WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.640 Father, we pray that prayer. 00:00:04.020 --> 00:00:05.139 World depart. 00:00:06.580 --> 00:00:07.480 Let Jesus in. 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:12.580 God, as we come now to hear another reading from your word, 00:00:14.060 --> 00:00:17.039 would you help us to grasp with fresh eyes 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:20.740 and a humble heart 00:00:20.740 --> 00:00:25.900 the reality of Jesus, your Son, our King. 00:00:26.539 --> 00:00:29.879 We pray this in his name and by your Holy Spirit. Amen. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:30.239 Amen. 00:00:31.780 --> 00:00:36.219 So our next scripture reading comes from John 19, verses 1 through 16. 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:41.460 Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. 00:00:42.659 --> 00:00:45.420 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns 00:00:45.420 --> 00:00:47.200 and put it on his head 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:50.179 and arrayed him in a purple robe. 00:00:51.780 --> 00:00:53.100 They came up to him saying, 00:00:53.620 --> 00:00:54.740 Hail, King of the Jews, 00:00:55.060 --> 00:00:57.200 and struck him with their hands. 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:01.680 Pilate went out again and said to them, 00:01:02.260 --> 00:01:05.579 See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know 00:01:05.579 --> 00:01:07.159 that I find no guilt in him. 00:01:08.379 --> 00:01:09.719 So Jesus came out, 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:12.560 wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. 00:01:14.020 --> 00:01:14.960 Pilate said to them, 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:16.820 Behold the man. 00:01:16.819 --> 00:01:22.000 When the chief priests and the officers saw him, 00:01:22.039 --> 00:01:22.679 they cried out, 00:01:23.119 --> 00:01:23.799 Crucify him, 00:01:24.619 --> 00:01:25.319 crucify him. 00:01:26.919 --> 00:01:27.799 Pilate said to them, 00:01:28.219 --> 00:01:30.299 Take him yourselves and crucify him, 00:01:30.379 --> 00:01:31.599 for I find no guilt in him. 00:01:33.479 --> 00:01:34.500 The Jews answered him, 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:35.799 We have a law, 00:01:36.339 --> 00:01:37.759 and according to that law, 00:01:37.859 --> 00:01:38.579 he ought to die, 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:40.599 because he has made himself the Son of God. 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:43.239 When Pilate heard this statement, 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:44.319 he was even more afraid. 00:01:45.419 --> 00:01:46.579 He answered his headquarters again 00:01:46.579 --> 00:01:47.280 and said to Jesus, 00:01:47.419 --> 00:01:48.119 Where are you from? 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:50.439 But Jesus gave him no answer. 00:01:52.019 --> 00:01:53.000 So Pilate said to him, 00:01:54.099 --> 00:01:55.060 You will not speak to me? 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:58.000 Do you not know that I have authority to release you 00:01:58.000 --> 00:01:59.780 and authority to crucify you? 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:02.299 Jesus answered him, 00:02:02.639 --> 00:02:05.579 You would have no authority over me at all 00:02:05.579 --> 00:02:07.599 unless it had been given you from above. 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:11.000 Therefore, he who delivered me over to you 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:11.979 has the greater sin. 00:02:13.859 --> 00:02:15.759 From then on, Pilate sought to release him. 00:02:16.259 --> 00:02:17.199 But the Jews cried out, 00:02:18.060 --> 00:02:19.039 If you release this man, 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:20.759 you are not Caesar's friend. 00:02:22.060 --> 00:02:24.419 Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar. 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:28.060 So when Pilate heard these words, 00:02:28.799 --> 00:02:31.219 he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat 00:02:31.219 --> 00:02:32.979 at a place called the Stone Pavement 00:02:32.979 --> 00:02:34.979 and an Aramaic Gabbatha. 00:02:34.979 --> 00:02:38.899 Now it was the day of preparation of the Passover. 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:40.799 It was about the sixth hour. 00:02:42.099 --> 00:02:42.919 He said to the Jews, 00:02:43.699 --> 00:02:44.459 Behold your king. 00:02:45.799 --> 00:02:46.799 They cried out, 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:47.780 Away with him. 00:02:48.439 --> 00:02:49.259 Away with him. 00:02:49.919 --> 00:02:50.659 Crucify him. 00:02:52.139 --> 00:02:53.019 Pilate said to them, 00:02:53.739 --> 00:02:55.099 Shall I crucify your king? 00:02:56.379 --> 00:02:57.719 The chief priests answered, 00:02:58.359 --> 00:03:00.719 We have no king but Caesar. 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:03.740 So he delivered him over them 00:03:03.740 --> 00:03:04.879 to be crucified. 00:03:08.539 --> 00:03:10.060 Well, consider with me tonight 00:03:10.060 --> 00:03:13.060 Pilate's words in verse 5. 00:03:14.579 --> 00:03:16.180 Behold the man. 00:03:18.659 --> 00:03:20.439 What sort of man, I wonder, 00:03:20.860 --> 00:03:21.579 do you see? 00:03:22.139 --> 00:03:23.099 Do you behold 00:03:23.099 --> 00:03:25.699 when you behold the crucified Jesus? 00:03:25.699 --> 00:03:29.439 At this moment in the Passion narrative, 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:30.319 in John 19, 00:03:30.780 --> 00:03:32.259 the Jewish authorities in Jerusalem 00:03:32.259 --> 00:03:33.239 have arrested Jesus, 00:03:33.939 --> 00:03:35.159 questioned and condemned him, 00:03:35.219 --> 00:03:36.979 and then drug him before Pilate, 00:03:37.060 --> 00:03:37.679 the Roman governor. 00:03:38.619 --> 00:03:41.019 These authorities behold in Jesus a threat, 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:42.839 a blasphemer, 00:03:43.079 --> 00:03:44.039 to be gotten rid of. 00:03:46.699 --> 00:03:47.879 Pilate, for his part, 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:49.719 not seeing in Jesus any real danger, 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:52.179 has him flogged and mocked, 00:03:52.180 --> 00:03:54.540 and then drug out before the crowd again, 00:03:54.640 --> 00:03:54.900 saying, 00:03:54.980 --> 00:03:55.879 Behold the man. 00:03:57.780 --> 00:03:58.840 Pilate's words, of course, 00:03:58.920 --> 00:04:01.379 are dripping with sarcasm 00:04:01.379 --> 00:04:02.400 and with scorn. 00:04:02.860 --> 00:04:03.439 Don't you hear it? 00:04:03.740 --> 00:04:04.760 He's saying there, 00:04:05.300 --> 00:04:07.460 So here's the man you find so dangerous, 00:04:07.659 --> 00:04:08.240 so threatening. 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:10.620 Look at how I've beaten him. 00:04:11.379 --> 00:04:13.140 Look at how he wears his crown of thorns. 00:04:14.060 --> 00:04:15.420 Look at his purple robe. 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:18.000 Can't you see he's harmless, 00:04:18.860 --> 00:04:19.680 even ridiculous? 00:04:20.579 --> 00:04:22.060 Behold the man. 00:04:22.180 --> 00:04:27.280 But you know, 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:28.139 in John's gospel, 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:29.639 again and again, 00:04:30.939 --> 00:04:32.900 the characters often speak better 00:04:32.900 --> 00:04:33.939 than they know. 00:04:35.220 --> 00:04:36.420 There's a deeper irony 00:04:36.420 --> 00:04:38.680 and meaning in Pilate's words. 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:41.079 Behold the man. 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:42.420 On Pilate's lips, 00:04:43.060 --> 00:04:44.300 they're mocking words. 00:04:45.460 --> 00:04:47.800 But in the sweep of John's gospel, 00:04:47.939 --> 00:04:48.819 they ring out 00:04:48.819 --> 00:04:50.399 with a deeper truth. 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:53.179 For as John's gospel shows us, 00:04:53.239 --> 00:04:56.359 Jesus is the true incarnate man. 00:04:58.039 --> 00:04:59.699 God become flesh, 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:01.279 dwelling among us. 00:05:01.819 --> 00:05:03.620 Behold the man. 00:05:03.620 --> 00:05:09.300 So as we behold the man, 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:09.759 Jesus, 00:05:10.579 --> 00:05:11.959 what are we meant to see? 00:05:13.579 --> 00:05:14.879 Especially at this moment, 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:16.800 on the verge of crucifixion, 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:18.319 standing condemned. 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:22.439 Well, it would seem that we're meant to see 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:23.360 at least two things. 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:25.439 First, 00:05:25.699 --> 00:05:27.600 we see here that Jesus 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:29.620 is a real man. 00:05:30.960 --> 00:05:32.160 In becoming flesh, 00:05:32.280 --> 00:05:33.860 Jesus hasn't just taken 00:05:33.860 --> 00:05:34.900 sort of a little sip 00:05:34.900 --> 00:05:35.960 of our humanity, 00:05:36.180 --> 00:05:37.340 but he's drunk it down 00:05:37.340 --> 00:05:38.400 to the very bottom. 00:05:39.020 --> 00:05:39.360 He has experienced 00:05:40.020 --> 00:05:40.699 the depths 00:05:40.699 --> 00:05:42.020 of being human, 00:05:42.280 --> 00:05:42.980 and especially, 00:05:43.139 --> 00:05:44.420 he has entered completely 00:05:44.420 --> 00:05:46.319 into our human sufferings. 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:49.740 friends tonight, 00:05:49.819 --> 00:05:50.339 do you know 00:05:50.339 --> 00:05:51.860 physical suffering? 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:54.379 So does he. 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:56.180 Behold him, 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:57.339 beaten, 00:05:58.180 --> 00:05:58.740 bruised. 00:06:00.779 --> 00:06:01.659 Do you know 00:06:01.659 --> 00:06:02.939 relational suffering? 00:06:04.100 --> 00:06:05.120 So does he. 00:06:06.899 --> 00:06:07.860 Behold him there, 00:06:07.939 --> 00:06:08.839 his own people, 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:10.240 rejecting him, 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:12.579 his friends having abandoned him, 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:13.759 and denied him. 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:16.959 Do you know 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:17.819 emotional suffering? 00:06:18.819 --> 00:06:19.560 So does he. 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:22.039 Think of the shame 00:06:22.039 --> 00:06:23.180 and humiliation 00:06:23.180 --> 00:06:24.039 of this moment. 00:06:25.639 --> 00:06:26.120 Behold him 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:26.959 as he stands there 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:28.399 mocked and scorned. 00:06:30.500 --> 00:06:31.420 Jesus knows 00:06:31.420 --> 00:06:32.279 our human suffering. 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:33.819 Listen again 00:06:33.819 --> 00:06:35.039 to the prophet Isaiah's words 00:06:35.039 --> 00:06:36.139 written hundreds 00:06:36.139 --> 00:06:37.139 of years before, 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:38.819 but perfectly fulfilled 00:06:38.819 --> 00:06:39.939 in the incarnate 00:06:39.939 --> 00:06:41.039 and crucified Jesus. 00:06:41.659 --> 00:06:42.199 Isaiah writes, 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:43.139 he had no form 00:06:43.139 --> 00:06:43.719 or majesty 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:44.720 that we should look at him 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:45.800 and no beauty 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:47.220 that we should desire him. 00:06:47.580 --> 00:06:48.560 He was despised 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:49.640 and rejected by men, 00:06:50.200 --> 00:06:51.220 a man of sorrows 00:06:51.220 --> 00:06:52.720 and acquainted with grief, 00:06:53.300 --> 00:06:53.900 and as one 00:06:53.900 --> 00:06:54.480 from whom men 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:55.360 hide their faces, 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:56.980 he was despised, 00:06:57.500 --> 00:06:58.920 and we esteem him not. 00:07:02.820 --> 00:07:03.420 You know, 00:07:03.440 --> 00:07:03.960 in our suffering, 00:07:04.060 --> 00:07:05.060 we can often feel 00:07:05.060 --> 00:07:05.780 like God 00:07:05.780 --> 00:07:06.680 is very far away, 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:09.060 but tonight, 00:07:10.220 --> 00:07:11.240 behold the man. 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:14.360 in your suffering, 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:15.939 God is not far away. 00:07:17.340 --> 00:07:17.740 In fact, 00:07:17.860 --> 00:07:18.939 Jesus is closer 00:07:18.939 --> 00:07:19.660 to you there 00:07:19.660 --> 00:07:21.160 perhaps than ever before, 00:07:21.620 --> 00:07:22.759 like the friend 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:23.780 that sticks closer 00:07:23.780 --> 00:07:25.199 than a brother or sister. 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:28.180 So did you bring 00:07:28.180 --> 00:07:28.680 any sorrow 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:29.379 with you tonight? 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:32.100 How heavy 00:07:32.100 --> 00:07:33.319 does it weigh upon you? 00:07:34.860 --> 00:07:35.540 The gnawing ache 00:07:35.540 --> 00:07:36.180 of being alone 00:07:36.180 --> 00:07:36.920 or being forgotten 00:07:36.920 --> 00:07:37.579 by friends, 00:07:37.579 --> 00:07:39.339 the shame 00:07:39.339 --> 00:07:40.620 of public humiliation 00:07:40.620 --> 00:07:42.659 or wrongful accusations, 00:07:43.539 --> 00:07:45.479 the physical pain 00:07:45.479 --> 00:07:46.519 of old age 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:47.699 or perhaps 00:07:47.699 --> 00:07:49.139 chronic illness 00:07:49.139 --> 00:07:49.599 when you 00:07:49.599 --> 00:07:50.579 should still feel 00:07:50.579 --> 00:07:51.240 so young. 00:07:51.500 --> 00:07:52.120 Do you bring 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:52.860 any sorrow 00:07:52.860 --> 00:07:53.740 with you tonight? 00:07:55.019 --> 00:07:56.060 If so, 00:07:57.240 --> 00:07:58.000 behold the man. 00:07:59.579 --> 00:08:00.659 Do you see 00:08:00.659 --> 00:08:01.740 in the crucified Jesus 00:08:01.740 --> 00:08:02.259 a God 00:08:02.259 --> 00:08:02.959 who can indeed 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:03.740 sympathize 00:08:03.740 --> 00:08:05.120 with all your weaknesses 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:06.439 and who willingly 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:07.199 came down 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:08.180 to be with you 00:08:08.180 --> 00:08:09.019 not just 00:08:09.019 --> 00:08:10.100 in your joys 00:08:10.100 --> 00:08:10.699 but even 00:08:10.699 --> 00:08:11.699 in your sorrows? 00:08:14.620 --> 00:08:15.420 There's comfort 00:08:15.420 --> 00:08:16.399 here for the afflicted, 00:08:17.340 --> 00:08:17.879 a God 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:18.920 who not only sees 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:19.879 but who shares 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:20.699 our suffering. 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:23.500 So can you see 00:08:23.500 --> 00:08:24.980 in his wounds 00:08:24.980 --> 00:08:26.420 your own? 00:08:27.780 --> 00:08:28.699 And will you draw 00:08:28.699 --> 00:08:29.699 near to him tonight 00:08:29.699 --> 00:08:31.879 to find his presence 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:32.639 in the midst of it? 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:36.159 Johnny Erickson Tata 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:37.019 was paralyzed 00:08:37.019 --> 00:08:38.080 at the age of 17 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:39.259 in a diving accident 00:08:39.259 --> 00:08:40.639 and she recounts 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:41.439 in her autobiography 00:08:41.439 --> 00:08:42.379 how she wrestled 00:08:42.379 --> 00:08:43.819 in those early years 00:08:43.819 --> 00:08:44.460 with anger 00:08:44.460 --> 00:08:45.259 and depression 00:08:45.259 --> 00:08:47.179 and even suicidal thoughts 00:08:47.179 --> 00:08:48.299 and religious doubts. 00:08:49.199 --> 00:08:50.600 But she also writes this. 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:51.319 She says, 00:08:51.379 --> 00:08:51.960 I discovered 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:54.100 that the Lord Jesus Christ 00:08:54.100 --> 00:08:54.860 could indeed 00:08:54.860 --> 00:08:56.039 empathize 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:57.159 with my situation 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:59.220 on the cross 00:08:59.220 --> 00:09:00.519 for those agonizing 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:01.559 horrible hours 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:03.399 waiting for death. 00:09:03.719 --> 00:09:05.379 Jesus was immobilized, 00:09:05.819 --> 00:09:06.159 helpless, 00:09:07.059 --> 00:09:07.379 paralyzed. 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:09.919 Jesus did 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:11.139 know what it was like 00:09:11.139 --> 00:09:12.259 not to be able 00:09:12.259 --> 00:09:12.799 to move, 00:09:13.339 --> 00:09:13.979 not to be able 00:09:13.979 --> 00:09:15.019 to scratch your nose, 00:09:15.299 --> 00:09:15.899 shift your weight, 00:09:16.339 --> 00:09:17.059 wipe your eyes. 00:09:17.500 --> 00:09:18.519 He was paralyzed 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:19.319 on the cross. 00:09:20.439 --> 00:09:21.019 Christ knew 00:09:21.019 --> 00:09:21.839 exactly 00:09:21.839 --> 00:09:23.099 how I felt. 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:26.319 Same is true 00:09:26.319 --> 00:09:27.000 for you, friend. 00:09:27.839 --> 00:09:29.219 If you will behold 00:09:29.219 --> 00:09:30.439 Jesus long enough, 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:31.960 you will see 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:32.780 that he has shared 00:09:32.780 --> 00:09:33.960 your suffering too 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:35.940 and that will give you 00:09:35.940 --> 00:09:36.780 strength and comfort 00:09:36.780 --> 00:09:38.100 even in the darkest moments. 00:09:40.620 --> 00:09:41.460 But there's more 00:09:41.460 --> 00:09:42.060 to see here. 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:44.320 As we behold 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:45.080 Jesus, 00:09:45.300 --> 00:09:46.340 the crucified one, 00:09:47.040 --> 00:09:47.980 we see that he is 00:09:47.980 --> 00:09:49.780 not just a real man 00:09:49.780 --> 00:09:50.760 sharing the sorrows 00:09:50.760 --> 00:09:51.700 of our humanness, 00:09:52.700 --> 00:09:53.940 but Jesus is also 00:09:53.940 --> 00:09:55.480 the representative 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:56.400 man, 00:09:57.020 --> 00:09:59.420 the truly human one. 00:09:59.419 --> 00:10:01.199 who can stand 00:10:01.199 --> 00:10:01.679 in the place 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:02.659 not just of suffering 00:10:02.659 --> 00:10:03.679 humans like you and me, 00:10:03.979 --> 00:10:05.339 but of sinful humans 00:10:05.339 --> 00:10:06.360 like you and me. 00:10:09.019 --> 00:10:10.000 Consider the charges 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:10.979 being leveled at Jesus 00:10:10.979 --> 00:10:12.120 here as we've read 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:12.819 this passage. 00:10:13.379 --> 00:10:14.139 On the one hand, 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:14.779 he's being charged 00:10:14.779 --> 00:10:15.479 with blasphemy. 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:17.659 He's made himself 00:10:17.659 --> 00:10:18.539 the son of God, 00:10:18.620 --> 00:10:19.059 they say. 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:21.679 And on the other hand, 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:22.519 he's being charged 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:24.059 with political treason. 00:10:24.939 --> 00:10:26.500 He claims to be a king, 00:10:26.500 --> 00:10:28.419 but we have no king 00:10:28.419 --> 00:10:28.960 but Caesar. 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:30.899 What a sad moment 00:10:30.899 --> 00:10:32.360 in the gospel narratives. 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:35.600 Of course, 00:10:35.659 --> 00:10:36.299 Jesus is guilty 00:10:36.299 --> 00:10:37.159 of none of these things. 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:39.159 He is the son of God 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:40.679 and he is the world's 00:10:40.679 --> 00:10:41.360 rightful king. 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:43.720 So what's going on here 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:45.120 in this moment? 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:46.120 Is this just some 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:47.580 tragic accident? 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:48.480 Is this just simply 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:50.139 a miscarriage of justice 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:51.500 before a kangaroo court? 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:52.059 No. 00:10:55.940 --> 00:10:57.200 At a much deeper level, 00:10:57.340 --> 00:10:57.919 Jesus here 00:10:57.919 --> 00:10:59.360 is stepping under 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:00.259 the sentence, 00:11:00.820 --> 00:11:01.799 the condemnation, 00:11:02.419 --> 00:11:04.000 not that he deserves, 00:11:05.139 --> 00:11:06.440 but that we deserve. 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:10.000 Because consider, 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:11.440 consider these charges 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:12.259 of blasphemy 00:11:12.259 --> 00:11:12.899 and treason. 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:15.519 Have we not all 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:16.840 in our own way 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:18.059 put ourselves 00:11:18.059 --> 00:11:19.000 in the place of God 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:21.419 and committed 00:11:21.419 --> 00:11:22.360 cosmic treason 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:24.500 as we seek 00:11:24.500 --> 00:11:25.460 to live our own way, 00:11:26.299 --> 00:11:27.039 ignoring the God 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:27.700 who made us 00:11:27.700 --> 00:11:28.940 in the world 00:11:28.940 --> 00:11:30.059 that God has made? 00:11:32.860 --> 00:11:33.759 And in this, 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:34.820 are we not following 00:11:34.820 --> 00:11:35.820 in the steps of Adam, 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:37.159 the first human? 00:11:38.299 --> 00:11:39.120 Remember what we read 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:39.840 earlier from the book 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:40.279 of Romans? 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:41.840 Just as sin came 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:42.360 into the world 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:43.659 through one man 00:11:43.659 --> 00:11:45.379 and death through sin, 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:46.919 so death spread 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:47.779 to all men, 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:48.679 to all people, 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:50.340 because all sinned. 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:53.460 And one man, Adam, 00:11:53.659 --> 00:11:55.039 all humanity fell 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:56.860 and none could 00:11:56.860 --> 00:11:57.500 right the wrong. 00:11:57.700 --> 00:11:58.960 We all stood condemned 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:01.379 until Jesus, 00:12:02.419 --> 00:12:03.919 the second Adam, 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:05.620 the new human, 00:12:06.620 --> 00:12:07.919 the second Adam 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:08.559 who would undo 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:09.559 the first Adam's sin, 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:10.440 the righteous one 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:11.820 who would pay the penalty 00:12:11.820 --> 00:12:12.860 for the unrighteous. 00:12:14.259 --> 00:12:15.799 Again, as Romans 5 says, 00:12:15.899 --> 00:12:16.820 if many died 00:12:16.820 --> 00:12:18.539 through one man's trespass, 00:12:18.539 --> 00:12:19.659 how much more 00:12:19.659 --> 00:12:21.139 have the grace of God 00:12:21.139 --> 00:12:22.599 and the free gift 00:12:22.599 --> 00:12:23.659 by the grace 00:12:23.659 --> 00:12:25.059 of that one man, 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:25.899 Jesus Christ, 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:27.439 abounded for the many. 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:28.819 Behold, 00:12:29.699 --> 00:12:30.299 the man. 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:35.439 As Tyler mentioned, 00:12:35.539 --> 00:12:36.679 this is why we call this day 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:37.779 Good Friday. 00:12:38.779 --> 00:12:40.279 Because on this day, 00:12:40.959 --> 00:12:41.719 our King 00:12:41.719 --> 00:12:43.240 released us 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:44.679 from the guilt of sin 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:46.079 and the sentence 00:12:46.079 --> 00:12:46.620 of death. 00:12:48.899 --> 00:12:49.599 So friend, 00:12:49.659 --> 00:12:50.179 do you bring 00:12:50.179 --> 00:12:52.139 not just sorrows 00:12:52.139 --> 00:12:52.839 with you tonight, 00:12:53.339 --> 00:12:54.179 but do you bring 00:12:54.179 --> 00:12:54.739 your sins? 00:12:56.319 --> 00:12:57.379 Do you bring the guilt 00:12:57.379 --> 00:12:58.539 of having fallen short 00:12:58.539 --> 00:13:00.679 of your own standards, 00:13:01.219 --> 00:13:02.079 of God's standard? 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:07.400 Do you bring with you 00:13:07.400 --> 00:13:08.500 that weight 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:09.900 of a heavy conscience? 00:13:10.780 --> 00:13:11.720 Not just 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:12.520 because you've hurt 00:13:12.520 --> 00:13:13.560 the people around you, 00:13:14.420 --> 00:13:16.800 but because you know 00:13:16.800 --> 00:13:17.620 you've broken fellowship 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:18.379 with your God. 00:13:20.300 --> 00:13:21.240 If so, friend, 00:13:21.300 --> 00:13:22.160 then hear the good news 00:13:22.160 --> 00:13:23.900 that Jesus 00:13:23.900 --> 00:13:25.460 has released us 00:13:25.460 --> 00:13:26.600 from the guilt of sin 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:27.580 and the sentence of death. 00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:28.860 And how did he do it? 00:13:28.860 --> 00:13:30.600 Not by ignoring 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:31.600 or making light 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:32.620 of our blasphemy 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:33.659 and our treason. 00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:35.340 Not by minimizing 00:13:35.340 --> 00:13:36.000 the holiness 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:37.180 and goodness of God. 00:13:37.680 --> 00:13:38.580 No, he lifts 00:13:38.580 --> 00:13:39.379 this sentence 00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:41.060 by taking it 00:13:41.060 --> 00:13:42.779 in our place. 00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:45.139 By representing us 00:13:45.139 --> 00:13:47.039 and by representing 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:47.960 all who would ever 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:48.680 trust in him. 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:50.840 The King dies 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:52.860 so that we might live. 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:56.899 So when you behold 00:13:56.899 --> 00:13:57.500 Jesus tonight, 00:13:57.580 --> 00:13:58.100 what do you see? 00:13:59.120 --> 00:13:59.539 Tonight, 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:00.460 will you look at him 00:14:00.460 --> 00:14:01.700 with fresh eyes, 00:14:01.800 --> 00:14:02.860 with eyes of faith, 00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:04.360 with eyes of trust? 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:05.440 You know, 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:06.340 perhaps like Pilate, 00:14:06.560 --> 00:14:07.379 perhaps like Pilate, 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:07.899 you haven't really 00:14:07.899 --> 00:14:08.539 given much thought 00:14:08.539 --> 00:14:09.019 to Jesus. 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:10.600 Maybe just another 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:11.820 religious leader, 00:14:11.940 --> 00:14:12.779 just another teacher. 00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:13.899 What's the big deal? 00:14:15.800 --> 00:14:16.539 But tonight, 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:18.240 would you behold him 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:18.720 differently? 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:21.779 See in his wounds 00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:23.000 your wounds. 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:25.320 See in his death 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:26.680 your death. 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:29.779 See in this man 00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:31.399 the God who made you, 00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:32.819 who loves you, 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:34.759 and who took on flesh 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:35.439 to redeem you 00:14:35.439 --> 00:14:36.299 from sin and death 00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:37.419 and to give you 00:14:37.419 --> 00:14:37.939 new life. 00:14:40.719 --> 00:14:41.500 We're going to sing 00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:42.339 a song together 00:14:42.339 --> 00:14:43.259 called, 00:14:43.359 --> 00:14:43.959 When I Survey 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:45.139 the Wondrous Cross. 00:14:45.139 --> 00:14:47.080 And the last verse 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:47.759 says this, 00:14:48.820 --> 00:14:49.639 Were the whole realm 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:50.500 of nature mine, 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.560 that were an offering 00:14:52.560 --> 00:14:53.620 far too small. 00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:55.780 Love so amazing, 00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:56.879 so divine, 00:14:57.500 --> 00:14:58.660 demands my soul, 00:14:59.120 --> 00:14:59.740 my life, 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:00.780 my all. 00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:04.199 make those words 00:15:04.199 --> 00:15:05.059 your prayer tonight. 00:15:05.899 --> 00:15:06.600 Give to Jesus 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:07.199 your soul, 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:08.120 your life, 00:15:08.620 --> 00:15:09.019 your all. 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:11.439 Let's pray together. 00:15:13.179 --> 00:15:13.659 Father, 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:14.240 help us 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:16.059 to behold in Jesus 00:15:16.059 --> 00:15:17.439 not just the one 00:15:17.439 --> 00:15:17.919 who shares 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:18.759 our sufferings, 00:15:19.299 --> 00:15:20.399 but the one 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:21.179 whose sacrifice 00:15:21.179 --> 00:15:22.279 forgives our sins 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:24.139 and makes peace. 00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:27.000 and may we live 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:28.000 tonight 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:29.299 and going forward 00:15:29.299 --> 00:15:30.759 in the peace, 00:15:31.659 --> 00:15:32.100 joy, 00:15:32.699 --> 00:15:33.519 and righteousness 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:35.080 that Jesus gives 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:36.019 through the Holy Spirit. 00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:37.120 Amen.