WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.000 Well, please do sit down. 00:00:03.379 --> 00:00:06.440 Before we start properly, I do want to thank Paul for his welcome. 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:07.660 Thank you all for your welcome. 00:00:08.259 --> 00:00:10.439 And thank you for your prayers for us over the last few months. 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:12.560 We really appreciate it. 00:00:12.640 --> 00:00:14.759 I know some kind offers of help as well. 00:00:14.820 --> 00:00:15.380 So thank you. 00:00:15.740 --> 00:00:16.640 Thank you very much. 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:18.519 It's nice to be back. 00:00:19.100 --> 00:00:21.960 It's nice to stand up here in the new building for the first time. 00:00:22.820 --> 00:00:23.660 It's even greater. 00:00:24.500 --> 00:00:26.460 Better bring God's word to you. 00:00:26.460 --> 00:00:28.000 Let's pray together again. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:38.840 Almighty God, our Father, it is wonderful to sing these truths about the power of the cross. 00:00:40.820 --> 00:00:43.460 Christ became sin for us. 00:00:45.420 --> 00:00:49.900 Heavenly Father, we pray that you'd send your spirit now. 00:00:50.980 --> 00:00:53.519 For flesh cannot discern the things of the spirit. 00:00:54.379 --> 00:00:59.500 Help me to handle these unfathomable truths. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.520 With reverence and awe. 00:01:04.819 --> 00:01:16.060 And by the power of your spirit, help us to grasp afresh something of the magnitude of your love for us in Christ Jesus. 00:01:16.060 --> 00:01:23.240 And the hideous nature of our sin and what it deserves. 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:29.939 For we ask it in the precious, powerful name of Jesus, your only Son. 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:31.759 Amen. 00:01:31.060 --> 00:01:31.699 Amen. 00:01:31.700 --> 00:01:43.180 Many of you will know, and my wife can confirm this, and my children, I am not the most observant person in the world. 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.560 If there is a bird in the garden, I will be the last to see it. 00:01:47.320 --> 00:01:53.820 And when it comes to things that I kind of see every day, I'm completely useless. 00:01:53.819 --> 00:01:54.939 Does he wear glasses? 00:01:55.079 --> 00:01:55.819 I have no idea. 00:01:57.359 --> 00:01:58.979 What color is the wallpaper? 00:01:59.299 --> 00:02:01.079 What color is our bedroom painted? 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:01.899 I don't know. 00:02:02.299 --> 00:02:03.919 Is it Magnolia? 00:02:04.039 --> 00:02:04.419 Probably. 00:02:04.579 --> 00:02:06.879 That's what I wanted everything to be, because that makes my life simple. 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:09.759 I just don't recognize things that are in front of me. 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:19.819 And the danger, as we look at the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus, is this is a story we know so well. 00:02:20.419 --> 00:02:21.579 We're familiar with it. 00:02:21.899 --> 00:02:26.099 If you've been a Christian for any length of time, or around church for any length of time, 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:32.019 you'll be aware of the doctrine of the atonement and what it meant. 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:36.799 And yet, it can be like wallpaper. 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:42.219 Paul, in writing to the Galatians, one of the earliest letters in the New Testament, 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:44.760 he says to them at the start of the chapter 3, 00:02:45.180 --> 00:02:51.760 you foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you that you'd be turning to another gospel which is no gospel? 00:02:52.820 --> 00:02:59.980 It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. 00:02:59.979 --> 00:03:09.179 And so this morning, I hope that by God's grace, Jesus Christ will be publicly portrayed as crucified. 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:12.899 That he might grip our attention. 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:21.599 And that we might not turn to the various false gospels, the self-help, the freedom by following your desires, 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:26.120 and all the other nonsense that is around us in the world, and yet can seem so attractive, 00:03:27.259 --> 00:03:32.199 and come back again to Christ and not be bewitched. 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:37.079 Well, I am a child of the 1970s, I'm pleased to admit to. 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:42.939 And that meant when I was learning to cross the road, I was helped by the Green Cross code man, 00:03:42.939 --> 00:03:49.180 who very simply said, stop, look, listen. 00:03:50.659 --> 00:03:57.060 And having done that, decide to respond safely in whether you cross the road or not. 00:03:58.060 --> 00:04:07.099 So this morning, very simply, I want us to stop, to look, to listen, 00:04:07.099 --> 00:04:13.340 and then to respond to what we have seen and heard. 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:19.839 So first of all, let's look, especially in verses 32 to 39, 00:04:20.939 --> 00:04:24.040 as Matthew trains his camera on this scene, 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:27.899 and highlights particular things he wants us to see. 00:04:28.699 --> 00:04:32.920 And what do we see as we look at this man stumbling out of Jerusalem, 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:36.839 with a cross beam of a cross on his back? 00:04:38.100 --> 00:04:41.900 It's a scene of complete horror and humiliation, isn't it? 00:04:42.060 --> 00:04:43.000 When we sit and look at it. 00:04:43.320 --> 00:04:45.520 Complete horror and humiliation. 00:04:45.939 --> 00:04:47.720 For a start, the very location of it. 00:04:48.820 --> 00:04:51.340 He is outside the city, verse 32, 00:04:51.700 --> 00:04:53.439 as they went out. 00:04:54.500 --> 00:04:55.560 So they go out of the city. 00:04:56.740 --> 00:04:59.220 This crucifixion is so horrible. 00:04:59.900 --> 00:05:01.460 It has to take place out of the city. 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:02.620 It's beyond the pale. 00:05:02.960 --> 00:05:06.180 You can't be part of society and be crucified. 00:05:06.180 --> 00:05:10.639 In fact, the Romans would often have crucifixions in a very public place, 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:12.959 where people coming into a city could see it. 00:05:13.300 --> 00:05:15.720 So they would learn the lesson from it. 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:18.720 And so here it is. 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:20.019 This man, Jesus, 00:05:20.019 --> 00:05:25.659 is facing the most horrendous death of all. 00:05:27.019 --> 00:05:28.740 Crucifixion, Cicero wrote, 00:05:28.779 --> 00:05:31.240 should be farthest from the mind of the Roman citizen. 00:05:31.740 --> 00:05:32.859 It is the lowest of the low. 00:05:32.939 --> 00:05:35.159 No Roman citizen could be crucified 00:05:35.159 --> 00:05:37.839 except with the express order of Caesar. 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:41.399 It was left for the slaves and the lowest in society. 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:44.019 Deliberately public example. 00:05:44.019 --> 00:05:46.159 It's horrific. 00:05:48.479 --> 00:05:50.060 But also look at the horror 00:05:50.060 --> 00:05:52.379 and the humiliation of this sight. 00:05:53.979 --> 00:05:55.060 As they went out, 00:05:55.139 --> 00:05:58.000 they found a man of Cyrene named Simon by name. 00:05:58.579 --> 00:06:00.759 They compelled him to carry his cross. 00:06:00.899 --> 00:06:01.180 Why? 00:06:02.979 --> 00:06:04.539 Because Jesus was so weak. 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:05.519 He'd been, after all, 00:06:05.539 --> 00:06:06.459 he'd been up all night. 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:08.859 Been marched backwards and forwards through the city 00:06:08.860 --> 00:06:10.259 for his trial. 00:06:12.460 --> 00:06:13.759 In the previous scene, 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:14.680 we didn't look at. 00:06:15.300 --> 00:06:17.520 He'd been flogged and mocked and beaten. 00:06:17.960 --> 00:06:19.439 As he comes out of the city now, 00:06:19.520 --> 00:06:22.340 there's blood from where the crown of thorns had been 00:06:22.340 --> 00:06:22.920 on his head. 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:25.160 There's blood dripping from his back, 00:06:25.259 --> 00:06:25.900 from his scourging. 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:27.460 It's a horrible sight. 00:06:28.900 --> 00:06:30.020 And he is weak. 00:06:31.139 --> 00:06:33.300 He's not like the James Bond action figure 00:06:33.300 --> 00:06:35.520 who can come out of the destroyed building 00:06:35.520 --> 00:06:37.439 and yet still be all guns blazing 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:38.199 and kill the enemy. 00:06:39.580 --> 00:06:42.020 He has no strength left to carry his own cross. 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:42.639 It's pitiful. 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:46.939 It's humiliating. 00:06:48.960 --> 00:06:51.360 And look closely at who do we see with him? 00:06:54.300 --> 00:06:55.060 No one. 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:57.580 No one. 00:06:58.860 --> 00:07:02.199 It's a horror and humiliation 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:05.740 of facing this dark hour on his own. 00:07:05.740 --> 00:07:09.740 Paul read earlier on in our prayers 00:07:09.740 --> 00:07:10.519 from Psalm 88 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:13.379 that darkness was his closest friend. 00:07:13.460 --> 00:07:14.680 That was true for the Lord Jesus. 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:16.600 The previous night, 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:17.819 as he was arrested, 00:07:17.939 --> 00:07:19.500 all his disciples disappeared 00:07:19.500 --> 00:07:20.420 into the darkness. 00:07:21.220 --> 00:07:22.300 Ashamed and scared, 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:23.060 they ran away. 00:07:24.819 --> 00:07:26.160 It's now humiliated, 00:07:26.280 --> 00:07:27.300 horrifically alone. 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:30.300 He comes out of the city. 00:07:30.300 --> 00:07:33.240 As we go on, 00:07:33.960 --> 00:07:35.360 verse 34, 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:38.460 they offered him wine to drink 00:07:38.460 --> 00:07:39.500 mixed with gall. 00:07:41.020 --> 00:07:42.580 But when he tasted it, 00:07:43.139 --> 00:07:44.540 he would not drink it. 00:07:44.540 --> 00:07:48.060 It's like the sufferer 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:49.260 in Psalm 69. 00:07:50.300 --> 00:07:52.060 The humiliation of getting something 00:07:52.060 --> 00:07:53.340 that should be comforting, 00:07:53.500 --> 00:07:54.060 but is not. 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:54.760 It's a cruel, 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:55.960 mocking joke. 00:07:56.260 --> 00:07:56.820 It wasn't something 00:07:56.820 --> 00:07:58.000 to satisfy his thirst. 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:00.399 As the psalmist says 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:01.199 in Psalm 69, 00:08:01.420 --> 00:08:02.319 I looked for pity, 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:03.420 but there was none. 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:04.399 For comforters, 00:08:04.579 --> 00:08:05.779 but I found none. 00:08:06.939 --> 00:08:07.980 They gave me poison 00:08:07.980 --> 00:08:08.920 for my food, 00:08:09.620 --> 00:08:10.500 and for my thirst, 00:08:10.699 --> 00:08:12.120 they gave me sour wine 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:12.779 to drink. 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:15.980 It's humiliating, isn't it? 00:08:17.220 --> 00:08:17.980 They mock him. 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:20.060 And there's the horror 00:08:20.060 --> 00:08:20.779 and humiliation 00:08:20.779 --> 00:08:21.939 of his powerlessness. 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:23.160 Verse 39, 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:24.399 when they crucified him, 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:25.899 they divided his garments 00:08:25.899 --> 00:08:26.519 among them 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:27.980 by casting lots. 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:29.959 Now, if we lived 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:30.759 in the first century, 00:08:30.839 --> 00:08:31.740 we'd know fine well 00:08:31.740 --> 00:08:32.779 that to be crucified 00:08:32.779 --> 00:08:33.639 would mean to hang there 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:35.240 naked, exposed, 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:36.740 humiliated. 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:38.700 And it's the powerlessness 00:08:38.700 --> 00:08:39.399 of it, isn't it? 00:08:39.460 --> 00:08:40.740 The soldier's just 00:08:40.740 --> 00:08:43.059 playing dice for his clothes 00:08:43.059 --> 00:08:45.139 as he hangs there, 00:08:45.220 --> 00:08:46.320 humiliated above them. 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:50.019 And if you and I 00:08:50.019 --> 00:08:52.039 were good first century Jews, 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:53.000 we'd see another level 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:54.220 of humiliation here. 00:08:55.379 --> 00:08:56.799 For the law of God 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:57.820 stated very clearly, 00:08:57.820 --> 00:08:59.400 Deuteronomy 21, 23, 00:08:59.780 --> 00:09:01.520 that anyone who is hung 00:09:01.520 --> 00:09:02.280 on a cross 00:09:02.280 --> 00:09:04.820 is under the curse of God. 00:09:06.760 --> 00:09:07.120 And see, 00:09:07.180 --> 00:09:08.020 we see this man 00:09:08.020 --> 00:09:09.340 who'd ridden into town 00:09:09.340 --> 00:09:10.920 just a few days earlier, 00:09:11.580 --> 00:09:12.200 being acclaimed 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:12.920 as a king, 00:09:13.379 --> 00:09:14.200 coming in the name 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:14.780 of David 00:09:14.780 --> 00:09:16.500 and the coming kingdom. 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:19.040 Yet here he is, 00:09:19.980 --> 00:09:20.680 publicly, 00:09:21.180 --> 00:09:21.980 horrifically, 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:23.160 humiliated, 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:25.159 in front of our very eyes, 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:26.959 under the curse of God. 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:31.319 And if we're sensitive 00:09:31.319 --> 00:09:32.079 to what Matthew 00:09:32.079 --> 00:09:33.000 is showing us, 00:09:33.860 --> 00:09:34.879 we see it as the horror 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:36.399 and humiliation 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:38.120 of a king. 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:40.120 because that's the overall 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:40.860 picture here. 00:09:41.259 --> 00:09:41.860 We would have seen it 00:09:41.860 --> 00:09:42.960 in the previous scene 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:44.659 where the Roman soldiers 00:09:44.659 --> 00:09:45.279 mocked him, 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:47.080 gave him a reed, 00:09:47.659 --> 00:09:48.279 gave him a crown 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:48.940 of thorns, 00:09:50.019 --> 00:09:51.200 dressed him in a purple robe 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:52.240 and mocked the idea 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:53.139 of him being king. 00:09:53.139 --> 00:09:58.460 We see it in the sign 00:09:58.460 --> 00:09:59.340 above his head, 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:00.840 verse 37. 00:10:01.379 --> 00:10:02.399 This is Jesus, 00:10:03.100 --> 00:10:04.299 the king of the Jews, 00:10:04.980 --> 00:10:06.439 hanging between two robbers. 00:10:08.319 --> 00:10:09.819 We see it most of all 00:10:09.819 --> 00:10:10.960 in the expert way 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:13.080 Matthew sets up his camera 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:15.279 like a brilliant movie producer, 00:10:16.220 --> 00:10:17.019 showing us scenes 00:10:17.019 --> 00:10:17.819 which echo 00:10:17.819 --> 00:10:21.360 and show signs of, 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:23.399 scenes from previous movies. 00:10:24.899 --> 00:10:26.379 So Matthew highlights 00:10:26.379 --> 00:10:29.500 what looks like Psalm 22, 00:10:31.700 --> 00:10:32.860 which David starts 00:10:32.860 --> 00:10:33.440 by saying, 00:10:33.539 --> 00:10:34.539 my God, my God, 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:35.700 why have you forsaken me? 00:10:35.740 --> 00:10:36.259 The very worst, 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:37.279 Jesus will cry out 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:38.879 in a few hours, 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:40.060 a few verses later. 00:10:41.019 --> 00:10:41.860 He deliberately points 00:10:41.860 --> 00:10:42.320 to the camera 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:42.980 so he can see 00:10:42.980 --> 00:10:44.800 all that being echoed. 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:47.320 And the question behind it 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:47.420 is, 00:10:47.680 --> 00:10:49.220 who is God's king? 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:51.300 Who is God's king? 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:53.180 Which kingdom rules here? 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:55.000 The kingdom of Pilate? 00:10:55.300 --> 00:10:56.399 The kingdom of the world? 00:10:56.500 --> 00:10:56.860 The kingdom 00:10:56.860 --> 00:10:58.460 of the religious leaders? 00:10:59.139 --> 00:10:59.860 Or the kingdom 00:10:59.860 --> 00:11:01.759 of this humiliated, 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:04.080 horrific-looking man 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:06.399 rejected by God? 00:11:08.100 --> 00:11:08.940 And of course, 00:11:09.019 --> 00:11:09.480 the answer, 00:11:10.800 --> 00:11:12.980 if we know Psalm 22, 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:15.080 is that what starts 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:15.860 with suffering 00:11:15.860 --> 00:11:16.820 and humiliation 00:11:16.820 --> 00:11:17.500 and rejection 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:19.180 ends in victory. 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:20.120 Psalm 22, 00:11:20.260 --> 00:11:20.980 verse 28, 00:11:21.560 --> 00:11:22.440 for kingship 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:24.040 belongs to the Lord 00:11:24.040 --> 00:11:25.800 and he rules 00:11:25.800 --> 00:11:26.540 over the nations. 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:30.100 This is the humiliation 00:11:30.100 --> 00:11:31.820 of God's king. 00:11:32.760 --> 00:11:33.480 And we should ask, 00:11:33.560 --> 00:11:33.800 shouldn't we, 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:34.920 why is this happening? 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:36.720 We could give 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:37.560 all sorts of answers. 00:11:37.680 --> 00:11:38.360 We could say 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:40.379 it's because of the envy 00:11:40.379 --> 00:11:42.240 of the religious leaders. 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:43.600 And certainly, 00:11:43.680 --> 00:11:43.940 that's something 00:11:43.940 --> 00:11:44.780 Pilate had noticed 00:11:44.780 --> 00:11:45.760 back in verse 18. 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:47.960 We could say 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:49.120 it's because 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:50.360 Pilate is a coward 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:51.940 and despite 00:11:51.940 --> 00:11:53.780 declaring Jesus 00:11:53.780 --> 00:11:54.280 to be innocent, 00:11:54.500 --> 00:11:55.700 still gave in 00:11:55.700 --> 00:11:57.300 because he feared a riot. 00:11:58.340 --> 00:11:58.880 And there might be 00:11:58.880 --> 00:11:59.720 some truth in that, 00:11:59.800 --> 00:12:00.540 verse 24. 00:12:02.940 --> 00:12:03.820 But Matthew, 00:12:03.900 --> 00:12:04.620 the gospel writer, 00:12:04.700 --> 00:12:05.320 wants us to see 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:06.060 another truth, 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:07.020 a deeper, 00:12:07.400 --> 00:12:08.640 more profound mystery. 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:11.379 This is happening 00:12:11.379 --> 00:12:12.699 because the night before, 00:12:13.620 --> 00:12:14.899 Jesus had knelt 00:12:14.899 --> 00:12:16.360 in Gethsemane. 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:17.960 Chapter 26, 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:18.720 verse 39, 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:21.259 and prayed, 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:22.740 my father, 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:24.439 if it be possible, 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:26.319 let this cup, 00:12:26.439 --> 00:12:27.120 this suffering, 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:29.259 this horrific humiliation 00:12:29.259 --> 00:12:30.919 pass from me. 00:12:31.299 --> 00:12:31.899 Nevertheless, 00:12:33.100 --> 00:12:35.299 not as I will, 00:12:35.299 --> 00:12:38.319 but what you will. 00:12:40.059 --> 00:12:40.919 That cup, 00:12:41.059 --> 00:12:43.479 that horrific humiliation 00:12:43.479 --> 00:12:47.399 was God's right anger, 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:48.740 right punishment, 00:12:49.319 --> 00:12:51.559 his settled personal hostility 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:54.259 against all this evil 00:12:54.259 --> 00:12:55.099 in the world, 00:12:56.679 --> 00:12:57.959 against all our sin, 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:00.599 all our self-centeredness, 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:03.559 all the ways we swallow 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:05.119 Satan's lie that says, 00:13:05.239 --> 00:13:06.459 God is not good. 00:13:07.139 --> 00:13:08.879 God doesn't really love you. 00:13:10.699 --> 00:13:12.000 All our gossip, 00:13:13.439 --> 00:13:15.239 all our comparing ourselves 00:13:15.239 --> 00:13:16.279 to other people, 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:19.279 all our self-satisfaction, 00:13:21.659 --> 00:13:24.000 all our little selfish moments 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:25.079 and bitter thoughts 00:13:25.079 --> 00:13:26.819 and angry resentments, 00:13:28.739 --> 00:13:30.899 all our shame, 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:33.099 all our secrets. 00:13:34.359 --> 00:13:35.259 And Jesus, 00:13:35.459 --> 00:13:37.219 the Holy One, 00:13:37.859 --> 00:13:39.779 understood better than any of us 00:13:39.779 --> 00:13:40.619 ever could 00:13:40.619 --> 00:13:43.139 what it meant 00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:45.879 to take the Father's wrath 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:48.000 against all that. 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:49.639 And yet still, 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:50.759 that previous night, 00:13:50.959 --> 00:13:52.619 he renewed his commitment 00:13:52.619 --> 00:13:54.979 to come and suffer 00:13:54.979 --> 00:13:56.539 in the place of people 00:13:56.539 --> 00:13:57.459 like you and I. 00:13:58.839 --> 00:13:59.239 Of course, 00:13:59.299 --> 00:13:59.779 that commitment 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:01.539 was older than just 00:14:01.539 --> 00:14:02.719 the previous evening. 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:04.859 It was a commitment 00:14:04.859 --> 00:14:05.479 he'd renewed 00:14:05.479 --> 00:14:06.979 every day of his life 00:14:06.979 --> 00:14:08.259 from the cradle 00:14:08.259 --> 00:14:09.419 in Bethlehem 00:14:09.419 --> 00:14:11.759 to a dying breath 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:12.739 on Calvary 00:14:12.739 --> 00:14:15.159 as he committed himself 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:16.939 to go the Father's way. 00:14:17.299 --> 00:14:18.000 It was a commitment 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:18.619 that was born 00:14:18.619 --> 00:14:19.539 in his very name, 00:14:19.619 --> 00:14:20.399 the name the angels 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:21.139 had given him 00:14:21.139 --> 00:14:22.579 before he was born 00:14:22.579 --> 00:14:23.839 as a child. 00:14:24.779 --> 00:14:26.319 For his name is Jesus, 00:14:26.719 --> 00:14:27.839 that he will save his people 00:14:27.839 --> 00:14:28.899 from their sins. 00:14:29.859 --> 00:14:30.379 It was a commitment 00:14:30.379 --> 00:14:31.639 he renewed every day 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:34.000 as he obeyed the law, 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:37.679 not only in the obvious things, 00:14:38.539 --> 00:14:39.939 but never having a look 00:14:39.939 --> 00:14:41.659 of frustration, 00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:44.379 never a sigh of self-centeredness 00:14:44.379 --> 00:14:46.460 against God's will. 00:14:46.460 --> 00:14:50.019 It was written 00:14:50.019 --> 00:14:50.680 in the scriptures 00:14:50.680 --> 00:14:51.519 he fulfilled. 00:14:53.060 --> 00:14:53.820 It was written 00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:55.440 before the dawn of time. 00:14:55.900 --> 00:14:56.460 Peter says 00:14:56.460 --> 00:14:57.500 in 1 Peter chapter 1, 00:14:57.560 --> 00:14:58.220 he was the lamb 00:14:58.220 --> 00:14:59.879 slain before the foundation 00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:00.500 of the world. 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:01.920 It was written together 00:15:01.920 --> 00:15:02.560 in the mystery 00:15:02.560 --> 00:15:03.639 of the eternal covenant 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:05.100 that we read about 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:05.920 in Ephesians 1 00:15:05.920 --> 00:15:06.840 and in John 17, 00:15:07.540 --> 00:15:08.400 where the Father 00:15:08.400 --> 00:15:09.740 chose to redeem, 00:15:10.259 --> 00:15:11.360 the Son chose 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:12.540 to come into the world 00:15:12.540 --> 00:15:13.759 and shed his blood 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:15.080 to rescue us, 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:15.980 and the Spirit 00:15:15.980 --> 00:15:17.180 chose to come 00:15:17.180 --> 00:15:19.500 and apply that 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:22.000 to blind sinners 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:22.800 like us. 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:25.740 This is happening 00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:27.660 because the man 00:15:27.660 --> 00:15:28.460 Christ Jesus 00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:30.100 chose for it to happen 00:15:30.100 --> 00:15:31.820 in fulfillment 00:15:31.820 --> 00:15:33.860 to God's eternal purposes. 00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:36.620 So as we look 00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:37.220 at the horror 00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:38.139 and humiliation 00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:39.340 of this man 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:40.100 on the cross, 00:15:40.400 --> 00:15:42.560 what must we grasp here? 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:45.899 But we need to grasp, 00:15:46.019 --> 00:15:46.239 don't we, 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:47.519 that there was 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:48.759 no other way, 00:15:49.319 --> 00:15:51.139 there was no other way 00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:52.659 that we could be forgiven. 00:15:55.059 --> 00:15:56.279 There's no quick, 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:57.299 easy route 00:15:57.299 --> 00:15:58.819 to say sorry. 00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:02.099 There's no get out 00:16:02.099 --> 00:16:03.239 of jail free card 00:16:03.239 --> 00:16:03.899 for God to just 00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:05.000 overlook our sin. 00:16:05.699 --> 00:16:06.899 It matters. 00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:08.159 It matters. 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:11.079 There's no cheap price. 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:13.279 No cut price deal. 00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:16.100 And as we look 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.519 at Jesus' 00:16:16.939 --> 00:16:17.500 humiliation 00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:18.199 before people, 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:19.659 we need to grasp, 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:20.079 don't we, 00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:21.659 that what he suffered 00:16:21.659 --> 00:16:22.879 publicly that we see 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.039 is, 00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:24.240 it's only the tip 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:24.799 of the iceberg. 00:16:24.939 --> 00:16:25.399 You know what they say 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:26.100 about icebergs, 00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:26.379 don't you? 00:16:26.839 --> 00:16:27.459 We only see 00:16:27.459 --> 00:16:28.539 sort of the 10% 00:16:28.539 --> 00:16:29.120 that is visible, 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.579 the vast majority 00:16:30.579 --> 00:16:31.459 that is underneath. 00:16:33.199 --> 00:16:33.799 And so it is 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:34.299 as we look 00:16:34.299 --> 00:16:35.240 at Jesus' suffering. 00:16:35.579 --> 00:16:36.339 We only see 00:16:36.339 --> 00:16:37.279 the tip of the iceberg. 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:38.720 We don't get 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:39.519 to grasp 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:41.279 the full wrath 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:42.379 that he bore for us. 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:43.959 We hear it a little bit 00:16:43.959 --> 00:16:45.179 in his cry later on. 00:16:45.579 --> 00:16:46.199 My God, 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:46.899 my God, 00:16:46.959 --> 00:16:48.199 why have you forsaken me? 00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:49.379 But we only get 00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:50.100 a glimpse of it. 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:52.480 And moreover, 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:53.439 the horror 00:16:53.439 --> 00:16:54.259 and humiliation 00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:54.860 he suffered 00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:55.579 before men 00:16:55.579 --> 00:16:56.299 that day 00:16:56.299 --> 00:16:59.019 is, 00:16:59.139 --> 00:16:59.539 my friends, 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:00.419 what you and I 00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:01.919 deserve before God. 00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:04.099 And yet he bore 00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:04.859 it for us. 00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:07.699 what we see here 00:17:07.699 --> 00:17:08.919 is how serious 00:17:08.919 --> 00:17:10.599 our sin is. 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.979 But also, 00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:16.799 don't we see 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:17.479 something else? 00:17:18.939 --> 00:17:20.179 How incredible 00:17:20.179 --> 00:17:21.279 is God's love? 00:17:22.299 --> 00:17:23.199 How incredible 00:17:23.199 --> 00:17:23.879 is the love 00:17:23.879 --> 00:17:24.359 of Jesus 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:25.439 that he should 00:17:25.439 --> 00:17:26.479 choose to do that 00:17:26.479 --> 00:17:27.399 for me 00:17:27.399 --> 00:17:28.139 or for you? 00:17:28.939 --> 00:17:29.979 How incredible 00:17:29.979 --> 00:17:30.719 is the love 00:17:30.719 --> 00:17:31.539 of the Father 00:17:31.539 --> 00:17:32.420 that he would 00:17:32.420 --> 00:17:33.379 give his only 00:17:33.379 --> 00:17:33.960 son 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:35.460 that we 00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:36.180 could be his? 00:17:37.139 --> 00:17:37.960 That Jesus 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:38.940 should be despised 00:17:38.940 --> 00:17:39.500 and rejected 00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:40.139 so that we 00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:40.680 could be loved 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:41.279 and accepted? 00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:42.159 That he should 00:17:42.159 --> 00:17:43.099 be humiliated 00:17:43.099 --> 00:17:43.980 and cast down 00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:44.819 so that we 00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:45.779 can be lifted up? 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:46.799 That he should 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.399 be bloodied 00:17:47.399 --> 00:17:48.299 and bruised 00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:49.200 so that we 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:49.839 should be safe 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:50.240 forever? 00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:52.680 Can we get 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:53.319 a glimpse 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:54.839 of this love 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.500 that he would 00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:56.359 willingly suffer 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:57.039 for us? 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:59.559 How can we 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:00.279 ever doubt 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:02.039 that God 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:02.659 loves us? 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.480 In those 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.279 dark moments 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.859 where you think 00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:06.519 God does not 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:06.920 care, 00:18:08.639 --> 00:18:09.099 can you look 00:18:09.099 --> 00:18:09.799 back at Jesus 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.579 on the cross 00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:11.799 and really 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:12.460 ask that? 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:14.579 As the hymn 00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:15.299 writer put it, 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:16.700 upon the cross 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:17.200 of Jesus 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:17.879 mine eyes 00:18:17.879 --> 00:18:18.399 at times 00:18:18.399 --> 00:18:19.000 can see 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:20.059 the very 00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:20.920 dying form 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:21.359 of one 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:22.039 who suffered 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:22.960 there for me 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:24.779 and from 00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:25.500 my smitten 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.159 heart with 00:18:26.159 --> 00:18:26.740 tears 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:28.640 two wonders 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:29.579 I confess 00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:32.720 the wonders 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:34.359 of his 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:35.359 glorious love 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:37.220 and my 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:37.799 own 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:38.500 worthlessness 00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:41.019 well that's 00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:41.839 what we see 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:44.500 what do we 00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:44.859 hear? 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:45.180 Listen, 00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:45.620 stop, 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.240 look, 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:46.880 listen, 00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:47.680 what do we 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.299 hear as we 00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:48.740 listen? 00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.319 Verses 39 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.920 to 44 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:53.000 well what 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.359 the English 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:53.920 translation 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:54.460 can't really 00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:55.160 capture here 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:55.519 is we 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.579 what we 00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.180 hear 00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:58.759 is continual 00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.200 mocking 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:00.099 and temptation 00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:00.720 from all 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.160 around 00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:02.680 it's continual 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:03.799 in the original 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.379 language it's 00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:04.779 clear it's 00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.279 harder in the 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:05.519 English 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.500 verse 39 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.740 the passers-by 00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.960 kept on 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:10.099 deriding him 00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:11.460 verses 41 00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:12.180 to 43 00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:13.200 the religious 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:14.319 leaders keep 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:15.059 on saying 00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:15.779 things 00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:16.700 that are 00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.259 mocking and 00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.639 tempting 00:19:17.639 --> 00:19:18.400 and accusing 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:18.799 him 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:20.639 verse 44 00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.139 the two 00:19:21.139 --> 00:19:22.139 robbers kept 00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:23.059 on reviling 00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:23.319 him 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:23.819 it was 00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:24.859 consistent 00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:25.259 it didn't 00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.720 stop 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.500 it was 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:26.819 from all 00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.319 around 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.819 not just 00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.679 the robbers 00:19:28.679 --> 00:19:28.980 on either 00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.559 side 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.480 but from 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.079 the highest 00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.819 in society 00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.500 the leaders 00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:35.039 the passers-by 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.500 just doing 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:36.059 their thing 00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:37.500 and the lowest 00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:37.980 of the low 00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.619 they crucified 00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:39.119 with him 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:39.759 albeit Luke 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.319 tells us 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:41.240 one changed 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:41.659 their tune 00:19:41.659 --> 00:19:42.059 later 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:43.019 let's listen 00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:43.319 to what 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:44.460 the mocking 00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:45.659 consists of 00:19:45.659 --> 00:19:47.539 the passers-by 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.259 verses 39 00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:48.700 and 40 00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:48.960 they were 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.839 wagging their 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.139 heads 00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:50.540 a sign 00:19:50.540 --> 00:19:50.700 of 00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:51.600 disdain 00:19:51.600 --> 00:19:52.340 and contempt 00:19:52.340 --> 00:19:54.880 and they 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.320 distort 00:19:55.320 --> 00:19:55.640 Jesus' 00:19:55.840 --> 00:19:56.060 words 00:19:56.060 --> 00:19:57.240 verse 40 00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:58.100 you who 00:19:58.100 --> 00:19:58.640 destroy 00:19:58.640 --> 00:19:59.200 the temple 00:19:59.200 --> 00:19:59.680 and rebuild 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.259 it in three 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.600 days 00:20:00.600 --> 00:20:01.620 save yourselves 00:20:01.620 --> 00:20:02.400 see there's 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:03.000 something about 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.320 Jesus 00:20:03.320 --> 00:20:03.820 there's something 00:20:03.820 --> 00:20:04.120 about what 00:20:04.120 --> 00:20:04.540 he said 00:20:04.540 --> 00:20:05.180 but they 00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:05.820 get it wrong 00:20:05.820 --> 00:20:06.780 what Jesus 00:20:06.780 --> 00:20:07.340 has actually 00:20:07.340 --> 00:20:07.860 said 00:20:07.860 --> 00:20:09.020 John 2 00:20:09.020 --> 00:20:09.700 verse 19 00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:10.560 was you 00:20:10.560 --> 00:20:11.340 destroy this 00:20:11.340 --> 00:20:11.759 temple 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:13.880 meaning his 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.220 body 00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:15.340 and I will 00:20:15.340 --> 00:20:15.860 rebuild it 00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:16.200 in three 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:16.700 days 00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.920 but they 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.300 didn't really 00:20:18.300 --> 00:20:18.940 understand 00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:19.980 so instead 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.500 they're mocking 00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:20.700 him 00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:20.880 saying 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:21.640 you think 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:21.940 you can 00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:22.759 destroy 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.019 this 00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.519 beautiful 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:23.840 temple 00:20:23.840 --> 00:20:24.299 Herod's 00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:24.500 built 00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:24.960 and then 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.440 rebuild it 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:25.759 in three 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.259 days 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:26.779 but it 00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.059 took him 00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.900 40 years 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:32.019 but here's 00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.299 the very 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:33.320 first irony 00:20:33.320 --> 00:20:36.039 because the 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.860 true temple 00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.460 the true 00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.420 meeting place 00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:39.259 of God 00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.559 with his 00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:39.940 people 00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:41.720 is not 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.200 the real 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:42.580 estate 00:20:42.580 --> 00:20:43.039 back in 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00:24:00.299 it 00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.839 he is 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.399 continuing 00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:02.019 to trust 00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.259 his 00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:02.779 father 00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:05.680 and he's 00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.079 waiting for 00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.619 God the 00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.159 father to 00:24:07.159 --> 00:24:07.639 vindicate 00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:08.000 him 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:10.279 and that 00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.779 gives us 00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.200 hope 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.419 when Satan 00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:13.220 hurls those 00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:14.319 fiery arrows 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:14.819 at us 00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:16.599 and insinuates 00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.059 that God 00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.740 doesn't care 00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:19.940 and we can 00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.539 see God's 00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.839 love 00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.799 as we look 00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.379 at Jesus 00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:24.220 well then 00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.519 there's the 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.180 robbers next 00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.519 to him 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.319 verse 44 00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:27.180 they keep 00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.720 on mocking 00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.039 him 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.940 and they 00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.339 simply have 00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:29.639 the same 00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:30.119 taunts as 00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.680 everyone else 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:30.940 don't they 00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.259 just fall 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.680 into line 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:31.839 with what 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.200 everyone else 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.659 is saying 00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:33.399 and so it 00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:33.779 comes from 00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.299 all sides 00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.639 here is 00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:35.379 poor 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00:25:02.400 and if we 00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.940 believe in 00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.539 Jesus as 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:03.900 king 00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:05.380 if we live 00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.759 for his 00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.079 kingdom 00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.460 not the 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.839 kingdom of 00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.420 this world 00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:09.200 then we 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.680 will face 00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.240 that mocking 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.660 too 00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.180 won't we 00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:13.259 many of us 00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.539 have already 00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.420 experienced it 00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.579 you'll be laughed 00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:15.960 at for 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:17.059 believing in 00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.319 God 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.819 like believing 00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.259 in the tooth 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.620 fairy 00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:20.380 you'll be 00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:20.980 mocked 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:22.019 for believing 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.559 in ancient 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.380 fairy tales 00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:23.980 you'll be 00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.740 mocked 00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.839 for thinking 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.279 that Jesus 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.639 is the 00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.119 only way 00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:27.700 to God 00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:29.619 if you're 00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:30.039 at school 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.639 perhaps you're 00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.899 or even 00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.019 if you're 00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.319 not at 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.619 school 00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:35.279 you'll be 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.899 mocked 00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.639 and face 00:25:36.639 --> 00:25:37.339 humiliation 00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:39.180 believing 00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.720 what Jesus 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.200 teaches 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.539 about 00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:42.619 about ethics 00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:44.059 especially 00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:45.180 sexual ethics 00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:46.019 and relationships 00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:48.240 and identity 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.660 and male 00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.299 and female 00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:52.399 how narrow 00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:52.819 minded 00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.579 how oppressive 00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:57.519 will face 00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.019 the temptation 00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.439 to cave 00:25:58.439 --> 00:25:58.740 in 00:25:58.740 --> 00:26:01.919 and yet 00:26:01.919 --> 00:26:02.439 what kingdom 00:26:02.439 --> 00:26:02.659 are we 00:26:02.659 --> 00:26:03.159 living for 00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:03.339 are we 00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:03.579 living 00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.220 for being 00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.659 accepted 00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:05.199 now 00:26:05.199 --> 00:26:07.279 or for the 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.480 kingdom 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.960 to come 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:10.919 we need to 00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.159 remember 00:26:11.159 --> 00:26:11.759 Jesus earlier 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.319 promise 00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:13.359 blessed are 00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.879 those who 00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:14.500 are persecuted 00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.139 for righteousness 00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:15.659 sake 00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:16.539 for theirs 00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:16.819 is the 00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.039 kingdom 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.500 of heaven 00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.500 blessed are 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.839 you when 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.639 others revile 00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:19.919 you 00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.980 and persecute 00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.300 you 00:26:21.300 --> 00:26:21.880 not are 00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.300 all kinds 00:26:22.300 --> 00:26:22.600 of evil 00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.279 against you 00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:24.060 falsely 00:26:24.060 --> 00:26:24.440 on my 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:24.940 account 00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:27.340 Jesus 00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:28.060 was blessed 00:26:28.060 --> 00:26:28.539 as he hung 00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:28.820 there 00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:30.080 faithful to 00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:30.539 the father 00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:32.060 and what 00:26:32.060 --> 00:26:32.560 do we hear 00:26:32.560 --> 00:26:33.120 from Jesus 00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.820 as we listen 00:26:33.820 --> 00:26:36.160 we hear 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.539 nothing 00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:38.440 not a murmur 00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.000 of complaint 00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:41.180 not a sigh 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.620 of self 00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.000 pity 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.960 not a quiet 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.400 word of 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:45.000 explanation 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:47.600 he suffers 00:26:47.600 --> 00:26:48.440 in silence 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:51.360 so look 00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:51.680 we see 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.160 the horror 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.259 and humiliation 00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:55.259 that our 00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.120 sin incurs 00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:57.240 listen 00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:59.340 we hear 00:26:59.340 --> 00:27:00.120 the continual 00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:00.559 mocking 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.420 and temptation 00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:03.480 but finally 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.660 let's respond 00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:06.720 where do we 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.600 see ourselves 00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.400 in this picture 00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:09.740 Matthew paints 00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:11.980 it's easy 00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.360 to be like 00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:12.920 the passers 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.320 by 00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:14.320 there were 00:27:14.320 --> 00:27:14.980 religious people 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.400 going to 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.820 Jerusalem 00:27:15.820 --> 00:27:16.580 around Jerusalem 00:27:16.580 --> 00:27:17.480 for worship 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.059 at Passover 00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:20.960 and it's 00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.339 easy 00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:23.259 in a sense 00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.059 even if we 00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.639 are Christians 00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.200 to pass 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.539 by 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.960 here once 00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.379 a year 00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:27.299 we get 00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.599 to Good 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:27.899 Friday 00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.139 and we 00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.579 think about 00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.000 it there 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:30.179 J.C. 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.440 Ryle 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.859 writing 00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:31.819 about 140 00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.419 years ago 00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:32.839 said let us 00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.299 meditate 00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:34.200 frequently on 00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.579 these things 00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:34.859 let us 00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.919 often read 00:27:35.919 --> 00:27:36.299 over the 00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:37.159 story of 00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:37.679 Christ's 00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:38.079 passion 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:39.200 let us 00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.700 not settle 00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.200 for second 00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.539 hand 00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.960 knowledge 00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.319 like those 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.799 passers 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.179 by 00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:43.679 if we 00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:43.819 don't 00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.240 understand 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.519 what's 00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.059 going on 00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.399 then let's 00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:46.259 pray 00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.980 let's seek 00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.339 let's 00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:48.120 think 00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:48.440 let's 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.720 ask 00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.360 for help 00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:51.079 let's 00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.360 not be 00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:51.900 overtaken 00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.559 by urgent 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:52.940 matters 00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.180 of the 00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.500 day 00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.299 that 00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.700 outweigh 00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:54.839 the 00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.220 eternal 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.799 matters 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.539 of 00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:56.900 judgment 00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.240 before 00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.420 the 00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:57.640 throne 00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:57.819 of 00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.059 God 00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.420 let us 00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.220 not 00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.680 pass 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.140 by 00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.420 the 00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.620 son 00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:00.759 of 00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.140 God 00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.420 on 00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.579 a 00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:02.099 cross 00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:04.059 let's 00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.200 just 00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.680 wallpaper 00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.000 our 00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.380 eyes 00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:05.700 let us 00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.240 ponder 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:07.420 until 00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.720 we can 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:07.960 save 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.120 the 00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.420 apostle 00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:08.839 Paul 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.440 the 00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.740 son 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:09.940 of 00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.240 God 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.779 loved 00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.279 me 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.440 and 00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:12.680 gave 00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.099 himself 00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.400 for 00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:13.839 me 00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:16.539 maybe 00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:16.720 we're 00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:16.919 like 00:28:16.919 --> 00:28:17.399 religious 00:28:17.399 --> 00:28:18.000 leaders 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.799 unfortunately 00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.459 like me 00:28:20.459 --> 00:28:20.619 you've 00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:20.899 grown up 00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:21.099 in a 00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.359 church 00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:21.659 you may 00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:22.439 think of 00:28:22.439 --> 00:28:22.699 them as 00:28:22.699 --> 00:28:23.220 pantomime 00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.579 villains 00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:23.980 we see 00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.139 them 00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:24.379 we want 00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:24.519 to 00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:24.779 boo 00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.319 and hiss 00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.919 because 00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:26.000 they're 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people 00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.459 with a 00:28:38.459 --> 00:28:38.779 privileged 00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.399 position 00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:41.839 and yet 00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.179 you didn't 00:28:42.179 --> 00:28:42.819 really respond 00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.299 to it 00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:45.960 what 00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.819 happened 00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.919 why is it 00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:48.139 they were 00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:48.740 so arrogant 00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.240 to Jesus 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:52.799 it's because 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.659 God blinded 00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:53.879 them 00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:55.779 God gave 00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.319 them over 00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:57.139 to their 00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.839 pride 00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.779 to their 00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.019 self 00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.579 righteousness 00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.720 to their 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:00.980 hard 00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.680 heartedness 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:05.419 and if 00:29:05.419 --> 00:29:05.819 we're honest 00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.339 if we come 00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.599 from a 00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:06.819 religious 00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.259 background 00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.779 like I 00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.059 do 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.839 it's easy 00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.180 to grow 00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.579 up knowing 00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:10.099 the answers 00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.700 it's easy 00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.039 to grow 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.519 up looking 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.000 good in 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.299 the eyes 00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.519 of the 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.819 world 00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.639 and thinking 00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:13.960 we're 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.279 quite 00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.079 fine 00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.779 thank you 00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:17.939 I 00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:18.259 wouldn't 00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.480 it be 00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.039 an awful 00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.659 thing 00:29:19.659 --> 00:29:20.919 if God 00:29:20.919 --> 00:29:21.399 left us 00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:21.879 blind 00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.480 in our 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.919 sin 00:29:22.919 --> 00:29:25.960 it's 00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.439 only by 00:29:26.439 --> 00:29:26.879 the mercy 00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.339 of God 00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:27.599 that we 00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.079 can see 00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.519 this 00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:30.559 so let's 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.079 pray 00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:32.700 that the 00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.200 doctrine 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.619 of the 00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.139 atonement 00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:34.480 will not 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.019 merely be 00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.059 a fact 00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.439 that we 00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:37.079 assert 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:38.599 but a 00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.119 heartwarming 00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.759 truth that 00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.399 informs our 00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.900 lives 00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.620 and the 00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:41.920 way we 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.540 live day 00:29:42.540 --> 00:29:43.240 by day 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:45.160 we might 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.800 not stand 00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:46.060 at the 00:29:46.060 --> 00:29:46.300 foot of 00:29:46.300 --> 00:29:46.759 the cross 00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.240 and mock 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.740 as they 00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.060 did 00:29:48.060 --> 00:29:50.740 but weep 00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.420 over our 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:51.800 sin 00:29:51.800 --> 00:29:53.220 and weep 00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.580 over his 00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:53.980 love 00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:56.580 maybe we 00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:56.980 can be like 00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.480 the robbers 00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.759 you just 00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.100 join in 00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:58.340 without 00:29:58.340 --> 00:29:58.880 thinking 00:29:58.880 --> 00:30:01.380 let's not 00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:01.940 just join in 00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.200 with the 00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.680 taunts of 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.120 the world 00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:04.660 maybe you've 00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.019 done that 00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.360 for some 00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.800 time 00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:07.460 not 00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:07.919 taking 00:30:07.919 --> 00:30:08.819 christianity 00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.079 and the 00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.480 cross 00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.119 seriously 00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:11.919 please don't 00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.339 fall into 00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:12.940 that trap 00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:14.899 please 00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:15.379 consider 00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:15.980 what god 00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.559 has done 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.039 for you 00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.740 in christ 00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:22.000 but if 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.319 you're a 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:22.599 baptized 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.339 christian 00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.919 here today 00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:25.419 i hope you 00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:25.799 can see 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.240 yourself 00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.619 somewhere 00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.039 else in 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.220 this 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.599 story 00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:30.460 because 00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.019 the amazing 00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.879 truth is 00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:35.060 we are 00:30:35.060 --> 00:30:35.480 baptized 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:37.440 into 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.200 christ's 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.560 death 00:30:38.560 --> 00:30:40.860 do you 00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.420 not know 00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:41.740 says the 00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.280 apostle paul 00:30:42.280 --> 00:30:42.680 all of you 00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.380 baptized into 00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:44.100 christ jesus 00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:45.020 were baptized 00:30:45.020 --> 00:30:45.600 into his 00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:45.940 death 00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.920 as you look 00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.280 at this 00:30:47.280 --> 00:30:47.640 scene 00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.060 where do 00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.340 you see 00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:48.840 yourself 00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:50.760 baptized 00:30:50.760 --> 00:30:51.360 christian 00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:51.600 you can 00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:52.360 see yourself 00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:53.620 in christ 00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.140 on the 00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.640 cross 00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.640 for he 00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.100 has taken 00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:57.020 your sin 00:30:57.020 --> 00:30:58.240 he has 00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.860 borne your 00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.400 punishment 00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.720 as he 00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.320 hangs there 00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:01.500 not only 00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.220 that he 00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.599 has taken 00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.019 our very 00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.500 sinful 00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.940 nature 00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.619 our old 00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.259 selves 00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.019 with all 00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.779 our distorted 00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.460 loves and 00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.279 twisted desires 00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.980 he has 00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.680 nailed it to 00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:10.160 the cross 00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.640 so it is 00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.099 dead 00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:12.359 and now 00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.759 we have 00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.079 a new 00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.579 life 00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:16.319 by faith 00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.019 in christ 00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:19.359 in him 00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:19.779 you are 00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.440 justified 00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.079 it's just 00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.359 as if 00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:21.559 you'd 00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:21.779 never 00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.259 sinned 00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.880 it's just 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.200 as if 00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.400 you'd 00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.599 always 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.059 obeyed 00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.519 it's just 00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:24.799 as if 00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.000 you'd 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.140 lived 00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.500 jesus 00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.980 life 00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:27.220 your old 00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.539 sinful 00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.940 nature 00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.319 hangs 00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.519 there 00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.039 dead 00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.819 no longer 00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.380 with power 00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:30.940 over you 00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.580 you have 00:31:31.580 --> 00:31:31.860 a new 00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.180 nature 00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.860 to come 00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:34.400 it comes 00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:34.740 out the 00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.120 tomb 00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:36.400 on sunday 00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.460 you are 00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.080 dead to 00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:38.500 the world 00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.019 system 00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:40.160 you're 00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.620 dead to 00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.120 belonging to 00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.680 this age 00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.160 needing to 00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.820 prove yourself 00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.400 to needing 00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.059 to be popular 00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.440 to needing 00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.140 to be accepted 00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:46.320 because you 00:31:46.320 --> 00:31:46.920 are loved 00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.519 by the king 00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.120 of kings 00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:49.039 and you're 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.600 a place 00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.400 in an 00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.660 eternal 00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.100 kingdom 00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:52.920 so why 00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.480 worry about 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.039 riches or 00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.480 honor or 00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.140 success or 00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.920 reputation or 00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.960 promotion or 00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.360 whether you've 00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:57.840 got a house 00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.319 or not 00:31:58.319 --> 00:32:00.399 you have 00:32:00.399 --> 00:32:00.759 an eternal 00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.079 dwelling 00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.579 place 00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:04.099 and as 00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.579 you hear 00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.259 jesus 00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:07.319 breathing his 00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:07.899 last 00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:08.599 victory 00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.259 cry 00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:12.019 that is 00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.659 your victory 00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:13.639 because jesus 00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.119 has won it 00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.599 for you 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.740 and satan 00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.740 is defeated 00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:19.019 life is 00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.679 ours to 00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:20.079 live 00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:21.220 because he 00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.819 has died 00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:23.359 where do you 00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:23.959 see yourself 00:32:23.959 --> 00:32:24.399 as you look 00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:24.939 at this scene 00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:26.860 i hope we 00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.720 see ourselves 00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:29.400 united to 00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:29.880 jesus 00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:31.120 the one who 00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:31.539 has died 00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.160 for us 00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.680 and he 00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.220 will rise 00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.600 again 00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.140 because it's 00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.539 friday 00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:36.100 but sunday 00:32:36.100 --> 00:32:36.820 is coming 00:32:36.820 --> 00:32:39.320 i hope you 00:32:39.320 --> 00:32:39.980 see yourself 00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.920 loved and 00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.779 cherished forever 00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:43.420 because that 00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.860 is what you 00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.220 are 00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:47.039 so how do 00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.500 we respond 00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.019 to what we 00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.580 see and 00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:48.860 hear 00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:51.380 well it's 00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:51.799 right to 00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.220 weep with 00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.740 sorrow for 00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.160 our sin 00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:55.500 by god's 00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.960 grace may 00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.259 we also 00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.120 weep for 00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.620 joy 00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.259 and for 00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.720 love that's 00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.120 been shown 00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.480 us 00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:02.040 and may 00:33:02.040 --> 00:33:02.400 we live 00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:03.440 on in 00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.200 confidence 00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:06.019 knowing our 00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.420 king will 00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:07.019 come back 00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:08.019 and that 00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.660 life is 00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.279 ours to 00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.600 live 00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.840 through him 00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:12.440 let's pray 00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:12.880 00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:12.880 00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:12.880 00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:12.880 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00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:14.880 Amen.