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 Father in heaven, we come before you this morning about to open your word to a very difficult passage.

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 In fact, the remainder of Mark's account of Jesus' earthly ministry, the rest of it is very difficult.

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 But Lord, in it, well, number one, you gave it to us so that we could read it.

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 And in it, there are many instructions on how to live like Christ.

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 But more than that, it is an account of Christ himself that we get to behold him.

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 And Lord, beholding him, we are changed.

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 Help us this morning to behold Christ for who he truly is.

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 And by your Holy Spirit, we ask that we would be changed.

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 And we pray this in Christ's name. Amen.

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 If you have your Bibles, we'll be going through the portion of Mark's Gospel that I read, Mark 15, 1 to 15.

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 By the way, if you want to grab a Bible at the back, please feel free to do so.

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 Before we get into the text, just a bit of a story.

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 In 1970, a 17-year-old teen from Winnipeg named David Milgard was sentenced to life in prison

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 for the rape and murder of Gail Miller that took place in Saskatoon.

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 Milgard, he was traveling across the prairies, and he denied that he committed the crime.

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 But under duress from police who were themselves pressured to solve the crime,

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 David Milgard's friends changed their testimony, which led to his wrongful conviction.

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 And he was incarcerated for 22, just over 22 years, until DNA evidence exonerated him, and he was released.

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 David Milgard served 22-plus years for a crime he didn't commit.

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 And some six years or so later, maybe seven years later,

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 he settled with the Saskatchewan government and the federal government for $10 million.

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 $10 million for 22 years.

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 Now, if you haven't heard of David Milgard before, that's okay.

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 You might have heard of him if you're a fan of the Tragically Hip.

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 The song Wheat Kings references him.

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 But it's a Canadian story, and it's a terrible blot on our recent history.

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 It's an injustice of the first degree.

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 A terrible stain on the justice system.

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 There's something incredibly unsettling about injustice, isn't there?

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 When justice is expected, but injustice is what we get.

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 Justice, and those tasked with safeguarding it,

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 is very foundational to an orderly, safe, and stable society.

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 Take away justice, things unravel awfully quick.

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 Society begins to crumble.

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 In our text this morning, Jesus will be subjected to the second unjust trial in 12 hours.

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 He is before Pilate.

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 He's already had the ridiculous charge levied against him that he was a blasphemer.

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 It was drummed up by the chief priests and the whole council of the Sanhedrin.

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 And now, he's quite literally dragged in front of Pontius Pilate and accused again.

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 And they are seeking, not life in prison, not 22 years,

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 but the death penalty and crucifixion at that.

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 Jesus will be unjustly condemned, ultimately.

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 We'll see in the weeks to come leading up to Easter,

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 as we wrap up our time in Mark's Gospel.

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 And we will see this morning the conviction of Jesus,

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 which will be the most unjust act in human history.

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 The sinless, perfect Savior,

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 who is condemned to death for something that he 100% did not do.

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 So,

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 how does this unjust sentence go down?

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 And what does it teach us about human nature?

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 And what injustice does to us and to our society?

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 So, we'll look at this scene,

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 and we'll go through the whole text,

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 but what we're going to do is we're going to break it up

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 in terms of specific characters

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 and taking a look,

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 doing a bit of a deep dive in three characters that are featured here.

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 The first one,

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 I'd say character as it's singular,

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 but really the chief priests.

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 We're going to take a look at them.

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 The second group,

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 or the second person rather,

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 so that's the first group.

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 The second person is Pontius Pilate.

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 And the third and final one is Jesus himself.

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 So, let's get right into it.

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 We'll take a look at the chief priests.

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 The chief priests,

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 they have been engaged in

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 a plot to destroy Jesus

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 all the way back from Mark chapter 3.

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 Jesus,

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 he is proclaiming the gospel,

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 he is healing the sick,

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 he is casting out demons,

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 he's doing miracles,

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 and people are being

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 blessed

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 blessed

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 in ways that they've never been blessed before.

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 And by doing that,

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 Jesus is

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 showing

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 the religious establishment

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 to be wanting.

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 And since chapter 3,

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 they have hated him.

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 And it says

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 in chapter 3,

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 verse 6,

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 that they sought

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 a way to destroy Jesus.

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 They have been plotting

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 and scheming

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 since chapter 3.

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 And here,

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 we're going to see

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 three ways

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 they engage in

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 injustice.

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 The first way

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 is their strategy.

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 they're engaged

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 in a very

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 unjust strategy

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 to get Jesus

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 eliminated.

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 The second is

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 they will engage

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 in deception.

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 And the third,

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 we'll see their motivation

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 in all of this,

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 which is envy.

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 So if you have your Bible,

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 we're going to look

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 at verses 1 to 5

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 of chapter 15.

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 It says this,

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 And as soon as it was morning,

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 the chief priests

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 held a consultation

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 with the elders

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 and scribes

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 and the whole council

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 and they bound Jesus

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 and led him away

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 and delivered him

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 over to Pilate.

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 I'll pause really quickly there.

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 The chief priests,

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 I mean,

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 they're incredibly calculated

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 with their strategy

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 and their plan

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 to destroy Jesus.

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 Like I mentioned,

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 it's a culmination

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 of some three years

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 of planning

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 Jesus' downfall.

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 They have found

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 a willing accomplice

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 in Judas,

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 Jesus' own disciple

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 who betrays him

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 and they take him away.

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 And notice with me

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 the strategy

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 in verse 1.

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 They held a consultation

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 first thing in the morning.

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 This is, by the way,

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 on top of what happens

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 at the end of chapter 14

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 where Jesus is,

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 he is before the whole council,

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 a bit of a rump court.

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 We looked at that last week.

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 And he has the charges

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 levied at him.

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 They don't stick.

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 And finally,

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 he's asked a question

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 about his identity

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 and he answers

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 in the affirmative.

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 The chief priest

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 rips his garment

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 and he cries out blasphemy.

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 Death penalty it is.

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 But in the morning,

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 it continues.

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 Because you have to understand,

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 at this point,

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 the sovereign power

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 is not the Sanhedrin.

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 It's not the religious elites.

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 It's Rome.

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 Judea is a colony of Rome

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 and they do not have

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 the ability

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 to sentence Jesus

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 to death,

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 but specifically

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 a crucifixion.

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 Sure,

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 maybe they could just

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 have a hired hand

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 to take Jesus out.

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 I mean,

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 they've had three years

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 to do that.

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 But they want it

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 to be crucifixion.

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 Because crucifixion is public

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 and it's embarrassing.

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 And we'll see

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 for the rest of chapter 15

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 that the emphasis

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 of the crucifixion

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 and the death of Jesus

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 is not in the brutality of it.

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 And I mean,

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 the other gospel writers,

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 they'll talk about

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 the brutality

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 of their crucifixion.

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 But Mark emphasizes

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 its humiliation.

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 How do you rehab

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 somebody's reputation

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 after they have hung

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 on the cross

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 as a naked,

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 beaten criminal

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 to die

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 so that the body,

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 this is the way

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 it works in crucifixions,

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 the body rots off

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 and falls down.

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 It is the most shameful

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 thing that could happen

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 in a shame-based society.

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 The Sanhedrin

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 can't do that.

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 Rome can.

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 So they meet

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 in the early morning

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 to figure out a way

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 to meet with Pontius Pilate

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 so that Jesus

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 gets the stamp

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 of death

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 by crucifixion.

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 It is remarkable

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 their strategy

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 in place in all this.

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 It's completely unjust

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 and they're going

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 in the early morning.

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 Why?

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 I mean,

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 quite the gig.

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 If you're a Roman official,

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 you wake up super early,

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 you deal with

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 the business of the day,

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 9, 10 o'clock,

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 it's leisure time

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 for the day.

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 Not too bad.

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 So it has to be

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 early morning

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 because there's going

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 to be a lineup

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 of people

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 to try to get

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 their issues

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 or their cases

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 or their disagreements

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 dealt with

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 by Pontius Pilate.

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 So there is

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 incredible planning

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 that is happening here,

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 incredible strategy,

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 but it needs deception

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 and this is the other part

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 of it.

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 And if you continue

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 on with me

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 in verse 2

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 and following,

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 Pilate asked Jesus,

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 are you the king

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 of the Jews?

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 And he answered him,

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 you have said so.

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 And the chief priests

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 accused him

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 of many things.

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 We'll pause

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 really quickly there.

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 If you remember,

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 in chapter 14,

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 Jesus is condemned

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 by the religious

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 establishment

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 for being king

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 of the Jews,

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 for being the Messiah.

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 King of the Jews

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 is like another term

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 for the Messiah.

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 No,

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 but for blasphemy.

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 For Jesus saying

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 that he will be

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 at the right hand

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 of the Father.

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 Essentially equating

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 that he and the Father

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 are one.

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 Now,

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 there's a lot

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 of overlap

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 of what Jesus said

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 and him claiming

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 to be the Messiah,

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 but they're very

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 different things.

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 But here,

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 the chief priests

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 and the religious

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 establishment,

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 they know that

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 blasphemy is not

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 a charge that sticks

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 in Rome.

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 Especially among

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 the Jewish people.

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 I mean,

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 people had to worship

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 the Roman gods

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 and especially

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 Caesar himself,

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 but the Jewish people

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 had a bit of

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 an agreement

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 with Rome.

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 They could worship

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 their gods,

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 their God,

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 as long as it

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 didn't interfere

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 with the Roman god.

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 But if somebody

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 blasphemes their god,

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 who cares?

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 If it's Rome,

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 who cares?

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 Who gives a rip?

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 I mean,

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 it's a backwater

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 Judeans who believe

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 in God,

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 but it's a false god.

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 Let them have their thing.

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 Who cares if it's

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 blasphemy?

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 So what do they do?

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 The religious

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 establishment,

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 the chief priest,

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 what do they do?

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 They say,

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 this man is claiming

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 to be the king

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 of the Jews.

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 Who's the king

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 of the Jews right now?

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 It's Caesar.

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 It's not Jesus.

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 And if they're,

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 all of a sudden

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 shows up

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 a rival king,

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 now that's a problem.

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 Now that's something

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 to crucify somebody for.

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 And since

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 about 30-ish,

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 40 years

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 before Jesus

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 comes on the scene,

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 this idea of the Messiah

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 started to take

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 a political,

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 um,

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 era,

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 like it started

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 to transform

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 into like a political

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 position,

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 a political office

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 so that the Messiah

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 would be understood

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 as the one

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 that would liberate us

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 from our oppressors.

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 So,

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 how do they make

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 the charges stick?

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 They cook.

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 They cook the charges.

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 They're going to come up

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 with something crappy,

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 something that's really

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 going to get Rome's attention.

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 And they do.

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 King of the Jews,

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 that's a big problem.

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 Their strategy

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 is,

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 uh,

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 is,

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 is by any means

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 necessary.

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 And that's exactly

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 what they're doing.

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 But what's,

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 what's so interesting here

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 is that we see

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 a great irony.

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 The chief priests

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 in trying to condemn

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 Jesus to death,

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 they will affirm

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 who he truly is.

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 The king of the Jews.

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 The Messiah was always

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 supposed to be

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 the king of the Jews.

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 Not the king

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 that, um,

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 would come

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 to just defeat

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 Rome

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 and install,

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 um,

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 a new

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 throne of David

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 that would be

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 passed down

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 kind of from

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 generation to generation.

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 But that David's throne

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 would be reestablished.

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 King David's throne

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 would be reestablished

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 in Israel

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 forever.

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 That,

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 that,

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 that the Messiah

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 would come

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 and he truly would

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 reign over his people.

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 Not just the Jewish people.

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 The Bible talks about

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 all people.

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 And in trying to get

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 charges to stick to Jesus,

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 they affirm

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 who he truly is.

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 He is.

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 It's incredible.

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 They don't believe it,

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 but the words

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 come out of their mouths.

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 We'll see that

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 when Jesus is hung

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 on the cross,

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 it will say

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 king of the Jews

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 above him.

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 Mark doesn't record this,

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 but in another gospel,

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 um,

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 another gospel account,

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 the Jewish leaders

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 will say,

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 take that down,

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 that sign.

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 He is no king of ours.

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 Pilate says,

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 I've done what I've done.

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 It is so interesting

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 that,

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 that,

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 that,

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 the irony,

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 that it's just,

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 it's all over the page here.

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 Wicked men

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 often fulfill

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 God's prophecy

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 at their own ruin.

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 And we're seeing

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 this happen.

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 So not only

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 do they participate

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 in this injustice

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 with their scheming

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 and their deception,

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 but we see

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 that their motivation

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 is rooted

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 in envy.

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 Where do we see this?

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 Look with me,

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 verses 9 to 11.

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 And Pilate answered them,

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 saying,

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 do you want me

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 to release for you

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 the king of the Jews?

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 For he perceived,

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 verse 10,

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 for he perceived

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 that it was out of envy

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 that the chief priests

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 had delivered him up.

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 But the chief priests

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 stirred up the crowd

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 to have him release

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 for them Barabbas instead.

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 Verse 10,

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 for he,

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 Pilate,

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 perceived that it was

00:14:29.620 --> 00:14:30.620
 out of envy

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 that the chief priests

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 had delivered him up.

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 They're envious of Jesus.

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 Pilate put words

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 to what we have been witnessing

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 throughout the Gospels

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 and especially

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 in chapters 11 and 12

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 where Jesus has

00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:47.379
 the triumphal entry

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 and he

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 condemns

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 the temple,

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 but really

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 the religious establishment

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 of the day

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 that did not seek

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 to serve the people

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 of God

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 but instead

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 to be served

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 by the people

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 of God.

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 He exposed them

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 and he has had

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 a following

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 and he has fruit

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 in his ministry

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 where they have none

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 and they're envious.

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 What's the result

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 of their self-exaltation?

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 they become blind

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 to God himself

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 who came not to

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 be served

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 but to serve

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 and give his life

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 as a ransom

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 for many.

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 That's

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 chapter 10

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 verse 45.

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 To not be served

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 but to serve

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 and give his life

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 as a ransom

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 for many.

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 The religious establishment

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 minus the one guy

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 in

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 who comes up to Jesus,

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 the one scribe

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 who Jesus

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 commends for his faith,

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 but the entirety

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 of the religious establishment

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 is looking

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 to be served

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 and to give their lives

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 as a ransom

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 for ours.

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 It's the complete opposite.

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 Not only have they

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 become spiritually blind

00:16:03.959 --> 00:16:05.059
 but their envy

00:16:05.059 --> 00:16:06.799
 has led to a dehumanization

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:07.459
 of Jesus

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 and their people.

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 They desire

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 something

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 that somebody else has

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 and by doing so

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 they dehumanize them.

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 Envy always

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 reduces a person

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 to what they possess

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 or what they can do

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 for you

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 or what they have

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 their life

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 the image

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 that they project

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 it reduces somebody

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 to that

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 and elevates desire

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 to an eternal end.

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 An unquenchable

00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:41.480
 thirst for more.

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 And what's the result?

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 Jesus is going

00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.259
 to his death.

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 No longer do people

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 have intrinsic value

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 as reflective of God's image

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 but are merely

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 a sum of their stuff.

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 It's a problem.

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 It's what envy

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 reduces people to.

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 And it's hard

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 because we want

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 to be better

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 and we want more things.

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 And we want good things

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 but we elevate them

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 to ultimate things.

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 And we look past

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 the fact that

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 in front of us

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 is an image bearer

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 of God himself.

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 We dehumanize people.

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 That's what envy does.

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 But it goes further.

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 Their envy

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 doesn't just send

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 Jesus to the cross

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 but they foment

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 the crowd.

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 Remember

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 it's hard to really

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 hammer this home

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 enough.

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 These people

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 are there

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 to serve

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 those people

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 to open their eyes

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 to the scriptures

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 to the way of God

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 that the people

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 of Israel

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 God's people

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 are supposed to be

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 light to the nations.

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 And because

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 of their envy

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 they stir up

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 the crowd

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 so that the crowd

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 really is only

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 a means

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 to achieve their end.

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 They

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 lead the crowd

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 astray.

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 The same crowd

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 that chanted

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 Hosanna

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 Hosanna

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 Hosanna

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 in the highest

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 blessed is he

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 who comes

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 in the name

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 of the Lord

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 in the triumphal entry.

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 The same crowd.

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 And now

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 they're stirred up

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 to say

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 crucify him.

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 There's power

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 in leadership.

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 And when leadership

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 goes awry

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 people suffer.

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 And it's not

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 to somehow

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 to take the blame

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 away

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 but it's to show

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 the power

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 of leadership

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 both good

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 and bad.

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 Their envy

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 has shipwrecked

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 the people

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 of Israel.

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 And what's

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 interesting

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:45.639
 in all of this

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 is that

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 that same

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 mentality

00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:48.000
 that same

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 fomenting

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 aggression

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 towards Rome

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 will ultimately

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 get Israel

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 raised to the ground

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 and Jerusalem

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 destroyed.

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 The temple

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 completely

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 toppled over.

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 Friends

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.440
 we need to be

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 violent

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:05.500
 in our fight

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 against envy

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 in our lives

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 and especially

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 in a day

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 when image

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 is truly

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 everything.

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 It truly

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 is.

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 It is

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 everything.

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 And in a day

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 where image

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 is everything

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 envy

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 it is like

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 fertilizer

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 and the

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 envy

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 just continues

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 to grow

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 and grow

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 and grow.

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 We need to be

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 violent

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 in how we

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 attack it.

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 It's very hard

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 and we can't

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 do it alone.

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 We ask

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 the good Lord

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 for help.

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 We cry out

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 to him

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 maybe literally.

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 you know

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 in a time

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 of Lent

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 we strip

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 away

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 some of

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 the

00:19:42.600 --> 00:19:43.860
 image

00:19:43.860 --> 00:19:44.480
 some of

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 the things

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 that we

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 hold on

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 to as

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 dear to

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 us

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 and we

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 realize

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 that we're

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 actually more

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 frail than we

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 think

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 and that we

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 need God

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 a lot more

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 than we'd like

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 to admit.

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 We also

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 worship together

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 in a church

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 and

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 I've said this

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 in the past

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 I'll say it

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.319
 again

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 confess your

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 sins to

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 one another

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 and pray

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.179
 so that you

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 may be healed.

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 We come to

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.299
 the faith

00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:10.139
 one by one

00:20:10.139 --> 00:20:10.819
 but we walk

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 it out

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 side by side

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 and I'm not

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 sure you can

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.559
 walk out

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.139
 the faith

00:20:15.139 --> 00:20:16.119
 any other

00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:16.379
 way.

00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:17.859
 How do you

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.399
 fight against

00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:18.759
 envy?

00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:19.819
 By God's

00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:20.200
 strength

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.599
 and by the

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:20.939
 help of

00:20:20.939 --> 00:20:21.279
 your brothers

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:21.839
 and sisters.

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.859
 God's word

00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:24.500
 as well

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.679
 washing over

00:20:25.679 --> 00:20:25.960
 us.

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.460
 So that's

00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:28.159
 a chief

00:20:28.159 --> 00:20:28.599
 priest.

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.419
 How about

00:20:30.419 --> 00:20:31.139
 Pontius Pilate?

00:20:31.140 --> 00:20:33.940
 Pontius Pilate

00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:34.280
 was a

00:20:34.280 --> 00:20:34.820
 prefect

00:20:34.820 --> 00:20:36.320
 a Roman

00:20:36.320 --> 00:20:36.759
 prefect

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.759
 in Judea.

00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:38.460
 He was the

00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:38.720
 ultimate

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.180
 sovereign

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:40.060
 in the

00:20:40.060 --> 00:20:40.520
 land.

00:20:42.100 --> 00:20:42.580
 Ultimate

00:20:42.580 --> 00:20:43.080
 power to

00:20:43.080 --> 00:20:43.420
 wield the

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 sword.

00:20:44.520 --> 00:20:44.840
 And he

00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:45.960
 wielded the

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.180
 sword.

00:20:46.620 --> 00:20:47.080
 Pilate did.

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.380
 He was

00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:49.740
 bloody.

00:20:50.320 --> 00:20:50.600
 He would

00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:52.240
 kill hundreds

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.759
 and hundreds

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.200
 and hundreds

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:53.600
 of people

00:20:53.600 --> 00:20:53.940
 and yet

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.220
 at the

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:54.740
 same time

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.740
 there's

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.860
 historical

00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:58.440
 proof that

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 he would

00:20:58.820 --> 00:20:59.520
 placate the

00:20:59.520 --> 00:21:00.000
 crowds to

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.259
 avoid

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.640
 rebellion.

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 Apart from

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.420
 what we

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:01.880
 see here

00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:02.740
 in chapter

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.220
 15.

00:21:04.020 --> 00:21:04.580
 So he

00:21:04.580 --> 00:21:05.259
 used brutality

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.200
 and political

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.160
 expediency to

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.960
 keep the

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:09.259
 peace and

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.680
 to keep

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:10.200
 order.

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:11.759
 And here

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:13.560
 is an

00:21:13.560 --> 00:21:14.120
 example of

00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:14.440
 that in

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:14.940
 verse 6

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:16.200
 and to

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.540
 the end

00:21:16.540 --> 00:21:16.759
 of our

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.060
 section

00:21:17.060 --> 00:21:17.740
 verse 15.

00:21:19.020 --> 00:21:20.080
 Now at

00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:20.700
 the feast

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:22.340
 that is

00:21:22.340 --> 00:21:23.020
 the Passover

00:21:23.020 --> 00:21:24.600
 Pilate used

00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:24.960
 to release

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.259
 for them

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.860
 one prisoner

00:21:25.860 --> 00:21:26.780
 for whom

00:21:26.780 --> 00:21:27.380
 they asked.

00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:28.320
 and among

00:21:28.320 --> 00:21:28.860
 the rebels

00:21:28.860 --> 00:21:29.660
 in prison

00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.060
 who had

00:21:30.060 --> 00:21:30.360
 committed

00:21:30.360 --> 00:21:30.860
 murder

00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:31.640
 in the

00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.120
 insurrection

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:32.600
 there was

00:21:32.600 --> 00:21:32.980
 a man

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.260
 called

00:21:33.260 --> 00:21:33.940
 Barabbas.

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.600
 And the

00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:36.100
 crowd came

00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:36.920
 up and

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.240
 began to

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:38.080
 ask Pilate

00:21:38.080 --> 00:21:38.560
 to do

00:21:38.560 --> 00:21:39.060
 as he

00:21:39.060 --> 00:21:39.560
 usually did

00:21:39.560 --> 00:21:39.860
 for them

00:21:39.860 --> 00:21:40.100
 and he

00:21:40.100 --> 00:21:40.660
 answered

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:40.900
 them

00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.380
 do you

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:41.680
 want me

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.100
 to release

00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:42.400
 for you

00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:42.700
 the king

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:42.940
 of the

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.240
 Jews?

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.700
 For he

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.080
 perceived

00:21:45.080 --> 00:21:45.360
 that it

00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:45.620
 was out

00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:46.060
 of envy

00:21:46.060 --> 00:21:46.900
 that the

00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:47.140
 chief

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:47.420
 priest

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:47.600
 had

00:21:47.600 --> 00:21:47.860
 delivered

00:21:47.860 --> 00:21:48.200
 him up.

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:48.720
 But the

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:48.960
 chief

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.280
 priest

00:21:49.280 --> 00:21:49.680
 stirred up

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.060
 the crowd

00:21:50.060 --> 00:21:50.460
 to have

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:50.940
 him release

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.240
 for them

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.620
 Barabbas

00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:51.980
 instead.

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:53.120
 And Pilate

00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:54.660
 again said

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:55.000
 to them

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.799
 then what

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.259
 shall I

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.740
 do with

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.240
 the man

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.079
 you call

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.579
 the king

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:58.860
 of the

00:21:58.860 --> 00:21:59.220
 Jews?

00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.539
 They cried

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:00.980
 out again

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:02.180
 crucify him

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.759
 and Pilate

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.180
 said to

00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:03.860
 them why

00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:05.079
 what evil

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.599
 has he

00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:05.940
 done?

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:07.180
 But they

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.640
 shouted all

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:07.940
 the more

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.539
 crucify him

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.120
 so Pilate

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:09.759
 verse 15

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.839
 wishing to

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.480
 satisfy the

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:11.860
 crowd

00:22:11.860 --> 00:22:13.099
 released for

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.319
 them

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.920
 Barabbas

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.799
 and having

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.420
 scourged

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:15.880
 Jesus

00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:17.120
 he delivered

00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:17.599
 him to be

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.039
 crucified.

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.460
 What a

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.019
 sham of a

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.319
 trial.

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:25.380
 Pilate

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:27.200
 uses Jesus

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.920
 to secure

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.460
 political

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:28.900
 favor

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:30.440
 for the

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.819
 crowd.

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:31.799
 There is

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.799
 at the

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.200
 Passover

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:34.140
 year by

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.480
 year

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.700
 there

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:37.519
 was

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.700
 a

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.120
 heightened

00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:39.599
 kind of

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.059
 political

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.539
 fervor

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:40.759
 in the

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.039
 land.

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.120
 There was

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:42.640
 rebellion

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.599
 always

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.059
 kind of

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.400
 in the

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:44.660
 air

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.220
 during

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.640
 the

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:46.940
 feast

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.099
 the

00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:47.440
 Passover

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:47.960
 feast.

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:48.819
 And he

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.120
 sees

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:49.720
 here

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.099
 an

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.380
 innocent

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:50.880
 man

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:51.360
 but a

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.799
 very useful

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.099
 man.

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.119
 Somebody

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.500
 that he

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.059
 could use

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:55.759
 to get

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.059
 through one

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.459
 more year.

00:22:57.899 --> 00:22:58.939
 To deal

00:22:58.939 --> 00:22:59.679
 with this

00:22:59.679 --> 00:23:00.319
 crazy crowd

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:00.699
 in front of

00:23:00.699 --> 00:23:00.859
 me.

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:01.839
 I mean

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.219
 it's almost

00:23:02.219 --> 00:23:02.859
 nine o'clock

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:03.219
 I have

00:23:03.219 --> 00:23:03.819
 things to

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.139
 do.

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.119
 Who knows?

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.799
 It's very

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.979
 easy to

00:23:07.979 --> 00:23:08.199
 kind of

00:23:08.199 --> 00:23:08.679
 speculate

00:23:08.679 --> 00:23:09.240
 what Pontius

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.719
 Pilate was

00:23:09.719 --> 00:23:10.579
 thinking.

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.219
 The scripture

00:23:11.219 --> 00:23:12.000
 doesn't say

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.539
 that at

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:12.839
 all.

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:13.659
 But we

00:23:13.659 --> 00:23:14.059
 know

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:15.399
 it seems

00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:16.339
 that Pilate

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.979
 thinks Jesus

00:23:16.979 --> 00:23:17.519
 is innocent

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.019
 at the very

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.359
 least.

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:19.919
 He thinks

00:23:19.919 --> 00:23:20.119
 he's

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:20.419
 innocent.

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:20.699
 Now

00:23:20.699 --> 00:23:21.779
 whether

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.439
 or not

00:23:22.439 --> 00:23:22.979
 Pilate

00:23:22.979 --> 00:23:23.539
 has

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.899
 a conscience

00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:25.519
 in all

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.000
 of this

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.879
 or whether

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:27.240
 it's been

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.759
 seared

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.799
 from years

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.379
 of being

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:30.359
 a Roman

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.099
 governor

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:32.919
 we're not

00:23:32.919 --> 00:23:33.240
 sure.

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.179
 He knows

00:23:34.179 --> 00:23:34.659
 that

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:35.579
 Jesus

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:35.819
 is

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.139
 innocent

00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:36.619
 but does

00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:36.899
 he think

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.079
 it's

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.399
 wrong?

00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:38.119
 Not

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.339
 sure.

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:38.759
 Maybe

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.019
 maybe

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.279
 not.

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.019
 The

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.299
 scripture

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.979
 doesn't

00:23:40.979 --> 00:23:41.479
 say

00:23:41.479 --> 00:23:42.619
 Mark

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:42.839
 doesn't

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.219
 record

00:23:43.219 --> 00:23:43.559
 any

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:43.919
 of

00:23:43.919 --> 00:23:44.960
 Pilate's

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.079
 kind

00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:45.240
 of

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.700
 inner

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.599
 thinking.

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.539
 But

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:47.859
 nevertheless

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.220
 it's

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:48.740
 instructive

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.039
 for us

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.419
 to see

00:23:49.419 --> 00:23:50.299
 how the

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.740
 desire

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.019
 to

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.639
 appease

00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:51.960
 rather

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:53.339
 than

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:53.700
 do

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:53.919
 what

00:23:53.919 --> 00:23:54.099
 is

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.720
 just

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.619
 results

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.019
 in

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:57.279
 not

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.059
 peace

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:58.299
 now

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.440
 and

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:58.659
 peace

00:23:58.659 --> 00:23:59.000
 later

00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:00.059
 a little

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.200
 bit

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.319
 of

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.559
 peace

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:00.759
 now

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:00.899
 and

00:24:00.899 --> 00:24:01.379
 calamity

00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:01.579
 for

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:01.960
 everybody.

00:24:03.399 --> 00:24:03.579
 In

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:03.740
 this

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:03.980
 case

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.139
 an

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:04.460
 innocent

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:04.879
 man

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:05.200
 is

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.519
 sent

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.159
 to

00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:06.379
 his

00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:06.740
 death

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.859
 and

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.240
 a

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.619
 crowd

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:08.980
 is

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.460
 merely

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.019
 appeased

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:11.039
 but

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.299
 nothing

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.599
 more.

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.519
 The

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:12.799
 Bible

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.119
 is

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.439
 crystal

00:24:13.439 --> 00:24:13.799
 clear

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.019
 on

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.179
 the

00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:14.639
 evil

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.739
 of

00:24:15.739 --> 00:24:16.099
 political

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:16.599
 corruption

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:16.879
 and

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.299
 injustice

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.619
 and

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:19.879
 this

00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:20.039
 is

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.319
 where

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.759
 the

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.099
 scriptures

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.599
 help

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.000
 us

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.339
 in a

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.579
 sense

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:22.759
 to

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.419
 understand

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:25.679
 I

00:24:25.679 --> 00:24:25.899
 guess

00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:27.099
 I'll

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.319
 say it

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:27.619
 this way

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:27.819
 the

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.079
 scriptures

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.319
 has

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.879
 formed

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.419
 western

00:24:29.419 --> 00:24:30.039
 civilization

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.719
 it

00:24:30.719 --> 00:24:30.879
 has

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:31.199
 formed

00:24:31.199 --> 00:24:31.619
 Canada

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:32.259
 it

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.359
 has

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.619
 formed

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:32.759
 the

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.139
 US

00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.739
 it

00:24:33.739 --> 00:24:33.859
 has

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.179
 formed

00:24:34.179 --> 00:24:34.339
 the

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:34.679
 West

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:35.379
 and

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.539
 we

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:35.859
 take

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:35.959
 it

00:24:35.959 --> 00:24:36.099
 for

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:36.379
 granted

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:36.619
 that

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.139
 governments

00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:37.559
 should

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:37.739
 not

00:24:37.739 --> 00:24:37.939
 be

00:24:37.939 --> 00:24:38.299
 corrupt

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:39.399
 and

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:39.759
 governments

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.019
 should

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.179
 be

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:40.619
 just

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:40.979
 and

00:24:40.979 --> 00:24:41.619
 politics

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.419
 should

00:24:42.419 --> 00:24:42.859
 be

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.519
 there

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:43.679
 should

00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:43.859
 be

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.179
 a

00:24:44.179 --> 00:24:45.399
 general

00:24:45.399 --> 00:24:45.979
 desire

00:24:45.979 --> 00:24:46.379
 to

00:24:46.379 --> 00:24:47.039
 bless

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.279
 the

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.579
 people

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:47.740
 and

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:47.959
 not

00:24:47.959 --> 00:24:48.459
 use

00:24:48.459 --> 00:24:49.299
 the

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.899
 office

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.399
 for

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:51.699
 gain

00:24:51.699 --> 00:24:52.719
 checks and

00:24:52.719 --> 00:24:53.079
 balances

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.439
 we take

00:24:53.439 --> 00:24:53.719
 that for

00:24:53.719 --> 00:24:54.000
 granted

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:56.240
 but that's not the

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.319
 case in ancient Rome

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:58.500
 and it's

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.119
 scripture verses

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.799
 like this

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.460
 that help

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:00.899
 us

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:02.159
 to see

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.579
 our eyes

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.019
 to the

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.460
 deep

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.079
 impact

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.439
 and the

00:25:05.439 --> 00:25:05.799
 lasting

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.379
 impact

00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:06.720
 of the

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.000
 scriptures

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.399
 on our

00:25:07.399 --> 00:25:07.859
 society

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.579
 it's

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.119
 remarkable

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:10.099
 something

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.779
 like this

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.899
 we see

00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.240
 and we

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.460
 say

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.799
 yeah

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.220
 Pilate

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.539
 he's

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.099
 corrupt

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:15.539
 in the

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:15.980
 first century

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.439
 that wasn't

00:25:16.439 --> 00:25:16.879
 the case

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.339
 we've

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.559
 had the

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:17.859
 scriptures

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.379
 wash

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:18.939
 over us

00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:19.099
 for

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:19.599
 centuries

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:19.819
 and

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.119
 centuries

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.339
 and

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.720
 centuries

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.419
 and we

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:21.879
 take it

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.059
 for

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.379
 granted

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:22.640
 but

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:24.120
 our

00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:24.840
 standard

00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.260
 for

00:25:25.260 --> 00:25:27.120
 political

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:27.800
 life

00:25:27.800 --> 00:25:28.140
 is

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.780
 in a

00:25:28.780 --> 00:25:29.200
 big way

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.660
 formed

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.060
 by the

00:25:30.060 --> 00:25:30.360
 scriptures

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:33.620
 we

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.120
 revolt

00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:35.440
 rightly

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.040
 at

00:25:36.040 --> 00:25:36.600
 political

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.260
 cover ups

00:25:37.260 --> 00:25:38.020
 and political

00:25:38.020 --> 00:25:38.580
 decisions

00:25:38.580 --> 00:25:39.500
 that only

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:39.900
 benefit

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.440
 the elite

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.020
 few

00:25:41.020 --> 00:25:42.140
 because we

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.360
 have an

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:42.640
 innate

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.040
 sense

00:25:43.040 --> 00:25:43.260
 that

00:25:43.260 --> 00:25:43.880
 injustice

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.300
 is

00:25:44.300 --> 00:25:45.020
 unfair

00:25:45.020 --> 00:25:45.380
 and

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:45.940
 dangerous

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:47.260
 and so

00:25:47.260 --> 00:25:47.780
 it is

00:25:47.780 --> 00:25:48.240
 because

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.760
 God

00:25:48.760 --> 00:25:49.040
 has

00:25:49.040 --> 00:25:49.580
 created

00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:50.220
 the

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.560
 world

00:25:50.560 --> 00:25:50.800
 with

00:25:50.800 --> 00:25:51.220
 order

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:53.759
 he's

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.019
 created

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.180
 the

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.360
 world

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:54.500
 to

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:54.940
 reflect

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.200
 his

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.660
 goodness

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:57.500
 injustice

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:57.819
 is

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.059
 neither

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.620
 orderly

00:25:58.620 --> 00:25:58.779
 or

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.039
 good

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.200
 is

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.360
 it

00:25:59.360 --> 00:26:00.259
 I mean

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.400
 the

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:00.620
 story

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:00.759
 of

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:00.960
 David

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.440
 Milgard

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.279
 it

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:02.819
 testifies

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.039
 to

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.279
 that

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:04.500
 we

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.000
 recoil

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.259
 at

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.480
 that

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:05.920
 story

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.900
 it's

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.039
 a

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.600
 tragedy

00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:09.279
 earlier

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.940
 in Mark

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.299
 we saw

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.539
 something

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:10.740
 very

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.079
 similar

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.319
 didn't

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:11.440
 we

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.660
 with

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.339
 Herod

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.299
 John

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.480
 the

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.839
 Baptist

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.720
 is

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.440
 a

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:15.900
 problem

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.140
 for

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:16.420
 Herod

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.600
 but

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:16.960
 Herod

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.220
 is

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:18.100
 intrigued

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:18.360
 by

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:18.660
 him

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.339
 but

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.579
 his

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.180
 brother's

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.460
 wife

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:20.740
 whom

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.079
 he

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.420
 shouldn't

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.559
 have

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:21.839
 married

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.059
 and

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.319
 John

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:22.440
 the

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:22.720
 Baptist

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.140
 calls

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.279
 it

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.500
 out

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.700
 wants

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.079
 John

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.220
 the

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.819
 Baptist's

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.200
 head

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:27.079
 and

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.380
 Herod

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:27.599
 gets

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:27.920
 himself

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.160
 into

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.380
 a

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:28.620
 pickle

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.299
 and

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.599
 off

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:29.880
 comes

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:30.259
 John's

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.440
 head

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.920
 again

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.279
 another

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.759
 example

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.039
 of

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.559
 weak

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.599
 leadership

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.440
 doing

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:35.759
 something

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:35.980
 that's

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.180
 wrong

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.380
 to

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.240
 placate

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.380
 the

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:37.660
 crowd

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:39.380
 injustice

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:39.720
 may

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.000
 take

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.920
 different

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.359
 forms

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.579
 but

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:41.700
 it

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.059
 never

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.480
 ever

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.000
 results

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.200
 in

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.460
 human

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.920
 flourishing

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.099
 or

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.480
 blessing

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.539
 never

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:45.960
 does

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:47.279
 again

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.680
 peace

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.019
 now

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.200
 but

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:48.299
 it

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.400
 will

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.559
 be

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.099
 problems

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.539
 later

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.419
 injustice

00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:51.219
 never

00:26:51.219 --> 00:26:52.659
 never

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.219
 results

00:26:53.219 --> 00:26:53.480
 in

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.779
 human

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.319
 flourishing

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.500
 or

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:54.759
 human

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.159
 blessing

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:56.939
 but

00:26:56.939 --> 00:26:57.959
 back to

00:26:57.959 --> 00:26:58.619
 Pontius Pilate

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:58.879
 here

00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.259
 again

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.899
 we see

00:26:59.899 --> 00:27:00.359
 an irony

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.659
 in the

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.039
 text

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.779
 because

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:03.039
 Pontius Pilate

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.439
 is the

00:27:03.439 --> 00:27:03.759
 sovereign

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.059
 over

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.480
 everything

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.959
 and yet

00:27:05.959 --> 00:27:07.399
 he is

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:08.019
 manipulated

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.579
 by the

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:08.899
 crowd

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:10.039
 and in a

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.240
 sense

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.779
 he bends

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.019
 a knee

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.299
 to the

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.579
 crowd

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.980
 and he

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.619
 sacrifices

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.179
 Jesus

00:27:14.179 --> 00:27:14.819
 like an

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.259
 animal

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.740
 on the

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.039
 altar

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.559
 of political

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.159
 success

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:18.279
 and expediency

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:20.500
 and yet

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.040
 the Lord

00:27:21.040 --> 00:27:21.820
 uses it

00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.360
 to fulfill

00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:22.940
 the prophecy

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.480
 that Jesus

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.040
 will be

00:27:24.040 --> 00:27:26.259
 he will

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.640
 he will

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:26.759
 be

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.200
 crucified

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.840
 like a

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.200
 lamb

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.900
 led

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.440
 silently

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.860
 to the

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.240
 slaughter

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.120
 and it's

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:32.160
 unmistakable

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.560
 that this

00:27:32.560 --> 00:27:33.540
 is an

00:27:33.540 --> 00:27:33.900
 image

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.200
 from

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.560
 Isaiah

00:27:34.560 --> 00:27:35.160
 53

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.560
 the

00:27:36.560 --> 00:27:36.880
 suffering

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.279
 servant

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.080
 who

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.220
 is

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.620
 sacrificed

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.019
 for the

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.220
 sins

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.519
 of many

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:39.920
 Pontius

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.300
 Pilate

00:27:40.300 --> 00:27:40.580
 what does

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:40.880
 he do

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.620
 he attempts

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.380
 to satisfy

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.160
 the injustice

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.700
 of the

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.259
 chief priests

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.519
 and the

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.840
 mob

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.740
 they've

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.740
 worked up

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.000
 they've

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.200
 stirred

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.539
 up

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.420
 but

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:48.819
 Jesus

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.519
 will

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.200
 satisfy

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.460
 the

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.859
 justice

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.140
 of

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:51.460
 God

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:53.000
 all

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.359
 because

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:53.819
 Pontius

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.240
 Pilate

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.599
 is

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:57.180
 trying to

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.460
 do

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:57.880
 what is

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.279
 politically

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.000
 expedient

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.400
 for him

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:01.120
 again

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:03.720
 just like

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.400
 with the

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:05.039
 chief priests

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.680
 we see

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.059
 that

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:07.160
 wicked

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.579
 men

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:07.940
 fall

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.400
 into

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.220
 doing

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.440
 the

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.660
 will

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:09.819
 of

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.079
 God

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:12.519
 but

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:12.759
 why

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:12.960
 does

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.120
 this

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.440
 injustice

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.720
 have

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:13.839
 to

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.120
 happen

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.400
 why

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:14.680
 couldn't

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:14.779
 there

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:14.880
 be

00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:15.099
 another

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.359
 way

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:16.679
 why

00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:16.859
 why

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.000
 does

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.219
 Jesus

00:28:17.219 --> 00:28:17.439
 have

00:28:17.439 --> 00:28:17.559
 to

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:17.719
 go

00:28:17.719 --> 00:28:17.899
 through

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.079
 this

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.519
 injustice

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.659
 why

00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:19.839
 would

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.079
 God

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.819
 deliver

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.299
 Jesus

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.240
 over

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.479
 to

00:28:22.479 --> 00:28:22.799
 unjust

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:22.979
 men

00:28:22.979 --> 00:28:23.379
 we see

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:23.879
 that

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.079
 both

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.199
 the

00:28:24.199 --> 00:28:24.419
 chief

00:28:24.419 --> 00:28:24.619
 priest

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.159
 delivered

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.599
 Jesus

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:25.979
 over

00:28:25.979 --> 00:28:26.159
 to

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:26.459
 Pontius

00:28:26.459 --> 00:28:26.799
 Pilate

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:26.959
 and

00:28:26.959 --> 00:28:27.619
 Pontius

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:27.959
 Pilate

00:28:27.959 --> 00:28:28.579
 delivers

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.099
 Jesus

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.479
 over

00:28:29.479 --> 00:28:30.099
 to be

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.459
 crucified

00:28:30.459 --> 00:28:30.859
 why

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.299
 would

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:31.519
 God

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.000
 in a

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.159
 sense

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:32.699
 deliver

00:28:32.699 --> 00:28:33.119
 Jesus

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:33.459
 over

00:28:33.459 --> 00:28:33.779
 to

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.779
 unjust

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.399
 men

00:28:35.399 --> 00:28:36.319
 and let's

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.500
 look at

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.639
 the

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.019
 third

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.479
 and final

00:28:37.479 --> 00:28:37.899
 character

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:38.979
 of this

00:28:38.979 --> 00:28:39.559
 completely

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.819
 farcical

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.339
 unjust

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:41.859
 trial

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:43.439
 look at

00:28:43.439 --> 00:28:43.779
 Jesus

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.420
 go back

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:44.740
 with me

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.059
 verses

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.299
 one

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.420
 to

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.720
 five

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:48.339
 and as

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.619
 soon as

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:48.799
 it was

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.240
 morning

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.839
 the chief

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.059
 priest

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.379
 held a

00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.700
 council

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.180
 with the

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.440
 elders

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.139
 and scribes

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.399
 and the whole

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:52.859
 council

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:54.859
 we'll go down to

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.299
 verse two

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:55.879
 and Pilate

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.680
 asked Jesus

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.559
 are you the

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:57.920
 king of the

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.240
 Jews

00:28:58.240 --> 00:29:00.019
 Jesus answered

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.180
 him

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.740
 you have

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.379
 said so

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:02.500
 and the chief

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.579
 priest accused

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.160
 him of many

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.579
 things

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:05.460
 and Pilate

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.920
 asked him

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.339
 have you

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:07.019
 no answer

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.480
 to make

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.379
 see how many

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:08.799
 charges

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.339
 they bring

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.879
 against you

00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:10.980
 but Jesus

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.899
 made no

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.660
 further answer

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.100
 so that

00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:13.640
 Pilate

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.920
 was amazed

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:16.259
 more than

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.860
 the accusations

00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:17.420
 of the chief

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.920
 priests

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:19.759
 the roars

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.300
 of the

00:29:20.300 --> 00:29:21.140
 the crowd

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:22.700
 and the

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:24.200
 sliminess

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.900
 of Pilate

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.360
 in all of

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:25.640
 this

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:27.060
 the silence

00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:27.620
 of Jesus

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.380
 dominates

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:29.160
 this portion

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:29.580
 of scripture

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:30.860
 I mean

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.660
 what he

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:31.960
 says

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.320
 what

00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:32.900
 you have

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.380
 said so

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:34.180
 that's

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.720
 in a sense

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.040
 Jesus

00:29:35.040 --> 00:29:35.779
 simply saying

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.120
 you would

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.480
 do well

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.980
 to consider

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.320
 what you're

00:29:37.320 --> 00:29:37.620
 saying

00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:40.180
 but other

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.519
 than that

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:40.820
 he is

00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:41.259
 silent

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.960
 and it

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.279
 and it

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.960
 is deafening

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.720
 his silence

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:46.079
 I mean

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.519
 who doesn't

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.779
 defend

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.119
 themselves

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.460
 when they're

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.900
 facing

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:50.220
 the chair

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:51.420
 in a sense

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:51.920
 except that

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.140
 it's not

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.640
 the chair

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.339
 it is

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:53.740
 the most

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.140
 gruesome

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:54.460
 way to

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:54.740
 die

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.579
 how is

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.119
 he silent

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.500
 in all

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.920
 of this

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.359
 but he

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:57.980
 is silent

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.960
 he says

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.480
 nothing

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.240
 absolutely

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.740
 nothing

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.839
 the end

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.059
 of verse

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.279
 five

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.519
 what does

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:02.900
 it say

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.539
 so that

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.039
 Pilate

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.440
 was

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.099
 amazed

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:06.000
 Pilate

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.480
 has seen

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:06.940
 criminals

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.400
 in his

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.740
 day

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.599
 and it

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.299
 I'm sure

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.519
 it would

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:09.799
 have taken

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.039
 a lot

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:11.000
 to amaze

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.680
 Pilate

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.039
 but here

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.279
 he is

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.680
 amazed

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:15.019
 Jesus

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.339
 doesn't

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:15.539
 plead

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.720
 his

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.079
 case

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:17.660
 he

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:17.859
 doesn't

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:18.220
 oppose

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.380
 the

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:18.660
 false

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.220
 charges

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.460
 he

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.859
 says

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.579
 nothing

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:20.859
 and

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.160
 Pilate

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.460
 is

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.160
 amazed

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:23.480
 to be

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:23.720
 clear

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.140
 this isn't

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.559
 weakness

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.460
 it is

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:25.920
 not a

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.400
 sign

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:26.980
 of

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:28.960
 defeat

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:30.440
 but rather

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.859
 it's the

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.480
 outworking

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.079
 of

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:34.299
 Jesus

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.700
 who is

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.000
 God

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.319
 the son

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.799
 of God

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.440
 come down

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.660
 in the

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:36.920
 flesh

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.240
 fully

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.579
 man

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:37.740
 and

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:37.940
 fully

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.319
 God

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:39.099
 who in

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.480
 a sense

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:39.960
 left

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.519
 all of

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.720
 his

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.180
 divine

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.839
 prerogatives

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.319
 all of

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.599
 his

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.799
 authority

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.339
 in a

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.660
 sense

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.400
 when he

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:45.980
 came to

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.519
 earth

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.180
 it is

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.339
 him

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.920
 submitting

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.539
 to the

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.099
 father's

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.359
 will

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.180
 it's

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.319
 the

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.920
 outworking

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.200
 of what

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.639
 we see

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:51.900
 in the

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.200
 garden

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.480
 of

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.139
 Gethsemane

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:54.059
 not my

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.440
 will be

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.639
 done

00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:55.200
 but yours

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.119
 and Jesus

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.799
 is resolute

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:58.079
 he knows

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.319
 what's

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.680
 happening

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.660
 he is

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:00.079
 silent

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:02.379
 and it

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:02.700
 is a

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.119
 silence

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:04.000
 of strength

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.920
 not of

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.519
 weakness

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:09.319
 he is

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:09.680
 completing

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:09.859
 the

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.200
 father's

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.339
 will

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.559
 and what

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:10.819
 is the

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:10.960
 will

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.099
 of

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.319
 God

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:13.019
 that

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.240
 both

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.839
 justice

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.220
 that

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.460
 both

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:14.819
 his

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.440
 justice

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.759
 will be

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.460
 satisfied

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.099
 both

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.359
 his

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.940
 justice

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.519
 will be

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:19.920
 satisfied

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.420
 because of

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:20.779
 the sin

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.200
 and evil

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.519
 that we

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.859
 have

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.200
 committed

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.799
 and also

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.099
 at the

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.319
 same

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.779
 time

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.160
 that

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.859
 the

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:26.099
 human

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.420
 race

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:26.879
 may be

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.240
 redeemed

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.500
 from

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.319
 the sin

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.660
 and evil

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:28.940
 that we

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.079
 have

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.359
 committed

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:31.299
 the

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.659
 justice

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:31.879
 of

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.119
 God

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:32.519
 or the

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.839
 will

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:32.979
 of

00:31:32.979 --> 00:31:33.199
 God

00:31:33.199 --> 00:31:33.619
 is that

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.459
 justice

00:31:34.459 --> 00:31:35.119
 and mercy

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.740
 meets

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.199
 in the

00:31:36.199 --> 00:31:36.539
 person

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:36.879
 of

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:37.119
 Jesus

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.579
 Christ

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:39.740
 and it

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.019
 can only

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.399
 be done

00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:40.719
 through the

00:31:40.719 --> 00:31:40.939
 death

00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:41.459
 and resurrection

00:31:41.459 --> 00:31:41.919
 of Jesus

00:31:41.919 --> 00:31:42.379
 who is

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.539
 the

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:42.799
 suffering

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.159
 servant

00:31:43.159 --> 00:31:43.699
 the

00:31:43.699 --> 00:31:44.000
 lamb

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.139
 who

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.339
 goes

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.839
 silently

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.679
 to

00:31:45.679 --> 00:31:45.899
 the

00:31:45.899 --> 00:31:46.279
 slaughter

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.759
 but why

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.000
 does it

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.299
 have to

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.579
 be

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.439
 an

00:31:48.439 --> 00:31:49.000
 unjust

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.500
 trial

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:51.699
 why

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:51.839
 does

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.119
 God

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.399
 have to

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:52.799
 deliver

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.139
 Jesus

00:31:53.139 --> 00:31:53.539
 over

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:53.859
 to

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.819
 unjust

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.379
 men

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.559
 but

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:56.799
 here's

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:56.899
 the

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:57.039
 thing

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.179
 the

00:31:57.179 --> 00:31:57.299
 only

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.479
 way

00:31:57.479 --> 00:31:57.619
 the

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:57.959
 justice

00:31:57.959 --> 00:31:58.199
 of

00:31:58.199 --> 00:31:58.519
 God

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.019
 and

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.180
 the

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.440
 mercy

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.619
 of

00:31:59.619 --> 00:31:59.799
 God

00:31:59.799 --> 00:31:59.960
 could

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.099
 ever

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.299
 be

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.839
 satisfied

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.079
 is

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.220
 with

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.379
 a

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:01.720
 perfect

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.299
 substitute

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.639
 in our

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:02.960
 place

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.599
 we're

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:03.740
 not

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.200
 perfect

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.279
 you

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.500
 think

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.639
 you

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:05.799
 have

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:05.879
 a

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.000
 good

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.339
 day

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.799
 excellent

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.079
 the

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.279
 next

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.579
 day

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:07.740
 or

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:07.879
 the

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:08.079
 next

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.420
 week

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.200
 the

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.440
 wheels

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.740
 fall

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.019
 off

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.359
 it's

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.559
 kind

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:10.639
 of

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:10.740
 the

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:10.920
 way

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.139
 things

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.319
 go

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.500
 for

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.759
 us

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.519
 we're

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:12.700
 not

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.039
 perfect

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.240
 so

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.619
 in a

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:13.960
 sense

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.599
 if

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:14.700
 we

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:14.819
 are

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.200
 punished

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.379
 we

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:15.519
 are

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:15.940
 justly

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.200
 punished

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.400
 by

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.660
 God

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:18.059
 but

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.259
 that's

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.400
 not

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:18.619
 God

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:18.879
 showing

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.059
 us

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.400
 mercy

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:21.579
 but

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:21.700
 if

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:21.860
 God

00:32:21.860 --> 00:32:22.100
 shows

00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:22.279
 us

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.660
 mercy

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.120
 where's

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.279
 the

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.700
 justice

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.120
 and

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.380
 God

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:24.759
 has

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:24.840
 to

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:24.960
 have

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.100
 his

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:25.460
 justice

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.160
 satisfied

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:27.440
 so

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.779
 only

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:27.980
 in

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.279
 Jesus

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.539
 who

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:28.860
 is

00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.860
 God

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.360
 himself

00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:30.680
 God

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:30.860
 the

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.019
 son

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.140
 of

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.440
 God

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:31.620
 but

00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:31.900
 also

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.360
 fully

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.840
 human

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:34.059
 he

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.240
 is

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.819
 perfect

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.819
 and

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:35.980
 he

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.740
 suffers

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.500
 an

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.220
 unjust

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.579
 trial

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:38.839
 because

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.079
 what

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.259
 other

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.599
 trial

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:39.939
 could

00:32:39.939 --> 00:32:40.220
 the

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.539
 perfect

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:40.879
 Jesus

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.279
 suffer

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.919
 under

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:44.099
 there's

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.220
 no

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.899
 justice

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.359
 just

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:45.619
 way

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:45.819
 to

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.439
 punish

00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:46.779
 Jesus

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.179
 he's

00:32:47.179 --> 00:32:47.619
 deserving

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:47.899
 of no

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.299
 punishment

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.960
 and

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.419
 yet

00:32:49.419 --> 00:32:50.259
 he is

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.599
 punished

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:50.960
 in

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.220
 our

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.720
 place

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.299
 where

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.859
 God's

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.200
 justice

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.460
 is

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.019
 satisfied

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.460
 and

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.599
 his

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.159
 mercy

00:32:55.159 --> 00:32:55.939
 extended

00:32:55.939 --> 00:32:57.759
 and

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.179
 we see

00:32:58.179 --> 00:32:58.460
 this

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:58.779
 we see

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:58.960
 this

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.399
 exchange

00:32:59.399 --> 00:32:59.779
 even

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.059
 in

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.259
 our

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.779
 in

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:00.980
 our

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.439
 text

00:33:01.439 --> 00:33:01.919
 this

00:33:01.919 --> 00:33:02.579
 this

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:02.899
 morning

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:04.580
 Pilate

00:33:04.580 --> 00:33:05.040
 releases

00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:05.620
 Barabbas

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:05.800
 for

00:33:05.800 --> 00:33:06.160
 Jesus

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.580
 the

00:33:06.580 --> 00:33:06.860
 guilty

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.120
 for

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.259
 the

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.740
 guiltless

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.880
 and

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:08.980
 it's

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.100
 just

00:33:09.100 --> 00:33:09.320
 a

00:33:09.320 --> 00:33:09.940
 small

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.600
 kind

00:33:10.600 --> 00:33:10.740
 of

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.320
 picture

00:33:11.320 --> 00:33:11.600
 into

00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:11.900
 what

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.100
 will

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.420
 happen

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:12.740
 on a

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.120
 cosmic

00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:13.500
 level

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.720
 of

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:13.960
 Jesus

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.180
 on

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.300
 the

00:33:14.300 --> 00:33:14.620
 cross

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:16.460
 friends

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.660
 this

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:16.780
 is

00:33:16.780 --> 00:33:16.920
 the

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.340
 gospel

00:33:17.340 --> 00:33:18.240
 in

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.320
 a

00:33:18.320 --> 00:33:18.519
 very

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:18.759
 real

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:18.880
 way

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.040
 this

00:33:19.040 --> 00:33:19.140
 is

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.259
 the

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.440
 good

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:19.680
 news

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:19.820
 of

00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:20.180
 Christ

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.980
 the

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.300
 great

00:33:21.300 --> 00:33:21.480
 and

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:21.880
 glorious

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.200
 love

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.340
 of

00:33:22.340 --> 00:33:22.560
 God

00:33:22.560 --> 00:33:22.720
 on

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.000
 full

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.380
 display

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.580
 the

00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:23.820
 love

00:33:23.820 --> 00:33:24.300
 of

00:33:24.300 --> 00:33:24.600
 God

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:24.860
 that

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.240
 the

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.400
 love

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:25.540
 of

00:33:25.540 --> 00:33:25.759
 God

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:25.920
 is

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.100
 far

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.500
 deeper

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.280
 than

00:33:27.280 --> 00:33:27.560
 you

00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:27.840
 or

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.080
 ever

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:33.259
 like

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.380
 to

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:33.720
 admit

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:35.960
 God

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.420
 knows

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.740
 us

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:36.880
 and

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.019
 he

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.420
 loves

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:37.860
 us

00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:38.780
 Christ

00:33:38.780 --> 00:33:39.280
 dies

00:33:39.280 --> 00:33:39.519
 in

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.660
 our

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.140
 place

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:41.340
 unjustly

00:33:41.340 --> 00:33:41.620
 condemned

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.140
 so that

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.380
 we can

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:42.900
 experience

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.100
 the

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:43.380
 mercy

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:44.280
 and

00:33:44.280 --> 00:33:44.500
 love

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:44.660
 of

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:44.860
 God

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.140
 but

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.940
 there's

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.140
 still

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.460
 more

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.180
 because

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.340
 it's

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:47.540
 not

00:33:47.540 --> 00:33:47.820
 that

00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:48.280
 Jesus

00:33:48.280 --> 00:33:49.259
 suffers

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.519
 on

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.759
 our

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.180
 behalf

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:50.320
 and

00:33:50.320 --> 00:33:50.440
 it

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.600
 was

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:51.120
 the

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.380
 only

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:51.620
 way

00:33:51.620 --> 00:33:51.759
 he

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:51.920
 could

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.320
 suffer

00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:53.040
 unjustly

00:33:53.040 --> 00:33:53.620
 but

00:33:53.620 --> 00:33:54.060
 Jesus

00:33:54.060 --> 00:33:54.960
 now

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.620
 brings

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.540
 meaning

00:33:56.540 --> 00:33:57.019
 to

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.580
 suffering

00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:58.640
 and

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:58.800
 this

00:33:58.800 --> 00:33:59.000
 life

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.160
 is

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.400
 full

00:33:59.400 --> 00:33:59.519
 of

00:33:59.519 --> 00:33:59.700
 it

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:01.140
 it

00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:01.280
 is

00:34:01.280 --> 00:34:01.519
 full

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:01.700
 of

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.120
 suffering

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:03.539
 and

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:03.979
 a lot

00:34:03.979 --> 00:34:04.079
 of

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.219
 that

00:34:04.219 --> 00:34:04.619
 suffering

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:04.899
 is

00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:05.439
 unjust

00:34:05.439 --> 00:34:06.099
 that

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.319
 you'll

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.919
 experience

00:34:06.919 --> 00:34:08.880
 if you

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.259
 turn to

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:10.039
 1 Peter

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.819
 chapter 2

00:34:10.819 --> 00:34:11.239
 I'll

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.579
 just

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:11.940
 read it

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.119
 from

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.359
 my

00:34:12.359 --> 00:34:12.859
 text

00:34:12.859 --> 00:34:14.440
 1 Peter

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.339
 chapter 2

00:34:15.339 --> 00:34:15.579
 verses

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.019
 18

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.179
 to

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.779
 25

00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:17.519
 and

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.639
 I'll

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:17.920
 read it

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.079
 this

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.199
 is

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.359
 the

00:34:18.359 --> 00:34:18.619
 same

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.000
 Peter

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.980
 who

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.199
 will

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.539
 talk

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:20.940
 about

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:22.519
 suffering

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.799
 well

00:34:23.799 --> 00:34:24.639
 the

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:24.819
 same

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:24.980
 Peter

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.119
 that

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.279
 did

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:25.460
 not

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.739
 suffer

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.019
 well

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.739
 that

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:27.139
 bent

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:28.179
 immediately

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.719
 under

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:29.039
 pressure

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.219
 who

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.400
 caved

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.579
 under

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:29.920
 pressure

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.859
 this

00:34:30.859 --> 00:34:30.980
 is

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.079
 a

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.400
 redeemed

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:31.720
 man

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.000
 writing

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.220
 this

00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:32.460
 letter

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.059
 he

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.240
 says

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.579
 this

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.579
 2 Peter

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.559
 1 Peter

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.200
 chapter 2

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:36.420
 verses

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.880
 18

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:38.660
 servants

00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:39.160
 be subject

00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:39.460
 to your

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.820
 masters

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.180
 with all

00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:40.660
 respect

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:42.160
 not only

00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:42.579
 to the

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:42.900
 good

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.519
 and gentle

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.079
 but also

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.940
 the unjust

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:46.180
 for this

00:34:46.180 --> 00:34:46.579
 is a

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:46.940
 gracious

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.440
 thing

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.619
 when mindful

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.240
 of God

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:50.240
 one endures

00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:51.240
 sorrows

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:51.619
 while

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.360
 suffering

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.039
 unjustly

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:54.039
 for what

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.380
 credit

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:54.800
 is it

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.119
 if

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:56.019
 when you

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.500
 sin

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.420
 and are

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.660
 beaten

00:34:57.660 --> 00:34:58.079
 for it

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.559
 you endure

00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:00.199
 for if

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.500
 when you

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.679
 do

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.039
 good

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.380
 and

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:01.719
 suffer

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.199
 for it

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:02.860
 you

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.219
 endure

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:03.799
 this

00:35:03.799 --> 00:35:06.019
 for this

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.320
 is a

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.599
 gracious

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.380
 thing

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:07.579
 in the

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:07.719
 sight

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.099
 of God

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.699
 for to

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:08.900
 this

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.039
 you

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.159
 have

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:09.279
 been

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.579
 called

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:09.900
 because

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.320
 Christ

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.980
 also

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.380
 suffered

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.980
 for you

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.840
 leaving

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.179
 you an

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.599
 example

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.019
 so that

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.500
 you might

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.920
 follow

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.179
 his

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.559
 steps

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.759
 he

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.079
 committed

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.320
 no

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:17.639
 sin

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.599
 neither

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:18.900
 was

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.320
 deceit

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.599
 found

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:19.900
 in his

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.199
 mouth

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:20.799
 when he

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:20.980
 was

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.579
 reviled

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:22.420
 he did

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:22.599
 not

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.119
 revile

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.659
 in return

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.579
 when he

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.019
 suffered

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.360
 he did

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:25.519
 not

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:25.940
 threaten

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:27.400
 but continued

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:28.740
 entrusting

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:29.320
 himself

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.920
 to him

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.119
 who

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.639
 judges

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:31.559
 justly

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:32.700
 he himself

00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:33.019
 bore

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.639
 our sins

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.079
 in his

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.420
 body

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.720
 on the

00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:34.980
 tree

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:36.220
 that we

00:35:36.220 --> 00:35:36.900
 might die

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.380
 to sin

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.760
 and live

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.420
 to righteousness

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:39.559
 by his

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.019
 wounds

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.579
 you have

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:40.780
 been

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.119
 healed

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:42.220
 for you

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.380
 were

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.980
 straying

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.579
 like

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.000
 sheep

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:45.200
 but have

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.460
 now

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:45.900
 returned

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.260
 to the

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:46.559
 shepherd

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:46.800
 and

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.500
 overseer

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.400
 of your

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.900
 souls

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:50.420
 when we

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:50.700
 suffer

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.019
 well

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.220
 for

00:35:51.220 --> 00:35:51.639
 Christ's

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:51.900
 sake

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:53.240
 unjustly

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:54.039
 looking

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.380
 to him

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.800
 for both

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.420
 strength

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.700
 and a

00:35:55.700 --> 00:35:55.980
 desire

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.420
 to do

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.659
 his

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.000
 will

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:58.240
 God

00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:58.720
 delights

00:35:58.720 --> 00:35:59.159
 in it

00:35:59.159 --> 00:36:00.780
 he

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.240
 delights

00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:02.240
 in it

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:04.000
 think

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.440
 in your

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:04.720
 head

00:36:04.720 --> 00:36:05.180
 of a

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:05.460
 time

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:05.720
 when

00:36:05.720 --> 00:36:06.539
 when

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:06.820
 somebody

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:07.320
 delighted

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:07.840
 in something

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.340
 you did

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:08.740
 or for

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.079
 who you

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.360
 are

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:10.019
 a parent

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.440
 if it's

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.820
 a distant

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.139
 memory

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.400
 it might

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.820
 be hard

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.579
 maybe

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.119
 a part

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.360
 of the

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.820
 sting

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.579
 is that

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.180
 you can't

00:36:15.180 --> 00:36:15.619
 remember

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:19.659
 but surely

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.260
 it's good

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:21.240
 if somebody

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:21.639
 delights

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.000
 in you

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:23.539
 imagine

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.200
 if God

00:36:24.200 --> 00:36:25.099
 in heaven

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.599
 who created

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:26.179
 everything

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.799
 delights

00:36:26.799 --> 00:36:27.380
 in you

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:29.019
 does that

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.480
 not bring

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.799
 great meaning

00:36:30.799 --> 00:36:31.599
 to suffering

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:33.739
 all of a

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:33.940
 sudden

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:35.059
 is it

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.659
 something that

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.119
 we can

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:36.579
 endure

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.099
 by his

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.519
 strength

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.920
 knowing

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.259
 that he

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:38.759
 delights

00:36:38.759 --> 00:36:39.259
 in us

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:40.159
 that it

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.539
 brings him

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.159
 great glory

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:42.179
 and like

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:42.639
 Christ

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.059
 it will

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.579
 ultimately

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:44.039
 lead to

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.539
 blessing

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.719
 and it

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.000
 might not

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.559
 be our

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.400
 physical

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:47.779
 blessing

00:36:47.779 --> 00:36:48.079
 it might

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.519
 be somebody

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:48.940
 else

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:50.559
 but we

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:50.940
 will be

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.400
 ultimately

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:51.920
 blessed

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.639
 because we

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.680
 know the

00:36:53.680 --> 00:36:54.260
 delight of

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:54.519
 God

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:54.840
 in our

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.280
 lives

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:58.119
 what other

00:36:58.119 --> 00:36:59.280
 ideology

00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:00.420
 or philosophy

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:01.340
 or religion

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:01.980
 or whatever

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.680
 it may be

00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:03.760
 can turn

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.480
 suffering

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:05.079
 into

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:06.039
 ultimate

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.780
 blessing

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:08.300
 what can

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:11.720
 when we

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:12.059
 suffer

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.940
 unjustly

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.880
 let us

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.180
 not

00:37:14.180 --> 00:37:15.639
 be angry

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:18.340
 forever

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:19.059
 there's a

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.639
 time I guess

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:20.299
 initially maybe

00:37:20.299 --> 00:37:21.019
 we react

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.759
 we're human

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.159
 beings

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:23.079
 but let us

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.519
 suffer

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.239
 with the

00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:24.799
 mind of

00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.199
 Christ

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.900
 remembering

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.359
 what he

00:37:26.359 --> 00:37:26.879
 has done

00:37:26.879 --> 00:37:28.279
 he asks

00:37:28.279 --> 00:37:28.519
 you

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:30.239
 to know

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.779
 God's

00:37:30.779 --> 00:37:31.139
 eternal

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.639
 blessing

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:33.539
 it is

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:33.699
 worth

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.219
 everything

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:35.819
 think about

00:37:35.819 --> 00:37:36.539
 David Milgard

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:36.859
 he got

00:37:36.859 --> 00:37:37.400
 10 million

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:37.900
 dollars

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.639
 for 22

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.420
 years in

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.699
 prison

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:41.900
 just under

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.139
 what

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:42.879
 I mean

00:37:42.879 --> 00:37:43.079
 I'm not

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.179
 going to

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:43.379
 do the

00:37:43.379 --> 00:37:43.579
 math

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:43.920
 between

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.739
 400 and

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.139
 500

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:45.539
 thousand

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:45.879
 dollars

00:37:45.879 --> 00:37:46.299
 a year

00:37:46.299 --> 00:37:47.179
 in prison

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:48.059
 is that

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:49.759
 does that

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.139
 bring meaning

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.460
 to his

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.840
 suffering

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:53.900
 is that

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.480
 worth it

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:55.799
 no

00:37:55.799 --> 00:37:57.920
 he passed

00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:58.420
 away last

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:58.679
 year

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.139
 I'm sure

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.539
 he would

00:37:59.539 --> 00:37:59.980
 if he was

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.519
 here today

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.019
 say

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.599
 did not

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.099
 bring meaning

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.480
 to my

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.880
 suffering

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:05.719
 but imagine

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.219
 the delight

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.619
 of God

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.159
 in our

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:07.559
 lives

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:10.119
 only the

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.559
 unjust

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.000
 suffering

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.460
 of Jesus

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:12.179
 can give

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:12.880
 meaning

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.299
 to

00:38:13.299 --> 00:38:13.920
 injustice

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:15.340
 for through

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:15.940
 the silent

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.559
 suffering

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:18.079
 of the

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.900
 servant

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:19.500
 of God

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:20.139
 our eternal

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:20.760
 salvation

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.579
 was won

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.960
 and that

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.320
 is the

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:23.579
 ultimate

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:23.940
 meaning

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.200
 through

00:38:24.200 --> 00:38:24.619
 Christ

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:24.960
 and his

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.340
 suffering

00:38:25.340 --> 00:38:26.180
 we

00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:27.139
 are a

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.380
 part of

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:27.720
 the family

00:38:27.720 --> 00:38:28.099
 of God

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.619
 let's pray

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:30.860
 Lord God

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.360
 thank you

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:31.940
 for

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:34.400
 for your

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:35.079
 son who

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:36.599
 who didn't

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:37.000
 cower

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:39.440
 who didn't

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:40.139
 back away

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.800
 but was

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.480
 brave and

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.059
 resolute

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:43.199
 and looked

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:43.699
 to you

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:44.719
 and drank

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:45.279
 the cup

00:38:45.279 --> 00:38:46.019
 that he

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.320
 was to

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:46.659
 drink

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:47.019
 and he

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.440
 drank it

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:47.820
 all the

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.119
 way

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:48.960
 empty

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.820
 for us

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:51.239
 and now

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:51.619
 we

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.199
 through

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.719
 faith in

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:53.019
 him

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:54.179
 can know

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:54.759
 what it's

00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:55.159
 like to

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:55.500
 be

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:56.139
 children

00:38:56.139 --> 00:38:56.500
 of

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.059
 God

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.659
 but also

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.659
 it helps

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.119
 us to

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.900
 suffer

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:03.860
 to suffer

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.199
 well

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.539
 when

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.679
 unjust

00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:06.239
 suffering

00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:06.759
 comes our

00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:07.000
 way

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:08.139
 so Lord

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:08.460
 help us

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:08.679
 to be

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:08.960
 people

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.440
 that are

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:09.779
 just

00:39:09.779 --> 00:39:10.900
 really

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.400
 about

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:11.599
 your

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.000
 business

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:13.340
 really

00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:14.340
 looking

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:14.980
 to have

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.099
 you

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.539
 delight

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.099
 in us

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:18.400
 Lord

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:18.820
 we

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.360
 have no

00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:19.619
 idea

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:19.900
 what the

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.159
 future

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.619
 will bring

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.480
 whether

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.000
 they be

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.679
 small

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.420
 sufferings

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:23.980
 or large

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.380
 ones

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:25.920
 but Lord

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.940
 we pray

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.260
 that you'll

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:27.860
 prepare us

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:29.059
 so that when

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.460
 that time

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.199
 comes we'll

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:30.639
 be ready

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.559
 and that we

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:31.860
 will know

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:32.420
 your delight

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:33.860
 we pray

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:34.179
 this in

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.519
 Christ's

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:34.679
 name

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:35.679
 Amen