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 Can God be trusted?

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 250 years ago, a French philosopher, Voltaire,

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 wrote a novel exploring this very question.

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 The main character, a young man, Candide,

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 grew up in a castle living a sheltered life,

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 part of a noble family,

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 being taught by his mentor that everything is for the best

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 in this, the best of all possible worlds.

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 But one day he was thrown out of his castle,

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 captured by soldiers, coerced into military service,

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 taken away from the woman he loved.

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 Later on, he was shipwrecked, flogged, and nearly executed.

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 He witnessed wars, earthquakes, and fires

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 that killed thousands of people with no apparent rhyme or reason.

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 So gradually he abandoned the naive, trusting optimism

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 he had been taught as a child.

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 He concluded at the end,

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 let us cultivate our own garden.

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 In other words, there's no overarching meaning to life

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 or to human history.

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 All that we can do is try to make a decent life for ourselves,

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 maybe a few others around us,

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 and leave it at that.

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 Perhaps that's the conclusion you've come to as well.

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 Maybe God exists somewhere out there,

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 but if he does,

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 God doesn't seem to be much help.

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 So ultimately it's up to us

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 to make our own meaning,

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 to carve out a home for ourselves

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 in this cold, hard world.

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 Even for those of us who identify as Christians,

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 who believe in the God

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 who has revealed himself in the Bible,

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 do we not wrestle with this same question,

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 can God really be trusted?

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 Of course, in principle,

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 we would say yes.

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 But sometimes our patterns of life

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 betray the opposite inclination.

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 When we're constantly,

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 fretfully working

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 and can never stop and rest.

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 When we're intent on controlling

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 the outcomes of our life

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 and therefore controlling other people.

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 When we engage in addictive patterns

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 because deep down we believe

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 that God won't give me the comfort I need.

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 when we live in despair

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 or bitterness

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 or coldness

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 because forgiveness is just too hard.

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 When we give up praying

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 because praying feels useless and pointless.

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 Or when we bargain with God.

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 God, I will trust you if.

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 According to the Bible,

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 human beings have had trust issues with God

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 since the beginning of humanity.

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 Back in Genesis 3,

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 the tempter asked the man and woman,

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 did God really say?

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 Is God really good?

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 Does he really have your best interest at heart?

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 And ever since that time,

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 human beings have repeatedly taken matters

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 into our own hands.

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 But what we see tonight,

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 what we've heard in the readings tonight,

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 is that there was one human being

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 who trusted God

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 perfectly,

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 completely,

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 without wavering

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 in his life

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 and in his death.

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 Tonight I want to focus on Jesus' last words

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 in Luke 23, verse 46.

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 Father,

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 into your hands

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 I commit

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 my spirit.

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 Now if you read the four Gospels,

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 if you compare

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 the accounts of Jesus' crucifixion,

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 there are actually seven words

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 that Jesus speaks

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 while he's hanging on the cross.

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 The first three words

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 that Jesus speaks

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 demonstrate his love

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 and concern

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 for other people around him.

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 even in his hour

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 of great distress.

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 If you look up to verse 34,

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 Jesus prayed

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 for those who were crucifying him.

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 Father, forgive them

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 for they know not what they do.

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 In John 19,

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 Jesus provided

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 for his grieving mother.

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 Woman,

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 behold your son.

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 In verse 43,

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 Jesus pardoned

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 the criminal

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 who called out for mercy.

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 Truly,

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 I say to you,

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 today you will be with me

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 in paradise.

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 So the first three words

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 are focused on the other people

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 around Jesus

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 and Jesus showing his care

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 and concern for them

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 even while he's

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 hanging on a cross

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 about to die.

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 The next two words

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 that Jesus speaks

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 are words of anguish

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 and agony

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 as he bears the weight

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 of our sin

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 and guilt.

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 as he longs

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 for the comfort

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 of God's presence.

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 If you read in Matthew

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 and in Mark,

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 Jesus cries out,

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 my God,

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 my God,

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 why have you forsaken me?

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 And in the gospel of John,

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 Jesus cries out,

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 I thirst.

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 But the last words,

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 the last two words

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 that Jesus speaks

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 recorded in Luke

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 and in John

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 are confident declarations

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 of trust in God.

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 It is finished.

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 As it says in John,

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 and here as we're looking

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 at tonight,

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 Father,

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 into your hands

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 I commit

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 my spirit.

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 Tonight I want to focus

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 on two aspects

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 of this last verse

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 of Jesus' trust

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 in God.

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 Number one,

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 that Jesus trusted

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 God's authority,

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 specifically the authority

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 of God's word.

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 It's remarkable

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 that the last four words

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 Jesus speaks

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 from the cross

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 are all taken

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 from the Psalms.

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 My God,

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 my God,

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 why have you forsaken me?

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 The opening words

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 of Psalm 22.

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 A prayer

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 of a righteous sufferer.

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 It is finished.

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 The closing words

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 of Psalm 22.

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 A cry of victory

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 that his work

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 was complete.

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 I thirst.

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 Psalm 63,

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 Psalm 143,

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 the psalmist

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 is crying out to God

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 in the midst

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 of a literal

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 and spiritual desert.

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 And here,

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 Father,

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 into your hands

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 I commit my spirit.

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 Quoting from Psalm 31.

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 Jesus lived

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 and studied

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 and breathed

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 and preached

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 and prayed

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 the scriptures

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 he knew them

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 by heart.

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 He understood

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 his own identity

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 and calling

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 and destiny

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 in light of them.

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 The scriptures

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 were the story

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 and the song

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 and the framework

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 that shaped his life

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 more than anything else.

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 And the scriptures,

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 specifically the Psalms,

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 were what he

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 turned to

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 in his hour

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 of affliction.

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 Jesus trusted

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 and lived

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 by the authority

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 of God's word.

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 Psalm 31,

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 we read part of it

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 earlier this evening.

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 It's a prayer

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 of an afflicted person.

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 A prayer of someone

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 who's crying out to God

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 in the midst of distress.

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 Later on in that psalm,

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 it says,

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 I am in distress,

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 wasted from grief,

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 spent with sorrow.

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 Those who see me

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 in the street

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 flee from me.

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 They scheme together

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 against me

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 as they plot

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 to take my life.

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 But that psalm

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 is also a prayer

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 of trust.

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 Several times

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 in the psalm,

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 the author

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 reaffirms his trust

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 in God.

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 I trust in you,

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 O Lord.

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 I say,

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 you are my God.

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 My times are

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 in your hand.

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 Rescue me

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 from the hand

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 of my enemies

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 and my persecutors.

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 And Jesus embraced

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 the words of this psalm

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 as his very own.

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 Quoting in particular

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 from verse 5,

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 a simple

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 and poignant

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 expression of trust

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 into your hand.

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 I commit

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 my spirit.

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 For you

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 have redeemed me,

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 O Lord,

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 faithful God.

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 You see,

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 Jesus knew all along

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 that according

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 to the Scriptures,

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 he must suffer

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 and die

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 in order to fulfill

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 God's plan

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 and establish

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 God's kingdom

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 and rescue

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 God's people.

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 You see,

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 on his journey

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 to Jerusalem,

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 Jesus had told

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 the disciples,

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 he said,

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 see,

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 we are going up

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 to Jerusalem.

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 And everything

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 that is written

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 about the Son of Man

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 by the prophets,

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 that is,

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 in the Scriptures,

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 will be accomplished.

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 He will be delivered

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 over to the Gentiles,

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 mocked,

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 shamefully treated,

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 spit upon,

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 and after flogging him,

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 they will kill him.

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 You might ask,

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 how did he know this?

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 Simply from

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 the Scriptures.

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 Where was it written?

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 Well,

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 Jesus would have seen

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 this pattern

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 in the major

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 biblical narratives.

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 For example,

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 the life of Joseph.

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 Joseph was rejected

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 by his brothers.

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 He was sold

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 into slavery,

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 falsely accused

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 and imprisoned,

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 nearly forgotten

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 and left to die.

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 And only after all that

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 was he exalted

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 to the right hand

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 of Pharaoh

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 and saved Egypt

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 from famine

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 and provided

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 for his family.

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 His suffering

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 came before his glory.

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 or David

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 who was persecuted

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 by King Saul.

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 Spent years

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 alone in the wilderness,

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 abandoned,

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 mistreated,

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 betrayed,

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 and only after

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 his suffering

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 was he exalted

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 to royal glory

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 to establish

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 his kingdom.

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 Jesus would have seen

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 that pattern

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 in the stories,

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 in the Scriptures,

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 and he would have

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 known the prophecies.

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 the prophecy

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 of Isaiah

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 about a suffering servant

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 who would be beaten

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 and disgraced

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 and spit upon

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 and only later

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 vindicated

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 and raised to life

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 or the prophecy

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 of Zechariah

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 that one day

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 the people

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 will look upon

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 one whom

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 they have pierced

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 and they would mourn.

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 One whom

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 they had killed

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 and yet on that day

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 there would be

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 a fountain

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 opened

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 for cleansing

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 from sin.

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 Jesus knew

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 the Scriptures

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 and he knew

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 that according

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 to the Scriptures

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 he had come

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 to be that

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 suffering servant

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 and that promised

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 atoning sacrifice.

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 And so he

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 willingly submitted

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 to God's plan

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 as it was laid out

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 in the Scriptures

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 trusting that God

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 would not abandon him

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 to the grave.

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 You see,

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 Luke wants us

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 to know

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 Jesus' death

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 was not

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 simply a senseless tragedy.

00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:39.039
 Jesus was not

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 simply an unfortunate

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 victim of injustice.

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 Certainly he was

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 the recipient

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 of injustice.

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 But every step

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 along the way

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 Jesus was

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 willingly,

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 actively,

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 confidently

00:11:53.080 --> 00:11:54.200
 entrusting himself

00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:55.120
 to God the Father.

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 Jesus' suffering

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 was not an indication

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 of his weakness.

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 Rather,

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 the way

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 he both

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 resisted

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 and endured

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 suffering

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 displayed

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 his strength.

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 His last words,

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 Luke says,

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 he called out

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 in a loud voice.

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 That was very unusual

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 for a crucified man.

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 Normally,

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 a crucified person

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 would die

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 of suffocation

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 gradually.

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 But Jesus spoke

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 with intentionality

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 and confidence

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 and authority

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 even with his

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 dying breath

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 entrusting himself

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 to God,

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 to God's word

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 and to God's plan.

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 Jesus trusted

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 God's authority.

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 That's the first

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 thing we see.

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 But the second

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 thing we see

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 is that Jesus

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 trusted God's goodness.

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 Jesus added

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 one word

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 to the psalm

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 he quoted from.

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 David prayed,

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 into your hand

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 I commit my spirit.

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 Jesus prayed,

00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:02.899
 Father,

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 into your hand

00:13:05.079 --> 00:13:06.740
 I commit my spirit.

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 Jesus lived

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 and died

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 not only

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 with a trust

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 and willingness

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 to submit

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 to God's authority

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 but with a confidence

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 in God's

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 fatherly

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 goodness.

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 If you read

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 the gospel of Luke,

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 from beginning to end

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 Jesus' life

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 was oriented

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 toward

00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:26.100
 his heavenly

00:13:26.100 --> 00:13:26.559
 father.

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 Jesus' first

00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:29.460
 words

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 in the gospel

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 of Luke

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 at the age

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 of twelve

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 he says,

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 I must be

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 in my father's

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 house.

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 Did you not know

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 that I must be

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 in my father's

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 house?

00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:43.539
 As we see,

00:13:43.620 --> 00:13:44.320
 Jesus constantly

00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:44.919
 turned to his

00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:45.700
 father in prayer.

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 He would often

00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:48.860
 withdraw to

00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:49.580
 desolate places

00:13:49.580 --> 00:13:50.120
 and pray.

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 He continued

00:13:51.019 --> 00:13:51.480
 in prayer

00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:51.879
 to God

00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:52.419
 all night

00:13:52.419 --> 00:13:53.120
 before choosing

00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:53.620
 his twelve

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 disciples.

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 He took Peter

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 and John

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 and James

00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:56.500
 up to the

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 mountain

00:13:56.759 --> 00:13:57.320
 to pray.

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 He taught

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 his disciples

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 always to pray

00:14:00.899 --> 00:14:02.419
 and not lose

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 heart.

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 Prayer wasn't

00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:04.860
 just a routine

00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:05.399
 for Jesus,

00:14:05.539 --> 00:14:06.220
 it was his

00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:07.100
 source of energy

00:14:07.100 --> 00:14:07.779
 and joy

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 and wisdom

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 and intimacy

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 with the

00:14:10.299 --> 00:14:11.240
 father whom

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 he loved

00:14:11.820 --> 00:14:13.159
 and trusted.

00:14:14.740 --> 00:14:15.379
 And Jesus

00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:16.039
 trusted the

00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:16.440
 goodness

00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:18.140
 and sufficiency

00:14:18.140 --> 00:14:19.520
 of God

00:14:19.520 --> 00:14:20.060
 the father's

00:14:20.060 --> 00:14:20.420
 provision.

00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:24.840
 Jesus said,

00:14:26.020 --> 00:14:26.380
 if earthly

00:14:26.380 --> 00:14:27.080
 fathers know

00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:27.480
 how to give

00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:27.880
 good gifts

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 to their

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 children,

00:14:28.680 --> 00:14:29.080
 how much

00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:30.740
 more will

00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:31.120
 the heavenly

00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:31.780
 father give

00:14:31.780 --> 00:14:32.240
 good gifts

00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:32.620
 to those

00:14:32.620 --> 00:14:33.040
 who ask

00:14:33.040 --> 00:14:33.260
 him?

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 That's the

00:14:35.300 --> 00:14:35.680
 kind of

00:14:35.680 --> 00:14:36.220
 father in

00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:36.660
 heaven that

00:14:36.660 --> 00:14:37.040
 Jesus is

00:14:37.040 --> 00:14:37.800
 talking about.

00:14:39.160 --> 00:14:39.860
 A God

00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:40.120
 who is

00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:40.640
 generous

00:14:40.640 --> 00:14:43.080
 and good

00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:43.960
 to his

00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:44.300
 children.

00:14:44.299 --> 00:14:46.899
 Jesus said,

00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.419
 my father

00:14:47.419 --> 00:14:47.959
 has assigned

00:14:47.959 --> 00:14:48.199
 to me

00:14:48.199 --> 00:14:48.620
 a kingdom.

00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.120
 And then

00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:50.379
 he said

00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:50.620
 to his

00:14:50.620 --> 00:14:50.979
 disciples,

00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.599
 don't fear

00:14:51.599 --> 00:14:52.199
 little flock,

00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:52.599
 it is the

00:14:52.599 --> 00:14:53.000
 father's

00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:53.479
 good pleasure

00:14:53.479 --> 00:14:53.819
 to give

00:14:53.819 --> 00:14:55.639
 you this

00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:55.979
 kingdom.

00:14:56.459 --> 00:14:57.039
 All that

00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:57.599
 is mine

00:14:57.599 --> 00:14:58.959
 will now

00:14:58.959 --> 00:14:59.779
 become yours.

00:15:01.139 --> 00:15:01.419
 And so

00:15:01.419 --> 00:15:01.979
 Jesus died

00:15:01.979 --> 00:15:02.379
 the same

00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:02.679
 way he

00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:03.199
 had lived

00:15:03.199 --> 00:15:05.279
 entrusting

00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:05.859
 himself

00:15:05.859 --> 00:15:06.620
 into the

00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:07.240
 father's

00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:07.939
 faithful

00:15:07.939 --> 00:15:08.919
 hands.

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.199
 Trusting

00:15:10.199 --> 00:15:12.359
 God's

00:15:12.359 --> 00:15:12.740
 goodness.

00:15:14.299 --> 00:15:15.019
 Can

00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:15.419
 God be

00:15:15.419 --> 00:15:15.819
 trusted?

00:15:18.299 --> 00:15:19.159
 Look at

00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:19.419
 Jesus.

00:15:20.979 --> 00:15:21.459
 This is

00:15:21.459 --> 00:15:22.279
 no philosophy

00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:23.219
 of optimism

00:15:23.219 --> 00:15:24.620
 reinforced

00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:25.199
 by a

00:15:25.199 --> 00:15:25.579
 sheltered

00:15:25.579 --> 00:15:25.939
 upbringing.

00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:28.339
 This is

00:15:28.339 --> 00:15:28.919
 no vague

00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:29.519
 platitude

00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:30.199
 about every

00:15:30.199 --> 00:15:30.839
 cloud having

00:15:30.839 --> 00:15:31.199
 a silver

00:15:31.199 --> 00:15:31.599
 lining.

00:15:32.199 --> 00:15:32.659
 This is

00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:33.199
 no far

00:15:33.199 --> 00:15:33.479
 away

00:15:33.479 --> 00:15:33.819
 higher

00:15:33.819 --> 00:15:34.319
 power

00:15:34.319 --> 00:15:35.199
 who is

00:15:35.199 --> 00:15:35.639
 irrelevant

00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:36.319
 and distant

00:15:36.319 --> 00:15:36.719
 from our

00:15:36.719 --> 00:15:36.979
 human

00:15:36.979 --> 00:15:37.659
 sufferings.

00:15:37.659 --> 00:15:38.099
 In

00:15:38.099 --> 00:15:38.379
 Jesus

00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:38.719
 Christ,

00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:39.219
 the God

00:15:39.219 --> 00:15:39.519
 of all

00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:40.039
 creation

00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:40.620
 has

00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:40.899
 come

00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:41.240
 near,

00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:42.519
 has

00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:42.899
 become

00:15:42.899 --> 00:15:43.299
 human.

00:15:44.299 --> 00:15:44.819
 has

00:15:44.819 --> 00:15:45.139
 suffered

00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:45.620
 death

00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:46.679
 in order

00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:46.919
 to

00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:47.240
 rescue

00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:47.779
 us

00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:48.719
 from

00:15:48.719 --> 00:15:48.919
 our

00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:49.179
 sin

00:15:49.179 --> 00:15:50.439
 and

00:15:50.439 --> 00:15:50.639
 one

00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:50.779
 day

00:15:50.779 --> 00:15:50.959
 to

00:15:50.959 --> 00:15:51.199
 renew

00:15:51.199 --> 00:15:51.479
 all

00:15:51.479 --> 00:15:52.019
 creation.

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 Even

00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:55.159
 if you

00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:55.439
 don't

00:15:55.439 --> 00:15:55.979
 understand

00:15:55.979 --> 00:15:56.279
 many

00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:56.599
 of his

00:15:56.599 --> 00:15:57.059
 ways,

00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:58.259
 can

00:15:58.259 --> 00:15:58.359
 you

00:15:58.359 --> 00:15:58.579
 not

00:15:58.579 --> 00:15:59.039
 trust

00:15:59.039 --> 00:15:59.579
 his

00:15:59.579 --> 00:15:59.939
 heart?

00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:02.139
 John

00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:02.439
 Stott

00:16:02.439 --> 00:16:02.759
 wrote,

00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:04.339
 I could

00:16:04.339 --> 00:16:04.579
 never

00:16:04.579 --> 00:16:05.059
 myself

00:16:05.059 --> 00:16:05.599
 trust

00:16:05.599 --> 00:16:06.120
 in

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:06.579
 God

00:16:06.579 --> 00:16:07.479
 if it

00:16:07.479 --> 00:16:07.559
 were

00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:07.779
 not

00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:07.939
 for

00:16:07.939 --> 00:16:08.079
 the

00:16:08.079 --> 00:16:08.519
 cross.

00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:10.319
 I

00:16:10.319 --> 00:16:10.439
 have

00:16:10.439 --> 00:16:10.659
 entered

00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:10.959
 many

00:16:10.959 --> 00:16:11.319
 Buddhist

00:16:11.319 --> 00:16:11.779
 temples

00:16:11.779 --> 00:16:13.100
 and

00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:13.339
 stood

00:16:13.339 --> 00:16:13.839
 respectfully

00:16:13.839 --> 00:16:14.240
 before

00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:14.480
 the

00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:14.819
 statue

00:16:14.819 --> 00:16:15.019
 of

00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:15.139
 the

00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:15.360
 Buddha,

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 his

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 legs

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 crossed,

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 arms

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 folded,

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 eyes

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 closed,

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 a remote

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 look on

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 his face,

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 detached

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 from the

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 agonies

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 of the

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 world.

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 But each

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 time,

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 I have

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 turned

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 away.

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 And I

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 have

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 turned

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 instead to

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 that lonely,

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 twisted,

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 tortured

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 figure on

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 the cross,

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 nails

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 through

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 hands and

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 feet,

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 back

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 lacerated,

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 limbs

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 wrenched,

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 brow

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 bleeding,

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 mouth

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 dry and

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 intolerably

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 thirsty,

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 plunged in

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 God-forsaken

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 darkness.

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 He

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 laid

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 aside

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 his

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 immunity

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 to

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 pain.

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 He

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 entered

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 our

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 world

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 of

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 flesh

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 and

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 blood,

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 tears

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 and

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 death.

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 He

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 suffered

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 for

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 us.

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 He

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 gave

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 everything

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 for

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 those

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 who

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 deserved

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 nothing

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 from

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 him.

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 Hebrews

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 4,

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 it says,

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 we do

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 not have

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 a high

00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:12.039
 priest

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 who is

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 unable

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 to

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 sympathize

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 with our

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 weaknesses,

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 but one

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 who in

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 every

00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:17.500
 respect

00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:18.759
 has been

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 tempted

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 as we

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 are,

00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:20.140
 yet

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 without

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 sin.

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 Let

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 us then

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 with

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 confidence

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 draw

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 near to

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 the

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 throne

00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:25.960
 of

00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.380
 grace

00:17:26.380 --> 00:17:27.960
 that

00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:28.079
 we

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 may

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 receive

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 mercy

00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:30.460
 and

00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:30.720
 find

00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:31.099
 grace

00:17:31.099 --> 00:17:31.299
 to

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 help

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 us

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 in

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 our

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 time

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 of

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 need.

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 You see,

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 because of

00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:36.380
 Jesus,

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 because of

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 his

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 unwavering

00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:38.960
 trust

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:40.900
 and

00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:41.380
 perfect

00:17:41.380 --> 00:17:41.960
 obedience

00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:42.420
 to God

00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:42.579
 the

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 Father,

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 we can

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 now

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:44.240
 share

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 in

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 his

00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:46.960
 intimate

00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:48.000
 trusting

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.799
 relationship

00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:49.220
 with the

00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:49.480
 Father,

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 knowing

00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:52.539
 that

00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:53.039
 his

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.420
 Father

00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:54.019
 is now

00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:54.500
 ours.

00:17:56.120 --> 00:17:56.480
 Jesus

00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:56.980
 not only

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 called

00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:57.539
 God

00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:57.819
 Father,

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 he taught

00:17:58.339 --> 00:17:58.740
 his

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 disciples

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 to do

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 the

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 same.

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 Because

00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:01.279
 all that

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 is his

00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:01.940
 has now

00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:02.240
 become

00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:02.740
 ours.

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 And so

00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.039
 we can

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 rest

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 from

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 our

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 works,

00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:08.680
 which are

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 never

00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:09.359
 finished,

00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:10.859
 and

00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.240
 rejoice

00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:12.480
 in the

00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:12.900
 completion

00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:13.200
 of

00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:13.579
 his.

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 We can

00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:16.680
 give up

00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:17.120
 trying to

00:18:17.120 --> 00:18:17.680
 control

00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:18.980
 our life

00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:19.539
 and control

00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:19.859
 other

00:18:19.859 --> 00:18:20.319
 people

00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:23.700
 because we've

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 surrendered to

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 him and

00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:26.299
 he has us

00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:26.559
 in his

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 hands.

00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:29.039
 We can

00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:29.640
 find freedom

00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:30.980
 from

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:31.320
 addictive

00:18:31.320 --> 00:18:32.000
 patterns

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:33.940
 because we

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 have one

00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.500
 who will

00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.020
 never leave

00:18:36.020 --> 00:18:36.200
 us,

00:18:36.300 --> 00:18:37.000
 never forsake

00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:37.360
 us,

00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:38.240
 and who

00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:38.640
 promises

00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:39.259
 joy

00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:40.880
 that nothing

00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:41.280
 else in

00:18:41.280 --> 00:18:41.620
 this world

00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:42.200
 can provide.

00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:44.600
 We can

00:18:44.600 --> 00:18:45.040
 forbear

00:18:45.040 --> 00:18:46.720
 and forgive

00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.400
 because he

00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:48.220
 has forgiven

00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:49.020
 us so much.

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.300
 With

00:18:51.300 --> 00:18:51.580
 Jesus,

00:18:51.700 --> 00:18:51.960
 we can

00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:52.380
 entrust

00:18:52.380 --> 00:18:53.020
 ourselves

00:18:53.020 --> 00:18:54.120
 into the

00:18:54.120 --> 00:18:54.480
 hands of

00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:54.880
 a faithful

00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:55.380
 God.

00:18:56.280 --> 00:18:56.800
 Father,

00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:58.279
 into your

00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:58.740
 hands,

00:18:59.399 --> 00:18:59.859
 I commit

00:18:59.859 --> 00:19:00.419
 my spirit.

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:01.879
 Let us

00:19:01.879 --> 00:19:02.079
 pray.

00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:14.039
 I invite you

00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.319
 to pray

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:14.619
 with me

00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:15.099
 in response

00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.639
 to three

00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.379
 words of

00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:16.680
 Scripture.

00:19:17.879 --> 00:19:18.519
 First,

00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:20.359
 for God

00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:20.779
 so loved

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.279
 the world

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:22.740
 that he

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.220
 gave his

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:23.500
 one and

00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.039
 only Son

00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:25.720
 so that

00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:25.980
 whoever

00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.700
 believes in

00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:26.960
 him

00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:28.159
 will not

00:19:28.159 --> 00:19:28.599
 perish

00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:29.379
 but have

00:19:29.379 --> 00:19:29.700
 eternal

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.159
 life.

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:33.339
 Lord Jesus,

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:33.740
 as we

00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:34.139
 consider

00:19:34.139 --> 00:19:34.379
 your

00:19:34.379 --> 00:19:34.839
 sacrifice

00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:35.259
 on the

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.659
 cross,

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.579
 may we

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.059
 trust in

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:38.259
 you

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:40.119
 and receive

00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:41.279
 life

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:42.180
 now

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:43.359
 and forever.

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.319
 God

00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:46.839
 shows his

00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.279
 love for

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:48.740
 us in

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.019
 that while

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.299
 we were

00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:49.559
 still

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.079
 sinners,

00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:51.220
 Christ

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.839
 died for

00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.220
 us.

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:54.539
 Lord Jesus,

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:54.940
 may we

00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.740
 rest in

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:55.880
 the

00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:56.539
 completeness

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.380
 of your

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:57.880
 sacrifice

00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.660
 for us

00:19:58.660 --> 00:20:00.980
 and may

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.500
 we see

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.160
 in your

00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:02.559
 death

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:04.140
 a forever

00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:04.680
 convincing

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.759
 proof of

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.259
 your love

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.380
 for us.

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.680
 Let us

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:10.980
 then with

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.480
 confidence

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.019
 draw near

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.360
 to the

00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:12.740
 throne of

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.160
 grace

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:14.319
 that we

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:14.839
 may receive

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.299
 mercy

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:16.559
 and find

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.100
 grace to

00:20:17.100 --> 00:20:17.519
 help us

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:17.900
 in time

00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:18.440
 of need.

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:22.880
 Lord,

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:23.340
 we pray

00:20:23.340 --> 00:20:23.600
 that you

00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:24.000
 would grant

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.440
 us the

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:24.960
 endurance

00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.960
 that we

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.259
 do not

00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:26.759
 have within

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.360
 ourselves,

00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:31.759
 that even

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.080
 in our

00:20:32.080 --> 00:20:32.799
 darkest hour

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:34.320
 we may

00:20:34.320 --> 00:20:34.720
 not grow

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.019
 weary

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:36.299
 or lose

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:36.620
 heart.

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.400
 May we

00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:38.820
 know that

00:20:38.820 --> 00:20:39.200
 you have

00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:39.799
 gone before

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:41.980
 us and

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.259
 may we

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.700
 look forward

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.279
 to the joy

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:43.580
 that you

00:20:43.580 --> 00:20:44.120
 have promised

00:20:44.120 --> 00:20:44.539
 to all

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:44.920
 who love

00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.140
 you.

00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:47.460
 We pray

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:47.800
 all these

00:20:47.800 --> 00:20:48.180
 things in

00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:48.380
 Jesus'

00:20:48.560 --> 00:20:48.740
 name.

00:20:50.080 --> 00:20:50.400
 Amen.