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 So as we see here, as he's there, and the Lamb without spot, without blemish was to be chosen.

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 But on Palm Sunday, we see that the very Lamb of God entered the city of Jerusalem.

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 The one that is the Passover Lamb.

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 John the Baptist made this statement, the Lamb of God, the one that takes away the sin of the world.

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 I mean, he made that declaration at the beginning of Jesus' ministry.

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 And a few days before where we're looking here, we know that Jesus entered into the city of Jerusalem

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 with a triumphal entry and all that was there.

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 And it was for what lay ahead, it was Jesus' purpose for that he came into the world.

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 You know, when he entered Jerusalem, he was there because he had his face set to go.

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 Because he knew what was going to take place.

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 You know, the one thing we always have to keep in mind is the crucifixion did not catch Jesus off guard.

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 And Jesus knew.

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 But if you found Mark chapter 15, let's look here this morning.

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 We'll read a couple of verses here.

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 Then we'll get into our text for the sake of time here this morning.

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 But you want to stand together for the honor of reading of the Word of God.

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 And we'll look down at verses, let's read two verses this morning, verses 15 and 16.

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 And then we'll cover some others as we go through the text here this morning.

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 And it says,

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father, as we come before you this morning, Lord, as we look at this text,

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 the reality of what you've done for us and how you were brought to that point.

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 Lord, the events leading up to it.

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 Lord, nothing that surprised you along the way.

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 But Lord, you had a purpose.

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 You had a direction and an intention when you went to the cross that day.

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 You knew even the day you entered Jerusalem for that time,

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 you knew what was going to take place from that point forward.

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 Lord, we pray just to have your hand upon each heart, each life here today,

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 that we might not take that for granted.

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 We might not take it lightly.

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 The reality of what you've done for us, that we might be redeemed.

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 Lord, that we might become a child of God.

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 And Lord, we ask it all in your precious name.

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 Amen.

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 May we be seated.

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 You know, as we see here, as Jesus had entered in,

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 and we know that he entered in Sunday, went back,

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 and he came back on Monday,

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 and we find that he cleansed the temple and all the things that were there.

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 You know, he was purifying, getting the leaven out.

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 You know, you see all the pictures of the Passover in this week.

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 You see all those elements laying out as Jesus is then questioned.

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 He's examined.

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 You know, is he who he says he is?

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 We know that he met many times every day in the temple,

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 and he was conversing with them.

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 But I want you to understand that Jesus knew exactly what was going to take place.

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 You know, Mark chapter 10, on their way to Jerusalem this time,

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 they went every time in Jesus' ministry.

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 Jesus didn't miss going to Jerusalem for the festivals.

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 As a matter of fact, the Bible says it was his custom.

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 It's something he always did.

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 It was something that he never missed.

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 And we find here, just again, he heads that same direction,

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 but this time is different.

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 And with his disciples, he says,

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 saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem,

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 and the Son of Man shall be what?

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 Delivered unto the chief priests and unto the scribes.

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 And they shall do what?

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 Condemn him to death.

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 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles.

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 And they shall mock him.

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 And they shall scourge him.

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 And they shall spit on him.

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 And they shall kill him.

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 And the third day he shall rise again.

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 I want you to see here,

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 Jesus told his disciples exactly what was going to take place.

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 There was nothing that Jesus didn't already know was going to take place,

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 as we're going to look here this morning.

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 As the horrible things that men did to him

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 was nothing that caught him off guard.

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 He knew exactly when he entered that day,

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 what was going to take place.

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 He knew what was needed.

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 He knew what was required.

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 But you know, the good part is,

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 he knew what the outcome was going to be.

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 He knew why he was there.

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 He knew what he was going to do for others.

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 Because it was nothing was a surprise.

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 He knew those things.

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 He knew.

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 But you know, the most important thing is he chose to go.

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 Have you ever noticed sometimes in life,

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 if we know something,

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 especially if something's bad,

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 we kind of want to delay.

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 We want to hold off and say,

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 well, maybe somebody will change their mind.

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 I want you to understand,

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 Jesus didn't hesitate to go.

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 The Bible tells us he set his face towards Jerusalem.

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 That's a phrase that means he went with intention.

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 In other words,

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 even knowing what was going to happen,

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 he went and said,

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 I don't care.

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 There's a purpose.

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 There's a cause.

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 There's a reason.

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 Because there's people that I love that need a Savior.

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 The Bible tells us that Jesus commended his love towards us,

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 and while we're yet sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 When we see what takes place,

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 and he knew what was going to happen there,

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 and I want you to understand,

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 it wasn't a death wish.

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 Some people try to play it out like Jesus had a death wish,

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 trying to do things.

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 Sometimes people try to become famous different ways.

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 I want you to understand,

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 that's not what happened.

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 This is something that was set in place

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 from the foundation of the world.

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 It tells us in Ephesians chapter 1.

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 And we understand what's happening,

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 and even throughout the Scripture,

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 you'll find that God foretold what was going to happen.

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 One of the passages of Scripture in the Old Testament this morning,

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 that this time of year is a good time to read through,

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 is Isaiah 53.

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 Isaiah 53, that whole chapter talks about Jesus.

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 It's a chapter in the Bible you'll find Jews stumble over.

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 Because they understand it's talking about their Messiah,

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 but it's not the Messiah they were looking for.

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 It's not the one that they wanted,

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 but it's the one God foretold,

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 and understood, wanted them to know.

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 You know, in verse 5 of Isaiah 53,

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 it says,

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 I want you to understand,

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 that's a powerful passage

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 that describes exactly

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 what Christ was doing.

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 He understood the cost,

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 and there was a great cost to go to the cross.

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 As we're going to look here this morning,

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 the brutality that Christ faced,

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 it's hard to describe

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 to understand what took place.

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 And when we see this,

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 you know, Peter describes it this way

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 in 1 Peter 3,

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 it says,

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 Christ also hath once suffered for sins,

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 the just for the unjust,

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 that He might do what?

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 Bring us to God,

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 being put to death in the flesh,

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 but quickened by the Spirit.

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 You know, Jesus went there

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 because He wanted to bring

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 you and I to God.

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 He wants to bring your neighbor to God.

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 He wants to bring people

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 on the other side of the world to Him.

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 Everything He did

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 was for the sake of people.

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 That was His purpose.

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 That was His intention.

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 And here Jesus is,

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 He's coming,

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 He's about to finish

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 what He had come to accomplish.

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 You know,

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 I want you to understand that.

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 Of all the brutality,

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 all the things you could describe

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 when it comes to the cross

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 and the death of Jesus,

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 that Jesus did it

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 because He went,

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 because He knew

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 what was required

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 to accomplish what was needed.

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 He gave His life

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 that it might be

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 a sacrifice for our sin.

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 So as we look here this morning,

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 I want you to see here

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 that as Jesus was there,

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 He came to accomplish those things,

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 and that was to take sin

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 upon Himself,

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 my sin and your sin.

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 And He knew

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 that was going to take place

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 on the way to the cross.

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 But we're going to see this morning,

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 Jesus has now taken

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 those steps to the cross.

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 Not just figuratively,

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 but literally.

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 As we're going to see here

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 this morning

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 as they put that beam

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 upon His shoulders

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 to carry,

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 to walk to the place

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 that He was going to be crucified.

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 You know,

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 we see here

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 that Pilate had attempted,

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 we learned last week,

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 that Pilate didn't want Jesus.

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 He didn't understand

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 Jesus was innocent.

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 You know,

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 He declared

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 that He found no fault in Him,

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 which is the exact picture

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 that we see

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 as the Passover Lamb,

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 the one without spot

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 or blemish.

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 The one whose blood

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 was good to cover the death

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 and to cover the price of sin.

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 Pilate attempted

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 to release Jesus

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 to no avail.

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 All they did was cry more.

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 If you remember,

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 crucify Him,

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 crucify Him.

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 So Pilate here this morning

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 we're going to see

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 condemns an innocent man to die.

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 That's an atrocity to itself

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 when you consider

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 here's one that knows

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 somebody's innocent

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 and says,

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 I'm going to condemn you

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 to death anyway.

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 We're going to see here

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 He takes

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 and condemns

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 an innocent man.

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 No valid charge

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 against Him,

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 but now Jesus

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 is going to step

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 towards the cross.

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 Notice here

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 in verse 15,

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 and so Pilate

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 willing to content

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 the people

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 released Barabbas

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 Son to them

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 and delivered Jesus

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 when He had scourged

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 Him to be crucified.

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 Here we see

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 the Savior is condemned.

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 You know,

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 I want you to see

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 as Jesus

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 was released

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 into the custody

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 of the soldiers

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 who led Him away

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 to the courtyard

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 as the soldiers,

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 the others,

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 were called together

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 because they were

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 going to do something,

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 they were going to play

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 what we might think

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 is a very cruel game.

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 This is something

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 the soldiers

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 often would do.

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 The historians tell us

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 that they would take

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 a condemned prisoner

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 and they would do

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 atrocities

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 and brutality.

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 But we're going to see here

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 they mock,

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 they're going to mock Him,

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 they're going to beat Him,

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 we're going to see

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 all that takes place.

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 They went into the courtyard

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 and the scourging

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 would have commenced.

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 That alone

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 would have been

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 a brutal beating,

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 ripping flesh

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 and bone

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 from your body.

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 They complete the scourging

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 and they take

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 and they sit Him down

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 and they put a robe

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 upon Him.

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 Here's some men

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 that had no compassion

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 for the one

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 that stood before them.

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 Here's Jesus' back

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 is bloody

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 and bleeding

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 and His face

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 is barely recognizable

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 from the beating

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 that He had taken

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 as His blood

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 runs under the floor

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 from the scourging

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 that had taken place.

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 They confront

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 the whole band

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 that had gathered together

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 so what do they do?

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 They take off

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 His clothes,

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 put a purple robe

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 upon Him

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 which would have been

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 a faded Roman garment.

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 They take a crown

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 of thorns

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 and place it

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 upon His head.

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 Now I want you

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 to understand

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 that the thorns

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 they're talking about

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 are not the thorns

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 that you find

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 on your common rose bush

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 in America.

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 Those are bad enough.

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 The thorns

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 they would have had

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 would have been

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 well over an inch long.

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 It would have been

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 woven into a crown

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 that would have been

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 placed on His head

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 and it says

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 they took a reed

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 and started to smack Him

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 on the head

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 driving Him in.

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 Mocking Him.

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 The soldiers could do

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 what they desired.

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 Their only limitation

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 on the soldiers

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 was Jesus had to be alive

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 when they walked Him

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 up the hill.

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 They'd heard about

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 the charge of Him

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 being King

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 so they wanted

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 to mock Him

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 about it.

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 Hail,

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 King of the Jews!

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 You'll notice

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 what it tells them

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 here in verse 18.

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 It says,

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 And He began

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 to salute Him.

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 Hail,

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 King of the Jews!

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 And they smote Him

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 on the head

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 with a reed

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 and did spit on Him

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 and bow their knees

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 and worshipped Him.

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 And when they had

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 mocked Him

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 they took off

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 the purple from Him

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 and put on His own clothes

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 on Him

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 and led Him out

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 to be crucified.

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 I want you to see

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 this picture this morning

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 as Jesus is

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 on His way

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 to the cross.

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 You have a group

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 of people

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 who mock

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 worshipping Jesus.

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 You might say

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 they understood

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 the actions

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 that were supposed

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 to be.

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 They were saying

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 the things

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 that you might say

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 were the right things.

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 Hail,

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 Jesus,

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 King!

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 But you know,

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 you can say

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 the right thing

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 and have the wrong heart

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 and it becomes mocking.

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 The mocking

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 of who Jesus is,

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 you know,

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 is something

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 that still continues

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 today

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 because we have

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 a world

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 that speaks

00:13:25.079 --> 00:13:25.879
 about Jesus.

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 We have a world

00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:27.480
 that says

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 we openly

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 want to worship

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 Jesus

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 but they do nothing

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 towards really

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 understanding

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 who Jesus is.

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 He is nothing

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 but just a commodity

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 that they use

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 or they move.

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 Something they can

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 play a game

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 because there's no love,

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 there's no desire

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 to live for Him.

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 They don't care

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 about His word,

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 His will.

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 They don't care

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 about His ways.

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 You know,

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 the Bible talks

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 about that very clearly.

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 It says that they,

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 it talks about their lips.

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 Isaiah 29,

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 verse 13,

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 it says,

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 Wherefore the Lord

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 said,

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 For as much

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 as this people

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 draw near to me

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 with their mouth

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 and with their lips

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 do honor me

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 but have removed

00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:07.960
 their heart

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 far from me

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 and their fear

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 toward me

00:14:11.059 --> 00:14:11.779
 is taught

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 by the precept

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 of men.

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 In other words,

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 it's artificial.

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 Today we have a lot

00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:18.799
 of artificial religion

00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:20.480
 that put Jesus up

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 and say,

00:14:21.379 --> 00:14:21.759
 Jesus,

00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:22.039
 yeah,

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 we'll recognize Him

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 but we want to do

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 our own thing.

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 We can come together

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 and say all the right things

00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:30.700
 but we don't care

00:14:30.700 --> 00:14:31.440
 about Jesus

00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:32.440
 when it comes

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 to our life.

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 You know what?

00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:34.740
 People are no different

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 than the soldiers.

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 You know,

00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:36.480
 there's people

00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:37.419
 who come to church

00:14:37.419 --> 00:14:38.700
 to claim that they know Him

00:14:38.700 --> 00:14:39.820
 by their words

00:14:39.820 --> 00:14:41.019
 but will not truly

00:14:41.019 --> 00:14:41.720
 come to Him

00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:42.360
 in faith.

00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:44.000
 You know,

00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:44.960
 people might feel

00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:45.539
 the conviction

00:14:45.539 --> 00:14:46.659
 of the Holy Spirit

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 and say,

00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:49.000
 I can't make that decision.

00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:50.759
 They refuse

00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:51.919
 to listen

00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:52.799
 to what God

00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:53.379
 is working

00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:54.139
 in their heart.

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 They know

00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:56.940
 that they're

00:14:56.940 --> 00:14:59.720
 far from God.

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 They know their life,

00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:01.500
 their heart

00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:02.879
 testifies to them

00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:04.100
 that there's a problem

00:15:04.100 --> 00:15:05.179
 but yet they won't

00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:05.940
 turn to Him.

00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:08.240
 They come

00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:09.120
 and they feel good

00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:09.879
 because they've set

00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:10.960
 their time in church.

00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:12.039
 I've got my duty

00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:12.639
 checked off

00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:13.139
 for the week.

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 It looks good

00:15:15.580 --> 00:15:16.279
 to everybody.

00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:16.820
 You know,

00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.620
 we see that they

00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:18.580
 fail to turn

00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:19.180
 and submit

00:15:19.180 --> 00:15:20.240
 to His will

00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:21.220
 instead of their own.

00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:21.660
 You know,

00:15:21.680 --> 00:15:22.980
 the reality of that

00:15:22.980 --> 00:15:23.759
 is so clear.

00:15:24.280 --> 00:15:24.980
 When it comes

00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:25.720
 to the soldiers

00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:26.400
 and the treatment

00:15:26.400 --> 00:15:27.040
 of Jesus,

00:15:27.040 --> 00:15:27.900
 we can see

00:15:27.900 --> 00:15:29.040
 something else

00:15:29.040 --> 00:15:30.120
 very important though

00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:30.840
 because even though

00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:31.540
 they treated Him

00:15:31.540 --> 00:15:32.200
 like this,

00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:34.980
 we see a great picture

00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:35.500
 through this

00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:36.220
 that we could talk,

00:15:36.340 --> 00:15:37.080
 spend much time

00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:37.580
 but I want you

00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:38.100
 to point out

00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:39.440
 of God's grace

00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:40.020
 and mercy.

00:15:42.040 --> 00:15:43.100
 Here's the creator

00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:43.900
 of the universe

00:15:43.900 --> 00:15:45.240
 being beaten

00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:46.000
 and bruised

00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:46.680
 and mocked

00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:47.420
 and spit on

00:15:47.420 --> 00:15:47.820
 and hit

00:15:47.820 --> 00:15:48.420
 and all He

00:15:48.420 --> 00:15:48.940
 had to do

00:15:48.940 --> 00:15:49.480
 was say,

00:15:49.640 --> 00:15:50.620
 take them out.

00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:51.900
 He had the authority

00:15:51.900 --> 00:15:54.379
 to call 10,000 angels

00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:55.540
 to just destroy

00:15:55.540 --> 00:15:56.200
 everything.

00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:57.440
 If you have any question

00:15:57.440 --> 00:15:58.520
 what that might look like,

00:15:58.560 --> 00:15:59.600
 you can read in the Old Testament,

00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:00.500
 one angel's pretty

00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:02.840
 good thing to contest with.

00:16:03.060 --> 00:16:04.460
 10,000 would be devastating.

00:16:04.460 --> 00:16:05.780
 And here's Jesus

00:16:05.780 --> 00:16:07.420
 and He's taking

00:16:07.420 --> 00:16:08.920
 the onslaught

00:16:08.920 --> 00:16:09.700
 of abuse

00:16:09.700 --> 00:16:10.879
 not to make Himself

00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:11.720
 look good

00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:12.879
 but for my benefit

00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.540
 and yours.

00:16:13.780 --> 00:16:14.759
 Turn over to 2 Corinthians

00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:15.500
 for a moment.

00:16:17.040 --> 00:16:18.580
 2 Corinthians chapter 5

00:16:18.580 --> 00:16:19.080
 because

00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:21.060
 I want you to understand

00:16:21.060 --> 00:16:22.120
 what's happening here.

00:16:22.400 --> 00:16:23.840
 2 Corinthians chapter 5

00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:24.300
 it says,

00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:25.920
 For He hath made Him

00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:27.179
 to be sin for us

00:16:27.179 --> 00:16:28.899
 who knew no sin.

00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:31.559
 That we might be made

00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:32.279
 the righteousness

00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:33.479
 of God in Him.

00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:35.860
 I want you to understand

00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:36.339
 this morning

00:16:36.339 --> 00:16:37.500
 the wages of sin

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.079
 is death.

00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:39.379
 Jesus took

00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:40.179
 my sin

00:16:40.179 --> 00:16:41.019
 and your sin

00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:41.579
 that day.

00:16:41.579 --> 00:16:42.839
 He did everything

00:16:42.839 --> 00:16:43.839
 that was needed.

00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:47.639
 He took our punishment

00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:48.799
 upon Himself.

00:16:49.299 --> 00:16:50.599
 He became sin

00:16:50.599 --> 00:16:51.659
 for us.

00:16:51.939 --> 00:16:53.039
 That literally means

00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:54.579
 He took upon Himself

00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:55.800
 the penalty

00:16:55.800 --> 00:16:57.120
 associated with it.

00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:58.480
 That day on the cross

00:16:58.480 --> 00:16:59.379
 I want you to understand

00:16:59.379 --> 00:17:00.840
 Jesus was there

00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:02.800
 in your place.

00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:04.079
 What we find here

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:05.660
 is all this is taking place

00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:06.740
 the time has come

00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:08.579
 as Jesus begins

00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:09.200
 to walk

00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:10.860
 towards Calvary.

00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:13.340
 Look at the end

00:17:13.340 --> 00:17:14.160
 of verse 20

00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:15.420
 and it says

00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:16.319
 and they led Him out

00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:17.519
 to crucify Him.

00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:19.100
 Now the gospel accounts

00:17:19.100 --> 00:17:20.319
 really give us

00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:21.579
 a very light glimpse

00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:22.640
 into a lot of things

00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:23.019
 according

00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:24.259
 of what happened.

00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:25.460
 I want you to understand

00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:26.539
 there's a lot of details

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:27.200
 it leaves out

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:28.039
 but it's details

00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:28.519
 that aren't

00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.400
 the important part.

00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:32.019
 It gives us

00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.960
 the important parts.

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:36.140
 What's the important part

00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:37.059
 of what Jesus

00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:38.259
 was there to do?

00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:39.960
 What did Jesus accomplish?

00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:41.259
 Because we could spend

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:41.819
 a lot of time

00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:43.059
 talking about the brutality

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:44.400
 talking about all the things

00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:45.180
 that take place

00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:46.039
 but that's not

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.900
 the main point.

00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:47.900
 The main point

00:17:47.900 --> 00:17:48.839
 is you have a Savior

00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:49.740
 who loves you

00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:51.700
 and God wants you

00:17:51.700 --> 00:17:52.240
 to know

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:53.519
 what He's done for you.

00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.059
 He says

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 I want you to understand

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 what took place.

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 It wasn't the brutality

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 that took place.

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 It was that

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 I became sin

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 for you.

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 I took your sin

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 and put it upon

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 Him.

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 Jesus took it.

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 He paid for it.

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 He took the wages

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 of death

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 your wages

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 and paid for you.

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 That's the point

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 of the cross.

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 But the time

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 has come

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 for Him to go

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 because it still

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 needs to be accomplished.

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 You know

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 the weight of the cross

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 was heavy

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 as Jesus

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 would have been

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 exhausted.

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 I mean a lot of

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 this time

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 we've got to go back

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 and think about

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 He hadn't slept.

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 He's been up

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 over 24 hours

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 at this point.

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 It's almost

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 9 o'clock

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 the next morning.

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 He was up

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 all the day before

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 did all those things.

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 He walked.

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 He moved.

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 They had the last supper.

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 He had prayed

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 in the garden.

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 They had been arrested.

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 He had been beaten

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 and abused all night.

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 And now it's 9 a.m.

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 the next morning.

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 That doesn't sound

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 too enticing does it?

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 Just the fact

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 you've been up all night.

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 It used to not bother me

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 as much but I tell you what

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 I appreciate it more

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 now as I get older.

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 You know up all night

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 is not as near

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 what it was

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 when you're 20 years old.

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 You know 20

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 you can kind of

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 shrug it off

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 but you know

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 when you get to

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 my point in life

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 and above

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 it's like

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 this is hard.

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 It's hard if we haven't

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 had any of the things

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 that took place.

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 Jesus with the

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 dynamics that had happened

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 he came unto his own

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 and his own received him not.

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 Rejection.

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 The very one that came

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 to give life

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 is now being put to death.

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 It's interesting

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 that you find

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 in verse 21

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 this little

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 note in between

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 that they make mention of.

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 You have one Simon of Cyrene

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 you know.

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 What a person

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 to get

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 I mean

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 we think it's random

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 I don't think there's

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 anything random about it.

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 But I tell you what

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 you know

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 you find these individuals

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 in scripture

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 that suddenly just

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 pop out

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 that God makes note of.

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 I encourage you to study

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 some things with him

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 and his children

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 because notice

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 what it says

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 and they compel

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 one Simon of Cyrenean

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 who passed by

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 coming out of the country

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 the father of Alexander

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 and Rufus

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 to bear his cross.

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 One Simon of Cyrene

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 here's Jesus

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 is too weak

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 to carry the cross

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 and the Roman soldiers

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 compel him

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 to carry the burden.

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 Now I want you to understand

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 you get a lot of things

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 in our mind today

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 and we think

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 you know

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 we look at a cross

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 and we think of this picture.

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 When Jesus went

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 to the cross that day

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 the part he bore

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 was the beam

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 that was upon his shoulders.

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 That was the part

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 that they would take

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 and make the condemned

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 carry out.

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 It was a beam

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 he was going to be hung from

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 and here's this Simon

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 from a Greek city

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 in North Africa.

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 He's at the city

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 with his family

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 you know what that tells us?

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 Here's a man

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 that had come

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 why was he in Jerusalem?

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 It was Passover.

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 You know

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 we can make some assessments

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.559
 the Bible doesn't tell us

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 but you know

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 everything points to the fact

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 that Simon was a man

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 who did love God.

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 He wanted to honor God.

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 He was there

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 with his family.

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 It wasn't just a trip

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 across town.

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 They'd left

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 earlier

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 to get there

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 for the Passover

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 and here he is

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 he's coming out

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 of the country

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 you've got to remember

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 this is early in the morning

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 he's trying to figure out

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 what's happening

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 and a Roman soldier

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 takes him

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 and compels him.

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 Now that's an important word

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 in other words

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 Simon didn't say

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 hey Jesus

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 let me help you

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 I want you to understand

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 he was pulled

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 out of the crowd.

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 Roman soldiers

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 could compel anybody

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 to carry something

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 for at least a mile.

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 Remember Jesus said

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 if they ask you

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.880
 to go a mile

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 to go two

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 this is the same principle

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.440
 that Jesus

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 is talking about.

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 Simon didn't

00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:00.099
 it wasn't like

00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:01.180
 well I don't feel like it

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:02.380
 Simon had no choice

00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:04.680
 if he wanted to live

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:06.059
 but the Bible tells us

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:07.259
 that he took that burden

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:08.339
 and helped Jesus

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:10.000
 up to the place

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.859
 he was to be crucified.

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:12.480
 That day he was there

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.359
 with two children

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 it's interesting

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.299
 that Mark's gospel

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.039
 mentions them

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 you know

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.259
 when the Bible

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:19.119
 mentions people

00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:19.879
 by name

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.699
 it tells you

00:22:20.699 --> 00:22:21.299
 that the people

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.240
 it was written to

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 knew who they were.

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:26.079
 It wasn't just

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.799
 a stranger

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 that they were familiar with

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 when the Bible

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.519
 mentions a name

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.419
 it means the people

00:22:31.419 --> 00:22:32.359
 that it was originally

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:33.119
 written to

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:34.480
 understood who it is

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 because why would you

00:22:35.459 --> 00:22:36.459
 just make them generic

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.360
 when people know him.

00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:38.519
 We see his two sons

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:40.980
 Rufus and Alexander

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:43.160
 if you want to do

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:44.299
 a little interesting things

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:45.220
 you can take some time

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.420
 and notice it

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.539
 and look up this name

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:47.940
 Rufus

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.740
 it's mentioned a few

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.940
 other times in scripture

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:53.620
 and we find he's a man

00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:54.360
 that grew up

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:55.259
 to serve God.

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:57.079
 You can make a lot

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.980
 of speculation

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:59.840
 out of what may have

00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:00.640
 took in place

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.779
 but I want you to see

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:03.240
 that God used

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.819
 this event

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.860
 to change Simon

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.779
 and his family's

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.699
 trajectory forever.

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:08.319
 They came to the Passover

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:10.979
 and came face to face

00:23:10.979 --> 00:23:12.259
 with the Passover Lamb.

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.599
 1 Corinthians 5

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.299
 7 says

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.639
 for even Christ

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:16.479
 our Passover

00:23:16.479 --> 00:23:17.819
 is sacrificed

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:19.679
 for us.

00:23:19.919 --> 00:23:20.339
 You know today

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:20.919
 have you ever come

00:23:20.919 --> 00:23:21.939
 face to face

00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:22.759
 with the Lamb

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:25.219
 that is your Passover Lamb?

00:23:25.479 --> 00:23:26.479
 The one who took

00:23:26.479 --> 00:23:27.459
 and spilt his blood

00:23:27.459 --> 00:23:28.039
 for you.

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.519
 Have you ever been saved

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:32.139
 by grace

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:33.280
 and that you can come

00:23:33.280 --> 00:23:35.460
 and call upon him

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:36.160
 as your Savior?

00:23:37.800 --> 00:23:38.920
 To trust him

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.900
 for the salvation

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:41.800
 that your soul

00:23:41.800 --> 00:23:42.960
 requires

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:44.020
 that it needs.

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.860
 He can change

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.600
 your life

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.900
 and forever

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.860
 alter eternity.

00:23:50.120 --> 00:23:51.200
 I want you to understand

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.900
 the importance

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:53.420
 of that.

00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:55.759
 This passage

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.700
 goes on

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:56.880
 and

00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:58.340
 look here

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:59.160
 at verse 22

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.600
 here

00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.679
 and it says

00:24:00.679 --> 00:24:01.179
 they bring him

00:24:01.179 --> 00:24:01.879
 unto the place

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.659
 of Golgotha

00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:03.779
 which is being

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.219
 interpreted

00:24:04.219 --> 00:24:04.819
 the place

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.439
 of the skull

00:24:05.439 --> 00:24:07.059
 and they gave him

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.719
 to drink wine

00:24:07.719 --> 00:24:08.619
 mingled with myrrh

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.819
 but he received it not

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.619
 and when they

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:11.539
 had crucified him

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.599
 they parted his garments

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.519
 casting lots

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.480
 upon them

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.099
 and every man

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.659
 should take

00:24:15.659 --> 00:24:16.699
 and it was the third hour

00:24:16.699 --> 00:24:18.079
 and they crucified him

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:21.279
 and the superscription

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.419
 of the accusation

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:22.919
 was written

00:24:22.919 --> 00:24:23.619
 over the king

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.319
 of the Jews

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.500
 and with him

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.179
 they crucified

00:24:26.179 --> 00:24:27.019
 two thieves

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:28.259
 the one on his right hand

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.719
 and the other

00:24:28.719 --> 00:24:29.399
 on his left

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:30.480
 and the scripture

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.259
 was fulfilled

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.940
 which saith

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:33.280
 that he was numbered

00:24:33.280 --> 00:24:35.220
 with the transgressors

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:37.080
 I want you to see here

00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:37.700
 the site

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.840
 of the one crucified

00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:40.580
 with a label over it

00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:40.980
 that says

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:42.200
 king of the Jews

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:44.240
 all that's taking place

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.140
 and we find here

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.780
 is the place

00:24:45.780 --> 00:24:46.500
 of the skull

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:48.460
 located outside the city

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.019
 it was about

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:50.200
 the third hour

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.580
 of the day

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.759
 about 9 a.m.

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:54.340
 He's raised up

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:55.680
 that all may see

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.920
 him fulfilled

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.759
 the Bible says

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.960
 he fulfilled scripture

00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:00.819
 in Isaiah 53

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.819
 where it tells us

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 he was crucified

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 between the malefactors

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 we see here

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 this picture

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 it's all referring to it

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 but I want you to see

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:10.380
 something more important

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:11.360
 that Jesus said

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 about this moment

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 turn over to John chapter 3

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 quick this morning

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:16.880
 John 3

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 when Jesus

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:19.579
 is speaking to Nicodemus

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:22.319
 early in his ministry

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 it says

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 as Moses lifted up

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 the serpent

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 in the wilderness

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 even so

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 must the son of man

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 be lifted up

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 you can go back

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 and read your

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:31.259
 Old Testament account

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 I encourage you to do so

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 because you don't have time

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.279
 to go over that

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.779
 this morning

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 but the picture was

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 that they had

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:39.500
 the serpent on the pole

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 and they had to look

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.960
 and live

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 that's the picture

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.500
 you see

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 because notice

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.259
 what he says

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 the son of man

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 would be lifted up

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 that whosoever

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 believeth in him

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 should what

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.480
 not perish

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.559
 but have what

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.559
 eternal life

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:56.159
 Jesus was lifted up

00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:58.159
 that you might see

00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:59.279
 and recognize him

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 for who he is

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.940
 we could go into

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:02.240
 a lot of other prophecies

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.119
 that were fulfilled

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.759
 that day

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:05.039
 you know when you realize

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.879
 that that day

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.659
 on that hill

00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:08.460
 the death of Jesus

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 of Nazareth

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 and between

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.279
 the two seas

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:12.299
 were just business

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.960
 as usual

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.659
 for the crowd

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 there was nothing

00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:15.399
 unique to them

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:16.079
 it was a blip

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.059
 on the Roman radar

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 they didn't see

00:26:19.899 --> 00:26:20.700
 the significance

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.919
 in what was happening

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.680
 that day

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 but you know what

00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:26.519
 the news of Jesus' death

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.779
 made news in heaven

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.720
 the father

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 witnessed the death

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.900
 of the son

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 and he was

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:32.680
 satisfied

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.720
 sin's penalty

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.640
 had been paid

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:36.019
 sinners could be

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.680
 redeemed

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.860
 Jesus Christ

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.759
 opened the way

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.460
 to God

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.080
 that will never

00:26:40.080 --> 00:26:40.920
 be closed

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 now anyone

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.420
 who comes to him

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.539
 by faith

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.700
 trusting his death

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.420
 on the cross

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:48.400
 his death

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:49.779
 signifies our sin

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:51.360
 our own responsibility

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:52.319
 to our sin

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.179
 that Jesus said

00:26:53.179 --> 00:26:53.899
 I will take

00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:54.619
 for you

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.759
 if you recognize

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.679
 that you're a sinner

00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:57.559
 that needs a savior

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.759
 I want you to understand

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.639
 what Jesus did

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.059
 that day

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.719
 is sufficient

00:27:00.719 --> 00:27:01.639
 for everyone

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.719
 but I want you to understand

00:27:02.719 --> 00:27:03.759
 it's only efficient

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.779
 if it's used

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.599
 sufficient

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:09.339
 is an outstanding thought

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:10.959
 but unless it's applied

00:27:10.959 --> 00:27:11.899
 unless it's used

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.459
 personally

00:27:12.459 --> 00:27:14.899
 it does no good

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.419
 you know

00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:18.279
 it's like people

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.219
 you could have food

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.980
 in the refrigerator

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:21.000
 and starve to death

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.420
 if you choose

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.039
 not to eat it

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.819
 you know the reality

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.579
 is Jesus

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:25.360
 said I've satisfied

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:26.799
 I've completed

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:28.299
 everything that's required

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:30.180
 it's sufficient

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:31.079
 for all

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:32.140
 but unless

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:34.360
 you call upon him

00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:35.259
 unless you take

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.680
 his salvation

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.500
 to say I know

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.240
 I'm a sinner

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.360
 that deserve

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.539
 what Jesus got

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.920
 and ask by faith

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.279
 to say

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.120
 I trust

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:44.539
 him

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.480
 that what he did

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.880
 that day

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.440
 is applied

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.039
 to me

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:49.620
 that happens

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.259
 in a moment

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:52.539
 in an instant

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:55.440
 John 3 36

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.039
 and well

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:58.039
 I want you to see this

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:59.420
 look at John 3 36

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.820
 it says

00:27:59.820 --> 00:28:00.519
 he that believeth

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.140
 on the son

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:03.519
 hath everlasting life

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:05.720
 and he that believeth

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.460
 not the son

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.700
 shall not see life

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:10.500
 I want you to understand

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.460
 this points to something

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.140
 very important

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.440
 it's

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.480
 who do you see

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.519
 Jesus as

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.339
 because there's a lot

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:15.980
 of people who see

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:17.139
 Jesus as just a good

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:17.579
 person

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:19.900
 they see Jesus

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.839
 as a good teacher

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:22.059
 he may meet those

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.799
 qualifications

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.799
 but the qualification

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:25.440
 that's most important

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.119
 is far greater

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:27.619
 those are just subnotes

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.740
 unless you realize

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.859
 who Jesus is

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.700
 and that he died

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.539
 for you

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:34.339
 in your place

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:35.160
 that that day

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:35.680
 he took

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.740
 your sin

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.900
 upon it

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.920
 he that believeth

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.740
 not the son

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.680
 if you don't believe

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.379
 that Jesus

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:42.339
 is the one

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:42.859
 who died

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:44.079
 for your sin

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:46.339
 you miss everything

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:47.259
 it's not just

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.579
 believing that he is

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.539
 but believing in

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.299
 what he's done

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.699
 for you

00:28:51.699 --> 00:28:52.460
 because notice

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:52.899
 it says

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:54.899
 you shall not see life

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:56.179
 but the wrath of God

00:28:56.179 --> 00:28:57.339
 abideth on him

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:58.259
 very simply

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.759
 it's either

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.419
 you have

00:28:59.419 --> 00:29:01.359
 God's judgment coming

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.720
 or your judgment

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:04.000
 covered under the blood

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:05.079
 of Jesus Christ

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.779
 this morning

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.619
 his heads are bowed

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.379
 and eyes are closed

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:07.960
 for a moment

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:09.240
 I want you to consider

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.879
 a few things here

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:11.359
 this morning

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:12.379
 even your own self

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:12.960
 has there been

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:14.020
 a moment in time

00:29:14.020 --> 00:29:14.980
 when you called

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.740
 upon the Savior

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:18.180
 not just saying

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.280
 Jesus I believe

00:29:19.280 --> 00:29:19.980
 in you

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:22.120
 I believe

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:23.040
 about you

00:29:23.040 --> 00:29:25.080
 but saying

00:29:25.080 --> 00:29:25.420
 Lord

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.320
 I know

00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:28.660
 that I'm a sinner

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:31.160
 and that what you did

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.860
 was for me

00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:33.100
 to call upon him

00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:34.280
 just ask Christ

00:29:34.280 --> 00:29:35.060
 to save you

00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:36.080
 if you've never done that

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:36.720
 I encourage you

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.280
 this morning

00:29:37.280 --> 00:29:39.640
 let's make today

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.640
 the day of salvation

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.820
 if God's working

00:29:41.820 --> 00:29:42.380
 on your heart

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:42.960
 don't wait

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:44.200
 there's no greater joy

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:45.240
 than having it settled

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.160
 but maybe you're here

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:47.100
 this morning also

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:48.340
 and you know

00:29:48.340 --> 00:29:49.120
 that you're saved

00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:50.240
 but you still struggle

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:51.080
 with the reality

00:29:51.080 --> 00:29:52.300
 of what's happened

00:29:52.300 --> 00:29:55.200
 maybe there's some time

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.840
 you need to spend

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:56.320
 with the Lord

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:57.220
 maybe there's some things

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.100
 you need to get right

00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:58.660
 with God

00:29:58.660 --> 00:30:01.240
 saying Lord

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.200
 you covered so much

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.560
 for me

00:30:02.560 --> 00:30:03.300
 can I not

00:30:03.300 --> 00:30:05.000
 take a moment

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.980
 to be right with you

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:07.340
 what about you today

00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:08.540
 heavenly fathers

00:30:08.540 --> 00:30:09.500
 we just come before you

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.160
 this morning Lord

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.759
 we thank you

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.359
 and praise you

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:12.000
 for the day

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.579
 for the opportunity

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.019
 Lord

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:15.119
 as we understand

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.859
 the reality

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.839
 of who you are

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.680
 and what you've done

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:19.380
 Lord I pray

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:20.799
 just work in a mighty way

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:22.240
 Lord I pray

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.819
 that your spirit

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.519
 would convict

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.599
 where convictions needed

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.180
 encourage

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.500
 where encouragements needed

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:29.019
 Lord I pray

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.680
 that no one

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.819
 would depart here today

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:32.200
 that doesn't have it settled

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:34.519
 for sure with you

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:36.839
 of where they stand

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:39.879
 whether they're your child

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:41.179
 or that your wrath

00:30:41.179 --> 00:30:42.779
 abides on them

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:44.299
 Lord help them not

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.819
 to abide

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.720
 to leave today

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.559
 with that wrath

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.559
 abiding upon them

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:49.240
 that they would look

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.819
 to you

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:51.220
 and live

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:53.059
 and Lord we ask it all

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:54.259
 in your precious name

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:56.000
 Amen

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:57.399
 as heads are bowed