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 Please do open your Bibles again to Mark chapter 15.

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 It's on page 852.

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 I'll be looking at verses 16 to 20 this evening.

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 Lord God, help us to see the glory of Christ this evening.

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 Help us to see the victory that he has won for us on the cross.

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 And help us to cling to him all the more.

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 May we find hope and comfort and all that we need in him.

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 We pray this in his name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 In 2003, Banksy, the famous street artist,

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 he painted an iconic parachuting rat on the side of a building in Melbourne, Australia.

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 And it was a treasured piece of work in Australia.

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 And many consider it a priceless piece of art.

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 But one day in 2010, the local council came along.

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 They saw the spray paint and they destroyed it by cleaning it off.

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 They thought it was some sort of gang-related graffiti.

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 And so they destroyed it.

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 And they thought they were doing the world good by getting rid of it, didn't they?

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 But what were they actually doing?

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 They were actually destroying a masterpiece.

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 There was a real irony here.

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 They had no idea what they were doing.

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 And that is what's going on in our passage here.

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 These soldiers think that they were doing the world good by getting rid of Jesus.

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 By mocking him.

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 They thought he deserved it.

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 But what was the reality?

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 They were actually destroying a masterpiece.

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 There is a real irony here.

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 Now, irony, the word irony is a word I want us to think about for a moment.

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 Irony in storytelling is when the characters in a story think something isn't true.

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 But we, the audience, we know that it is true.

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 That's what irony is.

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 So think of the film Jaws.

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 People are swimming in the sea.

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 They think it's safe.

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 They think everything's normal.

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 But then we, the audience, we hear something.

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 Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.

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 We know the reality.

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 We hear that music.

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 And we know the reality that there's a shark in the water.

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 We, the audience, know the reality is the opposite of what the characters think.

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 That is irony.

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 That is dramatic irony.

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 And that is what Mark is doing in this passage.

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 He's presenting a moment of dramatic irony.

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 The soldiers mock Jesus by pretending he's a king.

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 And they make fun of him.

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 But actually, he is the king.

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 So look at the scene here.

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 So verse 16, Jesus is led inside a palace.

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 And they gather together the whole battalion around him.

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 He's like a king over an army.

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 And verse 17, they clothed him in a purple cloak.

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 Purple was a very expensive and royal color in those days.

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 They put royal robes on him.

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 In verse 17, twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

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 He's crowned.

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 Verse 18, they began to salute him.

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 And what do they call him?

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 Hail, king of the Jews.

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 Verse 19, they struck him on the head, spat on him, knelt down in homage to him.

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 They bow down to him.

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 What do these soldiers think is the reality?

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 They think this man is no king.

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 They dress him up as a king to show everyone how unkingly he is.

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 But what is the reality?

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 What are we meant to know?

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 This is actually the king.

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 They think they're doing good, but they're destroying a masterpiece.

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 They think everything is normal, but we hear the real music.

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 But it's not the Jaws theme music.

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 It's the music of a coronation.

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 It's trumpets and horns and choirs and harps and violins and a royal band, all signaling to us,

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 this is actually the king.

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 That is what Mark is presenting us with here.

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 This is dramatic irony.

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 He's doing this to emphasize that Jesus is actually the king.

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 And he's doing this to make a point, to show us the reality of what the soldiers missed,

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 to show us what's really going on at the cross.

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 So the past few weeks, we've seen that all the events leading up to the cross have been there to show us what's really happening at the cross.

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 They're kind of like a red carpet.

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 You look at the red carpet, and it tells you what's going on at the main event.

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 And we've seen these events, and we've seen what's going on at the cross.

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 Jesus is dying for sinners.

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 He's being condemned by the divine judge so that rebels go free.

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 Well, here we see something else about the cross.

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 We see that the cross was the enthronement of Jesus.

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 It's where he became king.

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 And that is the big thing to see today, that the cross was the enthronement of Jesus.

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 But before we unpack that,

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 we need to see that dramatic irony like this,

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 it only works if there's an author behind it.

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 This scene only makes sense and has meaning if it's designed to be like this.

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 This isn't just a coincidence that these soldiers mock the true king by dressing him up as a king.

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 Note, there's an author behind this.

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 But Mark is not the real author of these events.

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 Mark didn't make these events happen.

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 No, God is the author of these events.

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 This was all planned by God.

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 The cross was planned by God.

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 And this is the first thing I want us to see today before we get to our main point.

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 The cross was planned by God.

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 In all these events we have seen so far,

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 all these red carpet moments that show us the main event,

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 the cross, what it's all about,

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 all these events,

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 they're not,

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 this isn't just coincidence.

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 It's not like,

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 oh, Jesus was condemned by Pilate.

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 Oh, and he was condemned by God.

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 Oh, that's a funny coincidence.

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 Or, oh, Jesus is mocked as a king,

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 and he's the true king.

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 Oh, that's a funny coincidence.

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 No, this isn't Mark just making up poetic connections.

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 No, these events took place the way they did,

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 and they all point to the cross because God planned it.

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 God authored all of this to show the world what the cross is really about.

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 And we need to grasp this.

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 The cross was planned by God.

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 And we see this all the way back in the Old Testament.

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 Isaiah 53 speaks of this suffering servant

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 who will save his people by suffering for them.

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 Speaking of Jesus.

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 And Isaiah writes,

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 it was the will of the Lord to crush him.

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 It was God's will to crush Jesus.

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 God crushed his own son.

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 It was in God's will to do this.

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 The cross wasn't an unfortunate accident.

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 No, it was the son's will and the father's will

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 for Jesus to go to the cross.

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 It was in God's plan.

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 It was always his desire.

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 The cross was planned by God.

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 And in the New Testament,

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 the apostle Peter preaches at Pentecost,

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 and he says this,

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 Jesus was delivered up according to the definite plan

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 and foreknowledge of God.

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 It's clear.

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 The cross was planned by God.

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 This wasn't an unfortunate accident

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 that God then turned into a good thing.

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 No, the cross was planned by God from eternity

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 to be salvation,

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 to be the way that Jesus becomes king.

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 It was God's will to make his son king.

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 That was his will in heaven.

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 And God has constructed all these events

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 so that his will would be done on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

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 So that heaven played out on earth.

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 His will in heaven can be seen in his will on earth.

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 These earthly events show us

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 the true spiritual heavenly reality.

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 That is why the earthly court with Pilate

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 shows us the heavenly court of God's justice.

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 And that is why today,

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 these soldiers mocking Jesus

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 shows us the reality of the cross.

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 This happened because God wanted to show us something,

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 something about Jesus and the cross.

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 God is showing us actually

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 the cross is Jesus' enthronement.

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 The cross was the enthronement of Jesus.

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 Which brings us back to our main point,

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 which is where we're going to spend the rest of our time,

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 back to our main point.

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 The cross was the enthronement of Jesus.

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 So we need to answer now,

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 well, how was the cross the enthronement of Jesus?

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 We can kind of see how he was a sacrifice, can't we?

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 Sacrifices need to die for sins.

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 We can kind of see how he's a substitute, right?

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 He died instead of sinners.

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 But how was the cross the enthronement of Jesus?

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 How does that make him a king?

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 As the soldiers place a crown of thorn on Jesus,

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 why is Mark telling us that,

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 well, Jesus is actually a king?

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 Well, we need to understand what a king does.

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 A king does two things.

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 A king defeats his enemies,

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 and a king rules his people.

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 A king defeats his enemies,

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 and a king rules his people.

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 And ever since the fall,

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 the world has desperately needed a king.

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 A king to defeat the enemies of the world,

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 and a king to rule the people of this world.

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 So let's ask, why is the world today the way it is?

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 It's because we're needing a king to completely rule over this world.

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 In the fall, we rejected God as king.

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 We didn't want God to rule over us,

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 and instead we chose to follow Satan.

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 And we let sin rule over us instead.

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 Sin controlled us and governed us.

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 It had power over us.

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 Paul says in Romans,

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 sin reigned in death.

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 Sin was a king over us.

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 It reigned.

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 We were slaves to sin.

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 That is the problem of this world.

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 Sin reigns.

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 It has a king-like grip over the world.

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 When sin reigns,

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 we can't help but sin.

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 Sin is king in the lives of those without Christ.

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 Lives are destroyed in this life,

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 and perish in the next,

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 because sin is king over them.

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 And because sin reigned over us,

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 death reigned over us.

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 The wages of sin is death,

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 and so death reigned.

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 Without Christ,

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 death is like a king over us.

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 We can't escape it.

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 We simply do what it says.

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 We die.

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 Without Christ,

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 death has dominion over us.

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 And not only that,

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 in the fall,

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 Satan was let loose into this world.

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 He's been like a king over us.

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 Jesus calls him the ruler of this world.

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 Paul calls him the prince of the power of the air.

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 Satan's evil forces are called rulers and authorities in this world.

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 Satan is the enemy of God,

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 and he's the opposing king in this world.

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 And so, while this is God's world,

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 he's in complete control.

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 He's always the king of creation.

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 Satan has had a king-like influence over us.

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 He's had power over us,

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 making us follow him,

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 leading us into sin and evil,

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 and he's accusing us in our sin.

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 And eventually,

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 he seeks to drag us to hell.

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 Death.

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 This is what's wrong with the world.

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 These are the enemies.

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 It's sin, death,

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 Satan, and hell.

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 And what do we need?

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 We need a king to defeat them.

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 The world has been in desperate need

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 to end the reign of these enemies,

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 to end their power,

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 and to destroy them.

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 And we need a good king to come in and rule.

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 The world needs a king to be enthroned.

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 And in Mark today,

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 we see that long-awaited king.

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 Mark is telling us,

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 this is that king.

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 While the soldiers think they're mocking Jesus,

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 what is the music that we hear?

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 It's trumpets.

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 It's a royal band,

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 a king's coronation.

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 The cross was the enthronement of Jesus.

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 But if a king defeats enemies,

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 and a king rules his people,

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 how does the cross do that?

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 How does that make Jesus king?

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 Well, for those in Christ,

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 on the cross,

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 our sin was taken off us

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 and laid on Jesus.

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 He bore our sins.

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 He became sin for us.

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 And so when Jesus died,

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 he took all our sin to the grave with him.

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 It was destroyed.

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 It was dealt with.

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 So whatever sin,

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 whatever reign sin had over you,

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 it's ended.

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 It's dead.

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 Sin had guilt over you,

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 but that was buried,

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 dead,

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 in the grave.

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 There is no guilt living over you.

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 But also,

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 sin's power over you

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 has now been broken.

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 before,

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 we couldn't help but sin.

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 Sin was king over us,

00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:08.340
 reigned over us,

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 but on the cross,

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 Jesus tore that king

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 off the throne of our hearts.

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 He broke the power of sin.

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 So we can now obey God.

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 We can now stop sinning.

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 That king's sin

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 no longer reigns over you.

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 Now,

00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:30.899
 it needs to be said,

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 that doesn't mean Christians

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 will never sin.

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 No,

00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:36.259
 sin will still dwell in us

00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:36.980
 until glory.

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 But it does mean

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 the power,

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 the reign of sin

00:15:41.779 --> 00:15:42.500
 is broken.

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 For those in Christ,

00:15:45.680 --> 00:15:46.960
 sin is not king

00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:48.159
 over your heart now.

00:15:49.300 --> 00:15:50.180
 Jesus is king

00:15:50.180 --> 00:15:51.120
 over your heart now.

00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:54.259
 He rules over you.

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 The love for Jesus

00:15:56.300 --> 00:15:57.060
 and the desire

00:15:57.060 --> 00:15:57.940
 to please him

00:15:57.940 --> 00:15:59.300
 and serve him

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 and obey him,

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 that has power

00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:03.080
 over you now.

00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:05.639
 When you come to the cross,

00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:06.780
 you come to a king

00:16:06.780 --> 00:16:08.000
 and his love

00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:09.300
 grips your heart.

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 He becomes your king.

00:16:12.400 --> 00:16:13.660
 Sin has been dethroned

00:16:13.660 --> 00:16:14.160
 in your life.

00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:15.780
 Jesus now reigns.

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 So if you don't have Christ

00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:20.879
 as your king here tonight,

00:16:21.900 --> 00:16:23.000
 you need to know,

00:16:23.560 --> 00:16:25.000
 you may think you're free,

00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:28.020
 but actually sin reigns over you.

00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:30.400
 You have a king

00:16:30.400 --> 00:16:31.680
 that you don't realize

00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:34.699
 and Christ can set you free.

00:16:35.939 --> 00:16:36.959
 You need a better

00:16:36.959 --> 00:16:38.019
 and perfect king.

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 So don't be like these soldiers.

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 Don't miss the king

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.459
 in front of you.

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 Come to the cross.

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 The cross was the enthronement

00:16:46.439 --> 00:16:47.000
 of Jesus.

00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:51.000
 But sin

00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:52.899
 wasn't the only enemy

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:54.019
 defeated on the cross.

00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:56.599
 Satan was defeated

00:16:56.599 --> 00:16:57.319
 on the cross.

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 Do you know what

00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:01.039
 Satan's name means?

00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:02.919
 Do you know what Satan means?

00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:04.659
 Satan means

00:17:04.659 --> 00:17:05.839
 the accuser.

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:08.599
 The power of Satan

00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:10.079
 is to accuse.

00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:12.639
 He's like an evil lawyer

00:17:12.639 --> 00:17:15.339
 who sees your sin

00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:15.919
 and your guilt

00:17:15.919 --> 00:17:16.879
 and accuses you

00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:17.659
 before God.

00:17:18.379 --> 00:17:19.980
 Look what this person did.

00:17:20.639 --> 00:17:21.919
 Look what they deserve.

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:25.600
 And he leads us into more sin

00:17:25.600 --> 00:17:26.820
 to accuse us all the more.

00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:29.480
 Satan's power in this world

00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:30.600
 is to accuse.

00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:32.940
 Accuses of the debt

00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:33.380
 we owe

00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:34.420
 because of our sin.

00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:37.779
 But Paul tells us

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 what happened on the cross.

00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:41.500
 Jesus cancelled

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.580
 the record of debt

00:17:42.580 --> 00:17:43.560
 that stood against us

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 with its legal demands.

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 This he set aside

00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:48.460
 nailing it to the cross.

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 He disarmed

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 the rulers

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 and authorities

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.819
 and put them

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 to open shame

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:55.740
 by triumphing over them.

00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:58.519
 On the cross

00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:59.160
 Christ

00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:00.900
 took the accuser's power

00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:01.660
 away from him.

00:18:02.600 --> 00:18:03.620
 He disarmed him.

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:05.660
 How?

00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:08.180
 Because there is nothing

00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:09.559
 Satan can accuse you

00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:10.160
 with anymore.

00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:12.900
 There is no sin

00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:13.940
 reigning over you.

00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.880
 There is no guilt

00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:17.019
 hanging over you.

00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:18.879
 As you stand before

00:18:18.879 --> 00:18:20.160
 the judgment seat of God

00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:21.579
 Satan can accuse you

00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:22.379
 all he likes.

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:25.000
 It means nothing.

00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:27.339
 Because all your sin

00:18:27.339 --> 00:18:28.059
 has been paid for

00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:29.059
 Satan can say

00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:30.480
 nothing about you

00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:31.220
 before God.

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.779
 Christ is our king

00:18:34.779 --> 00:18:35.480
 and on the cross

00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:36.900
 he has disarmed Satan.

00:18:37.859 --> 00:18:38.879
 Taken away his weapons

00:18:38.879 --> 00:18:40.039
 destroyed his power.

00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:42.799
 Satan has nothing on you.

00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:45.579
 And now

00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:46.919
 Satan is just

00:18:46.919 --> 00:18:47.879
 awaiting his doom

00:18:47.879 --> 00:18:49.500
 where he will be

00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:50.119
 gone forever.

00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:51.680
 And that day

00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:52.440
 is certain

00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.919
 because Christ

00:18:53.919 --> 00:18:55.019
 has already conquered

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.919
 him on the cross.

00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:59.299
 And so if you're not

00:18:59.299 --> 00:19:00.180
 a Christian here today

00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:02.019
 without Christ

00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:03.180
 Satan can still

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.799
 accuse you.

00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:05.419
 He can bring

00:19:05.419 --> 00:19:06.500
 charges against you

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.200
 and God will see

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.779
 those charges

00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:09.159
 and he'll see

00:19:09.159 --> 00:19:09.839
 them as true.

00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:11.879
 Your sin

00:19:11.879 --> 00:19:12.720
 is not covered

00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.559
 by Christ.

00:19:13.959 --> 00:19:15.019
 The legal demands

00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:16.220
 still weigh on you

00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:17.459
 and you need

00:19:17.459 --> 00:19:17.939
 a king

00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:18.779
 to disarm

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.359
 Satan.

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:21.179
 To destroy

00:19:21.179 --> 00:19:21.919
 any power

00:19:21.919 --> 00:19:22.379
 he has

00:19:22.379 --> 00:19:23.259
 to accuse you.

00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:26.339
 Christ is the king

00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:26.839
 who disarms

00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:27.559
 all the weapons

00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:27.959
 of Satan.

00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:28.879
 He's disarmed

00:19:28.879 --> 00:19:30.039
 his accusations

00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:32.220
 and he's also

00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:32.619
 disarmed

00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:33.459
 death itself.

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:36.220
 Hebrews says

00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:37.459
 Jesus destroyed

00:19:37.459 --> 00:19:37.959
 the one

00:19:37.959 --> 00:19:38.799
 who has the power

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.379
 of death.

00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:40.960
 That is the devil.

00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.760
 When the devil

00:19:43.760 --> 00:19:44.560
 accuses you

00:19:44.560 --> 00:19:46.240
 he accuses you

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.800
 for the punishment

00:19:46.800 --> 00:19:47.400
 of death.

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:49.200
 The wages of sin

00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.780
 is death.

00:19:50.760 --> 00:19:51.600
 Death is his weapon

00:19:51.600 --> 00:19:52.060
 as well.

00:19:53.580 --> 00:19:54.200
 But if there's

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.840
 no guilt

00:19:54.840 --> 00:19:56.600
 then there's

00:19:56.600 --> 00:19:57.220
 no death.

00:19:59.020 --> 00:20:00.040
 When Christ

00:20:00.040 --> 00:20:00.940
 dealt with your guilt

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.640
 he ended

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.360
 the reign

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:02.860
 of death

00:20:02.860 --> 00:20:03.440
 over you.

00:20:04.540 --> 00:20:05.340
 Death looks

00:20:05.340 --> 00:20:05.920
 like it has

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.360
 its grip

00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:07.120
 on this world.

00:20:07.540 --> 00:20:07.980
 Like it

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.940
 rains,

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.559
 like it's

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:09.960
 winning.

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:11.720
 And yes

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.360
 unless Christ

00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:12.840
 returns

00:20:12.840 --> 00:20:13.580
 we will

00:20:13.580 --> 00:20:14.120
 all die.

00:20:15.320 --> 00:20:16.380
 But death

00:20:16.380 --> 00:20:17.320
 will not

00:20:17.320 --> 00:20:17.720
 win.

00:20:19.340 --> 00:20:19.940
 Death

00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:20.600
 has been

00:20:20.600 --> 00:20:21.480
 dethroned.

00:20:22.860 --> 00:20:23.460
 Eternal

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:24.279
 life is

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:24.759
 coming.

00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:26.140
 That is what

00:20:26.140 --> 00:20:26.700
 Christ did on

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:26.980
 the cross.

00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.559
 He made sure

00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.180
 death will

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:29.220
 no longer

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:29.799
 rule in this

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:30.160
 world.

00:20:31.120 --> 00:20:31.680
 And who

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.320
 rules instead?

00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:32.419
 death,

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:34.599
 a new ruler

00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:36.419
 full of life.

00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.099
 Eternal

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.619
 life.

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.679
 He now

00:20:39.679 --> 00:20:40.179
 reigns over

00:20:40.179 --> 00:20:40.720
 this world.

00:20:41.919 --> 00:20:42.899
 The gracious

00:20:42.899 --> 00:20:43.500
 king who

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.500
 holds the keys

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:44.879
 of death

00:20:44.879 --> 00:20:45.399
 in Hades.

00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:46.779
 It's

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.579
 Jesus Christ.

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.740
 And he's

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.339
 conquered death

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:51.740
 so that

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.500
 one day

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.139
 death will

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:54.079
 be no more.

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:56.119
 Not just

00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:56.759
 dethroned

00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.599
 but gone.

00:20:57.599 --> 00:21:00.199
 Jesus has

00:21:00.199 --> 00:21:00.980
 defeated the

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.539
 enemy of

00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.139
 death for

00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:02.399
 you.

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.459
 The cross

00:21:04.459 --> 00:21:04.819
 was the

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.659
 enthronement

00:21:05.659 --> 00:21:06.259
 of Jesus.

00:21:08.919 --> 00:21:09.559
 Did you

00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:09.879
 see what

00:21:09.879 --> 00:21:10.279
 they placed

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.659
 on Jesus'

00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:11.879
 head in

00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.539
 verse 17?

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.819
 Twisting

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.319
 together a

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.740
 crown of

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.099
 thorns

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:17.359
 they put it

00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:17.719
 on him.

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.459
 It's no

00:21:20.459 --> 00:21:20.980
 coincidence

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.419
 it's a

00:21:21.419 --> 00:21:21.819
 crown of

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.179
 thorns.

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:23.719
 Do you

00:21:23.719 --> 00:21:24.099
 remember what

00:21:24.099 --> 00:21:24.579
 was a part

00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:25.119
 of the curse

00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:25.579
 in Genesis

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:25.980
 3?

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:27.860
 Cursed

00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.220
 is the

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:28.519
 ground

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.019
 because of

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.200
 you.

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.180
 Thorns

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.480
 and

00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:31.059
 thistles

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.559
 it shall

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.140
 bring forth

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:32.539
 for you.

00:21:34.360 --> 00:21:34.920
 Jesus

00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:35.900
 carried the

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.599
 curse of

00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:37.180
 the world

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.960
 thorns

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:39.539
 on his

00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.079
 head as

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.380
 he went

00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:40.620
 to the

00:21:40.620 --> 00:21:40.980
 cross.

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:43.240
 This is

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.860
 the spiritual

00:21:43.860 --> 00:21:44.440
 reality.

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:45.980
 Jesus

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.860
 freed the

00:21:46.860 --> 00:21:47.539
 world from

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.279
 its curse.

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:50.180
 He's a

00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:50.620
 king who

00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:51.259
 rescued not

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.720
 just his

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.539
 people from

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.180
 their curse.

00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:54.620
 He rescued

00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:54.960
 the whole

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.440
 universe.

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:58.400
 So when

00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:59.039
 these soldiers

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.839
 salute Jesus

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.319
 and say

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.039
 hail king

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.259
 of the

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.620
 Jews

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:03.839
 how right

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.400
 they were

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:06.279
 but also

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.099
 they had no

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.559
 idea what

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:07.819
 they were

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.160
 saying.

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.099
 This isn't

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.620
 just king

00:22:10.620 --> 00:22:10.900
 of the

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.299
 Jews.

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.559
 This is

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.160
 the king

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.620
 of the

00:22:13.620 --> 00:22:14.360
 universe.

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.059
 As they

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.620
 place the

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:18.240
 purple cloak

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.700
 on Jesus

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.319
 the royal

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:19.940
 robes

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:21.180
 as they

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.599
 place the

00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:22.240
 crown of

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.559
 thorns

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.059
 on him

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:24.059
 as they

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.480
 salute

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.679
 him

00:22:24.679 --> 00:22:24.980
 as they

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.480
 kneel

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.099
 before him

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:27.359
 they think

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 they're

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:27.799
 mocking

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 him

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 but really

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.039
 their actions

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.519
 are showing

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 the world

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 this is the

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 king to

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 restore the

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:35.539
 world.

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 world.

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 So this

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.680
 irony that

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.019
 we see

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.659
 here it's

00:22:40.659 --> 00:22:41.299
 really

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 significant.

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.799
 This is

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 telling us

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:45.279
 something huge.

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 This is the

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.299
 king God

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:47.899
 has planned

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:48.440
 to bring.

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 This is how

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.460
 the world is

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:50.980
 going to be

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.879
 restored and

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 ruled again.

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 And what's

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.339
 even more

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:55.720
 ironic

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:57.920
 this mockery

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:59.420
 was actually

00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.420
 sending Jesus

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:00.839
 to his

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.500
 enthronement

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.119
 wasn't it?

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:04.279
 they led

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.799
 him out

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.339
 sent him

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:05.679
 out to

00:23:05.679 --> 00:23:06.319
 be crucified.

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.379
 These

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:08.739
 soldiers

00:23:08.739 --> 00:23:09.339
 thought they

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:09.879
 were nailing

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.179
 him to

00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:10.759
 a cross

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.679
 but they

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.179
 were seating

00:23:12.179 --> 00:23:12.559
 him on

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.079
 a throne.

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 And now

00:23:15.719 --> 00:23:16.579
 Jesus rules

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.219
 over his

00:23:17.219 --> 00:23:18.719
 people as

00:23:18.719 --> 00:23:19.379
 we come to

00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:19.919
 the cross

00:23:19.919 --> 00:23:20.539
 and find

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.019
 forgiveness.

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.939
 It is at

00:23:22.939 --> 00:23:23.319
 the cross

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.859
 the enemies

00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.519
 of sin

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.459
 and Satan

00:23:25.459 --> 00:23:26.199
 and death

00:23:26.199 --> 00:23:26.779
 are defeated

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.519
 for us.

00:23:28.179 --> 00:23:28.759
 And it's at

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.159
 the cross

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:29.819
 we find a

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.339
 new king.

00:23:31.419 --> 00:23:31.959
 A king

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.640
 who rules

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.180
 over us

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:34.000
 with grace.

00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.900
 We become

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.360
 a people

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:37.440
 united around

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.340
 this crucified

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:38.940
 king.

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.880
 He's purchased

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.340
 a people

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:41.680
 with his

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.079
 blood and

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.380
 now we

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:42.900
 belong to

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.900
 him and

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:44.539
 we joyfully

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.220
 serve this

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.559
 king.

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.799
 It is the

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.279
 cross,

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.500
 this man,

00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:50.120
 this message,

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.960
 this crucified

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.900
 king that

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.799
 sends us to

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.319
 our knees

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:54.019
 in wonder.

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.220
 It is this

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.720
 king that

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.319
 gathers us

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.900
 here today

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.440
 in worship

00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:01.059
 and now we

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.940
 bow before

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.779
 him in awe

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.519
 before the

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:03.940
 king of

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.380
 kings.

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:07.140
 So don't

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.720
 be like these

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.080
 soldiers,

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.900
 don't miss

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.580
 what is right

00:24:09.580 --> 00:24:10.140
 in front of

00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:10.320
 you.

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.860
 The cross

00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:12.180
 was the

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.880
 enthronement

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.580
 of Jesus

00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:15.799
 and now he

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.460
 reigns as

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.220
 king of

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.680
 kings.

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.140
 Let me

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.340
 pray.

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:20.340


00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:20.340


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 pray.

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:20.340
 Let me

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:20.400
 pray.

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.340
 Let me

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:20.400
 pray.

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.340
 Let me

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:20.400
 pray.

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.400


00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.400


00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.400


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00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:22.400
 Let me

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:20.400
 pray.

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:24.400
 Let me