WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.120 I'm going to begin by saying, if you don't have a copy of God's Word with you this evening, there's no shame in that. 00:00:07.299 --> 00:00:13.960 In fact, people were asking me even this week, what exactly is the Good Friday gathering going to look like? 00:00:14.040 --> 00:00:17.300 And I would say, I don't know. I'm not sure yet exactly what we're going to do. 00:00:19.100 --> 00:00:23.480 I would tell those people that I will be preaching, but they may not have known to pass that information on to you. 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:27.140 And so we want you to have one if you would like to have one. 00:00:27.140 --> 00:00:32.460 And so if you don't have a copy of God's Word with you, again, there's no shame in this, and you'd like one, 00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:36.079 if you'll slip your hands up. We've got Matt and Tyler around the room. 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Very good, then. 00:00:43.179 --> 00:00:47.640 I'm going to assume that you're ready to go, and we're going to get into a text together. 00:00:48.299 --> 00:00:56.519 As we gather this evening to consider the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on the cross of Golgotha, 00:00:57.140 --> 00:01:02.620 I would like for us to consider some of Jesus' final words as He suffered on our behalf 00:01:02.620 --> 00:01:10.939 and reflect upon what may have been some of His final thoughts as He gave His life for the sake of ours. 00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:17.180 To do so, please turn with me in your copy of God's Word to Psalm 22. 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:19.760 Psalm 22. 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:29.780 This psalm serves as a divine commentary on much of what Jesus uttered on the cross, 00:01:29.780 --> 00:01:34.320 as we will see that three of His statements come from this psalm. 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:38.300 Because Jesus cites this psalm so prevalently, 00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:44.500 I believe that it is safe to assume that He was pondering this psalm as He suffered. 00:01:44.500 --> 00:01:49.439 It may not have been the only text of Scripture that He meditated upon, 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:52.079 but it was surely one of them. 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:54.980 It may well have been the dominant one, 00:01:55.159 --> 00:02:01.659 and therefore can grant us some level of insight into His thoughts. 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:06.060 The author of this psalm is King David, 00:02:06.539 --> 00:02:11.520 and no events of his life match the description found here, 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:13.040 as many of his psalms do. 00:02:13.140 --> 00:02:16.300 You could say, oh, we know when David wrote this particular psalm, 00:02:16.380 --> 00:02:19.600 the trouble that he was experiencing at this time, 00:02:20.140 --> 00:02:22.600 but not in this case. 00:02:22.600 --> 00:02:26.820 So it is widely agreed that this psalm is prophetic, 00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:31.900 that David was speaking of the suffering of Jesus. 00:02:32.620 --> 00:02:36.400 In that, it alludes to five different incidents 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:41.200 that occurred in the process of Jesus being tried and crucified. 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:44.500 We also know that Peter, the apostle, 00:02:44.820 --> 00:02:50.540 refers to David as a prophet in Acts 2, verse 30. 00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:52.840 There he's referencing a different psalm, 00:02:52.980 --> 00:02:56.200 but he calls there David the prophet. 00:02:57.060 --> 00:02:59.580 So, as we take some time this evening 00:02:59.580 --> 00:03:02.080 to consider some of Jesus' final words, 00:03:02.219 --> 00:03:05.939 and most likely some of His final thoughts, 00:03:05.939 --> 00:03:09.159 I want to invite you to have your heart warmed 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:11.900 by the loving kindness of God to us 00:03:11.900 --> 00:03:14.560 in the death of Jesus Christ. 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:17.780 Before I read Psalm 22, 00:03:18.359 --> 00:03:19.579 as is my habit, 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:21.439 I want to remind you, beloved, 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:24.539 this is God's Word to us. 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:27.000 It was written for His glory 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:28.460 and for our good, 00:03:28.460 --> 00:03:31.219 and we would all do well to listen to it 00:03:31.219 --> 00:03:32.820 in order to believe its promises 00:03:32.820 --> 00:03:35.659 and obey its commands. 00:03:36.600 --> 00:03:39.040 Psalm 22, beginning in verse 1. 00:03:41.040 --> 00:03:43.560 My God, my God, 00:03:43.920 --> 00:03:46.540 why have you forsaken me? 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:49.379 Why are you so far from saving me 00:03:49.379 --> 00:03:51.379 from the words of my groaning? 00:03:51.379 --> 00:03:54.699 Oh, my God, I cry by day, 00:03:54.780 --> 00:03:56.139 but you do not answer, 00:03:56.340 --> 00:03:57.180 and by night, 00:03:57.620 --> 00:03:59.780 but I find no rest. 00:04:00.859 --> 00:04:02.579 Yet, you are holy, 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:05.079 enthroned on the praises of Israel. 00:04:05.780 --> 00:04:07.500 In you our fathers trusted. 00:04:07.740 --> 00:04:08.439 They trusted, 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:10.240 and you delivered them. 00:04:10.900 --> 00:04:12.099 To you they cried 00:04:12.099 --> 00:04:13.719 and were rescued. 00:04:14.019 --> 00:04:15.180 In you they trusted 00:04:15.180 --> 00:04:17.159 and were not put to shame. 00:04:18.139 --> 00:04:19.839 But I am a worm 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:20.819 and not a man. 00:04:21.459 --> 00:04:22.560 Scorned by mankind 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:24.540 and despised by the people. 00:04:25.259 --> 00:04:27.319 All who see me mock me. 00:04:27.719 --> 00:04:29.420 They make mouths at me. 00:04:29.599 --> 00:04:30.980 They wag their heads. 00:04:31.599 --> 00:04:32.819 He trusts in the Lord. 00:04:33.180 --> 00:04:34.240 Let Him deliver him. 00:04:34.579 --> 00:04:35.980 Let Him rescue him. 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:38.579 For He delights in him. 00:04:39.779 --> 00:04:40.620 Yet you are He 00:04:40.620 --> 00:04:42.439 who took me from the womb. 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:44.219 You made me trust you 00:04:44.219 --> 00:04:45.459 at my mother's breasts. 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:48.779 On you was I cast from my birth 00:04:48.779 --> 00:04:50.439 and from my mother's womb. 00:04:50.819 --> 00:04:52.420 You have been my God. 00:04:53.300 --> 00:04:54.319 Be not far from me 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:55.339 for trouble is near 00:04:55.339 --> 00:04:57.560 and there is none to help. 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:00.219 Many bulls encompass me. 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:02.579 Strong bulls of bashan surround me. 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:04.759 They open wide their mouths at me 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:07.120 like a ravening and roaring lion. 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:09.819 I am poured out like water 00:05:09.819 --> 00:05:11.939 and all my bones are out of joint. 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:14.199 My heart is like wax. 00:05:14.340 --> 00:05:16.139 It is melted within my breast. 00:05:16.780 --> 00:05:19.519 My strength is dried up like a pot shirt 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:22.019 and my tongue sticks to my jaws. 00:05:22.019 --> 00:05:25.399 You lay me in the dust of death. 00:05:26.339 --> 00:05:27.620 For dogs encompass me. 00:05:27.939 --> 00:05:30.639 A company of evildoers encircles me. 00:05:31.139 --> 00:05:34.159 They have pierced my hands and feet. 00:05:34.699 --> 00:05:36.500 I can count all my bones. 00:05:36.620 --> 00:05:38.779 They stare and gloat over me. 00:05:39.339 --> 00:05:41.579 They divide my garments among them 00:05:41.579 --> 00:05:44.060 and for my clothing they cast lots. 00:05:44.060 --> 00:05:48.079 But you, O Lord, do not be far off. 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:51.560 O you, my help, come quickly to my aid. 00:05:52.300 --> 00:05:54.100 Deliver my soul from the sword, 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:56.879 my precious life from the power of the dog. 00:05:57.439 --> 00:05:59.220 Save me from the mouth of the lion. 00:05:59.660 --> 00:06:01.860 You have rescued me from the horns 00:06:01.860 --> 00:06:03.279 of the wild oxen. 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:06.840 I will tell of your name to my brothers. 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:08.959 In the midst of the congregation, 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:10.519 I will praise you. 00:06:11.099 --> 00:06:13.399 You who fear the Lord, praise Him. 00:06:13.919 --> 00:06:16.819 All you offspring of Jacob, glorify Him 00:06:16.819 --> 00:06:18.359 and stand in awe of Him, 00:06:18.459 --> 00:06:20.159 all you offspring of Israel. 00:06:21.019 --> 00:06:23.459 For He has not despised or abhorred 00:06:23.459 --> 00:06:25.000 the affliction of the afflicted. 00:06:25.299 --> 00:06:27.579 And He has not hidden His face from Him, 00:06:27.819 --> 00:06:30.039 but has heard when He cried to Him. 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:33.859 From you comes my praise in the great congregation. 00:06:34.459 --> 00:06:37.899 My vows I will perform before those who fear Him. 00:06:37.899 --> 00:06:40.819 The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied. 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:44.519 Those who seek Him shall praise the Lord. 00:06:44.939 --> 00:06:47.039 May your hearts live forever. 00:06:47.859 --> 00:06:49.679 All the ends of the earth shall remember 00:06:49.679 --> 00:06:50.659 and turn to the Lord, 00:06:50.719 --> 00:06:52.120 and all the families of the nations 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:53.439 shall worship before you. 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:56.539 For kingship belongs to the Lord, 00:06:56.699 --> 00:06:58.419 and He rules over the nations. 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:02.479 All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship. 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:05.839 Before Him shall bow all who go down to the dust, 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:09.479 even the one who could not keep Himself alive. 00:07:10.500 --> 00:07:11.919 Posterity shall serve Him. 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:14.699 It shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation. 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:17.560 They shall come and proclaim His righteousness 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:20.139 to a people yet unborn, 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:22.699 that He has done it. 00:07:22.699 --> 00:07:28.979 So, first, let's look at the five incidents 00:07:28.979 --> 00:07:32.479 that occurred in the process of Jesus being tried 00:07:32.479 --> 00:07:35.680 and crucified that this psalm alludes to. 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:38.339 I hope that you're familiar enough 00:07:38.339 --> 00:07:40.379 with the New Testament text 00:07:40.379 --> 00:07:41.599 that speaks of these things, 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:42.860 the Gospel accounts, 00:07:42.919 --> 00:07:45.079 that you were picking up some hints of them 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:47.480 as you moved throughout it. 00:07:47.899 --> 00:07:49.759 Now, those of you who are used to me 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:51.740 working verse by verse through a text, 00:07:51.860 --> 00:07:54.480 beginning at verse 1 and working my way down, 00:07:54.539 --> 00:07:55.959 I'm not going to do that tonight. 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:57.659 We're going to take it in fragments, 00:07:57.779 --> 00:08:01.519 although I will reference every bit of Psalm 22. 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:02.879 In fact, for a test of that, 00:08:02.939 --> 00:08:04.939 I wrote down 1 through 31 00:08:04.939 --> 00:08:05.740 and checked them off 00:08:05.740 --> 00:08:08.519 as I was sure that I referenced it in my notes. 00:08:08.699 --> 00:08:10.860 But it'll come in a different order 00:08:10.860 --> 00:08:13.599 than 1 through 31 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:17.120 because it's my hope for our thinking 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:19.360 to move from those matters 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:20.620 which aren't unimportant, 00:08:20.740 --> 00:08:22.480 but they're less important to those matters 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:25.439 that are more important for us this evening. 00:08:25.640 --> 00:08:27.680 So, let's look at these five incidents 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:29.320 that occurred. 00:08:29.580 --> 00:08:30.060 Number one, 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:33.620 the dividing of Jesus' garments 00:08:33.620 --> 00:08:36.259 and the casting of lots. 00:08:36.700 --> 00:08:38.580 We can read in John 19, 00:08:39.100 --> 00:08:41.180 verse 23 and 24, 00:08:41.179 --> 00:08:43.979 when the soldiers had crucified Jesus, 00:08:44.120 --> 00:08:45.159 they took His garments 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:46.859 and divided them into four parts, 00:08:47.359 --> 00:08:48.959 one part for each soldier, 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:50.979 also His tunic. 00:08:51.419 --> 00:08:53.379 But the tunic was seamless, 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:55.839 woven in one piece from top to bottom. 00:08:55.959 --> 00:08:56.979 So they said to one another, 00:08:57.519 --> 00:08:58.439 let us not tear it, 00:08:58.500 --> 00:08:59.699 but cast lots for it 00:08:59.699 --> 00:09:01.239 to see whose it shall be. 00:09:01.939 --> 00:09:03.959 This was to fill the Scripture 00:09:03.959 --> 00:09:04.979 which says, 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:07.259 and here citing directly, 00:09:07.259 --> 00:09:10.359 John does Psalm 22 and verse 18. 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:13.100 They divided my garments among them 00:09:13.100 --> 00:09:14.200 and for my clothing, 00:09:14.800 --> 00:09:16.080 they cast lots. 00:09:16.560 --> 00:09:20.279 So the soldiers did these things. 00:09:20.460 --> 00:09:21.300 So first, 00:09:21.399 --> 00:09:22.620 the dividing of Jesus' garments 00:09:22.620 --> 00:09:23.500 and the casting of lots 00:09:23.500 --> 00:09:26.259 we find in Psalm 22. 00:09:27.180 --> 00:09:27.779 Secondly, 00:09:28.700 --> 00:09:32.139 the piercing of Jesus' hands and feet 00:09:32.139 --> 00:09:35.039 and His severe beating. 00:09:35.700 --> 00:09:37.180 Now, we only find out 00:09:37.180 --> 00:09:39.399 about the piercing of Jesus' hands and feet 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:42.079 because of doubting Thomas. 00:09:42.179 --> 00:09:42.679 Now, it was understood 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:45.340 that this is the way people were crucified. 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:47.779 Big nails put through their wrists 00:09:47.779 --> 00:09:49.799 and through their feet. 00:09:50.100 --> 00:09:51.519 But we don't know for sure 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:53.399 this was the case with Christ 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:55.860 except John's record again, 00:09:55.959 --> 00:09:58.079 chapter 20, verse 24, 00:09:58.439 --> 00:09:59.959 and following, 00:10:00.220 --> 00:10:01.799 where John records for us, 00:10:01.899 --> 00:10:03.919 now Thomas, one of the twelve, 00:10:04.340 --> 00:10:05.159 called the twin, 00:10:05.299 --> 00:10:07.720 was not with them when Jesus came. 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:09.820 So the other disciples told Him, 00:10:09.899 --> 00:10:10.540 We have seen the Lord, 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:11.540 but He said to them, 00:10:12.160 --> 00:10:14.340 Unless I see in His hands 00:10:14.340 --> 00:10:15.560 the mark of the nails 00:10:15.560 --> 00:10:16.820 and place my finger 00:10:16.820 --> 00:10:18.480 into the mark of the nails 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:20.960 and place my hand into His side, 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:22.899 I will never believe. 00:10:23.540 --> 00:10:24.120 Eight days later, 00:10:24.160 --> 00:10:25.500 His disciples were inside again 00:10:25.500 --> 00:10:26.519 and Thomas was with them. 00:10:26.620 --> 00:10:27.899 Although the doors were locked, 00:10:28.060 --> 00:10:30.100 Jesus came and stood among them 00:10:30.100 --> 00:10:30.680 and said, 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:32.620 Peace be with you. 00:10:33.040 --> 00:10:34.379 Then He said to Thomas, 00:10:34.379 --> 00:10:35.960 Put your finger here 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:37.320 and see my hands 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:38.320 and put out your hand 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:39.840 and place it in my side. 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:42.200 Do not disbelieve, 00:10:42.419 --> 00:10:43.740 but believe. 00:10:44.139 --> 00:10:45.500 And Thomas answered Him, 00:10:45.779 --> 00:10:48.799 My Lord and my God. 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:50.879 So we see, right, 00:10:50.939 --> 00:10:52.019 that Jesus' hands 00:10:52.019 --> 00:10:54.179 were nailed through 00:10:54.179 --> 00:10:55.299 in His feet. 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:56.879 We know that Jesus 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:58.000 was severely beaten 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.779 from texts like Matthew 27 00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:02.779 and the prophet Isaiah 00:11:02.779 --> 00:11:05.500 wrote in Isaiah 52 and verse 14, 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:07.959 As many were astonished at you, 00:11:08.379 --> 00:11:10.600 His appearance was so marred 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:12.600 beyond human semblance 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:14.299 and His form beyond that 00:11:14.299 --> 00:11:17.000 of the children of mankind. 00:11:17.419 --> 00:11:18.839 And again, we find this 00:11:18.839 --> 00:11:21.439 in Psalm 22, 00:11:21.699 --> 00:11:24.559 verse 16 and 17. 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:26.179 The psalmist says, 00:11:26.319 --> 00:11:27.600 For dogs encompass me, 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:29.360 a company of evil doers 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:30.039 encircles me. 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:32.019 They have pierced my hands 00:11:32.019 --> 00:11:33.139 and feet. 00:11:33.699 --> 00:11:36.719 I can count all my bones. 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:38.959 The flesh is ripped off my body. 00:11:39.319 --> 00:11:42.779 They stare and gloat over me. 00:11:44.099 --> 00:11:48.699 Third, the mocking of the soldiers. 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:54.299 In Mark 15, verse 16 and following, 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:55.099 we read, 00:11:56.199 --> 00:11:57.740 And the soldiers led Him away 00:11:57.740 --> 00:11:58.879 inside the palace. 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:00.320 That is the governor's headquarters. 00:12:00.860 --> 00:12:02.279 And they called together 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:03.559 the whole battalion. 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:05.080 And they clothed Him 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:05.980 in a purple cloak. 00:12:06.439 --> 00:12:07.539 And twisting together 00:12:07.539 --> 00:12:08.580 a crown of thorns, 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:09.480 they put it on Him. 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:12.139 And they began to salute Him. 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:14.639 Hail, King of the Jews! 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:17.159 And they were striking His head 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:17.879 with a reed 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:19.059 and spitting on Him 00:12:19.059 --> 00:12:20.480 and kneeling down 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:21.539 in homage to Him. 00:12:22.220 --> 00:12:23.600 When they had mocked Him, 00:12:23.659 --> 00:12:24.419 they stripped Him 00:12:24.419 --> 00:12:25.179 of the purple cloak 00:12:25.179 --> 00:12:27.659 and put His own clothes on Him. 00:12:28.219 --> 00:12:29.399 And they led Him out 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:30.879 to crucify Him. 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:32.939 And then Luke adds 00:12:32.939 --> 00:12:34.039 in Luke 22, 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:37.399 verse 63 and following, 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:39.439 Now the men 00:12:39.439 --> 00:12:41.079 who were holding Jesus in custody 00:12:41.079 --> 00:12:42.099 were mocking Him 00:12:42.099 --> 00:12:43.539 as they beat Him. 00:12:44.099 --> 00:12:45.839 They also blindfolded Him 00:12:45.839 --> 00:12:47.259 and kept asking Him, 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:48.239 Prophesy! 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:50.560 Who is it that struck you? 00:12:51.139 --> 00:12:52.899 And they said many other things 00:12:52.899 --> 00:12:53.680 against Him, 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:55.840 blaspheming Him. 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:57.360 And so, 00:12:57.519 --> 00:13:00.700 Jesus became a mockery, 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:03.080 an object of derision 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:04.279 and sport 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:05.840 for the Roman battalion. 00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:08.940 The Creator of all the universe 00:13:08.940 --> 00:13:10.759 became a laughingstock 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:12.940 to those whom He created. 00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:14.460 And we see this 00:13:14.460 --> 00:13:16.420 in Psalm 22, 00:13:16.800 --> 00:13:19.920 verses 6 and 7. 00:13:20.980 --> 00:13:21.720 A psalmist wrote, 00:13:21.880 --> 00:13:23.060 But I am a worm 00:13:23.060 --> 00:13:23.900 and not a man, 00:13:24.520 --> 00:13:25.740 scorned by mankind 00:13:25.740 --> 00:13:27.260 and despised 00:13:27.260 --> 00:13:28.460 by the people. 00:13:28.860 --> 00:13:30.220 All who see me 00:13:30.220 --> 00:13:30.900 mock me. 00:13:31.040 --> 00:13:32.540 They make mouths at me. 00:13:32.680 --> 00:13:34.880 They wag their heads. 00:13:36.400 --> 00:13:37.620 Fourth, we see 00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:40.340 the mocking of the bystanders 00:13:40.340 --> 00:13:41.760 and religious leaders. 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:43.879 So not just the Roman guard. 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:46.100 Matthew 27, 00:13:46.299 --> 00:13:47.419 verse 39 says, 00:13:47.939 --> 00:13:50.120 And those who passed by 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:51.799 derided Him, 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:53.779 wagging their heads, 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:54.559 which was a sign 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:56.159 of that disapproval. 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:58.120 Psalm 22, 00:13:58.319 --> 00:13:59.279 verse 7 and 8, 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:01.879 All those who see me 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:03.039 mock me. 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:05.240 That's fascinating. 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:07.919 Let's go back again. 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:08.539 Psalm 22, 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:09.500 verse 7 and 8. 00:14:09.939 --> 00:14:11.059 Without the polka music 00:14:11.059 --> 00:14:11.779 this time, please. 00:14:14.479 --> 00:14:15.799 All who see me 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:16.519 mock me. 00:14:16.599 --> 00:14:17.559 They make mouths at me. 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:19.159 They wag their heads. 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:21.259 He trusts in the Lord. 00:14:21.359 --> 00:14:22.779 This is the speaking 00:14:22.779 --> 00:14:23.459 of derision. 00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:25.139 Let Him deliver him. 00:14:25.239 --> 00:14:27.159 Let Him rescue him, 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:30.419 for He delights in him. 00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:33.179 In Luke 23, 00:14:33.479 --> 00:14:35.039 verse 35 and following, 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:35.799 Luke records, 00:14:36.339 --> 00:14:38.240 And the people stood by. 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:39.839 So everyone who's passing by, 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:40.559 according to Matthew, 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:42.299 is mocking Jesus. 00:14:42.899 --> 00:14:43.919 Here Luke says, 00:14:44.079 --> 00:14:45.399 And the people stood by, 00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:45.860 watching, 00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:47.379 but the rulers 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.639 scoffed at Him, 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:49.139 saying, 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:51.419 He saved others. 00:14:51.579 --> 00:14:54.179 Let Him save Himself. 00:14:54.899 --> 00:14:56.639 If He is the Christ of God, 00:14:56.699 --> 00:14:58.059 His chosen one. 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:00.279 The soldiers also mocked Him, 00:15:00.359 --> 00:15:01.539 coming up and offering Him 00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:02.859 sour wine and saying, 00:15:03.059 --> 00:15:05.359 If you are the King of the Jews, 00:15:05.739 --> 00:15:06.659 save yourself. 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:09.939 There was also an inscription over Him, 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:13.279 This is the King of the Jews. 00:15:14.059 --> 00:15:15.240 Now, we'll read in just a moment 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:17.220 a bit of interesting text 00:15:17.220 --> 00:15:18.959 in John chapter 19. 00:15:19.319 --> 00:15:19.959 Most of us know 00:15:19.959 --> 00:15:21.399 that there was this sign 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:23.439 placed over Jesus' head 00:15:23.439 --> 00:15:24.519 that declared Him 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:26.720 the King of the Jews. 00:15:26.839 --> 00:15:27.779 The religious leaders 00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:29.819 did not want such a sign 00:15:29.819 --> 00:15:31.079 to exist above Him. 00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:32.659 It was this very claim 00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:35.120 that they were crucifying Him for. 00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:35.600 And so, 00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:38.620 as this claim stood above Him, 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:41.079 they had to stand around 00:15:41.079 --> 00:15:42.439 and make light of it. 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:43.960 They had to say, 00:15:44.140 --> 00:15:45.100 Oh, here's the proof 00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:47.240 that He's not who He claimed to be 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:49.760 or that this sign waves over Him 00:15:49.760 --> 00:15:51.880 because He can't save Himself 00:15:51.880 --> 00:15:53.580 from the cross. 00:15:54.400 --> 00:15:55.540 In John chapter 19, 00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:56.500 verse 19 and following, 00:15:57.380 --> 00:15:58.140 we read this, 00:15:58.660 --> 00:16:00.680 Pilate also wrote an inscription 00:16:00.680 --> 00:16:02.400 and put it on the cross. 00:16:02.500 --> 00:16:03.180 It read, 00:16:03.800 --> 00:16:04.760 Jesus of Nazareth, 00:16:04.940 --> 00:16:06.880 the King of the Jews. 00:16:07.680 --> 00:16:08.580 Many of the Jews 00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:09.720 read this inscription, 00:16:10.300 --> 00:16:11.220 for the place where Jesus 00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:12.940 was crucified was near the city 00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:14.700 and it was written in Aramaic, 00:16:15.180 --> 00:16:15.940 in Latin, 00:16:16.300 --> 00:16:17.080 and in Greek. 00:16:17.259 --> 00:16:18.500 Everybody could read it. 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:21.200 So the chief priest of the Jews 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:22.259 said to Pilate, 00:16:23.040 --> 00:16:23.940 Do not write, 00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:25.399 The King of the Jews, 00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:26.680 but rather, 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:28.740 this man said, 00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:31.340 I am the King of the Jews. 00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:33.279 And then Pilate answered, 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:34.639 and I don't know if it's because 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:36.120 Pilate was beginning to believe 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:38.200 or if Pilate just was tired 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:39.639 of placating them, 00:16:40.060 --> 00:16:40.980 but he answered, 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.740 What I have written, 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:44.860 I have written. 00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:48.279 So this statement stood over Christ 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:50.340 as He hanged there and died. 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:53.940 And the people had to make light of it 00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:56.000 to justify His murder. 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.480 Fifth, 00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:58.440 the fifth incident we see 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:00.159 in Psalm 22 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:02.980 is the mocking of the criminals. 00:17:03.819 --> 00:17:04.359 Those that 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:06.579 hung on His left and His right. 00:17:06.639 --> 00:17:08.299 Matthew 27 and verse 44. 00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:10.119 And the robbers, 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.000 plural, 00:17:11.139 --> 00:17:12.659 the robbers who were crucified with Him 00:17:12.659 --> 00:17:13.720 also reviled Him 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.599 in the same way. 00:17:15.700 --> 00:17:16.519 Luke tells us 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:18.500 that one of these robbers 00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.700 came to believe 00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:21.379 that Jesus was the Christ 00:17:21.379 --> 00:17:23.259 in Luke 23, 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:26.200 verse 39 and following. 00:17:26.879 --> 00:17:28.039 Luke records this, 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:29.899 one of the criminals 00:17:29.899 --> 00:17:30.779 who were hanged 00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:32.279 railed at Him saying, 00:17:32.899 --> 00:17:34.019 Are you not the Christ? 00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:36.659 Save yourself and us. 00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:38.359 But the other, 00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:39.859 now believing, 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:41.039 rebuked Him saying, 00:17:41.659 --> 00:17:43.180 Do you not fear God 00:17:43.180 --> 00:17:43.920 since you are under 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:45.319 the same sentence 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:46.339 of condemnation? 00:17:47.139 --> 00:17:49.480 And we indeed justly, 00:17:49.579 --> 00:17:50.279 for we are receiving 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:51.319 the due reward of our deeds, 00:17:51.379 --> 00:17:52.420 but this man has done 00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:53.839 nothing wrong. 00:17:54.420 --> 00:17:55.259 And he said, 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:56.279 Jesus, 00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:57.700 remember me 00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:58.319 when you come 00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:59.220 into your kingdom. 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:01.140 And Jesus said to him, 00:18:01.360 --> 00:18:01.660 Truly, 00:18:01.840 --> 00:18:02.600 I say to you, 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:04.700 today you will be with me 00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:06.319 in paradise. 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:07.600 Again, 00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:09.340 we see in Psalm 22 00:18:09.340 --> 00:18:11.380 and in verse 8, 00:18:12.340 --> 00:18:13.460 these words of derision, 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:15.059 He trusts in the Lord. 00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:16.380 Let Him deliver Him. 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:17.680 Let Him rescue Him, 00:18:17.900 --> 00:18:21.420 for He delights in Him. 00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:24.120 Jesus was even mocked 00:18:24.120 --> 00:18:25.519 by those found guilty 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.680 and experiencing 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:28.880 the same death. 00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:31.100 In Luke 23, 00:18:31.100 --> 00:18:32.200 we find Him 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:34.000 so willing to forgive 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:35.900 the transgressions 00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:37.380 at whose hands 00:18:37.380 --> 00:18:39.000 He suffered. 00:18:39.560 --> 00:18:40.220 In Luke 23, 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.700 34, 00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.920 He utters the words, 00:18:42.080 --> 00:18:42.380 Father, 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:44.000 forgive them, 00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.700 for they know not 00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.740 what they do. 00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:49.759 He pitied the ignorance 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.759 that would murder 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:52.039 the one who came 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:54.019 to save their souls. 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:55.500 And we see the promise 00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.059 of paradise 00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:57.779 given to a repentant criminal 00:18:57.779 --> 00:19:00.339 who hung at Jesus' side. 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:02.359 So can you see 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:05.000 that Psalm 22 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:07.200 is speaking toward 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:08.539 this event 00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.380 that would happen 00:19:09.380 --> 00:19:10.059 one day? 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:12.400 These things are going on 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:13.860 just as Psalm 22 00:19:13.860 --> 00:19:16.440 said that they would. 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:18.620 And what must have been 00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:19.540 going through 00:19:19.540 --> 00:19:21.220 the mind of our Savior 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:22.759 as He experienced 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:23.880 the most cruel of deaths 00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:25.040 ever employed 00:19:25.040 --> 00:19:26.580 by a nation state? 00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:28.259 This form of death 00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:28.860 was not only 00:19:28.860 --> 00:19:30.400 extremely painful, 00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.900 but it was meant 00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:33.580 to be a spectacle. 00:19:34.360 --> 00:19:34.980 The condemned 00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:36.320 were placed on display 00:19:36.320 --> 00:19:37.480 in a place of prominence 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.600 for all to see 00:19:38.600 --> 00:19:39.480 and to consider 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:41.660 the cost of law-breaking. 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:43.400 So not only 00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:44.800 is Jesus dying 00:19:44.800 --> 00:19:47.220 a painful physical death, 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.880 He's being rejected 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:50.420 at every turn 00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:51.280 by those 00:19:51.280 --> 00:19:53.360 that He's dying for. 00:19:55.040 --> 00:19:56.500 In Psalm 22, 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.840 verse 12 and 13, 00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:59.920 what must Jesus 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.720 have been thinking, 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.220 right? 00:20:01.580 --> 00:20:04.040 Thinking about this Psalm. 00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:04.640 We're going to see 00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.360 that He speaks 00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:06.680 directly from it 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.300 in a moment. 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:09.820 Verse 12 and 13 say, 00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:12.059 many bulls encompass me. 00:20:12.179 --> 00:20:13.839 Strong bulls of passion 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:14.480 surround me. 00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:16.179 They open wide 00:20:16.179 --> 00:20:17.099 their mouths at me 00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:18.379 like a ravening 00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:20.639 and roaring lion, 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.200 right? 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:24.159 Seeking my life. 00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:26.639 In the midst of all 00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:28.899 of David's prophecy 00:20:28.899 --> 00:20:30.079 of the coming Christ, 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:32.079 he writes for us, 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:33.899 carried along by the Spirit, 00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:36.159 these reprieves, 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:37.740 like these moments 00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:39.720 of rest and reflection 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:41.840 from all of the suffering. 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.800 And here, I think, 00:20:44.340 --> 00:20:45.340 we get the most 00:20:45.340 --> 00:20:47.080 wonderful glimpse 00:20:47.080 --> 00:20:49.140 of the mind of Christ. 00:20:50.140 --> 00:20:52.220 So try to put yourself 00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:53.060 in His place. 00:20:53.100 --> 00:20:54.080 And we can't do this 00:20:54.080 --> 00:20:55.279 perfectly, to be sure. 00:20:56.080 --> 00:20:57.120 But considering 00:20:57.120 --> 00:20:58.600 the great horrors 00:20:58.600 --> 00:20:59.259 around Him 00:20:59.259 --> 00:21:00.160 and Him thinking 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:01.920 about Psalm 22 00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:03.560 and running through 00:21:03.560 --> 00:21:04.779 the writing of, 00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.860 inspired writing 00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:07.480 of David. 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:09.720 So we read in Psalm 22 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:12.240 verse 9 through 11, 00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:14.519 Yet, 00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:16.200 this is a wonderful word, 00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:16.660 Yet, 00:21:17.860 --> 00:21:19.600 You are He 00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:21.039 who took me 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.960 from the womb. 00:21:22.580 --> 00:21:24.019 You made me trust You 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:26.140 at my mother's breasts. 00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:28.300 On You was I cast 00:21:28.300 --> 00:21:29.220 from my birth 00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:31.500 and from my mother's womb. 00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.299 You have been 00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:33.980 my God. 00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:36.059 Be not far from me, 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:37.240 for trouble is near, 00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:39.240 and there is none 00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.559 to help. 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.420 So we can imagine 00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:42.940 that Jesus, 00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:45.160 in this great anguish, 00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:47.700 turns to God 00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:49.440 in the writing of David 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:50.740 in Psalm 22 00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:52.960 and finds comfort. 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.039 Yet, 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:57.180 You are God. 00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.259 The psalmist, 00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.539 and as I've argued, 00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:02.539 Jesus suffering greatly, 00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:04.379 looks to God the Father 00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:05.319 who was with Him 00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.759 from the very beginning 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.460 and is, 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:07.940 therefore, 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.680 to be trusted 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.599 for help, 00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.980 comfort, 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.940 for peace, 00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.839 and for 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.980 final 00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:16.659 deliverance. 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.159 So, 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.839 we get these reprieves 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.559 in the midst 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:22.480 of Psalm 22. 00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.420 Now, 00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:25.599 to think about this 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.079 a bit more, 00:22:26.139 --> 00:22:26.899 let's take a look 00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:28.019 at the three statements 00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.940 that Jesus uttered 00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.480 on the cross 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.019 that are found 00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:32.759 in this psalm. 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.599 The first, 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:36.139 we can read of 00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:37.720 in Matthew 27 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:39.720 and verse 46, 00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:41.279 also Mark 15, 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:41.740 34. 00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:44.099 Matthew records for us 00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:45.299 about the ninth hour, 00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.660 Jesus cried out 00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:48.160 with a loud voice 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.879 saying, 00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.000 Eli, 00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:50.980 Eli, 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:52.019 lama sabachthani, 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.839 sabachthani, 00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.379 that is, 00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.960 my God, 00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.319 my God, 00:22:57.740 --> 00:23:00.299 why have you forsaken me? 00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:03.200 At about 3 p.m. 00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.720 on that Friday, 00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:07.200 the sky went dark 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:09.799 and Jesus laid down 00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.900 His life. 00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:13.359 The sinless for the sinful, 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:16.400 the worthy for the unworthy, 00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:19.799 the blessed for the destitute. 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:22.619 John Stott once said, 00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:24.279 our sins blotted out 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:25.139 the sunshine 00:23:25.139 --> 00:23:28.159 of His Father's face. 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:31.759 Christ became sin 00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:34.159 on our behalf. 00:23:34.159 --> 00:23:36.099 Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 5, 00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.839 21, 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:39.019 for our sake He made Him 00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:40.039 to be sin, 00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:41.919 who knew no sin, 00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:43.539 so that in Him 00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.940 we might become 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:46.200 the righteousness 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:47.859 of God. 00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:50.079 That great exchange 00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:51.059 that we talk about 00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:52.059 so often 00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:53.639 as Christ followers. 00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:55.939 In the Garden of Gethsemane, 00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.379 the night before 00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:58.919 Jesus' crucifixion, 00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.259 He prayed, 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:02.359 as recorded in Matthew 26, 00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.519 verse 39, 00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.979 and going a little farther, 00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.959 He fell on His face 00:24:06.959 --> 00:24:08.039 and prayed saying, 00:24:08.719 --> 00:24:09.479 My Father, 00:24:10.179 --> 00:24:11.899 if it be possible, 00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:13.939 let this cup 00:24:13.939 --> 00:24:15.659 pass from Me. 00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.840 Nevertheless, 00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.700 not as I will, 00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:20.740 but as You will. 00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.360 Now, beloved, 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.519 it's important to understand 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.600 that Jesus' anguish 00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:26.840 over His coming crucifixion 00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:28.480 was not due to the 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:30.140 physical suffering 00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:31.519 He would experience. 00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:33.400 As great as it was, 00:24:33.540 --> 00:24:34.560 this was not what was 00:24:34.560 --> 00:24:35.300 causing Him 00:24:35.300 --> 00:24:37.740 to sweat blood. 00:24:38.540 --> 00:24:39.380 But rather, 00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:41.060 He was in such anguish 00:24:41.060 --> 00:24:42.880 because of the wrath 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:43.540 of God 00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.700 that He was going 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.480 to bear. 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:48.099 Jesus had in mind 00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:49.099 passages like 00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:51.279 Jeremiah 25. 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:54.480 This is verse 15 and 16 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.480 of Jeremiah 25. 00:24:56.159 --> 00:24:56.940 Thus the Lord, 00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.759 the God of Israel, 00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.839 said to Me, 00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.700 this would be Jeremiah, 00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:02.039 Take from My hand 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:03.779 this cup of the wine 00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.839 of wrath 00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:06.720 and make all the nations 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.859 to whom I send you 00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.480 drink it. 00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.839 They shall drink it 00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.700 and stagger 00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.980 and be crazed 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:13.420 because of the sword 00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.759 that I am sending 00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:16.140 among them. 00:25:16.580 --> 00:25:17.720 And then verse 27, 00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:19.039 Then you shall say to them, 00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:21.519 Thus says the Lord of hosts, 00:25:21.600 --> 00:25:23.220 the God of Israel, 00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.340 Drink, 00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.620 be drunk, 00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.840 and vomit. 00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:29.539 Fall and rise no more 00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:31.100 because of the sword 00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:32.360 that I am sending 00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:33.860 among you. 00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:36.100 This is the type of thing 00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:37.160 that Jesus has 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:37.860 in His mind. 00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:39.619 He knows that He has come 00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:42.339 to be a propitiation, 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:44.399 a replacement sacrifice 00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:46.479 for all that would trust 00:25:46.479 --> 00:25:47.500 in Him. 00:25:47.979 --> 00:25:49.559 And He is looking to 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.740 this next day 00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:52.199 God's wrath 00:25:52.199 --> 00:25:53.639 being poured out on Him. 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:55.500 And this is the cry. 00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:57.699 If there's any other way, 00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:59.439 let this cup 00:25:59.439 --> 00:26:00.559 pass 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:02.000 from Me. 00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.939 God is 00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:05.039 just. 00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:06.799 And God is 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:08.700 unchanging. 00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.740 And therefore, 00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:11.200 God must 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.039 punish 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:13.220 sin. 00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.860 God does not 00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:16.279 deal with disobedience 00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.299 the way so many of us 00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.539 imperfect parents 00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.840 deal with disobedience. 00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.180 Right? 00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:22.019 My grace to my children 00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.640 is often 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.740 my laziness. 00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.860 I just overlook 00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.680 the things 00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.700 that they're doing. 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.640 This is not 00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.200 the way 00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.200 the just God 00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.740 of the universe 00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.480 functions. 00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.980 There have been 00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.920 infractions 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.960 and they must 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:35.519 be paid for. 00:26:36.300 --> 00:26:37.420 If you and I 00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.100 were to have 00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:38.920 any hope 00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.480 of the forgiveness 00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.160 of our sin, 00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.400 we needed 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.539 a substitute. 00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:43.840 The sins 00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:45.000 must be 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.600 paid for. 00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:48.320 Jesus came 00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:49.000 to die 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:50.680 our death. 00:26:51.320 --> 00:26:52.340 So as He hung 00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:52.779 on that 00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.759 cursed tree, 00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:54.840 He bore 00:26:54.840 --> 00:26:55.980 all of the wrath 00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:57.600 for all of the sin 00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:58.200 do you 00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.940 and I 00:26:58.940 --> 00:27:00.140 and all those 00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.820 who will ever 00:27:00.820 --> 00:27:02.000 or will 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:03.040 whoever 00:27:03.040 --> 00:27:04.160 or will ever 00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.840 be called 00:27:04.840 --> 00:27:06.400 by His name. 00:27:07.280 --> 00:27:07.900 God the Father 00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:09.360 turned His face 00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:10.600 away from His Son 00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.340 and poured 00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:12.860 infinite wrath 00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:13.340 out 00:27:13.340 --> 00:27:14.700 on Him. 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.000 We see the beginning 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.940 of Psalm 22 00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.740 verse 1. 00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.520 My God, 00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.940 my God, 00:27:21.080 --> 00:27:22.340 why have you 00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:23.640 forsaken me? 00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:25.160 This is what 00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.300 Jesus is uttering. 00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:26.720 He is 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.759 citing from. 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.319 So we get 00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.200 a little more, 00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.819 a bit of an expansion 00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.460 when we look at 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.059 Psalm 22 00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:33.240 verse 1 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.859 and then into 00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:35.019 verse 2. 00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.500 The psalmist says, 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:38.039 Why are you so far 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.879 from saving me 00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:40.160 from the words 00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:41.740 of my groaning? 00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.019 Oh, 00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.839 my God, 00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:44.140 I cry by day 00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.920 but you do not 00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:46.200 answer and by night 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.480 but I find 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.819 no rest. 00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.579 Can you feel, 00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.579 I hope you can, 00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.799 the expanding 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.980 anguish? 00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:55.299 What's wrapped up 00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.359 in this phrase, 00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:57.119 my God, 00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.279 my God, 00:27:58.419 --> 00:27:59.579 why have you 00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.179 forsaken me? 00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.899 Why have you 00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:02.439 turned away 00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:03.639 from me? 00:28:04.939 --> 00:28:05.519 And then, 00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.839 Psalm 22 00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.539 gives us 00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:09.619 another reprieve 00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:11.519 and I suggest 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.919 the hope 00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.779 that pulled 00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.479 Christ, 00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.199 the man, 00:28:15.699 --> 00:28:16.199 through this 00:28:16.199 --> 00:28:16.939 immeasurable 00:28:16.939 --> 00:28:18.019 suffering. 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.799 The writer of Hebrews 00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.919 tells us in Hebrews 12 00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.740 too that Jesus 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:23.099 endured the cross 00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:24.480 for the joy 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:26.359 set before him. 00:28:26.939 --> 00:28:27.240 So, 00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:29.959 what I'm postulating 00:28:29.959 --> 00:28:30.779 and we have no 00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:32.159 clear evidence 00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:32.819 of this 00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:34.319 is that Jesus 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.500 says the words, 00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:36.139 my God, 00:28:36.219 --> 00:28:36.759 my God, 00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:38.059 why have you 00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:39.039 forsaken me? 00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.939 And he's thinking 00:28:39.939 --> 00:28:41.439 about in this time, 00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.359 he's meditating 00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:42.799 upon, 00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.719 he's pondering 00:28:43.719 --> 00:28:45.379 verses 3 00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.539 and 4 00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:48.159 and 5, 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:49.560 yet you are 00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:50.100 holy 00:28:50.100 --> 00:28:51.100 and throned 00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:52.000 on the praises 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.160 of Israel. 00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.900 In you our fathers 00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.400 trusted, 00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.160 they trusted 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:56.880 and you 00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:58.019 delivered them. 00:28:58.880 --> 00:29:00.140 To you they cried 00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:01.440 and were rescued. 00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:03.360 In you they trusted 00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:04.660 and were not 00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.840 put to shame. 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.640 Jesus knew 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.440 that he was fulfilling 00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.779 the will of the Father, 00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:11.860 his good Father 00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:13.240 and his will 00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.700 would be 00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.779 accomplished. 00:29:16.340 --> 00:29:17.300 The second utterance 00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.319 and a bit briefer 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:20.619 in this case. 00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:22.000 We can read in 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.859 John chapter 19 00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.859 verse 28. 00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.480 After this, 00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:26.839 Jesus, 00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.859 knowing that 00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.940 all was now 00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.480 finished, 00:29:29.899 --> 00:29:30.299 said, 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:32.000 and John includes 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.720 the parenthetical, 00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:33.680 to fulfill the 00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.019 scripture, 00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:36.700 I thirst. 00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.599 Now this is 00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.240 certainly a direct 00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.759 reference to 00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.639 Psalm 69 00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.700 and verse 21 00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.319 which says, 00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.859 again prophetic, 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.379 they gave me 00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:45.259 poison for food 00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.599 and for my thirst 00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.159 they gave me 00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:48.440 sour wine 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.779 to drink. 00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.820 So Jesus says, 00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.580 I thirst 00:29:51.580 --> 00:29:52.640 so that this 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.560 scripture would 00:29:53.560 --> 00:29:55.120 be fulfilled. 00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.080 But I think we also 00:29:56.080 --> 00:29:56.940 see it in 00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:58.160 Psalm 22. 00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:59.340 It's a little more 00:29:59.340 --> 00:30:00.400 difficult to get at 00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:01.180 but let me make the case 00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:02.080 for you briefly 00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:03.060 and then we'll move on 00:30:03.060 --> 00:30:03.700 to the third 00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.460 statement. 00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.400 Psalm 22 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.360 verse 14 00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:09.040 and 15. 00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.840 David writes, 00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:12.100 I am poured out 00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:12.840 like water 00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:14.259 and all my bones 00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.839 are out of joint. 00:30:14.939 --> 00:30:15.519 My heart 00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.579 is like wax. 00:30:16.699 --> 00:30:17.399 It is melted 00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:19.419 within my breast. 00:30:19.959 --> 00:30:20.919 My strength 00:30:20.919 --> 00:30:22.259 is dried up 00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:23.379 like a pot shirt 00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:24.459 and my tongue 00:30:24.459 --> 00:30:26.299 sticks to my jaws. 00:30:26.699 --> 00:30:27.539 You lay me 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.539 in the dust 00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.659 of death. 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:31.220 You hear the dry 00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.299 and thirsty 00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.339 language found 00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:33.720 throughout 00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:35.720 those two verses 00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.399 and so Jesus 00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:36.980 utters, 00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.879 I thirst. 00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.020 finished. 00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.940 Thirdly, 00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.480 and I think 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.440 most importantly, 00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.860 in John 19 00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.280 and 30, 00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:47.520 when Jesus 00:30:47.520 --> 00:30:48.340 had received 00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:49.160 the sour wine 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.960 he said, 00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:51.540 it is 00:30:51.540 --> 00:30:52.500 finished 00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.860 and he bowed 00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.300 his head 00:30:54.300 --> 00:30:55.700 and gave up 00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.220 his spirit. 00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.140 Jesus, 00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.480 upon accomplishing 00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.260 the task 00:31:00.260 --> 00:31:01.900 that he became 00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:03.220 a man to accomplish 00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.160 uttered these 00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.800 simple 00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:06.380 but profound 00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.220 words, 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.940 it is 00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.960 finished. 00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:11.100 He had done 00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:12.380 all that he 00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.019 was sent 00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.860 to do 00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:15.279 when he died 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:16.120 upon 00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:17.640 the cross. 00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:19.080 The writer of 00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:19.820 Hebrews says 00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.460 in Hebrews 00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.360 chapter 1 00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:21.980 verse 3, 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.140 Jesus Christ 00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:23.900 is the radiance 00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.340 of the glory 00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:24.720 of God 00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.380 and the exact 00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:26.000 imprint 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.940 of his nature 00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:28.100 and he upholds 00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:28.860 the universe 00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:30.140 by the word 00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:31.460 of his power. 00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:33.299 After making 00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:34.420 purification 00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.960 for sins, 00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:37.720 he sat down 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.259 at the right 00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.779 hand 00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.759 of the majesty 00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:41.120 on high. 00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.059 Beloved, 00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:43.079 this is so 00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:44.240 significant 00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:45.779 to the Hebrew 00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.860 hearers 00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.920 of the book 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.460 of Hebrews 00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.860 because 00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:52.640 in the temple 00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.180 worship 00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:54.380 all of the 00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.059 continual 00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.960 ongoing 00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:57.360 ceremonial sacrifices 00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:58.279 that had to be made, 00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.900 blood flowed 00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.640 constantly 00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:01.759 from the temple 00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.640 and it was meant 00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.220 to show 00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.140 God's people 00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:06.860 their great need 00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.860 of a perfect 00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.640 sacrifice 00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.180 was meant 00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.640 to show them 00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.100 that all 00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:11.140 these sacrifices 00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:12.520 are inadequate 00:32:12.520 --> 00:32:13.480 to cover 00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.340 your sins. 00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:15.300 So keep at it, 00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:15.640 Israel. 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.600 Just keep making 00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:17.160 sacrifice. 00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:18.140 Keep making 00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:18.780 sacrifice. 00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:20.120 And all of the 00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:21.060 careful instruction 00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:22.420 for how the temple 00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.480 was to be laid 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:23.900 out, 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.780 there's a piece 00:32:24.780 --> 00:32:25.240 of furniture 00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.280 that does not 00:32:26.280 --> 00:32:27.200 exist in this 00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.640 place 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.759 anywhere 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.720 to sit. 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.259 The priests 00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.940 did not sit 00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.259 down. 00:32:32.520 --> 00:32:32.960 They were at 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.960 work constantly. 00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:34.759 They worked 00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.360 in shifts 00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:36.259 and they did 00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.980 not rest. 00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.220 But our Lord 00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.660 and Savior 00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:39.640 Jesus Christ 00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:41.279 finished the 00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.620 work 00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:42.680 and he sat 00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.680 down. 00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.360 This would 00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:44.579 have been 00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.340 astounding 00:32:45.340 --> 00:32:45.740 to them 00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.039 when they 00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.360 heard it. 00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.759 To us 00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.120 we go, 00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.360 yeah, 00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:47.500 cool, 00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:47.860 he's sitting. 00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:48.900 No, 00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:51.579 he is at 00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.460 rest, 00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:52.960 right? 00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:54.120 He has made 00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:54.840 that full 00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.819 and final 00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:57.200 sacrifice. 00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.840 He drank 00:32:58.840 --> 00:32:59.960 the entire 00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:01.120 cup 00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:02.299 of God's 00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.059 wrath. 00:33:03.719 --> 00:33:04.000 And when 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.419 he finished 00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:04.699 it, 00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:05.500 he turned 00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:05.899 it over 00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.439 and he 00:33:06.439 --> 00:33:06.759 set it 00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.139 down 00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:07.599 and he 00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:07.879 said, 00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:09.179 it is 00:33:09.179 --> 00:33:10.439 finished. 00:33:10.939 --> 00:33:11.959 A complete 00:33:11.959 --> 00:33:12.979 and perfect 00:33:12.979 --> 00:33:13.659 sacrifice 00:33:13.659 --> 00:33:14.599 for all 00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.099 time 00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:16.019 for those 00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:17.179 who believe 00:33:17.179 --> 00:33:18.119 in him. 00:33:19.459 --> 00:33:19.919 Now, 00:33:19.959 --> 00:33:20.259 I've been 00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.659 making the 00:33:20.659 --> 00:33:21.619 case that 00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.279 this comes 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.059 from Psalm 00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.500 22. 00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:24.979 If you're 00:33:24.979 --> 00:33:25.579 tracking me, 00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:25.879 it's okay 00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.279 if you're not, 00:33:26.399 --> 00:33:26.639 if you're 00:33:26.639 --> 00:33:27.199 tracking me 00:33:27.199 --> 00:33:27.779 and you're 00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.339 being astute, 00:33:28.459 --> 00:33:28.759 you go, 00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:30.000 where is that 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.319 found? 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.319 Let me 00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.799 show you. 00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:32.460 Psalm 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.779 22, 00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.039 I'm going 00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.299 to start 00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.519 at verse 00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.259 29 and 00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.880 read through 00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.539 31. 00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.259 David 00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.579 says, 00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:41.480 All the 00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:41.960 prosperous 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.400 of the 00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:43.079 earth eat 00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.680 and worship. 00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:44.759 Before him 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.220 shall bow 00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.740 all who 00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.140 go down 00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.380 to the 00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:46.640 dust, 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.079 even the 00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.880 one who 00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.519 could not 00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.259 keep himself 00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.839 alive. 00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.000 Posterity 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.539 shall serve 00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.779 him that 00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.079 shall be 00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.619 told of 00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.039 the Lord 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.319 to the 00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:53.660 coming 00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.619 generation. 00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.319 They 00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.539 shall 00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.019 clumb 00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.319 and 00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:56.680 proclaim 00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.200 his 00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:57.759 righteousness 00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.579 to a 00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:58.940 people 00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.460 yet 00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.279 unborn. 00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:00.600 And here 00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:01.059 it is, 00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:02.100 that he 00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:03.400 has 00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.940 done it. 00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.400 And in 00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:06.759 Hebrew, 00:34:07.100 --> 00:34:07.880 this phrase 00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:08.199 could have 00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:09.079 very easily 00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.699 been 00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:11.420 translated 00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.099 for us 00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.920 that it 00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.800 is 00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.980 finished. 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.679 It would 00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:15.840 have been 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:17.559 very precise 00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.480 and faithful 00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.139 to the 00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.880 original text. 00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.519 He 00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.699 has 00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.940 done it. 00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.460 It 00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.300 is 00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:25.860 finished. 00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:28.099 So, 00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:29.480 I hope, 00:34:29.740 --> 00:34:31.039 just considering 00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.260 Christ's 00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:32.780 death for 00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.180 us, 00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.620 you are 00:34:34.620 --> 00:34:35.280 moved to 00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:35.620 worship. 00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.640 Let me 00:34:36.640 --> 00:34:37.000 give you a 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.400 little more 00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.800 specific 00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.360 application, 00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.059 and I 00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.260 want to 00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:39.440 do it 00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:39.740 quickly, 00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.200 and here's 00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:40.440 where I'm 00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.840 picking up 00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.079 some of 00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.360 the verses 00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.840 I haven't 00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.200 referenced. 00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.460 I won't 00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.760 read them 00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:44.019 for the 00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.280 sake of 00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:44.579 time, 00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:44.960 but 00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:47.680 first, 00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.519 note 00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:50.079 how 00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:51.000 we're 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.460 believing, 00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.059 and I 00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.320 think it's 00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:52.559 a fair 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:52.980 belief, 00:34:53.200 --> 00:34:54.059 that Jesus 00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.599 Christ, 00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:54.860 as He 00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.119 hung on 00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.659 the cross, 00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:57.559 is carried 00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:57.880 through 00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:59.639 suffering by 00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.420 considering, 00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:00.779 He's 00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:02.599 pondering the 00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:02.860 Word of 00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.159 God. 00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.400 He's 00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.179 looking back 00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.759 to the 00:35:05.759 --> 00:35:06.779 promises of 00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.219 Scripture, 00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:07.940 and He's 00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.519 picking them 00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.719 up. 00:35:08.779 --> 00:35:09.059 He's 00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.719 meditating 00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.779 upon them, 00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.159 and He's 00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:12.099 turning that 00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:13.420 into belief. 00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.219 He's 00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:15.480 pondering the 00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.480 Word of 00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:16.679 God. 00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:16.799 And, 00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:16.980 beloved, 00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.799 we are to 00:35:17.799 --> 00:35:18.440 do the 00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.880 same. 00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.239 Look to 00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.799 Christ and 00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.599 His great 00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.179 anguish. 00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:23.059 We have 00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.500 never 00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.099 experienced 00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.380 such 00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.739 suffering, 00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.199 and we 00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.519 never 00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:26.519 will, 00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.280 praise the 00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:27.480 Lord, 00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.119 because of 00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.380 Him. 00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.639 But when 00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:29.920 you are 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.159 going 00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:30.400 through 00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.780 tough 00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.360 times, 00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.460 ponder 00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.500 the 00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.559 Word of 00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:34.820 God. 00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.320 Secondly, 00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:38.159 we can 00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.719 see that 00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:39.420 Christ is 00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:41.039 praying to 00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.659 God for 00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:42.360 help in 00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.079 His time 00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:44.300 of need. 00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.480 So, 00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.139 Psalm 22, 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:45.960 verse 19 00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:47.480 through 21, 00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.420 we see Him 00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:49.719 cry out to 00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:50.079 God. 00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:51.440 Verse 21, 00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.440 Save me 00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:52.860 from the 00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:53.480 mouth of 00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.039 the lion, 00:35:54.140 --> 00:35:54.519 and in 00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:54.960 this sure 00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.640 confidence, 00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.579 you have 00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.420 rescued me 00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.320 from the 00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:59.559 horns of 00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.059 the wild 00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.960 oxen. 00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:02.280 Cry out to 00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:02.700 God for 00:36:02.700 --> 00:36:03.760 help in 00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.220 times of 00:36:04.220 --> 00:36:04.460 need. 00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.180 Third, 00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.740 we see 00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.660 Jesus 00:36:09.660 --> 00:36:10.460 praising 00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.800 God for 00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.440 the purposes 00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:13.840 of suffering. 00:36:15.160 --> 00:36:16.000 Psalm 22, 00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:16.700 verse 2 00:36:16.700 --> 00:36:17.700 through 5, 00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:19.939 we see 00:36:19.939 --> 00:36:20.699 Him seeing 00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:21.299 how God 00:36:21.299 --> 00:36:21.879 is working 00:36:21.879 --> 00:36:22.679 in the 00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:23.039 midst. 00:36:23.259 --> 00:36:23.579 And we 00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.139 know, 00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.159 Romans 8, 00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:26.699 that God 00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.179 is bringing 00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:28.059 about purpose 00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.579 in all of 00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.039 our suffering. 00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.679 He's working 00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.359 to bring us 00:36:30.359 --> 00:36:31.819 to be like 00:36:31.819 --> 00:36:32.699 our Lord and 00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:32.980 Savior, 00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.279 Jesus Christ. 00:36:34.899 --> 00:36:35.119 So, 00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.759 He is 00:36:35.759 --> 00:36:37.159 pondering the 00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:37.379 Word of 00:36:37.379 --> 00:36:37.579 God. 00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.339 He's praying 00:36:38.339 --> 00:36:39.119 to God for 00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.659 help in time 00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.119 of need. 00:36:40.799 --> 00:36:41.460 He's praising 00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.919 God for the 00:36:42.919 --> 00:36:43.399 purpose of 00:36:43.399 --> 00:36:43.759 suffering. 00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:45.460 And finally, 00:36:45.660 --> 00:36:46.240 proclaiming 00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:46.800 God's 00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.200 goodness 00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:48.540 to one 00:36:48.540 --> 00:36:48.940 another 00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:50.740 and to 00:36:50.740 --> 00:36:51.200 the world. 00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.260 To one 00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:52.480 another, 00:36:52.560 --> 00:36:53.040 we see in 00:36:53.040 --> 00:36:53.980 Psalm 22, 00:36:54.120 --> 00:36:54.980 verses 22 00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:56.740 through 26. 00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.920 I'll skip 00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.240 down to 00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:59.380 verse 25. 00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.900 From you 00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.600 comes my 00:37:01.600 --> 00:37:02.440 praise in 00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:03.100 the great 00:37:03.100 --> 00:37:04.080 congregation. 00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:05.460 My vows 00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:05.780 I will 00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.620 perform before 00:37:06.620 --> 00:37:08.320 those who 00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:09.020 fear Him. 00:37:09.660 --> 00:37:10.100 We're to 00:37:10.100 --> 00:37:11.120 sing God's 00:37:11.120 --> 00:37:11.640 praises 00:37:11.640 --> 00:37:13.180 to one 00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:14.519 another. 00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:15.919 And praise 00:37:15.919 --> 00:37:16.579 God that 00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.819 Jesus has 00:37:17.819 --> 00:37:18.839 counted us, 00:37:19.399 --> 00:37:20.019 those who 00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.379 have placed 00:37:20.379 --> 00:37:21.199 believing faith 00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.639 in Him, 00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:23.440 amongst the 00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:24.399 congregation. 00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:25.980 Again, 00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.419 the book of 00:37:26.419 --> 00:37:26.819 Hebrews, 00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.259 the writer of 00:37:27.259 --> 00:37:27.879 Hebrews says 00:37:27.879 --> 00:37:28.559 in chapter 2, 00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:29.299 verse 11 00:37:29.299 --> 00:37:30.579 and 12, 00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:32.919 for He 00:37:32.919 --> 00:37:33.819 who sanctifies 00:37:33.819 --> 00:37:34.659 and those 00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:35.059 who are 00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.839 sanctified 00:37:35.839 --> 00:37:36.779 all have 00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.879 one source. 00:37:38.319 --> 00:37:38.859 That is why 00:37:38.859 --> 00:37:39.239 He is not 00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:39.859 ashamed to 00:37:39.859 --> 00:37:40.199 call them 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:40.539 brothers, 00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.199 saying, 00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.559 I will tell 00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:42.819 of your 00:37:42.819 --> 00:37:43.119 name, 00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:43.440 to my 00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.819 brothers. 00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.879 In the 00:37:44.879 --> 00:37:45.699 midst of 00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.440 the congregation, 00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:47.079 I will 00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:48.519 sing your 00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:49.079 praise. 00:37:49.859 --> 00:37:50.299 And because 00:37:50.299 --> 00:37:51.279 Christ has 00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:52.440 purchased us, 00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.960 we are not 00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.419 ashamed to 00:37:54.419 --> 00:37:54.799 call one 00:37:54.799 --> 00:37:56.379 another brother 00:37:56.379 --> 00:37:57.199 and to share 00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.639 His goodness 00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:58.159 with each 00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.399 other. 00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.440 And we're 00:37:59.440 --> 00:37:59.960 also meant 00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.239 to do 00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:01.539 this to 00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.039 the world. 00:38:03.339 --> 00:38:03.719 Again, 00:38:03.819 --> 00:38:04.579 Psalm 22, 00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.799 27 and 00:38:05.799 --> 00:38:06.259 28, 00:38:06.339 --> 00:38:06.639 all the 00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:07.019 ends of 00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.480 the earth 00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.299 shall 00:38:08.299 --> 00:38:08.819 remember 00:38:08.819 --> 00:38:09.659 and turn 00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:10.019 to the 00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.299 Lord, 00:38:10.379 --> 00:38:10.839 and all 00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:11.480 the families 00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:11.780 of the 00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.039 nations 00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.320 shall 00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:12.659 worship 00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:13.159 before 00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:13.480 you. 00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.139 For 00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.960 kingship 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.599 belongs 00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.559 to the 00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:16.800 Lord, 00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.139 and He 00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.780 rules 00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:19.000 over the 00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.340 nations. 00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.539 This 00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.400 good news 00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:22.240 of Jesus 00:38:22.240 --> 00:38:22.760 Christ 00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.420 is meant 00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:24.480 to be 00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:25.139 proclaimed 00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.880 to all 00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.300 people 00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:27.519 everywhere. 00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:29.139 So I 00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:29.340 hope, 00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:29.940 once again, 00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.000 that your 00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.579 heart has 00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:32.260 been warmed 00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:33.079 by the 00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.619 loving kindness 00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:33.980 of God 00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.340 to us 00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:34.679 in the 00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.000 death 00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:36.079 of Jesus 00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.500 Christ. 00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.659 Please join me 00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:37.980 in prayer, 00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:38.460 and then 00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:38.639 we're going 00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:38.920 to close 00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:39.119 in a 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.299 couple 00:38:39.299 --> 00:38:39.719 of songs 00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.179 of praise.