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 Amen. Well, please take your Bibles and open them up again to John chapter 19.

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 Only three more sermons left in the Gospel of John, if you can believe it.

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 We've made our way now to the cross of Christ.

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 Chapter 19, and I'll pick up in the second half of verse 16.

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 We'll read through the end of the chapter, and when you found that there in your Bibles,

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 John 19, 16 through the end of the chapter,

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 if you would, let's please stand in honor of the reading of God's Word.

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 So they took Jesus, and he went out bearing his own cross to the place called the place of a skull,

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 which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

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 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.

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 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross.

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 It read, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.

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 Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,

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 and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek.

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 So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate,

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 Do not write the King of the Jews, but rather this man said I am King of the Jews.

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 Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written.

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 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts,

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 one part for each soldier, also his tunic.

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 But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

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 So they said to one another, Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to see whose it shall be.

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 This was to fulfill the scripture, which says,

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 They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.

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 So the soldiers did these things.

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 But standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister,

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 Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

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 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby,

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 he said to his mother, Woman, behold your son.

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 Then he said to the disciple, Behold your mother.

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 And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

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 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said to fulfill the scripture,

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 I thirst.

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 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch

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 and held it to his mouth.

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 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said,

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 It is finished.

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 And he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

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 Since it was the day of preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath,

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 for that Sabbath was a high day,

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 the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken,

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 and that they might be taken away.

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 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other,

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 who had been crucified with him.

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 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead,

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 they did not break his legs.

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 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear,

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 and at once there came out blood and water.

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 He who saw it has borne witness.

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 His testimony is true.

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 And he knows that he is telling the truth that you also may believe.

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 For these things took place that the scripture might be fulfilled.

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 Not one of his bones will be broken.

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 And again, another scripture says,

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 They will look on him whom they have pierced.

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 After these things, Joseph of Arimathea,

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 who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews,

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 asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus.

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 And Pilate gave him permission.

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 So he came and took away his body.

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 Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night,

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 came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes,

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 about 75 pounds in weight.

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 So they took the body of Jesus,

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 and bound it in linen cloths with the spices,

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 as is the burial custom of the Jews.

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 Now in the place where he was crucified,

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 there was a garden.

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 And in the garden, a new tomb,

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 in which no one had yet been laid.

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 So because of the Jewish day of preparation,

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 since the tomb was close at hand,

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 they laid Jesus there.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 Let's pray once more.

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 Lord, as we've come here to this crucial moment

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 in the Gospel of John,

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 this crucial moment in human history,

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 Father, we pray that we would,

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 with fresh eyes,

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 see the truth of the cross.

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 And as John would have us,

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 Lord, we pray that we would see it,

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 hear it, and believe that Jesus is

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 exactly who he claims to be.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 What do you think

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 is the most important question

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 a person could ask?

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 Your answer to that question

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 might depend on who you ask.

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 And I read a couple of articles this week

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 just searching for what others

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 might have to say about that question.

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 Harvard Business Review

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 published an article several years ago

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 arguing that the most important question

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 a person could ask is,

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 why am I here?

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 That's a good question.

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 It's a question of purpose.

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 Another article that I read this week,

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 it listed 15 important questions to ask.

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 What are my values?

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 Am I living in accordance with my values?

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 We're numbers one and two on the list.

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 How can I better take care of myself?

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 Was on there.

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 How can I improve the lives of others?

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 Was on there.

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 All of them pretty good questions.

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 And when you stop and think about it,

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 you realize that so much of our life

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 is shaped and defined

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 by the answers that we give

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 to certain key questions.

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 Who am I going to marry?

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 Where am I going to live?

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 What kind of work am I going to give myself to?

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 But if I could add in my two cents

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 to that conversation,

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 I'd like to just point out

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 that all of these questions

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 have one thing in common.

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 Did you notice what they were?

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 They all start in the wrong place.

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 All of these questions begin with us.

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 And interestingly enough,

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 what I'd like to point out this morning

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 is that the most important question

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 that any of us could possibly ask this morning

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 doesn't begin with us at all.

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 The most important question we could ask is,

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 who is Jesus?

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 Who is this man, Jesus?

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 And what we've seen in the Gospel of John

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 is he's been trying to answer

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 that question for us all along.

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 He began in chapter one,

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 telling us,

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 in the beginning was the Word,

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 and the Word was God.

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 And the Word was with God.

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 This Word has come down

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 and has become flesh

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 and dwelt among us.

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 We've seen His glory,

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 glory as of the only Son

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 from the Father,

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 full of grace and truth.

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 We've seen these claims

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 from the lips of Jesus,

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 that I am the light of the world.

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 I am the good shepherd of the sheep.

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 I am the door of the sheep.

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 I am the resurrection and the life.

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 He's claiming for us,

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 building a case,

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 that this man, Jesus,

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 is God in the flesh.

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 He is the Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 and that by believing,

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 we might have life in His name.

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 See, these are bold claims,

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 aren't they?

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 And John is making a bold claim

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 for us this morning.

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 And as we follow Jesus now

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 to this crucial moment,

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 as He prepares to suffer

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 and die on the cross,

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 now is the time

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 where we have to settle

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 this question in our minds.

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 John is forcing us this morning

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 to pick a side.

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 Is He who He claims to be

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 or is He not?

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 What John gives us this morning

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 is a claim and a case.

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 The claim is that Jesus is King.

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 He is the Messiah,

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 the Son of God.

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 And then He builds this case for us

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 to substantiate that claim

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 by pointing us to four Old Testament passages

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 that prophesy the death of Jesus on the cross.

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 So, the claim and the case.

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 First, let's consider the claim.

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 Look there to verse 16 with me.

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 Verse 16 says that they took Jesus

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 and He went out bearing His own cross

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 to the place called the place of a skull,

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 which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

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 And 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 in between them.

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 It was customary for the condemned criminal

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 to carry the cross beam,

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 the horizontal cross beam,

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 on their back as a part of the sentence.

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 And this, after being beaten and whipped

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 nearly to the point of death,

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 but just nearly,

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 the Romans were very skilled at this.

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 They knew exactly how far

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 they could push the guilty party,

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 the condemned party,

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 before the point of death.

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 And they prolonged the suffering

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 as long as they possibly could

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 while beating them

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 as much as they possibly could.

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 The condemned would carry

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 that wooden cross beam

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 to the place of their execution

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 where the upright beam

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 would likely already be in place.

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 They would be forced to lay down

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 on their back

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 and have their arms secured

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 to the beam,

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 whether by tying them there

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 or in the case of Jesus,

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 by nailing them in place.

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 And then the Romans would then

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 lift up that horizontal beam

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 with the criminal attached

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 and secure the horizontal beam

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 to the vertical beam

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 and then fasten their feet

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 to the vertical beam

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 in the same way that they did

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 the arms.

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 We know from the other gospel writers,

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 Jesus carried His cross

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 as far as the city gates

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 before collapsing.

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 He was so weary

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 and so exhausted

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 from the beating

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 that He had endured

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 to that point.

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 Simon of Cyrene

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 was enlisted to carry

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 the cross the rest of the way.

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 And John tells us

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 that Jesus was lifted up

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 and He was crucified

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 alongside two others.

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 There were three men

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 crucified that day,

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 but He was crucified there

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 between two thieves,

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 one on His left,

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 one on His right.

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 We know from Luke's account

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 that one of the criminals

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 railed at Him

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 if you are who you say you are,

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 come down.

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 Bring us down with you.

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 Save yourself and us

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 if you are who you say you are.

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 But the other criminal,

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 we know,

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 rebuked Him and said,

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 we're guilty.

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 We're receiving what's due

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 for our sins,

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 but this man on the middle cross

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 is innocent.

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 And He asked Him,

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 Jesus, remember me

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 when you come into your kingdom.

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 This last moment,

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 this guilty criminal

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 believed that Jesus

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 was in fact the King,

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 that He was in fact

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 headed to His kingdom,

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 and that if He so desired,

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 He could bring

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 even a guilty criminal

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 along with Him.

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 And Jesus told him,

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 truly I tell you,

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 today,

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 you will be with me

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 in paradise.

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 It was also customary

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 for the crime of the accused

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 to be written down

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 and fastened

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 to the top of the cross

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 right there

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 in public eye

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 for all to see.

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 And the goal here

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 is not just public execution,

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 it was public humiliation.

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 They did this in public.

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 They wrote this sentence

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 in three languages

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 right there

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 in the side of the city

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 on a hill

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 so that anybody

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 who walked by

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 might be able to look up

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 and see the shame

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 and the guilt

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 of the condemned party.

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 They wanted to shame

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 the accused.

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 So verse 19,

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 it tells us that

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 Pilate wrote a message

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 and put it up on the cross.

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 And here's what it said,

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 the King of the Jews.

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 Naturally,

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 the chief priests

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 of the Jews

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 tried to correct him.

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 They didn't like

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 what that sign said.

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 They said,

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 don't write

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 the King of the Jews,

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 rather write

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 this man said

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 I am King of the Jews.

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 Do you see the difference?

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 The King of the Jews,

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 an identity claim

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 or this man simply said

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 I am King of the Jews.

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 That's his crime.

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 He claimed to be King

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 but was in fact

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 not.

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 Pilate said,

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 I have written

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 what I have written.

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 What I want us to see

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 and understand

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 is that this inscription

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 hanging there

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 above the head of Christ

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 written there

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 in three languages

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 so that any

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 who looked up

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 and read

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 might read it.

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 This was a claim.

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 This is a bold statement.

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 It's a truth claim.

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 This man,

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 Jesus,

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 is King.

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 The man on the cross

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 that you are crucifying

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 is King.

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 This is the claim

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 that John's been making

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 all along

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 that Jesus,

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 this man,

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 is the King.

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 Not just a King

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 but this is

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 the Messiah.

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 This is the King

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 that we've been waiting for.

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 God promised David

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 all the way back

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 in 2 Samuel 7

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 a King from His line

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 who would rule forever,

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 whose kingdom

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 would have no end.

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 Jesus is that King.

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 John's claiming

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 that Jesus is the King

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 from Daniel chapter 7

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 who was promised,

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 prophesied

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 that He would have

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 glory and a kingdom

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 that all peoples

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 and nations

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 and languages

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 should serve Him.

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 An everlasting dominion

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 which shall not pass away,

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 a kingdom

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 that shall not be destroyed.

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 This is the claim

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 John is making.

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 And you can agree

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 with that claim

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 or you can disagree

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 with that claim

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 but you cannot

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 ignore

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 that claim.

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 And you cannot

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 be neutral

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 here.

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 John is forcing us

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 to take

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 a side.

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 I was at a coffee shop

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 the other day

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 and I had my Bible open.

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 I was studying

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 and writing

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 and preparing

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 for a message

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 and somebody

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 struck up

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 a conversation

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 with me

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 and as we talked

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 we started talking

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 about what I was reading,

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 what we were doing

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 and we started talking

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 about the Bible

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 and he said,

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 you know,

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 you really ought

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 to meet Bill.

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 I'm making that name up.

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 Not you, Bill.

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 Sorry.

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 It's a fake name.

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 Bill.

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 You ought to meet Bill.

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 He's in here all the time.

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 He talks about

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 religious things.

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 He knows a lot

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 about the Bible

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 and other religions too.

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 And another man

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 that was at the same table

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 he piped up

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 at that point

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 and he said,

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 oh yeah,

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 you know,

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 Bill is,

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 he's not one of those

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 unreasonable Christians.

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 He's the most

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 reasonable Christian

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 you will ever meet.

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 And so Bill,

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 what he does

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 is he just basically

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 says that there's

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 something good

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 that you can pluck

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 out of just about

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 every religion

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 and he finds the good

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 in all of it

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 and he's very,

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 very,

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 very reasonable.

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 And so what I said

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 in the moment

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 was,

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 well that's interesting.

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 I'd love to meet Bill

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 and talk about that.

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 It wasn't the right time

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 to get all the way

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 into it right then

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 and I do hope

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 one day I will get

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 to meet Bill

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 and talk with him

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 about these things.

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 But what I thought

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 was,

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 I guess that makes me

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 unreasonable.

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 I guess I'm one of

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 those unreasonable

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 Christians

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 that thinks that

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 there actually

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 is a truth

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 or an untruth

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 that he is king,

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 he may be king,

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 he isn't king

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 are not all

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 equally valid

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 answers to the

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 question,

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 who is Jesus?

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 Do you see the issue

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 here?

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 This is a black and white

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 yes or no proposition.

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 Either he is not

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 king of all the earth

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 and if he's not,

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 disregard him,

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 ignore him,

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 forget this.

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 But if he is,

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 then that defines

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 every other question

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 we might ever ask

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 about our life.

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 The question,

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 who is Jesus,

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 defines

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 every other

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 question

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 you could ever

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 ask.

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 What is my purpose

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 if he's king

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 is to honor him?

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 I wonder what

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 you would say

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 if

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 someone found out

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 you believe

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 Jesus Christ

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 is Lord,

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 absolute truth

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 statement.

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 And they told you,

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 I think that

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 that is unreasonable.

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 I wonder how

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 you would respond.

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 What John does

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 in the rest of our

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 passage,

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 what I want us to see

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 is he builds

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 a case here

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 to substantiate

00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.220
 this claim.

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 From the Old Testament,

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 he shows us

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 that this isn't

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 just some religious

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 mumbo-jumbo,

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 some unfounded

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 claim that we

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 made up to say

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 we follow Christ,

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 Christ is our king.

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 No,

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 he takes the Old Testament,

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 these passages

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 written thousands

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 of years before

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 Jesus was born,

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 thousands of years

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 before the events

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 of the cross

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 and he says

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 we've been talking

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 about this moment

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 all along.

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 So second,

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 let's consider

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 the case

00:17:31.679 --> 00:17:32.759
 that John makes

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 here for us.

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 I praise God

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 that we have

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 good reason

00:17:36.939 --> 00:17:37.439
 to believe

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 that Jesus Christ

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 is Lord.

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 John builds

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 the case

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 with four

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 Old Testament

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 prophecies

00:17:43.879 --> 00:17:44.659
 that are fulfilled

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 in the death

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 of Jesus.

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 I want us to look here.

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 This is exhibit

00:17:47.159 --> 00:17:48.399
 A, B, C, and D.

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 Look with me

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 to verse 23.

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 John says,

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 when the soldiers

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 had crucified

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 Jesus,

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 they took his garments

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 and divided them

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 into four pieces,

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 four parts.

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 One part

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 for each soldier

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 and also

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 his tunic.

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 But the tunic

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 was seamless,

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 woven in one piece

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 from top to bottom

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 and so they said

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 to one another,

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 let us not tear it

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 but cast lots

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 for it

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 to see

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 whose it shall be.

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 Why in the world

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 does John

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 feel the need

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 to include

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 this seemingly

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 meaningless detail

00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:22.299
 about Jesus' crucifixion?

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 Why does he feel

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 the need

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 to tell us

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 about his clothing

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 and what the Romans

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 did with his clothes?

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 Well, he says there

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 in verse 24,

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 look there,

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 this was to fulfill

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 the scripture

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 which says,

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 they divided

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 my garments

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 among them

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 and for my clothing

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 they cast lots.

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 This is exhibit A.

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 And I just want you

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.659
 to note here

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 that whenever John

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 says something like

00:18:49.659 --> 00:18:51.159
 this was to fulfill

00:18:51.159 --> 00:18:52.079
 the scripture

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 or this happened

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 in order that

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 scripture might be fulfilled,

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 we ought to marvel

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 at this.

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 And when we're reading

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 our Bibles

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 and we come across

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 something like this,

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 slow down

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 and dig backwards

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 in the Old Testament

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 to see the link

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 that he's making.

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 We tend to just

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:11.359
 jump right past this

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 but when we see

00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:13.700
 that he's doing this,

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.420
 what he's doing

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 is he is building

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 a case for us

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 from the Old Testament

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 that we might believe

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 what he's saying

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 about Jesus

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 here in the New Testament.

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 This is proof

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 of the identity

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 of Jesus.

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 He's quoting

00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:30.039
 the Old Testament

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 scriptures written

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 centuries before

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 the events of the cross

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 and he's telling us

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 that this moment

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 was planned out

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 by God

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 before the ages began.

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 It has been foretold

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 and prophesied

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 all along

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 every step of the way

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 in the Old Testament

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 and now we're here

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 and it's executed

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 perfectly

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 in the life

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 and death

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 and resurrection

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 of Jesus.

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 So,

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 exhibit A.

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 Here he's quoting

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 from Psalm 22.

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 You can turn there

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 if you like.

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 I'm going to read it

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 for you.

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 You'll recognize it

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 as I read it.

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 Psalm 22

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 begins like this.

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 My God,

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 my God,

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 why have you

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 forsaken me?

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 Do you recognize that?

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 You recognize this

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 because

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 this is,

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 these are Jesus' words.

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 Jesus quotes this psalm

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 up on the cross.

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 Psalm 22 continues

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 verse 6.

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 Verse 14.

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 It says,

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 I am poured out

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 like water

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 and all my bones

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 are out of joint.

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 My heart is like wax.

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 It is melted

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 within my breast.

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 My strength

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 is dried up

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 like a pot shirt

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 and my tongue

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 sticks to my jaws.

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 You lay me

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 in the dust

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 of death.

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 In verse 18,

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.220
 Psalm 22,

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:08.480
 they divide

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 my garments

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:10.000
 among them

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 and for my clothing

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 they cast

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 lots.

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 You realize

00:21:16.159 --> 00:21:16.819
 the Romans

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 likely would have

00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:20.200
 had no idea

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:21.159
 what Psalm 22

00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:21.619
 said.

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 And it seems

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:25.839
 like such a

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 small detail.

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 But John

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.359
 here as he stands

00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:30.859
 at the foot

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 of the cross

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 as he reflects

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.899
 on what he's

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 seeing,

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.339
 he says,

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 it was written

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 so the soldiers

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.559
 did these

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.299
 things.

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.599
 He's showing us

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.159
 that the death

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.720
 of Jesus

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.340
 down to the

00:21:44.340 --> 00:21:45.540
 very smallest

00:21:45.540 --> 00:21:46.400
 details

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:47.540
 was exactly

00:21:47.540 --> 00:21:48.800
 as was written

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 centuries before

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.500
 it happened.

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 Exhibit B,

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:56.200
 verse 28.

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 John tells us

00:21:58.060 --> 00:21:58.519
 yet another

00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.360
 fulfillment

00:21:59.360 --> 00:22:00.200
 in verse 28.

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 He says,

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.500
 after this,

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:01.920
 that is,

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.600
 after Jesus

00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:04.519
 entrusts his mother

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.120
 into the care

00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:05.720
 of John,

00:22:06.840 --> 00:22:07.340
 he says,

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.759
 Jesus,

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.940
 knowing that all

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.779
 was now finished,

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:11.320
 said to fulfill

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:11.960
 the scripture.

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 Do you notice that?

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.759
 Do you see that

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.100
 phrase?

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.180
 He said,

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:16.460
 to fulfill the

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:16.900
 scripture,

00:22:17.860 --> 00:22:18.860
 I thirst.

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.460
 You can only

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:23.340
 imagine the

00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:24.540
 physical anguish

00:22:24.540 --> 00:22:25.779
 that Jesus is

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.860
 experiencing here

00:22:26.860 --> 00:22:27.460
 in this moment.

00:22:27.540 --> 00:22:28.519
 The loss of blood

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.040
 and sweat.

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.840
 He's been up all

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:30.640
 night having his

00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:32.000
 body pushed to

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.820
 the breaking point.

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.420
 We know that he

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.120
 was under such

00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:35.800
 physical duress

00:22:35.800 --> 00:22:36.920
 that his body

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.900
 literally sweat

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.700
 blood in the

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.860
 garden as he

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.220
 prayed.

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.259
 prayed.

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.980
 Here's a good

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:43.180
 time for a

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.779
 reminder that

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.500
 we have to

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.400
 remember as we

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:45.819
 look at these

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.400
 accounts of the

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:47.819
 cross that this

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.519
 man, Jesus,

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:50.079
 is both God

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.839
 and man.

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.480
 This is God

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.640
 in the flesh,

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.839
 God incarnate.

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 The word of God

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:57.519
 became flesh and

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.500
 dwelt among us.

00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:59.319
 Jesus is both

00:22:59.319 --> 00:23:01.339
 God and man,

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.900
 not 50% one or

00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.299
 the other.

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.720
 He is 100%

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.220
 God,

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:07.460
 100% man.

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:09.120
 the eternal

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:09.920
 son of God

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:11.400
 took on our

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:13.180
 physical weakness,

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:15.240
 stepped into our

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:16.759
 physical weakness

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.740
 in order to

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:19.180
 redeem us.

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.720
 And we see his

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.600
 humanity on full

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:22.480
 display here as

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.700
 we march to the

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.400
 cross in the

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:24.900
 suffering.

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:26.100
 The eternal

00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:27.059
 all sufficient

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:28.200
 son of God

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.680
 who in his

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.640
 divine nature

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.559
 has never needed

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.420
 anything.

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.680
 Here in his

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:34.120
 humanity, in his

00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:34.880
 human nature,

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.960
 says I thirst.

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:39.660
 And again,

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.960
 John shows us

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:42.140
 that Jesus is

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.960
 quoting again

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.799
 here from the

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.319
 Psalms.

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:44.819
 This time,

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.779
 Psalm chapter

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.480
 69.

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.799
 I'll start at

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.720
 verse 16 of

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.259
 Psalm chapter

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.880
 69.

00:23:52.340 --> 00:23:53.180
 Answer me,

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.740
 O Lord,

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.880
 for your

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.980
 steadfast love

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.620
 is good.

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.299
 According to

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.900
 your abundant

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.519
 mercy,

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.500
 turn to me.

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:02.259
 Hide not your

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.140
 face from your

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:04.140
 servant, for I am

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.779
 in distress.

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:07.160
 Make haste to

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.800
 answer me.

00:24:08.800 --> 00:24:09.580
 Draw near to

00:24:09.580 --> 00:24:10.220
 my soul.

00:24:10.800 --> 00:24:11.540
 Redeem me.

00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.519
 Ransom me

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.300
 because of my

00:24:14.300 --> 00:24:14.820
 enemies.

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.320
 Verse 19.

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.080
 You know my

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.920
 reproach and my

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.820
 shame and my

00:24:19.820 --> 00:24:20.420
 dishonor.

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.380
 My foes are

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:22.460
 all known to

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:22.740
 you.

00:24:23.540 --> 00:24:24.240
 Reproaches have

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:25.240
 broken my heart

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.900
 so that I am in

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.279
 despair.

00:24:26.540 --> 00:24:27.040
 I looked for

00:24:27.040 --> 00:24:27.620
 pity, but there

00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:28.120
 was none.

00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:29.120
 And for

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.960
 comforters, but I

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.740
 found none.

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.240
 Listen to this,

00:24:32.320 --> 00:24:32.900
 verse 21.

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:34.900
 They gave me

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:36.080
 poison for food

00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:36.940
 and for my

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.519
 thirst.

00:24:38.060 --> 00:24:39.080
 They gave me

00:24:39.080 --> 00:24:40.440
 sour wine to

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.900
 drink.

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.640
 And so John

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:45.120
 says, back in

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.780
 our passage at

00:24:45.780 --> 00:24:48.320
 verse 29, a

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:49.240
 jar full of

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.500
 sour wine stood

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.800
 there.

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.680
 So they put a

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.600
 sponge full of

00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:54.480
 the sour wine on

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.340
 a hyssop branch

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:56.040
 and they held it

00:24:56.040 --> 00:24:57.800
 to his mouth.

00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:00.120
 For my thirst,

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:01.859
 they gave me

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:03.559
 sour wine to

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:03.919
 drink.

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.539
 Does this sound

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.699
 like coincidence

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:06.759
 to you?

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.599
 Maybe.

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:11.519
 And maybe you

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.059
 could chalk up

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.500
 the garment

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.059
 thing to

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.579
 coincidence.

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.099
 Maybe.

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:16.000
 But this is at

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.619
 least a little

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.539
 bit odd, isn't

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:17.719
 it?

00:25:18.659 --> 00:25:19.239
 These Old

00:25:19.239 --> 00:25:20.179
 Testament passages

00:25:20.179 --> 00:25:21.879
 of these events

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.979
 dividing garments,

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:23.899
 sour wine, and

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:25.179
 here it's happening

00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:26.299
 in real life and

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.339
 in real history and

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:27.879
 real time.

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.759
 John is witnessing

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.399
 these things,

00:25:29.479 --> 00:25:30.019
 recording them

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.599
 for us and he

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:32.200
 says, this is a

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:33.059
 little bit odd,

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.480
 isn't it?

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.379
 Isn't this a

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.819
 little bit more

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.440
 than coincidence?

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:40.039
 Just think about

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.559
 it for a minute.

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.319
 I know we get so

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.819
 used to what we

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.460
 know from the

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.160
 scriptures, but when

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.920
 you zoom out and

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:46.339
 just recognize this,

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.579
 these are Psalms of

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.799
 David all the way

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.440
 back here in the

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.960
 Old Testament.

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:52.259
 Psalms of David,

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:53.259
 the king, Old

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.319
 Testament David,

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.500
 king of Israel,

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.220
 David.

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.299
 He wrote these

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:58.420
 Psalms roughly a

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.980
 thousand years before

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:01.019
 Jesus was born.

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.940
 But John is saying

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:05.900
 that this Psalm of

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.940
 King David all the

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.500
 way back here in

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.240
 the Old Testament

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:10.059
 was pointing forward

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:11.559
 to a greater,

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:13.779
 truer, more

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:17.120
 accurate fulfillment

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:18.339
 in the true

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:19.299
 king.

00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.599
 John is showing

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.319
 us Jesus isn't

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.380
 just quoting these

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:24.240
 Psalms, he is

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.720
 fulfilling them.

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.759
 they are written

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:29.559
 about him.

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.759
 I love Luke

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.600
 chapter 24.

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.539
 That may be one of

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.400
 my favorite chapters

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.000
 in the whole Bible.

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:39.259
 After the resurrection

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:41.460
 of Christ, he goes,

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.279
 he walks with his

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.120
 disciples on the road

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.779
 to Emmaus.

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.539
 His disciples are kept

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.880
 from recognizing him.

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:48.480
 They're discouraged by

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.100
 his death.

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.220
 They're processing all

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.960
 these things that have

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.259
 happened.

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:52.519
 And he says to them

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.879
 in verse 25 of Luke

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.700
 chapter 24,

00:26:55.379 --> 00:26:56.460
 O foolish ones

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.500
 and slow of heart

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.619
 to believe all

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.980
 that the prophets

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:01.140
 have spoken.

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.819
 Was it not necessary

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.579
 that the Christ

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.579
 should suffer these

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.259
 things and enter

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.079
 into his glory?

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.299
 And beginning with

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.960
 Moses

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:11.460
 and all the

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.019
 prophets,

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.940
 he interpreted to

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:15.200
 them in all the

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:16.379
 scriptures the things

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:17.779
 concerning himself.

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.539
 Did you hear that?

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:20.940
 beginning with Moses.

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.879
 That's where Jesus

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.639
 went when he wanted

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:23.839
 to explain to his

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.559
 disciples the

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.500
 significance of the

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:25.819
 cross.

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.379
 You know where he

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:26.639
 went?

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:29.200
 Moses and the

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:31.119
 prophets and all

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.940
 the Old Testament

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.819
 scriptures and he

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:34.139
 interpreted to them

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:35.180
 all the things

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:37.279
 concerning himself.

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.759
 What would I give

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.339
 to be a part of

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:40.039
 that Bible study?

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:44.920
 There are

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:51.700
 There's a pastor

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.440
 out of Atlanta.

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.659
 A very popular

00:27:55.659 --> 00:27:57.099
 pastor who

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:58.399
 over the past

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:59.139
 several years

00:27:59.139 --> 00:28:00.559
 he made a claim

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.539
 that said,

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:01.799
 you know,

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:02.559
 to reach the

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.420
 current generation

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.359
 we really ought to

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:05.339
 unhitch our

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.220
 Christianity from

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.879
 the New Testament.

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.420
 Have you heard

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.019
 this?

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:10.119
 excuse me,

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.720
 from the Old

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.099
 Testament.

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.480
 In order to reach

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.440
 our current climate,

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:14.920
 our current

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.480
 generation,

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.440
 we have to

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.819
 unhitch Christianity

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:19.119
 from the Old

00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:19.639
 Testament.

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.619
 I hope you see

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.240
 the point that

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.000
 John is making

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.839
 is exactly the

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.220
 opposite.

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.220
 Christianity

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.079
 unhitched from

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.759
 the Old Testament

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.500
 isn't Christianity

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.240
 at all.

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.279
 We cannot have

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.000
 an unhitched

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.779
 Christianity.

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:37.299
 Our gospel

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.359
 is thoroughly

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.299
 hitched to

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.119
 all of the

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.619
 scriptures,

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.160
 prophets,

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:41.799
 Moses,

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.500
 the Psalms,

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.480
 all the way

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.059
 from Genesis

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.740
 to Malachi.

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.500
 If it's not

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.579
 properly hitched,

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.420
 it's not

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.720
 believable.

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:51.440
 The gospel,

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.119
 the death of

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:52.480
 Christ,

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.180
 His resurrection

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.680
 is rooted

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.740
 in an eternal

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:57.399
 plan of God

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:58.139
 that He has

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:59.339
 worked out

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.579
 in human history

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:02.019
 and foretold

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.559
 from the very

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.139
 first pages

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.619
 of Genesis.

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:03.799
 Jesus.

00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:07.899
 The point

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.299
 that He was

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.799
 making and

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.099
 the point

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.659
 that John

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:10.419
 is making

00:29:10.419 --> 00:29:11.319
 is this.

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.500
 All the

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.959
 scriptures

00:29:12.959 --> 00:29:14.000
 are about

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.000
 Jesus.

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.739
 All the

00:29:16.739 --> 00:29:17.379
 Old Testament

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:17.919
 scriptures

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.979
 have been

00:29:18.979 --> 00:29:19.479
 talking about

00:29:19.479 --> 00:29:20.079
 His death

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.699
 and His

00:29:20.699 --> 00:29:21.339
 resurrection,

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.459
 the reign

00:29:22.459 --> 00:29:23.359
 of the King.

00:29:23.719 --> 00:29:24.279
 The cross

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.699
 is not a

00:29:24.699 --> 00:29:25.719
 tragic accident.

00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:26.319
 The cross

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.159
 is a perfect

00:29:27.159 --> 00:29:28.099
 fulfillment

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:29.399
 of the eternal

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:30.399
 plan of God.

00:29:31.159 --> 00:29:31.679
 Which is why

00:29:31.679 --> 00:29:32.639
 here in verse

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.460
 30 of our

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:33.940
 passage,

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:34.900
 John says

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.259
 this,

00:29:35.320 --> 00:29:35.780
 when Jesus

00:29:35.780 --> 00:29:36.440
 had received

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.920
 the sour

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.320
 wine,

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.840
 He said,

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.520
 it is

00:29:39.520 --> 00:29:40.980
 finished.

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.420
 And He

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.840
 bowed His

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.360
 head and

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:44.400
 gave up

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.200
 His spirit.

00:29:45.300 --> 00:29:45.640
 What is

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.080
 finished?

00:29:47.560 --> 00:29:48.200
 If we

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.700
 remove the

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.320
 Old Testament

00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:49.940
 scriptures,

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.480
 what in the

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.940
 world is

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.640
 Jesus saying

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.300
 is finished?

00:29:54.800 --> 00:29:55.400
 That word

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:55.759
 there, it

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.820
 means fulfillment,

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.200
 it means

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.880
 completion,

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.820
 it speaks

00:29:58.820 --> 00:29:59.660
 about the

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.740
 complete carrying

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.640
 out of a

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.480
 task given

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.039
 to you

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.779
 by an

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.220
 authority.

00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:04.660
 This is

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.880
 the fulfillment,

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.620
 the complete

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.380
 fulfillment of

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:07.940
 the task that

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.660
 was given to

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.620
 Jesus by the

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.019
 Father.

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.140
 It means

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:12.059
 His suffering

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:13.880
 is finished.

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.519
 His

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.640
 obedience,

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.380
 the plan of

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:19.079
 God written

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:20.079
 and foretold in

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.740
 all the scriptures,

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.319
 the plan of

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:22.220
 God for the

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.279
 Son of God

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.200
 to bear the

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.180
 wrath of God

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.099
 for the people

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.839
 of God

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:28.720
 is finished.

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:30.600
 His suffering

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:32.200
 on behalf of

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.819
 sinners and the

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.579
 place of sinners

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.700
 is finished,

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.440
 which means

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.559
 for us who

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.319
 bowed the

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:37.779
 knee to the

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.880
 crucified King,

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:40.779
 for us it

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:42.420
 is finished.

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:45.019
 Our separation

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.940
 from God

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:47.720
 is finished.

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.640
 The curse of

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.700
 sin for you

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.180
 who believe

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:52.299
 is finished.

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:52.920
 The weight of

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.700
 sin and guilt

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.680
 that we used

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.220
 to bear,

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:56.079
 the sting of

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.640
 death,

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.360
 the powers of

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:58.000
 darkness that

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:59.059
 stand against

00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:00.140
 you for us

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.599
 who are in

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.200
 Christ,

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:03.240
 it is finished,

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:04.039
 is nailed to

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.759
 the cross and

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.599
 I bear it no

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.339
 more as we

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:07.039
 sing often.

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.619
 That's glorious

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.140
 news.

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.019
 John tells us

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:13.559
 in verse 31

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.180
 that since it

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:15.059
 was the day of

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:16.279
 preparation so

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.859
 that the bodies

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.559
 would not remain

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.299
 on the cross on

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:19.140
 the Sabbath for

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:20.559
 that Sabbath was

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.319
 a high day,

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.799
 the Jews asked

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:23.660
 Pilate that their

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.400
 legs might be

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:26.119
 broken and that

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:26.839
 they might be

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:28.240
 taken away.

00:31:28.439 --> 00:31:28.959
 Again, the

00:31:28.959 --> 00:31:30.099
 normal practice

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.740
 for a Roman

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:32.839
 crucifixion was

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.740
 to just let the

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.480
 victim hang on

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.659
 the cross until

00:31:35.659 --> 00:31:36.619
 they died.

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:38.099
 And even then,

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.500
 they would let

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.559
 the bodies stay

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.859
 and be eaten

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.759
 by the birds.

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.179
 They're in the

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:45.679
 sight of all

00:31:45.679 --> 00:31:46.199
 the people.

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.059
 Out of

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:49.179
 observance of

00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:49.619
 the upcoming

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:50.799
 Sabbath day and

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.399
 that being a

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:52.259
 high holy day

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.899
 with Passover

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.500
 approaching,

00:31:54.199 --> 00:31:54.899
 the Jews asked

00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:55.779
 Pilate to go

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.500
 ahead and break

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.220
 the legs of

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.680
 the criminals,

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.259
 get it over

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.700
 with.

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.139
 This would

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.619
 keep them

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.379
 from being

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:01.279
 able to push

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:02.000
 up the weight

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.700
 of their bodies

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.460
 and essentially

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.299
 with their legs

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.740
 broken,

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.740
 they would

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.940
 suffocate there

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.920
 on the cross.

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:09.759
 And they

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.519
 started with

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.420
 the other two

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.000
 thieves on

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.799
 either side,

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.740
 but as they

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.460
 made their way

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.980
 to Jesus,

00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:15.680
 they discovered

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.779
 that this man

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.559
 was already

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.359
 dead.

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.359
 So instead of

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:21.160
 breaking his

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.700
 legs,

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.339
 says they

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.099
 pierced his

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.779
 side with a

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.420
 spear and at

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:24.960
 once there

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.639
 came out

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.920
 blood and

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.319
 water.

00:32:27.639 --> 00:32:28.039
 We often

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.519
 sing another

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:28.899
 song,

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:29.599
 a rock of

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.480
 ages cleft

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.960
 for me.

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.700
 Let me hide

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:33.579
 myself in

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.079
 thee, let

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:34.740
 the water

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.420
 and the

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.099
 blood from

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.779
 thy wounded

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.879
 side which

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:39.099
 flowed be

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.039
 of sin the

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.879
 double cure,

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.819
 save from

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.819
 wrath and

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.700
 make me

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.700
 pure.

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.440
 And again

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.099
 John says

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:48.379
 that this,

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.059
 even this,

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.519
 down to the

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.460
 very finest

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.619
 details of the

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:52.599
 last seconds of

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.559
 Jesus' earthly

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.579
 life before

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.299
 the resurrection,

00:32:55.699 --> 00:32:56.599
 all of this

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.099
 happened in

00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:58.099
 fulfillment of

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:59.459
 the scriptures.

00:33:00.719 --> 00:33:01.240
 He says in

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.899
 verse 35,

00:33:02.179 --> 00:33:03.299
 he who saw

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.139
 it has borne

00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:04.639
 witness,

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.379
 his testimony

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:06.139
 is true,

00:33:06.419 --> 00:33:07.319
 he knows he's

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:07.740
 telling the

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.779
 truth that you

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.719
 also may

00:33:09.719 --> 00:33:10.459
 believe.

00:33:11.439 --> 00:33:12.000
 It's as if

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:13.059
 he's saying

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.980
 maybe you can

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.459
 write off the

00:33:14.459 --> 00:33:14.859
 first as

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.319
 coincidence,

00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:17.119
 maybe you can

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.579
 write off the

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.199
 second thing as

00:33:18.199 --> 00:33:18.619
 coincidence,

00:33:19.219 --> 00:33:20.500
 but this is so

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:22.039
 clearly in line

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.859
 with scripture,

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:24.019
 it's so clearly

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:25.220
 a fulfillment of

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:26.099
 the divine word,

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.500
 I was there and

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.700
 I saw them

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.399
 pierce his side

00:33:29.399 --> 00:33:29.960
 with a spear,

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:31.099
 and you gotta do

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:31.599
 something with

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:31.839
 that.

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.480
 He won't let us

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.940
 ignore it,

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.259
 will he?

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.359
 So John says

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:37.339
 this is exhibit

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:38.839
 C and D,

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.740
 verse 36,

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.720
 says these things

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:43.279
 took place that

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.019
 the scriptures

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:45.779
 might be fulfilled,

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:47.079
 not one of his

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.960
 bones will be

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.379
 broken.

00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:49.779
 And again,

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:50.519
 another scripture

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.240
 says they will

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:52.099
 look on him

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:53.160
 whom they

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:54.720
 have pierced.

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.500
 He's shown us

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.440
 two from the

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:57.940
 Psalms,

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.400
 and now in this

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:00.379
 third fulfillment,

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.299
 exhibit C,

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.579
 he takes you all

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.420
 the way back to

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.079
 Exodus,

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.980
 to Moses,

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.039
 Exodus 12,

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:07.379
 verse 46,

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.320
 where the law

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:09.019
 was given,

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.380
 instructions for

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.940
 the Passover

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.420
 lamb,

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.920
 preparing the

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.759
 Passover lamb

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.579
 for the sacrifice,

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.400
 and it says of

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.759
 the Passover lamb

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.659
 that you shall not

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:19.280
 break any of

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:20.640
 its bones.

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.880
 Now John the

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.480
 Baptist has

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.820
 hinted about this

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.300
 already,

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.560
 all the way back

00:34:26.560 --> 00:34:27.220
 in chapter 1,

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:28.060
 as he saw Jesus,

00:34:28.140 --> 00:34:28.560
 you remember what

00:34:28.560 --> 00:34:28.880
 he said?

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.640
 Behold the,

00:34:30.640 --> 00:34:30.860
 what?

00:34:32.140 --> 00:34:33.019
 The lamb of

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.420
 God,

00:34:34.140 --> 00:34:35.060
 who takes away

00:34:35.060 --> 00:34:35.800
 the sin of the

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.040
 world.

00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:36.740
 John the Baptist

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.260
 understood,

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.519
 he's been talking

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.400
 about this all the

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:39.960
 way back in

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.580
 chapter 1,

00:34:40.640 --> 00:34:41.300
 and now,

00:34:41.560 --> 00:34:42.480
 here on the

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.780
 Friday before

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.820
 the Passover,

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.860
 John tells us

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.559
 that the true

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.740
 Passover lamb

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.579
 is sacrificed

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:51.260
 to take away

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:51.900
 our sin,

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.960
 not one of

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.660
 his bones

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:55.160
 are broken.

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.900
 Is it coincidence?

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.019
 All the way

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.900
 back to Moses,

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.820
 he says it's not

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.400
 only what they

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.380
 didn't do,

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.300
 it's also what

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:05.599
 they did do,

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.320
 it's also

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.860
 fulfillment.

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.860
 They didn't break

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.579
 his bones,

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.599
 that's fulfillment

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:10.180
 in Moses,

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:11.240
 but they did

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:12.320
 pierce his side,

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:12.940
 and John says

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.720
 that's fulfillment,

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:15.679
 of Zechariah 12

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.739
 verse 10,

00:35:16.839 --> 00:35:17.500
 which says,

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.019
 they will look

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.980
 on him whom

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.819
 they have

00:35:20.819 --> 00:35:21.739
 pierced.

00:35:22.859 --> 00:35:23.659
 Do you see

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.139
 the case

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.500
 that's being

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.480
 made here?

00:35:27.859 --> 00:35:28.459
 Our

00:35:28.459 --> 00:35:29.719
 religion,

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.279
 Christianity,

00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:33.619
 our belief

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.919
 in a sovereign

00:35:34.919 --> 00:35:35.459
 God,

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:37.099
 and a reigning

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.559
 King,

00:35:37.879 --> 00:35:38.659
 Jesus Christ,

00:35:39.359 --> 00:35:40.519
 that is a

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.179
 thoroughly

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:42.500
 founded and

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.780
 reasonable belief

00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:44.260
 because of

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:44.719
 the scriptures.

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.519
 You begin to

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:47.880
 look at all

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.360
 the evidence,

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:49.239
 all the many

00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:49.679
 scriptures,

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.159
 the way they

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:50.940
 weave together

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.539
 to find their

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.659
 fulfillment perfectly

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.480
 to a T,

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.260
 and just this

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:55.119
 one man and

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.679
 the events of

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.159
 his life,

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.719
 his death,

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.460
 and soon to

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.739
 be his

00:35:57.739 --> 00:35:58.219
 resurrection,

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.519
 when you take

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.239
 all of this

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:01.159
 into account,

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:01.699
 you start to

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:01.900
 wonder,

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:03.000
 how can all

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.519
 of this be

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.059
 accidental?

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.039
 How could

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:07.179
 this all be

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:08.320
 just coincidence?

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.119
 What are the

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:10.019
 odds of all

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.699
 of this coming

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.880
 together exactly

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.720
 as the

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:13.480
 Old Testament

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.220
 said that

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:14.680
 it would?

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.340
 I've mentioned

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:18.579
 this study

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.079
 before.

00:36:20.160 --> 00:36:20.920
 It's appropriate,

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.260
 I think,

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:21.760
 to mention it

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.180
 again this

00:36:22.180 --> 00:36:22.500
 morning.

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.240
 Dr. Peter

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:23.780
 Stoner,

00:36:24.160 --> 00:36:24.920
 he was the

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.940
 former chairman

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.400
 of the

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.140
 Department of

00:36:27.140 --> 00:36:27.760
 Mathematics

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.440
 and Astronomy

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.260
 at Pasadena

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:30.380
 City College

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:31.360
 and a believer,

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.619
 and he set

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.380
 out to

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:34.940
 calculate the

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.559
 mathematical

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.860
 probability,

00:36:37.160 --> 00:36:38.260
 the mathematical

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:39.140
 probability of

00:36:39.140 --> 00:36:39.760
 just one

00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:40.619
 person

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.679
 fulfilling

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.699
 just eight

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:43.099
 of the

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.659
 clearest

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:44.819
 messianic

00:36:44.819 --> 00:36:45.339
 prophecies.

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.539
 So he

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:47.579
 looked through

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.359
 all of the

00:36:48.359 --> 00:36:48.859
 messianic

00:36:48.859 --> 00:36:49.460
 prophecies of

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:49.739
 the Old

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:50.119
 Testament,

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:50.519
 and there

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.019
 are way

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.420
 more than

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.759
 eight,

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:53.039
 but he

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.480
 whittled it

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:53.839
 down to

00:36:53.839 --> 00:36:54.139
 make this

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.759
 as friendly

00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:55.099
 as he

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.500
 possibly

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.019
 could to

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.500
 skeptics

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.239
 and non-believers

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:57.579
 and said,

00:36:57.839 --> 00:36:58.219
 let's just

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:59.440
 read eight

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.579
 statements here

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.059
 from the Old

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:02.159
 Testament and

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:03.159
 calculate the

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:03.960
 probability that

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.739
 those eight

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:05.559
 statements would

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.539
 come true

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.480
 and be fulfilled

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.440
 in just one

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:09.340
 man.

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:10.059
 And what he

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.519
 determined

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:12.519
 was this,

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:12.960
 he said,

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.639
 the chance

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.159
 that any

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.900
 one man

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.480
 might have

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.400
 fulfilled all

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:17.700
 eight prophecies

00:37:17.700 --> 00:37:18.920
 is one

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.960
 in ten to

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:21.119
 the seventeenth.

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.559
 That would be

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.900
 one in,

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.860
 I can't even

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.679
 read this number,

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.480
 one in one

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.880
 hundred quadrillion.

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.599
 That's one

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.559
 with seventeen

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:33.940
 zeros at the

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.220
 end,

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:34.599
 right?

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:35.940
 And we can

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.679
 hardly imagine,

00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:37.039
 our minds

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.480
 can't really

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:38.839
 comprehend

00:37:38.839 --> 00:37:39.719
 that type

00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:40.119
 of number.

00:37:40.279 --> 00:37:41.199
 One in

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:42.059
 one hundred

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:43.279
 quadrillion.

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.000
 Dr. Stoner

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.879
 goes on,

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.259
 he says,

00:37:45.339 --> 00:37:45.859
 if we were

00:37:45.859 --> 00:37:46.419
 to take

00:37:46.419 --> 00:37:47.519
 one in

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.059
 one hundred

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.899
 quadrillion,

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.279
 if we were

00:37:49.279 --> 00:37:49.579
 to take

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:50.019
 ten to

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.879
 the seventeenth

00:37:50.879 --> 00:37:51.799
 silver dollars

00:37:51.799 --> 00:37:53.179
 and lay

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:53.960
 them all

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.679
 over the

00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:55.279
 face of

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:55.679
 the state

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:56.480
 of Texas,

00:37:57.339 --> 00:37:58.059
 they would

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.619
 cover the

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.519
 entire state

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.179
 of Texas

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.899
 two feet

00:38:00.899 --> 00:38:01.239
 deep.

00:38:03.379 --> 00:38:03.899
 Now,

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.879
 take one

00:38:04.879 --> 00:38:05.559
 of those

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.440
 silver dollars,

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:09.000
 and mark

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.259
 it,

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:09.960
 get a

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.339
 sharpie,

00:38:10.419 --> 00:38:10.719
 mark it

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:10.899
 up,

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.139
 however

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:11.559
 you'd like

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:11.960
 to mark

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.179
 it,

00:38:13.179 --> 00:38:13.699
 throw it

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.099
 back in

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.539
 the mask,

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.319
 stir up

00:38:15.319 --> 00:38:15.759
 the whole

00:38:15.759 --> 00:38:16.139
 lot

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.799
 thoroughly,

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:18.599
 blindfold a

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:18.980
 man and

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.339
 tell him

00:38:19.339 --> 00:38:19.579
 he can

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.079
 walk as

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.819
 far as

00:38:20.819 --> 00:38:21.019
 he'd

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.359
 possibly

00:38:21.359 --> 00:38:21.739
 like,

00:38:21.799 --> 00:38:22.159
 as far

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:22.500
 as he'd

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:22.739
 wish,

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.279
 but he

00:38:23.279 --> 00:38:23.759
 must pick

00:38:23.759 --> 00:38:24.199
 up that

00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:24.779
 one

00:38:24.779 --> 00:38:25.319
 marked

00:38:25.319 --> 00:38:25.799
 silver

00:38:25.799 --> 00:38:26.299
 dollar.

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.480
 What

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.019
 is the

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.419
 chance

00:38:28.419 --> 00:38:28.659
 he would

00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:28.919
 have

00:38:28.919 --> 00:38:29.259
 of getting

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:29.639
 the right

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:29.980
 one?

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.919
 He says

00:38:32.919 --> 00:38:33.199
 he would

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:33.739
 have just

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:34.219
 the same

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:34.619
 chance

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:34.899
 that the

00:38:34.899 --> 00:38:35.219
 prophets

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.599
 would have

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:36.019
 had of

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.579
 writing those

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:36.840
 eight

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.579
 prophecies,

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:38.679
 and having

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.579
 them all

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.119
 come true

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.599
 in any

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.800
 one man.

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.519
 See,

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:44.940
 the point

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:46.539
 John is

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.119
 making is

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:47.619
 that Jesus'

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:49.840
 death is

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:50.679
 not accidental.

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.599
 This is

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:54.360
 fulfillment of

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:54.880
 the eternal

00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:56.099
 plan of

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.480
 God.

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:56.960
 The case,

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.579
 I believe the

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:58.239
 case is clear.

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.759
 This man,

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.179
 Jesus,

00:38:59.300 --> 00:39:00.139
 is exactly

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.759
 who he

00:39:00.759 --> 00:39:01.440
 claimed to

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:01.679
 be.

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.980
 He is the

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:04.539
 promised king,

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:04.599
 king,

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:04.880
 and if

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:05.400
 that's

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:05.820
 true,

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.920
 then now,

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:08.079
 now that

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.400
 that's

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:08.699
 settled,

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.420
 now we

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.779
 can begin

00:39:09.779 --> 00:39:10.300
 to ask

00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:10.800
 the question,

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.000
 well,

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.300
 what does

00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:11.820
 that mean

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:12.719
 for me?

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.519
 If you're

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.179
 with us

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:16.960
 and you're

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:18.480
 not a

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:18.860
 believer,

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.199
 what that

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.619
 means for

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:20.820
 you,

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.460
 this is a

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.400
 call to

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:23.219
 repent and

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:23.699
 bow the

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:24.059
 knee to

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.239
 King

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:24.699
 Jesus.

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:27.259
 It is a

00:39:27.259 --> 00:39:27.659
 call for

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:27.940
 you to

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:29.360
 stop raging

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:30.019
 against his

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.820
 rightful rule

00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:31.099
 in your

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:32.639
 life and

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:32.880
 in the

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:34.340
 world and

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:34.880
 to humble

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.460
 yourself,

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:35.880
 if you

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.240
 still have

00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:36.800
 breath in

00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:37.280
 your lungs,

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:37.640
 you still

00:39:37.640 --> 00:39:37.980
 have the

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.500
 opportunity

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.059
 now like

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.539
 the thief

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:39.920
 on a

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.480
 cross to

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:40.720
 say,

00:39:41.140 --> 00:39:41.660
 I believe

00:39:41.660 --> 00:39:42.000
 you're the

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.220
 king,

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:42.519
 would you

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:44.200
 please forgive

00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:45.099
 me and

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.820
 carry me

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:46.880
 into your

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:47.180
 kingdom?

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:49.320
 And for

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:49.800
 the believer,

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.300
 church,

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:51.200
 the fact that

00:39:51.200 --> 00:39:52.059
 Jesus Christ

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:53.140
 is king,

00:39:53.240 --> 00:39:53.760
 that's reason

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.820
 to rejoice

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:56.740
 at this

00:39:56.740 --> 00:39:57.260
 death on a

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:57.640
 cross that

00:39:57.640 --> 00:39:57.980
 we're so

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.960
 familiar with,

00:39:59.039 --> 00:39:59.360
 the death

00:39:59.360 --> 00:39:59.840
 of Jesus

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:00.140
 that we

00:40:00.140 --> 00:40:00.740
 read about

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:02.099
 weekly and

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:02.480
 especially

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.039
 here at

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.360
 Easter,

00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:04.199
 is not

00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:05.000
 accidental,

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:05.400
 he did

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:05.940
 not die

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.619
 a meaningless

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:07.400
 death,

00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:08.460
 he died

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:09.259
 to conquer

00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:10.519
 our enemies,

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.099
 to deliver

00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:13.059
 us out of

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.579
 the domain

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:14.159
 of darkness

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.559
 and to

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:15.480
 transfer us

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:15.900
 into the

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.480
 kingdom of

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:16.880
 God.

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:18.539
 He came

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.099
 to perfectly

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:20.380
 obey in

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:20.920
 our place

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:21.199
 and to

00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:21.799
 die in

00:40:21.799 --> 00:40:22.360
 our place

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:22.900
 so that

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:23.279
 he can

00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:23.619
 say on

00:40:23.619 --> 00:40:24.599
 our behalf

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:25.199
 that it

00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:25.739
 is

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:26.900
 finished.

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.199
 The

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:29.739
 Westminster

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:30.839
 Shorter

00:40:30.839 --> 00:40:31.380
 Catechism

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:31.940
 asks the

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.260
 question,

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:33.019
 how does

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.519
 Christ

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:34.160
 execute

00:40:34.160 --> 00:40:34.660
 the office

00:40:34.660 --> 00:40:35.119
 of a

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:35.420
 king?

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:36.860
 And it

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.280
 answers,

00:40:37.660 --> 00:40:38.019
 Christ

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:38.780
 executes

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.200
 the office

00:40:39.200 --> 00:40:39.480
 of a

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:39.940
 king in

00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:40.559
 subduing

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:41.240
 us to

00:40:41.240 --> 00:40:41.760
 himself,

00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:43.460
 in ruling

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:44.220
 and defending

00:40:44.220 --> 00:40:44.760
 us,

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:46.720
 in restraining

00:40:46.720 --> 00:40:47.519
 and conquering

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:48.320
 all his

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:49.079
 and our

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:50.160
 enemies.

00:40:54.160 --> 00:40:54.760
 John

00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:55.099
 closes

00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:56.260
 this chapter

00:40:56.260 --> 00:40:58.019
 out by

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.380
 telling us

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.880
 about Jesus'

00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:00.140
 burial.

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:01.940
 He says

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:02.240
 in verse

00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:02.880
 38 that

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.480
 after these

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:03.900
 things,

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.340
 Joseph

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:04.740
 of

00:41:04.740 --> 00:41:05.360
 Arimathea,

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:05.860
 who was

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:07.039
 a disciple

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.579
 of Jesus,

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:08.519
 but secretly

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:09.019
 for fear

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.280
 of the

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:09.640
 Jews,

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.519
 asked Pilate

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:11.800
 that he

00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:12.300
 might take

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:12.800
 away the

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.240
 body of

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:13.539
 Jesus.

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:15.099
 And Pilate

00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:16.019
 gave him

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:16.480
 permission,

00:41:16.700 --> 00:41:17.039
 so he

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:18.000
 came and

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.860
 took away

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.420
 his body.

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:21.460
 And Nicodemus

00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:21.840
 also,

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.440
 who earlier

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:22.920
 had come to

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.400
 Jesus by

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:23.800
 night,

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.500
 came bringing

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:24.960
 a mixture

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:25.460
 of myrrh

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:26.039
 and aloes,

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:26.760
 about 75

00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:27.599
 pounds in

00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:27.880
 weight.

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:29.240
 So they

00:41:29.240 --> 00:41:29.619
 took the

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:30.019
 body of

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.960
 Jesus and

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:31.360
 bound it

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:31.720
 in linen

00:41:31.720 --> 00:41:32.460
 cloths with

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:33.000
 the spices,

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:34.360
 as is the

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:35.099
 burial custom

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:35.440
 of the

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.820
 Jews.

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.599
 And now,

00:41:37.780 --> 00:41:38.220
 in the place

00:41:38.220 --> 00:41:38.460
 where he

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:39.240
 was crucified,

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:39.960
 there was a

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.280
 garden,

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:40.720
 and in the

00:41:40.720 --> 00:41:41.180
 garden a

00:41:41.180 --> 00:41:41.700
 new tomb,

00:41:41.800 --> 00:41:42.800
 in which no

00:41:42.800 --> 00:41:43.320
 one had yet

00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:43.880
 been laid.

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:44.180
 So,

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.240
 because of the

00:41:45.240 --> 00:41:45.920
 Jewish day of

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:46.500
 preparation,

00:41:46.720 --> 00:41:47.059
 since the

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:47.400
 tomb was

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:47.940
 close at

00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:48.280
 hand,

00:41:49.140 --> 00:41:49.720
 they laid

00:41:49.720 --> 00:41:51.380
 Jesus there.

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:52.019
 Why do you

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.720
 think John

00:41:52.720 --> 00:41:54.340
 tells us about

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:54.800
 these two

00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:55.039
 men?

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:59.659
 why do you

00:41:59.659 --> 00:42:00.099
 think he

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:01.440
 thinks it's

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:02.139
 important for

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:03.559
 us to know

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:04.460
 about Joseph

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:05.279
 of Arimathea

00:42:05.279 --> 00:42:06.920
 and Nicodemus?

00:42:08.759 --> 00:42:09.539
 Joseph of

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:10.019
 Arimathea,

00:42:10.179 --> 00:42:10.719
 John says,

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:12.159
 was a secret

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:13.659
 disciple of

00:42:13.659 --> 00:42:15.000
 Jesus for

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.579
 fear of the

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:15.900
 Jews,

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:16.599
 he said.

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:18.279
 He was a

00:42:18.279 --> 00:42:18.759
 member of the

00:42:18.759 --> 00:42:19.400
 Sanhedrin,

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:20.079
 and he feared

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:20.699
 what the Jews

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:21.500
 might think of

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:22.380
 his loyalty to

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:22.759
 Jesus,

00:42:23.019 --> 00:42:24.500
 but here in

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:25.079
 the aftermath

00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:25.780
 of the

00:42:25.780 --> 00:42:26.099
 cross,

00:42:26.219 --> 00:42:26.860
 it seems like

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.619
 something has

00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:28.440
 changed,

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:29.000
 doesn't it?

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:31.320
 That fear

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:32.099
 seems to have

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:33.219
 turned into

00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:33.980
 boldness.

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.360
 He goes

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:35.300
 straight up to

00:42:35.300 --> 00:42:36.360
 Pilate himself

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:37.840
 and asks if

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:38.219
 he might be

00:42:38.219 --> 00:42:38.679
 able to take

00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:39.139
 away the

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:39.579
 body of

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:40.039
 Jesus.

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.199
 And

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:42.880
 Nicodemus,

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:43.579
 John says,

00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:44.059
 this is the

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:44.940
 same Nicodemus

00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:45.519
 that we saw

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:46.179
 earlier from

00:42:46.179 --> 00:42:46.820
 John chapter

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:47.139
 3.

00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:47.340
 Do you

00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:47.539
 remember

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:48.199
 Nicodemus?

00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:49.820
 Nicodemus who

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:50.320
 came to

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:51.039
 Jesus by

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:51.619
 night,

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:52.960
 out of

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:53.800
 fear,

00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:54.380
 possibly,

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.059
 out of

00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.539
 shame,

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:55.940
 possibly,

00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:56.199
 out of

00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:56.880
 embarrassment,

00:42:57.780 --> 00:42:58.199
 came to

00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:58.559
 him by

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:58.980
 night for

00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.360
 fear of

00:42:59.360 --> 00:42:59.780
 the Jews,

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:00.500
 for fear

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:00.780
 of being

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:01.300
 publicly

00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:02.099
 associated

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:02.539
 with this

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:02.820
 man,

00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:03.139
 Jesus.

00:43:03.340 --> 00:43:04.320
 Here Nicodemus

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:05.820
 came to

00:43:05.820 --> 00:43:06.480
 anoint the

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:06.880
 king.

00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:08.900
 It says he

00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:10.059
 anointed him

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:11.400
 with how

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:11.739
 much?

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:16.059
 75 pounds.

00:43:16.159 --> 00:43:16.400
 You know the

00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:17.199
 average Jewish

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:17.820
 burial only

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:18.179
 called for

00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:18.800
 five pounds

00:43:18.800 --> 00:43:19.519
 of spices?

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:21.659
 And Nicodemus

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:22.400
 apparently brought

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:23.920
 15 times that

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:24.280
 much.

00:43:24.420 --> 00:43:25.039
 Something has

00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:26.000
 changed in

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:26.720
 Nicodemus

00:43:26.720 --> 00:43:28.539
 and in

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:28.860
 Joseph.

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.980
 Here's the

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:31.220
 point.

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:32.240
 These two

00:43:32.240 --> 00:43:33.099
 men have

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:33.639
 apparently

00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:34.400
 become

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:35.639
 convinced

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:36.579
 that this

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:37.960
 is the

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:38.320
 king.

00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:39.700
 And if

00:43:39.700 --> 00:43:40.119
 he's the

00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:40.480
 king,

00:43:41.619 --> 00:43:42.099
 why should

00:43:42.099 --> 00:43:42.599
 I fear

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:43.019
 what anybody

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.579
 else might

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:44.019
 say about

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:44.539
 my loyalty

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:44.960
 to him?

00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:46.760
 Why should

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:47.480
 I withhold

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.680
 honor from

00:43:48.680 --> 00:43:48.980
 him?

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.420
 Why should

00:43:50.420 --> 00:43:51.539
 I be scared

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:51.860
 to be

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:52.500
 associated

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:53.000
 publicly

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:53.619
 with him?

00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:54.099
 If he

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:54.800
 is the

00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:55.259
 king,

00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:56.179
 then he

00:43:56.179 --> 00:43:56.579
 demands

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:56.840
 my

00:43:56.840 --> 00:43:57.259
 loyalty,

00:43:58.059 --> 00:43:58.800
 he demands

00:43:58.800 --> 00:43:59.659
 my praise,

00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:00.639
 he demands

00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:01.239
 my honor,

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:01.619
 and he

00:44:01.619 --> 00:44:02.380
 demands my

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:03.259
 life.

00:44:03.340 --> 00:44:03.719
 Something's

00:44:03.719 --> 00:44:04.559
 changed about

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:05.079
 these men.

00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:05.900
 They've become

00:44:05.900 --> 00:44:07.400
 convinced that

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:08.239
 Christ is

00:44:08.239 --> 00:44:08.739
 king.

00:44:09.619 --> 00:44:10.259
 Their lives

00:44:10.259 --> 00:44:10.980
 are different

00:44:10.980 --> 00:44:11.460
 for it.

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:14.460
 as we

00:44:14.460 --> 00:44:14.880
 close out

00:44:14.880 --> 00:44:15.539
 this passage,

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:15.920
 I think

00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:17.220
 the question

00:44:17.220 --> 00:44:17.800
 we have to

00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:18.400
 ask ourselves

00:44:18.400 --> 00:44:18.760
 is what

00:44:18.760 --> 00:44:19.280
 about you?

00:44:21.500 --> 00:44:22.260
 What about

00:44:22.260 --> 00:44:22.500
 you?

00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:24.380
 Have you

00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:24.760
 become

00:44:24.760 --> 00:44:25.360
 convinced

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:25.900
 that this

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:26.519
 man Jesus

00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:27.900
 is who

00:44:27.900 --> 00:44:28.619
 he says

00:44:28.619 --> 00:44:29.679
 he is?

00:44:31.139 --> 00:44:31.860
 Is your

00:44:31.860 --> 00:44:32.179
 heart

00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:32.900
 convinced

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:33.340
 that this

00:44:33.340 --> 00:44:33.920
 man Jesus

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:34.940
 is the

00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:35.559
 king?

00:44:36.699 --> 00:44:37.099
 And if

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:37.679
 he is,

00:44:37.780 --> 00:44:38.519
 then have

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:39.099
 you bowed

00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:39.440
 the knee

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:39.940
 to him

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:41.039
 in submission?

00:44:42.420 --> 00:44:42.760
 Have you

00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:43.159
 brought your

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:43.780
 heart to

00:44:43.780 --> 00:44:44.159
 him and

00:44:44.159 --> 00:44:44.460
 committed

00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:45.079
 yourself to

00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:45.420
 him to

00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:45.900
 say,

00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:46.940
 my life

00:44:46.940 --> 00:44:47.820
 is yours,

00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:48.119
 I want

00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:48.360
 to give

00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:48.559
 you

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:49.500
 everything

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:50.039
 I am?

00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:52.460
 These

00:44:52.460 --> 00:44:52.840
 men were

00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:53.420
 convinced.

00:44:54.940 --> 00:44:55.519
 And we

00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:55.940
 close out

00:44:55.940 --> 00:44:56.460
 this chapter

00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:57.059
 with Jesus

00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:58.139
 in a tomb,

00:44:58.240 --> 00:44:58.559
 but if we

00:44:58.559 --> 00:44:59.000
 know our

00:44:59.000 --> 00:44:59.840
 Old Testament,

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:00.320
 we know

00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:00.740
 that this

00:45:00.740 --> 00:45:01.300
 is not

00:45:01.300 --> 00:45:01.900
 the end.

00:45:03.300 --> 00:45:03.980
 I'll close

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:04.380
 by reading

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:05.720
 Isaiah 53

00:45:05.720 --> 00:45:06.740
 for us.

00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:07.159
 It says

00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:07.599
 this,

00:45:08.220 --> 00:45:08.639
 Yet it

00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:09.079
 was the

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:09.579
 will of

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:10.039
 the Lord

00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:10.579
 to crush

00:45:10.579 --> 00:45:10.880
 him.

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:12.300
 He has

00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:12.860
 put him

00:45:12.860 --> 00:45:13.519
 to grief.

00:45:14.840 --> 00:45:15.159
 When his

00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:15.880
 soul makes

00:45:15.880 --> 00:45:16.400
 an offering

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:17.000
 for guilt,

00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:17.440
 he shall

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:18.099
 see his

00:45:18.099 --> 00:45:18.720
 offspring,

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:19.300
 he shall

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:20.340
 prolong his

00:45:20.340 --> 00:45:20.840
 days.

00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:21.860
 The will

00:45:21.860 --> 00:45:22.139
 of the

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:22.639
 Lord shall

00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:23.380
 prosper in

00:45:23.380 --> 00:45:23.900
 his hand.

00:45:24.860 --> 00:45:25.260
 Out of

00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:25.720
 the anguish

00:45:25.720 --> 00:45:26.099
 of his

00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:26.480
 soul,

00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:26.900
 he shall

00:45:26.900 --> 00:45:27.619
 see and

00:45:27.619 --> 00:45:28.480
 be satisfied.

00:45:29.380 --> 00:45:29.900
 By his

00:45:29.900 --> 00:45:31.280
 knowledge shall

00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:31.780
 the righteous

00:45:31.780 --> 00:45:32.240
 one,

00:45:32.539 --> 00:45:33.240
 my servant,

00:45:33.840 --> 00:45:34.440
 make many

00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:34.840
 to be

00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:35.240
 accounted

00:45:35.240 --> 00:45:35.880
 righteous,

00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:37.039
 and he

00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:37.679
 shall bear

00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:38.260
 their

00:45:38.260 --> 00:45:39.099
 iniquities.

00:45:39.099 --> 00:45:40.259
 let's

00:45:40.259 --> 00:45:40.500
 pray.

00:45:40.759 --> 00:45:41.000
 Lord,

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:44.400
 we praise

00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:44.880
 you for

00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:45.480
 the death

00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:46.460
 of Christ

00:45:46.460 --> 00:45:47.239
 the King.

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:50.099
 This was

00:45:50.099 --> 00:45:50.420
 not a

00:45:50.420 --> 00:45:51.259
 surprise to

00:45:51.259 --> 00:45:51.500
 you,

00:45:51.579 --> 00:45:51.819
 this was

00:45:51.819 --> 00:45:52.639
 no accident.

00:45:52.639 --> 00:45:53.380
 The King

00:45:53.380 --> 00:45:55.000
 himself laid

00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:55.440
 down his

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:56.299
 life willingly

00:45:56.299 --> 00:45:57.360
 for our

00:45:57.360 --> 00:45:57.679
 good,

00:45:58.559 --> 00:45:59.019
 for our

00:45:59.019 --> 00:45:59.500
 salvation.

00:46:00.839 --> 00:46:01.579
 We thank

00:46:01.579 --> 00:46:01.920
 you for the

00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:02.599
 scriptures that

00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:03.360
 so clearly

00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:04.839
 point us

00:46:04.839 --> 00:46:05.759
 forward towards

00:46:05.759 --> 00:46:06.139
 Jesus,

00:46:06.139 --> 00:46:06.559
 and we

00:46:06.559 --> 00:46:06.839
 pray,

00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:07.159
 Father,

00:46:07.239 --> 00:46:07.480
 that you

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:07.779
 would give

00:46:07.779 --> 00:46:08.480
 us eyes

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:09.259
 to see

00:46:09.259 --> 00:46:11.559
 and ears

00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:12.019
 to hear

00:46:12.019 --> 00:46:12.400
 what you've

00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:12.619
 written.

00:46:13.940 --> 00:46:14.279
 Lord,

00:46:14.319 --> 00:46:14.679
 we pray

00:46:14.679 --> 00:46:15.179
 that we,

00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:15.960
 Father,

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:16.359
 would bow

00:46:16.359 --> 00:46:16.699
 the knee

00:46:16.699 --> 00:46:17.039
 to King

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:17.440
 Jesus.

00:46:18.739 --> 00:46:19.139
 We pray

00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:19.359
 this in

00:46:19.359 --> 00:46:19.559
 Jesus'

00:46:19.719 --> 00:46:19.859
 name.

00:46:20.759 --> 00:46:20.980
 Amen.

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:21.099
 Amen.