WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.080 Our reading this morning is from Matthew chapter 27, verses 1 to 26. 00:00:20.339 --> 00:00:21.000 ! 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:26.199 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:27.000 ! 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:40.740 Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought 00:00:40.740 --> 00:00:46.039 back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, saying, I have sinned 00:00:46.039 --> 00:00:47.439 by betraying innocent blood. 00:00:48.219 --> 00:00:50.579 They said, what is that to us? 00:00:50.980 --> 00:00:51.780 See to it yourself. 00:00:51.780 --> 00:00:57.939 And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged 00:00:57.939 --> 00:00:58.300 himself. 00:00:59.140 --> 00:01:04.200 But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, it is not lawful to put them into 00:01:04.200 --> 00:01:06.159 the treasury, since it is blood money. 00:01:07.140 --> 00:01:11.299 So they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers. 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:15.520 Therefore that field has been called the field of blood to this day. 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:21.819 Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, And they took the 00:01:21.819 --> 00:01:26.519 thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:31.119 sons of Israel, and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me. 00:01:33.299 --> 00:01:38.479 Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, Are you the king of the 00:01:38.479 --> 00:01:38.799 Jews? 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:41.899 Jesus said, You have said so? 00:01:43.120 --> 00:01:46.679 But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. 00:01:47.500 --> 00:01:52.239 Then Pilate said to him, Do you not hear how many things they testify against you? 00:01:52.859 --> 00:01:58.879 But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed. 00:02:00.659 --> 00:02:05.219 Now at the feast, the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom 00:02:05.219 --> 00:02:09.400 they wanted, and they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:15.840 So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, Whom do you want me to release for you, 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:18.919 Barabbas or Jesus, who is called the Christ? 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:22.500 For he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up. 00:02:23.780 --> 00:02:28.699 Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, Have nothing 00:02:28.699 --> 00:02:33.219 to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream. 00:02:33.219 --> 00:02:39.520 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:44.560 The governor again said to them, Which of the two do you want me to release for you? 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:46.979 And they said, Barabbas. 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:51.919 Pilate said to them, Then what shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:54.960 They all said, Let him be crucified. 00:02:55.740 --> 00:02:57.280 And he said, Why? 00:02:57.639 --> 00:02:58.699 What evil has he done? 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:02.079 But they shouted all the more, Let him be crucified. 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:08.820 So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took 00:03:08.820 --> 00:03:14.020 water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am innocent of this man's blood. 00:03:14.600 --> 00:03:15.340 See to it yourselves. 00:03:16.100 --> 00:03:20.000 And all the people answered, His blood be on us and on our children. 00:03:20.900 --> 00:03:26.980 Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified. 00:03:27.939 --> 00:03:29.120 Hear the word of the Lord. 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:41.319 Well, good morning, everyone. 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:46.379 If you're visiting this morning, my name's David. 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:47.460 I'm a pastor here. 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:49.580 A really warm welcome to you. 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:54.060 Well, will you pray with me as we come to God's word? 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:55.180 Let's pray. 00:03:55.180 --> 00:03:55.219 Let's pray. 00:03:55.219 --> 00:03:55.219 00:03:55.219 --> 00:03:55.219 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:08.960 Oh, Father, as we just sang a prayer, really, that we are asking with one voice. 00:04:11.099 --> 00:04:18.139 Lord, I don't want us to take that for granted, how extremely difficult unity is. 00:04:18.139 --> 00:04:23.339 But we praise you, that it's your blood that unifies us. 00:04:24.019 --> 00:04:29.180 So I pray that as we go through this passage today, that you would speak into each of our 00:04:29.180 --> 00:04:34.699 hearts, but that you would draw us into a deeper worship of you and unify us in you. 00:04:35.719 --> 00:04:37.000 I pray this in Jesus' name. 00:04:37.139 --> 00:04:37.379 Amen. 00:04:37.379 --> 00:04:48.740 Well, in the UK, a young man named Sam Hallam went to prison for murder in 2005. 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:50.079 He was 18 years old. 00:04:50.819 --> 00:04:52.600 Now, he spent seven years in prison. 00:04:53.600 --> 00:05:01.219 And then an appeal forced the police to look at his mobile phone, and there was proof he was 00:05:01.220 --> 00:05:05.960 somewhere completely different when the murder occurred. 00:05:08.200 --> 00:05:13.100 The judge said, this is a serious miscarriage of justice. 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:22.480 Now, Sam's father ended his own life when he first heard Sam get sentenced. 00:05:22.860 --> 00:05:26.200 He never got to hear his son declared innocence. 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:39.019 If you've been to church most of your life like me, our struggle coming to these events 00:05:39.019 --> 00:05:42.759 is we've heard it so many times. 00:05:43.539 --> 00:05:48.560 But Charlie Skrine, a pastor in the UK, asked a helpful question. 00:05:49.719 --> 00:05:52.819 Yes, the death of Christ was God's plan before time. 00:05:53.719 --> 00:05:55.819 He knew he'd be raised to life. 00:05:55.819 --> 00:05:59.040 He knew he would be praising the cross for all eternity. 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:04.139 So how much does the father mind the murder of his innocent son? 00:06:04.459 --> 00:06:06.180 How much does the father mind? 00:06:10.980 --> 00:06:12.719 And who is guilty? 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:24.980 Like Sam Hallam, a father is watching his son get betrayed by a friend for money. 00:06:25.819 --> 00:06:27.060 Arrested in the night. 00:06:27.699 --> 00:06:29.060 Basically kidnapped. 00:06:29.779 --> 00:06:32.680 Tried by judges who decided he was guilty. 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:35.740 Ages beforehand, before the trial. 00:06:36.699 --> 00:06:38.079 He's got no appeal. 00:06:39.500 --> 00:06:42.079 He's mistreated and mocked at every stage. 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:47.459 Jesus, the son of God, is the most precious, innocent blood in history. 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:49.139 And there is a father watching. 00:06:49.539 --> 00:06:51.039 How much does he mind? 00:06:51.040 --> 00:07:02.160 I think we see a lot of attempts of the characters in this story. 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:09.520 A lot of attempts of people trying to get rid of their guilt in this murder. 00:07:11.420 --> 00:07:12.520 I think people... 00:07:12.520 --> 00:07:14.480 We're going to see different ways they try and do it. 00:07:14.540 --> 00:07:15.840 So let's jump in. 00:07:15.939 --> 00:07:17.080 We're in Matthew 27. 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:21.300 Let's look at Judas. 00:07:23.620 --> 00:07:30.300 I wonder why Matthew draws our attention to Judas and this field of blood. 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:40.039 If you read the story, the narrative, verse 2 would have nicely went straight to verse 11. 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:44.360 They delivered him over to Pilate, the governor. 00:07:44.580 --> 00:07:45.160 Verse 11. 00:07:45.340 --> 00:07:47.000 Now Jesus stood before the governor. 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:50.800 Why this focus on Judas? 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:52.040 Why does Matthew... 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:53.120 What does he want us to see? 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:58.920 Well, Judas, like Peter, had realised he'd failed. 00:07:59.280 --> 00:08:01.540 Judas comes to a personal realisation. 00:08:01.540 --> 00:08:07.420 For whatever reason, he's come to a realisation that he's overwhelmed with guilt. 00:08:10.700 --> 00:08:17.220 But the main focus here is on the leaders and their response, what they do with this blood money. 00:08:17.840 --> 00:08:20.759 We're not really told what triggered Judas' remorse. 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:24.100 I don't think it was true repentance. 00:08:24.100 --> 00:08:31.439 Did he not realise his betrayal would end in his friend's death? 00:08:32.060 --> 00:08:33.159 Did he not realise that? 00:08:34.060 --> 00:08:34.600 Maybe not. 00:08:36.980 --> 00:08:42.399 Or, did he know full well it would end in his death, but then he saw it? 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:46.980 Doesn't your own conscience do that sometimes? 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:53.779 You know what the consequences will be, but when you see it, it hits you. 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:56.139 Maybe that's what's going on. 00:08:59.259 --> 00:09:03.899 Whatever caused it, Judas is overwhelmed with his real guilt. 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:07.940 We can be overwhelmed with false guilt, but this is real guilt. 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:10.899 This isn't repentance. 00:09:11.060 --> 00:09:14.259 The reason I don't think it is repentance, he doesn't go to Jesus with his guilt. 00:09:14.540 --> 00:09:18.019 We don't see him in the temple praying Psalm 51. 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:23.800 He's not beating his breast saying, have mercy on me, a sinner. 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:29.879 You know, he goes back and tries to push the money back. 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:32.559 He's trying to undo it, I think. 00:09:33.659 --> 00:09:34.639 It's not repentance. 00:09:34.859 --> 00:09:39.759 It's this, it's a pathetic attempt to undo his actions. 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:51.379 I have sinned by betraying innocent blood, throwing the 30 pieces of silver back into the temple where it came from. 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:52.480 But he can't. 00:09:52.539 --> 00:09:53.980 He can't undo his guilt. 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:54.759 It doesn't work. 00:09:56.759 --> 00:09:58.580 He remains under God's judgment. 00:09:58.580 --> 00:10:03.960 So there's Judas. 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:05.280 That's what he does with his guilt. 00:10:05.400 --> 00:10:07.040 He tries to undo his actions. 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:08.800 It doesn't work. 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:12.500 But then we've got the priests. 00:10:13.379 --> 00:10:20.620 And I've always been focused on Judas, but I think this passage, Matthew wants us to focus on the priests here in their response. 00:10:21.579 --> 00:10:24.879 They're the representatives of the covenant people of God. 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:30.779 Let me say provocatively what I think we see here. 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:34.120 And then I want to try and show you that. 00:10:35.539 --> 00:10:42.799 In Judas' hanging, in his unclean death, we see the death of Israel. 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:48.379 In their unique relationship with God. 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:56.679 Okay, please come with me and see if you agree. 00:10:59.379 --> 00:11:05.059 Matthew wants us to see through these chief priests in their facade. 00:11:06.939 --> 00:11:08.599 As if they're holy. 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:17.240 Here they have further testimony before Jesus is executed of his innocence. 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:24.300 And their response is, what is that to us? 00:11:24.899 --> 00:11:26.300 See to it yourself. 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:28.220 That's your responsibility. 00:11:28.820 --> 00:11:29.779 You deal with it. 00:11:30.019 --> 00:11:32.960 Don't try and bring us into it. 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:35.200 They try and distance themselves from the guilt. 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:39.480 That's your responsibility. 00:11:41.580 --> 00:11:44.520 At youth group, we used to play two truths and a lie. 00:11:44.660 --> 00:11:46.060 I don't know if you guys still do that. 00:11:46.420 --> 00:11:47.060 It's a way of... 00:11:47.060 --> 00:11:47.940 Okay, I got a thumbs up. 00:11:48.780 --> 00:11:50.180 It's a way of getting to know each other. 00:11:50.520 --> 00:11:51.879 Here we've got two truths and a lie. 00:11:52.300 --> 00:11:53.379 Jesus is innocent. 00:11:54.340 --> 00:11:54.740 Truth. 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:56.280 Judas is guilty. 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:01.020 And verse 4 to 8 is all a lie. 00:12:01.019 --> 00:12:06.480 The chief priests, they're just lying all the way through here. 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:10.240 They won't take responsibility for an innocent man's death. 00:12:10.319 --> 00:12:10.899 So what do they do? 00:12:11.100 --> 00:12:12.059 Judas, it's on you. 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:13.399 They're passing the buck. 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:15.379 And then they parade their holiness. 00:12:15.620 --> 00:12:20.159 Okay, we can take money from the temple to purchase someone's blood, 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:23.519 but we can't then take that money and put it back in the temple. 00:12:23.939 --> 00:12:26.220 That would be unclean in God's law. 00:12:26.220 --> 00:12:33.899 Okay, they're parading their holiness. 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:35.139 They think they're holy. 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:36.920 And then they buy this field. 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:39.200 What can we do with this money? 00:12:39.660 --> 00:12:41.440 Let's do this good deed. 00:12:41.860 --> 00:12:48.120 Let's buy a field for foreigners so that they have a dignified burial place. 00:12:48.259 --> 00:12:49.160 It's a good deed. 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:50.220 Let's do... 00:12:50.980 --> 00:12:54.080 So, well done, chief priests. 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:55.860 Judas put it all on Judas. 00:12:56.379 --> 00:12:57.080 We're holy. 00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:58.620 We can't accept it into the temple. 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:00.520 And we just did a good deed. 00:13:09.020 --> 00:13:12.900 They try and bury their guilt in their good deed. 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:21.759 But then Matthew gives us God's authoritative explanation of what this field of blood means. 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:26.759 And he says the prophet Jeremiah, and then he actually quotes Zechariah. 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:28.419 So it's a bit confusing. 00:13:28.539 --> 00:13:31.759 But I think the pattern we see in Jeremiah and then Zechariah, 00:13:33.439 --> 00:13:40.419 Matthew the apostle says we see that same pattern repeating itself in a greater extent in Jesus. 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:41.759 So let's... 00:13:43.100 --> 00:13:46.360 The point is God sees right through to their guilt. 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:47.580 They can't bury it. 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:49.139 They can't pretend they're holy. 00:13:49.980 --> 00:13:50.700 He sees it. 00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:56.060 So we need a bit of context here to get our heads around it. 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:57.240 So Zechariah 11. 00:13:58.620 --> 00:14:01.020 Zechariah, he's a prophet. 00:14:01.140 --> 00:14:02.720 He's acting out the prophecy. 00:14:02.920 --> 00:14:05.840 And he's holding two shepherd's staffs. 00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:09.180 He's got one called favor, one called union. 00:14:10.400 --> 00:14:14.080 And he drives out the false leaders of God's people. 00:14:14.180 --> 00:14:15.680 He gets rid of the false shepherds. 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:22.039 So God has appointed this true good shepherd in Zechariah 11. 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:27.959 But then the people reject the good shepherd. 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:35.980 And Zechariah, he takes the staff called God's favor and he breaks it. 00:14:35.980 --> 00:14:41.220 And we're told there what that means there. 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:43.279 Annulling the covenant. 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:45.519 He was... 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:46.860 He goes... 00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:49.240 After he does this, by the way, he's like, what are you going to pay me now? 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:52.659 He's just told them the covenant is annulled. 00:14:52.659 --> 00:14:55.580 And he goes, what are you going to pay me for all my months of work? 00:14:55.580 --> 00:14:57.139 And they give him 30 pieces of silver. 00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:59.800 And he's like, that's a ridiculous payment. 00:14:59.940 --> 00:15:02.800 Throws it back into the temple to the potter. 00:15:04.900 --> 00:15:09.320 The sheep, the flock, rejecting God's appointed good shepherd. 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:12.740 And the consequence, the covenant is annulled. 00:15:12.780 --> 00:15:13.440 It's broken. 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:30.180 Then in Jeremiah 19, again, we have the potter's field where potters would go to get their clay. 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:34.700 And he's acting out prophecy again. 00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:38.140 He takes a piece of pottery in his hand. 00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:43.040 And he says this within the earshot of the elders of the people. 00:15:44.380 --> 00:15:46.220 Jeremiah 19, 3 to 6. 00:15:47.780 --> 00:15:48.600 Where's verse 3? 00:15:48.700 --> 00:15:49.080 There it is. 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:53.380 Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:56.340 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. 00:15:56.500 --> 00:16:02.700 Behold, I am bringing such disaster upon this place that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle. 00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:10.260 Because the people have forsaken me and have profaned this place by making offerings in it to other gods, 00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:14.480 whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known. 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:19.139 And because they have filled this place with the blood of innocence. 00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:29.399 And have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:33.439 which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind. 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:37.960 Therefore, behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, 00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:43.259 when this place shall no more be called Topheth, or the valley of the sun of Hinnom, 00:16:43.259 --> 00:16:46.299 but the valley of slaughter. 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:52.960 The blood of innocence. 00:16:53.819 --> 00:16:57.639 And he smashes the pottery and says, 00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:00.840 it can't be mended. 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:11.579 That's how much this father minds the blood of his son. 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:19.160 Both Jeremiah and Zechariah say, 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:23.779 God sees through the chief priests in their false purity, 00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:28.379 and he minds very much the murder of his innocent son, 00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:32.440 so much that the covenant, a unique relationship is broken. 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.379 It can't be mended. 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:45.359 Now, don't think at this point, 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:50.539 Matthew is trying to lay all the blame at Jewish feet. 00:17:50.539 --> 00:17:55.720 If you go there in your mind, you're missing Matthew's point. 00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:59.019 Hold on, I need to find my place again. 00:17:59.099 --> 00:18:00.039 I should have put my bookmark. 00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:00.960 There we are. 00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:03.359 So let's go to Pilate. 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:10.379 Just one more comment, sorry, about the Jews. 00:18:10.619 --> 00:18:12.980 God always has a faithful remnant. 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:13.500 Always. 00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:20.599 So we change from looking at the Jewish response to Jesus 00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:21.359 and their guilt. 00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:23.480 Now we're going to the Gentile, Pilate, 00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:26.960 the Roman governor representing the nations. 00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:31.359 Is he responsible for Jesus' death? 00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:36.599 Verse 24 seems to be the key, the key verse. 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:38.740 It's the same words that the chief priests say. 00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:45.240 He took water and washed his hands before the crowd saying, 00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:47.859 I am innocent of this man's blood. 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.440 See to it yourselves. 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:51.380 It's not on me. 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.420 You guys. 00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:55.400 That's your responsibility. 00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:58.779 That's your guilt. 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:02.920 But Pilate is the judge. 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:05.539 He's the one giving the verdict. 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:07.160 It's his verdict that counts. 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:09.680 And he knows Jesus is innocent. 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:11.040 He questions him. 00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:13.240 Are you a political threat to Rome? 00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.779 Is his question. 00:19:16.040 --> 00:19:19.120 And therefore, if you are, you are liable to the death penalty. 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:22.380 Jesus says, you have said so. 00:19:24.860 --> 00:19:26.200 Now it's a bit of a strange response. 00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:29.640 You have said so. 00:19:30.100 --> 00:19:32.040 Are you a king? 00:19:32.040 --> 00:19:33.040 Are you... 00:19:33.040 --> 00:19:35.860 But are you a political king? 00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:40.379 Like, if you think of other religions, Buddha would answer that question. 00:19:40.479 --> 00:19:40.699 No. 00:19:41.419 --> 00:19:41.759 No, no. 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:43.039 It's nothing to do with this world. 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:46.539 Muhammad would say yes. 00:19:49.419 --> 00:19:50.299 Jesus is... 00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:51.379 There's this yes and no. 00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.740 I am a king. 00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:55.379 I am going to rule the world. 00:19:55.679 --> 00:19:58.699 But John's gospel fleshes this out more for us. 00:19:58.959 --> 00:20:00.139 My kingdom's not of this world. 00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:01.920 It's this yes and no. 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:03.360 I'm not a threat as you... 00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:06.220 As you understand political king. 00:20:07.300 --> 00:20:10.680 So he's not denying being a king, but he's not a political king. 00:20:12.120 --> 00:20:13.900 And Pilate knows he's innocent. 00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:15.980 He doesn't see him as a threat at all. 00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:25.380 He's judged so many zealots trying to rebel against Rome, this Pilate would have. 00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:28.060 He's blown away when Jesus is silent. 00:20:28.800 --> 00:20:32.720 All these accusations thrown at Jesus and he's silent. 00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:35.600 The defence rests. 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:40.420 And Pilate is greatly amazed. 00:20:41.860 --> 00:20:43.600 He knows the charges are false. 00:20:47.360 --> 00:20:48.500 Verse 18. 00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:52.359 He knows the real motives of the chief priests here. 00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:55.099 It is out of envy. 00:20:56.299 --> 00:21:00.319 Jesus is getting control of the crowds. 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:01.500 They want control. 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.259 It's out of envy. 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:04.559 So he knows he's innocent. 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.299 He's not a threat. 00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:09.880 He knows the real motives of what's going on here. 00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:18.319 God even seems to graciously give his wife a dream. 00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:24.420 He's working within his own Roman pagan worldview, giving a dream. 00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:27.119 Have nothing to do with this righteous man. 00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:30.200 Verse 23. 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:33.480 He says to the crowd, what evil has he done? 00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:35.319 He knows he's innocent. 00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:37.059 Pilate knows he's innocent. 00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:42.319 But he tries to satisfy the crowds by having Jesus whipped, scourged. 00:21:43.159 --> 00:21:47.759 Which apparently they had little pieces of metal at the end of the whip. 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:50.000 And I won't keep describing that. 00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:55.480 He tried to pacify the crowd without giving Jesus the death sentence. 00:21:55.659 --> 00:21:57.639 He tries to put him alongside Barabbas. 00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:00.980 Get the crowd to go against the chief priests. 00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:02.379 And he tries to get him released. 00:22:02.439 --> 00:22:04.480 That way he's trying to protest his innocence. 00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:05.299 What has he done? 00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.339 What evil has he done? 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:10.700 He knows justice demands release. 00:22:11.159 --> 00:22:14.000 But then he sees a riot starting. 00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:17.319 And if a riot breaks out, his job is on the line. 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.819 Maybe even his own life. 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:26.500 And so he took the self-protecting path and just washes his hands. 00:22:26.919 --> 00:22:27.839 You go kill him. 00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.519 But I'm innocent. 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:33.160 So that's Pilate's attempt. 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:35.000 He knows he's innocent. 00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:41.779 He tries to wash his hand and go, that's your responsibility. 00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.200 Shift the blame. 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:49.220 Then we've got the crowd. 00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:52.299 The crowd are given the choice. 00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:57.579 Guilty Barabbas, who rebelled against Rome and was a murderer. 00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:01.160 Maybe they saw him as a hero. 00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.819 Not quite sure. 00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.779 His rebellion against Rome. 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:08.819 Guilty Barabbas, innocent Jesus. 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:13.200 And they're persuaded and follow the crowd. 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.440 Crucify him. 00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:16.279 Crucify him. 00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:25.799 And then you get that crazy verse 25. 00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:29.259 His blood be on us and on our children. 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:31.960 Leave the children out of it. 00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:39.680 They think they can handle the consequences of their guilt if they're wrong. 00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:44.359 His blood be on us and our children. 00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:50.139 I just don't think... 00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:51.519 I could be wrong about this. 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:56.539 I'm not sure any single one of them would have said that if they were on their own. 00:23:56.539 --> 00:24:00.279 I suspect it was because the crowd was saying it together. 00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.559 Yeah, sure. 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.339 Everyone's saying it. 00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:05.139 His blood be on us. 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:08.700 I think of people today who... 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:11.799 They talk about hell as a barbecue with your mates. 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:17.919 I think you can only say that sort of thing if lots of people are saying it. 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:23.799 Otherwise, it's a terrifying prospect if you think... 00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:26.200 On your own, you're going to be facing this. 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:31.279 They think they can bear the consequences of guilt. 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:43.779 So Judas couldn't undo his guilt. 00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:47.279 Chief priests couldn't... 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:51.519 Kind of bury their guilt in good deeds. 00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:57.299 Pilate couldn't wash his hands and shift the blame for his guilt. 00:24:58.879 --> 00:25:04.000 The crowds, they cannot bear the consequences of the guilt. 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:15.900 Something struck me after a small group looking at this passage. 00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:20.319 Have you noticed Jesus in this scene? 00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:23.079 Not really. 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.839 Where is he? 00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:30.039 He's silent. 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.079 He's silent. 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:38.680 Jesus is silent while everyone else is frantic. 00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:44.519 And I think Matthew wants us to hear that silence. 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:50.539 He is silent until we hear him on the cross once more. 00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:55.799 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 00:25:55.799 --> 00:26:04.019 He's silent throughout all this. 00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:12.099 I don't think he's just our example to follow. 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:17.359 He is our example to follow in entrusting ourselves to our faithful creator 00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:21.379 in the face of injustice and to continue to do good. 00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:26.380 But if he's just your example, that will crush you 00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:29.340 because I don't think anyone can really live up fully to that. 00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:36.360 He's silent, swapping places with us, taking our guilt. 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:42.900 Like Barabbas, the innocent for the guilty, 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:46.680 he is swapping places with you and me. 00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:53.360 Isaiah 53. 00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:56.220 He was oppressed and he was afflicted, 00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:58.900 yet he opened not his mouth. 00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:01.900 Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:05.720 and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, 00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:07.180 so he opened not his mouth. 00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:12.340 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him. 00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:15.740 He was put to him to grief. 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:20.519 When his soul makes an offering for guilt, 00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:26.099 he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days. 00:27:26.699 --> 00:27:29.559 The will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 00:27:30.159 --> 00:27:34.359 Out of the anguish of his soul, he shall see and be satisfied. 00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:40.159 By his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, 00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:45.399 make many to be accounted righteous, 00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:49.639 and he shall bear their iniquities. 00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:56.839 He's silently swapping places, taking our guilt. 00:27:56.839 --> 00:28:04.319 So who's guilty of the murder of the Son of God? 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.480 Matthew wants us to see the whole world. 00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:08.539 The whole world. 00:28:09.179 --> 00:28:09.799 All of us. 00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:22.659 If somehow God could manifest his presence with you throughout the day, 00:28:23.139 --> 00:28:28.019 if he just accompanied you as you went to work and as you watch TV 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:33.839 and as you sit down for dinner and you do the laundry, 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:37.200 he's just with you. 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:42.860 He not only hears everything you do, but he sees everything you do, 00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:47.980 and he also hears that inner voice in your head, your processing. 00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:55.840 How long would it be before you really wish he wasn't present? 00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:58.160 How long would it be? 00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.740 Would you last the day? 00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:01.539 I'm not sure if I'd last the day. 00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:08.799 When he sees that thing, that greed, that thing I want, 00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:12.519 when I really want to outburst. 00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:19.359 How long would it be before we want his presence gone? 00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:19.500 How long would it be before we want his presence gone? 00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:30.039 John Stott, in his classic book, The Cross of Christ, 00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:34.240 says we can see ourselves in the envy of the religious leaders 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:36.460 to remain in control. 00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.900 He says this, 00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:42.460 We resent his intrusions into our privacy, 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:46.100 his demand for our worship, 00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:49.259 his expectation of our obedience. 00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:51.180 Why can't he mind his own business? 00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:57.040 We too want to get rid of him. 00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.500 We push him out. 00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:02.060 John Stott keeps going, 00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:05.119 Judas was not exceptional. 00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:10.799 Jesus had said that it was impossible to serve God and money. 00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:12.339 Judas chose money. 00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:15.359 Many others have done the same. 00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.419 Many. 00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:29.119 Throughout what we see in the story of those, 00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:30.379 Peter's failures, 00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:33.459 Judas in his greed, 00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.379 in his betrayal, 00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.179 the priests, 00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:36.779 they want to maintain control, 00:30:37.459 --> 00:30:39.279 the witnesses in their lives, 00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.079 the crowd, 00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:44.479 they're persuaded away from the truth so easily. 00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:47.359 The governor is weak and cowardly, 00:30:47.979 --> 00:30:49.779 doesn't do what he knows is right. 00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.539 We shouldn't just be going, 00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:53.419 Oh, aren't they bad people? 00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:55.779 We're meant to be seeing ourselves. 00:30:59.119 --> 00:31:00.759 One person put it like this, 00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:07.259 only the man or woman who is prepared to own his share in the guilt of the cross 00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:11.739 may claim his share in its grace. 00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:16.919 If you own your share of the guilt, 00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:21.719 you can also take your share of the grace in the cross. 00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:36.720 We hear that grace when God sends Peter in Acts 3. 00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.980 You might remember it. 00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:41.500 You killed the author of life, 00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:44.900 whom God raised from the dead. 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.200 To this we are witnesses. 00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.680 Repent, 00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.120 therefore, 00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:51.740 and turn back that your sins may be blotted out, 00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:58.279 that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. 00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:06.200 That's incredibly gracious to send Peter back with that message. 00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:08.960 You killed the author of life. 00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:14.400 Now come and I'll blot your sins out in times of refreshing. 00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:18.500 That's the path to take with your guilt, 00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:19.280 with my guilt. 00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:24.320 His blood is on us. 00:32:25.040 --> 00:32:26.380 We don't get to choose that. 00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:31.060 We're just like the people in the story. 00:32:31.280 --> 00:32:32.340 His blood is on us. 00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:34.420 We do get to choose how it's on us. 00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:41.779 God sees right through our attempts to deal with our guilt 00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:44.120 in pretty pathetic ways, 00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:46.880 or his blood can take our guilt. 00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:52.700 So if you want times of refreshing, 00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:54.259 here's the way. 00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:57.960 If there's that private sin, 00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:59.700 that habitual sin, 00:32:59.860 --> 00:33:01.180 you can't shake it. 00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:05.120 Or maybe you've got this huge sin from your past. 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.820 It just, 00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:10.820 it's always in the back of your mind. 00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:13.360 One thing people, 00:33:13.560 --> 00:33:14.620 I've tried it to, 00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:19.519 is just be really busy with church and good deeds. 00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:22.880 Bury that guilt in being really good. 00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:29.700 It's not the way. 00:33:30.780 --> 00:33:31.460 Look at him, 00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.880 swapping places with you. 00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:36.420 He's taken your guilt. 00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:40.080 Your sin is blotted out in God's eyes. 00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.920 It's blotted out. 00:33:42.300 --> 00:33:44.820 He's got better than 20-20 vision. 00:33:45.280 --> 00:33:45.440 God, 00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:47.220 if he says it's blotted out, 00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:49.559 it's blotted out. 00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:55.360 The times of refreshing may come. 00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.660 I think of 00:33:58.660 --> 00:34:04.220 those who feel like you've failed your spouse in a big way, 00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:05.319 or your children, 00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:06.220 or your parents, 00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:09.360 and you're trying desperately to undo it. 00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.840 Now, 00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.579 by all means, 00:34:12.660 --> 00:34:13.660 make good changes. 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.440 Please, 00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.660 make good changes in your life, 00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:16.860 but 00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:20.039 you can't undo the guilt. 00:34:21.640 --> 00:34:22.120 You've got to 00:34:22.120 --> 00:34:23.380 let him swap places. 00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.559 He has swapped places. 00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.660 Believe it. 00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:27.760 Confess it. 00:34:28.660 --> 00:34:30.559 That's how you get times of refreshing. 00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.660 Relational conflict. 00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:39.359 You think refreshing will come 00:34:39.359 --> 00:34:41.460 if only they finally admit 00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.940 they're the majority of the blame, 00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.460 at least. 00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.500 Maybe not all the blame, 00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.399 at least the majority. 00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:48.339 If you answer every accusation, 00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:51.319 you think times of refreshing will come. 00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.039 No. 00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.299 Jesus says, 00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:58.199 look at the plank in your own eye first. 00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:01.420 I went to the slaughter 00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:03.539 for that pride in your heart. 00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:12.219 That's how you get refreshing 00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:15.000 in relational conflict. 00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.699 He took our guilt. 00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.900 He swapped places. 00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:24.059 At times of refreshing. 00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:27.940 Now, 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.320 if we 00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:30.659 rejoice in this, 00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:33.400 we'll want it for ourselves, 00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:35.139 but we'll want to share it with others. 00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:36.440 So I just want to finish with 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:38.900 a story that will, 00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:42.019 I'm hoping, 00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:43.360 will show the power 00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:44.579 of him swapping places 00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:49.119 and just how good it is 00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:50.699 to share this news with others. 00:35:50.699 --> 00:35:52.019 So, 00:35:53.439 --> 00:35:55.799 there was a US military chaplain, 00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.019 Henry. 00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.939 He was sent to minister 00:35:58.939 --> 00:36:01.699 to Nazi war criminals 00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:02.659 after World War II. 00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:03.679 Now, 00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:05.059 Henry had preached the gospel 00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:07.259 to so many people before that. 00:36:08.259 --> 00:36:08.739 Forgiveness, 00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.439 repentance, 00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:09.859 like, 00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:12.619 you can imagine, 00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:12.879 right, 00:36:12.919 --> 00:36:13.980 if you're in that situation, 00:36:14.379 --> 00:36:14.839 wrestling, 00:36:16.319 --> 00:36:18.059 can these war criminals, 00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:21.179 can there even be 00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:22.360 real repentance? 00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.619 Is there forgiveness 00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.380 for these men? 00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.960 So Henry wrestled with that 00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.739 and 00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:32.099 he met 00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:33.259 and ministered to 00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:35.659 Wilhelm, 00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.960 I can't pronounce his last name 00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.679 so I'm not going to try, 00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.599 Wilhelm, 00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:41.219 really high up 00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:43.259 under Hitler, 00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.400 really high up. 00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:47.139 and Henry 00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:48.380 could later 00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:49.519 describe 00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:51.200 this Nazi war criminal 00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:52.519 as my friend. 00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.800 Now, 00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.660 he goes 00:36:56.660 --> 00:36:57.680 to the gallows 00:36:57.680 --> 00:36:58.500 for his crimes, 00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:00.180 he pays the consequences 00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:01.820 but as he's 00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.660 at the gallows, 00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:05.059 he prays a prayer 00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.619 in German, 00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.320 again, 00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.380 I'll do it in English 00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.619 but 00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:11.659 Christ's blood 00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.460 and judgment 00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:14.699 are my adornment 00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:16.299 and robe 00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:16.739 of honour. 00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:19.159 Therein 00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:20.019 I will stand 00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.819 before God 00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:22.139 when I go 00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.599 to God. 00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.619 Amen. 00:37:27.859 --> 00:37:28.799 And then he looks 00:37:28.799 --> 00:37:29.199 at Henry 00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:29.679 and says, 00:37:29.799 --> 00:37:30.539 I thank you 00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:35.299 and all 00:37:35.299 --> 00:37:36.259 who sent you 00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:37.980 with all my heart. 00:37:39.119 --> 00:38:04.559 do you 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.559 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your spirit might minister this truth 00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:50.000 into each of our hearts and us as a church family 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:56.679 so that times of refreshing will come and we will honour you 00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:59.239 and I pray this in Jesus name, Amen 00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:03.639 Amen 00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:05.639 Amen 00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.639 Amen 00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:06.639 00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:06.639 00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:06.639