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 I want you to begin

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 by turning in your Bible to

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 Philippians chapter 3, verse 3.

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 Just turn in your Bible

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 and then look at me.

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 Showing up is not good enough.

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 Do you understand that?

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 Showing up is not good enough.

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 Now, I'm glad you're here,

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 but I want to make an appeal to you

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 that this morning you think carefully

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 about what we're really here to do.

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 And so when I say to you

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 that showing up is not good enough,

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 I want you to understand that

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 we are here to worship the Lord of glory,

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 and we're here to do that

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 with the enabling of the Spirit of God

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 to please Him,

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 to strengthen,

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 to encourage,

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 to grow in our love for the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And I have to tell you,

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 if you are sitting here this morning

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 with kind of a blah spirit,

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 or you're one of those people

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 who spends most of your life

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 with a highly critical mindset,

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 or you're really distracted

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 because you're thinking about the race,

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 or whatever, right?

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 Hey, listen,

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 because I'm talking to you.

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 Being here is not enough.

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 For we're the circumcision

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 who worship by the Spirit of God.

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 Is that true of you?

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 How many of you know

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 that it's fairly easy to show up

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 and not worship by the Spirit of God?

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 We've done it countless times.

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 We're the circumcision

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 who worship by the Spirit of God

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 and glory in Christ Jesus

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 and put no confidence in the flesh.

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 And you can say in your heart,

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 Amen.

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 So that's my appeal

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 at the outset

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 that you here this morning

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 who know Christ

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 would recognize that

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 unless the Holy Spirit

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 enables you this morning

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 to worship

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 through the power of the Spirit of God,

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 the glory of Christ,

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 that you will walk out of here

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 relatively unchanged,

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 probably indifferent,

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 probably a little,

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 actually,

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 more sour

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 and less affected.

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 And so my plea would be

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 that with due humility

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 you go ahead and say

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 the words that are true,

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 Holy Spirit,

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 I need your help this morning

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 to worship,

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 to grow in my affection

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 for Christ.

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 Amen?

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 Now,

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 we're not turning

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 to 1 Corinthians 11.

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 Please make a note

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 in your church calendar

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 that this was a week

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 when pastor preached

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 from a different text

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 for communion.

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 I actually have done that

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 more than once in 28 years,

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 but here we go.

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 Galatians chapter 6,

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 verse 14.

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 Several weeks ago

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 as I was praying

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 and thinking about

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 the blessing of this day,

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 I don't know why,

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 but the prompting of God

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 brought my heart

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 to think carefully

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 about the cross.

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 And as we take the bread

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 and we take the cup,

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 really what we are celebrating

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 and what we are reflecting,

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 what we're remembering

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 is what Jesus did for us.

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 And we are here

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 to be obedient to Him

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 in the matter

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 that He instructed us

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 regarding that.

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 And so,

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 we know that

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 later this morning,

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 we will actually engage

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 in doing more

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 than putting a morsel

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 of bread in our mouth

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 and taking a rather

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 small cup of grape juice.

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 We're really here

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 to remind ourselves

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 that the Lord Jesus

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 died in our place.

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 He died for our sins.

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 He died that we might not

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 have to die eternally.

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 And so,

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 I'm going to ask you

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 this morning

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 to think

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 in broader terms

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 about what we do here

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 than just to ponder

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 the physical death

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 of our Savior.

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 And to do so,

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 I want us to focus

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 on the cross

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 not merely as an instrument

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 of extreme suffering,

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 but really as a symbol

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 of God's great work

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 in salvation.

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 Let me read a portion.

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 It's lengthy.

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 I'll try to go slowly.

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 But it really

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 has significance

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 to what we're doing

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 this morning.

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 It is a portion

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 from Robert Raymond's book

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 on systematic theology.

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 The cross work

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who is God's Alpha

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 and Omega,

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 stands at the beginning,

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 the center,

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 and the end

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 of God's eternal will

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 and all His ways

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 and works.

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 Christ's work

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 is sacred ground.

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 It is the church's

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 holy of holies.

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 John Murray

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 describes

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 our Lord's cross work

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 as the most

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 solemn spectacle

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 in all of human history.

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 It is a spectacle

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 of unparalleled,

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 unique,

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 unrepeated,

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 and unrepeatable

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 events.

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 And it is the site

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 of the most

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 mysterious utterance

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 that ever

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 ascended

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 from earth

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 to heaven.

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 My God,

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 my God,

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 why

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 hast thou

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 forsaken me?

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 Beholding it,

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 we are spectators

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 of a wonder

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 of praise

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 and glory

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 that eternity

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 itself will

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 not

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 exhaust.

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 It is the

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 Lord of glory,

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 the Son of God,

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 incarnate,

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 the God-man,

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 drinking the cup

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 given to Him

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 by the Eternal

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 Father,

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 the cup of woe

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 and indescribable

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 agony over sin.

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 we almost

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 hesitate to say

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 it,

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 but it must

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 be said,

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 it is God

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 in this

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 creation

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 forsaken

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 of God.

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 The cry

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 from the

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 accursed

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 tree

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 evinces

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 nothing less

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 than the

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 abandonment

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 that is the

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 wages of sin.

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 there is no

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 reproduction,

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 no parallel

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 in the

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 experience

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 of the

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 archangels

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 or of the

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 greatest saints.

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 The faintest

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 parallel

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 would crush

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 the holiest

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 of men

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 and the

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 mightiest

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 of the

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 angelic

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 host.

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 I want us

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 to think

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 this morning

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 about,

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 first of all,

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 the offense

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 of the cross

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 and I want

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 you to

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 consider that

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 unless we

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 take the

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 time to

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 really ponder

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 the significance

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 of what we

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 do here,

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 we really go

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 about this

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 in a far

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 more casual

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 way than

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 Christ intends

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 for us

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 to be

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 involved in.

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 And listen

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 to me,

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 it's very easy

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 for us in

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 doing something

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 that is

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 repetitious

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 to go through

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 the motions

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 and really

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 not invest

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 the energy,

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 the thought,

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 the emotion

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 to ponder

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 seriously

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 what has

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 happened

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 and what we

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 are celebrating

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 and its

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 significance

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 to us.

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 And that's

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 not fitting.

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 Let me have

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 you think

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 of the extreme

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 offense of the

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 cross by

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 recognizing

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 that in

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 sum,

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 what the

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 cross really

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 speaks to,

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 first of all,

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 is the

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 extreme attitude

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 that God

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 has towards

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 sin.

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 I think it

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 was several

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 weeks ago,

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 it came out

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 in the internet

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 and came out

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 in the papers,

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 etc.,

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 that Kim Jong-un,

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 how many of you

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 know who Kim,

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 I love the name,

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 don't call your

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 kids that,

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 but you know,

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 Kim Jong-un,

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 you know,

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 he is the

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 dictator supreme

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 of North Korea

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 and a couple

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 weeks ago,

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 he executed

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 his defense

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 minister with

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 anti-aircraft

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 cannon fire.

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 Can you imagine

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 that?

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 He had a hundred

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 of his senior

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 officers troop

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 out to the,

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 that's a little

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 disgusting,

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 isn't it?

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 Cannon fire,

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 anti-aircraft

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 at that,

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 and he had a

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 hundred of his

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 officers lined

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 up watching one

00:11:09.680 --> 00:11:10.440
 guy way down

00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:11.340
 the range there

00:11:11.340 --> 00:11:12.700
 who had nodded

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 off at one of

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 his just scintillating

00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:15.799
 and encouraging

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 speeches.

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 The guy probably

00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:18.159
 stayed up late

00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:18.799
 watching some

00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:19.360
 dumb show,

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 and as a result,

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 he was executed

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 by cannon fire.

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 You got that?

00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:27.399
 Now, do you know

00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:28.080
 why he did that?

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 He wanted

00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:31.679
 everybody to know

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 that nodding off

00:11:33.019 --> 00:11:33.720
 in one of his

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 messages was far

00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:36.480
 more dangerous

00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:37.179
 than nodding off

00:11:37.179 --> 00:11:37.799
 in one of mine.

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 Over history,

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 there have been

00:11:44.060 --> 00:11:45.080
 different ways

00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:46.759
 in which government

00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:47.780
 and those in

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 authority have

00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:49.900
 expressed their

00:11:49.900 --> 00:11:51.560
 deep abiding

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 objection to

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 certain kinds

00:11:54.139 --> 00:11:54.620
 of behavior.

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 During the

00:11:57.879 --> 00:11:58.980
 Sepoy Rebellion

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 in British India,

00:12:03.320 --> 00:12:04.000
 eventually when

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 the rebellion

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 was suppressed,

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 they took the

00:12:06.800 --> 00:12:07.940
 principal rebels

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 of that rebellion

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 and they tied

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 them to the

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 front of cannons

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 and lit the

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 match and blew

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 them into

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 oblivion.

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 Another

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 favorite

00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:23.939
 execution,

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 here, I grew

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 up in India,

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 so bear with me.

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 We'll just deal

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 with the things

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 I know.

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 But another

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 favorite of

00:12:29.939 --> 00:12:30.360
 Mughal,

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 this is in

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 my way.

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 Sorry.

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 Okay.

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 Should have

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 done this

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 ahead of time.

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 But in the

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 Red Fort,

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 there's a

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 small chamber

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 through a rock

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 wall that is

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 about three or

00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:50.700
 four feet thick

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 and in the

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 small chamber

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 there in the

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 center of it

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 there's a

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 little aperture

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 that's about

00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:55.180
 that big.

00:12:55.779 --> 00:12:56.360
 A little aperture

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 about that big.

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 Those who

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 received the

00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:02.500
 extreme dislike

00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:03.219
 of the

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 Mughal king

00:13:03.939 --> 00:13:05.339
 had a rope

00:13:05.339 --> 00:13:05.899
 tied around

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 their center,

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 passed through

00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:08.299
 the aperture,

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 and tied off

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 to an elephant

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 or two out

00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:11.539
 in the front.

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 And then

00:13:14.059 --> 00:13:14.919
 when the

00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:15.399
 Mahut would

00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:15.639
 say,

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 agay,

00:13:16.139 --> 00:13:16.500
 agay,

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 you know

00:13:17.219 --> 00:13:17.439
 what would

00:13:17.439 --> 00:13:17.740
 happen?

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 The man

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 would be

00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:20.339
 pulled through

00:13:20.339 --> 00:13:20.919
 the aperture.

00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:22.699
 Aperture

00:13:22.699 --> 00:13:23.740
 means hole

00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:24.759
 in the wall.

00:13:25.839 --> 00:13:26.079
 Now,

00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:27.060
 how many

00:13:27.060 --> 00:13:27.180
 of you

00:13:27.180 --> 00:13:27.400
 would like

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 to be

00:13:27.620 --> 00:13:27.840
 pulled

00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:28.160
 through a

00:13:28.160 --> 00:13:28.420
 hole

00:13:28.420 --> 00:13:28.920
 as an

00:13:28.920 --> 00:13:29.220
 adult

00:13:29.220 --> 00:13:29.560
 about

00:13:29.560 --> 00:13:29.780
 that

00:13:29.780 --> 00:13:30.040
 big?

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 Here's how

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 it actually,

00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:33.100
 you don't need

00:13:33.100 --> 00:13:33.540
 the details,

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 right?

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 You understand

00:13:34.280 --> 00:13:34.639
 the point?

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 Actually,

00:13:37.980 --> 00:13:38.780
 being executed

00:13:38.780 --> 00:13:40.240
 by anti-aircraft

00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:41.080
 cannon fire

00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:42.300
 or being blown

00:13:42.300 --> 00:13:43.040
 apart by a

00:13:43.040 --> 00:13:43.960
 cannon is

00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:44.700
 probably a

00:13:44.700 --> 00:13:45.160
 little more

00:13:45.160 --> 00:13:45.740
 bearable

00:13:45.740 --> 00:13:46.480
 because it's

00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:47.240
 instantaneous,

00:13:47.520 --> 00:13:47.920
 even though

00:13:47.920 --> 00:13:48.280
 it's pretty

00:13:48.280 --> 00:13:48.920
 spectacular,

00:13:49.340 --> 00:13:49.840
 than being

00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:50.500
 dragged through

00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:50.860
 a knot

00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:51.400
 hole by an

00:13:51.400 --> 00:13:51.700
 elephant.

00:13:54.700 --> 00:13:55.420
 None of

00:13:55.419 --> 00:13:56.559
 those methods

00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:57.500
 of execution

00:13:57.500 --> 00:13:58.699
 come anywhere

00:13:58.699 --> 00:14:01.000
 close to

00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:01.879
 what crucifixion

00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:02.299
 was.

00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:07.579
 Crucifixion

00:14:07.579 --> 00:14:08.199
 was something

00:14:08.199 --> 00:14:08.659
 that was

00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:12.159
 reserved for

00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:12.919
 those that

00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:14.240
 had supremely

00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:16.279
 offended the

00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:16.639
 government,

00:14:17.099 --> 00:14:18.479
 and they were

00:14:18.479 --> 00:14:19.319
 designed to be

00:14:19.319 --> 00:14:19.879
 a public

00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:20.879
 spectacle to

00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:21.219
 say,

00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:22.319
 whatever you

00:14:22.319 --> 00:14:22.699
 do,

00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:23.639
 do not

00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:25.139
 do this.

00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:29.899
 The every

00:14:29.899 --> 00:14:31.100
 other instance

00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:31.860
 of execution

00:14:31.860 --> 00:14:32.259
 that I've

00:14:32.259 --> 00:14:32.879
 spoken of

00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:33.699
 actually,

00:14:34.019 --> 00:14:34.620
 in every

00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:35.080
 case,

00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:36.679
 is relatively

00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:37.720
 brief in

00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:38.620
 its suffering.

00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:40.980
 That was not

00:14:40.980 --> 00:14:41.980
 the case with

00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:42.539
 execution.

00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.559
 Execution

00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:47.220
 was something

00:14:47.220 --> 00:14:47.720
 that was

00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:48.580
 preceded by

00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:49.580
 brutal beating,

00:14:49.580 --> 00:14:52.320
 and the

00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:52.840
 whip that

00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:53.540
 was used by

00:14:53.540 --> 00:14:54.060
 the Roman

00:14:54.060 --> 00:14:54.780
 lictors was

00:14:54.780 --> 00:14:55.280
 something that

00:14:55.280 --> 00:14:56.660
 was so harsh

00:14:56.660 --> 00:14:57.379
 upon a person

00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:57.900
 that actually

00:14:57.900 --> 00:14:58.420
 the skin

00:14:58.420 --> 00:14:59.180
 would be

00:14:59.180 --> 00:15:00.020
 flayed off.

00:15:02.060 --> 00:15:02.800
 And then the

00:15:02.800 --> 00:15:04.200
 person was

00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:05.139
 placed upon a

00:15:05.139 --> 00:15:05.879
 cross,

00:15:07.460 --> 00:15:08.259
 nails driven

00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:09.600
 through both

00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:10.440
 hands and

00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:10.840
 feet,

00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:12.460
 and hung

00:15:12.460 --> 00:15:13.160
 there to

00:15:13.160 --> 00:15:13.720
 die.

00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:16.080
 From

00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:16.800
 exhaustion,

00:15:18.340 --> 00:15:19.220
 dehydration,

00:15:19.580 --> 00:15:20.820
 and the

00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:21.360
 extreme

00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:22.379
 suffering of

00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:23.240
 that physical

00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:23.800
 affliction,

00:15:24.180 --> 00:15:24.960
 it in many

00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:25.820
 cases took

00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:27.240
 individuals days

00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:27.800
 to die.

00:15:28.180 --> 00:15:28.620
 And it was

00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:29.600
 such a

00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:30.520
 brutal method

00:15:30.520 --> 00:15:31.700
 of execution

00:15:31.700 --> 00:15:32.560
 that Roman

00:15:32.560 --> 00:15:34.160
 law prohibited

00:15:34.160 --> 00:15:35.220
 a Roman

00:15:35.220 --> 00:15:36.120
 citizen from

00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:37.040
 suffering from

00:15:37.040 --> 00:15:37.840
 crucifixion,

00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:38.860
 except in

00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:40.100
 extreme cases

00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:42.160
 such as

00:15:42.160 --> 00:15:46.860
 causing

00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:47.420
 problems for

00:15:47.420 --> 00:15:47.879
 the emperor

00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:48.379
 or whatever.

00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:49.840
 it was not

00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:50.159
 normal.

00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:50.879
 Seneca,

00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:51.899
 who was a

00:15:51.899 --> 00:15:53.279
 Roman

00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:54.620
 statesman

00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:55.759
 philosopher,

00:15:56.460 --> 00:15:57.519
 he said this,

00:15:57.659 --> 00:15:58.779
 that no

00:15:58.779 --> 00:16:00.000
 Roman citizen

00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:00.840
 should ever

00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:02.360
 use the

00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:03.759
 word cross,

00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:06.100
 should have

00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:06.600
 to think

00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:07.340
 about the

00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:07.840
 cross,

00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:09.720
 should ever

00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:11.120
 think that

00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:12.059
 someone else

00:16:12.059 --> 00:16:12.980
 should suffer

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.940
 on the cross.

00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:14.340
 Do you

00:16:14.340 --> 00:16:15.259
 understand what

00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:15.759
 he's saying?

00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.379
 It was

00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:17.980
 something that

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:18.700
 was so

00:16:18.700 --> 00:16:19.460
 brutal and

00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:20.439
 so ugly

00:16:20.439 --> 00:16:21.620
 that he

00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:22.419
 thought Roman

00:16:22.419 --> 00:16:23.319
 citizens should

00:16:23.319 --> 00:16:24.019
 not even have

00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.919
 to think about

00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:26.700
 it ever.

00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:31.360
 And so here

00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:32.120
 we are this

00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:32.860
 morning listening

00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:33.600
 to what Paul

00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:34.899
 says in

00:16:34.899 --> 00:16:35.799
 Galatians chapter

00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:36.460
 six, and I

00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:36.960
 want you to look

00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:37.480
 at that and put

00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:38.139
 your finger on it.

00:16:38.220 --> 00:16:38.399
 He says,

00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:39.519
 far be it

00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:40.740
 from me to

00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:43.100
 boast except

00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:44.379
 in the cross

00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:45.600
 of our Lord

00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:47.740
 Jesus Christ.

00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:51.019
 The extreme

00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:52.100
 offense of the

00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:53.120
 cross really

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:55.059
 rests in the

00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:56.279
 reality that

00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:57.439
 the cross of

00:16:57.439 --> 00:16:58.799
 Christ gives

00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:00.340
 us a graphic

00:17:00.340 --> 00:17:01.860
 picture of

00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:03.340
 how supremely

00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:04.859
 offensive our

00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:06.779
 sin is to

00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.199
 God.

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.740
 We're pretty

00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.339
 comfortable with

00:17:14.339 --> 00:17:14.699
 our sin,

00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:15.099
 aren't we?

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:16.439
 Truthfully.

00:17:18.379 --> 00:17:19.299
 We tend not

00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:19.839
 to take our

00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:20.699
 sins seriously,

00:17:20.699 --> 00:17:21.359
 or we really

00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:22.019
 don't tend to

00:17:22.019 --> 00:17:23.179
 take them as

00:17:23.179 --> 00:17:23.919
 being things that

00:17:23.919 --> 00:17:24.399
 are all that

00:17:24.399 --> 00:17:25.039
 troublesome to

00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:25.459
 God, but

00:17:25.459 --> 00:17:26.299
 understand this,

00:17:26.619 --> 00:17:27.299
 that the cross

00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:28.039
 tells us that

00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:29.119
 God hates sin.

00:17:29.379 --> 00:17:30.079
 He hates it.

00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:30.719
 He hates it.

00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:31.599
 He hates it.

00:17:31.699 --> 00:17:32.919
 He hates it more

00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:36.039
 than Caesar ever

00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:37.980
 hated it, or the

00:17:37.980 --> 00:17:38.680
 Roman government

00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:39.560
 ever hated it.

00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.680
 We're great at

00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.660
 offering excuses

00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:44.320
 for our sin,

00:17:44.340 --> 00:17:44.759
 are we not?

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.259
 It goes back

00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:46.300
 actually to the

00:17:46.300 --> 00:17:46.900
 garden, and

00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:47.620
 remember after

00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:48.300
 Adam and Eve

00:17:48.300 --> 00:17:48.980
 had sinned and

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:49.640
 God came and

00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:50.340
 addressed Adam,

00:17:50.660 --> 00:17:51.440
 He immediately

00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:52.100
 blamed it on

00:17:52.100 --> 00:17:52.740
 somebody else.

00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:54.180
 We are specialists

00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:55.160
 in our contemporary

00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:56.300
 culture at

00:17:56.300 --> 00:17:57.519
 attaching labels

00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:58.800
 to sin that

00:17:58.800 --> 00:18:00.080
 kind of diminish

00:18:00.080 --> 00:18:01.039
 its significance

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:02.100
 or its offense.

00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:03.240
 sin.

00:18:07.560 --> 00:18:08.720
 What the cross

00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:09.960
 announces is that

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 sin deserves the

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 most extreme

00:18:13.840 --> 00:18:14.840
 punishment.

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 There's something

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 else that I want

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 you to think about

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 with me.

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 The cross tells us

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 also just how far

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 sin separates us

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 from God.

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 God.

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 given our sinful

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 hearts and the

00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:39.700
 flawed grasp we

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 have at intimate

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 communion, we

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 really don't

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 appreciate just

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 how close Christ

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 was to His

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 Father, how God

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 the Father and

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 God the Son were

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 so intimately

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 communing with one

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 another.

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 and we tend

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 not to understand

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 just how close

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 their relationship

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 was.

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 It's very

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 interesting when

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 you stop and

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 think about it

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 that Jesus

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 through all the

00:19:10.580 --> 00:19:11.580
 physical suffering

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 that He endured,

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 if you go to

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 Isaiah chapter 53

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 and I don't

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 encourage you to

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 do it now,

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 but it says that

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 He opened not

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 His mouth.

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 As Jesus endured

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 all the physical

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 hardship that He

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 went through, it

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 wasn't that He

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 was crying out

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 incessantly in

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 pain.

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 He endured the

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 physical hardship

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 without complaint,

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 but there is one

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 thing that elicited

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 or that brought

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 out from Him a

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 ragged cry.

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 We find it in all

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 three of the

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 synoptic gospels.

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 As Jesus hung

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 on the cross, as

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 God the Father

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 turned His face

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 away from His

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 Son, He cried

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 out this,

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 My God, my

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 God, why have

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 You forsaken

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 me?

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 We cannot read

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 those words without

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 getting a small

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 sampling of just

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 how deep that

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 separation was and

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 how much it

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 affected Christ.

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 That incredible

00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:19.500
 sweetness of

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 communion that

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 Jesus had enjoyed

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 with His Father

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 had never known a

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 single moment of

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 separation.

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 But when Jesus

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 bore our sins

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.880
 upon the cross,

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 our Father

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.779
 turned away,

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 and that

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 separation was

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.500
 greater than the

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:38.259
 physical suffering

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:39.059
 that Jesus went

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 through.

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 Now, I want you to

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.539
 understand that while

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.819
 we cannot fully

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:45.200
 appreciate that

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:47.299
 separation, we can

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 be sure, and I want

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 you to ponder this

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 with me just for a

00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:53.979
 moment, that while

00:20:53.979 --> 00:20:55.000
 the suffering of

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 hell will have

00:20:55.959 --> 00:20:56.939
 physical components

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 to it.

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 I'm fully

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.559
 persuaded of that.

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 Another piece of

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 that suffering,

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 however, is going to

00:21:06.219 --> 00:21:07.099
 be the complete,

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:09.819
 unrelenting anguish

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:11.719
 of complete separation

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.720
 and abandonment by

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.100
 God.

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 And so this

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 morning, as you

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.860
 think about the

00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:21.480
 offense of the

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 cross, I want you

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 to understand that

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.900
 what the cross says

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.460
 is, listen,

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 my sin

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:31.240
 deserved the

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:32.299
 extreme penalty

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:34.799
 of the wrath of God

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 against sin for all

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:37.160
 my sins.

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 I remember last

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 week as we had

00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:43.360
 Rich and Christy

00:21:43.360 --> 00:21:44.220
 Brown here

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 visiting, and I

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 asked him to pray

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 for our fellowship,

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 and one of the

00:21:49.560 --> 00:21:50.279
 things that Rich

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.680
 prayed was just,

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 he expressed

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 thanksgiving just

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 for the unbelievable

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 privilege of

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 salvation.

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 And let me tell

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.380
 you something, if

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 you sit here this

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.180
 morning and you

00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:04.560
 are not overwhelmed

00:22:04.560 --> 00:22:07.080
 with the reality of

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:08.199
 the gift and the

00:22:08.199 --> 00:22:09.059
 blessing that you

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:10.000
 have in salvation,

00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:11.919
 the problem's not on

00:22:11.919 --> 00:22:13.019
 God's side of the

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:14.500
 equation, it is the

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.559
 hardness and the

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.460
 indifference of your

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.740
 heart to what Jesus

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.839
 has done for you.

00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:21.099
 And there would be

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:21.839
 nothing wrong with

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.679
 stopping and saying,

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:24.500
 Lord, here I sit in

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.659
 absolute putts,

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:28.439
 just kind of stone

00:22:28.439 --> 00:22:29.359
 cold to who you

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.960
 are, and I would

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.079
 appeal that you

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:33.319
 prompt your spirit

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:34.779
 to work in me to

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:36.859
 rekindle all

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:38.899
 and affection for

00:22:38.899 --> 00:22:39.439
 what you've done.

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.219
 Let's look at

00:22:42.219 --> 00:22:43.039
 another piece this

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.759
 morning, and that is

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.779
 the magnificence of

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.259
 the cross.

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 Here in the text

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:48.059
 that I've referenced

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:49.039
 in Galatians chapter

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:50.419
 6, verse 14,

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.519
 Paul says this,

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.819
 but far be it from

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:55.359
 me to boast except

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:56.259
 in the cross.

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 Now, think of all

00:23:00.179 --> 00:23:00.659
 the things that have

00:23:00.659 --> 00:23:00.939
 happened.

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:04.759
 of all the things

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:06.539
 that you could stop

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.140
 and think about

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:09.600
 in human history,

00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:11.980
 the greatest of all

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.500
 wars,

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:15.140
 the miracle of

00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:15.820
 creation,

00:23:17.820 --> 00:23:18.980
 all the things,

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.759
 the giving of the

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:21.720
 law, the separating

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.640
 of the Red Sea,

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:24.660
 the falling down of

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.820
 the walls of Jericho,

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.380
 do you follow me?

00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:27.140
 One thing after

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:28.340
 another, none of

00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:31.020
 them hold a candle

00:23:31.020 --> 00:23:34.060
 to the cross.

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.820
 It stands as

00:23:36.820 --> 00:23:37.200
 supreme.

00:23:38.780 --> 00:23:39.380
 Now, by the way,

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.480
 remind yourself that

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.740
 during creation,

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.640
 kind of imagine all

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.460
 the angels up in

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.040
 heaven and kind of

00:23:45.040 --> 00:23:45.740
 watching God.

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.460
 And by the way,

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.180
 how did He create

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.600
 things?

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.840
 I saw an interesting

00:23:49.840 --> 00:23:50.500
 little Facebook.

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.420
 It had a beautiful

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.720
 sandcastle built up

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:54.600
 on the beach.

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:56.120
 And it said,

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:57.220
 this is a perfect

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:58.220
 illustration of

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.740
 evolution.

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:02.120
 Countless millions

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:04.180
 of waves washing up

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.519
 upon this beach

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:08.759
 have to be the thing

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.759
 that built this

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.799
 beautiful sandcastle.

00:24:10.860 --> 00:24:11.440
 I mean, it was

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.920
 unbelievably ornate.

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.700
 And it's like,

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.960
 duh, you made my

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.200
 point.

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.279
 And so, here we

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.519
 are.

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.039
 Creation,

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:22.680
 we know,

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.740
 was an event that

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.519
 was observed by

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:25.920
 angels.

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.659
 And guess what

00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:27.539
 they were doing

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.599
 as they watched

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:30.220
 God create the

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.039
 world out of

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.399
 nothing?

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:31.899
 What were they

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.180
 doing?

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.259
 You know?

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.420
 Is that what,

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.859
 hurrah!

00:24:41.159 --> 00:24:42.579
 God had thrown

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.019
 another thing.

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.460
 Whoa!

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.480
 How did He do

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.879
 that?

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:48.500
 They were amazed.

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.039
 And they couldn't

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:51.099
 contain themselves,

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.480
 you know?

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.480
 I don't know about

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.359
 personalities, but I'm

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.279
 just imagining that

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:57.200
 angels in heaven are

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.940
 not like this.

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.159
 How many of you know

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:00.740
 what I'm talking about?

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.659
 There's some of you

00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.119
 that are kind of,

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:04.700
 I'm reserving my

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.720
 appreciation for

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.359
 something really

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.000
 spectacular.

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:08.920
 Okay.

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:10.700
 So, angels during

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.599
 creation, what were

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.019
 they doing?

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.619
 Hello?

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.139
 They were whooping

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.519
 it up.

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:17.379
 Now, and during the

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:18.599
 incarnation, when Christ

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.379
 came down, what did

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.099
 the angels do?

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:20.939
 What happened?

00:25:22.459 --> 00:25:23.439
 They were singing,

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:24.240
 right?

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:30.459
 And in 2 Peter,

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:33.719
 it tells us that

00:25:33.719 --> 00:25:35.259
 angels kind of, as

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:36.519
 they think about this

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.399
 cross business,

00:25:37.939 --> 00:25:38.719
 they're just, they're

00:25:38.719 --> 00:25:39.159
 not sure.

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:40.480
 They're pondering it.

00:25:40.719 --> 00:25:41.339
 They want to kind of

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:43.059
 understand it, but they

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:44.480
 can't get their hands

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.319
 around it completely.

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.740
 It just kind of, oh,

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.759
 whoa.

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:53.059
 How much I understand

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.819
 this morning that the

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.819
 glory of the cross is

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:58.839
 profound beyond our

00:25:58.839 --> 00:26:01.599
 comprehension in some

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:03.839
 sense, but worthy of

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.700
 our attention at the

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.240
 same time.

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.159
 And so, let me put

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:08.139
 three things together

00:26:08.139 --> 00:26:09.759
 before we come to the

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.180
 elements.

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.920
 The cross is where

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:16.200
 Jesus was my

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.220
 substitute.

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:21.220
 That makes me feel

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.539
 good.

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.480
 Jesus was my

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.980
 substitute.

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.940
 What that means is

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:33.660
 that He took my

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:35.039
 place and died my

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.579
 death.

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:41.119
 One of the things

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:42.399
 that has been a

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:45.419
 blessing in being a

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:46.019
 shepherd and a

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:49.240
 pastor here is

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.839
 that as over the

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.799
 years I've grown to

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.659
 know God's people,

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:55.559
 as sad as the

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:57.740
 moment is, when I

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.720
 bury friends that

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.980
 know the Lord Jesus,

00:27:00.439 --> 00:27:01.859
 I can say without

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:03.179
 reservation that

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 Jesus died their

00:27:04.659 --> 00:27:05.159
 death.

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 Unless Jesus comes

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.679
 back, we're going to

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 die.

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 Do you follow that?

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 But we will not die

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.779
 the kind of death we

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:17.019
 would have died apart

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.759
 from Christ.

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:22.019
 Absent in the body,

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.899
 present with the

00:27:23.899 --> 00:27:24.240
 Lord.

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.819
 That's the reason that

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.759
 one of the things I

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:30.359
 love saying, and you

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.119
 don't know me, I'm a

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.039
 little perverse on the

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:33.399
 margins here, but I

00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:35.079
 love saying things like

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:35.419
 this.

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:37.099
 It's like, last trip is

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.279
 up.

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:38.119
 I was in the hospital

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:39.139
 last week visiting

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:40.460
 somebody and getting on

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.759
 the elevator and there

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.240
 was a little bit of

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.679
 conversation and, you

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.679
 know, are we going up

00:27:44.679 --> 00:27:45.399
 or are we going down?

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 And I said, hey, listen,

00:27:46.439 --> 00:27:47.599
 for me, the last trip is

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:47.720
 up.

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.399
 They look at me like,

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.220
 how does that work?

00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:51.199
 You know, it's like,

00:27:51.939 --> 00:27:52.759
 it's kind of drive-by

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.319
 shooting thing.

00:27:53.419 --> 00:27:53.819
 You know, and the other

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.699
 one that I really like,

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.579
 this is the one I really

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.839
 like, it's saying, oh,

00:27:56.939 --> 00:27:57.740
 for me, you know, how are

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.240
 you doing today?

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.019
 Any better than I'd be

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.299
 dead?

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 And it always makes

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:03.240
 people go, okay.

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.480
 Well, here's the truth.

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:06.720
 Jesus died my death.

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 And my death will only be a

00:28:11.399 --> 00:28:12.799
 doorway into the joys of

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.059
 heaven.

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 And I don't have any

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:18.639
 problem with anticipating

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.379
 that day.

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 Jesus was my substitute.

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:24.240
 Number two, Jesus satisfied

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.200
 my debt.

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.480
 Not only did he take my

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:31.000
 place, but he completely

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.900
 satisfied the debt of my

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.319
 sin.

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 Turn in your Bible.

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.839
 You're there in Galatians.

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.700
 You don't have to go very

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:36.940
 far.

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.799
 Go over to Colossians

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:39.559
 chapter 2.

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.160
 Colossians chapter 2,

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:42.240
 verse 13 and 14.

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.160
 Here's what it says.

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.539
 It says, and you who were

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:47.500
 dead in your trespasses and

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.779
 the uncircumcision of your

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:50.500
 flesh, God made alive

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.900
 together with him, having

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.799
 forgiven all our

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.559
 trespasses.

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:56.259
 By canceling the record of

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.500
 debt that stood against us

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:59.380
 with its legal demands, this

00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:01.779
 he set aside, nailing it to

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.640
 the cross.

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:07.000
 Very interesting imagery that

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:08.640
 Paul is taking from the

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:10.640
 ancient world and helping us

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:12.019
 understand the significance of

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:13.240
 what Christ did on the cross

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.740
 for us.

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:15.380
 In the old days, when you

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:19.960
 owed a debt, I mean, hey,

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:22.700
 today debt is just kind of no

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.099
 big deal.

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.859
 Everybody's got it.

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:25.359
 You know, it's like I owe, I owe,

00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:26.500
 and that's the reason I go to

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.039
 work, you know?

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.259
 Off to work I go.

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.759
 And so debt, debt, debt, debt,

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.759
 debt, it's all out there.

00:29:30.979 --> 00:29:32.299
 But in the old days, debt was

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.500
 something that really put the

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.139
 hurt on you.

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.159
 Oh, he's a debtor.

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.919
 If he doesn't pay by such and

00:29:39.919 --> 00:29:40.759
 such a day, he's going to

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.859
 prison, and he'll stay in there,

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:45.259
 and the one who owns his paper

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.719
 is going to sell his wife and his

00:29:46.719 --> 00:29:47.500
 children off to try.

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.500
 It was bad business.

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.180
 It was bad business at being in

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.420
 debt.

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:53.579
 And when you had your debt

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:56.099
 canceled, one of the things that

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:57.500
 they did with it was they took it

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:59.420
 up and nailed it in a public place.

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.160
 Boom!

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:02.859
 So people knew you paid off.

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.599
 And here's the imagery.

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:09.399
 Jesus took the debt of my sin,

00:30:09.959 --> 00:30:11.439
 and he nailed it to the cross.

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:17.459
 There is now, therefore, no

00:30:17.459 --> 00:30:19.539
 condemnation to them who are in

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.179
 Christ Jesus.

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.039
 Do you understand that?

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:25.259
 I love my brothers in Christ who

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.439
 are uncertain about their

00:30:26.439 --> 00:30:26.939
 salvation.

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:29.699
 But I want you to understand that

00:30:29.699 --> 00:30:31.439
 as I read the Scriptures, I do

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:33.379
 not see the Scriptures giving to

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:35.579
 us the idea that salvation is

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.460
 I don't know.

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.359
 I'm hoping so.

00:30:38.699 --> 00:30:39.019
 No.

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:41.480
 Salvation is a settled matter

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:43.179
 because it is the work of God

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:46.079
 in saving broken sinners and

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:49.460
 granting to them everlasting life.

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.439
 And why?

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.619
 Because he paid my debt.

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:56.179
 Third, and this is a tricky word,

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:58.659
 Jesus is the propitiation for our

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:58.859
 sins.

00:30:59.000 --> 00:31:00.899
 Now, that is a 50-cent word, and

00:31:00.899 --> 00:31:02.220
 I am working to make my

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:04.019
 vocabulary simpler, but

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:05.500
 propitiation is it.

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:08.859
 And here is the reason.

00:31:09.679 --> 00:31:11.299
 I am going to explain that one

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:13.199
 word, propitiation, and

00:31:13.199 --> 00:31:14.579
 bear with me.

00:31:15.679 --> 00:31:18.960
 The word means to cover a debt by

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:22.480
 taking your place and paying your

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.720
 debt.

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:24.539
 Now, choice.

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:27.559
 Remember the long statement or

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.799
 stick with propitiation.

00:31:28.899 --> 00:31:29.379
 Do you got it?

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:37.100
 Propitiation means to cover my debt by

00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:40.600
 taking my place and paying the cost.

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:44.860
 And Jesus is the propitiation for

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.880
 our sins.

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:51.980
 So let me close with a couple thoughts

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:53.600
 that have struck me this week.

00:31:53.660 --> 00:32:00.700
 For one, I really am affected by the

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:05.060
 truth of the cross in my Christian life.

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:09.500
 Yesterday, I was in conversation with a

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:11.200
 situation, and I made the point that

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:13.740
 because of Jesus and what He's done for

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:15.659
 me, I mean, the truth of the matter is,

00:32:15.679 --> 00:32:17.799
 is that my entire life belongs to Him,

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:20.299
 and I ought to live every piece of it in

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.519
 the shadow of the cross.

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:23.779
 In other words, is what I'm doing

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:25.599
 reflecting favorably on Jesus?

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:25.799
 Jesus.

00:32:26.719 --> 00:32:27.000
 Amen?

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:31.699
 I hear people going on about their

00:32:31.699 --> 00:32:35.579
 Christian liberties, and I hear people

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:38.219
 talking about their personal agendas and

00:32:38.219 --> 00:32:41.199
 schedules and preferences and comforts, and

00:32:41.199 --> 00:32:43.099
 I'm thinking to myself, what happened?

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.799
 Jesus said this.

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:48.719
 He said, take up your cross and what?

00:32:49.679 --> 00:32:50.679
 Follow me.

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:55.279
 We got a problem.

00:32:55.599 --> 00:33:01.039
 When the substance of our thinking is

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:07.399
 focused on our retirement home, or how

00:33:07.399 --> 00:33:09.959
 comfortable we're going to be, or whether

00:33:09.959 --> 00:33:11.599
 we're going to take a third vacation or

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:15.419
 whatever, what happened to being poured

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:17.059
 out as a drink offering for the sake of

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:20.139
 other people because Jesus died in your

00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:23.019
 place and hung upon the tree for your

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:25.459
 sins and lived and died.

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:27.459
 To deliver you from the curse.

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:36.159
 So a question would be this.

00:33:37.439 --> 00:33:40.519
 Am I really affected much by the cross

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:44.659
 if it doesn't occupy my conversation?

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:53.200
 If it doesn't govern my attitudes, hey, everybody

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:55.420
 up here, I'm an attitude junkie.

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.680
 How many of you understand what I just said?

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:59.540
 I don't have to stretch in the morning to

00:33:59.540 --> 00:34:01.200
 have stinky attitudes.

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:04.000
 It's almost like before you brush your teeth.

00:34:04.100 --> 00:34:04.180
 Yeah.

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.259
 Yes.

00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:05.900
 Not good.

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:06.740
 Okay.

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:08.119
 I understand.

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:09.039
 But here's the deal.

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:12.420
 Because Jesus, come on.

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:16.019
 Some of you are out there going, okay, I'm

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.539
 talking to you.

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:23.239
 Am I really caught up by the cross if I'm

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:25.119
 kind of comfortable with my rotten attitude?

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:33.319
 Am I really caught up by the cross when I find myself

00:34:33.319 --> 00:34:41.920
 growing distant from the cost of serving and being a blessing

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.619
 to other people?

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:52.239
 Am I caught up by the cross if I am not growing in my

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:54.299
 affection for Christ?

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:57.119
 How many of you know what affection looks like?

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:57.859
 Everybody?

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.359
 Okay.

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.519
 Pay attention.

00:35:02.319 --> 00:35:07.259
 No matter who you are and how your personality plays out

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:11.239
 publicly, I can tell when you're fired up about something.

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:13.159
 Do you follow that?

00:35:15.859 --> 00:35:21.339
 So when was the last time that thinking about Jesus actually

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:23.039
 put a smile on your face?

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:30.019
 When was the last time when you were talking to somebody

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:35.920
 else, your conversations about Jesus made them stop and

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:38.160
 say, well, you really believe this, don't you?

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:39.460
 Right?

00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:39.760
 Right?

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:43.160
 I mean, we talk about Little League.

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.720
 We talk about sports.

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:47.880
 We talk about, you know, whatever it is that we talk about.

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:52.460
 And people know that we're into that, but where's the cross?

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.700
 Where's the cross?

00:35:57.180 --> 00:36:02.860
 And so this morning, as the men come, and I'm going to ask them

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.619
 to do that now.

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:08.539
 As the men come, I want you to stop and ask yourself the

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:08.980
 question.

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:19.000
 Do you need the Holy Spirit's help to worship the Lord Jesus?

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:24.980
 Because He endured the offense of the cross to bring you the

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:26.679
 glory of the cross.

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:56.659
 And so this morning, as the men come, and I'm going to ask you to