
 words of

00:26:44.439 --> 00:26:44.799
 John the

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.399
 baptizer

00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:45.859
 again.

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.240
 Behold

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.399
 the Lamb

00:26:48.399 --> 00:26:49.319
 of God

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.279
 who takes

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.480
 away the

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.379
 sin of

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:52.819
 the world.

00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:55.279
 Hear again

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.799
 what Jesus

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.259
 said to

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.960
 Nicodemus.

00:26:58.179 --> 00:26:58.960
 Just as

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.939
 Moses lifted

00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:00.399
 up the

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:00.859
 snake in

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.319
 the wilderness

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:02.879
 on the

00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:03.460
 wooden pole,

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.819
 so the

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.179
 Son of

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:05.700
 Man must

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.179
 be lifted

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:07.240
 up that

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.980
 everyone who

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:09.200
 believes may

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.799
 have eternal

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.859
 life in

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.139
 him.

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.960
 For God

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.759
 so loved

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.220
 the world

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.639
 that he

00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:15.659
 gave his

00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.059
 one and

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.700
 only Son

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:18.460
 that whoever

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.220
 believes in

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.019
 him shall

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.880
 not perish

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:22.299
 but have

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.740
 eternal

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.220
 life.

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:26.019
 Hear again

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.440
 what Jesus

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:26.860
 said to

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.519
 his disciples

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.279
 in Samaria.

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.559
 John

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.180
 chapter 4

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.920
 verse 34.

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.759
 My food,

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.420
 he said,

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.539
 is to do

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.140
 the will

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.640
 of him

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.180
 who sent

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.539
 me and

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.220
 to finish

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.779
 his work.

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.620
 Don't you

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:39.900
 have a

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.200
 saying?

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.460
 It's still

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.200
 four months

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:43.019
 until harvest.

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.079
 I tell you,

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:44.960
 open your

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.579
 eyes and look

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.240
 at the fields.

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.339
 They are ripe

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:48.019
 for harvest.

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:49.079
 Even now

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.420
 the one

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.879
 who reaps

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.400
 draws a

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.859
 wage and

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.599
 harvests a

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.420
 crop for

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.299
 eternal life.

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.319
 Hear again

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.799
 what Jesus

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.379
 said to the

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.759
 crowd at

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.319
 Capernaum.

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.359
 He declared

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.859
 to them,

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.819
 I am the

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.240
 bread of

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.660
 life.

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:05.740
 Whoever

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.379
 comes to

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:06.680
 me will

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.160
 never go

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:08.160
 hungry and

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.420
 whoever

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:09.119
 believes in

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.420
 me will

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.879
 never be

00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:10.279
 thirsty.

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.480
 Your

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.039
 ancestors

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.579
 ate the

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.019
 manna in

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.480
 the wilderness

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.980
 yet they

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.480
 died.

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.880
 but here

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.380
 is the

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:16.839
 bread that

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.500
 comes down

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.120
 from heaven

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.799
 which anyone

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.319
 may eat

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:19.960
 and not

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.339
 die.

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.779
 I am

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.259
 the living

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.799
 bread that

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.259
 came down

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.759
 from heaven.

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.099
 Whoever

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.960
 eats this

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.799
 bread will

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.420
 live forever.

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:28.019
 This bread

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:29.180
 is my

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:30.539
 flesh which

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:30.860
 I will

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.920
 give for

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.339
 the life

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.620
 of the

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:32.920
 world.

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.700
 Whoever

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.539
 eats my

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.160
 flesh and

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.779
 drinks my

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.539
 blood has

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.480
 eternal life

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.240
 and I will

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.940
 raise them

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:41.240
 up at the

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.819
 last day.

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:45.659
 hear again

00:28:45.659 --> 00:28:46.859
 his words to

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.579
 the Pharisees.

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.200
 John chapter

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.779
 10 verse

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.099
 11.

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.639
 I am the

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.899
 good shepherd.

00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.599
 The good

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.519
 shepherd lays

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.019
 down his

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:54.019
 life for

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.039
 the sheep.

00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:58.059
 I am the

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.639
 good shepherd.

00:28:59.220 --> 00:29:00.200
 I know my

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.819
 sheep and my

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.619
 sheep know me

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:03.839
 and I lay

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.639
 down my

00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:05.720
 life for

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.179
 the sheep.

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:08.960
 Hear what

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.639
 Jesus said to

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:10.359
 his disciples.

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.619
 John chapter

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:13.279
 12 verse

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.819
 23.

00:29:14.919 --> 00:29:15.339
 The hour

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:16.099
 has come for

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.619
 the son of

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.159
 man to be

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:17.819
 glorified.

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.959
 Very truly I

00:29:19.959 --> 00:29:20.659
 tell you unless

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.439
 a kernel of

00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:22.579
 wheat falls to

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.219
 the ground and

00:29:23.219 --> 00:29:23.979
 dies it remains

00:29:23.979 --> 00:29:24.939
 only a single

00:29:24.939 --> 00:29:25.399
 seed.

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.459
 But if it

00:29:27.459 --> 00:29:28.959
 dies it

00:29:28.959 --> 00:29:30.779
 produces many

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.519
 seeds.

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:33.919
 Now my

00:29:33.919 --> 00:29:34.439
 soul is

00:29:34.439 --> 00:29:34.919
 troubled and

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:35.479
 what shall I

00:29:35.479 --> 00:29:35.719
 say?

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.439
 Father save

00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:37.039
 me from this

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.299
 hour?

00:29:37.699 --> 00:29:38.139
 No.

00:29:38.459 --> 00:29:39.019
 It was for

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.779
 this very

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:41.119
 reason I

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.500
 came.

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:43.299
 to this

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.639
 hour.

00:29:45.639 --> 00:29:46.419
 Here again

00:29:46.419 --> 00:29:47.000
 how John

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:48.500
 describes this

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.319
 final day

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:50.239
 leading up to

00:29:50.239 --> 00:29:50.959
 Jesus' death.

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.559
 John chapter

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.339
 13 verse

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:52.679
 1.

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:59.179
 Jesus knew

00:29:59.179 --> 00:29:59.719
 that the hour

00:29:59.719 --> 00:30:00.279
 had come for

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.839
 him to leave

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.519
 this world and

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.919
 go to the

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:02.239
 Father.

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:04.079
 Having loved

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:05.139
 his own who

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.619
 were in the

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.599
 world he loved

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.679
 them to the

00:30:07.679 --> 00:30:08.000
 end.

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:11.880
 hear again

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.400
 what Jesus

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.079
 said to his

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:15.140
 disciples later

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.779
 that night.

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.859
 John 15

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.700
 verse 13.

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.720
 Greater love

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:21.660
 has no one

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.200
 than this

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:24.200
 to lay down

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.619
 one's life

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.680
 for one's

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.119
 friends.

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.839
 And finally

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.420
 hear again

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:31.200
 Jesus' words

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.619
 to his

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:33.259
 Father in

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.799
 his prayer.

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.680
 John 17

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.500
 verse 19.

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.299
 for them

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:38.339
 my disciples

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:39.619
 I set

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:41.099
 myself apart

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:42.619
 that they

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.039
 too

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:44.160
 may be

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.559
 truly

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.859
 set apart.

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:48.019
 All along

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.779
 God has been

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.259
 speaking

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:50.500
 preparing us

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.559
 telling us

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.059
 the meaning

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.579
 of what would

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.019
 happen

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:54.059
 with Jesus

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.839
 at the cross.

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:56.000
 he died

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.500
 as a

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.119
 sacrificial

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.599
 lamb

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:59.339
 to atone

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.059
 for sins

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:01.299
 to secure

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.099
 eternal

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.859
 life

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:04.039
 for all

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.419
 who will

00:31:04.419 --> 00:31:04.879
 believe.

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:05.799
 He laid

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.319
 down his

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.899
 life

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:08.259
 for his

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.740
 people

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.919
 to protect

00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:10.339
 them

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.939
 to save

00:31:10.939 --> 00:31:11.159
 them

00:31:11.159 --> 00:31:11.859
 to bring

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.279
 about a

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.539
 great

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.159
 harvest

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:14.459
 a great

00:31:14.459 --> 00:31:15.240
 ingathering

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.699
 of people

00:31:15.699 --> 00:31:16.359
 set apart

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.059
 specially

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:18.199
 for God

00:31:18.199 --> 00:31:19.000
 and again

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.399
 and again

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:19.919
 and again

00:31:19.919 --> 00:31:20.899
 we hear

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.299
 of how

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:22.000
 his

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.779
 love

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.959
 is why

00:31:23.959 --> 00:31:24.339
 he is

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:24.699
 doing

00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:25.559
 this work

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.099
 for God

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:27.459
 so loved

00:31:27.459 --> 00:31:28.339
 the world

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:29.639
 having loved

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.099
 his own

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.519
 who were in

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.779
 the world

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.399
 he loved

00:31:31.399 --> 00:31:31.759
 them to

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.279
 the end

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:34.459
 greater

00:31:34.459 --> 00:31:35.119
 love

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.919
 has no

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.379
 man than

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:36.699
 this

00:31:36.699 --> 00:31:38.859
 to lay

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.199
 down

00:31:39.199 --> 00:31:39.819
 his life

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.199
 for his

00:31:40.199 --> 00:31:40.659
 friends

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:42.159
 so again

00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:42.619
 I want to

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.259
 call all

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.599
 of you

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.980
 to see

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.779
 him there

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:47.059
 hanging

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.779
 on the

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.240
 cross

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:49.480
 dying

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:51.859
 because

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.339
 he loves

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.659
 you

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:54.440
 to

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:54.820
 atone

00:31:54.820 --> 00:31:55.040
 for

00:31:55.040 --> 00:31:55.340
 your

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:55.920
 sins

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:57.580
 do you

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:57.940
 know

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:59.420
 do you

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.019
 believe

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.920
 that he

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.340
 did it

00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:01.640
 out of

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:01.900
 that

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.560
 deep

00:32:02.560 --> 00:32:03.800
 strong

00:32:03.800 --> 00:32:04.519
 love

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:06.460
 for you

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:10.779
 it

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:12.100
 is

00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:13.200
 finished

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:15.660
 salvation

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.300
 has been

00:32:16.300 --> 00:32:16.860
 secured

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:18.659
 for all

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:18.979
 who will

00:32:18.979 --> 00:32:19.319
 put their

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.779
 trust

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.439
 and hope

00:32:20.439 --> 00:32:21.459
 and faith

00:32:21.459 --> 00:32:22.799
 in the

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:22.979
 Lord

00:32:22.979 --> 00:32:23.399
 Jesus

00:32:23.399 --> 00:32:24.000
 have you

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.199
 done

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:24.500
 that

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:27.539
 if not

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.199
 I urge

00:32:28.199 --> 00:32:28.500
 you

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.619
 do it

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:30.279
 today

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:32.059
 for those

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.299
 of us

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:32.519
 who have

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:32.779
 done it

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.139
 already

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.679
 hear this

00:32:33.679 --> 00:32:34.099
 wonderful

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.459
 news

00:32:34.459 --> 00:32:34.879
 again

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.939
 for every

00:32:35.939 --> 00:32:36.500
 sin

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.159
 for every

00:32:37.159 --> 00:32:37.740
 failure

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.559
 of this

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:38.899
 past

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.319
 week

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:40.699
 this past

00:32:40.699 --> 00:32:41.019
 month

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.599
 this past

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.099
 year

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.859
 Jesus

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.439
 died

00:32:43.439 --> 00:32:43.799
 and made

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.240
 full

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.839
 atonement

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:47.299
 it's

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:47.779
 finished

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.279
 it was

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.719
 finished

00:32:48.719 --> 00:32:49.139
 at the

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.599
 cross

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:51.199
 you're

00:32:51.199 --> 00:32:51.639
 free

00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:52.959
 your guilt

00:32:52.959 --> 00:32:53.839
 is gone

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:56.559
 the Lamb

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.119
 of God

00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:58.619
 Jesus

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.919
 died

00:32:59.919 --> 00:33:01.359
 to make

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:01.779
 it so

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:03.519
 you're

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.919
 forgiven

00:33:03.919 --> 00:33:06.579
 praise the

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:06.939
 Lord

00:33:06.939 --> 00:33:08.480
 give thanks

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:08.819
 to the

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.079
 Lord

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.740
 for he

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.319
 is good

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.879
 his love

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.259
 endures

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.700
 forever

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:16.059
 are you

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.639
 walking in

00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:17.220
 that freedom

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.519
 in that

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.000
 forgiveness

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.799
 that was

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.220
 accomplished

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.759
 for you

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.159
 at the

00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:21.579
 cross

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:24.679
 the cross

00:33:24.679 --> 00:33:24.980
 is where

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.480
 that great

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:25.839
 burden

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.179
 of our

00:33:26.179 --> 00:33:26.539
 guilt

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.399
 and sins

00:33:27.399 --> 00:33:28.480
 was dealt

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:28.779
 with

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.480
 permanently

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.659
 once for

00:33:30.659 --> 00:33:30.980
 all

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:32.119
 are you

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.819
 still carrying

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.379
 that burden

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:33.819
 around

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.939
 with you

00:33:34.939 --> 00:33:36.480
 or have

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.799
 you let

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.179
 it fall

00:33:37.179 --> 00:33:37.539
 to the

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:37.859
 ground

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:39.439
 trusting

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.880
 Christ's

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:41.740
 work

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.799
 for you

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.380
 is

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.880
 finished

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:46.320
 I want

00:33:46.320 --> 00:33:46.779
 to end

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.539
 this morning

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.120
 by reading

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.940
 an excerpt

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:50.380
 from John

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:51.340
 Bunyan's

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:52.180
 allegory

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:53.299
 Pilgrim's

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.840
 Progress

00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:56.440
 if you know

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.900
 the story

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.340
 there comes

00:33:57.340 --> 00:33:57.700
 a moment

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.100
 when the

00:33:58.100 --> 00:33:58.799
 main character

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.860
 a man

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:00.080
 named

00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:00.519
 Christian

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.440
 arrives

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:01.740
 at the

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.140
 cross

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:03.980
 and I'll

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.259
 read it

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.539
 for you

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.860
 there's a

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.059
 couple

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.820
 old words

00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:06.160
 here

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:07.779
 one of

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.079
 them is

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.639
 sepulchre

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:10.139
 which means

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.740
 a burial

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.260
 place

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:12.220
 or tomb

00:34:12.220 --> 00:34:13.340
 and the

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.820
 other is

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.320
 raiment

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.159
 which means

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.720
 clothing

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:19.079
 Christian

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.519
 ran

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.840
 dust

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.200
 till he

00:34:20.200 --> 00:34:20.659
 came

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.280
 at a

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.639
 place

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.340
 somewhat

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:23.039
 ascending

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:24.079
 and upon

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.840
 that place

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:26.000
 stood a

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.400
 cross

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:28.240
 and a

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:28.840
 little below

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.480
 in the

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:29.800
 bottom

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.920
 a sepulchre

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:32.820
 so I

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.320
 saw in

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.780
 my dream

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.280
 that just

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.920
 as Christian

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:36.019
 came up

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.360
 to the

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:36.760
 cross

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:38.220
 his

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.940
 burden

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:40.019
 loosed

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.960
 from his

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.360
 shoulders

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:42.840
 and fell

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:43.820
 from off

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.400
 his back

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:45.460
 and began

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.280
 to tumble

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:47.019
 and so

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.780
 continued to

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.240
 do till

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:48.700
 it came

00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:49.040
 to the

00:34:49.040 --> 00:34:49.340
 mouth

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.680
 of the

00:34:49.680 --> 00:34:50.280
 sepulchre

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:51.060
 where it

00:34:51.060 --> 00:34:51.640
 fell in

00:34:51.640 --> 00:34:53.180
 and I

00:34:53.180 --> 00:34:53.600
 saw it

00:34:53.600 --> 00:34:54.140
 no more

00:34:54.140 --> 00:34:56.700
 then was

00:34:56.700 --> 00:34:57.300
 Christian

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:58.060
 glad

00:34:58.060 --> 00:34:59.560
 and lightsome

00:34:59.560 --> 00:35:00.160
 and said

00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:00.460
 with a

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.040
 merry heart

00:35:01.040 --> 00:35:01.740
 he has

00:35:01.740 --> 00:35:02.300
 given me

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.960
 rest

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:05.360
 by his

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.780
 sorrow

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:08.500
 and life

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:10.780
 by his

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.500
 death

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:14.539
 then he

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.139
 stood still

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.539
 a while

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.099
 to look

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:17.059
 and wonder

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:19.420
 for it was

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.280
 very surprising

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.800
 to him

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.240
 that the

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:21.920
 sight of

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.679
 the cross

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:24.659
 should ease

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.000
 him

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:26.639
 of his

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.019
 burden

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:29.659
 he looked

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.139
 therefore

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:31.799
 and looked

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.199
 again

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:34.039
 even till

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.679
 the springs

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.059
 that were

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.519
 in his

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.879
 head

00:35:35.879 --> 00:35:36.799
 sent the

00:35:36.799 --> 00:35:37.179
 waters

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.500
 down

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.759
 his

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.259
 cheeks

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:40.639
 now

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.099
 as he

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.480
 stood

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.099
 looking

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:43.339
 and weeping

00:35:43.339 --> 00:35:44.559
 behold

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.299
 three shining

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:45.599
 ones

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:46.000
 came to

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.159
 him

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.679
 and saluted

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:46.980
 him

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.719
 with peace

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:48.079
 be to

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.400
 you

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:49.480
 so the

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:49.699
 first

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.039
 said to

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.239
 him

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:50.940
 your

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.440
 sins

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:51.819
 are

00:35:51.819 --> 00:35:52.239
 forgiven

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:53.339
 the

00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:53.699
 second

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.199
 stripped

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.379
 him

00:35:54.379 --> 00:35:54.699
 of his

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.159
 rags

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:55.779
 and clothed

00:35:55.779 --> 00:35:55.900
 him

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:56.119
 with

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.739
 change

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:56.920
 of

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.299
 raiment

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.760
 the

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.039
 third

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.480
 also

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.820
 set

00:35:59.820 --> 00:35:59.980
 a

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.240
 mark

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.380
 on

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:00.560
 his

00:36:00.560 --> 00:36:00.880
 forehead

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.100
 and

00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:01.280
 gave

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:01.420
 him

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:01.560
 a

00:36:01.560 --> 00:36:01.820
 roll

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.320
 with

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.500
 a

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:02.760
 seal

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:03.060
 upon

00:36:03.060 --> 00:36:03.240
 it

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:03.420
 which

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:03.660
 bid

00:36:03.660 --> 00:36:03.880
 him

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.420
 look

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.760
 on

00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:05.260
 as

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:05.440
 he

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.760
 ran

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.400
 and

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:06.539
 that

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:06.640
 he

00:36:06.640 --> 00:36:06.800
 should

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:07.060
 give

00:36:07.060 --> 00:36:07.240
 it

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:07.600
 in

00:36:07.600 --> 00:36:07.860
 at

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.019
 the

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.460
 celestial

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.000
 gate

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:10.300
 so they

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:10.500
 went

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:10.700
 their

00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:11.080
 way

00:36:11.080 --> 00:36:12.980
 then

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.500
 Christian

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:13.880
 gave

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.519
 three

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.320
 leaps

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:15.720
 of

00:36:15.720 --> 00:36:16.240
 joy

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.760
 and

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.019
 went

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.360
 on

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:18.060
 singing

00:36:18.060 --> 00:36:19.760
 thus

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.200
 far

00:36:20.200 --> 00:36:20.820
 did

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:20.980
 I

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.400
 come

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:22.760
 laden

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.360
 with

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.640
 my

00:36:23.640 --> 00:36:23.980
 sin

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:25.420
 nor

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.680
 could

00:36:25.680 --> 00:36:26.060
 ought

00:36:26.060 --> 00:36:26.620
 ease

00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:26.840
 the

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.220
 grief

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:27.439
 that

00:36:27.439 --> 00:36:27.579
 I

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:27.759
 was

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.099
 in

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:30.179
 till

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:30.359
 I

00:36:30.359 --> 00:36:30.739
 came

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:31.339
 hither

00:36:31.339 --> 00:36:32.219
 what

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:32.379
 a

00:36:32.379 --> 00:36:32.799
 place

00:36:32.799 --> 00:36:33.139
 is

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.659
 this

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:35.339
 must

00:36:35.339 --> 00:36:35.719
 hear

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.099
 be

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:36.359
 the

00:36:36.359 --> 00:36:36.719
 beginning

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:36.980
 of

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.279
 my

00:36:37.279 --> 00:36:37.799
 bliss

00:36:37.799 --> 00:36:39.839
 must

00:36:39.839 --> 00:36:40.480
 hear

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:40.719
 the

00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:41.119
 burden

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:42.319
 fall

00:36:42.319 --> 00:36:42.619
 from

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:42.959
 off

00:36:42.959 --> 00:36:43.199
 my

00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:43.659
 back

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:45.299
 must

00:36:45.299 --> 00:36:45.579
 hear

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.859
 the

00:36:45.859 --> 00:36:46.679
 strings

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.039
 that

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.519
 bound

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:47.899
 me

00:36:47.899 --> 00:36:49.359
 crack

00:36:49.359 --> 00:36:51.480
 blessed

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.139
 cross

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:54.439
 blessed

00:36:54.439 --> 00:36:55.179
 sepulcher

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:57.759
 blessed

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.460
 rather

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.099
 be

00:36:59.099 --> 00:37:00.579
 the

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.000
 man

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.559
 that

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:01.919
 there

00:37:01.919 --> 00:37:03.219
 was

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:03.419
 put

00:37:03.419 --> 00:37:03.639
 to

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:03.960
 shame

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:05.179
 for

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.480
 me

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:08.139
 amen

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:09.879
 look

00:37:09.879 --> 00:37:10.039
 to

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.199
 the

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:10.679
 cross

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:12.059
 and

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.279
 look

00:37:12.279 --> 00:37:12.659
 again

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:13.199
 keep

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:13.619
 on

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.019
 looking

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.199
 to

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:14.359
 the

00:37:14.359 --> 00:37:14.659
 cross

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.099
 never

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.679
 stop

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.579
 looking

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:16.799
 to

00:37:16.799 --> 00:37:16.980
 the

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.400
 cross

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.799
 it's

00:37:18.799 --> 00:37:18.960
 there

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.159
 the

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.440
 burden

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:19.619
 of

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:19.799
 our

00:37:19.799 --> 00:37:20.099
 guilt

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:20.359
 and

00:37:20.359 --> 00:37:20.759
 sins

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.039
 was

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.319
 dealt

00:37:21.319 --> 00:37:21.639
 with

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:22.559
 forever

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:23.500
 by

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.119
 Jesus

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:25.239
 blessed

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:25.839
 cross

00:37:25.839 --> 00:37:26.719
 blessed

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:27.799
 sepulcher

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:29.639
 blessed

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.139
 rather

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:31.219
 be

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.400
 the

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:31.759
 man

00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:32.900
 that

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.099
 there

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.299
 was

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:33.519
 put

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:33.719
 to

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:33.980
 shame

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.219
 for

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:34.460
 me

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:37.440
 let's

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.720
 pray

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:48.980
 what a

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.199
 holy

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:49.619
 moment

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 you have

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.599
 given us

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 to look

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.300
 at

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:52.840
 father

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:54.800
 through

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:55.220
 the eyes

00:37:55.220 --> 00:37:55.720
 of john

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:56.199
 who stood

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.539
 near the

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:56.960
 cross

00:37:56.960 --> 00:38:00.039
 i pray

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.420
 that you

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 wouldn't

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.059
 let us

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.360
 pass

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:01.619
 this

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.000
 by

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:04.360
 as

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 just

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 a

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.059
 thing

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 written

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 in

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 a

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:05.860
 book

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:08.280
 but

00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:08.659
 i pray

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:08.880
 that

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.059
 the

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.460
 truth

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:10.119
 of

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 what

00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:10.699
 happened

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.059
 there

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:12.159
 would

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.619
 fill

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:12.940
 our

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.599
 souls

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:15.820
 that

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.000
 your

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.420
 love

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:16.619
 would

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:16.920
 pour

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.340
 into

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:17.699
 us

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:17.840
 and

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:17.980
 that

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.159
 we

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:18.380
 would

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.739
 know

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:18.980
 it

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:20.659
 to

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:20.880
 its

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.320
 depths

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:23.280
 and

00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:23.440
 that

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:23.659
 we

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.059
 would

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.500
 know

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:26.019
 with

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.320
 great

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:26.840
 assurance

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:28.639
 that

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.019
 yes

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:30.559
 we

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:30.860
 are

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.699
 forgiven

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:33.179
 our

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:33.739
 sins

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:34.239
 are

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:34.639
 gone

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:36.000
 and

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.139
 we

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.379
 have

00:38:36.379 --> 00:38:36.739
 life

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.099
 forever

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.419
 now

00:38:37.419 --> 00:38:37.659
 with

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:37.919
 you

00:38:37.919 --> 00:38:39.279
 thank

00:38:39.279 --> 00:38:39.539
 you

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:40.599
 for

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:40.759
 the

00:38:40.759 --> 00:38:41.179
 cross

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:43.359
 to

00:38:43.359 --> 00:38:43.679
 Jesus

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:43.939
 be

00:38:43.939 --> 00:38:44.099
 the

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:44.500
 glory

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:46.000
 amen