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 Pray.

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 Our God and Father, this morning as we who are your children come into your presence, we do so

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! We do so because you are the one who in your loving kindness and grace lifted us out of the pit

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 and changed the heart of a rebel into a worshiper.

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 We're thankful that this morning as we look into your word and we rely upon the ministry of the Holy Spirit,

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 we can see more of the Lord Jesus and we can grow in appreciating his love and his work.

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 And we can have our hearts stirred to look forward to the day that we will see him face to face.

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 We're mindful this morning that our hearts, our thoughts are inclined to wonder.

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 And we recognize that we need your help, your encouragement, the work of the Holy Spirit,

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 that we would think deeply of the truths that you have for us

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 and that seeing those truths, we would be changed from glory into glory,

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 growing to be more like the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 reflecting our Savior's character and heart

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 to the people that you place us in connection with

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 and that you would stir us this morning to love righteousness and hate sin, even like Jesus.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I want you to turn your Bibles this morning to John chapter 19, verse 28.

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 And as we begin this morning, let me just take a minute

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 and remind you of something that I anticipate probably doing for about another year.

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 I think there's been very few Sundays that I have not said to one or many of you,

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 pray for me.

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 That's not a lesson that I learned early in pastoral ministry,

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 but one that I remember actually sitting back about where Joe Holloway is

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 because my youngest son was an absolute infant at that time.

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 And I was sitting back there when Bill Brock resigned from the ministry here

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 and became the state representative.

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 And he taught a series of lessons about the importance of praying for your pastor

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 and the role that prayer had in ministry.

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 And it affected me deeply.

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 It's carried me through the last 35 years.

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 So you're going to hear me say that for about another year.

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 Remember to pray for me.

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 And I trust that that will have stuck in your mind adequately

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 that whether or not Pastor Shearer says it as often as I do,

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 my wife accuses me of being profoundly redundant.

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 I love her anyway, but, you know, I say things many times.

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 I trust whether or not Pastor Shearer says it as often as I do,

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 you will remember to pray for him because the Scriptures encourage you to pray

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 for those that God calls to teach the Word of God.

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 So you pray for me,

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 and you rely upon the Holy Spirit to take the Word of God

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 and hammer it home to the glory of Christ.

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 Let me read, beginning there in verse 28.

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 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished,

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 said to fulfill the Scripture,

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 I thirst.

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 A jar full of sour wine stood there,

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 so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch

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 and held it to his mouth.

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 When Jesus had received the sour wine,

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 he said,

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 it is finished.

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 And he bowed his head

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 and gave up his spirit.

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 I have to tell you this morning,

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 as I take this passage in hand,

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 I am profoundly aware

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 of the significance of my dependence

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 and your dependence on the Holy Spirit

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 in understanding and applying this passage to our life.

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 We are looking this morning at the very epicenter,

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 the focal point of the plan of God in redemption.

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 And this morning's passage is not one

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 that I trust you will sit here

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 and allow it to kind of waft over you

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 and just kind of think,

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 oh, well, okay, you know,

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 he did the blah, blah, blah.

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 No.

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 This should be a passage that affects you.

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 And if it does not,

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 the fault does not lie in the text,

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 but the fault will lie in you and in me.

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 So prayer.

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 With that being said,

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 I want you to recognize

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 that as we take this passage there in verse 28,

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 we're dealing, first of all,

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 with Jesus making a very clear announcement

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 of his completed work.

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 Recognize the opening words of verse 28,

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 after this,

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 prompt us to take a moment

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 and really stop and think of the larger context

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 of what had been taking place.

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 If you were to look in John alone,

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 you would recognize that over there in verse 27,

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 Jesus made a comment about the relationship

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 that John the Apostle was to have with his mother.

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 But if you were to take the larger part

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 of the synoptic Gospels,

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 you would understand that actually

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 between the time of Jesus being put on the cross

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 and the time of his death,

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 there was a substantial amount of time that elapsed.

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 John, consistent with his objective

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 of focusing principally on the glory

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 and the supremacy of Jesus as God himself,

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 does not give us a great deal of information

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 about the history

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 or the practical issues related to the crucifixion.

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 It focuses primarily on Christ,

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 the Lord, and his death.

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 What you would note,

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 if you were to look at the synoptic Gospels,

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 is that there had been a three-hour period of darkness.

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 And during that time,

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 one of the things that took place,

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 Jesus had cried out in accordance with the Old Testament,

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 particularly in Psalm 22,

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 my God, my God, what?

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 Why have you forsaken me?

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 And if you were to stop and go back there,

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 and I'm not asking you to do that,

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 but you'll remember in that passage

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 that Jesus, even as he was thinking

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 of what was taking place,

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 his heart must have found some comfort

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 in the remainder of the passage in Psalm 22,

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 which says this,

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 but thou art holy.

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 God could not look upon the sinfulness

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 that Jesus bore at that moment.

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 And so here we find these two little words

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 tell us about what had taken place in this time

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 as Jesus bore our sins.

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 Now what we read next in the passage is this,

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 Jesus, knowing that all was now finished,

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 said to fulfill the Scriptures,

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 I thirst.

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 Jesus knew at this time

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 that his work was complete before he died.

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 I want you to ponder that just for a moment.

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 Jesus knew,

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 and here's a little point to stick in your mind,

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 the words of Scripture are preeminently important,

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 and we do not help ourselves

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 if we don't think carefully

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 about the exact nature

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 of what the Holy Spirit has tended,

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 in this case, to tell us.

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 Do you follow?

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 Why is it there?

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 What's that say?

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 How does it fit?

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 What's its value to me?

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 Here is Jesus knowing in advance

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 that his work is completed.

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 His death had not happened yet.

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 So you have to ask yourself the question,

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 how could it be said

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 that he knew that his work was finished?

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 Look at the word again there in verse 28,

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 Jesus knowing that all was now finished.

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 I want you to recognize in relationship to that,

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 first of all,

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 that all of the Old Testament prophecies

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 concerning him had been completed and fulfilled.

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 There wasn't a single prophecy

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 given in the Old Testament

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 that Jesus had not brought to fruition

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 and fulfilled.

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 And so when he said,

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 it is finished,

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 he understood

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 and he was clear in his thinking

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 that all that had been prophesied regarding him

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 had been cared for.

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 Secondly,

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 he knew that he had glorified his Father

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 and done everything

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 that the Father had appointed him to do.

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 It is finished.

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 Furthermore,

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 I want you to understand

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 that Jesus had suffered for our sins

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 and satisfied the judgment

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 that we were due.

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 So how can you say,

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 in advance of his work being complete,

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 how could he say,

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 it is finished?

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 Well, let me propose two thoughts

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 in relationship to that.

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 For one,

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 the sovereign plan of God

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 to send his Son

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 into the world

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 to take our place

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 and die for our sins

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 had been accomplished

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 by Jesus coming

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 as an infant,

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 living,

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 and then dying as he was,

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 dying at that moment on the cross.

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 And so when he said,

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 it is finished,

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 before his death,

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 he was referencing

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 the plan of God

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 for salvation

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 and the fact that it had come to fruition.

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 Now,

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 it's a little bit like,

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 I'm thinking about

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 the men's retreat

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 that will take place.

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 I'm debating

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 whether I want to go off

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 the zip line again.

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 You have to climb

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 way up high

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 on the zip line.

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 Anybody else done it?

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 It's kind of an arduous journey up there

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 and you're asking yourself,

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 why am I doing this?

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 I did say that several times,

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 but I thought,

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 once I started up,

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 no going back down.

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 And they buckle you in

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 and you are there

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 teetering

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 into the face of eternity.

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 Your feet are kind of

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 resting on the very

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 cusp of the moment

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 and you don't have

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 to jump off, right?

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 But the minute

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 you give in to gravity,

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 it's all over.

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 And here was Jesus

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 hanging on the cross

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 and the reality of this

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 is that

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 the inevitability

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 of what God had ordained

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 was taking place

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 and he said,

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 it is finished.

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 And we understand

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 that the unchangeable nature

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 of God

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 and his infinite power

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 was bringing

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 to complete fruition

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 that had been planned

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 from eternity past.

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 Furthermore,

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 and I'm not going to have you

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 turn back to the passage

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 we looked at

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 in Isaiah chapter 53 earlier,

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 but if I were to direct you

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 to that passage

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 just for a moment,

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 you will notice

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 that 700 years

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 before Christ died

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 on the cross,

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 the Spirit of God

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 speaking through Isaiah

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 chose to use

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 the past tense

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 in numerous instances

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 referring to what Christ

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 would do for us.

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 He was wounded

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 for our transgressions.

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 He bore our sin

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 upon himself.

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 It says,

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 it pleased the Lord

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 to bruise him.

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 And on repeated occasions

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 as we read in Isaiah,

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 we see here

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 that the indication

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 is that God

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 had accomplished

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 already,

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 prophetically though

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 it was being uttered,

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 he'd already accomplished

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 the work of redemption.

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 Another little note

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 in relationship to this

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 is that the way

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 in which we determine

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 accomplished action

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 has primarily to do

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 with time.

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 Something that's going

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 to take place

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 in the future,

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 it will be.

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 Something that has been done,

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 we say,

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 it was.

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 And in the Greek,

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 in the Hebrew,

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 and particularly more

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 in the Greek,

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 the aspect that is used

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 here in the tense

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 is referring to something

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 that is accomplished

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 not necessarily simply

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 by virtue of time

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 but also by virtue of intent.

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 And by the way,

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 when God intends

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 to do something,

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 is it something

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 that's still a question?

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 What's the answer?

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 No, not at all.

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 So here is Jesus

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 and he is hanging

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 on the cross

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 and he says,

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 knowing that all

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 was finished,

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 he announces

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 the statement,

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 he takes first of all

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 the wine

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 to moisten his lips

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 and then after he has

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 had adequate refreshment

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 or at least moisture

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 so he can speak

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 carefully,

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 he says,

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 it is finished.

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 Now,

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 John uses this exact

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 same word,

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 it is finished,

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 earlier in the passage

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 in a number of different

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 places actually

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 that John uses it

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 but if you were to look

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 at the first part,

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 we're now in verse 30

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 so recognize,

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 Jesus here,

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 he says,

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 it is finished.

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 Jesus had used

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 that same Greek statement

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 in 28.

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 Some of you

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 in your translations

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 in 28 will have

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 knowing that all

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 was accomplished,

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 right?

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 How many of you

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 have the word accomplished?

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 It's another way

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 in which it is translated.

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 The word is

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 tetelestai

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 and it refers to the fact

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 that that work

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 had been done.

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 In John chapter 7,

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 17 rather,

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 verse 4,

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 we find Jesus

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 in his prayer

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 to the Father,

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 remember,

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 I've accomplished

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 all the work

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 that you've called me

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 to do,

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 I've done what you've asked.

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 He used the same

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 terminology

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 to communicate

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 the fact that

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 even before the cross,

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 he'd accomplished

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 all that needed

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 to be done.

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 The Greek word

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 was used

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 in a number

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 of different

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 area,

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 arenas.

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 For one,

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 it was used

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 in business,

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 it was used

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 in accounting,

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 accounting.

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 It was also used

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 in religious circles

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 and it was a very

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 common word,

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 you find it

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 in ancient

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 vocabulary and text,

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 that it was used

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 in relationship

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 to sacrifices.

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 When the work

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 was done,

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 it was announcement

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 that the matter

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 had been completed

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 or that the debt

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 was paid in full.

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 And so here is Jesus,

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 even before his death,

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 he is making the statement

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 that he had accomplished

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 all that God

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 had sent him

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 to do.

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 I want you to understand

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 that when he said,

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 it is finished,

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 it was not kind

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 of the cry

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 of a person

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 who was despairing

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 of what was taking

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 place at all.

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 It was a declaration,

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 it was the announcement

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 of a victor

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 that the game,

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 the matter,

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 had been settled.

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 I think it's pretty

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 important to remember

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 that.

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 When we hear him say,

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 it is finished,

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 it is an absolute

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 resonating

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 declaration

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 that we have

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 the joy

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 and certainty

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 of our finished

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 salvation as well.

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 I want you to stop

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 and realize

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 that when he said

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 this,

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 he was referring

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 to the broad scope

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 of the plan

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 of redemption.

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 I want you to turn

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 over,

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 if you would,

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 to Hebrews 10,

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 verse 14.

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 Hebrews 10,

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 verse 14,

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 as you think

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 about what all

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 had been accomplished

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 on the cross.

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 Hebrews 10,

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 verse 14.

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 For by a single

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 offering,

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 he has perfected

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 for all time

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 those who are

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 being sanctified.

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 And the Holy Spirit

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 also bears witness

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 to us,

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 for after saying,

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 this is the covenant

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 that I will make

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 with them

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 after those days,

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 declared the Lord,

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 I will put

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 my law

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 in their hearts

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 and write them

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 on their minds.

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 Then he adds,

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 I will remember

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 their sins

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 and their lawless

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 deeds no more.

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 Where there is

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 forgiveness of these,

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 there is no longer

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 any offering

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 for sin.

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 I don't know about you,

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 but I get cold chills,

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 literally,

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 reading that passage.

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 Why?

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 Because it is clear

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:46.519
 in the Scriptures

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 that the work

00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:48.259
 of Christ

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:49.340
 in our redemption

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 is absolutely

00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:52.220
 satisfied

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 and concluded.

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 The broken sinner

00:16:55.700 --> 00:16:57.899
 who comes to faith

00:16:57.899 --> 00:16:59.060
 in Christ

00:16:59.060 --> 00:17:00.360
 has an eternal

00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:01.759
 and irreversible

00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.440
 salvation

00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:04.539
 because Christ

00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:05.839
 satisfied

00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:06.860
 the guilt

00:17:06.860 --> 00:17:07.480
 and shame

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.579
 or the penalty

00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:09.339
 for my sins

00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:10.339
 and he has given

00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:11.279
 eternal salvation

00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:12.279
 to all who believe

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 in him.

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 And so if you're

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 sitting here

00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:15.240
 this morning

00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:17.339
 and you are

00:17:17.339 --> 00:17:18.419
 genuinely the child

00:17:18.419 --> 00:17:18.879
 of God,

00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:19.699
 you have come

00:17:19.699 --> 00:17:20.539
 to him by faith,

00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:21.379
 you've confessed

00:17:21.379 --> 00:17:21.819
 your sins,

00:17:21.919 --> 00:17:22.359
 you've believed

00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:23.439
 in the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:17:23.639 --> 00:17:24.779
 you can say

00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.879
 along with Jesus,

00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:26.939
 it is finished.

00:17:27.059 --> 00:17:28.219
 There's no question

00:17:28.219 --> 00:17:30.399
 of how your story ends.

00:17:31.419 --> 00:17:32.179
 I like that.

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 I love that.

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 And often when I am

00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:36.099
 in communication

00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:37.000
 with other people

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:38.299
 comes the opportunity

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 of asking them

00:17:39.199 --> 00:17:40.199
 that little practical

00:17:40.199 --> 00:17:40.659
 question,

00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:42.860
 and so God

00:17:42.860 --> 00:17:43.540
 were to ask you

00:17:43.540 --> 00:17:44.740
 how you should

00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.259
 get into heaven

00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:46.080
 or why he should

00:17:46.080 --> 00:17:46.620
 let you in,

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 I'm amazed at how

00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:48.500
 often I hear people

00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:48.840
 tell me,

00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:49.019
 well,

00:17:49.040 --> 00:17:49.840
 I'm hoping he will.

00:17:51.320 --> 00:17:52.340
 I'm not positive

00:17:52.340 --> 00:17:53.019
 but, you know,

00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:54.080
 I'm hoping my good,

00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:54.840
 hey, listen,

00:17:56.040 --> 00:17:57.540
 Christ satisfied

00:17:57.540 --> 00:17:59.600
 the judgment

00:17:59.600 --> 00:18:00.519
 I deserved

00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:02.340
 and I am resting

00:18:02.340 --> 00:18:03.980
 in his finished work.

00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:05.600
 Going back to

00:18:05.600 --> 00:18:06.560
 John chapter 19,

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.400
 I want you to pick up

00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:08.340
 now and the remainder

00:18:08.340 --> 00:18:09.040
 of what we find

00:18:09.040 --> 00:18:09.700
 here in the text

00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:11.360
 and look at

00:18:11.360 --> 00:18:12.059
 verse 30.

00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:13.340
 It says that

00:18:13.340 --> 00:18:14.059
 after he'd received

00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:14.819
 the sour wine,

00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:15.779
 he says it is finished

00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:17.100
 and he bowed his head

00:18:17.100 --> 00:18:18.480
 and he gave up

00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:19.039
 his spirit.

00:18:20.580 --> 00:18:22.180
 Christ chose

00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:23.799
 when he would die.

00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:26.640
 Christ chose

00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:28.980
 when he would die.

00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.819
 Unless Jesus

00:18:30.819 --> 00:18:31.779
 comes back first,

00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:32.680
 every one of us here

00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:33.700
 are going to die.

00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:35.700
 It's a fact.

00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:37.700
 Every one of us here

00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.920
 are going to die.

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 And apart from those

00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:42.740
 who tragically

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:45.120
 choose to commit suicide,

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:45.960
 the rest of us

00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:46.740
 are really not

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.480
 going to have much

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:48.860
 to do with the moment

00:18:48.860 --> 00:18:49.660
 of our passing.

00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:51.059
 Do you follow that?

00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:54.140
 One thing or another,

00:18:54.380 --> 00:18:55.319
 it's going to happen

00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:56.140
 when it happens.

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:58.140
 In Job chapter 14,

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:59.019
 verse 5,

00:18:59.100 --> 00:18:59.740
 it says this,

00:19:00.140 --> 00:19:01.100
 since his days

00:19:01.100 --> 00:19:02.220
 are determined

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.279
 and the number

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:04.019
 of his months

00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.779
 is with you.

00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.420
 The point that

00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:06.480
 Scripture makes

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:06.880
 is this,

00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:07.840
 is that God

00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:08.379
 God is the one

00:19:08.379 --> 00:19:08.980
 who chooses.

00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.720
 Earlier in the book

00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.159
 of Job,

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:12.019
 Job said this,

00:19:12.399 --> 00:19:13.099
 the Lord gives

00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:13.679
 and the Lord

00:19:13.679 --> 00:19:14.980
 takes away.

00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.819
 Blessed be the name

00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.240
 of the Lord.

00:19:16.639 --> 00:19:17.519
 When I die

00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:18.939
 is not up to me.

00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:21.439
 And I can tell you

00:19:21.439 --> 00:19:22.059
 as a pastor

00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:23.199
 of some 35 years,

00:19:23.439 --> 00:19:24.220
 I've watched

00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:25.159
 over the years

00:19:25.159 --> 00:19:26.019
 individuals,

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:26.980
 particularly as they

00:19:26.980 --> 00:19:27.879
 reach their older

00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:28.339
 ages,

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.459
 they would like

00:19:29.459 --> 00:19:30.299
 to go sooner.

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:32.079
 I mean,

00:19:32.139 --> 00:19:32.700
 after all,

00:19:32.899 --> 00:19:33.319
 remember what

00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:33.980
 Paul said?

00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:36.519
 To live is Christ,

00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:38.419
 to die is what?

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.720
 It's good.

00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:42.359
 I tell you,

00:19:42.419 --> 00:19:42.859
 one of the more

00:19:42.859 --> 00:19:43.579
 unnerving things

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.359
 I say to people

00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:45.119
 that don't know me

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.359
 better,

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:46.500
 when they ask me

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.000
 how it's going,

00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:47.319
 I say,

00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:47.659
 any better

00:19:47.659 --> 00:19:48.180
 than I'd be dead.

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.519
 It's like,

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 oh no,

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 really?

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:50.659
 Yeah,

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.519
 yeah.

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 I tell you what,

00:19:53.139 --> 00:19:54.079
 when I go up,

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 it's going to be great.

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 All of us

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 have no real control

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 over when we die.

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 And I want you

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 to recognize

00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:06.639
 that when Jesus

00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:08.019
 did what he did,

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:10.180
 Jesus chose

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:11.460
 the moment of his death

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 and he made his deity

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 absolutely clear.

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.799
 Look at the passage again.

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 He bowed his head

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 and gave up

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:22.799
 his spirit.

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 When his work

00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:25.340
 was done,

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:27.260
 he chose the moment

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 that he would

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 pass away.

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 I want you to turn back

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 just for a moment

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 to John chapter 10

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 and we want to look

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.840
 at John chapter 10

00:20:34.840 --> 00:20:36.100
 verse 17 and 18.

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 For this reason,

00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:42.920
 the Father loves me

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 because I lay down

00:20:46.320 --> 00:20:47.600
 my life

00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:49.620
 that I may take it up again.

00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:53.580
 I lay down my life.

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:55.619
 Verse 18,

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 no one takes it from me,

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 but I lay it down

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 of my own accord.

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 I have authority

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:01.240
 to lay it down

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 and I have authority

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 to take it up.

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 This charge

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 I have received

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 from my Father.

00:21:06.679 --> 00:21:07.259
 I want you to stop

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 and realize

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 that his death

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 for our sins

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 was entirely voluntary.

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 One thing

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.699
 that Jesus had said

00:21:15.699 --> 00:21:16.159
 repeatedly

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 to his disciples

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:18.500
 is that his death

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 was going to be

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.759
 of his own choosing.

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 It was something

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 that he had determined

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 beforehand

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 to accomplish

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 and the time

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 and the way

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 in which it all played out

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 was something

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 that was entirely

00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:30.400
 according to God's plan

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 and God being in control

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 of it,

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 Christ being God,

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 happened according

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 to his plan.

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 You know,

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 it's very interesting

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 when you stop

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 and think about

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 how many times

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.259
 people wanted

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 to kill Jesus

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 and they didn't

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.680
 accomplish it.

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.440
 They wanted to do it.

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 One time,

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:45.420
 remember,

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 they took him

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 up to the edge

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 of a cliff,

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.440
 they were going

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:48.000
 to throw him off

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 and what happened?

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.200
 Jesus just walked

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.839
 out between them,

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.259
 gone.

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 And repeatedly,

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.740
 they planned for murder

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 or whatever else

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 and it didn't come about.

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 And so here,

00:21:57.579 --> 00:22:01.240
 Jesus makes it clear,

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.440
 the scripture makes it clear

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:03.440
 that Jesus died

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.680
 according to the plan

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.619
 that the Father,

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.500
 the Son,

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.500
 and the Holy Spirit had

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.799
 and he died exactly

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:10.460
 according to their own plan.

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:12.380
 I want you to recognize

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 he chose to do it for us.

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 Turn,

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 you're there in John chapter 19,

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 keep your finger there

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:18.119
 for a moment

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 but go if you would

00:22:18.979 --> 00:22:20.639
 to Philippians chapter 2.

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 Look at Philippians chapter 2

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 verse 7 and 8.

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 Actually,

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 let me pick up

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 if I may

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 in verse 5.

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 Have this mind

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 among yourselves

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 that is yours

00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:39.279
 in Christ Jesus

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 who though

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:42.079
 he was in the form of God

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:43.159
 did not count equality

00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:43.639
 with God

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.919
 a thing to be grasped

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 but made himself

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:47.920
 of no reputation,

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:49.019
 made himself nothing,

00:22:49.340 --> 00:22:50.140
 taking the form

00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:50.680
 of a servant,

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 being born in the likeness

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 of men

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 and being found

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 in human form,

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:56.380
 he humbled himself

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 by becoming obedient

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 to the point of death,

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 even death on the cross.

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 Remember when Pilate,

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.820
 earlier in John,

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:10.640
 was a little irritated

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.259
 that Jesus

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:12.460
 wasn't responding

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.660
 as Pilate

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.500
 thought he should

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 and he let him know,

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 don't you know

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 I have the power

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 to crucify you

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 or to let you go

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 and what was Jesus'

00:23:21.040 --> 00:23:21.460
 response?

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 Hey,

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 nah.

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 This is something

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 that you've been given

00:23:28.020 --> 00:23:29.040
 the ability to do

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 and were it not

00:23:30.300 --> 00:23:31.200
 for the plan of God,

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.759
 in essence,

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:33.520
 this would not take place

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 and earlier,

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:36.140
 Jesus had made it

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:37.259
 had made it clear

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 that if this matter,

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 if this was a matter

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.900
 of my kingdom,

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:42.100
 my subjects,

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.360
 my servants would fight

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 and I can call

00:23:44.580 --> 00:23:45.560
 legions of angels

00:23:45.560 --> 00:23:46.220
 to accomplish

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.840
 the deliverance

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:49.920
 that I would need

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.880
 if that was my plan.

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:53.020
 So here we are,

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.740
 we recognize

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:55.120
 that Jesus chose

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:56.040
 the moment of his death

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 and I want you

00:23:56.520 --> 00:23:57.640
 to realize this morning

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:59.060
 that when you stop

00:23:59.060 --> 00:23:59.660
 and meditate

00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:01.060
 upon what Jesus did,

00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:02.380
 I want you to understand

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:04.400
 he chose to die

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:06.560
 in your place.

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.720
 Let me ask you a question,

00:24:11.800 --> 00:24:12.600
 how can I be warm

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.540
 and indifferent

00:24:13.540 --> 00:24:14.220
 to that issue?

00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:15.340
 Do you follow that?

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:18.680
 You deserving to die

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:20.259
 for your sins,

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:24.560
 God was willing

00:24:24.560 --> 00:24:25.740
 to send his son

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.720
 and his son

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.980
 was willing to die

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:30.019
 in your place.

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:34.559
 Thoughtfulness

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:36.000
 about the reality

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.000
 of what Christ

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:38.200
 has done for us

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.500
 invariably

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:41.379
 warms our heart

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:42.500
 and causes us

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.720
 to love him more.

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.980
 Let me come

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.799
 to one other thing

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.960
 that's very interesting

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.920
 actually in John.

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.460
 You pick up there

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.019
 if you will

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:53.440
 as we work

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.200
 our way through

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.859
 in verse 31.

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.559
 Since it was

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.960
 the day of preparation

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:59.140
 so that the bodies

00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.220
 would not remain

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.799
 on the cross

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.480
 on the Sabbath

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:03.120
 for the Sabbath

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:04.180
 was a high day

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.200
 the Jews asked Pilate

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:06.259
 that their legs

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.059
 might be broken

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:08.120
 that they might

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:09.120
 be taken away.

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.660
 John actually

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:13.000
 spends considerably

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:14.039
 more time

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:16.200
 dealing with this issue

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.340
 of the authenticity

00:25:17.340 --> 00:25:18.259
 of the veracity

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.200
 of the death

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.640
 of Christ

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.200
 than he actually

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.019
 deals with the fact

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.640
 that he died.

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.400
 Pretty interesting.

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.759
 We find that his death

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.720
 is confirmed

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.960
 very clearly.

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.720
 John dedicated

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.759
 seven verses

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.940
 to giving us

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.940
 a detailed look

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:34.400
 at our Savior's death.

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.059
 In one sense

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:36.240
 he spent more time

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.200
 on helping us

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:38.700
 understand the facts

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.480
 of his death

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.700
 than he actually did

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.500
 on what happened

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.420
 at the crucifixion.

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.180
 That's not an accident

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:45.259
 and it deserves

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.859
 our attention.

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.539
 You ask yourself

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.759
 why is it there?

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.779
 Why is that much text

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.859
 given to the subject

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:52.319
 and what's its significance?

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.379
 I am struck

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:54.940
 for a moment

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:56.019
 by the absolute

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:57.080
 cruel hypocrisy

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:58.480
 of the Jewish leaders.

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.900
 They had no problem

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:05.059
 with a completely

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:07.900
 trumped up judgment.

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:10.380
 They had no problem

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.680
 lying about Jesus.

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.980
 They had no problem

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:15.940
 in hatred

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:18.559
 desiring his execution.

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.920
 They had no problem

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:22.279
 with all of the wickedness

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.820
 of their heart

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:24.139
 but when it came

00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:25.200
 to this business

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.359
 of Jesus hanging

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.099
 on the cross

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.439
 past sundown

00:26:28.439 --> 00:26:30.000
 they really went off

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:31.539
 on the Old Testament law.

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.799
 Stop just for a minute.

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.839
 How many of you realize

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:36.679
 that your hypocrisy

00:26:36.679 --> 00:26:37.740
 and my hypocrisy

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:39.299
 when it displays itself

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:41.099
 has righteous indignation

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:43.279
 in very narrow bands

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.599
 of appointment?

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.359
 Do you follow that?

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:47.639
 Oh we get righteously

00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:49.439
 indignant about A, B, C

00:26:49.439 --> 00:26:50.879
 but the rest of the issues

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.439
 in our life

00:26:51.439 --> 00:26:52.519
 we're not so troubled by.

00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:54.479
 Here were the Pharisees.

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.479
 Here were the scribes.

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.979
 Here were the religious leaders.

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:59.699
 And they were all about

00:26:59.699 --> 00:27:01.000
 what it had to say

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:02.399
 in Deuteronomy chapter 21

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:03.479
 verse 22 and 3

00:27:03.479 --> 00:27:05.240
 where a man who was executed

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:06.719
 was not to hang

00:27:06.719 --> 00:27:07.519
 on the tree

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.740
 beyond sundown.

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.539
 Get him down.

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.579
 So do you know

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.099
 how they wanted

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.859
 that accomplished?

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.299
 Look at the passage.

00:27:15.959 --> 00:27:17.299
 They come to Pilate

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:19.059
 and ask that their legs

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.939
 might be broken

00:27:19.939 --> 00:27:21.819
 that they might be taken away.

00:27:23.679 --> 00:27:25.459
 Kind of a subtle way of saying

00:27:25.459 --> 00:27:27.339
 we want you to take

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:28.779
 a large club

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:31.959
 and smash their shin bones

00:27:31.959 --> 00:27:33.619
 so that they cannot

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.980
 bear their weight

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:36.179
 and as a result

00:27:36.179 --> 00:27:38.359
 they die quicker.

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:40.179
 They don't suffer any less.

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.619
 In fact in some senses

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:43.579
 they suffer a little bit more.

00:27:44.679 --> 00:27:45.399
 Their suffering

00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:46.379
 is not as long.

00:27:47.699 --> 00:27:49.059
 And as you look at this

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.879
 you find that

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.639
 here they were

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:52.199
 asking that Pilate

00:27:52.199 --> 00:27:53.699
 would have soldiers

00:27:53.699 --> 00:27:54.219
 go out

00:27:54.219 --> 00:27:55.599
 and take this large club

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:57.459
 and smash the legs

00:27:57.459 --> 00:27:59.319
 and shatter the shin bones

00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:01.039
 or I doubt the femur.

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:02.299
 No one seems to indicate that.

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:03.259
 But that way

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.539
 they would die quicker.

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.539
 That was very merciful

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.119
 wasn't it?

00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.000
 I mean something

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.719
 about that.

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.699
 Just have your shin bones

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:12.080
 crushed by an absolute

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:13.480
 giant club.

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:14.440
 You die quickly.

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:16.259
 Here they are.

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.120
 Oh their righteousness

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:19.080
 they don't want these guys

00:28:19.080 --> 00:28:20.059
 hanging too long

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.480
 and you know

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:22.000
 so what happens?

00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:24.340
 You look there

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:26.720
 it says

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.839
 so the soldiers

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.839
 came and broke

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.939
 the legs of the first

00:28:29.939 --> 00:28:31.039
 and of the other

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.859
 who had been crucified

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.439
 with him

00:28:32.439 --> 00:28:33.119
 and when they came

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:33.579
 to Jesus

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.299
 verse 33

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:35.679
 and saw that he was

00:28:35.679 --> 00:28:36.439
 already dead

00:28:36.439 --> 00:28:38.000
 they did not break his legs.

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.859
 Now if you were to go

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.500
 to one of the

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.939
 synoptic gospels

00:28:41.939 --> 00:28:42.859
 I believe it is Mark

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:44.480
 when the report

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.899
 comes back to Pilate

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:47.339
 from one of the

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.159
 common soldiers

00:28:48.159 --> 00:28:49.299
 hey

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:51.339
 Jesus is dead.

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:53.859
 he doesn't buy it

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.699
 and he makes

00:28:54.699 --> 00:28:55.619
 a centurion

00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:56.720
 double check

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.439
 the fact.

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.839
 Now by the way

00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:00.480
 in Roman

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:02.720
 military

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:04.339
 decorum

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:05.779
 if you ask

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.559
 a centurion

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.519
 to verify it

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.539
 and it came back

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.399
 and he didn't get you

00:29:09.399 --> 00:29:10.359
 the accurate facts

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:10.899
 guess what the

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.839
 consequences were?

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.319
 Not pretty.

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:15.419
 So here's the centurion

00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:16.059
 double checking

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.459
 and he says

00:29:16.459 --> 00:29:17.099
 yeah he's dead

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.579
 and by the way

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.119
 how do we know

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.519
 he died?

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.399
 He was already dead.

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.620
 You look there

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:21.300
 in the passage

00:29:21.300 --> 00:29:22.680
 but one of the soldiers

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.460
 pierced his side

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.000
 with a spear

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.660
 and at once

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.360
 there came out

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:26.580
 blood and water.

00:29:29.780 --> 00:29:30.820
 It's interesting

00:29:30.820 --> 00:29:33.840
 that Christ's death

00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:34.640
 was confirmed

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:36.240
 by a spear thrust.

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.320
 I'm not talking

00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:38.980
 about just tapping

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.340
 on his body

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:41.440
 to see if he responded.

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:44.360
 It was a spear thrust

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:45.940
 thrust up into his

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:47.460
 chest cavity

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.440
 up into his heart

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.140
 probably

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:50.800
 and when that

00:29:50.800 --> 00:29:51.300
 happened

00:29:51.300 --> 00:29:51.920
 out came

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.560
 blood and water.

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.200
 Now I don't want to

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:54.200
 it's very interesting

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:55.600
 when the scripture

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:56.580
 doesn't give you

00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:57.900
 the exact fact

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:59.259
 one of the things

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.960
 that sometimes

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.860
 happens in

00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:02.380
 commentaries

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:03.240
 is people

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.620
 go off

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:06.020
 on speculation

00:30:06.020 --> 00:30:06.580
 about

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.460
 what does that

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.200
 really mean?

00:30:08.540 --> 00:30:09.240
 I got to tell you

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.040
 there are

00:30:10.040 --> 00:30:10.940
 at least probably

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.520
 two different

00:30:11.520 --> 00:30:12.220
 medical theories

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.020
 about what the

00:30:13.020 --> 00:30:13.700
 blood and water

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:15.140
 are referenced to

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:16.660
 but the scripture

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:18.020
 suffice it to say

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.859
 we know

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.500
 Jesus

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.359
 was dead.

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:23.519
 So ask yourself

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.019
 the question

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.940
 is it important

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.779
 that Jesus

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.940
 actually died?

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:29.160
 How many of you

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.599
 have friends

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.160
 that are Muslims?

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:32.859
 Let's try this

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:33.579
 how many of you

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.039
 know people

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.619
 that are Muslims?

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.079
 How many of you

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.619
 know that the

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.299
 Muslims believe

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.680
 that Jesus

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.319
 actually didn't

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:40.099
 die on the cross?

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:42.400
 Pretty significant.

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.879
 How do we know

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.779
 that Jesus died?

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:46.279
 Well a soldier

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:48.559
 took a spear

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.359
 and thrust it

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.200
 up into his

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.920
 chest cavity

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.619
 and out came

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:53.200
 blood and water.

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.740
 What's the

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.700
 significance of that?

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:59.000
 I want you to

00:30:59.000 --> 00:31:00.119
 look in your

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.759
 Bibles now

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.359
 you're there in

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:01.980
 John but I want

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.879
 you to turn over

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.480
 if you would

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.279
 to Romans

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.379
 chapter 6

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:08.500
 Romans chapter 6

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.660
 verse 23

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:12.940
 here's what we

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.420
 know

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:16.519
 is the reason

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.320
 that Jesus

00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:18.440
 died for us

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.120
 for the wages

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.759
 of sin

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.500
 is death

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.480
 but the free

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:22.360
 gift of God

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:23.500
 is eternal life

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.360
 through Jesus

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:25.720
 Christ our Lord.

00:31:26.800 --> 00:31:27.759
 Let's get this

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.100
 clear

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:30.580
 Jesus died

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.800
 to pay the

00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:32.180
 penalty

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:33.540
 for my sins

00:31:33.540 --> 00:31:35.820
 Jesus died

00:31:35.820 --> 00:31:36.920
 to pay the

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.240
 penalty

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.600
 for my sins

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:41.039
 Jesus died

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:42.699
 for our sins

00:31:42.699 --> 00:31:43.959
 to satisfy

00:31:43.959 --> 00:31:44.859
 the judgment

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.740
 of God

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:47.039
 against sin

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:49.019
 furthermore

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:51.019
 he died

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.079
 to satisfy

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:52.879
 the righteous

00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:53.419
 judgment

00:31:53.419 --> 00:31:54.079
 of God

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:55.000
 against sin

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.819
 that God

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.639
 had deferred

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:57.199
 or he had not

00:31:57.199 --> 00:31:57.599
 dealt with

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.099
 immediately.

00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:59.339
 Turn back

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.779
 if you would

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.299
 to Romans

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.199
 chapter 3

00:32:01.199 --> 00:32:03.099
 verse 25

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.879
 and 26

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:07.260
 whom God

00:32:07.260 --> 00:32:08.480
 put forward

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:10.060
 what's that

00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:10.480
 saying

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:12.060
 God took

00:32:12.060 --> 00:32:12.720
 his son

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.700
 and moved

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.440
 him to that

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:15.620
 center point

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.640
 of the issues

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.640
 of all of life

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.160
 and eternity

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:19.300
 and God put

00:32:19.300 --> 00:32:19.900
 his son on

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.520
 the cross

00:32:20.520 --> 00:32:21.000
 why

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:23.600
 as propitiation

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:24.600
 by his blood

00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:25.320
 to be received

00:32:25.320 --> 00:32:26.080
 by faith

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:27.660
 this is to show

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.620
 God's righteousness

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:29.820
 because in his

00:32:29.820 --> 00:32:31.040
 divine forbearance

00:32:31.040 --> 00:32:32.080
 he had passed

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:32.880
 over former

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.660
 sins

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:36.520
 are you not

00:32:36.520 --> 00:32:37.340
 glad that God

00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:38.520
 delayed his

00:32:38.520 --> 00:32:38.960
 judgment

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:40.000
 of you

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:41.040
 for your sins

00:32:41.040 --> 00:32:42.700
 are you not

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.320
 glad for that

00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:45.840
 he could have

00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:46.480
 judged you

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.200
 immediately

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:48.280
 on the moment

00:32:48.280 --> 00:32:49.000
 of the first

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.560
 sin that you

00:32:49.560 --> 00:32:49.960
 committed

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.920
 and where would

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.360
 you have spent

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:51.900
 eternity

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:55.040
 condemned for

00:32:55.040 --> 00:32:55.640
 all eternity

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:57.280
 do the angels

00:32:57.280 --> 00:32:58.300
 understand God

00:32:58.300 --> 00:32:59.240
 being forbearance

00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.140
 forbearing in

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:01.080
 relationship to sin

00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:01.800
 the answer is no

00:33:01.800 --> 00:33:02.480
 not at all

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:04.200
 but God

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:05.740
 was patient

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:07.099
 and he

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:08.839
 was forbearing

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:10.539
 and he did not

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:11.779
 judge our sins

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.500
 immediately

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.200
 but he had

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:14.299
 Jesus come to

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.940
 be our

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.579
 substitute

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:17.759
 Jesus died

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.500
 for our sins

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.360
 because God

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:20.579
 had been patiently

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.480
 waiting to deal

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.200
 with our sins

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:23.240
 and how did he

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.740
 deal with them

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.799
 by having Jesus

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.960
 die in

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:27.400
 our place

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:30.440
 here's the

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.200
 wonderful fact

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:33.120
 that just

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.800
 flows out of

00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:34.580
 this passage

00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:36.380
 God was

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:36.920
 willing to

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.420
 send his

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:37.900
 son the

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.420
 Lord Jesus

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:39.080
 Christ to

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.380
 pay the

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:40.200
 penalty for

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.880
 our sins

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:41.360
 upon the

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:41.800
 cross

00:33:41.800 --> 00:33:43.720
 to offer

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.580
 salvation and

00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:45.400
 complete forgiveness

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.700
 to all who will

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.560
 repent and believe

00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:48.220
 in the Lord Jesus

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.700
 Christ

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:50.080
 and so the

00:33:50.080 --> 00:33:50.880
 practical question

00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:51.380
 is this

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:51.980
 this morning

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.900
 number one

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.680
 have you come to

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.220
 the place where

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.780
 the spirit of

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.740
 God has been

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.539
 convicting you

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.259
 of the reality

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:58.359
 that you deserve

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:59.619
 the eternal

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.779
 judgment of God

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.859
 for the sin

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.859
 of your life

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:04.859
 and if you have

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.379
 come to that

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.859
 point the

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.660
 question is this

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.579
 have you believed

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.300
 on the Lord Jesus

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:09.079
 Christ in whom

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:10.539
 alone is salvation

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.579
 and complete

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.000
 forgiveness

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:14.300
 there is a fact

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:15.320
 it says in the

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.840
 scriptures that

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.619
 appointed unto man

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.380
 once to die

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:18.360
 and after that

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.880
 the judgment

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.539
 if you're sitting

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:20.179
 here today

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:21.320
 and you have

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:22.139
 not come to

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.579
 the point

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.380
 where you have

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.420
 recognized

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.360
 your sin

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:27.599
 I would ask

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.460
 you do you

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.180
 need any more

00:34:29.180 --> 00:34:30.300
 empirical evidence

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.900
 or do you need

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.340
 any more

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:33.360
 practical evidence

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.460
 to convince you

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.400
 that you have

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.180
 a dark and

00:34:36.180 --> 00:34:37.059
 nasty heart

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:40.500
 if you do

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.220
 not need

00:34:41.220 --> 00:34:41.619
 any more

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.019
 evidence

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.579
 the practical

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.180
 question that

00:34:43.180 --> 00:34:44.099
 follows is this

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:45.440
 is have you

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.019
 come to the

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.960
 place where you

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 have cast

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.079
 yourself upon

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.740
 the mercy of

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.700
 Christ and you

00:34:49.700 --> 00:34:50.200
 have asked him

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 to forgive you

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 and to be your

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:52.039
 savior

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:53.840
 here's the

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.159
 truth

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 Jesus died

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:59.039
 for your sins

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 and it is

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:02.059
 unconscionable

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:04.839
 it is extremely

00:35:04.839 --> 00:35:05.699
 offensive to

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.039
 God

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:08.460
 for us who

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.239
 know the

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:10.039
 darkness of our

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.599
 own heart

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.539
 to be indifferent

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.619
 to the penalty

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.619
 that sin brings

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:15.500
 because God

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.859
 sent his son

00:35:16.859 --> 00:35:17.699
 to be

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.859
 our savior

00:35:18.859 --> 00:35:20.679
 and to say

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.359
 I'm not

00:35:21.359 --> 00:35:22.039
 interested

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:23.739
 is pretty

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:24.219
 irritating

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 by the way

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 God will

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:28.460
 delay his

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.900
 judgment

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:30.099
 but I want

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.699
 to assure you

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.139
 of this

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:32.480
 to be

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.159
 indifferent

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.719
 to his

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.179
 offer

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:35.059
 will ultimately

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.779
 if you

00:35:35.779 --> 00:35:36.779
 refuse his

00:35:36.779 --> 00:35:37.239
 gift

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:38.739
 will amplify

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:39.579
 the consequence

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.099
 of his

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.500
 judgment

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:41.579
 against you

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:43.259
 and I would

00:35:43.259 --> 00:35:43.840
 plead with you

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.400
 as it says

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.300
 in 2nd Corinthians

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:46.759
 be reconciled

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.320
 to God

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:48.340
 now

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:49.640
 let's close

00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:50.040
 in prayer

00:35:50.040 --> 00:35:53.800
 our father

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.300
 God this

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.920
 morning we are

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.800
 thankful for the

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.420
 work that the

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:57.360
 Lord Jesus Christ

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:58.200
 did on our

00:35:58.200 --> 00:35:58.720
 behalf

00:35:58.720 --> 00:36:00.380
 that he

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:01.420
 willingly came

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.880
 to be the

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.940
 sacrifice for our

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.320
 sin

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:06.240
 and that all

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:07.000
 who believe in

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.920
 him may have

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.900
 complete forgiveness

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:08.900


00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:11.059
 and redemption

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:12.160
 in his

00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.800
 blood

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:14.660
 I pray for those

00:36:14.660 --> 00:36:15.400
 who are here today

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.940
 that know the

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.820
 Lord Jesus Christ

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.519
 that this morning

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.599
 as they consider

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.460
 what Jesus has

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:20.200
 done for them

00:36:20.200 --> 00:36:21.119
 that their hearts

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:22.059
 would be lifted up

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.440
 and they would

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:23.300
 delight in him

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:24.400
 and look forward

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.960
 to the day

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.579
 that they will

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.260
 see him

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:28.180
 let that be

00:36:28.180 --> 00:36:28.720
 something that

00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:29.579
 stirs our heart

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.460
 to delight

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:31.420
 and satisfaction

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:31.900
 in the Lord

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.720
 Jesus Christ

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:34.660
 and I pray for

00:36:34.660 --> 00:36:35.160
 those that are

00:36:35.160 --> 00:36:35.639
 here today

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.240
 that do not

00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:36.820
 know Christ

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:38.460
 that even today

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.059
 your spirit

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.720
 would be working

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.500
 even as we

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:41.280
 come to a close

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.940
 of this service

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.960
 drawing them

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.639
 to the cross

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.400
 to believing

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:44.820
 in the Lord

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.559
 Jesus Christ

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.059
 and faith

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.619
 in his finished

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.000
 work

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:48.260
 we ask this

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:49.139
 in Jesus name

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:49.900
 amen