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 Pick up your Bibles again.

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 And back to Mark 14.

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!

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 Deep into the darkness of Jesus' suffering and closer to the pain of the cross.

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 And we saw last week that all of these events, everything that's happening this night, it's not just coincidental.

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 These aren't just random events.

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 And these aren't just events just to get us to the cross.

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 And it's only at the cross that Jesus saves us.

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 No.

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 That's where his suffering climax is on the cross.

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 So you can think of it like this.

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 If the cross is like the peak of a pyramid, the top of a pyramid, all these events we've seen the night before,

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 these are kind of like the building blocks below the top of the pyramid.

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 You can't have the top of the pyramid without the layers below.

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 It's all one piece of suffering and saving.

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 All these elements in this night are really necessary.

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 Another way to think of it is, if the cross at Calvary is a big earthquake,

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 and there was an earthquake at Calvary,

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 if the cross is an earthquake,

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 these events the night before, they're kind of like warning tremors beforehand.

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 They're all a part of the event.

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 And they tell me what's coming.

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 And the tremors tonight are getting bigger.

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 The night is getting darker.

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 And where do we find ourselves tonight?

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 In our courtroom.

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 We're in the Jewish court called the Sanhedrin.

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 And this is where the priests and the scribes would gather to determine religious laws,

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 and to see whether or not someone had broken Jewish or Old Testament laws.

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 And this court was for really big cases.

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 This is where God's priests judge God's people.

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 And so you can see who's there in verse 53.

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 There's the high priest and all the chief priests,

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 and the elders and the scribes, they came together.

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 And in verse 55, so there was a whole council gathered.

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 So this isn't just a few guys having a meeting.

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 This is the Jewish leadership meeting in the Jewish council city,

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 in the Jewish Supreme Court,

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 holding the scales of justice to judge God's people.

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 And who is in the dock tonight?

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 Whose life is being weighed here?

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 Who's the suspect?

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 Look at verse 53.

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 And they led Jesus to the high priest.

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 This is a shocking scene.

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 They bring Jesus in.

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 It's a shocking scene, but it's not a surprising scene.

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 Because we've been waiting for this in Mark's Gospel.

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 Jesus has already, previously in the Gospel, foretold the future,

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 and said something like this is going to happen.

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 So, if you flip with me back to chapter 8, verse 31,

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 chapter 8, verse 31,

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 it says,

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 And he began to teach them, that's the disciples,

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 that the Son of Man must suffer many things,

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 and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests,

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 and the scribes, and be killed,

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 and after three days rise again.

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 If you look ahead to 10, verse 33,

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 chapter 10, verse 33,

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 Jesus says,

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 See, we are going up to Jerusalem,

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 and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests,

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 and the scribes,

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 and they will condemn him to death,

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 and deliver him over to the Gentiles.

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 Jesus says,

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 All this will happen.

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 And tonight,

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 all these puzzle pieces are falling into place.

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 So, we know exactly what's going on here.

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 Jesus is here to suffer,

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 and be condemned.

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 So, although this is a courthouse,

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 tonight,

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 we know that this isn't going to end well.

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 So, this isn't really a courthouse.

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 This is a slaughterhouse.

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 Jesus is here to die.

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 And did you notice,

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 he was just outside,

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 in verse 54,

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 and Peter had followed him at a distance,

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 right into the courtyard of the high priest,

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 and he was sitting with the guards,

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 and warming himself with fire.

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 I want you to picture Peter,

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 just outside his courthouse,

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 in the courtyard,

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 the whole time,

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 warming himself by the fire.

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 trying to listen in to what's happening.

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 And I want us to join in with Peter tonight,

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 to stand outside the courthouse,

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 and I want us to press our ears

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 up against the windows of the courthouse.

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 And I want us to listen to how this unfolds.

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 And so, as we do that,

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 we begin to hear something.

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 And this is the first thing we discover,

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 my first point tonight,

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 Jesus is innocent.

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 Jesus is innocent.

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 So this is a slaughterhouse,

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 not a courthouse.

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 And we can see this,

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 because this isn't a fair trial.

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 Look at verse 55.

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 Now the chief priest and the whole council

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 were seeking testimony against Jesus,

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 to put him to death.

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 They already had the verdict in mind here.

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 They already knew what was going to be the outcome.

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 guilty and worthy of death.

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 And they were all gathered here tonight,

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 just to make it happen.

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 The term for this is a kangaroo court,

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 meaning it's a corrupt court.

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 It's a sham.

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 They all came into this court,

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 not to seek justice,

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 not to seek truth.

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 But what does it say?

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 They were seeking testimony against Jesus

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 to put him to death.

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 They were seeking the verdict

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 they'd already figured out in their heads.

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 And so they had to do this

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 by bearing false witness.

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 The witnesses were called up

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 to give evidence about Jesus,

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 and in verse 56,

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 many bore false witness against him.

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 False witness.

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 In other words,

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 they were lying.

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 They were making stuff up about Jesus

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 to make him look guilty.

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 They were saying,

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 I heard Jesus did this awful thing.

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 They were saying,

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 I saw him do this, actually, as well.

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 They were saying,

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 oh Jesus, yeah, yeah,

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 he's definitely not to no good.

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 He did this and that.

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 And then Mark gets specific.

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 Look at verse 57.

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 And some stood up

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 and bore false witness against him,

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 saying,

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 we heard him say,

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 I will destroy this temple

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 that is made with hands,

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 and in three days

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 I will build another,

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 not made with hands.

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 And now we've got to ask,

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 did Jesus say this?

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 Well, no.

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 We don't have it written here in Mark,

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 but in John's Gospel,

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 Jesus says this,

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 destroy this temple,

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 and in three days

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 I will raise it up.

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 But do you see what they do

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 with Jesus' words here?

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 They've made it sound

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 like he's been threatening

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 to destroy the temple.

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 So look at verse 58 again.

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 We heard him say,

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 I will destroy this temple.

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 He didn't say that.

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 They're twisting his words.

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 They're making him sound

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 like a terrorist,

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 like he threatened

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 to destroy the temple.

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 But Jesus did no such thing.

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 This is a false witness.

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 This is lies.

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 And so you have

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 a whole judge

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 and court

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 and jury

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 all against Jesus.

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 Everyone planning

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 and plotting

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 to make him look guilty

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 in the eyes of the Lord.

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 And how does this all land?

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 Well, look how verse 55 ends.

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 They were seeking testimony

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 against Jesus

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 to put him to death,

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 but they found none.

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 Verse 56.

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 For many bore false witness

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 against him,

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 but their testimony

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 did not agree.

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 Verse 59.

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 Multiple people spoke

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 about this temple incident.

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 59.

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 Yet even about this,

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 their testimony

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 did not agree.

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 Everyone is firing

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 shots at Jesus,

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 mudslinging,

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 giving everything

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 they've got.

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 But nothing

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 is sticking.

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 Nothing's sticking.

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 Even when they're

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 trying to make

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 their stories match

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 and conspire

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 against him

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 and trying to

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 coordinate all these lies,

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 even when the whole

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 court is stacked

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 against him,

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 they have nothing

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 on Jesus.

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 Have you ever seen

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 those,

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 on adverts

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 and YouTube

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 videos,

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 water-resistant spray,

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 or hydrophobic spray,

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 have you ever seen that?

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 It's like a spray

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 that you can spray

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 on a coat,

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 you can spray on anything,

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 and it makes it

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 really water-resistant,

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 so you throw water on it,

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 it just slides off.

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 You throw, like,

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 juice on it,

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 it slides off mud,

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 nothing.

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 And so that coat

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 becomes water-resistant,

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 and that's a bit like

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 what's going on here

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 with Jesus.

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 Jesus is blame-resistant.

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 They're firing

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 everything at him,

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 all this dirt,

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 but nothing sticks

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 in him.

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 All these lies

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 don't add up.

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 And that's in part

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 because lies

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 never add up.

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 Lies

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 never make sense

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 or agree.

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 And that's the nature

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 of how truth works.

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 So truth

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 and true statements,

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 they add up.

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 They fit together.

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 They never contradict.

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 Truth

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 always agrees

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 with truth.

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 Two true statements

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 always work together.

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 The truth,

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 you can think of it

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 as harmonious.

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 But a lie,

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 it never works

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 with the truth.

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 It contradicts it.

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 It disagrees

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 with the truth.

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 It's inconsistent.

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 It never works.

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 So,

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 think of it.

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 The true statement,

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 Jesus never made a threat.

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 And the false statement,

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 Jesus made a threat.

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 They both can't be true,

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 can they?

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 That's how truth works.

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 Falsity,

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 lies,

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 can't work with the truth.

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 The lie

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 just doesn't hold up.

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 It doesn't work.

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 It always collapses.

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 So,

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 no wonder

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 they didn't find

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 any bad testimony

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 against Jesus.

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 No wonder

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 their testimonies

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 didn't agree.

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 Because lies don't agree.

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 Lies don't hold up

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 or work.

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 But it's also

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 because Jesus

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 never,

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 ever,

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 once in his life,

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 did anything wrong.

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 Jesus

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 never,

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 ever,

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 broke the law.

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 Jesus never did

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 anything anyone

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 can ever bring up

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 in court and say,

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 guilty.

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 Our Saviour

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 was truly

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 sinless.

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 And he was so pure

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 and so blameless

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 that they couldn't

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 make him guilty

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 even if they tried.

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 They're trying

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 their hardest

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 but nothing

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 could stain

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 the sinless Saviour.

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 Conspire

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 against him

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 with all you've got.

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 There is no

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 fault in Jesus.

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 Jesus

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 is perfect.

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 And so,

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 as they face

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 this perfect

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 suspect,

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 the court

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 is frustrated

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 and actually

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 there's still

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 some integrity

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 to the court

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 here because

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 with all these

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 testimonies not

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 adding up

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 and things not

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 squaring,

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 the court

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 just doesn't

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 accept them

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 but they can't

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 accept them

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 because they're

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 not making sense.

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 The case

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 can't continue

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 and so

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 they keep pushing,

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 they're just

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 waiting for that

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 piece of evidence

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 or a testimony

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 that might

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 somehow show

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 a glimmer of guilt.

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 and so

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 the high priest

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 who's kind of

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 like the moderator

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 or the manager

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 of the meeting,

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 he stands up

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 and intervenes

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 in verse 16

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 and the high priest

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 stood up

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 and admits

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 and asked Jesus,

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 have you no answer

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 to make?

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 What is it that

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 these men testify

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 against you?

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 But he remained

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 silent

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 and made no answer.

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 In all this chaos

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 and mudslinging

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 and lies,

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 what is Jesus

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 doing?

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 He's silent.

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 And this is my

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 next point,

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 Jesus was silent.

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 Jesus was silent.

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 If this was

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 happening against

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 you,

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 all these

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 allegations

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 and made up

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 stories,

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 what do you

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 imagine you

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 would do?

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 I think we

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 all probably

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 want to speak

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 up and say,

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 hold on,

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 that isn't

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 true.

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 No,

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 no,

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 no,

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 I didn't say

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 that.

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 Wait,

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 you're twisting

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 my words there.

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 Look,

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 he said one

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 thing and he's

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 saying another.

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 That doesn't

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 make sense.

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 What's going

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 on here?

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 All this

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 isn't right.

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 We would

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 defend ourselves,

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 wouldn't we?

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 We'd stop this

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 kangaroo court.

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 We want to

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 expose this

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 nonsense,

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 these lies.

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 But Jesus

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 doesn't do that.

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 Instead,

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 verse 61,

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 he remains

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 silent.

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 and made

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 no answer.

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 Jesus is

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 silent.

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 Press your

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 ear up

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 against that

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 window again.

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 Silence.

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 He just

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 takes it.

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 He doesn't

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 protest.

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 He doesn't

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 defend himself.

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 He doesn't

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 expose their

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 lies.

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 He so easily

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 could.

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 He's

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 silent.

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 And why?

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 Well, in one

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 sense, it

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 doesn't matter

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 if he defends

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 himself or

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 proves the

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 truth.

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 They're not

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 there to

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 reason or

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 listen to

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 Jesus.

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 They've

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 already made

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 up their

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 lies.

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 So it's

00:14:40.219 --> 00:14:40.599
 no use

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 saying anything.

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 But more

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 importantly,

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 Jesus is

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 silent on

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 purpose.

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 His silence

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 isn't him

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 folding his

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 arms,

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 refusing to

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 be there,

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 holding a

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 grudge.

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 No, he's

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 silent.

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 He's

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 willingly

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 silent.

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 He willingly

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 takes these

00:15:01.820 --> 00:15:02.220
 lies.

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 He's willing

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 to take this

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 judgment.

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 He's

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 willing to

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 go where

00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:08.539
 these lies

00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:08.980
 and these

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 lying men

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 take him.

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 This

00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:14.399
 silence is

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 Jesus

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 willingly

00:15:15.580 --> 00:15:16.600
 laying down

00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:17.419
 his life

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 to die.

00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:20.419
 His

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 silence

00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:22.419
 speaks volumes.

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 Isaiah

00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:26.460
 53 speaks

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 of Jesus.

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 It says,

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 like a

00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:29.019
 lamb led

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 to the

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 slaughter,

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 he did

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 not open

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 his mouth.

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 This

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 silence is

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 Jesus,

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 the

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 sacrificial

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 lamb,

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 offering

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 himself to

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 ransom his

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 people from

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 sin.

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 And so

00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:44.740
 it's no

00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:45.560
 coincidence that

00:15:45.560 --> 00:15:46.300
 this takes

00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.820
 place on the

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 night of

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 the Passover.

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 It's no

00:15:49.160 --> 00:15:49.879
 coincidence that

00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:50.300
 Jesus is

00:15:50.300 --> 00:15:51.000
 crucified on

00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:51.400
 the Passover.

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 Jesus

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 offered himself

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 as the

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 Passover lamb

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 to redeem

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 us from

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 sin.

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 And do you

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 know who's

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 meant to

00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:02.220
 offer the

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 lamb on

00:16:02.640 --> 00:16:02.980
 the Passover?

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 It's the

00:16:05.059 --> 00:16:05.699
 high priest.

00:16:07.299 --> 00:16:08.239
 So Jesus

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 is the

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 lamb because

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 he's offering

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 himself.

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 He's the

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 sacrifice.

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 But also

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 he's the

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 one offering

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 himself.

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 He's also

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 the high

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 priest.

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 Jesus is

00:16:22.479 --> 00:16:23.039
 the great

00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:23.839
 high priest

00:16:23.839 --> 00:16:24.719
 here who's

00:16:24.719 --> 00:16:26.179
 offering himself

00:16:26.179 --> 00:16:27.779
 the Passover

00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:29.219
 lamb to

00:16:29.219 --> 00:16:29.799
 deal with

00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:30.159
 sin.

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 him.

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 And so

00:16:32.299 --> 00:16:32.759
 there's a

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.519
 great irony

00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:34.000
 in this

00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:34.299
 room.

00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:35.799
 In this

00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:36.620
 council there's

00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:37.059
 the high

00:16:37.059 --> 00:16:37.819
 priest trying

00:16:37.819 --> 00:16:38.199
 to put

00:16:38.199 --> 00:16:38.799
 Jesus to

00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:39.179
 death.

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 Not knowing

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:41.419
 that the

00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:41.939
 whole time

00:16:41.939 --> 00:16:42.779
 Jesus is the

00:16:42.779 --> 00:16:43.480
 true Passover

00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:43.879
 lamb.

00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:45.839
 And all the

00:16:45.839 --> 00:16:46.500
 while Jesus,

00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:47.399
 the true

00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:48.059
 high priest,

00:16:48.839 --> 00:16:49.740
 he's offering

00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:50.779
 himself as the

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.339
 once-for-old

00:16:51.339 --> 00:16:52.399
 sacrificial lamb

00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:53.519
 who takes

00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:54.079
 away the

00:16:54.079 --> 00:16:54.659
 sins of the

00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:54.919
 world.

00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:57.519
 This silence

00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:58.480
 speaks volumes.

00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:00.779
 And so if

00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:01.159
 you keep

00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:02.179
 pressing your

00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:02.980
 ear up against

00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:03.500
 that window,

00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:04.859
 and if you

00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:05.599
 listen carefully,

00:17:06.639 --> 00:17:07.440
 this silence

00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.639
 is the silence

00:17:08.639 --> 00:17:09.220
 of the lamb

00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:10.779
 and the silence

00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.279
 of the high

00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:11.619
 priest.

00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.440
 But he

00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:16.019
 doesn't remain

00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:16.940
 silent forever.

00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:18.220
 Because look

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 what happens

00:17:18.619 --> 00:17:19.279
 next in verse

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 61.

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 Verse 61,

00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:22.379
 again, the

00:17:22.379 --> 00:17:22.799
 high priest

00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:23.480
 asked him,

00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:25.139
 are you the

00:17:25.139 --> 00:17:26.119
 Christ, the

00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:26.579
 son of the

00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:26.900
 blessed?

00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:29.700
 And then the

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.519
 silence breaks.

00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:32.460
 Jesus faces

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 the courthouse

00:17:33.339 --> 00:17:34.200
 and says in

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 verse 62,

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 I am,

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 and you

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 will see the

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 son of man

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 seated at the

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 right hand of

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 power and

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 coming with

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 the clouds of

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 heaven.

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 This is where

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 my third point

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 begins.

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 Jesus is the

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 Christ.

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 Jesus is the

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 Christ.

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 Now this

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 moment is a

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 huge moment.

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 moment.

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 And these

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 words are

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 astonishing.

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 But it's not

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 a huge moment

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 just because he's

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 broken the

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 silence.

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 But this is a

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 huge moment in

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 Mark's gospel

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 because this is

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 the first time

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 Jesus says

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 publicly in the

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 open that he

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 is the

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 Christ.

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 Before this,

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 throughout the

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 gospel, it's

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 implied that Jesus

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 is the Christ.

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 in fact, his

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 actions clearly

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 show it.

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 Peter in

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 chapter 8 even

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 confesses that

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 Jesus is the

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 Christ.

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 But Jesus

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 says to him,

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 let's not make

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 that public.

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 Keep that

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 quiet.

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 Jesus had to

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 keep his

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 identity

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 veiled and

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 hidden slightly.

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 king.

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 And that's

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 mainly because

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 if he came

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 out straight

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 away,

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 beginning his

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 ministry and

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 said, I am

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 the Christ and

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 everyone knew

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 it, two

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 things could

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 happen.

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 Either people

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 would rush in

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 and quickly make

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 him king

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 straight away,

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 which would

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 mean he would

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 avoid the

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 cross, which

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 he has to go

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 to.

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 or the

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 Roman authorities

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 might come

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 along and

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 they would

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 hear of it,

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 seize him

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 straight away

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 and stop his

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 ministry and

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 likely he would

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 be killed too

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 early.

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 And so Jesus

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 had to wait to

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 reveal his true

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 identity.

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 And he had to

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 go to the

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 cross.

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 Now, in this

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 courtroom, the

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 time is right.

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 And so the

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 high priest gets

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 straight to the

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 point, what

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 everyone is

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 wondering in

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 this courtroom,

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 he says,

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 Jesus, are

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 you the

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 Christ, the

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 son of the

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 blessed?

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 And this is a

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 massive question.

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 It's hard to

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 appreciate how

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 big this question

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 is.

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 He's asking,

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 are you the

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 one God

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 promised in

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 the Garden of

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 Eden to crush

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 the head of

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 the serpent?

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 Are you the

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 promised king

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 from the line

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 of Judah?

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 Are you the

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 prophet greater

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 than Moses who

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 we've been all

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 waiting for?

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 Are you the

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 eternal king who

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 sits on David's

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 throne?

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 Are you the

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 one who's come

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 to bring peace

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.480
 on earth?

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 Are you the

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 one who takes

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 away the sins

00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:05.759
 of Israel?

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 Are you the

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 one who will

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 stand before the

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 ancient of days

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 and be given

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 an everlasting

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.359
 kingdom?

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 Jesus, is that

00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:13.680
 you?

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 And Jesus

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 declares in front

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.220
 of the whole

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:19.220
 courthouse, I

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 am.

00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:22.079
 man, I am the

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 Christ.

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 I am the one

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 the world has

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 been waiting

00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.419
 for.

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:28.839
 The Christ, the

00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:29.599
 true king of

00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.779
 Israel, stands in

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 their midst.

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 But Jesus

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 doesn't stop

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 there.

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 He continues

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 verse 16.

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 He says to

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.480
 them, and you

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.240
 will see the

00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:40.039
 son of man

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.859
 seated at the

00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:41.379
 right hand of

00:20:41.379 --> 00:20:42.240
 power and

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.940
 coming with the

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.679
 clouds of heaven.

00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:47.039
 Now Jesus

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.920
 refers to two

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.440
 Old Testament

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.240
 passages here.

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 He calls himself

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 the son of man,

00:20:51.580 --> 00:20:52.240
 who's a figure in

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.840
 Daniel 7.

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 And that figure

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:55.019
 also comes with

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.560
 the clouds of

00:20:55.560 --> 00:20:56.120
 heaven before

00:20:56.120 --> 00:20:56.480
 God.

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.420
 And in that

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:57.940
 scene, God

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.840
 gives him a

00:20:58.840 --> 00:20:59.560
 dominion and

00:20:59.560 --> 00:21:00.240
 glory and

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.740
 everlasting

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.240
 kingdom.

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 And being

00:21:03.080 --> 00:21:03.560
 seated at the

00:21:03.560 --> 00:21:03.980
 right hand of

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.960
 power, power is

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.580
 just a term for

00:21:05.580 --> 00:21:06.340
 God here, because

00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:07.060
 God is power,

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:08.180
 he's powerful.

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.620
 This is a term

00:21:09.620 --> 00:21:10.519
 from Psalm 110,

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:11.960
 where the right

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.820
 hand is the

00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:13.259
 place of,

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:15.160
 highest honour

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:15.599
 by God.

00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:16.299
 It's essentially

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:17.740
 a throne where

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.259
 someone will

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.900
 rule from.

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.740
 So these words

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.700
 Jesus says here

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.539
 are all about

00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:24.079
 authority and

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.559
 power.

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.940
 Jesus is saying

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:27.299
 to this

00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:28.680
 courtroom, yes,

00:21:28.879 --> 00:21:29.640
 I am the

00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:31.379
 Christ, and

00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:32.420
 you will see me

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:33.619
 being given all

00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:35.000
 authority by God.

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:36.279
 You will see me

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:37.759
 enthroned, and

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:39.000
 I will be king

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.940
 over all.

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:43.320
 He says in front

00:21:43.320 --> 00:21:43.980
 of the highest

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.799
 authority in

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:46.160
 Israel, the

00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:47.080
 Supreme Court

00:21:47.080 --> 00:21:47.680
 and the law

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.220
 makers all

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:49.259
 around him, as

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.980
 they judge him

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.600
 and poke their

00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:51.660
 fingers and stand

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:54.140
 above him, he

00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.799
 says to them,

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.940
 you think you're

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.759
 in charge here?

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:57.840
 No.

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.620
 I'm the real

00:21:59.620 --> 00:22:00.460
 authority in this

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:00.720
 room.

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:02.100
 I'm in charge

00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:02.380
 here.

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.640
 I am your

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:04.200
 king.

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:07.880
 And then he

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.960
 says, in those

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.440
 words, he says

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.660
 you will see,

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:12.880
 you will see

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.700
 all this to

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:13.940
 them.

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.080
 So let's

00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:16.840
 ask, when

00:22:16.840 --> 00:22:17.519
 will they see

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:17.920
 this?

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.840
 Well, it's his

00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:21.120
 resurrection and

00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:21.860
 his ascension.

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.559
 Only in a few

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:24.519
 days' time, Jesus

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.340
 will rise from

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:26.180
 the dead as the

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:27.180
 everlasting king,

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:29.000
 the risen Lord

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.779
 of lords.

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.360
 And he will be

00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:32.140
 taken into heaven

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.819
 and seated at

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.480
 God's right hand

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:34.460
 where he will

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:35.120
 rule over all

00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:35.380
 creation.

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.120
 In fact, he is

00:22:36.120 --> 00:22:37.059
 ruling right now

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:38.079
 over all creation

00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.620
 at God's right

00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:38.980
 hand.

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.759
 And so who is

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.339
 in charge in

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:42.700
 this room?

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.819
 Jesus is in

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.019
 charge.

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:45.640
 Who's in charge

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.200
 right now?

00:22:46.360 --> 00:22:47.319
 Jesus is in

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:47.799
 charge.

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.299
 But why does

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:52.279
 Jesus say this?

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:54.460
 It's true, but

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.640
 this is obviously

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.480
 like throwing a

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.200
 grenade into the

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.620
 middle of the

00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:58.880
 room, isn't it?

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.519
 This doesn't go

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.380
 well as we'll see,

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.319
 but why does he

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:03.380
 start to fire like

00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:03.780
 this?

00:23:05.540 --> 00:23:07.300
 Well, he does

00:23:07.300 --> 00:23:08.120
 this because they

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:08.740
 need to know.

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:11.220
 It means that they

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:12.360
 won't condemn him

00:23:12.360 --> 00:23:13.980
 not knowing that he

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.620
 is the Christ.

00:23:15.340 --> 00:23:16.280
 They can't say,

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.400
 oh, we never

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:18.020
 asked him.

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.820
 Oh, we never

00:23:19.820 --> 00:23:20.240
 knew.

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.700
 At least they

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.280
 know now.

00:23:24.780 --> 00:23:26.060
 No one in this

00:23:26.060 --> 00:23:26.600
 room has an

00:23:26.600 --> 00:23:26.960
 excuse.

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.840
 Things are very

00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.600
 clear now.

00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:30.540
 They are judging

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.299
 the Christ.

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.460
 So he wasn't

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:34.000
 mistaken.

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.500
 He wasn't

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.299
 confused for

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.059
 someone else.

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.720
 No, they know

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.599
 he's the Christ.

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:41.379
 Jesus died and

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:42.000
 was condemned

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:43.139
 as the Christ.

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.940
 So Jesus says

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.659
 these words, but

00:23:47.659 --> 00:23:49.299
 they don't bow

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.980
 down to him.

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.099
 They don't

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.980
 tremble before

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 him as they

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 should.

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 But as we

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 press our ears

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.240
 up against

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 even more,

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 we hear

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.679
 instead that

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 Jesus is

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:01.099
 condemned.

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 And this is my

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.639
 final point

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:04.059
 tonight.

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 Jesus is

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 condemned.

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.459
 Jesus is

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 condemned.

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:09.639
 Look how they

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.459
 respond to Jesus'

00:24:10.459 --> 00:24:11.099
 words in

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 verse 63.

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 And the

00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.279
 high priest

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 tore his

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:16.059
 garments and

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.659
 said, what

00:24:16.659 --> 00:24:17.719
 further witness

00:24:17.719 --> 00:24:18.299
 do we need?

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 You've heard

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.980
 his blasphemy.

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 What is your

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.899
 decision?

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.599
 And they all

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 condemned him

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.959
 as deserving

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 death.

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 The high priest

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 was furious.

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.159
 He calls it

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 blasphemy.

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 He says, this

00:24:31.219 --> 00:24:32.059
 man claims to

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 be the Christ.

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 He's dishonoured

00:24:33.719 --> 00:24:34.639
 God's name by

00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:35.319
 claiming to be

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 the Christ.

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.859
 He's made

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.639
 himself king

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.319
 over all.

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 And only God

00:24:40.199 --> 00:24:40.779
 can do that.

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.720
 He's making a

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.319
 mockery of

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.019
 God's majesty

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.460
 here.

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 And that

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.339
 technically is

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.960
 blasphemy.

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 And that's

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 because,

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:51.259
 they're saying

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 it's blasphemy

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 because they've

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.859
 already made

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.480
 up their mind

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 that he's not

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.399
 the Christ.

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 This

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 technically

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 wouldn't be

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 blasphemy,

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 or isn't

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.599
 blasphemy,

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 because he is

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 the Christ.

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.079
 It would be

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.680
 blasphemy if he

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.500
 wasn't, but he

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 is.

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 Everything he

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 said is 100%

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 true.

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 But they

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 don't care.

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 They've already

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 made up their

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 powers.

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 Their hearts

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.359
 are hardened.

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 They cannot

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.759
 see the Christ

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 who's right in

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 front of them.

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 And so they

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 do what they've

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.740
 been waiting for

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 all along.

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 They all

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 condemned him

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 as deserving

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 death.

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 The sentence

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 is passed.

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 The juries

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 read out their

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 decision.

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 This Jesus

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 is a

00:25:34.719 --> 00:25:35.299
 blasphemer,

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 a sinner,

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 and he

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.579
 deserves

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.079
 death.

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 And this

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 is where we

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.919
 feel the

00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:42.639
 tremors of

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.159
 the cross

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:43.939
 more vividly.

00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:46.859
 Jesus was

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.779
 condemned under

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.559
 God's curse

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.259
 on the cross.

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 He was

00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:51.459
 punished as a

00:25:51.459 --> 00:25:52.299
 blasphemer and

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.619
 a sinner under

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.299
 God's wrath.

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.199
 He was made

00:25:56.199 --> 00:25:57.199
 sin on the

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:57.599
 cross.

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:58.819
 He was

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 numbered among

00:25:59.419 --> 00:26:00.299
 the transgressors

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.979
 on the cross.

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 And that's

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.400
 the epicentral

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.799
 of it all.

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.980
 But we're

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.519
 feeling the

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.019
 tremors of

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.500
 that here.

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.200
 Because he

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:10.360
 was so under

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:11.079
 the curse of

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.980
 divine law on

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.460
 the cross,

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.980
 that he also

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.779
 fell under the

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.200
 curse of

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.779
 human law.

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.440
 He was so

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.259
 condemned in

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.140
 God's eyes on

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.700
 the cross,

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:20.819
 that he was

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.440
 also condemned

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.420
 in man's eyes.

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.819
 The tremors of

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.559
 the cross are

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.380
 being felt here.

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.460
 And he was

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.200
 so tormented

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.960
 on the cross,

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:32.460
 that he was

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.140
 tormented in

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.700
 his courtroom.

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:36.140
 Verse 65,

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 And some

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.640
 began to

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.380
 spit on him

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.099
 and to

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.559
 cover his

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.019
 face and

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.559
 to strike

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:41.880
 him,

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.019
 saying to

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.140
 him,

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.680
 prophesy,

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.079
 and the

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.779
 guards received

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.079
 him with

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.420
 blows.

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.799
 Look how

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.420
 they treated

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.079
 the Christ.

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.940
 Look how

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.579
 they treated

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.360
 the spotless

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:53.700
 lamb.

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.180
 Look how

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.759
 they treated

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.500
 their king.

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.200
 Spatter,

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.900
 mopped,

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:01.360
 the

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:01.640
 Pharisee,

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:01.840
 they say to him,

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.280
 prophesy,

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:02.860
 I thought you

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.060
 were the

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:03.440
 Christ,

00:27:03.560 --> 00:27:03.840
 go on,

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.320
 prophesy.

00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:06.140
 And he was

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.519
 beaten,

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.060
 he was

00:27:07.060 --> 00:27:07.540
 bruised.

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.880
 Our justice

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.800
 system today

00:27:10.800 --> 00:27:11.680
 wouldn't even

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.100
 treat our

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.820
 worst criminals

00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:13.519
 like this,

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:15.060
 yet look how

00:27:15.060 --> 00:27:15.700
 they treat

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.460
 the Christ.

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:19.140
 And again,

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:20.240
 how does

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.000
 Jesus respond?

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.240
 He takes it.

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:25.440
 we hear the

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.259
 silence again.

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.120
 And he

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:28.880
 takes it

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.359
 because he

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.240
 must take

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.539
 it.

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:31.980
 And he

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.759
 must because

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.819
 this is how

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.460
 he saves

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.980
 his people.

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.720
 He's doing

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.240
 this for

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.740
 someone.

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.140
 He's doing

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:40.059
 this for the

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.819
 sake of his

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.240
 people,

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.539
 to ransom

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.079
 them from

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.539
 sin.

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.220
 He's doing

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.740
 this for his

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.140
 people.

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.880
 And do you

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.259
 remember who's

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.700
 outside?

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.900
 It's Peter,

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:51.620
 the man

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.140
 who has

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.880
 just abandoned

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.540
 Jesus and

00:27:53.540 --> 00:27:53.900
 run away

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.320
 from him.

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.759
 The man

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.280
 who in this

00:27:56.280 --> 00:27:56.740
 courtyard

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.740
 denies

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.300
 Jesus.

00:27:59.780 --> 00:28:00.300
 That

00:28:00.300 --> 00:28:00.740
 sinner,

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.540
 Jesus is

00:28:02.540 --> 00:28:02.940
 doing it

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.460
 all for

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.860
 him,

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:06.100
 to save

00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:06.600
 Peter.

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.400
 And as we

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.000
 stand in that

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.800
 courtyard too,

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.460
 we can take

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.060
 our ears away

00:28:13.060 --> 00:28:13.540
 from the window

00:28:13.540 --> 00:28:15.340
 and realise

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:17.180
 this was all

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.120
 for us too.

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:20.559
 we are all

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.239
 Peter in that

00:28:21.239 --> 00:28:21.659
 courtyard.

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.179
 He did

00:28:23.179 --> 00:28:24.419
 this for us.

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:26.199
 He took

00:28:26.199 --> 00:28:27.019
 that sentence

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.859
 of condemned

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:29.559
 because that

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:29.899
 is our

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:30.279
 sentence.

00:28:32.139 --> 00:28:33.139
 We are

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.719
 the sinners

00:28:33.719 --> 00:28:34.719
 and blasphemers

00:28:34.719 --> 00:28:35.239
 who deserve

00:28:35.239 --> 00:28:35.719
 death.

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:37.079
 And Jesus

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.479
 says,

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:38.299
 yes you do,

00:28:38.979 --> 00:28:39.799
 but let me

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.599
 be condemned

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:40.979
 instead.

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.339
 He was

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.000
 silent for

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.399
 us.

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.819
 Brothers and

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.019
 sisters,

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.819
 he did this

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.419
 for us.

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.419
 Condemned

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:49.799
 for us,

00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:50.379
 spat on,

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:50.939
 for us,

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.419
 mocked,

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:51.819
 for us,

00:28:51.939 --> 00:28:52.239
 beaten,

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:52.799
 for us,

00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:53.319
 crucified,

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.579
 for us.

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.019
 The Christ

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.559
 was condemned

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.459
 in our place

00:28:58.459 --> 00:28:59.959
 so that we

00:28:59.959 --> 00:29:00.459
 can hear

00:29:00.459 --> 00:29:01.359
 these glorious

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:01.859
 words.

00:29:02.699 --> 00:29:03.079
 There is

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.739
 therefore now

00:29:03.739 --> 00:29:05.599
 no condemnation

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.459
 for those

00:29:06.459 --> 00:29:06.759
 who are in

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.359
 Christ Jesus.

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.639
 Praise his name.

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.199
 Let me pray.

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:10.779
 Let me pray.

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 Thank you.