WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.560 Well good morning everybody. You might like to turn in your Bibles to Luke chapter 23. 00:00:07.679 --> 00:00:18.260 We're going to read from verses 35 to 43. So it's Luke chapter 23 and verses 35 to 43. 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:24.280 And last time I was with you on a Sunday morning we were looking at the first of the sayings of 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:29.300 the Lord Jesus from the cross and I'm a great believer in simply just moving on to the next 00:00:29.300 --> 00:00:33.859 thing and keeping going and trusting the Lord to speak to our hearts. So we're going to look at the 00:00:33.859 --> 00:00:40.060 second saying from the cross which actually just continues on where we left off the last time where 00:00:40.060 --> 00:00:47.780 Jesus prayed, Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing. So read from verse 35. 00:00:47.780 --> 00:00:50.540 It'll also be on the screen in front of you. 00:00:50.539 --> 00:01:02.200 The people stood watching and the rulers even sneered at him. They said he saved others let 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:10.120 him save himself if he is God's Messiah the chosen one. The soldiers also came up and mocked him. 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:16.120 They offered him wine vinegar and said if you are the king of the Jews save yourself. 00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:23.939 There was a written notice above him which read this is the king of the Jews. 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:34.240 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him. Aren't you the Messiah? Save yourself and us. 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:42.879 But the other criminal rebuked him. Don't you fear God he said since you are under the same sentence. 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:51.619 We are punished justly for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong. 00:01:53.239 --> 00:02:00.640 Then he said to Jesus. Then he said Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom. 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:10.599 And Jesus answered him. Truly I tell you. Today you will be with me in paradise. 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:18.900 So Father we pray that as we look at your word this morning that you might bring comfort to our hearts. 00:02:19.219 --> 00:02:25.659 That you might increase our faith. That you might give us greater confidence in the words of the Lord Jesus. 00:02:25.659 --> 00:02:29.639 And a greater hope for the things that are to come. 00:02:30.419 --> 00:02:35.319 And we ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus. Amen. 00:02:38.359 --> 00:02:43.519 Well I have no idea what comes to mind when you think of the word paradise. 00:02:44.500 --> 00:02:48.159 Some of you are probably immediately thinking of a sun holiday. 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:54.020 The feeling of warm sand between your toes and the sun upon your skin. 00:02:54.740 --> 00:02:57.379 Well it doesn't get much better than that. 00:02:58.219 --> 00:02:59.699 If you are busy parents. 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:01.960 And as much as you love your children. 00:03:02.099 --> 00:03:03.060 And I know you do. 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:07.939 Perhaps your idea of paradise is a weekend away without the children. 00:03:08.939 --> 00:03:11.359 If you are grandparents with an empty nest. 00:03:12.019 --> 00:03:15.620 Nothing fills you with greater joy than all of the grandchildren coming. 00:03:15.620 --> 00:03:17.500 And staying for the weekends. 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:22.439 And for others it might be the idea of simply getting away with a group of friends. 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:26.420 And enjoying one another's company for a few days. 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:35.020 You see the reality is that your idea of paradise and mine are probably altogether different. 00:03:36.180 --> 00:03:39.759 But for a moment I want you to think less about the place. 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:43.000 And more about the feeling. 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:47.960 Because however different our ideas of paradise might be. 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:53.259 They probably stir up the same kinds of feelings. 00:03:54.919 --> 00:03:55.639 Fulfillment. 00:03:56.280 --> 00:03:56.879 Peace. 00:03:57.599 --> 00:03:58.219 Delight. 00:03:58.879 --> 00:03:59.740 Contentment. 00:04:00.379 --> 00:04:00.879 Joy. 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:02.159 Pleasure. 00:04:03.539 --> 00:04:07.120 That place that you would like to stay forever. 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:12.900 And never have to go back to the daily routine of normal life. 00:04:13.860 --> 00:04:17.199 That's the promise of paradise. 00:04:18.939 --> 00:04:26.819 And that's exactly what Jesus offers one of these criminals who hangs on the cross next to him. 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:30.439 The promise of paradise. 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:37.879 Now it's difficult to know what this man knew about Jesus before the day of his execution. 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:45.100 He has certainly heard Jesus ask God to forgive the people who are responsible for his death. 00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:49.580 And he seems convinced that Jesus is the promised Messiah. 00:04:50.939 --> 00:04:55.439 So here on the cross in verse 42 with his dying breath he says, 00:04:55.920 --> 00:05:01.000 Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom. 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:06.120 Well it is a bold request isn't it? 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:11.019 By a man who has absolutely nothing to offer. 00:05:12.220 --> 00:05:14.480 But he asks it just the same. 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:18.740 And more surprising yet is Jesus' response. 00:05:18.740 --> 00:05:21.620 Truly I tell you, 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:26.500 Today you will be with me in paradise. 00:05:27.860 --> 00:05:34.460 You see the promise of paradise is given to this man immediately upon death. 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:38.120 It's more than he could ever imagine. 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:45.519 He simply asked Jesus to remember me when you come into your kingdom. 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:48.240 His thinking is far away. 00:05:48.740 --> 00:05:50.139 It's in the future. 00:05:50.579 --> 00:05:51.540 It's distant. 00:05:51.540 --> 00:05:52.879 It's out of reach. 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:56.540 But Jesus responds, 00:05:56.720 --> 00:05:58.120 Truly I tell you, 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:03.259 Today you will be with me in paradise. 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:09.560 The answer to this request would come much sooner than this man had hoped. 00:06:10.699 --> 00:06:14.600 He wasn't going to rest in some kind of unconscious state, 00:06:14.900 --> 00:06:17.420 awaiting the kingdom of Jesus to be established, 00:06:17.420 --> 00:06:20.180 sometime in the way off distant future. 00:06:21.620 --> 00:06:24.080 His soul wasn't going to be put on ice, 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:26.379 awaiting the resurrection of the body. 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:33.439 No, he would be with Jesus that very day. 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.839 As believers in Jesus, 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:39.439 this is the wonderful hope that we have. 00:06:40.100 --> 00:06:42.279 That though our bodies are buried in the ground, 00:06:42.379 --> 00:06:47.699 we do so in sure and certain hope of the resurrection of the body when Jesus comes again. 00:06:48.379 --> 00:06:52.300 Not resting in some kind of unconscious state until he comes. 00:06:52.300 --> 00:06:55.560 But no, immediately upon death, 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:59.680 we enter into what Jesus calls paradise. 00:07:01.280 --> 00:07:06.060 But we are probably more familiar with calling heaven. 00:07:06.060 --> 00:07:13.620 Now popular thinking about heaven usually conjures up all kinds of images of clouds and harps and the angels. 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:19.160 And the reality is that the Bible doesn't give us a lot of information about heaven. 00:07:19.899 --> 00:07:22.560 Truth is, it's pretty light on the details. 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:26.379 Rather, when the Bible speaks about heaven, 00:07:26.500 --> 00:07:31.220 it's less focused on the what and more focused on the who. 00:07:33.019 --> 00:07:39.480 Ultimately, the promise of paradise is less about a place and more about a person. 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:43.600 And we see that here in the words of the Lord Jesus. 00:07:44.520 --> 00:07:48.520 He tells this dying man that immediately upon death, 00:07:49.020 --> 00:07:52.480 he will be with Jesus. 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:56.700 Jesus says, truly I tell you today, 00:07:57.020 --> 00:08:01.080 you will be with me in paradise. 00:08:02.500 --> 00:08:05.980 You see, ultimately that is what makes heaven heaven. 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.439 The presence of Jesus. 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:14.200 Remember the apostle Paul described it as being away from the body 00:08:14.200 --> 00:08:18.439 and at home with the Lord. 00:08:19.980 --> 00:08:21.819 Yes, the body dies. 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:24.720 Yes, the body is put to rest in the ground. 00:08:24.960 --> 00:08:31.460 But the soul, the person, is immediately at home with the Lord. 00:08:34.519 --> 00:08:38.259 It's for that reason that Paul, as he's in prison and threatened with death, 00:08:38.259 --> 00:08:38.840 could write, 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:44.600 I desire to depart and be with Christ, 00:08:45.299 --> 00:08:47.460 which is better by far. 00:08:48.419 --> 00:08:50.980 It's what enabled the first Christian martyr, Stephen, 00:08:50.980 --> 00:08:52.639 to say with his dying breath, 00:08:53.139 --> 00:08:56.740 Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 00:08:56.740 --> 00:09:01.320 See what both Paul and Stephen are confident of? 00:09:01.460 --> 00:09:06.740 Immediately upon death, they would be with Jesus. 00:09:06.740 --> 00:09:12.899 Now, many of us take comfort in the knowledge that in death, 00:09:13.700 --> 00:09:17.299 we will be reunited with a loved one who has died in the Lord. 00:09:18.259 --> 00:09:21.539 I completely understand why we do that. 00:09:22.340 --> 00:09:26.220 But the comfort of the gospel is far greater than that. 00:09:26.220 --> 00:09:31.279 The comfort of the gospel is that they will be with Jesus 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:34.860 and that we will be with Jesus 00:09:34.860 --> 00:09:40.040 and it is the presence of Jesus that makes heaven heaven. 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:43.720 Not the presence of those that we love. 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:48.100 And it's the presence of Jesus 00:09:48.100 --> 00:09:54.700 that would welcome this dying criminal into paradise. 00:09:57.220 --> 00:10:01.360 This dying thief immediately upon death would be with Jesus 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:05.340 awaiting his coming kingdom. 00:10:06.420 --> 00:10:08.960 Remember, that was his request in the first place. 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:13.800 Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. 00:10:15.560 --> 00:10:19.320 Now, when Jesus responds by telling the dying man 00:10:19.320 --> 00:10:23.280 that he'd be with Jesus in paradise that very day, 00:10:24.019 --> 00:10:26.960 he's not attempting to correct the man's theology. 00:10:28.300 --> 00:10:28.980 He's not saying, 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:31.460 no, forget this talk about a coming kingdom. 00:10:32.100 --> 00:10:34.740 Today, you're going to be with me in paradise. 00:10:34.740 --> 00:10:40.779 No, the man's understanding does need to be expanded. 00:10:41.379 --> 00:10:43.100 It does need to be filled out. 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:44.580 It is incomplete, 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:48.220 but it is not incorrect. 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:53.139 And perhaps the same thing could be said 00:10:53.139 --> 00:10:54.919 about our thinking. 00:10:56.360 --> 00:11:00.180 You see, if your future hope is only of heaven, 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:02.299 of paradise, 00:11:02.299 --> 00:11:05.679 of what happens immediately upon death, 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:09.799 then your theology is just as incomplete 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:12.639 as the dying thief. 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:17.439 His thinking was too far into the future, 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:22.259 but perhaps yours is too immediate. 00:11:23.939 --> 00:11:26.759 You see, the dying thief is thinking 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:29.039 only of the future kingdom 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:32.019 with little or no understanding 00:11:32.019 --> 00:11:34.219 of the immediate promise 00:11:34.219 --> 00:11:36.599 that Jesus offers of paradise. 00:11:38.500 --> 00:11:40.980 But perhaps yours is only focused 00:11:40.980 --> 00:11:43.079 on the immediate promise of heaven 00:11:43.079 --> 00:11:46.319 with little or no thought 00:11:46.319 --> 00:11:49.379 of the world that is yet to come. 00:11:50.319 --> 00:11:52.019 What the Bible describes 00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:53.360 as the new heavens 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:55.459 and the new earth. 00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:58.960 You see, the end of the Bible, 00:11:59.019 --> 00:11:59.940 and I know that you've been looking 00:11:59.940 --> 00:12:00.920 at this recently, 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:04.780 finishes with the most incredible imagery, 00:12:05.700 --> 00:12:07.139 picturing the new Jerusalem 00:12:07.139 --> 00:12:09.280 with God himself as the temple 00:12:09.280 --> 00:12:11.180 descending from heaven 00:12:11.180 --> 00:12:13.420 so that as John describes it, 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:15.080 God's dwelling place 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:17.080 is now among the people 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:19.900 and he will dwell with them. 00:12:19.899 --> 00:12:24.379 It is literally heaven upon earth. 00:12:25.779 --> 00:12:28.340 God makes this new earth 00:12:28.340 --> 00:12:29.939 his dwelling place. 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:33.240 And all who've trusted in Jesus 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:37.959 will enjoy a real resurrected physical life 00:12:37.959 --> 00:12:42.039 on a real renewed physical earth. 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:44.759 It will be a world 00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:47.079 in which you really do get to feel 00:12:47.079 --> 00:12:48.839 the sand between your toes 00:12:48.839 --> 00:12:50.899 and the sun upon your skin. 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:54.439 A world in which there is fulfillment 00:12:54.439 --> 00:12:56.899 in all of the work that you do. 00:12:57.539 --> 00:13:00.000 Pleasure in the relationships that you have. 00:13:00.419 --> 00:13:02.799 Joy in the things you get to do with others. 00:13:03.319 --> 00:13:04.500 Peace with your neighbors. 00:13:05.059 --> 00:13:06.639 Delight in the food you eat. 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:10.620 And intimacy with the God that you love. 00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:14.159 The world that is to come, 00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:16.039 the new heaven and earth, 00:13:16.299 --> 00:13:17.879 is a physical one. 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:21.519 Not only with sights and sounds, 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:26.299 but with touch and smell and taste. 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:30.759 It's a world just as physical as ours. 00:13:31.779 --> 00:13:32.919 C.S. Lewis would say 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:35.200 more real than ours. 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:38.860 And it is the final destination 00:13:38.860 --> 00:13:41.480 of all of God's people. 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:44.879 Until that time, 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:47.120 we experience what theologians call 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:48.840 the intermediate states. 00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:51.919 Immediately upon death, 00:13:52.800 --> 00:13:54.180 the believer in Jesus 00:13:54.180 --> 00:13:57.659 is immediately present with Jesus in heaven. 00:13:58.539 --> 00:14:01.639 What the Apostle Paul describes as better, 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:10.460 is the final destination of all of God's people. 00:14:11.199 --> 00:14:12.759 That will only happen 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:15.699 when Jesus returns to the earth from heaven, 00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:17.960 defeats all of his enemies, 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:21.139 raises even our dead bodies from the ground, 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:24.580 and ushers in his everlasting kingdom 00:14:24.580 --> 00:14:28.759 on a new heavens and earth. 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:33.879 If the criminal's concept of the afterlife 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:36.420 was incomplete and limited, 00:14:37.540 --> 00:14:39.460 because he was missing the assurance 00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:41.220 of paradise upon death, 00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:44.520 ours is just as incomplete. 00:14:45.520 --> 00:14:49.220 Perhaps even more incomplete than his. 00:14:49.220 --> 00:14:53.240 If we are missing the very best parts 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:55.440 of all that God has promised, 00:14:56.440 --> 00:15:00.320 a real, resurrected, physical life 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:04.700 on a real, renewed, physical earth, 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:08.220 on which God will dwell 00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:11.180 with his people forever. 00:15:11.179 --> 00:15:14.899 The criminal on the cross 00:15:14.899 --> 00:15:17.639 simply asks Jesus to remember him 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:19.459 when he comes into his kingdom. 00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:23.519 But Jesus gives him the promise of paradise. 00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:26.399 Immediately upon death, 00:15:26.479 --> 00:15:28.039 that he would be with Jesus, 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:32.059 awaiting his coming kingdom. 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:34.659 And it's the same promise 00:15:34.659 --> 00:15:36.719 that Jesus offers to all 00:15:36.719 --> 00:15:38.979 who will turn to him in faith. 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:41.159 The promise of paradise. 00:15:41.179 --> 00:15:43.379 Immediately upon death, 00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:45.159 that we will be with Jesus 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:48.979 while we wait for his coming kingdom. 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:51.679 A renewed heavens and earth 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:53.799 where we will enjoy life 00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:55.079 with our saviour 00:15:55.079 --> 00:15:59.019 as it was always intended to be. 00:16:01.599 --> 00:16:03.859 Now, in the advertising world, 00:16:04.939 --> 00:16:07.519 when you're offered the promise of paradise, 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:10.699 no matter if it's a two-week sun holiday, 00:16:10.700 --> 00:16:13.120 a weekend spa break or retreat 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:14.360 where you get to indulge 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:15.800 in your favourite hobby, 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:19.960 you know that there is going to be a cost. 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:23.820 As the sales agent tries to sell you 00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:25.000 the promise of paradise, 00:16:25.300 --> 00:16:27.000 you already have this question 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:28.800 going around in your mind. 00:16:29.540 --> 00:16:32.700 What will this cost? 00:16:32.700 --> 00:16:38.759 So what is the price of paradise? 00:16:39.860 --> 00:16:42.180 We've heard the promise of paradise, 00:16:42.680 --> 00:16:46.080 but how much will it cost? 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:50.340 Well, here, the promise of paradise 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:52.379 is offered to someone 00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:54.740 who was deserving judgment. 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:58.399 The two men crucified with Jesus 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:00.560 are identified throughout as criminals. 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:03.419 We see that in verse 32 and 39 00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:04.440 and again in 40. 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:06.620 They are lawbreakers. 00:17:07.620 --> 00:17:08.900 These are men whose crimes 00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:10.539 are so serious, in fact, 00:17:11.120 --> 00:17:13.620 that they have been sentenced to death. 00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:15.880 And in the Roman world, 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:18.000 that was by means of crucifixion. 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:20.400 Now, in other cultures 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:21.400 and at different times, 00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:23.420 executions were swift. 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:26.099 Whether it was the guillotine in France 00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:27.380 or the gallows in England, 00:17:27.859 --> 00:17:30.400 it was meant to be quick and clinical. 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:33.559 But it was not that way in the Roman world. 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:37.160 Crucifixion was purposefully designed 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:39.240 to be slow and painful. 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:41.660 The condemned person 00:17:41.660 --> 00:17:43.240 hung upon the cross, 00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:46.160 experiencing both excruciating pain 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:47.000 in their body 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:49.620 and suffocation in their lungs. 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:51.740 It could go on for hours, 00:17:51.840 --> 00:17:52.880 even into death. 00:17:54.120 --> 00:17:56.660 But it was a warning to all around 00:17:56.660 --> 00:17:58.220 that this was the judgment 00:17:58.220 --> 00:18:00.160 that fell on those 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.640 who broke the Roman laws. 00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:05.500 Now, one of those criminals 00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:08.100 is able to recognize just that. 00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:09.980 Look at verse 41. 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:11.100 He says to the other, 00:18:11.940 --> 00:18:14.100 we are punished justly 00:18:14.099 --> 00:18:16.259 for we are getting 00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:18.799 what our deeds deserve. 00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:21.799 On each side of Jesus 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:24.759 hang those who are deserving judgment. 00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:28.459 But there is a greater judgment 00:18:28.459 --> 00:18:29.879 than that of the Roman Empire. 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:32.599 It is a judgment far greater 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:33.359 than any judgment 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:35.399 that we could experience in this life. 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:38.439 And it is the judgment of God. 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:41.080 It is a punishment 00:18:41.080 --> 00:18:43.340 that never comes to an end. 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:47.400 It is the eternal judgment of hell. 00:18:48.840 --> 00:18:50.820 One of these criminals fears God 00:18:50.820 --> 00:18:52.400 just as little as he has feared 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:53.360 the Roman Empire. 00:18:54.820 --> 00:18:56.220 But the other is aware 00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:58.480 that whatever judgment he faces now, 00:19:00.080 --> 00:19:02.279 there is an even greater judgment 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:03.620 yet to come. 00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:06.580 He pleads with the other criminal 00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:09.019 that if he will not take seriously 00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:10.639 the judgment of the Roman Empire, 00:19:11.159 --> 00:19:12.919 that he will at least take seriously 00:19:12.919 --> 00:19:14.119 the judgment of God. 00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:16.619 He pleads in verse 40, 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:18.919 don't you fear God? 00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:21.779 Stop these insults. 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:23.039 Stop the mockery. 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:24.419 Don't you understand 00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:26.480 who it is that hangs on the cross 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.699 beside us? 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:31.279 But this man dies 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:32.539 as he has lived 00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:34.819 with concern 00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:36.539 neither for the laws of men 00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:39.860 nor for the commands of God. 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:43.240 Breaking the laws of Rome 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:44.600 left both of these men 00:19:44.600 --> 00:19:45.640 deserving judgment. 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:48.120 But ignoring, 00:19:48.980 --> 00:19:49.360 breaking, 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:50.960 and disregarding 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:52.220 the commands of God 00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:54.779 leaves every one of us 00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:56.819 deserving far greater judgment. 00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:59.419 It doesn't matter 00:19:59.419 --> 00:20:00.500 whether you are the greatest 00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.659 of lawbreakers 00:20:01.659 --> 00:20:02.980 or the most careful 00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:04.059 of law abiders. 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:06.200 All of us find ourselves 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.500 in the same positioning 00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:08.259 of deserving 00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:09.379 the judgment of God. 00:20:10.159 --> 00:20:11.259 For each of us 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:12.179 has failed to live 00:20:12.179 --> 00:20:12.879 as we should. 00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.679 Loving God 00:20:14.679 --> 00:20:15.439 as we should. 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:16.819 Caring for others 00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:17.599 as we should. 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:20.279 Whether we realize 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:21.039 it or not, 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.819 we are those 00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:23.839 who are deserving 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:25.299 of judgment 00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:26.639 the greater 00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:27.559 judgment 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:29.159 of God. 00:20:31.659 --> 00:20:32.559 But between 00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:33.599 these two criminals 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:35.599 was the one 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:36.619 who had done 00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:38.119 nothing wrong. 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:40.279 Once again 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:41.259 this is obvious 00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:42.259 to one of the criminals. 00:20:43.699 --> 00:20:44.720 He can't understand 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.519 the way in which 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.159 the other one 00:20:46.159 --> 00:20:47.240 is insulting Jesus. 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.399 They're all 00:20:49.399 --> 00:20:50.339 under the same judgment 00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:51.559 but he can see clearly 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.539 in verse 41 00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:53.839 this man 00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:55.339 has done 00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:57.240 nothing wrong. 00:20:59.059 --> 00:21:00.039 Now it's hard again 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:01.299 to know what this man 00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:02.519 knew or how he came 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.399 to this conclusion. 00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:05.440 Had he heard about 00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:06.599 Jesus and his ministry? 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.859 Had he heard about 00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:08.940 the miracles of Jesus? 00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:09.659 Or did he hear 00:21:09.659 --> 00:21:10.659 the teaching of Jesus? 00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.379 Has he heard about 00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:13.339 Pilate declaring 00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:14.220 the man innocent 00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:15.220 and yet condemning 00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:15.879 him to death? 00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:18.200 Or is it simply 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:19.240 what he's observed 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.899 of Jesus 00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:20.579 as he hangs 00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:21.319 on the cross? 00:21:22.939 --> 00:21:24.099 We don't know 00:21:24.099 --> 00:21:26.039 but he had seen 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:27.399 enough to know 00:21:27.399 --> 00:21:28.779 that next to him 00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:30.139 hung one 00:21:30.139 --> 00:21:31.799 who had done 00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:33.359 nothing wrong. 00:21:35.139 --> 00:21:35.819 You see 00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.839 here is the price 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.699 of paradise 00:21:37.699 --> 00:21:39.819 that the one 00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.579 who had done 00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.599 nothing wrong 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:43.879 would die for 00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:44.980 those 00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:46.039 deserving 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:47.059 judgments. 00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:49.460 I'm sure 00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:49.980 you noticed 00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:51.039 that three times 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:52.179 Jesus is encouraged 00:21:52.179 --> 00:21:53.019 to save 00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.879 himself. 00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:56.039 First in verse 35 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:57.000 the crowd 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.879 standing around 00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:58.720 watching and the 00:21:58.720 --> 00:22:00.379 rulers sneered at him. 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.740 They said he saved 00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.700 others let him 00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.619 save himself 00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.980 if he is God's 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.440 Messiah 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.599 the chosen one. 00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.359 It's followed 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:09.259 by the soldiers 00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.879 who mock him 00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.859 in verse 37 00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.819 if you are the 00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.599 king of the Jews 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:14.339 save yourself. 00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:16.279 the final time 00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.899 by one of these 00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:17.299 criminals 00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:18.299 hanging next to him 00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.259 in verse 39 00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:20.119 aren't you the 00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:20.659 Messiah 00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:22.059 save yourself 00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.859 and us? 00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.619 Couldn't Jesus 00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:28.199 have saved 00:22:28.199 --> 00:22:28.699 himself 00:22:28.699 --> 00:22:30.500 if he really 00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.379 was God's 00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:32.359 promised Messiah? 00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:35.399 Wouldn't Jesus 00:22:35.399 --> 00:22:36.459 have had the power 00:22:36.459 --> 00:22:37.720 to strike down 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.459 his enemies 00:22:38.459 --> 00:22:39.480 with a single 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:39.879 word? 00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:42.240 couldn't Jesus 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.900 have prevented 00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:44.080 all of this 00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:45.260 from happening? 00:22:46.840 --> 00:22:47.300 Well we know 00:22:47.300 --> 00:22:48.240 of course he could 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:51.400 but the price 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:52.240 of paradise 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:54.820 was that the 00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:55.700 one who had 00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.800 done nothing 00:22:56.800 --> 00:22:57.340 wrong 00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:59.720 would die 00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:01.420 for those 00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.080 deserving 00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:03.020 judgment. 00:23:04.820 --> 00:23:05.820 After all 00:23:05.820 --> 00:23:06.580 who has the 00:23:06.580 --> 00:23:07.020 right to 00:23:07.020 --> 00:23:07.600 paradise 00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:09.220 to eternal 00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.780 pleasure 00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:11.220 to enjoy 00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.720 life with 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.059 the holy 00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.619 God 00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:14.079 except the 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.379 one who 00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:15.139 deserves it. 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:17.099 One who's 00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.460 lived a 00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:17.960 spotless 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.460 life. 00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.639 One who's 00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:20.379 innocent of 00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:21.099 breaking any 00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.420 of the 00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.000 commands of 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.299 God. 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.619 One who's 00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.440 only ever 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.779 loved God 00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.740 perfectly. 00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.059 Jesus 00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.779 alone 00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.720 was 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.319 deserving 00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.660 of 00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.099 paradise. 00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:36.259 But for 00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.839 you and I 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.440 to enjoy 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.139 paradise 00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.240 death. 00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.840 Well a 00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.420 price had 00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:40.740 to be 00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.140 paid. 00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:43.400 The one who 00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.000 had done 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.259 nothing wrong 00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:47.040 would die 00:23:47.040 --> 00:23:48.720 for those 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.900 deserving 00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.740 judgment. 00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:53.140 Isn't that 00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.900 what's happening 00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:55.259 on the cross? 00:23:56.300 --> 00:23:56.960 Of course 00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.720 Jesus could 00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.600 save himself. 00:23:59.080 --> 00:23:59.620 Of course 00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:00.320 Jesus could 00:24:00.320 --> 00:24:00.980 strike down 00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.540 his enemies 00:24:01.540 --> 00:24:01.880 with a 00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.660 single word. 00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:04.740 but if 00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.100 he had 00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:05.820 done that 00:24:05.820 --> 00:24:07.820 he could 00:24:07.820 --> 00:24:08.180 not have 00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.540 spoken 00:24:08.540 --> 00:24:09.140 these 00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:09.820 words 00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:11.019 to the 00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.480 criminal 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.740 who is 00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.100 dying 00:24:13.100 --> 00:24:13.360 on the 00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:13.820 cross. 00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.440 Today 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:17.100 you will 00:24:17.100 --> 00:24:17.720 be with 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.240 me 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.820 in paradise. 00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:21.860 Indeed 00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:22.220 he could 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.759 never have 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.259 made that 00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.940 promise 00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:25.880 to any 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.460 of us. 00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:28.620 you see 00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:29.240 the price 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.220 of paradise 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.940 was one 00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:32.059 that we 00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:33.079 could never 00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:34.220 pay. 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.420 That 00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.140 psalm that 00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:36.680 Ralph read at 00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.100 the beginning 00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.700 showed that 00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.500 very clearly. 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.400 And yet 00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:41.279 here it is 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.200 offered to 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.660 us 00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.819 freely. 00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.940 The dying 00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.680 thief bears 00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.319 witness to 00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.640 that. 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.440 He could 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.079 do nothing 00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.759 to earn 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.400 his place 00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:52.019 in paradise. 00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.480 He had 00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.200 no time 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.920 to do 00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.360 anything. 00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.100 He lacked 00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:58.259 all ability 00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.059 to do 00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.519 anything. 00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.920 He simply 00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:03.160 looked to 00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.600 Jesus 00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:05.319 in faith. 00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.579 And that 00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.140 is the only 00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.620 way that 00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.440 any of us 00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.259 find a 00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.360 place in 00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:11.980 paradise. 00:25:13.100 --> 00:25:13.900 When we 00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.680 realize that 00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.079 we could 00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:16.120 never do 00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.980 anything to 00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.480 earn our 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.100 place there. 00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.140 That we 00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:19.500 could never 00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.299 pay enough 00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.200 to secure 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:22.100 our place 00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:22.500 there. 00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.400 That we 00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:23.779 could never 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.279 do enough 00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.980 to deserve 00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.680 our place 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.059 there. 00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:28.680 But rather 00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.259 like this 00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.779 dying 00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.380 criminal 00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:30.940 we look 00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.559 to Jesus 00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:33.000 in faith. 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.100 Trusting 00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.539 that what 00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.019 he has 00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.440 done 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:39.220 has secured 00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:40.079 for us 00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:41.240 what we 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.700 could never 00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.299 achieve for 00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.960 ourselves. 00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:45.420 The promise 00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.600 of paradise 00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:48.500 immediately 00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.799 upon death 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:51.259 while we 00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:52.500 wait for 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.279 his coming 00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.259 kingdom. 00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.839 let's 00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.099 pray 00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.799 together. 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.579 Father as 00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.180 we read 00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.720 these words 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.200 we see 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:08.220 this man 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.980 being offered 00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:10.119 something far 00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:10.940 greater than 00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.339 he can 00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.039 possibly 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:13.379 imagine. 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.700 His request 00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.480 has been bold 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.839 enough and 00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.359 yet he's 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.879 given even 00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.740 more still. 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:22.579 and we 00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:22.839 know that 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.140 that was 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:24.140 only possible 00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.720 because the 00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.120 one who 00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.460 had done 00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.359 nothing wrong 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:28.160 would die 00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.819 for those 00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.240 deserving 00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.660 judgment. 00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:31.599 And 00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.000 Father we 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.400 thank you 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:32.720 that that 00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.380 promise that 00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:34.039 is extended 00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.539 to this 00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.039 man is 00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:36.000 extended to 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.660 us and 00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:37.920 indeed 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.620 extended to 00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.380 all who 00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:39.940 will turn 00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.599 to Jesus 00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.500 in faith. 00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.640 That we 00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.140 too can 00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:45.000 enjoy paradise. 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.400 That we 00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.079 can be 00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.539 with 00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.399 Jesus 00:26:48.399 --> 00:26:49.799 while we 00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.579 wait for 00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.079 his coming 00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.559 kingdom. 00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:52.919 Oh 00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:53.379 Father it's 00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:53.980 beyond our 00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.759 comprehension 00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.460 all that you 00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.059 have planned 00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.839 for your 00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.199 people. 00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.279 But we 00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.759 pray that 00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.399 again today 00:26:59.399 --> 00:26:59.759 that you 00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.019 will have 00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.419 helped us 00:27:00.419 --> 00:27:00.919 to further 00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.319 grasp 00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.759 something 00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.119 more 00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:03.579 of the 00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.019 life that 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.679 lies ahead 00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:06.580 and that 00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:06.920 it most 00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.360 certainly 00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:08.000 is not 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.480 because of 00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.820 anything 00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:09.220 that we 00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.660 have done 00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:11.200 but only 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.799 because of 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.080 what the 00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:12.680 Lord Jesus 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:14.060 has done 00:27:14.060 --> 00:27:14.700 for us. 00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.140 And we 00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.640 pray this 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.060 in his 00:27:17.060 --> 00:27:17.380 name. 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.080 Amen. 00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:22.660 In just a 00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:22.960 moment we're 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.200 going to 00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.700 stand and 00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.000 we're going 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.680 to sing 00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.320 together 00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:25.759 Jesus 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.500 Pet It 00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.799 All. 00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.580 And then 00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:28.220 after that 00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.600 Ralph's 00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:28.920 going to 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.299 lead us 00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.700 in a time 00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.299 around the 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.620 Lord's 00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:30.880 table. 00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:31.640 So when 00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:31.960 the musicians 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.279 are ready 00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.779 we'll stand 00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.279 to sing.