WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.000 Let me pray and then we'll jump straight in. 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:12.060 Let's pray. 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:29.980 Lord God, we've come from a busy week with lots on our minds, lots going on our minds, lots going on our minds, lots going on our minds, lots going on our minds. 00:00:29.980 --> 00:00:38.980 The wonders of what Christ has done for us in how you have revealed yourself and made your glory known. 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:48.659 And so we pray that we would just be able to take that in today, that we would wonder at the cross and just marvel at who you are, Lord. 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:50.500 In Jesus name. Amen. 00:00:52.460 --> 00:00:54.620 So we've been looking at the atonement this term. 00:00:54.939 --> 00:00:56.060 This is the second to last one. 00:00:56.060 --> 00:01:00.859 We've got one more after this, which means we've been looking at the cross. 00:01:01.020 --> 00:01:02.219 That's the focus of this term. 00:01:02.859 --> 00:01:07.159 What Christ has done on the cross to make us at one with God again. 00:01:07.960 --> 00:01:10.640 So Christ, let's do a brief recap. 00:01:11.460 --> 00:01:12.980 Christ is our redemption. 00:01:13.939 --> 00:01:17.480 He paid the debt of sin that was on us. 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:20.060 He took it on himself and he paid it with his life. 00:01:20.060 --> 00:01:22.060 Christ is our propitiation. 00:01:22.980 --> 00:01:24.040 Didn't even spell that right. 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:25.719 Propitiation. 00:01:27.600 --> 00:01:28.000 Propitiation. 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:34.520 Propitiation. 00:01:34.520 --> 00:01:37.060 Is our propitiation. 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:40.099 So he satisfied the wrath of God. 00:01:40.099 --> 00:01:46.239 So as we saw last week, Jesus drank the cup of God's wrath for us. 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:48.379 The cup that we should drink. 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:50.179 He drank it all on the cross. 00:01:50.259 --> 00:01:53.359 And so he ended God's wrath over us. 00:01:53.379 --> 00:01:55.479 It all fell on Christ on the cross. 00:01:56.219 --> 00:02:00.619 And so because of that, Christ reconciled us back to God. 00:02:00.620 --> 00:02:02.719 So in sin, we've been separated. 00:02:03.579 --> 00:02:07.620 But in Christ, we are now forgiven and right with God and reconciled. 00:02:08.539 --> 00:02:09.300 Forever justified. 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:16.960 So for the past time, we've really been zooming in on what the cross does for us. 00:02:17.020 --> 00:02:20.060 What Christ achieved for us on the cross. 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:20.900 How it saves us. 00:02:21.040 --> 00:02:22.080 How we need it. 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:23.680 All that Christ has done. 00:02:24.700 --> 00:02:30.259 And I hope we've all just, through this, just got a better appreciation of Christ and the atonement. 00:02:30.259 --> 00:02:41.259 So if there's one thing that I hope that you leave with this term, is that I want you to know that in Christ, because of the cross, your sins really are forgiven. 00:02:41.379 --> 00:02:42.679 It really is finished. 00:02:42.739 --> 00:02:45.319 If that's just one thing you get, please just take that away. 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:53.219 But today, I want us to think about something a little bit different. 00:02:53.219 --> 00:03:00.539 I want us to think about not what the cross does, but what the cross says. 00:03:01.419 --> 00:03:12.039 So I want us to think not about what Christ has done for us on the cross, but what Christ reveals about God on the cross. 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:19.019 Because Christ did not only die to do something for you, which he did. 00:03:19.219 --> 00:03:20.479 He went to the cross for his people. 00:03:20.579 --> 00:03:23.000 That's the glory of what we've seen over the past few weeks. 00:03:23.539 --> 00:03:29.000 But also, he died to reveal something about God. 00:03:29.799 --> 00:03:35.340 He died so that we can look at the cross and know something about who God is. 00:03:35.340 --> 00:03:38.420 And so today, I want us to find out what that is. 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:42.620 I want us to listen carefully to what the cross says about God. 00:03:43.259 --> 00:03:45.180 So think of it like this. 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:51.140 So on the cross, we've seen that Christ was a priest offering a sacrifice, wasn't he? 00:03:51.219 --> 00:03:52.599 He was acting as a priest. 00:03:53.420 --> 00:04:01.539 But also, on the cross, he was acting as a prophet, telling us something, telling us something about God. 00:04:01.539 --> 00:04:07.120 So the atonement doesn't only do something, it says something, reveals something about God. 00:04:08.259 --> 00:04:12.859 But the first thing I want us to see is how God reveals himself. 00:04:12.959 --> 00:04:15.340 So I want to see what the cross reveals. 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:17.899 But first, we need to see how God reveals himself. 00:04:18.019 --> 00:04:20.779 How can we know who God is? 00:04:21.579 --> 00:04:24.339 How does he communicate to us? 00:04:25.139 --> 00:04:27.500 So before we think about the atonement specifically, 00:04:27.779 --> 00:04:31.180 I want us to look into just generally how God reveals himself. 00:04:31.540 --> 00:04:34.100 That's the first point today, how God reveals himself. 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:37.439 And we need to break out into groups, look up these verses, 00:04:37.640 --> 00:04:39.640 and just answer two questions about each verse. 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:42.600 How does God reveal who he is? 00:04:43.080 --> 00:04:45.600 As in, what way does he reveal himself? 00:04:46.340 --> 00:04:48.840 And what does that reveal about him? 00:04:49.400 --> 00:04:49.560 Okay? 00:04:50.140 --> 00:04:51.580 So how does he reveal who he is? 00:04:51.640 --> 00:04:52.580 And what does he reveal? 00:04:53.280 --> 00:04:54.100 Go for it. 00:04:54.100 --> 00:04:54.939 Go for it. 00:05:01.980 --> 00:05:02.120 Go for it. 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.120 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:32.100 Thank you. 00:05:32.120 --> 00:06:02.100 Thank you. 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:32.100 Thank you. 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:34.120 Thank you. 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:04.120 Thank you. 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:34.120 Thank you. 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:04.120 Thank you. 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:46.120 Thank you. 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:47.799 Try and do F. 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:25.639 Okay. 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:25.899 Okay. 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:29.840 Let's bring it together. 00:09:30.259 --> 00:09:31.360 So, two questions. 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:33.060 How does God reveal who he is? 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:35.700 And what does it reveal about him? 00:09:36.139 --> 00:09:37.179 So, Psalm 19. 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:40.779 Marius, welcome back. 00:09:40.899 --> 00:09:41.340 Go for it. 00:09:41.340 --> 00:09:47.960 Through creation, yeah. 00:09:48.060 --> 00:09:49.980 The heavens declare what? 00:09:50.500 --> 00:09:51.879 The glory of God, right? 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:55.080 All creation speaks of God. 00:09:55.160 --> 00:09:56.220 You can think of all creation. 00:09:56.720 --> 00:10:00.360 It's just one big loudspeaker pumping out what God is like. 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:00.879 He is creator. 00:10:01.700 --> 00:10:02.280 He's designer. 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:04.860 He is all-powerful sustainer, right? 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:06.040 Reveals his glory. 00:10:06.160 --> 00:10:06.820 His handiwork. 00:10:07.180 --> 00:10:08.139 His fingerprints are everywhere. 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:10.100 How about Exodus 6? 00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:10.420 Yes. 00:10:11.019 --> 00:10:11.420 Alana? 00:10:16.220 --> 00:10:16.879 Oh, sorry. 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:19.139 If you lost your voice, I'll pick on someone else. 00:10:19.200 --> 00:10:19.460 Louisa. 00:10:19.620 --> 00:10:19.860 Louisa. 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:23.720 He reveals himself through deliverance to rescue. 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:24.519 Right. 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:27.139 It shows that he is of God and people. 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:28.139 I know you are. 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:28.800 Excellent. 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:29.320 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:31.740 So, this is something a bit different. 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:36.879 He reveals himself through delivering Israel from Egypt. 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:38.180 Saving them. 00:10:38.179 --> 00:10:42.639 And it reveals that he is God and he is their God. 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:45.539 Which is Exodus 14 as well. 00:10:45.739 --> 00:10:48.699 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:49.699 How? 00:10:49.899 --> 00:10:52.159 When I have gotten glory over Pharaoh. 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:53.439 Drowned them. 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:55.219 Delivered Israel out. 00:10:56.079 --> 00:10:56.979 Defeated Egypt. 00:10:56.980 --> 00:10:59.600 How about Psalm 98? 00:11:02.820 --> 00:11:03.259 Noah. 00:11:04.539 --> 00:11:06.159 How gracious he is. 00:11:06.680 --> 00:11:07.000 Okay. 00:11:07.300 --> 00:11:07.600 Yeah, yeah. 00:11:07.740 --> 00:11:08.580 His grace. 00:11:08.659 --> 00:11:10.060 His righteousness as well, it says. 00:11:10.740 --> 00:11:12.220 How has he revealed that? 00:11:12.300 --> 00:11:14.480 But he's made no salvation. 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:15.320 So he's saved. 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:16.920 Yeah. 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:18.120 Saved. 00:11:18.300 --> 00:11:20.039 Well, Israel is in sight here. 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:21.679 But us as well, right? 00:11:22.019 --> 00:11:22.179 Yeah. 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:26.980 It is through salvation he's revealed his righteousness and his grace. 00:11:27.459 --> 00:11:29.559 And it's in front of all the nations, right? 00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:30.740 So the whole world can see. 00:11:33.179 --> 00:11:34.379 That's the same for Psalm 111. 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:40.459 He has shown his people the power of his works in giving them the inheritance of the nation. 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:47.139 So he's shown his power by saving Israel and making them better than the other nations. 00:11:47.379 --> 00:11:49.040 This is probably kind of the height of Israel. 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:53.040 Making the nations their inheritance. 00:11:53.700 --> 00:11:54.300 How about Joshua? 00:11:58.500 --> 00:11:59.460 Ethan, go for it. 00:12:00.280 --> 00:12:00.519 Did you? 00:12:02.280 --> 00:12:03.360 Showing he's mighty. 00:12:03.540 --> 00:12:03.660 Yeah. 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:07.280 The hand of the Lord is mighty so that all the earth may know that. 00:12:07.280 --> 00:12:09.759 And how does he make that known? 00:12:10.460 --> 00:12:10.860 Yeah. 00:12:15.259 --> 00:12:16.700 Again, salvation, right? 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:19.420 So can you see a common theme here? 00:12:20.280 --> 00:12:23.700 God reveals himself in his actions. 00:12:25.100 --> 00:12:29.620 Particularly, God reveals who he is and what he is like in salvation. 00:12:30.780 --> 00:12:32.259 So in his works of salvation. 00:12:32.420 --> 00:12:37.920 So think of the Exodus, the Passover, the Red Sea, the Jordan, giving Israel victory. 00:12:38.719 --> 00:12:42.159 All those actions are God revealing who he is. 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:54.699 So if you want to know who God is and what he's like, he hasn't just given like a cold list of his characteristics to us and just kind of sent an email across and saying, this is what I'm like. 00:12:55.299 --> 00:12:58.659 No, God says, look at what I've done in this world. 00:12:58.659 --> 00:13:01.699 Then you will know how great I really am. 00:13:02.740 --> 00:13:06.339 So yes, God reveals himself in creation all the time. 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:07.980 You can't escape that. 00:13:08.439 --> 00:13:12.419 We know who God is and what he's like in nature itself. 00:13:12.419 --> 00:13:16.279 But because of our sin, we don't hear it. 00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:24.819 So if all creation is like a speaker blaring out God's glory, it's like muffled in our ears because of sin. 00:13:25.459 --> 00:13:29.620 We don't hear it or see it or recognize God in it. 00:13:29.620 --> 00:13:36.299 And so God reveals himself in clear and loud actions. 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:39.220 And it's not just any old actions. 00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:41.039 It is the action of salvation. 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:44.259 And this is a big thing I just want from this point. 00:13:44.419 --> 00:13:46.100 So you can fill in that underline. 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:47.860 So this is the big idea. 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:51.399 God reveals himself in acts of salvation. 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:56.000 God reveals himself in acts of salvation. 00:13:57.379 --> 00:13:59.000 So you can think of it like this. 00:13:59.500 --> 00:14:01.379 So God reveals himself in all creation. 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:05.259 But because of sin, it's kind of like watching a blurry TV. 00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:08.079 So we don't see God. 00:14:08.179 --> 00:14:11.519 We can't really say, oh, yes, of course, that's God. 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:13.519 But we don't really know who he is. 00:14:13.539 --> 00:14:15.840 Not because God isn't clear, but because of our sin. 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:24.980 But when God acts in salvation and kind of and pots the Red Sea and hurls hailstones of the Canaanites, 00:14:25.680 --> 00:14:31.220 that is God showing himself in kind of ultra high definition 4K. 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:34.899 He's showing us this is who I really am. 00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:36.100 This is my greatness. 00:14:37.920 --> 00:14:41.300 And this is an important thing to realize about salvation overall. 00:14:41.299 --> 00:14:48.379 God saving sinners in this world isn't just about us getting something. 00:14:49.379 --> 00:14:53.539 But it's also about God revealing something. 00:14:54.859 --> 00:14:58.219 Showing the world, the nations, what he's really like. 00:14:59.419 --> 00:15:01.679 In fact, look at Ezekiel 36. 00:15:02.059 --> 00:15:03.259 It shows us just that. 00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:08.439 So this passage, it's all about the world not thinking God is holy. 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:12.460 Because of how Israel have been an unholy people. 00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:21.360 And so God promises to act and to do something and save and give his people a new holy heart. 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:24.060 And this is why. 00:15:24.140 --> 00:15:26.540 This is the reason why he saves Israel. 00:15:27.660 --> 00:15:28.440 Ezekiel 36. 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:33.700 It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act. 00:15:34.300 --> 00:15:36.260 But for the sake of my holy name. 00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:40.340 And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God. 00:15:40.439 --> 00:15:43.879 When through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:46.700 And the nations will know that I am the Lord. 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:50.860 So why does God save? 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:53.700 For the sake of his name. 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.840 For his reputation. 00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:59.580 So that the world will know God is holy. 00:16:00.179 --> 00:16:02.960 So salvation is for us. 00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:04.399 Don't ever forget that. 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:05.519 It is for us. 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:06.480 God does save us. 00:16:06.539 --> 00:16:09.299 He shows us incredible grace. 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:11.919 And our lives are transformed by it. 00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:17.600 But that's not actually the primary reason why he acts. 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:22.740 No, God saves to make known his holiness. 00:16:23.699 --> 00:16:27.039 To reveal to the world who he really is. 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:31.519 So this is just a simple but a big thing we need to know. 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:34.679 God reveals himself in acts of salvation. 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:38.539 And at this point, let's just think. 00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:41.620 If that is the case, and it is the case. 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:46.960 What is God's central act of salvation in history? 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:53.280 What is the mightiest deed of redemption God has ever done in this world? 00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.420 It's the cross. 00:16:57.040 --> 00:16:58.360 It's the atonement. 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:05.480 Which means that is where God reveals himself most gloriously. 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:08.299 And that's what I want us to look at now. 00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:11.920 I want us to see God reveals his glory on the cross. 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:20.100 So if we know God best and most clearly in salvation in those acts. 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:24.220 And because the cross is the center point of salvation. 00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:28.539 That must mean that is when God is most clearly seen. 00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:30.920 So we can look at the cross. 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:35.220 And we can know, oh, wow, that is what God is like. 00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:41.640 Which is to say, his glory is revealed on the cross. 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:46.820 And so glory, glory just means God's character. 00:17:47.340 --> 00:17:48.780 God's glory is his character. 00:17:49.060 --> 00:17:53.800 It's the weight and the greatness of what God is really like. 00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:55.900 And it's interesting. 00:17:56.600 --> 00:18:04.300 When Jesus speaks of the cross, he always links God's glory to the atonement. 00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:05.960 So look at John 12. 00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:08.899 Now is my soul troubled. 00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.819 And what shall I say? 00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:11.299 Father, save me from this hour. 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:13.960 But for this purpose, I've come to this hour. 00:18:14.159 --> 00:18:16.559 Father, glorify your name. 00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:18.619 Then a voice came from heaven. 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:22.419 I have glorified it and I will glorify it again. 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:24.700 Again, John 13. 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:29.559 When he had gone out, Jesus said, now is the son of man glorified. 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:32.019 And God is glorified in him. 00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:34.099 This is as he's heading to the cross. 00:18:35.299 --> 00:18:36.539 On John 17. 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:41.299 When Jesus had said these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, 00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.879 Father, the hour has come. 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:46.899 Glorify your son that the son may glorify you. 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:51.960 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me today. 00:18:53.339 --> 00:18:57.839 So Jesus knew, yes, the cross was about saving his people. 00:18:58.740 --> 00:19:01.579 It was the shepherd coming to get his sheep. 00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:05.960 But it was first and foremost about glorifying God. 00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:10.639 Making God's glory, his character known to the world. 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:17.520 And so I want us to see what exactly the atonement shows us then. 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:23.720 So if the atonement shows us God's glory, what exactly is that showing us about God? 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:26.460 What is the glory Jesus is talking about here? 00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:28.319 So again, I want you to break out. 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:30.440 So on page two, break out. 00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:34.579 Look up these verses and just answer two questions. 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:38.759 What does the cross show us about what God is like, about his character? 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:41.240 And how does it show us that? 00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:44.279 Okay, how does the cross show us that character? 00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.599 Break out. 00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:47.099 I'll give you five minutes to this. 00:19:47.579 --> 00:19:48.059 Go for it. 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:51.240 Oh, and there's an extra question at the end if you get to it. 00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:52.440 Go for it. 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.440 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.440 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.440 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:38.740 Go for it. 00:20:38.759 --> 00:21:08.740 Go for it. 00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:38.740 Go for it. 00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:39.759 Go for it. 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.759 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:38.740 Thank you. 00:22:38.759 --> 00:23:08.740 Thank you. 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:10.759 Thank you. 00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:40.759 Thank you. 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:53.900 Hands up if you're still going, if you need a bit more time. 00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:57.280 Okay, give you 30 more seconds. 00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:27.900 Okay. 00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.660 Right. 00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:35.120 Mark 14. 00:24:35.540 --> 00:24:37.160 This is what we thought about last week. 00:24:37.780 --> 00:24:38.220 Mark 14. 00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:44.440 What does Mark 14, particularly this cup, that's what I underline, what does that show us about what God is like? 00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:46.440 David Faust. 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.440 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.440 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.440 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.440 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.440 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.440 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.440 Yeah. 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.440 Okay. 00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:51.440 So what does that show us about what God is like? 00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:54.960 It's like showing us some negotiations between Jesus and his Father. 00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.460 Okay. 00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:55.820 Yeah. 00:24:55.820 --> 00:25:04.360 He knows it's going to be hard, but he also wants to work in a world as part of that. 00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:04.759 Okay. 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:07.279 So what does that show us about what God is like? 00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:11.019 You could say Trinity, Father and Son. 00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.500 That's part of it. 00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.519 What about his character? 00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:22.119 Okay, there's a unity, there's a coherence within God. 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.519 What about the cup? 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.259 Did you think about the cup? 00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:30.440 It's just that God's wrath. 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:33.180 Exactly, okay, yeah, that's great, that's great. 00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:37.299 Yeah, his wrath is revealed on the cross, isn't it? 00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:41.460 As Christ dies for sin and as the sky goes dark, 00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:45.920 God shows that he is wrathful, angry at sin. 00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:48.880 How about Romans 5? 00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.799 Romans 5. 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:53.240 Matthew, Thorne. 00:25:58.460 --> 00:26:03.160 Love, yes, God shows his love for us on the cross. 00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.620 Right? 00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:06.640 And how do we see his love? 00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:09.279 Okay, it's one thing just saying, oh, it shows his love. 00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:10.000 But how? 00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.980 Right, yeah. 00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:17.340 Yeah, no, no, that's great, that's great. 00:26:17.560 --> 00:26:18.220 That's exactly it. 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:21.480 It shows a desire to save his people, doesn't it? 00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:26.640 Bring them home, bring them into his family and care for them and send his son. 00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:29.160 Love them enough to send his son to die for them. 00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:33.180 It shows, we can look at the cross, see, that is love. 00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:35.660 How about Titus 3? 00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:38.600 Rory. 00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:46.159 It shows he's merciful and particularly merciful, not because, or because he wants to save us, 00:26:46.199 --> 00:26:51.359 not because of any of the, you know, our own righteousness, but entirely because of that mercy. 00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:52.319 And that love. 00:26:53.179 --> 00:26:53.619 Exactly. 00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:59.579 Christ dying for sinners, of all people, that shows we are completely unworthy. 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:03.479 And so that love shown toward us, what kind of love? 00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:05.039 That is a merciful love. 00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:05.839 That is mercy. 00:27:06.199 --> 00:27:06.319 Right. 00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.679 Romans 3. 00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:09.779 There's quite a few things in Romans 3. 00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:13.899 Toby, did you get into that? 00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:23.379 What does Romans 3 show us about what God is like? 00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.839 Don't have to do all the things. 00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:41.740 You can phone a friend if you like. 00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:45.839 It's kind of a thing to pass over with the Israelites in Egypt. 00:27:45.839 --> 00:28:00.339 That he stares the Israelites from death. 00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.419 Yeah. 00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.639 Yes. 00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.240 Yeah. 00:28:04.199 --> 00:28:08.959 Jesus is doing this through his officiation. 00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.139 Right. 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.359 Yeah. 00:28:11.439 --> 00:28:13.199 So he passed over former sins. 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:16.420 So that's referring to the sins of God's people in the past. 00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:20.400 So what does that show us about God? 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.860 His character. 00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:30.720 He has the, has it in himself to forgive. 00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.600 Okay. 00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.860 So he's a forgiving God. 00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.259 Right. 00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:36.100 Sam, you got your hand up as well? 00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.340 I was going to say, yeah. 00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:39.080 If you look at the Passover and that door, 00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:44.339 just like at the Passover, the 10th plague, 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:49.899 it shows that there's actually almost like the act of justice at the cross 00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:52.559 and the act of mercy are one. 00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:58.619 But it shows that God has been forbearing, tolerating, in some way, sin up until that point. 00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:03.419 But it also shows that his attitude towards sin isn't just, don't worry, it's fine. 00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:05.139 It actually is. 00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.859 It shows his righteousness. 00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:10.159 Because until that point, he's been forbearing. 00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:13.179 But it shows that he will not always forbear. 00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.119 There will be a judgment. 00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:16.279 It's fallen on Jesus. 00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:18.119 Exactly. 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:20.700 There is so much kind of like converging here. 00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:20.940 Right. 00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:25.440 So it shows that he is patient and merciful. 00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.879 He passed over from sins. 00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:29.539 He didn't just throw down judgment straight away. 00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:29.879 Yeah. 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.579 Go on, Toby. 00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:33.119 That he's also a just God. 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.720 Yeah. 00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:36.539 That somehow these sins have to be faithful. 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.960 Exactly. 00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.480 Yeah. 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:41.680 And that our sins have been faithful by the Jesus. 00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.559 Exactly. 00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:42.879 Right. 00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:45.960 He did pass over them, but he can't just let that go forever. 00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:47.819 He can't just sweep sin under the rug. 00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.640 He is a just God. 00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:56.640 And so he must show his righteousness that he cares about sin and show his justice that 00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.860 he can't just let it slide. 00:29:58.559 --> 00:30:04.860 And verse 26, he shows his righteousness at the present time in Christ's death so that 00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:06.039 he might be just. 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:10.579 He's shown to be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:14.240 So it shows his justice, his righteousness, his patience. 00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:17.039 Also, we've thought about propitiation. 00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:18.620 Again, it shows us wrath again. 00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.380 Right. 00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:22.740 Got a crisis, the propitiation for that wrath. 00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.980 Shows his grace. 00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:25.319 Do you see that first line? 00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:32.120 We are justified by his grace as a gift that all this is just the undeserved kindness of 00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.420 God. 00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:35.039 How about 1 Corinthians 1? 00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:40.160 What have I picked on? 00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.279 Pratik. 00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.539 The last one in your group. 00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.180 I don't know anything. 00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:46.000 I don't know if we skipped that. 00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:46.539 All right. 00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.279 Classic. 00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.680 Classic. 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.320 Andy. 00:30:49.320 --> 00:30:49.400 Andy. 00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:49.980 Yeah. 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:49.980 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:56.980 Yeah. 00:30:56.980 --> 00:31:05.980 Power of wisdom. 00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:08.980 Yeah. 00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:36.680 Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Again, both those things perfectly displayed on the cross. He's got the power. He's in charge. He has the power to defeat evil, overcome sin, execute this plan. 00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:44.700 And also shows he has a plan, this wise, perfect plan to end sin, take away sin from his people. 00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:52.200 And if you think about the cross, if you think about all that we've been looking at this term, it really is wisdom on display. 00:31:53.320 --> 00:32:01.420 He knows perfectly how to save us from sin. What did we need? It had to be this of all things. 00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:09.539 Right. So we needed a savior who's truly man and truly God, someone to deal with God's wrath through a death. 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:15.360 We needed human blood. We needed to be forgiven. We need payment to be paid. 00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:21.620 We need to be reconciled. We need blood. And it all perfectly happens on the cross. 00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:32.299 But that is God's wisdom on display. It's a bit like this may not be the best comparison, but, you know, in Avengers Infinity War, anyone seeing that? 00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:38.179 And Doctor Strange, like they're facing Thanos, who's like this just impossible enemy. 00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:45.740 And Doctor Strange, he's got the time zone, so he can look at different options, different realities, alternate universes. 00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:50.560 And he looks through millions of different options of how they're going to defeat Thanos. 00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:57.380 And he just says, I've looked at like three million different realities and only one works. 00:32:57.660 --> 00:33:01.340 There is only one way to defeat Thanos of all these million different ways. 00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:06.859 And you kind of say that about the cross. But you can kind of say that about the cross. 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:13.039 There is only one way and this is it. And God did it. It's his wisdom. 00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:17.419 How about Luke 22? Ethan, I think you know Luke 22. Go for it. 00:33:17.699 --> 00:33:18.759 What does that show us about God? 00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:25.379 The last bit in particular shows how God's promises, what's been written and built. 00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:31.500 Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Right. So Christ's death was the fulfillment of the scripture. 00:33:31.580 --> 00:33:40.120 So all of God's promises, all the plans that he made, all that God said, Christ came and said, all that must be fulfilled. 00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:44.160 And it was fulfilled. All these promises were kept. 00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:49.920 It shows God's faithfulness. You can look to the cross and know God is faithful. 00:33:50.040 --> 00:33:53.020 The scripture, he died according to the scriptures. 00:33:53.019 --> 00:34:03.900 And so last question. Why do you think Jesus prays glorify your son that the son may glorify you? 00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:10.840 It's because of all this, because the cross reveals the glory of the father. 00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:17.960 God is glorified on the cross. His glory revealed in 4K, ultra high definition. 00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:21.920 So if you want to know what God is like, just look to the cross. 00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:28.260 Look, God is holy. God is love. God is wrathful. God is gracious. God is merciful. 00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:33.300 Look at the cross. God is powerful and wise. God is faithful. 00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:52.080 And so as we see that, as that all converges and happens and is clearly seen on the cross, we can see that on the cross, all these characteristics, all these characteristics of God aren't in conflict. 00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:59.799 So you might have heard people ask, well, if God is all loving, how can he be angry at people? 00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:06.799 We might have heard people say, well, how can God be wrathful and merciful at the same time? 00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:11.739 Or no, God can't be angry at humanity because he's a loving God. 00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:15.919 So you might have heard that as if these things are kind of in conflict. 00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:20.099 Well, how can that be? Well, the answer is look to the cross. 00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:23.879 Look at the fullness of God's glory displayed. 00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:30.879 And you can see how it's all of these things perfectly and harmoniously working with each other. 00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:35.760 Because if you think about it, you see all these things interlink, right? 00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:39.820 All these things that we picked up about God, they all require each other, right? 00:35:40.200 --> 00:35:45.200 So if you see his love on the cross, then you see his mercy, right? 00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:47.039 It is a merciful love. 00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:51.680 And if we see his mercy, then we see his wrath. 00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:55.220 He's merciful because he doesn't give us his wrath. 00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:58.779 And if we see his wrath, then we see his justice. 00:35:59.879 --> 00:36:02.059 He can't let sin go unanswered. 00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:04.339 And if we see his justice, then we see his righteousness. 00:36:05.299 --> 00:36:07.179 And if we see his righteousness, then we see his holiness. 00:36:07.299 --> 00:36:10.459 If we see his holiness, then we see his perfection, right? 00:36:10.859 --> 00:36:15.739 It is all the one glory of God being revealed. 00:36:17.799 --> 00:36:21.399 But it's kind of revealed in all these different aspects. 00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:23.279 And so you can think of it like this. 00:36:23.859 --> 00:36:24.959 We'll just finish with this. 00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:30.699 So God is just God, right? 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:33.199 Think back to our doctrine of God from last year. 00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:35.039 God is just God. 00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:36.459 So there aren't... 00:36:36.459 --> 00:36:37.480 It's not this, okay? 00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:38.500 I'm going to draw it. 00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.579 It's not this. 00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:48.179 It's not like God is made up of different personalities and parts, right? 00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:50.319 So he's holy. 00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.559 He's a bit holy. 00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:53.299 He's a bit wise. 00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:54.319 He's a bit powerful. 00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:57.219 He's a bit just. 00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.019 Good. 00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:01.539 What's the other one? 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.579 What else can you say? 00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.119 Righteous. 00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.739 Tess, Tess. 00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:08.500 So I'm going to turn that down. 00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.079 Finish it. 00:37:09.459 --> 00:37:14.379 And the back there, you'll see a volume switch just to the right of the black box. 00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:18.740 So it's not like he's these different parts. 00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:21.340 These aren't kind of like different... 00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:25.340 All these characteristics are different sections of God, like a cake. 00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:27.220 It's not like he's a bit wrathful, a bit holy. 00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:29.200 And they're all kind of competing. 00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:35.019 And it's not like he's got a split personality where he's sometimes loving and he switches that off. 00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:36.320 And then sometimes he's angry. 00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:40.139 And then he kind of like turns the cake around and these different parts. 00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:41.759 It's not that, right? 00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:43.320 That's not how we think of God. 00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:49.139 God is just God. 00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:52.539 God is just God. 00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:57.420 You can kind of say he's all of those things fully. 00:37:59.019 --> 00:38:06.699 But when God acts in time, it's a bit like light going through a prison. 00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:11.559 When God acts in time, so this is in eternity, in himself. 00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:18.960 When God acts in time, it's as if, it's like light going through a prison that disperses. 00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:24.000 And we see different aspects of just the one God. 00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:27.099 So we see he's holy. 00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:30.119 Wise. 00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.320 Powerful. 00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:34.199 Just. 00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:35.960 Good. 00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:36.980 Right? 00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:41.279 It's like the light disperses like that. 00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:46.299 But these aren't kind of different personalities or emotions of God. 00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:50.420 No, we are just seeing different aspects of the one God. 00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:59.000 And sometimes we are more aware of his anger when in time God responds to evil. 00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:02.099 And sometimes we're more aware of his love. 00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:07.179 When the word is preached and we just hear his forgiveness, like Psalm 103 tonight. 00:39:07.739 --> 00:39:10.460 We are just so aware that God is love. 00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:22.920 But on the cross, we see all his attributes most clearly come together. 00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:32.920 We can say his glory is displayed on the cross. 00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:37.980 And it's not that God, at times, when he's being holy, he's not being done with other things. 00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:41.119 He is all of them, which we're more aware of one of them sometimes. 00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:46.780 But it's at the cross we see them most clearly converge and come together. 00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:49.460 And we see his glory. 00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:52.840 And this is why Christ died. 00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:56.019 Yes, he died to take away our sins. 00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:57.360 He died for us. 00:39:57.420 --> 00:40:02.080 But actually, first and foremost, Christ died for God's sake. 00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:11.559 It was to glorify God and make his glory known to the world, to the nations in full, ultra high definition. 00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:21.259 And so there is no better way to show someone what your God is really like than showing them the cross. 00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:27.079 If you want someone to know about God, bring them to a Good Friday service. 00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.940 But bring them to church. 00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:31.099 Let them hear about the cross. 00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:36.099 Because that is where God reveals who he is most clearly. 00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:37.940 It reveals his glory. 00:40:39.779 --> 00:40:46.319 And so we see all his attributes perfectly come together on the cross, which is why we sing, 00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:55.179 when I survey, see from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down. 00:40:56.579 --> 00:41:03.380 O church, rise, come see the cross where love and mercy meet as the son of God is stripping. 00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:06.180 And that is God revealing his glory. 00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:09.760 We've got a few minutes for questions. 00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:09.820 Thank you.