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 and it's my joy to bring God's word to you today. A special welcome if you're new or visiting with

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 us. We're glad that you're here, and we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill

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 seats, but because we're following Jesus together as one community. And as we follow Jesus together,

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 we become convinced that there's no one so good. They don't need God's grace, and no one so bad

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 that they can't have it, which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us

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 in his word. We're continuing our series in the Gospel of Mark, and you'll remember that the

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 Gospels tell the story of Jesus and his life and his death and his resurrection. And now for several

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 weeks, we've been working slowly through the final week before Jesus' death and resurrection. And I've

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 been telling you several times, you know, every piece that's included here is important because,

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 of course, there's many things that we're not told, and so what is included is included for very

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 particular reasons. Last week, we looked at this sandwich between Jesus' two trials, that is,

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 Peter's denial of Christ, and we asked this question, why did Peter deny him? And the answer was that

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 Peter relied on himself rather than clinging to God. We saw the great temptation of denying that

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 we are weaker than perhaps we realize, more dependent than we want to admit. We're now moving on beyond

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 that middle to the end of the sandwich, which is the second trial. Remember, Jesus has two trials.

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 First of all, he has his religious trial, which we've looked at, and now his civil trial, which is

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 before us this morning. And our question is simple. I've already shared it with you and during our

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 confession of faith, why does it matter that Jesus had a trial? Why does it matter for you right now?

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 Would it not be enough if Jesus had simply died? What if Jesus had been murdered and there was no trial

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 beforehand? What would that mean? It's easy for us to take these things for granted, let them wash over

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 us, but actually these are included here. The sequence, all the events leading up to Jesus' death,

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 matter a great deal. There is a reason that Pontius Pilate shows up in the Apostles' Creed

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 Creed. Peter and Judas do not. The writers of that creed understood something that we are going to

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 look at this morning. What does Jesus' trial mean for you? So with that, I invite you to turn with me

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 to God's Word. We're in Mark chapter 15, starting at verse 1. You can turn with me in your worship guide.

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 You can turn on your phone. You can turn in your Bible. No matter where you turn, remember that this is

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 God's Word. And God tells us that His Word is more precious than gold, even the finest gold, and it's

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 sweeter than honey, even honey that comes straight from the honeycomb. And so that's why we read it now,

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 starting at verse 1. As soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders

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 and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led Him away and delivered Him over to

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 Pilate. And Pilate asked Him, Are you the king of the Jews? And he answered him, You have said so.

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 And the chief priests accused Him of many things. And Pilate again asked Him, Have you no answer to make?

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 See how many charges they bring against you. But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

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 Verse 6.

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 Verse 11.

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 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Him release for them Barabbas instead.

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 And Pilate again said to them, Then what shall I do with the man you call the king of the Jews?

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 And they cried out again, Crucify Him. And Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has He done?

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 But they shouted all the more, Crucify Him. So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas.

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 And having scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.

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 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's Word.

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 Our Father in heaven, we praise you and thank you again that you haven't left us to figure things out on our own,

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 but instead you speak to us clearly in your Word.

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 And we thank you even more than that for the grace that we have in Jesus Christ.

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 And we ask that you would, this morning, speak clearly to us.

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 You would help us to see Christ, to understand the grace that He offers us, and to embrace it more and more.

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 We know as we ask these things that we can't earn them or deserve them,

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 but we still ask them with confidence and with hope because we know that Christ has earned them for us,

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 and so we ask these things in His name. Amen.

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 We turn now to Jesus' second of two trials, and I've told you before why it is that we have not one but two.

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 A couple weeks ago, we looked at Jesus' first trial, His religious trial,

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 in which the Sanhedrin, the religious court, brought Him up on charges, found Him guilty of blasphemy.

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 Why then do they need to bring Him before the civil court?

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 Well, it's for a very simple reason.

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 If you remember, at the beginning of chapter 14, their goal is to put Jesus to death.

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 And what is it that they don't have the power to do by themselves?

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 They don't have the power to give the death penalty.

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 So all of this, this religious trial, is just the beginning,

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 just them kind of getting their paperwork in order

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 so that they can bring Jesus before Pontius Pilate,

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 the one who is actually able to give the death penalty.

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 This is the final step in their multi-step plan to get rid of Jesus once and for all.

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 And so that's why we meet Pontius Pilate in verse 1 here.

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 They bound Jesus and led Him away and delivered Him over to Pilate.

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 Pilate is the Roman governor who's in charge of this area,

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 and so he's the one who actually has the power to do what they want to do.

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 And they bring before Pilate what they think he's going to bite at.

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 Verse 2, Pilate asks him,

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 Are you the king of the Jews?

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 In other words, they know what Pilate wants,

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 which is to prevent any sort of insurrection in the area over which he's a governor.

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 So they present Jesus, who they are angry at for blasphemy,

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 as someone who's a threat to the Roman Empire.

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 If Jesus is claiming to be the king of the Jews,

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 what does that say about the actual Roman rulers?

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 Hey, Pilate, of course you're going to want to do something about this, right?

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 You're not going to want to have someone running around

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 claiming to have the real authority over this region.

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 This is something that maybe you're not concerned about on the religious front,

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 but it's something you should be very concerned about on the civil front.

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 So the Jews, in a certain sense, know what they're doing.

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 They are, as I've said before, playing chess, not checkers.

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 So that's why Pilate asks this question.

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 Jesus gives a strange response, though.

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 He says, You have said so.

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 That doesn't sound like yes or no.

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 Thankfully, in the Gospel of John, we are given that answer and a longer answer from Jesus.

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 In John 18, Jesus says this,

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 Among other things,

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 My kingdom is not of this world.

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 If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting

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 that I might not be delivered over to the Jews.

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 But my kingdom is not from the world.

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 In other words, Jesus is saying yes and no.

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 On the one hand, there's something true about this accusation.

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 On the other hand, you, Pilate, have nothing to fear.

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 If I actually were this king that they're claiming that I am,

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 I would not be standing before you.

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 My people would have already been fighting for me.

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 My people would have kept me from showing up before you.

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 So Jesus gives this answer that doesn't really help solve the problem.

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 He is not giving Pilate what he needs to condemn him.

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 And then he surprises Pilate one more time,

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 at least, verses 3 through 5.

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 Again, he remains silent.

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 Verse 3,

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 The chief priests accuse him of many things,

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 and just like he did during the religious trial,

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 Jesus has nothing more to say.

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 And just like in that trial,

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 Jesus is doing this,

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 reminding us that he is willing.

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 He is not running or rushing away from the cross.

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 It's Napoleon Bonaparte who said,

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 Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake.

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 And that's exactly what Jesus is doing here.

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 He remains silent,

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 refusing to interrupt his enemies when they're making a mistake.

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 They think Pilate's playing into their plan.

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 All of them are ultimately playing into God's plan.

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 Now we're going to come back to Barabbas in a minute.

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 That's what happens next.

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 But to understand this passage as a whole,

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 we need to jump forward just for a minute to verses 10 through 15.

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 Verse 10,

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 we see Pilate is not confused,

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 and he does not have the wool pulled over his eyes,

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 for he perceived that it was out of envy

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 that the chief priest had delivered him up.

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 This is one of several ways we're going to see

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 that Pilate knows Jesus is innocent.

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 We see it also in verse 14.

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 Pilate knows that Jesus is innocent.

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 And what does he still do?

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 Verse 15,

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 Why does this passage matter?

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 Of all the things that happened to Jesus in the last week of his life,

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 why is this included?

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 And why do we need to see the process that happens before Pontius Pilate,

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 under whom Jesus suffers?

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 We need to see this for one very simple reason,

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 to remind us that an innocent man was found guilty.

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 That is the bottom line and the point of this passage.

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 An innocent man is condemned.

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 Why is Pontius Pilate mentioned in the Apostles' Creed?

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 Because it is so critical for Jesus to be found guilty,

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 even though he is innocent,

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 so that you, Christian, can be declared innocent,

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 even though you're guilty.

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 Why is it so important for the Apostles' Creed to mention that Jesus suffered under Pontius Pilate?

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 Because you must know that Jesus was found guilty,

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 even though innocent,

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 so that you could be found innocent,

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 even though guilty.

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 This verdict matters in the universe.

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 It is not just that Jesus paid the penalty for your sins,

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 although he did.

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 It is also that Jesus was condemned that you might be set free.

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 It is critical to this story that a civil court finds Jesus guilty.

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 In fact, you'll see this on page 8 of your worship guide.

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 On the one hand, Jesus is convicted.

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 On the other hand, Jesus is innocent.

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 A man who deserves death is released,

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 and a man who gives life is condemned.

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 A killer goes free,

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 and an innocent man is killed.

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 That is the point of Pontius Pilate.

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 That's what we mean when we sing that hymn and say,

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 in our place condemned he stood.

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 Hallelujah, what a Savior.

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 The one who is innocent is found guilty,

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 so that you who are guilty could be found innocent.

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 What happens in Pilate's court matters ultimately in God's court.

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 What happens in this episode matters when we stand before an almighty God.

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 And so why does that matter to you today in 2023?

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 Well, it matters for a few reasons.

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 First of all, it frees us from living a life of trying to justify ourselves.

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 This frees you from spending your life trying to prove that you are innocent.

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 Otherwise, we are going to spend our lives trying to claw our ways out of a guilty verdict.

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 There's no room, if you don't know this, for admitting failure or mistakes.

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 Judgment must go somewhere.

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 The guilty verdict must go somewhere.

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 If it does not go on Jesus,

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 you will find someone else to put it on.

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 You will find someone to shift the blame to.

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 You will find someone else that can take the credit for your mistakes and your sin.

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 You cannot stand under the weight of your sin.

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 If Jesus is not there to take it for you,

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 if he is not declared guilty on your behalf,

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 you will find someone to do it.

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 But, if Jesus really did stand in our place,

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 if Jesus really did take the verdict that we deserve,

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 we can actually do what we did earlier this morning.

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 We can actually confess our sins.

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 We can actually put an end to blame shifting.

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 We can actually put an end to minimizing and hiding.

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 Have you ever met a person who's incapable of admitting that he's wrong?

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 Can't handle the suggestion that maybe she's made a mistake?

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 That is a person who is still working hard to prove that he is innocent.

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 Is that you?

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 If you really believe that Jesus took your guilty verdict,

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 if you believe that Jesus suffered under Pontius Pilate,

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 you can freely and openly admit your failure,

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 knowing that you receive not judgment, but grace.

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 If you don't believe that, then you can't do that.

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 Pontius Pilate and his sentence on Jesus does not just free us

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 from working to justify ourselves,

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 it also frees us from the accusations of the enemy.

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 I've mentioned it several times recently

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 that part of what we're in in this battle in the world

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 is a battle of truth against lies,

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 and that the voice of lies is the voice of Satan.

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 I've mentioned multiple times John 8, verse 44,

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 which tells us this,

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 he is a liar and the father of lies.

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 Now, there's a lot of ways that Satan lies,

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 and there's a lot of ways that he works his game.

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 One of them is this, he lies as an accuser.

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 Revelation chapter 12 talks about this specifically.

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 The narrator says,

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 And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,

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 Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God

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 and the authority of his Christ have come,

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 for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down,

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 who accuses them day and night before our God.

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 Satan wants to accuse you day and night.

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 Satan wants to remind you over and over again

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 of why you are guilty rather than innocent.

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 I've mentioned the last few weeks a couple things.

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 First of all, there's a sense in which

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 all of us have had conversations with the devil.

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 And as one man has said,

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 everybody has a rap sheet.

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 What does Satan do with that?

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 Satan loves to remind you of your rap sheet over and over.

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 Satan loves to tell you that's the truest thing about you.

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 Satan loves to remind you of what you did with that man or that woman.

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 Satan loves to remind you of those words that you can never take back.

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 Satan will remind you of the times you chose to serve yourself

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 rather than your spouse or your children.

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 Satan will remind you of when you acted like Peter

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 and you chose to fear man rather than God.

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 Peter will remind you of the fight that you helped fan into flame

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 rather than putting it out.

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 Satan will remind you of the years you wasted wandering aimlessly

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 and the times that you abused your body.

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 And we could go on.

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 Christian, what do you say to the devil when he comes knocking?

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 You can say he suffered under Pontius Pilate.

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 In my place condemned, he stood.

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 Hallelujah, what a savior.

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 You can tell the truth.

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 The guilty verdict is no longer yours.

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 Jesus was declared guilty even though innocent

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 so that you could be declared innocent even though guilty.

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 That is why it matters that Jesus stands before the court of Pontius Pilate.

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 That is why Pilate gets to appear in the Apostles' Creed

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 when Judas and Peter do not.

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 That is why Mark tells us this story here in this gospel

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 that we would know the truth.

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 We no longer need to justify ourselves

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 and prove that we are innocent.

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 We have already been declared innocent in Christ.

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 We no longer need to believe the lies that Satan tells us

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 when he brings up the failures of our lives as accusations

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 and tells us that is what is most true about you

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 because he suffered under Pontius Pilate.

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 Jesus receiving the condemnation here sets us free.

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 And we don't just see him setting us free.

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 We are also given an illustration of it.

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 We see it in Barabbas.

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 To make sure we don't miss the point,

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 it is acted out right in front of us.

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 I skipped over verses 6-11

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 and we are going to return to those now.

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 What happens?

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 Well, Pilate comes up with a great strategy.

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 He knows that Jesus is innocent.

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 And maybe he can come up with something

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 that will solve his problems and the Jews' problems.

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 What about this guy named Barabbas?

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 Verse 7.

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 He was involved in some sort of insurrection.

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 He is a murderer.

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 How about we take that guy,

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 set Jesus free?

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 And they say,

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 No, we actually want the murderer

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 to be the one who is released.

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 We want the revolutionary.

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 We want the person who has been a rebel.

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 And Mark shows us that to tell us this.

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 Yes, Jesus is the innocent man

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 who takes the guilty verdict.

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 Who does he take that verdict for?

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 Jesus is the guilty man

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 who takes the verdict for Barabbas-type people.

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 Christian,

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 in this passage,

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 Barabbas is you.

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 Jesus died for murderers and cosmic rebels.

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 Jesus was not suffering for a good,

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 upstanding citizen.

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 Jesus was suffering for people like this,

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 the rebels in prison who had committed murder

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 in the insurrection.

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 not only do we say,

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 in my place condemned he stood,

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 we also say this,

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 there I am in Barabbas the rebel.

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 That's the type of person I am.

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 I am a Barabbas-type of person.

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 And if you can't say that,

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 if you must hold Barabbas at a distance,

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 then I would suggest two things.

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 First,

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 you do not understand

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 the depth of your sin.

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 And second,

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 I would suggest

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 that you do not

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 fully understand the gospel.

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 Christian,

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 Barabbas is you.

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 Jesus did not come to die

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 for the righteous,

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 but for the unrighteous.

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 Jesus did not come to die

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 for mostly good people

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 who need just a little bit

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 of interior design on their lives.

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 No,

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 Jesus came to die

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 for people who have rebelled

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 against God

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 as the creator

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 and ruler of this world

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 and deserve nothing less

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 than eternal punishment.

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 And that is who he took the place for.

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 An innocent man is put to death

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 and a murderer goes free.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 that is the gospel.

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 Remember the principle

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 that Jesus gives us

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 in Luke chapter 7

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 when he's talking

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 to the Pharisees.

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 He says,

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 the one who's been forgiven much

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 loves much,

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 but the one who's been forgiven little

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 loves little.

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 There I am

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 in Barabbas,

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 the rebel.

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 And so we see in this passage

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 the scandal of the gospel

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 and the scandal is this,

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 that Jesus dies

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 for people like us.

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 Jesus dies for rebels

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 and revolutionaries.

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 In fact,

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 that's what we're told

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 in Romans chapter 5.

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 For while we were still weak

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 at the right time,

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 Christ died for the ungodly.

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 For one will scarcely die

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 for a righteous person,

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 though perhaps for a good person

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 one would dare even to die.

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 But God shows his love for us

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 in that while we were still sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 Christian,

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 while you were Barabbas,

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 Christ died for you.

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 Why does it matter

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 that Jesus had a trial?

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 Why does the Apostles' Creed

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 tell us that he suffered

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 under Pontius Pilate?

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 For two reasons.

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 One,

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 to remind us,

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 to show us

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 that Jesus was found guilty

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 so that we could be declared innocent.

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 Even though we are rebels

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 like Barabbas.

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 And so that's why we sing together,

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 I had no hope

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 that you would own a rebel

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 to your will.

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 And if you had not loved me first,

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 I would refuse you still.

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 And I beheld God's love displayed.

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 You suffered in my place.

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 You bore the wrath reserved for me.

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 Now all I know is grace.

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 Let's pray.

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 we praise you and thank you

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 that Jesus did stand in our place condemned.

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 Now we ask that you would remind us

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 of that truth,

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 that it would free us

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 from our attempts to justify ourselves

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 and it would free us

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 from the lies and the attacks of our enemy.

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 We ask instead

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 that you would give us great hope

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 and joy and confidence

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 in our Lord and Savior,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 as the one who saves us

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 and redeems us

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 and frees us.

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 We ask these things

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 in his mighty name.

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 Amen.

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 I invite you to stand

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 for our closing hymn.

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 I once was lost

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 in darkest night

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 Yet thought I knew

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 the way

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 The sin that promised

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 joy and life

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 had led me

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 to the grave

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 I had no hope

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 that you would own

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 a rebel to

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 your will

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 And if you had

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 not first

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 I would refuse

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 you still

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 But as I ran

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 My help

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 I'm raised

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 And different

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 to

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 the

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 cause

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 You looked upon

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 My helpless

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 state

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 And led me

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 to

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 the

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.880
 cross

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 And I beheld

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.540
 God's love

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 God's love displayed

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 You suffered

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 in

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:19.600
 my place

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:22.040
 You bore the wrath

00:28:22.040 --> 00:28:24.200
 Reserved for me

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 Now all I know

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:31.680
 is grace

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:33.380
 Hallelujah

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 All I have

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:41.200
 is Christ

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 Hallelujah

00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:46.940
 Jesus

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 is my

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:51.400
 life

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 Now Lord

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:55.299
 I would

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.539
 be yours

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.460
 alone

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 And live

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 so

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 might

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:02.180
 see

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 The strength

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 to follow

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 your commands

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 could never

00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:10.300
 come

00:29:10.300 --> 00:29:11.920
 from me

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.860
 Oh

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.360
 Father

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:14.860
 use

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.259
 my

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.800
 ransom

00:29:15.800 --> 00:29:17.019
 life

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:18.300
 in any

00:29:18.300 --> 00:29:19.360
 way

00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:20.580
 you

00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:21.360
 choose

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 And let

00:29:23.040 --> 00:29:24.360
 my song

00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:25.740
 forever

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.720
 be

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 My only

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:29.519
 boast

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.720
 is

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.860
 you

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.859
 true

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:35.599
 Hallelujah

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:40.759
 All I have

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:43.639
 is Christ

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:45.259
 Hallelujah

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:49.399
 Jesus

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:51.979
 is my

00:29:51.979 --> 00:29:53.240
 life

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.599
 Hallelujah

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:59.339
 All I have

00:29:59.339 --> 00:30:02.480
 is Christ

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:04.339
 Hallelujah

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:08.159
 Jesus

00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:10.279
 is

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:11.240
 my

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.919
 life

00:30:12.919 --> 00:30:18.379
 We end our time together with a benediction

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:21.060
 and a benediction is simply a good word from God

00:30:21.060 --> 00:30:22.440
 It's a word that's true

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:25.200
 in a world filled with words that are not true

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:28.860
 So here now God's good word over you from Hebrews chapter 13

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:32.819
 Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:36.599
 the great shepherd of the sheep by the blood of the eternal covenant

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:44.619
 equip you with everything good that you may do his will working in us that which is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:47.099
 to whom be glory forever and ever

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.779
 Amen

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.599
 Amen

00:30:59.599 --> 00:30:59.859
 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.859
 Amen

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.859
 Amen

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.859
 Amen