WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.600 We ask in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:00:03.580 --> 00:00:11.439 Now, let's read together from Isaiah 53 and then we'll think about it for a time together. 00:00:12.140 --> 00:00:16.980 So Isaiah 53 from the beginning, but we'll think about verses 10 to 12. 00:00:18.300 --> 00:00:20.800 Who has believed our message? 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:24.940 And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 00:00:24.940 --> 00:00:30.440 He grew up before him like a tender shoot and like a root out of dry ground. 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:37.480 He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:43.420 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering and familiar with pain. 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:49.719 Like one from whom people hide their faces, he was despised and we held him in low esteem. 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:53.260 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering. 00:00:53.259 --> 00:00:57.699 Yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him and afflicted. 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:01.039 But he was pierced for our transgressions. 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:03.439 He was crushed for our iniquities. 00:01:03.879 --> 00:01:08.799 The punishment that brought us peace was on him and by his wounds we are healed. 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:11.500 We all like sheep have gone astray. 00:01:12.039 --> 00:01:18.120 Each of us has turned to our own way and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 00:01:18.739 --> 00:01:22.439 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth. 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:28.739 He was led like a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:33.900 By oppression and judgment he was taken away, yet who of his generation protested? 00:01:34.500 --> 00:01:36.420 For he was cut off from the land of the living. 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:39.479 For the transgression of my people he was punished. 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:47.460 He was assigned a grave with the wicked and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. 00:01:47.459 --> 00:01:51.879 Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer. 00:01:52.259 --> 00:01:59.979 And though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 00:02:00.619 --> 00:02:04.359 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied. 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:10.180 By his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many and he will bear their iniquities. 00:02:10.860 --> 00:02:20.080 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great and he will divide the spoils with the strong because he poured out his life unto death and was numbered with the transgressors. 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:26.920 For he bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. 00:02:28.880 --> 00:02:36.880 So we've been thinking for the last two Sundays now this one about the gospel, the good news that there is in the suffering servant of Isaiah 53. 00:02:36.980 --> 00:02:44.140 And we come here to part three and we're going to focus on the resurrection of the servant as we think about Easter Sunday. 00:02:44.139 --> 00:02:50.599 But I want to begin with the story of a man from Cameroon called Francis Ngannou. 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:56.279 And maybe you've heard of him. I suspect most of you haven't. I certainly hadn't until last week. 00:02:56.859 --> 00:03:02.479 If you're interested, he is an ultimate fighter. He's in the UFC, mixed martial arts. 00:03:02.939 --> 00:03:14.000 I don't follow it, but I always like to read those sort of personal interest stories, those interviews that reveal sort of glimpses into the sort of the backstory of athletes. 00:03:14.139 --> 00:03:23.059 And Francis's story is a story of being a refugee from Cameroon to becoming a rising star within the MMA. 00:03:23.819 --> 00:03:35.500 So I was reading and listening to him talk about being like many thousands from Africa, leaving that continent on migrant boats in order to sail to France. 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:46.520 And then he spent months homeless and penniless in Paris until eventually he found a gym and then he began to train. 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:51.659 And now he's on this path towards success in the MMA. 00:03:51.900 --> 00:03:57.939 And so I read that in the morning. And then later that day, I discovered that he had a championship fight, which he won. 00:03:57.939 --> 00:04:04.560 And he is now crowned as heavyweight champion in the world of UFC. 00:04:05.180 --> 00:04:12.759 And it's sort of now in my head, those two stories of agony and struggle and victory, they belong together. 00:04:13.079 --> 00:04:14.919 When I think about Francis and Gannou. 00:04:16.740 --> 00:04:20.639 And isn't that true when we think of the story of Easter and the story of Jesus? 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:25.839 Here we have Isaiah 700 years before the arrival of Jesus. 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:37.919 And what he's done in the first verses that we've looked at, he's taken us into the agony, to the depths of the suffering and the death of Jesus, the obedient suffering servant of the Lord. 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:52.040 And today, in verses 10 to 12, we're going to see how the agony and the victory of the resurrection are then woven together as essential elements in the gospel. 00:04:52.200 --> 00:04:55.280 They are two sides of the same coin. 00:04:55.879 --> 00:05:07.280 So that hopefully we will recognise that we are called to respond to the Jesus of Isaiah 53. 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:14.759 The Jesus who is both crucified for us and risen in glory. 00:05:15.699 --> 00:05:21.680 So the question is, will we worship this Jesus or will we walk away from him? 00:05:22.980 --> 00:05:30.460 So we're going to think about the resurrection of the servant of the Lord and see how that connects with the Lord's will. 00:05:30.459 --> 00:05:40.219 And then think about what that says about the satisfaction of the servant and the triumph of the servant as we move through this text. 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:46.000 So let's begin with the resurrection and the Lord's will. 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:47.539 Verse 10. 00:05:48.859 --> 00:05:50.219 Look how it begins. 00:05:50.220 --> 00:06:03.720 Yet it takes us right to the heart of the crucial question. 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:07.440 Who killed Jesus? 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:15.079 And it takes us beyond the religious leaders who plotted and planned against Jesus. 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:21.779 It takes us past the Roman soldiers who conspired with the Jews to put Jesus to death. 00:06:22.180 --> 00:06:30.139 Ultimately, we see it was the father who planned to kill Jesus. 00:06:30.139 --> 00:06:36.500 Notice it begins, verse 10 begins with a yet. 00:06:38.500 --> 00:06:50.659 It's saying, although we have seen all this truth, although we have seen the servant despised, abused, rejected, killed, buried by those who hated him and opposed him. 00:06:50.660 --> 00:07:02.200 Yet as the curtain is pulled back, beyond human actions, we see it is the Lord's will and the Lord's pleasure to do what? 00:07:03.400 --> 00:07:05.300 This is a remarkable statement, isn't it? 00:07:05.340 --> 00:07:06.500 Look at verse 10. 00:07:06.820 --> 00:07:07.580 It was the Lord's will. 00:07:07.660 --> 00:07:10.940 It's the Lord's pleasure to crush his servant. 00:07:11.540 --> 00:07:14.620 To cause his servant to suffer. 00:07:14.620 --> 00:07:21.139 To make his servant's life an offering for sin, a guilt offering. 00:07:21.780 --> 00:07:29.120 Now remember, the servant is Jesus, the sinless Son of God. 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:32.600 The dearly loved Son of God. 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:35.720 So the question is that, how do we make sense of this? 00:07:35.980 --> 00:07:40.300 How can the Father delight in the death of his Son? 00:07:40.300 --> 00:07:49.780 And the answer must lie in what the death of his Son, the Lord Jesus, achieves. 00:07:52.379 --> 00:07:54.580 Now to just take a step back for a moment. 00:07:55.280 --> 00:08:00.480 Imagine the Bible, not as a book, but as a symphony. 00:08:01.900 --> 00:08:08.879 And if the Bible was a symphony, we'd hear over and over again the great melody of salvation ringing out. 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:12.699 God is a God who delights to save sinners. 00:08:13.420 --> 00:08:19.759 But within this symphony, we'd have interweaving themes that come and go throughout the whole Bible. 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:28.000 And two dominant themes are, one, that God is passionate for his glory and his honour. 00:08:28.420 --> 00:08:32.779 So he cannot turn a blind eye to sin and he cannot just brush sin under the carpet. 00:08:32.899 --> 00:08:36.240 He must be just and he must maintain his holiness. 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:38.100 So God's passion for his glory and honour. 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:42.019 But also, the other theme that we see is God's electing love. 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:51.019 He is passionate to do good to sinners who rob him of glory, who deny him the honour he deserves. 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:58.399 And what we see and what the Father delights in is that Jesus, in his death and resurrection, he brings those two themes together. 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:01.399 This is what brings the Father delight. 00:09:02.139 --> 00:09:09.139 That Jesus is passionate for the glory of God and Jesus is passionate in his desire to save sinners. 00:09:10.259 --> 00:09:13.959 And so Jesus becomes our guilt offering. 00:09:16.019 --> 00:09:19.360 And Jesus' guilt offering is a suitable offering. 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:20.919 He is perfect. 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:23.079 He is blameless, as the law demands. 00:09:24.219 --> 00:09:31.719 Jesus, coming as our substitute, he meets the demands of God's justice against sin, as every sacrifice did. 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:37.719 And Jesus also meets the needs for sinners like ourselves. 00:09:37.839 --> 00:09:40.219 We cannot make ourselves good enough for God. 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:45.179 We need the sacrificial work of the Lord Jesus. 00:09:45.179 --> 00:09:54.859 And in his becoming our guilt offering, he brings God glory and he saves sinners and God is pleased. 00:09:56.019 --> 00:09:59.059 Of course, that's not the end of the story. 00:09:59.199 --> 00:10:02.939 The story doesn't end with Jesus' death. 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:05.319 Verse 10 continues. 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:11.920 He will see his offspring and prolong his days. 00:10:12.400 --> 00:10:18.160 And the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:22.460 Beyond agony, there is victory. 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:25.900 The will of the Lord prospers in his hand, Isaiah says. 00:10:25.940 --> 00:10:26.660 What does that mean? 00:10:27.180 --> 00:10:30.600 It means that beyond the death of Jesus, there is life. 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:35.840 And in his risen life, Jesus continues the Lord's will. 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:41.980 God's purpose and plan is worked out in and through the Lord Jesus. 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:46.800 And what is his plan? 00:10:47.180 --> 00:10:50.180 What is the will and the pleasure of God? 00:10:50.940 --> 00:10:55.320 Well, again, to go back to verse 10, Jesus will see his offspring. 00:10:55.320 --> 00:11:03.980 Jesus, in his dying and rising, purchases a spiritual family that belong to God, 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:08.700 who with Jesus share in his resurrection life. 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:17.500 And so we are invited by Isaiah and in the good news of the gospel to look to the cross 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:21.900 and to see there at the cross both the Lord's plan and the Lord's passion. 00:11:21.899 --> 00:11:29.799 His desire to uphold his glory and honour and his desire to save ungodly rebel sinners 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:38.659 by laying our sin on Jesus, by Jesus enduring our shame so that we might receive his honour. 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:43.959 So we are not ashamed to say Christianity is a rescue religion. 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:47.600 The great song of the Bible is the song of salvation. 00:11:48.299 --> 00:11:50.379 And we want to sing that joyfully. 00:11:50.379 --> 00:11:55.759 Nothing in my hands I bring simply to the cross of Jesus I cling. 00:11:56.539 --> 00:11:59.519 So we look to the cross, but we also look to the risen Jesus, 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:04.100 the one who accomplishes the Lord's will as he becomes that guilt offering, 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:10.080 the one who accomplishes the Lord's will as he establishes that family of faith that enjoys eternal life. 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:17.320 As that family covers the globe, the global church, the church through history, 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:21.259 Jesus accomplishing the Lord's will. 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:26.160 The death and resurrection of Jesus enthrones him as victorious king. 00:12:27.520 --> 00:12:30.080 So this was the Lord's will for Jesus. 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:38.980 I wonder how often we think about the Lord's will, the Lord's desire for you and for me. 00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:44.639 Paul, as he writes to Timothy in his first letter to Timothy chapter 2, 00:12:44.980 --> 00:12:52.139 says that God desires all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 00:12:53.740 --> 00:12:54.580 What is that? 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:55.840 What is that truth? 00:12:56.779 --> 00:13:02.639 That in Jesus we can be part of the family of God rather than being enemies estranged from God. 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:06.500 That we can receive eternal life and not eternal death. 00:13:06.580 --> 00:13:08.120 That we can enjoy forgiveness. 00:13:09.179 --> 00:13:11.000 That we don't have to live with guilt. 00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:16.620 That's the gift that God desires to give. 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:20.019 Now of course, we can resist that. 00:13:20.460 --> 00:13:22.120 We can say no to that. 00:13:22.460 --> 00:13:23.360 But why would we? 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:28.759 Do we know Jesus as Saviour? 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:33.240 Do we worship him because of all that he has done? 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:39.460 There's the resurrection and the Lord's will. 00:13:40.939 --> 00:13:49.439 Verse 11 moves from there to think about the resurrection and the servant's satisfaction. 00:13:49.700 --> 00:13:52.200 The satisfaction of Jesus, the servant of the Lord. 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:57.480 Perhaps you are familiar with performance assessments. 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:02.639 I know boys and girls that that's something you sometimes have to do in school. 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:09.159 Maybe in a workplace you have end of year reviews or end of a project reviews. 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:10.820 It's part of life for many of us. 00:14:11.139 --> 00:14:15.200 Asking questions like, you know, am I happy with how things went? 00:14:16.019 --> 00:14:17.720 What would I have done differently? 00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:21.220 Could things have been done better? 00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:23.139 Could things have turned out better? 00:14:23.139 --> 00:14:37.399 Now Isaiah here pictures, anticipates the servant of the Lord giving his assessment of the cross as he looks back on it as a finished work. 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:43.899 And the servant is totally satisfied. 00:14:44.459 --> 00:14:53.379 He would change nothing because he has performed, he has achieved the Lord's will. 00:14:53.459 --> 00:14:57.860 And of course the Lord's will is the will of the servant because Jesus is the Son of God. 00:14:57.860 --> 00:15:05.259 So he is totally satisfied with what his performance has achieved. 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:08.539 Let's see that in verse 11. 00:15:09.539 --> 00:15:10.779 Look at the beginning with me. 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:18.840 After or literally because he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied. 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:28.120 Here is a reward anticipated satisfaction that will be experienced because of this suffering that has been gone through. 00:15:28.280 --> 00:15:36.280 So the flow of the first part of the verse is because Jesus has suffered and died and Isaiah has laid that out in verses 3 to 9. 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:41.660 Because he was despised and rejected, because he suffered, because he took up our pain and suffering, 00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:44.180 because he was pierced for our transgressions, 00:15:44.179 --> 00:15:52.339 because the punishment that brought us peace was on him as he was oppressed and afflicted but bore that silently. 00:15:52.839 --> 00:15:57.199 Now as he was cut off from the land of the living and assigned a grave with the wicked, 00:15:57.399 --> 00:16:01.099 after that comes resurrection. 00:16:01.319 --> 00:16:08.359 He will see the light of life and he knows the satisfaction of the plan of salvation being completed. 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:12.180 So Jesus can look on the cross and be satisfied, 00:16:12.680 --> 00:16:20.759 knowing it is both the Lord's delight in upholding his glory and his delight in saving sinners. 00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:31.620 Jesus knows satisfaction as his offering purchases offspring for God's family. 00:16:32.220 --> 00:16:35.259 He dies so we might live. 00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:39.759 To use the language of the book of Hebrews from a different section, 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:44.200 Hebrews chapter 12, speaks of Jesus who for the joy set before him, 00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:45.779 so this is looking forward to the cross, 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:48.519 who for the joy set before him endured the cross. 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:51.480 Now what was the joy anticipated by Jesus? 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:54.080 The joy of completing the Father's plan, 00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:57.240 of upholding the Father's glory and bringing salvation to sinners. 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:01.500 And now here in Isaiah, he's looking back and seeing that same joy. 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:04.940 Now the second part of the verse is interesting. 00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:09.460 Take a look at that verse, the second part. 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:15.420 By his knowledge, my righteous servant will justify many and he will bear their iniquities. 00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:24.160 Now our instinct might be to read that to say that knowing Jesus is the key to being justified in God's sight. 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:29.279 If we are to be declared perfectly acceptable, we can't do that on our own strength or merit. 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:31.700 We need to know the Lord Jesus. 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:33.420 And that of course is true. 00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:38.000 But the focus here isn't what do I know about Jesus? 00:17:38.779 --> 00:17:41.779 The focus is what does Jesus the servant know? 00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:47.980 And what Jesus the servant knows, and he alone knows, and knows fully, 00:17:48.899 --> 00:17:50.500 he knows the Lord's will. 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:53.720 The Lord's will to uphold his honour. 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:56.220 The Lord's will to save sinners. 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:59.639 Jesus, as he comes, as he suffers and dies, he knows that. 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:04.460 Jesus knows what the Lord requires. 00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:10.720 For us as sinful people to be acceptable, Jesus must, to use the language of verse 11, 00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:12.960 he must bear our iniquities. 00:18:13.320 --> 00:18:17.880 He must suffer the judgment of God for us. 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:19.600 He must go under the curse for us. 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:28.659 Jesus must become, as it were, unacceptable, that we might be made acceptable in God's sight there at the cross. 00:18:32.179 --> 00:18:39.139 What we discover in verse 11 is that our hope rests in Jesus. 00:18:39.679 --> 00:18:43.599 Jesus, who is God's righteous servant. 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:46.039 And that word righteous is so important. 00:18:47.219 --> 00:18:50.559 That he is righteous is good news for us. 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:55.939 Because the only way for his offering to be accepted is if he is righteous and blameless. 00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:59.279 Just like in the Old Testament, the animals had to be pure and blameless. 00:18:59.379 --> 00:19:05.899 It was a picture of the sacrifice God requires to deal with our sin has to be a righteous one. 00:19:06.139 --> 00:19:09.079 That's Jesus, the righteous servant. 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:19.019 And the only way his righteousness can be extended to us is if we receive it as a gift. 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:29.579 God can only be satisfied with us because he is satisfied with his son and we are in Christ. 00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:37.639 By faith we are united to Christ so that when God looks at us, he sees us perfect in the Lord Jesus. 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:47.300 And it brought Jesus satisfaction to do that for God's glory and for the church. 00:19:49.120 --> 00:19:52.759 That's an amazing thing to think about considering the events of Easter. 00:19:55.140 --> 00:20:00.020 When Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones sang and we still hear it, 00:20:00.080 --> 00:20:01.880 I can't get no satisfaction. 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:05.600 I expect then they were voiced in the feelings of many. 00:20:06.080 --> 00:20:10.900 And I think now we still have that sense of discontent. 00:20:11.760 --> 00:20:16.880 Perhaps in this last year especially, feeling a sense of discontent. 00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:22.880 Perhaps we're not sure where we look for satisfaction. 00:20:23.540 --> 00:20:28.880 Maybe we've tried various things to give our life a sense of meaning and purpose and identity. 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:34.900 And as the foundations of life have been shaken, we find that we're not sure where to turn. 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:41.600 Well, the Bible says the one source of true and lasting satisfaction is in Jesus. 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:48.780 So we look to Jesus and we consider what brought Jesus satisfaction. 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:58.940 Here in Isaiah, we're reminded that the sinless Son of God took on himself the sin of the world, 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:03.660 the judgment that we deserve so that we could be justified, 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:07.180 so that we could stand in God's presence and not be condemned, 00:21:07.379 --> 00:21:09.559 so we could be declared righteous in God's eyes. 00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:11.859 And that brings Jesus satisfaction. 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:12.680 There's love, isn't it? 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:21.080 Jesus both has satisfied the requirements of the law by becoming our blameless substitute, 00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:26.620 and Jesus is satisfied that the plan of salvation is complete, 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:30.400 that the price has been paid, that the gift has been offered 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:35.240 to a needy, hurting, broken world, to you and me today. 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:49.000 Your longings for love, for purpose, for security, for hope, for forgiveness, 00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:55.740 they are found in the risen Lord Jesus. 00:21:56.579 --> 00:22:00.839 Look to him, turn from sin and turn towards God 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:04.119 and to put your trust in Jesus as saviour. 00:22:05.439 --> 00:22:10.779 And you will find your heart's desire in him. 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:17.319 And now let's have a look at verse 12 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:22.639 and the resurrection and the servant's triumph. 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:27.000 Now I want to suggest there's a picture here 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:29.459 as we read verse 12 and we'll read it in a second. 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:32.539 And the picture is of a victory podium. 00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:35.279 You imagine perhaps a medal ceremony 00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:38.160 and there's a gold medalist on the top of the podium 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:41.460 and he's receiving, she's receiving glory. 00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.900 Now the question, 00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:49.120 who is it that receives glory and victory in Isaiah's prophecy? 00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:53.279 Now in the translation we have here, 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.940 first half of verse 12, 00:22:55.940 --> 00:23:00.920 therefore I will give him a portion among the great 00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:04.860 and he will divide the spoils with the strong. 00:23:04.860 --> 00:23:09.860 Now that can sound like and perhaps suggest 00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:12.580 that if this is a podium, 00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:16.900 then the whole team are on the platform together, 00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:18.360 sharing in honour. 00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:20.500 Now perhaps Jesus is captain, 00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:22.380 but he is first among equals. 00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:24.400 That might be the impression we get, 00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:27.700 but it's better to think of it this way. 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:31.840 There is only one who stands on that podium. 00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:36.040 Only one who receives this glory and honour 00:23:36.040 --> 00:23:39.100 anticipated in Isaiah 53 in the first instance, 00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.180 and that's the servant, 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.080 Jesus, 00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:43.200 our risen Lord. 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:48.080 And that we then appreciate that our victory 00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:51.620 is totally dependent on that of Jesus. 00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:54.420 Jesus is for us, 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:56.180 our champion. 00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.680 Think back to the Old Testament, 00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:00.900 David against Goliath. 00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:02.960 Rather than having Israel and the Philistines 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:04.480 as whole armies battle it out, 00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:06.180 champions were chosen. 00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:09.940 And whichever one was victorious, 00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:13.180 their army would share in the victory. 00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:14.120 So Jesus, 00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:15.080 as our champion, 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:17.180 wins the battle against sin 00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:20.299 and the devil and death and the grave. 00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:23.299 He pays the price that we owe 00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:25.299 because we have broken God's law 00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:28.560 and in him and only in him 00:24:28.560 --> 00:24:30.460 are we conquerors. 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.279 So that all the glory 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:33.220 and all the honour 00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:36.120 must return to Jesus 00:24:36.120 --> 00:24:39.039 even as we share in his victory. 00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:42.100 To him be the glory. 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:45.539 Look at the verse 12 again. 00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.140 Therefore, 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:49.620 in light of 00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:52.460 having perfectly completed his task, 00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:54.819 there is now a victory, 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.960 there is now reward. 00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.380 Therefore, 00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.579 I will give him a portion 00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.940 among the great, 00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.059 among the many. 00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:05.339 This is a picture of Jesus 00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:08.900 receiving all the redeemed people of God 00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:10.079 as his reward. 00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:12.039 What is the reward for Jesus 00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:14.140 after his death and resurrection? 00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.400 It's the church. 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:20.059 Don't ever devalue the church. 00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.759 It's Christ's reward. 00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:24.079 It's the people he died to save 00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.660 and to love 00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:26.500 and to bring into fellowship with him. 00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:29.140 And then verse 12, 00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:30.880 the second line in verse 12, 00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:32.059 slightly different note, 00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:33.460 he will divide the spoils 00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.139 with the strong. 00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:36.740 It's a picture of the spoils of war. 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.279 You know, 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.740 to the victor belong the spoils. 00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:38.919 Well, 00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:40.700 the spoils of war here 00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.579 are actually 00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.579 the strong. 00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:44.000 It's a reference to those 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:45.599 nations and kings 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.720 in the book of Isaiah 00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.619 who resist 00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:49.359 God's will. 00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:51.000 Those who resist 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.480 Jesus 00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.000 ultimately 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.599 will be defeated. 00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.980 Decisive action 00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.779 of judgment 00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.559 will be taken 00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.220 against those 00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.980 who oppose 00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.839 Jesus as Lord. 00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:01.500 Here is total triumph 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.240 in other words. 00:26:02.699 --> 00:26:03.859 Here is the risen Jesus 00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.759 in joy and glory, 00:26:04.959 --> 00:26:05.819 saving his people, 00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.939 bringing judgment 00:26:06.939 --> 00:26:08.220 on those who oppose him. 00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:10.079 And how does that victory, 00:26:10.199 --> 00:26:11.339 how does the reward come? 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.819 Read with me in verse 12. 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.699 Because 00:26:14.699 --> 00:26:16.799 he poured out 00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.679 his life unto death. 00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:19.339 So because of his death 00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:21.399 and 00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:23.199 because he was numbered 00:26:23.199 --> 00:26:24.439 with the transgressors, 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:26.759 because he identifies, 00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:28.180 self-identifies 00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:29.059 with sinners, 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.779 and because 00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:33.059 he bore 00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:34.420 the sin of many. 00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:35.980 Jesus 00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:37.380 in love 00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.860 was willing 00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.799 to be regarded 00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.980 as a rebel. 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.600 Jesus 00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:43.740 out of love 00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.320 and mercy 00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:44.880 was willing 00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:46.220 to take on himself 00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.120 and be punished 00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:48.740 for those thoughts 00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.500 that you have, 00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.400 those actions 00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.080 you have committed, 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.779 those words 00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.600 that you have spoken 00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:54.659 that cause you deep shame 00:26:54.659 --> 00:26:56.159 and you would love 00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:57.000 to hide 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.819 and to bury him 00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.939 for no one else to see. 00:26:59.359 --> 00:26:59.819 Jesus 00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:01.159 died 00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:02.299 for those, 00:27:02.439 --> 00:27:03.659 identified with those 00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:04.419 and bore 00:27:04.419 --> 00:27:05.519 those. 00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.779 And here 00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.539 is the triumph 00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.179 and the victory 00:27:10.179 --> 00:27:11.039 of salvation. 00:27:12.939 --> 00:27:14.339 Through the cross 00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:16.019 and the resurrection 00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:17.500 there is 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.339 reward, 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.059 there is honour 00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.699 for Jesus. 00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.599 But how does 00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.939 reward and honour 00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.720 and good news 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.940 come to us 00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:26.080 because he does 00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:27.400 it for us. 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.580 And notice 00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:29.200 in particular 00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.860 this last phrase, 00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.799 Jesus made 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:34.000 intercession 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:36.200 for the transgressors. 00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.500 Here is Jesus 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.299 standing as 00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.039 go-between. 00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:39.920 You know 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:41.019 in friendships 00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.680 when people are 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:43.080 sort of face-to-face 00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:43.539 but then there's 00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.180 a falling out 00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.759 and people then 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.600 turn their backs 00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:46.279 on one another. 00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:47.660 Jesus comes 00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.440 as mediator, 00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.240 he comes as that 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.000 party looking 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:51.339 to reconcile. 00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:51.759 And Jesus 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.480 is the perfect 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.319 mediator because 00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.460 between God 00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.779 and man, 00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.799 Jesus is both 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.819 God and 00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.980 man. 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:01.039 And Jesus 00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:02.460 stands and he 00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.359 takes that 00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:04.640 sin that 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.319 separates. 00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.700 He takes the 00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.559 anger of God 00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.359 that is against 00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:09.500 us so that we 00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:11.200 might be reconciled 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:12.400 through faith 00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:12.839 in him. 00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.779 And it's important 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.400 that we understand 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:16.839 that the intercession 00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.359 of Jesus 00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:18.660 wasn't a one-time 00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.380 thing there at 00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:19.700 the cross. 00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:20.640 Jesus continues 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.580 to make intercession. 00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.300 Again to go to 00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:22.600 Hebrews, 00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.600 Hebrews chapter 7 00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:25.019 and verse 25, 00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:26.259 Jesus ever lives 00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.820 we're told to 00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.700 make intercession. 00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.680 Jesus in other 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.740 words is constantly 00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:32.460 claiming his 00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.540 finished work 00:28:33.540 --> 00:28:34.980 as the basis 00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:37.040 for his people 00:28:37.040 --> 00:28:38.480 to be accepted 00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.440 and welcomed. 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.120 He is pleading 00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.960 before the 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:44.080 father on the 00:28:44.080 --> 00:28:44.920 basis of 00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:46.300 those wounds 00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.919 that he received 00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:48.720 on the cross. 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.299 The reality 00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.759 that he has 00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.299 suffered and 00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:53.079 died in our 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:54.180 place for our 00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:55.059 sins that justice 00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.740 has been done 00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.700 so that by faith 00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.839 in Jesus we 00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.759 can be welcome 00:28:58.759 --> 00:29:00.319 and accepted. 00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.819 We are a 00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.379 people who 00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:04.259 long for 00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.779 security. 00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.180 It's been 00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.680 profoundly 00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:07.319 unsettling times. 00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.119 There is 00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:09.259 complete security 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.159 for now and 00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:11.720 eternity in 00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:13.000 knowing the 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.619 risen Lord 00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:13.980 Jesus. 00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.759 we have his 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:16.720 power in 00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.160 us. 00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.700 We have his 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.980 presence with 00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.460 us and we 00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.099 have him in 00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:21.160 heaven and he 00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.900 is praying 00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:24.240 for us. 00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.880 So we have 00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:29.500 seen the 00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.920 agony and 00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.559 the victory 00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:33.059 of the 00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:34.299 servant and 00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.000 we see it 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.779 in the 00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.960 story of 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.460 Easter. 00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.620 Here is 00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:40.140 Isaiah led 00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.559 by the 00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:42.180 spirit anticipating 00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.200 700 years 00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:44.220 later the 00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.940 agony of 00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.559 the suffering 00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:45.880 of the 00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.779 being forsaken 00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.100 of the 00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.580 death of 00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:47.779 the 00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.360 resurrection 00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:49.400 triumph of 00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.799 Jesus. 00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.360 How do we 00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:52.960 respond? 00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.319 Well I think 00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.700 about the 00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.220 story of 00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:56.259 Francis Ngannou 00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:57.860 knowing all 00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.279 he'd gone 00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.539 through it 00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:58.880 made me 00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.640 root for 00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.000 him to 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.200 have 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.840 success. 00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.140 It made 00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:02.180 me feel a 00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.539 sense of 00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.200 happiness that 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.460 he would 00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:04.720 have victory 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.440 beyond his 00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:05.819 struggles. 00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.860 How much 00:30:06.860 --> 00:30:07.500 more should 00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:07.799 we have 00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:09.420 joy in 00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:10.140 the victory 00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.779 of Jesus? 00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.160 How much 00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.480 more should 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.200 we delight 00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.019 in Jesus 00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.400 knowing that 00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.019 the agonies 00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.340 he went 00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:14.660 through he 00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.220 went through 00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.360 for us? 00:30:17.580 --> 00:30:17.799 It's 00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.420 Jesus who 00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.140 delighted in 00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.740 carrying out 00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.319 God's plan 00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.039 of salvation 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:22.140 who is 00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:23.200 satisfied in 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:24.100 justifying 00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.860 ungodly 00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.360 people like 00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:26.299 us who 00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.059 intercedes 00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:28.360 for us so 00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:28.580 that we 00:30:28.580 --> 00:30:29.140 might share 00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.860 his resurrection 00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.519 life and 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:30.900 victory. 00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.080 That's the 00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.680 good news of 00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:32.980 Easter. 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:33.779 That's the 00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.400 heart of 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:35.519 the message 00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.180 of the 00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.620 gospel. 00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:38.080 I wonder 00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:38.539 if that's 00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.140 the story 00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:40.440 that's central 00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:40.860 to your 00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.140 heart 00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.720 bringing you 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.400 joy today. 00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.820 If it is 00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:44.820 then worship 00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:45.420 Jesus, 00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:47.140 enjoy him, 00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.960 trust him 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:51.039 and if not 00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:52.299 turn to 00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:53.820 him as 00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:54.299 your Lord 00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.940 and Saviour. 00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.500 Let's pray 00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.160 together. 00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.660 Lord, 00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.500 there is so 00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.440 much mystery 00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:02.700 surrounding 00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.440 Easter. 00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:04.860 It is a 00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.519 mystery that 00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.120 you could be 00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:07.740 pleased in 00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.580 sending your 00:31:08.580 --> 00:31:09.259 son to be 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.819 the sin 00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:11.119 bearer so 00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:12.440 that people 00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.099 like us 00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.539 might be 00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.319 forgiven and 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:15.500 redeemed and 00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.440 justified and 00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.759 adopted and 00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.519 have the hope 00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.259 of glory. 00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.819 But yet we 00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.220 know it's 00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.559 true. 00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.539 Lord, we 00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.599 are amazed 00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.119 at the 00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:26.319 satisfaction 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:27.200 that Jesus 00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.980 felt in 00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:29.339 completing your 00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:30.720 plan and in 00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.960 saving people 00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.940 like us. 00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:36.019 In seeing 00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.720 your love 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.099 for the 00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.539 church. 00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.799 Help us to 00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:40.159 know that 00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:40.559 this is 00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:40.919 true. 00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:43.220 Father, help 00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:44.039 us to see 00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.200 in a fresh 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.740 way the 00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.559 glory, the 00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:49.460 triumph, the 00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.139 victory of 00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.480 the Lord 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.559 Jesus, to 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.139 know that in 00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:52.819 him we have 00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.659 security and 00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:54.379 hope for now 00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:55.379 and for 00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.559 eternity, that 00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.319 we would live 00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:58.079 as a people 00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:59.039 with hope and 00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.379 joy. 00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:02.419 We pray in 00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:03.180 Jesus' name. 00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:04.899 Amen. 00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:20.680 aram 00:32:21.419 --> 00:32:22.460 Leifa 00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:27.259 What can wash away my sin? 00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:32.759 Nothing but the blood of Jesus. 00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:39.140 What can make me old again? 00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:44.660 Nothing but the blood of Jesus. 00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:51.200 Oh, precious is the flow 00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:57.140 That makes me white as snow. 00:32:57.940 --> 00:33:02.960 No other fount I know. 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:08.460 Nothing but the blood of Jesus. 00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:25.220 For my pardon, this I see 00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:30.600 Nothing but the blood of Jesus. 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:36.759 For my cleansing, this my plea. 00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:42.459 Nothing but the blood of Jesus. 00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:48.980 Oh, precious is the flow 00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:54.900 That makes me white as snow. 00:33:55.720 --> 00:34:00.720 No other fount I know. 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:06.660 Nothing but the blood of Jesus. 00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:22.920 Nothing can force in the tone 00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:28.480 Nothing but the blood of Jesus 00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:34.740 Not of good that I have done 00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:40.240 Nothing but the blood of Jesus. 00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:46.179 Oh, precious is the flow 00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:52.119 That makes me white as snow. 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:53.119 Oh, precious is the flow 00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:58.059 No other fount I know. 00:34:58.059 --> 00:35:03.980 Nothing but the blood of Jesus. 00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:20.920 This is all my hope and peace 00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:26.119 Nothing but the blood of Jesus 00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:32.059 This is all my righteousness 00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:36.059 Nothing but the blood of Jesus 00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:38.059 Oh, precious is the blood of Jesus 00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:43.059 Oh, precious is the flow 00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:44.059 Oh, precious is the flow 00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:45.059 Oh, precious is the flow 00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:50.059 That makes me white as snow 00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:51.059 Oh, precious is the flow 00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:52.059 That makes me white as snow 00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:53.059 No other fount I know. 00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:54.059 Oh, precious is the flow 00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:55.059 Oh, precious is the flow 00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:56.059 Oh, precious is the flow 00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:57.059 Oh, precious is the flow 00:35:57.059 --> 00:36:00.059 Nothing but the blood of Jesus 00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:18.059 Now by this I'll overcome 00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:25.059 Nothing but the blood of Jesus 00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:29.059 Now by this I'll reach my home 00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:31.059 Nothing but the blood of Jesus 00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:32.059 Now by this I'll reach my home 00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:35.059 Nothing but the blood of Jesus 00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:39.059 And oh, precious is the flow 00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:40.059 Oh, precious is the flow 00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:58.000 Oh, precious is the flow 00:36:58.059 --> 00:37:04.059 Oh, precious is the flow 00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:11.920 The flow that makes me white as snow 00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:17.559 No other found I know 00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:23.159 Nothing but the blood of Jesus 00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:43.759 Crown Him with many crowns 00:37:43.759 --> 00:37:47.159 The Lamb upon His throne 00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:51.960 While heaven's eternal anthem 00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:56.299 Drowns all music but its own 00:37:56.299 --> 00:38:00.599 Awake my soul and sing 00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:05.360 Of Him who died to be 00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:10.400 Your Savior and your matchless King 00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:13.360 Through all eternity 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:25.480 Crown Him the Lord of life 00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:29.739 Triumphant from the grave 00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:34.500 Who rose victorious from the strife 00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:38.500 For those He came to save 00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:42.739 His glories now we sing 00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:47.500 Who died and rings on high 00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:52.679 Who died eternal life to bring 00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:57.440 And lives that death may die 00:38:57.440 --> 00:39:07.440 Crown Him the Lord of love 00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:11.440 Who shows His hands and side 00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:16.440 Those wounds yet visible above 00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:21.200 And beauty glorified 00:39:21.200 --> 00:39:25.200 No angel in the sky 00:39:25.200 --> 00:39:29.440 Can't fully bear the sight 00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:34.200 But downward bends His burning eye 00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:38.960 Crying high at mystery so bright 00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:50.199 Crown Him the Lord of peace 00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:53.960 His kingdom is at hand 00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:56.720 From pole to pole 00:39:56.720 --> 00:39:58.720 From pole to pole let warfare cease 00:39:58.720 --> 00:40:02.720 And Christ rule every land 00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:06.720 A city stands on high 00:40:06.720 --> 00:40:10.720 His glory it displays 00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:15.480 And there the nations 00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:20.240 Holy cry in joyful hymn of praise 00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:25.000 Praise 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:29.000 Crown Him the Lord of years 00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:32.000 Crown Him the Lord of years 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:36.000 The potent saint of time 00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:41.000 Creator of the rolling spheres 00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:45.760 In majesty sublime 00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:49.760 All hail, Redeemer, hail 00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:53.760 For You have died for me 00:40:53.760 --> 00:40:58.760 Your praise shall never, never fail 00:40:58.760 --> 00:41:03.520 Through all eternity 00:41:03.520 --> 00:41:07.520 All hail, Redeemer, hail 00:41:07.520 --> 00:41:12.520 For You have died for me 00:41:12.520 --> 00:41:16.520 Your praise shall never, never fail 00:41:16.520 --> 00:41:22.520 Through all eternity 00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:44.280 I'll praise the Lord my God 00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:50.280 Whose counsel guides my choice 00:41:50.280 --> 00:41:55.880 And even in the night 00:41:55.880 --> 00:42:02.800 My heart recalls instructions' voice 00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:07.740 Before me constantly 00:42:07.740 --> 00:42:15.140 I set the Lord alone 00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:21.719 Because He is at my right hand 00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:26.819 I'll not be overthrown 00:42:26.819 --> 00:42:33.799 Therefore my heart is glad 00:42:33.799 --> 00:42:39.960 My tongue with joy will sing 00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:46.599 My body too will rest secure 00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:52.039 In hope unwavering 00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:58.400 For You will not allow 00:42:58.400 --> 00:43:03.960 My soul in death to stay 00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:11.119 Nor will You leave Your Holy One 00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:15.639 To see the tombs decay 00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:22.860 You have made known to me 00:43:22.860 --> 00:43:27.960 The path of life divine 00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:32.920 Bliss shall I know 00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:35.840 At Your right hand 00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:41.440 Joy from Your face will shine 00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:42.320 Anytime 00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:50.639 To see the tombs till there 00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:52.460 You have made known to be 00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:54.280 And for the mind 00:43:54.280 --> 00:44:05.179 Of The 00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:05.460 Caitlin 00:44:05.460 --> 00:44:06.179 And the journkas