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 As we reflect on the crucifixion of our precious Lord Jesus Christ,

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 we will continue to read John's account of this historic event in John 19, 16 to 37.

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 As we are a needy, unspiritual people without the help of God,

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 let's bow our heads in prayer and plea for his gracious mercy.

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 Heavenly Father, we ask that though we are so undeserving,

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 won't you meet us here in this place?

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 Address us through your word.

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 Speak to us.

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 God, help us to see with full eyes of faith

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 the truth that you loved us so much

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 that you sent your one and only son to die a death

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 that he did not deserve

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 so that we would have life,

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 that he, though being rich, became poor

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 so that in his poverty that we would have life,

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 that we would have abundant life,

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 that we would be rich.

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 God, speak to us.

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 Let not this story wash over us in numbness,

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 if we've heard it a thousand times,

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 but help us

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 to understand,

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 to see the weight,

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 the cost,

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 so we'd see how much you love us.

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 I pray all these things in your heavenly son's name.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand, if you are able,

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 for the reading of God's infallible word.

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 So they took Jesus,

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 and he went out,

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 bearing his own cross

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 to the place called the Place of the Skull,

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 which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

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 There they crucified him,

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 and with him two others,

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 one on either side,

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 and Jesus between them.

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 Pilate also wrote an inscription,

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 and put it on the cross.

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 It read,

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 the King of the Jews.

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 Many of the Jews read this inscription

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 for the place where Jesus was crucified,

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 was near the city,

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 and it was written in Aramaic,

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 in Latin,

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 and in Greek.

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 So the chief priest said to the Jews,

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 so the chief priest of the Jews said to Pilate,

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 do not write the King of the Jews,

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 but rather,

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 this man said,

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 I am King of the Jews.

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 Pilate answered,

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 what I have written,

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 I have written.

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 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus,

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 they took his garments

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 and divided them into four parts,

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 one part for each soldier,

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 also his tunic.

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 But the tunic was seamless,

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 woven in one piece from top to bottom.

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 So they said to one another,

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 let us not tear it,

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 but cast lots for it,

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 to see whose it shall be.

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 This was to fulfill the scripture,

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 which says,

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 they divided my garments among them,

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 and for my clothing,

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 they cast lots.

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 So the soldiers did these things.

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 But standing by the cross of Jesus

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 were his mother,

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 and his mother's sister,

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 Mary the wife of Clopas,

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 and Mary Magdalene.

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 When Jesus saw his mother

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 and the disciple whom he loved

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 standing nearby,

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 he said to his mother,

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 woman,

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 behold your son.

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 Then he said to the disciple,

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 behold your mother.

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 And from that hour,

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 the disciple took her

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 to his own home.

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 After this,

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 Jesus,

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 knowing that all was now finished,

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 said,

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 to fulfill the scripture,

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 I thirst.

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 A jar full of sour wine

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 stood there,

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 so they put a sponge

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 full of the sour wine

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 on a hyssop branch

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 and held it to his mouth.

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 When Jesus had received

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 the sour wine,

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 he said,

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 it is finished.

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 And he bowed his head

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 and gave up his spirit.

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 Since it was the day

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 of preparation,

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 and so that the bodies

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 would not remain

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 on the cross

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 on the Sabbath,

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 for that Sabbath

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 was a high day,

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 the Jews asked Pilate

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 that their legs

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 might be broken

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 and that they might

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 be taken away.

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 So the soldiers came

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 and broke the legs

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 of the first

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 and of the other

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 who had been crucified

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 with him.

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 But when they came

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 to Jesus

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 and saw that he was

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 already dead,

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 they did not

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 break his legs.

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 but one of the soldiers

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 pierced his side

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 with a spear

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 and at once

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 there came out

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 blood and water.

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 He who saw it

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 has borne witness.

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 His testimony

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 is true

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 and he knows

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 that he is telling

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 the truth

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 that you also

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 may believe.

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 For these things

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 took place

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 that the scripture

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 might be fulfilled.

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 Not one of his bones

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 will be broken.

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 And again,

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 another scripture says

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 they will look

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 on him

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 whom they have pierced.

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 This is God's

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 holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 One of the most

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 comforting promises

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 in all of scripture

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 that has encouraged

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 saints throughout history

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 has to be

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 from Romans 8, 28.

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 It goes like this.

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 We know that

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 for those who love God,

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 all things

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 work together for good.

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 for those who are called

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 according to his purpose.

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 There's so much strength

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 and fortitude

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 that we can draw

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 from this promise

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 because when we are

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 enduring

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 the most horrendous evil,

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 when we're going

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 through the toughest

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 seasons of pain

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 and suffering,

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 it fortifies our faith

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 to know that this is

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 going all according

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 to plan.

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 when life feels

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 out of control,

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 we can have faith

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 that instead

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 it's all working out

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 for good

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 and the Father's

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 good plan for us.

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 But if we're honest,

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 it's easy

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 to let doubt

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 creep up

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 and settle in.

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 We can start

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 to wonder,

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 is this really

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 for good?

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 is God

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 still in control?

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 Although we know

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 today how Jesus'

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 story ends

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 in resurrection

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 and in triumph,

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 just put yourself

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 in the shoes

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 and the witnesses

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 of Jesus' death

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 this Good Friday.

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 It wouldn't be hard

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 to let those

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 same doubts

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 creep in

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 as you see

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 Jesus,

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 your King,

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 the one you left

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 everything to go follow,

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 to see Him

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 suffering,

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 humiliated,

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 struggling

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 on the cross.

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 It in fact

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 would have been

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 an insult

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 to His followers

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 if they heard that.

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 We called it

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 a Good Friday.

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 However,

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 tonight,

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 we can take heart

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 because John

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 does not neglect us

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 to remind us

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 who is in charge,

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 who is in control.

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 Through Old Testament

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 reference after reference,

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 John makes it clear

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 to us today

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 that every detail,

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 every character,

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 every action

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 is going exactly

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 as the Father intended.

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 So much so

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 that despite

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 all His suffering,

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 when Jesus

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 is lifted up

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 on the cross,

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 supported on

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 His four wounds,

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 when He's gasping

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 for air,

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 John shows us

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 that this instead

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 is Jesus'

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 enthronement,

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 the inauguration

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 of His glorious

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 kingship.

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 And this account

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 of Jesus' death

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 was written back then

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 and is preached

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 to you today

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 so that you may

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 believe,

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 you may believe

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 in this crucified King

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 and be delivered

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 from your sins.

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 So today,

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 we will see

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 how Jesus

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 is enthroned

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 as King

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 in verses 16-24,

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 how He acts

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 as King,

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 what His first decree

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 is as King

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 in verses 25-27,

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 and how He dies

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 as our King

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 in verses 28-37.

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 So looking

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 to our passage

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 tonight,

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 we read earlier

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 in John 19

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 that despite

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 Pilate's attempts

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 to spare Jesus

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 the death penalty,

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 the chief priests

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 demand Pilate

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 to crucify Jesus,

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 and in doing so,

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 they vehemently

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 deny Jesus

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 as their King,

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 and they betray

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 really what

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 all their scriptures

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 pointed to,

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 who all the faithful

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 saints and the prophets

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 have been waiting for.

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 they instead

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 bastardize

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 what it means

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 to be a Hebrew

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 by claiming

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 Caesar

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 as their King.

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 Out of a fear

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 and a desire

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 to please the Jews,

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 then,

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 Pilate obliges

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 by handing Jesus

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 over to be crucified.

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 Many of you

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 need not

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 an introduction

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 to the horrors

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 of Roman crucifixion.

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 You're aware

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 that it was

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 a punishment

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 so severe

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 that it was

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 typically reserved

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 only for slaves

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 and rebels,

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 and that no Roman citizen

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 could be crucified.

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 As we will see,

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 the ultimate goal

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 was to combine

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 emotional

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 and mental shame

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 with physical anguish

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 as the victim

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 hung in the air,

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 slowly left to die.

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 It starts with

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 a gruesome flocking

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 of the victim

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 in which he is scourged

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 with a whip

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 that had knotted

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 sharp pieces

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 of metal

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 and bone

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 into it.

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 And you can only

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 imagine what kind

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 of damage

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 that it would do

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 to someone's flesh.

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 It wasn't uncommon

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 for the victims

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 of the Roman scourge

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 then to die

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 from ensuing

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 blood loss

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 and shock.

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 So it's not hard

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 to see then

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 that as he died,

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 Jesus' appearance

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 was so marred

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 beyond human semblance

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 and his form

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 beyond that

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 of the children

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 of mankind

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 just as the prophet

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 Isaiah predicted

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 in chapter 52,

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 verse 14.

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 The Roman guards

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 then forced Jesus

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 to carry his crossbar,

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 the horizontal piece

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 to the cross,

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 outside of the city

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 to Golgotha.

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 While John doesn't

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 include an explicit

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 reference

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 to this passage,

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 many astute

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 biblical scholars

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 have made this connection

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 from this short verse

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 to Genesis 22

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 where God tests Abraham

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 to sacrifice

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 his beloved son Isaac.

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 So obedient Abraham

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 rises up early,

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 loads the wood

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 for the offering

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 on his miracle child Isaac

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 and leads the two of them

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 to Mount Moriah.

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 As he binds Isaac

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 and is about

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 to slaughter him,

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 obeying God's command

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 for him in faith.

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 An angel calls

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 to stop him

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 and God provides.

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 God provides

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 a sacrificial ram

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 instead of Isaac.

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 So Abraham declares

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 and believes

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 that God will always

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 be faithful to provide.

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 And in this short verse,

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 we see the ultimate fulfillment

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 of that promise

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 of provision

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 all the way back

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 to Abraham

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 to send his promised son

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 as a sacrificial ram

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 to die for our sins.

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 Jesus carries his cross

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 to the designated location

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 of Golgotha,

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 which we can infer

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 was a public area

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 as we read earlier

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 in verse 20

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 that many walked past

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 this location.

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 It's there

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 where they nailed

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 Jesus' hands or wrists

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 to the crossbar,

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 lifted him up

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 to be pinned

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 to the vertical post

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 by driving nails

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 through his feet.

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 And many of you

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 are well aware

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 that victims

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 of crucifixion

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 didn't die

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 by the nail wounds,

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 but instead

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 by asphyxiation,

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 by suffocation.

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 The way they hung

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 prevented them

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 from breathing normally.

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 So with their backs

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 all torn up,

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 they were forced

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 to struggle themselves up

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 against the wood

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 on their nail wounds

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 to grasp for air

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 than to let themselves down,

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 only to just repeat this

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 for hours on end.

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 And throughout this whole event,

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 you have to ask,

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 where are Jesus'

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 11 disciples?

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 Where are the ones

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 who declared

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 that they would never leave him

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 and that they were able

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 to drink the cup of wrath

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 that Jesus was destined

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 to drink?

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 In Matthew 20,

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 John and James

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 declare that

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 they want to sit

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 at Jesus'

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 right and left hand

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 and they believe themselves

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 to be worthy

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 of such an honor.

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 But as Sean observed

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 last year,

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 and it's worth

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 mentioning again,

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 it's not John

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 or James

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 who are crucified

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 at the right

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 or left hand

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 of Jesus,

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 but it's

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 criminals,

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 rebels,

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 insurrectionists,

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 completely alone.

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 Jesus is utterly forsaken

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 by those who claimed

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 they would follow him

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 until the very end.

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 And while the Romans

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 likely meant

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 to shame Jesus

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 by numbering

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 among the transgressors,

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 the father,

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 he used this

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 for his purposes.

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 He was the foretold

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 suffering servant

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 in Isaiah 53

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 who poured out

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 his soul to death

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 and was numbered

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 with the transgressors,

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 yet bore the sins

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 of many

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 and made intercession

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 for the transgressors.

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 Yet another

00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:40.559
 Old Testament prophecy

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 fulfilled.

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 We see then

00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:45.319
 in verses 19 to 21

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 how Pilate

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 plays right

00:14:47.439 --> 00:14:49.620
 into the father's plan

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 by enthroning

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 Jesus as king.

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 It was custom

00:14:53.959 --> 00:14:54.600
 back then

00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:55.179
 to fasten

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 to the cross

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 a description

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 of the crime

00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:59.419
 that the victim

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 had committed.

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 So Pilate chooses

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 to inscribe this,

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 the king of the Jews.

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 And to publicize

00:15:10.339 --> 00:15:10.879
 his crime

00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:11.459
 and to make it

00:15:11.459 --> 00:15:12.500
 even more intelligible

00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:13.559
 to all peoples,

00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:15.039
 Pilate writes this

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 in Aramaic,

00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:17.019
 in Latin,

00:15:17.199 --> 00:15:18.159
 and in Greek.

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 To no surprise then

00:15:20.980 --> 00:15:21.919
 the chief priests

00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:23.879
 protest this sign

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 and demand Pilate

00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:26.019
 to change it

00:15:26.019 --> 00:15:26.959
 to say that Jesus

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 isn't their king

00:15:28.319 --> 00:15:29.659
 but that Jesus

00:15:29.659 --> 00:15:31.179
 was given the death penalty

00:15:31.179 --> 00:15:32.339
 for claiming

00:15:32.339 --> 00:15:33.819
 to be their king.

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 This is a fine example

00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:38.759
 of irony

00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:40.059
 that John tends to use

00:15:40.059 --> 00:15:41.019
 throughout his gospel

00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:42.740
 that the faithless

00:15:42.740 --> 00:15:44.939
 Gentile Roman ruler,

00:15:44.940 --> 00:15:46.480
 he's the one

00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:47.080
 that's declaring

00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:48.200
 Jesus as king

00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:49.600
 but God's own

00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:50.320
 chosen people

00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:53.140
 who have claimed

00:15:53.140 --> 00:15:54.140
 God to be their king

00:15:54.140 --> 00:15:55.140
 in times past,

00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:56.560
 they're the ones

00:15:56.560 --> 00:15:57.200
 to abandon

00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:58.520
 and reject Jesus.

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 Truly, truly,

00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:01.620
 he was abandoned

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:03.860
 not just by his disciples

00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:06.020
 but by his entire people.

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 But it's not

00:16:09.540 --> 00:16:10.660
 that the gospel writers

00:16:10.660 --> 00:16:11.760
 depict Pilate

00:16:11.760 --> 00:16:13.140
 as having saving faith.

00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:15.899
 likely it's instead

00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.919
 that Pilate's title

00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:17.500
 for Jesus

00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:18.299
 and his refusal

00:16:18.299 --> 00:16:19.139
 to change it

00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:20.939
 was more to mock the Jews.

00:16:21.460 --> 00:16:22.039
 He was mocking

00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:23.500
 their powerless status

00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:24.960
 under Rome

00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:25.939
 by crowning

00:16:25.939 --> 00:16:26.720
 a victim

00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.899
 of crucifixion

00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.720
 as their king.

00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:31.620
 But little does he know

00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:32.279
 that in the end

00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:33.399
 it's not himself

00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:34.740
 or Rome

00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:35.939
 who has the power

00:16:35.939 --> 00:16:37.720
 but it's God

00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:38.720
 who's orchestrating

00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:39.879
 every detail

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.679
 of this story.

00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:42.019
 In this God

00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:42.480
 the Father

00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:43.720
 does honor

00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.419
 his son.

00:16:46.179 --> 00:16:46.679
 In fact,

00:16:46.819 --> 00:16:47.860
 Jesus' cross

00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:49.299
 is the means

00:16:49.299 --> 00:16:50.579
 of his exaltation

00:16:50.579 --> 00:16:51.779
 and the very manner

00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:53.379
 of his glorification.

00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:56.539
 God transforms

00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:57.319
 the cross,

00:16:57.779 --> 00:16:59.059
 one of the most horrific

00:16:59.059 --> 00:17:01.220
 of torture devices

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:02.079
 throughout history,

00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:04.599
 to be Jesus' throne

00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:06.519
 where he reigns on

00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:07.299
 from on high.

00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:10.680
 Jesus is our great

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.519
 high priest

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:12.879
 who is also

00:17:12.879 --> 00:17:14.180
 the sacrificial victim.

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 He is the conquering king

00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:18.339
 who is also

00:17:18.339 --> 00:17:19.700
 the suffering servant.

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 Still,

00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:24.539
 that doesn't mitigate

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.799
 the humiliation

00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:27.119
 Jesus had to endure

00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:28.680
 on his throne.

00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:30.680
 We read in verses

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 23 to 25

00:17:31.859 --> 00:17:32.839
 that they stripped

00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:34.579
 Jesus completely naked

00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:36.439
 by hanging him

00:17:36.439 --> 00:17:37.179
 on the cross

00:17:37.179 --> 00:17:39.079
 again to maximize

00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:39.799
 the shame

00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.960
 felt by the victims.

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 It's like those

00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:43.659
 hung on the cross

00:17:43.659 --> 00:17:44.319
 were forced

00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:45.259
 to expose

00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:47.299
 to all the public world

00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:48.500
 the atrociousness

00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:49.539
 of their actions

00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:50.159
 and deeds

00:17:50.159 --> 00:17:52.419
 but also the imperfections

00:17:52.419 --> 00:17:53.159
 and the weaknesses,

00:17:53.419 --> 00:17:53.939
 the blemishes

00:17:53.939 --> 00:17:55.639
 of their human bodies.

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 There was no place

00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.960
 to hide,

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 no thing you could hide

00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:02.179
 while on the cross.

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 And unlike lying,

00:18:05.620 --> 00:18:06.160
 rebellious,

00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:07.740
 self-seeking Adam and Eve,

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 God does not

00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:11.019
 clothe them

00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:13.080
 with garments of skins.

00:18:15.100 --> 00:18:15.840
 Jesus was

00:18:15.840 --> 00:18:17.460
 intentionally left

00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:19.120
 naked and exposed.

00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:21.519
 And by taking

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.740
 the clothes on his back,

00:18:23.100 --> 00:18:23.980
 the Roman soldiers

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:25.700
 literally stripped Jesus

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 of every last

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 earthly possession

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 he owned.

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 With his clothing

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 per custom,

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 the four Roman soldiers

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 decided to divide it

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 amongst themselves.

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 They likely had

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 an easier time

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 dividing amongst themselves

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 Jesus'

00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:43.059
 outer garment,

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 his belt,

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 his sandal,

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 and head covering.

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 Four things

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 for four people.

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 But with Jesus'

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.719
 seamless inner tunic,

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 they greedily thought,

00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:52.859
 what a waste

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 to split it up.

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 Let's just cast lots

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 to see who would win it.

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 And why does John

00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:01.619
 include this

00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:03.299
 seemingly off-topic

00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:03.859
 detail

00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:05.199
 to again

00:19:05.199 --> 00:19:06.039
 make the point

00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:06.819
 that this was

00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:08.319
 all fulfilling scripture,

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 this time from

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 Psalm 22, 18.

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 In fact,

00:19:13.699 --> 00:19:14.159
 when you read

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 the rest of that psalm,

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 you clearly see

00:19:15.899 --> 00:19:16.819
 that it was all

00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:17.599
 about Jesus.

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 For he endorsed

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 the full experience

00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:22.299
 of spiritual

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 forsakenness

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 depicted in that psalm.

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 from a plan

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 set ages

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 and ages ago,

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 this was going

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 all according

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 to the Father's plan.

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.080
 With Jesus

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 now on his throne,

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 we witness

00:19:39.300 --> 00:19:40.440
 his first decree

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 as king,

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 and it's one

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 that just displays

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 how lovely

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 he is.

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 We read in verse 25

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 that despite

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 no mention

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 of some of Jesus'

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:52.039
 closest disciples

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.740
 like Peter

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.700
 and James,

00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:55.000
 John does mention

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 that there are likely

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 four women nearby,

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 which include

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 Jesus' mother.

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 To you mothers

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 here,

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 can you pause

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:07.299
 and imagine

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:08.659
 what Mary saw

00:20:08.659 --> 00:20:09.639
 that faithful day?

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:14.259
 Her beloved son,

00:20:15.899 --> 00:20:17.000
 who never wronged her

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:19.019
 and obeyed her,

00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:21.579
 honored her

00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:22.480
 without a fault?

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 To the degree

00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:26.700
 that she couldn't

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.380
 even think of

00:20:27.380 --> 00:20:28.079
 one thing

00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:29.079
 that he did wrong

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.680
 against her?

00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:33.920
 To see this gentle

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:35.720
 and lowly son

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 with whom she knew

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 he would never

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.920
 even break

00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:40.680
 a bruised reed?

00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:43.180
 To die a death

00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:44.039
 of evil criminals?

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 Can you imagine

00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:47.559
 just her horror?

00:20:51.199 --> 00:20:52.459
 In recent years,

00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:53.579
 we as a nation

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.379
 have witnessed

00:20:54.379 --> 00:20:55.199
 terrible

00:20:55.199 --> 00:20:56.899
 and wicked murders

00:20:56.899 --> 00:20:59.279
 by the hands

00:20:59.279 --> 00:20:59.879
 of policemen

00:20:59.879 --> 00:21:01.319
 who are meant

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:02.419
 to uphold justice.

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 And with the

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.159
 widespread use

00:21:07.159 --> 00:21:08.139
 of body cameras,

00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:08.779
 we have

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:10.199
 literally seen

00:21:10.199 --> 00:21:10.619
 the moments

00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.459
 before their death.

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.799
 Two of these

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.459
 men's murders

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.420
 are seared

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:16.740
 into my mind.

00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:19.019
 The harrowing

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.660
 videos of the

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.400
 deaths of

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:21.620
 Mr. George Floyd

00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:23.420
 back in 2020

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:25.620
 and Mr. Tyree Nichols

00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:27.460
 just a few months ago.

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.340
 In those videos,

00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:30.940
 do you know

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.460
 who they were

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.200
 calling out for?

00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:34.340
 Who they're calling

00:21:34.340 --> 00:21:34.940
 out for right

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.759
 before they were killed?

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.240
 They're calling

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.819
 for their mothers.

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:44.519
 they're crying

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.159
 for their moms

00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:46.019
 to come save them.

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.879
 And so in verse 26,

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.599
 when Jesus

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:52.700
 directs his attention

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.460
 to his mother

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.859
 and to the disciple

00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:55.460
 whom he loved,

00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:56.339
 John himself,

00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:58.200
 while he's enduring

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:59.639
 one of the most

00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:00.759
 excruciating deaths

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:02.279
 that a man

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:03.179
 could experience,

00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:05.240
 you might have

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.960
 every reason

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.759
 to expect

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.359
 that Jesus,

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.099
 the man,

00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:09.899
 that he too

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:10.480
 would cry

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.319
 for his mother

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:12.419
 to come rescue him,

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:14.919
 to ease his pain

00:22:14.919 --> 00:22:15.500
 and suffering

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.919
 even just a little.

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.500
 But no,

00:22:20.699 --> 00:22:21.059
 what

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:23.219
 Jesus is concerned

00:22:23.219 --> 00:22:23.639
 with

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:25.799
 is his mother's

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:27.279
 future livelihood.

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.079
 What?

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:30.539
 He's concerned

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:31.240
 for her.

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:33.920
 So he directs

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.339
 John

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:35.339
 to take care

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.920
 of his widowed

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.279
 mother,

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:36.880
 knowing that

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.720
 in their society

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:39.000
 she had to depend

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.440
 on others

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.319
 for her livelihood.

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.500
 The king,

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.960
 the suffering king,

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.700
 he cared

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.740
 for her.

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.599
 Isn't that just

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.299
 incredible?

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.539
 Do you see

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.720
 just how lovely

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:52.779
 and compassionate

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.460
 of a king

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.200
 we serve?

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:57.299
 Brothers and sisters,

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.460
 how intentional

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.220
 Jesus is

00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.099
 in what he chooses

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.720
 to say.

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:03.140
 when he could

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:03.740
 have easily

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.700
 defended himself

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.420
 during his earlier

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:05.900
 trials,

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.259
 the Lamb of God

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.380
 fell silent.

00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:11.360
 When he could

00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:11.740
 have called

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.500
 down a legion

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.100
 of angels

00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:14.079
 to come deliver

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:15.000
 him from the cross,

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.200
 the King of Kings

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.460
 fell silent.

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.380
 But when he wanted

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:21.039
 to make sure

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.700
 that his mom

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.420
 would be okay,

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:25.759
 he opened

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.339
 his mouth

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:27.180
 and spoke.

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:30.000
 today,

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.820
 he has

00:23:30.820 --> 00:23:31.700
 the same

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.220
 kind of

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.759
 compassion

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.440
 towards you,

00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:33.840
 friend.

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:36.860
 He is lovingly

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.500
 concerned

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.279
 with your

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.779
 physical

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.860
 and spiritual

00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.440
 well-being.

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:43.259
 So to you

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.700
 struggling

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.539
 friends,

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.940
 suffering ones,

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.779
 be encouraged

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.740
 this Good Friday

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.820
 that while you

00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:50.259
 walk

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:51.440
 through the

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:51.900
 valley of

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.420
 shadow and

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.740
 death,

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.960
 while you may

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.500
 not have all

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.119
 the answers

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.900
 for all the

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.480
 trials that

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.119
 you are enduring,

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:59.240
 know that you

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.680
 are never

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.420
 alone.

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.420
 It is a lie

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.000
 from Satan

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.579
 to believe

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.579
 you are alone.

00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:06.619
 Jesus,

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.140
 too,

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.740
 has experienced

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.400
 firsthand

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.259
 injustice,

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.619
 temptation,

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.039
 despair,

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.119
 rejection,

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.019
 gossip,

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:15.880
 shame,

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.519
 loneliness,

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.220
 poverty,

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:17.900
 bereavement,

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.960
 and torture.

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:21.079
 He is able

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.180
 to sympathize

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.599
 with you.

00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:23.879
 Jesus is a

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.439
 far better

00:24:24.439 --> 00:24:25.179
 savior than

00:24:25.179 --> 00:24:25.740
 we often

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.279
 think him

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.740
 to be.

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.179
 Put your

00:24:29.179 --> 00:24:29.959
 faith in

00:24:29.959 --> 00:24:30.699
 this gentle

00:24:30.699 --> 00:24:31.119
 king.

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.379
 For it is

00:24:34.379 --> 00:24:34.899
 this king

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.240
 who has

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.059
 given the

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.419
 ultimate

00:24:36.419 --> 00:24:37.159
 price in

00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:38.099
 verses 28

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.779
 to 30.

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.599
 I've been

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.059
 intentionally

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.859
 careful thus

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.559
 far to state

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.899
 that this

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.259
 has been

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:44.240
 going according

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.759
 to God

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.659
 the Father's

00:24:45.659 --> 00:24:46.059
 plan.

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.740
 The historical

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.500
 doctrine of the

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.539
 Trinity upholds

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.559
 that our one

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.199
 God is

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:53.319
 three equal

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:54.500
 and distinct

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.120
 but not

00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:55.620
 divided

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.340
 persons.

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.480
 Each have

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.539
 distinct roles

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.240
 appropriate to

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.640
 themselves,

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.240
 so the

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.660
 Father originates

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.180
 and the

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.580
 Son accomplishes.

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:06.819
 And in our

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.200
 passage,

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.120
 we distinctly

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.620
 observe that

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.160
 while it's in

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.920
 the Father's

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.360
 plan,

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.559
 the Son

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:11.960
 is in

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.559
 complete

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.220
 union

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:15.360
 with the

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:15.680
 Father.

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.620
 Jesus knew

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.759
 that everything

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.340
 that he was

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:20.640
 sent out to do

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.020
 was now

00:25:21.020 --> 00:25:21.640
 finished and

00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:22.100
 his death

00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:22.880
 was imminent.

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.600
 So he

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:24.060
 says,

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.100
 I thirst

00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:26.720
 specifically to

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.500
 fulfill scripture.

00:25:28.320 --> 00:25:29.340
 This makes it

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:31.020
 abundantly clear

00:25:31.020 --> 00:25:31.780
 Jesus is

00:25:31.780 --> 00:25:33.180
 willingly and

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.840
 actively

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:35.160
 fulfilling all

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:36.060
 of the

00:25:36.060 --> 00:25:36.900
 Father's plan

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:38.120
 for him to

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:38.700
 die a death

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.100
 for all

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.400
 sinners.

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.800
 And these

00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:42.360
 two words,

00:25:42.520 --> 00:25:43.080
 I thirst,

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.880
 are really

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.259
 loaded.

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:46.539
 If there

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:46.920
 were any

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.420
 doubt that

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:47.680
 Jesus,

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.420
 though fully

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.779
 God,

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.220
 was also

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:50.039
 fully man,

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.000
 these two

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.660
 words put

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.339
 those doubts

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:52.879
 to rest.

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:55.220
 Charles Spurgeon,

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.940
 pastor from the

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.299
 1800,

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:56.900
 quotes,

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.559
 Jesus was

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.200
 proved to be

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.759
 really man

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.319
 because he

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:01.000
 suffered the

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.879
 pains which

00:26:01.879 --> 00:26:02.559
 belonged to

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.019
 manhood.

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.900
 Angels cannot

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.680
 suffer thirst.

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.599
 A phantom,

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.500
 as some have

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:07.839
 called him,

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.240
 could not

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.879
 suffer in this

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:09.259
 fashion.

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.299
 But Jesus

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:11.619
 really suffered

00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:13.319
 not only the

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:14.039
 more refined

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:15.500
 pains of

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.259
 delicate and

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.139
 sensitive minds,

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.799
 but the

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.759
 rougher and

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.339
 commoner

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.919
 pains of

00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:20.719
 flesh and

00:26:20.719 --> 00:26:21.159
 blood.

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.579
 Observe

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.359
 Christ's

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:25.719
 great

00:26:25.719 --> 00:26:26.559
 condescension

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.439
 for you.

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.799
 Remember

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.500
 earlier,

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.059
 Jesus

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.739
 offered

00:26:31.739 --> 00:26:32.679
 living

00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:33.219
 water,

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.359
 which

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.059
 those who

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.679
 partook of

00:26:36.679 --> 00:26:37.279
 it would

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.000
 never thirst

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.399
 again.

00:26:39.719 --> 00:26:40.079
 This

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.559
 same

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.279
 Christ is

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.319
 now thirsty.

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.000
 The

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.440
 great

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.139
 voluntary

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:46.720
 reversal

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.639
 of

00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:48.399
 the

00:26:48.399 --> 00:26:48.680
 servant

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.039
 king.

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.980
 It's

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.319
 because

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:52.639
 Jesus

00:26:52.639 --> 00:26:53.059
 says

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.319
 he

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.099
 thirsts,

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:54.500
 the

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:54.680
 Roman

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.039
 soldiers

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.500
 get a

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.879
 sponge

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.420
 damp

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:56.680
 with

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:56.980
 sour

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.379
 wine

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:58.039
 to

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.259
 lead

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.559
 Jesus'

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.059
 lips.

00:26:59.899 --> 00:27:00.460
 This

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.700
 most

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.099
 likely

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.359
 and

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.579
 most

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:01.980
 directly

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.539
 fulfills

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.059
 Psalm

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.639
 69

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.139
 21

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.519
 from

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:04.960
 tonight's

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.279
 reading,

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.579
 which

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:06.839
 reads

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.119
 from

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.399
 verse

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.839
 20,

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:09.299
 reproaches

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.519
 have

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:09.839
 broken

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.119
 my

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.480
 heart

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.079
 so

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.259
 that

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.699
 I

00:27:11.699 --> 00:27:11.959
 am

00:27:11.959 --> 00:27:12.220
 in

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.740
 despair.

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:13.839
 I

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.119
 looked

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.339
 for

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:14.639
 pity,

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:14.899
 but

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.079
 there

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.419
 was

00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:15.759
 none,

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.179
 and

00:27:16.179 --> 00:27:16.359
 for

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.079
 comforters,

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.599
 but I

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:17.919
 found

00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:18.220
 none.

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.019
 They

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.299
 gave

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.500
 me

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.019
 poison

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.299
 for

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.659
 food,

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:20.919
 and

00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:21.099
 for

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.339
 my

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.740
 thirst,

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.119
 they

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.359
 gave

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:22.519
 me

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.919
 sour

00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.399
 wine

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:23.619
 to

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:23.939
 drink.

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:25.899
 Miserable

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.519
 comforters,

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:26.919
 the lot

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:27.319
 of you.

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.319
 Just

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.500
 look

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.759
 out how

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.259
 men have

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.679
 treated

00:27:30.679 --> 00:27:31.299
 the

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.539
 God

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.119
 incarnate

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.319
 from

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.539
 his

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.939
 birth

00:27:32.939 --> 00:27:33.139
 to

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:33.359
 his

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.720
 death.

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:35.100
 When

00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.339
 Jesus

00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:35.620
 was

00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:36.019
 born,

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:36.700
 men

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.120
 could

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:37.279
 not

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.500
 make

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.819
 room

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.019
 for

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.240
 him.

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:39.819
 A

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:41.779
 king

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.120
 murdered

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:42.700
 thousands

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.000
 of

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.279
 boys

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.559
 at the

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.900
 chance

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.019
 of

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.420
 killing

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.620
 him

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:44.880
 too.

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.279
 Now

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.600
 Jesus

00:27:47.600 --> 00:27:48.180
 suffers

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.480
 the

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:48.799
 thirst

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:48.980
 of

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.519
 divine

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.660
 judgment.

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.079
 Man

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.279
 has

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.480
 no

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.759
 soothing

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.039
 cup

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.200
 of

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.500
 water,

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.539
 but

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.079
 shoves

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.279
 a

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.640
 vinegar

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.019
 filled

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.620
 sponge

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:58.120
 to

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.299
 his

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.660
 bleeding

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.120
 mouth.

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.640
 This

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:02.960
 drink

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.140
 is

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.360
 not

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.500
 to

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.660
 be

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.120
 confused

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:04.420
 with

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.620
 the

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:04.900
 wine

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.200
 mixed

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.420
 with

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:05.780
 myrrh

00:28:05.780 --> 00:28:06.360
 that

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:06.500
 was

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.780
 offered

00:28:06.780 --> 00:28:06.980
 to

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.240
 Jesus

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.540
 on

00:28:07.540 --> 00:28:07.720
 his

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.040
 way

00:28:08.040 --> 00:28:08.280
 to

00:28:08.280 --> 00:28:08.460
 the

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.880
 cross

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.780
 recorded

00:28:09.780 --> 00:28:10.000
 in

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.180
 some

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.280
 of

00:28:10.280 --> 00:28:10.420
 the

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.880
 synoptic

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.460
 gospels.

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:11.940
 That

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.380
 sedative

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:12.800
 drink

00:28:12.800 --> 00:28:13.620
 would

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:13.759
 have

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.020
 numbed

00:28:14.020 --> 00:28:14.280
 some

00:28:14.280 --> 00:28:14.380
 of

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.500
 the

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.960
 pain

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.520
 that

00:28:15.520 --> 00:28:15.759
 Jesus

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.660
 experienced.

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.320
 But

00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:18.540
 he

00:28:18.540 --> 00:28:18.980
 rejected

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.280
 that

00:28:19.280 --> 00:28:20.160
 outrightly,

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.240
 resolving

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.620
 to

00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:21.880
 drink

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.300
 full

00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:22.540
 the

00:28:22.540 --> 00:28:22.780
 cup

00:28:22.780 --> 00:28:22.960
 of

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.280
 wrath

00:28:23.280 --> 00:28:23.600
 from

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.100
 his

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:24.340
 heavenly

00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:24.740
 father.

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.240
 Moreover,

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.660
 we've

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:28.780
 been

00:28:28.780 --> 00:28:29.160
 speaking

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.380
 of

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:29.620
 Jesus'

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:30.400
 physical

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:30.920
 suffering,

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.160
 but

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.480
 these

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.740
 two

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:31.980
 words

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.259
 give

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.860
 insight

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.500
 to

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.740
 the

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.279
 spiritual

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.860
 dimension

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:36.059
 of

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.319
 Jesus'

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:36.860
 suffering

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.000
 on

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.099
 the

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.480
 cross.

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.839
 In

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.559
 Luke 16,

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.460
 Jesus spoke

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.000
 earlier of

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.500
 a parable

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.420
 of the

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:44.059
 rich man

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.440
 and

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.259
 Lazarus.

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.099
 The rich

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:46.440
 man who

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.120
 was greedy

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:48.000
 and selfish

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.980
 and ungodly,

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.680
 he went to

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.160
 the depths

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.599
 of hell,

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.599
 and in

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:51.860
 his

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.620
 unquenchable

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.000
 thirst,

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.980
 he begs

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.779
 Lazarus

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.440
 in heaven

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:55.900
 for just

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.640
 one cool

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.500
 drop of

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.099
 water for

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.720
 his tongue.

00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:00.920
 So

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.420
 Jesus,

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.079
 enduring

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.420
 our

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:02.700
 hell,

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.440
 experienced

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.240
 the same

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.839
 fiery

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:06.079
 thirst so

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.400
 that we

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.700
 would be

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.140
 saved from

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.880
 the terrible

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.500
 wrath that

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:08.759
 you and

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.380
 I deserved.

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.519
 Again,

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:11.920
 here's

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.339
 Spurgeon,

00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:13.120
 if Jesus

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.759
 had not

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.539
 thirsted,

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.460
 every one

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.779
 of us

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.120
 would have

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.640
 thirsted

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.339
 forever

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:18.839
 afar from

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.180
 God.

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:21.160
 With an

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.799
 impassable

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.380
 gulf between

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:23.000
 us and

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.319
 heaven,

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.140
 our sinful

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:26.180
 tongues blistered

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.720
 by the fever

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.339
 of passion

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.019
 must have

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:29.019
 burned forever

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.279
 had not

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.960
 his tongue

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.980
 been tormented

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.599
 with thirst

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.299
 in our

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:33.759
 stead.

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.440
 Spurgeon

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.180
 and the rest

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.619
 of the Bible

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.019
 make it

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.980
 plainly clear

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.799
 that Jesus,

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.700
 though he

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.099
 did not

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.819
 know sin,

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.519
 became sin,

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.279
 was a

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.059
 substitute on

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.660
 our behalf

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.660
 to be the

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.460
 propitiation

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.180
 for our

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.660
 sins.

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.200
 Our

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:51.160
 very sins

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:52.180
 were imputed

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:54.119
 onto Christ.

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:56.639
 For before,

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.039
 when the

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.900
 Father saw

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.420
 Jesus,

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.380
 he saw

00:29:59.380 --> 00:29:59.880
 the Son

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.280
 with whom

00:30:00.280 --> 00:30:00.660
 he is

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.580
 well pleased

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.660
 with for

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.420
 all eternity.

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.960
 But now,

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.660
 when the

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.340
 Father saw

00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:07.759
 Jesus,

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.420
 he saw

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:08.900
 sin.

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:12.240
 So he,

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.660
 being a

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.259
 holy God,

00:30:13.320 --> 00:30:13.880
 had to

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.320
 turn his

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:15.080
 face away.

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.380
 Not only

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:17.940
 was Jesus

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.680
 abandoned by

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.440
 his people,

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:21.080
 his disciples,

00:30:21.280 --> 00:30:22.060
 but now his

00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:23.000
 heavenly Father.

00:30:23.800 --> 00:30:24.120
 Truly,

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.519
 truly,

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.840
 the incredible

00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:27.060
 physical suffering

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:28.240
 was nothing

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.359
 compared to

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.039
 the spiritual

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.980
 experience of

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:32.000
 cosmic

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.740
 abandonment.

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.740
 We can

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.599
 confidently say

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.379
 that no one

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:38.819
 on earth

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.619
 has experienced

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.460
 or understood

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.500
 the depths of

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.899
 loneliness

00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:43.579
 like Jesus

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.240
 as he hung

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.960
 on the cross.

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:48.380
 as Jesus

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:49.299
 received the

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:50.019
 vinegary drink,

00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:51.039
 he said,

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:52.079
 it is

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:52.620
 finished

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:54.480
 and gives

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.900
 up his

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.259
 spirit.

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.900
 Not that

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.620
 anyone took

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:56.960
 it from

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.220
 him,

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:57.900
 but that

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.220
 Jesus

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.120
 voluntarily

00:30:59.120 --> 00:31:00.140
 gives up

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.680
 his spirit.

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:03.539
 Jesus

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.039
 proclaimed

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.560
 that he

00:31:04.560 --> 00:31:04.820
 has

00:31:04.820 --> 00:31:05.820
 triumphantly

00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:06.440
 and

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.180
 faithfully

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.700
 completed

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.160
 the work

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.580
 that he

00:31:08.580 --> 00:31:09.060
 was sent

00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:09.400
 out to

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:09.620
 do.

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.779
 He died

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.400
 with a

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:13.080
 cry of

00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:13.759
 a victor,

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.779
 one who

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.600
 has finished

00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:17.380
 his rescue

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:17.840
 mission.

00:31:18.560 --> 00:31:19.299
 And in

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.799
 this cry,

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.539
 all the

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.680
 saints hear

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.500
 the declaration

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.220
 of his

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:24.039
 finished work

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.320
 for our

00:31:25.320 --> 00:31:25.820
 salvation,

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.380
 for all

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.860
 eternity.

00:31:28.320 --> 00:31:28.840
 Christian,

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.740
 hear Jesus'

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:31.240
 victory cry.

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.519
 I have

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.980
 completed

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.480
 the work

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.339
 completely

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.480
 and perfectly.

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.339
 But so

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.200
 often we

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.819
 live as if

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.099
 Jesus'

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.920
 last words

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.220
 were,

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:41.900
 work

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.240
 harder,

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:45.079
 do better,

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.720
 add to

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.259
 my work.

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:49.880
 Instead,

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.400
 Christian,

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.059
 trust not

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:52.120
 your experience

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.920
 or your

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.740
 abilities to

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.539
 save yourself,

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:56.059
 but without

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:57.019
 fearing punishment

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.759
 for our sins

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.500
 anymore,

00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.460
 rest,

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:01.140
 rest,

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:03.160
 rest in

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.859
 the perfect

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:05.319
 work of

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:06.220
 Jesus for

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.880
 your salvation,

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.720
 for it is

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.480
 finished.

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.599
 There is no

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.160
 more for

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:11.000
 heaven now

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.519
 to give.

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.420
 And his

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.200
 suffering and

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:17.120
 death was not

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.700
 a hoax.

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:19.059
 He really

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.940
 did die.

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:21.160
 As we read

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:22.759
 in our last

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.359
 verses, a

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:24.160
 final validation

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.720
 of Jesus'

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.279
 death.

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.359
 According to

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.920
 Jewish law,

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.420
 it would be

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:29.360
 a desecration

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.680
 to the

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:30.019
 land if

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.420
 they left

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:31.000
 cadavers

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.700
 overnight hung

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.060
 on the

00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:32.440
 cross.

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:34.160
 They instead

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.720
 were to bury

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.259
 the bodies

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:36.160
 that same

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.539
 day.

00:32:37.820 --> 00:32:38.539
 Because it

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.120
 was the day

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:40.080
 of preparation,

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:40.860
 the day

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.279
 before

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.680
 Sabbath,

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.860
 or Friday,

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.500
 hence Good

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:43.900
 Friday,

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.500
 and especially

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.240
 because this

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.960
 Sabbath was a

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.960
 particularly special

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.600
 one, a

00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:49.220
 high day,

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:50.600
 the chief

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:51.140
 priests

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:52.519
 insisted on

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.700
 expediting their

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.580
 executions.

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:56.779
 As a side

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.220
 note, isn't

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.679
 this just

00:32:57.679 --> 00:32:58.819
 soaked with

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.740
 sour irony

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:01.159
 that the

00:33:01.159 --> 00:33:02.000
 Jewish leaders

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.480
 had just

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.960
 killed their

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.619
 own true

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:05.159
 king, but

00:33:05.159 --> 00:33:05.460
 they wanted

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.059
 to get this

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.539
 correctly?

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:09.179
 So per

00:33:09.179 --> 00:33:09.779
 Pilate's

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.419
 command, the

00:33:10.419 --> 00:33:11.099
 soldiers broke

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:12.259
 the legs of

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.079
 the two men to

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.879
 the right and

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:14.399
 to the left

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:14.879
 of Jesus.

00:33:15.399 --> 00:33:15.980
 The heavy

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.559
 mallet they

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.960
 would have

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:18.539
 used would

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.000
 have not only

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.899
 caused extreme

00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:21.179
 pain or shock,

00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:22.339
 but it would

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.819
 have prevented

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.720
 the victims from

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.259
 using their

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.839
 leg muscles to

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:27.000
 push up to

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.859
 gasp for air.

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.700
 With their

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.379
 weaker arm

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:31.220
 muscles giving

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.700
 out, they

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.039
 would have

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:33.119
 suffocated to

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.420
 death.

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:36.039
 When they

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.420
 came to

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.879
 Jesus, they

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.680
 found out that

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.220
 Jesus had

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.900
 already died,

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.240
 so they saw

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.379
 no need to

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:42.140
 break his

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.480
 legs.

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.279
 Instead, one

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:45.200
 soldier pierced

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:46.240
 Jesus' side with

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:47.460
 a spear to

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:48.359
 fully confirm

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:49.759
 for himself and

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:51.879
 to us that

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.440
 he died.

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.339
 He really

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:55.059
 did die, and

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:56.059
 out came both

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.859
 blood and

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.199
 water.

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.500
 And we

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.099
 know and

00:33:59.099 --> 00:34:00.199
 believe that

00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:00.720
 it is by

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.500
 this poured

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:03.000
 out water and

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:04.179
 blood, Christ's

00:34:04.179 --> 00:34:04.740
 bride, the

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.679
 church, is

00:34:05.679 --> 00:34:06.359
 washed clean

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:07.279
 from all her

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.380
 crimson stains.

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.019
 Therefore, it

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.679
 is as the

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.219
 hymn of old

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:12.799
 sings, rock of

00:34:12.799 --> 00:34:14.019
 ages cleft for

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:15.360
 me, let me

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.880
 hide myself in

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.139
 thee.

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.400
 Let the

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.460
 water and the

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.380
 blood from

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.160
 thy wounded

00:34:21.160 --> 00:34:21.920
 side which

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.559
 flowed.

00:34:23.160 --> 00:34:24.019
 Be of sin

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.800
 the double

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:26.160
 cure, safe

00:34:26.160 --> 00:34:28.340
 from wrath, and

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.160
 make me pure.

00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:34.559
 Once more, John

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.380
 lays out clearly

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:35.940
 how this

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:37.380
 fulfilled prophecies

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.860
 of old.

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:39.220
 First being that

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:40.700
 Jesus' bones would

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:41.559
 not be broken,

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.480
 found either in

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:44.079
 Exodus 12, 46,

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:45.380
 or Numbers 9, 12.

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.380
 And the second

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:47.099
 being that they

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:48.320
 will look on him

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:48.900
 whom they have

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:50.360
 pierced, found

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:52.880
 in Zechariah 12, 10.

00:34:54.160 --> 00:34:55.220
 Don't you see,

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:56.800
 friends, that the

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:58.280
 evidence of the

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.220
 father's sovereignty

00:34:59.220 --> 00:35:00.100
 is throughout this

00:35:00.100 --> 00:35:01.400
 entire account?

00:35:03.600 --> 00:35:04.640
 And why?

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.800
 Why does John

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.440
 include all these

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.780
 evidences of God's

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.120
 plan?

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:08.920
 We find the

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.940
 answer in verse

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:11.160
 35.

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:13.480
 It's so that you

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.820
 may believe.

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.840
 Yes, you.

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:19.640
 John and God

00:35:19.640 --> 00:35:20.600
 wrote this account

00:35:20.600 --> 00:35:21.640
 of Jesus' death

00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:22.500
 so that you may

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:23.980
 believe that Jesus

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:25.120
 is the Christ,

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.880
 the Messiah,

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:27.039
 the Son of God,

00:35:27.140 --> 00:35:28.220
 and that by

00:35:28.220 --> 00:35:28.900
 believing you may

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:30.120
 have life in his

00:35:30.120 --> 00:35:30.440
 name.

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.760
 For this is the

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.760
 truth you must

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.380
 believe.

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.880
 It is a

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:37.420
 historical fact

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:39.100
 that Christ

00:35:39.100 --> 00:35:40.019
 Jesus, God

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.519
 incarnate,

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.620
 walked this

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:42.720
 earth, died

00:35:42.720 --> 00:35:43.559
 this gruesome

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.440
 death, and as

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.480
 we'll soon hear,

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.920
 resurrected on the

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.480
 third day.

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:50.320
 Only by believing

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:51.519
 and trusting in

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:53.119
 Jesus' death for

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:54.019
 the forgiveness of

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:55.119
 your sins can you

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.800
 have life.

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.559
 Brothers and

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.320
 sisters, this is

00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:00.860
 the only way to

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.860
 an abundant life.

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:04.280
 What that means is

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:04.980
 that your sin,

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:08.159
 your rebelliousness,

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.760
 your lust,

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:11.159
 your anger,

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.980
 your selfishness,

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:14.019
 your sin,

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.300
 is the greatest

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:16.199
 problem that you

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:16.940
 have in your

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.360
 life.

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:20.179
 It's not that you

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.840
 need a job.

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.840
 It's not that you're

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.719
 not married yet.

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:26.159
 It's not that you're

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:27.199
 sick with chronic

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:27.659
 illness.

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:30.019
 The greatest

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:31.099
 problem in your

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.940
 life is that you

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:33.019
 have sinned against

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:34.519
 the holy God,

00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:36.079
 and without the

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.920
 penal substitution

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:38.240
 of his son,

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:39.559
 the Lamb of God,

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.420
 the God's wrath

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.619
 is directed right

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.859
 at you.

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:47.420
 But God so

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.380
 loved the world

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:50.179
 that he gave

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:51.339
 his only son

00:36:51.339 --> 00:36:52.739
 that whoever

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:54.000
 believes in him

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.980
 should not

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.440
 perish,

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:57.339
 but have eternal

00:36:57.339 --> 00:36:57.819
 life.

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:00.980
 If you don't

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.779
 let believe,

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.059
 ponder this

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.859
 historical account

00:37:03.859 --> 00:37:04.859
 this Good Friday,

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:06.619
 and please

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:08.679
 don't delay

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.839
 to start to ask

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:11.519
 the real questions.

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.780
 Is this account

00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:14.920
 historically true?

00:37:16.160 --> 00:37:17.059
 Who is Jesus?

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.519
 Did he really

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.260
 die for me?

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:21.500
 Can God really

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:22.160
 forgive me?

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:25.120
 If you do believe,

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:26.440
 fight to shake

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.260
 off the numbness

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:28.240
 of hearing the story

00:37:28.240 --> 00:37:29.059
 times over.

00:37:30.100 --> 00:37:31.280
 Ponder the weight

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:32.180
 of Jesus'

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:33.160
 sacrifice.

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.940
 Ruminate on how

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:38.079
 much it costs

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.920
 to buy you

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:40.719
 and the love

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:41.440
 demonstrated

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:43.239
 to save you.

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.400
 Finally,

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.219
 finally,

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:48.960
 see in faith

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.739
 what the gospel

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:51.279
 of Jesus Christ

00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:51.719
 is.

00:37:52.319 --> 00:37:53.420
 It is as

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.000
 Tim Keller

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.460
 said,

00:37:55.319 --> 00:37:55.860
 the gospel

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.500
 is this,

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.360
 we are

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:59.299
 more sinful

00:37:59.299 --> 00:38:00.299
 and flawed

00:38:00.299 --> 00:38:00.980
 in ourselves

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.900
 than we ever

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.599
 dared believe.

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:04.699
 Yet,

00:38:04.819 --> 00:38:05.500
 at the very

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.320
 same time,

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.840
 we are more

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.219
 loved

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:09.760
 and accepted

00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:10.840
 in Jesus Christ

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.380
 than we ever

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.940
 dared hope.

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:14.039
 Let's pray.

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:21.519
 God,

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:23.480
 we again

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.460
 ask humbly

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:24.980
 knowing that

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:26.059
 we do not

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:27.280
 deserve

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:28.820
 such mercy,

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.880
 such kindness.

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:35.220
 give us

00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:35.920
 the faith

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:37.019
 to see

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:38.740
 how much

00:38:38.740 --> 00:38:39.380
 it costs

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.880
 to send

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.320
 your one

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:40.619
 and only

00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:41.000
 son.

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:42.599
 Help us

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:43.140
 to see

00:38:43.140 --> 00:38:44.320
 the sacrifice,

00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:45.320
 the great

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:46.079
 voluntary

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.760
 reversal

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:47.340
 of the

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:47.700
 servant

00:38:47.700 --> 00:38:48.240
 king

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:48.960
 to come

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.380
 die

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:50.280
 for us

00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:51.039
 and help

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.480
 us to

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:51.960
 claim

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.740
 this abundant

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:53.340
 life for

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:53.940
 ourselves.

00:38:55.140 --> 00:38:56.119
 Help us

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.599
 to see

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:57.240
 the greatest

00:38:57.240 --> 00:38:57.860
 problem

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:58.700
 is our

00:38:58.700 --> 00:38:59.099
 sin,

00:38:59.300 --> 00:38:59.820
 but you've

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.380
 made a

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:00.720
 way.

00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:02.420
 There was

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:03.039
 a chasm,

00:39:03.240 --> 00:39:03.700
 there was

00:39:03.700 --> 00:39:04.300
 no way

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:04.660
 before,

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:05.260
 but you've

00:39:05.260 --> 00:39:05.740
 made a

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:06.000
 way.

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:06.940
 Help us

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.640
 to take

00:39:07.640 --> 00:39:11.420
 that to

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:11.780
 heart,

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:13.480
 to trust

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:13.860
 in you,

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:14.160
 Jesus,

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:15.360
 for all

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:15.980
 our soul,

00:39:16.120 --> 00:39:16.440
 all our

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:16.820
 life,

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:19.200
 and for

00:39:19.200 --> 00:39:19.700
 the forgiveness

00:39:19.700 --> 00:39:20.340
 of our

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:20.700
 sins.

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:22.360
 Be honored

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:23.240
 and glorified.

00:39:24.700 --> 00:39:25.200
 In Jesus'

00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:25.840
 name we pray.

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:26.660
 Amen.

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:29.860
 Amen.