WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:18.960 They came up to him saying, Hail King of the Jews, and struck him with their hands. 00:00:19.219 --> 00:00:28.140 ! Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I am bringing him out to you, but I want you to know that I do not find him guilty of any crime. 00:00:28.140 --> 00:00:35.460 So Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, Behold the man. 00:00:36.060 --> 00:00:41.079 When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, Crucify him, crucify him. 00:00:41.620 --> 00:00:46.700 Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him. 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:57.560 John 19, verses 7 to 13 from the New Living Translation. 00:00:58.140 --> 00:01:04.219 The Jewish leaders replied, By our law he ought to die because he called himself the Son of God. 00:01:05.019 --> 00:01:07.379 When Pilate heard this, he was more frightened than ever. 00:01:08.019 --> 00:01:12.159 He took Jesus back into the headquarters again and asked him, Where are you from? 00:01:12.739 --> 00:01:14.280 But Jesus gave no answer. 00:01:15.140 --> 00:01:16.840 Why don't you talk to me, Pilate demanded. 00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:20.640 Don't you realize that I have the power to release you or crucify you? 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:26.859 Then Jesus said, You would have no power over me at all unless it was given to you from above. 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:30.379 So the one who handed me over to you has a greater sin. 00:01:31.379 --> 00:01:34.400 Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leader shouted, 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:37.260 If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. 00:01:38.060 --> 00:01:41.519 Anyone who declares himself a king is a rebel against Caesar. 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:45.379 When they said this, Pilate brought Jesus out to them again. 00:01:46.019 --> 00:01:52.379 Then Pilate sat down on the judgment seat on the platform that is called the stone pavement, in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 00:01:52.379 --> 00:01:59.579 Now it was the day of preparation of the Passover. 00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:02.399 It was about the sixth hour. 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:07.359 He said to the Jews, Behold, your king. 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:11.359 They cried out, Away with him. 00:02:11.900 --> 00:02:12.939 Away with him. 00:02:13.620 --> 00:02:14.740 Crucify him. 00:02:15.740 --> 00:02:17.060 Pilate said to them, 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:20.479 Shall I crucify your king? 00:02:20.479 --> 00:02:23.280 The chief priests answered, 00:02:23.799 --> 00:02:25.979 We have no king but Caesar. 00:02:27.399 --> 00:02:30.799 So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:35.379 So they took Jesus and he went out, 00:02:35.780 --> 00:02:37.539 bearing his own cross, 00:02:38.239 --> 00:02:40.799 to the place called the place of a skull, 00:02:41.399 --> 00:02:43.819 which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. 00:02:45.060 --> 00:02:47.239 There they crucified him. 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:50.000 And with him two others, 00:02:50.620 --> 00:02:53.700 one on either side and Jesus between them. 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:58.700 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. 00:02:58.840 --> 00:02:59.420 It read, 00:03:00.540 --> 00:03:03.700 Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews. 00:03:05.040 --> 00:03:07.540 Many of the Jews read this inscription, 00:03:07.780 --> 00:03:11.060 for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. 00:03:11.060 --> 00:03:14.140 And it was written in Aramaic, 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:15.000 in Latin, 00:03:15.340 --> 00:03:16.180 and in Greek. 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:20.340 So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, 00:03:20.659 --> 00:03:23.180 Do not write the king of the Jews, 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:24.640 but rather, 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:26.900 This man said, 00:03:27.060 --> 00:03:28.480 I am the king of the Jews. 00:03:29.500 --> 00:03:30.620 Pilate answered, 00:03:31.580 --> 00:03:33.080 What I have written, 00:03:33.580 --> 00:03:34.560 I have written. 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:41.580 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, 00:03:41.979 --> 00:03:45.580 they took his garments and divided them into four parts, 00:03:46.140 --> 00:03:47.759 one part for each soldier, 00:03:48.620 --> 00:03:49.599 also his tunic. 00:03:50.180 --> 00:03:51.659 But the tunic was seamless, 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:54.460 woven in one piece from top to bottom. 00:03:54.980 --> 00:03:56.400 So they said to one another, 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:58.140 Let us not tear it, 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:02.060 but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be. 00:04:02.060 --> 00:04:05.199 This was to fulfill the scripture which says, 00:04:05.979 --> 00:04:07.759 They divided my garments among them, 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:10.960 and for my clothing they cast lots. 00:04:11.780 --> 00:04:13.699 So the soldiers did these things. 00:04:14.659 --> 00:04:17.420 But standing by the cross of Jesus 00:04:17.420 --> 00:04:20.199 were his mother and his mother's sister, 00:04:20.379 --> 00:04:21.920 Mary, the wife of Clopas, 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:23.360 and Mary Magdalene. 00:04:24.300 --> 00:04:25.879 When Jesus saw his mother 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:29.459 and the disciples whom he loved standing nearby, 00:04:29.459 --> 00:04:31.579 he said to his mother, 00:04:32.060 --> 00:04:33.899 Woman, behold your son. 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:36.399 Then he said to the disciple, 00:04:37.280 --> 00:04:38.259 Behold your mother. 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:40.040 And from that hour, 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:43.439 the disciple took her to his own home. 00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:47.459 Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, 00:04:47.579 --> 00:04:48.959 said to fulfill the scripture, 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:50.300 I thirst. 00:04:50.860 --> 00:04:53.040 A jar full of sour wine stood there. 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:55.540 So they put a sponge full of the sour wine 00:04:55.540 --> 00:04:56.420 on a hyssop branch 00:04:56.420 --> 00:04:57.500 and held it to his mouth. 00:04:57.500 --> 00:05:00.060 When Jesus had received the sour wine, 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:00.560 he said, 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:02.360 It is finished. 00:05:03.420 --> 00:05:04.759 And he bowed his head 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:06.079 and gave up his spirit. 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:08.319 Since it was the day of preparation 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:10.060 and so that the bodies would not remain 00:05:10.060 --> 00:05:11.180 on the cross on the Sabbath, 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:13.220 for that Sabbath was a high day, 00:05:13.220 --> 00:05:14.600 the Jews asked Pilate 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:16.459 that their legs might be broken 00:05:16.459 --> 00:05:18.180 and that they might be taken away. 00:05:19.039 --> 00:05:20.079 So the soldiers came 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:21.519 and broke the legs of the first 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:22.359 and of the other 00:05:22.359 --> 00:05:23.899 who had been crucified with him. 00:05:24.599 --> 00:05:25.359 But when they came to Jesus 00:05:25.359 --> 00:05:27.180 and saw that he was already dead, 00:05:27.479 --> 00:05:28.740 they did not break his legs. 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:30.459 But one of the soldiers 00:05:30.459 --> 00:05:32.000 pierced his side with a spear, 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:34.519 and at once there came out blood and water. 00:05:35.339 --> 00:05:37.060 He who saw it has borne witness. 00:05:37.339 --> 00:05:38.699 His testimony is true, 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:40.879 and he knows that he is telling the truth 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:42.359 that you also may believe. 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:44.080 For these things took place 00:05:44.080 --> 00:05:45.580 that the scripture might be fulfilled. 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:48.319 Not one of his bones will be broken. 00:05:48.900 --> 00:05:50.340 And again, another scripture says, 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:51.819 They will look on him 00:05:51.819 --> 00:05:53.060 who may have pierced. 00:05:56.580 --> 00:05:57.699 After these things, 00:05:58.000 --> 00:05:59.199 Joseph of Arimathea, 00:05:59.460 --> 00:06:00.600 who was a disciple of Jesus, 00:06:00.939 --> 00:06:02.300 would secretly, for fear of the Jews, 00:06:03.080 --> 00:06:04.400 ask Pilate that he might take away 00:06:04.400 --> 00:06:05.160 the body of Jesus. 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:06.920 And Pilate gave him permission. 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:09.060 So he came and took his body. 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:10.400 Nicodemus also, 00:06:10.699 --> 00:06:12.340 who earlier had come to Jesus by night, 00:06:13.280 --> 00:06:15.240 came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, 00:06:16.080 --> 00:06:17.400 about 75 pounds in weight. 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:19.180 So they took the body of Jesus 00:06:19.180 --> 00:06:21.639 and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, 00:06:22.379 --> 00:06:24.020 as is the burial custom of the Jews. 00:06:25.100 --> 00:06:26.439 Now in the place where he was crucified, 00:06:26.580 --> 00:06:27.160 there was a garden, 00:06:27.540 --> 00:06:28.100 and in the garden, 00:06:28.379 --> 00:06:30.280 a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. 00:06:31.180 --> 00:06:33.259 So because of the Jewish day of preparation, 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:34.980 since the tomb was close at hand, 00:06:35.420 --> 00:06:36.160 they laid Jesus there. 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:37.199 Amen. 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:47.699 So as we reflect this evening 00:06:47.699 --> 00:06:49.699 upon the death of Christ, 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:52.420 hopefully we've seen from his word, 00:06:53.580 --> 00:06:56.580 we've sung of the effects of that death, 00:06:56.579 --> 00:07:01.560 and we've seen that on that last Friday of Jesus's life, 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:05.759 that his life, 00:07:06.379 --> 00:07:09.159 the purpose of his life was his death. 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:12.260 And as we reflect for a few minutes this evening, 00:07:12.540 --> 00:07:14.040 and the remaining time that we have, 00:07:14.200 --> 00:07:16.360 we're going to think on those things. 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:18.439 And so before we do, 00:07:18.540 --> 00:07:20.620 let's ask the Lord to bless our time together. 00:07:21.200 --> 00:07:22.940 Lord, we thank you for your word, 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:24.160 we thank you for the reminder 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:27.340 that comes from scripture of the work of Christ, 00:07:27.339 --> 00:07:31.060 and especially the work of Christ on the cross. 00:07:31.159 --> 00:07:33.459 And as we reflect these many years later, 00:07:34.139 --> 00:07:36.099 we give you thanks. 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:39.199 And Father, may you work in our hearts' faith 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:41.659 because of these things. 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:44.019 And we ask this in his name. 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:44.779 Amen. 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:47.859 So I want to turn our attention 00:07:47.859 --> 00:07:52.779 before we begin to the section that Deanna read, 00:07:53.239 --> 00:07:55.500 John 19, 28 through 30. 00:07:55.500 --> 00:07:59.480 And in the time that we have together, 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:02.240 I just want to talk and reflect a little bit 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:04.240 on something that she read. 00:08:06.060 --> 00:08:09.139 It's the reality of the death of Christ. 00:08:09.180 --> 00:08:11.980 And we see it most clearly in those first couple verses. 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:14.300 And as we do so, 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:17.519 I want us to think about the phrase 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:19.500 that we probably all know 00:08:19.500 --> 00:08:21.660 and have even maybe said 00:08:21.660 --> 00:08:24.639 in anger at someone because of their laziness. 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:26.479 It's that phrase, 00:08:26.599 --> 00:08:30.479 the road to hell is paved with good intentions. 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:34.519 We don't know where that phrase comes from. 00:08:35.539 --> 00:08:38.199 Some people think it's Edmund Burke, 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:39.779 the explorer, who said, 00:08:40.439 --> 00:08:42.860 all that's necessary for evil to triumph 00:08:42.860 --> 00:08:44.379 is for good men to do nothing. 00:08:45.379 --> 00:08:47.899 Some people think it's the development 00:08:47.899 --> 00:08:50.840 of some kind of proverb over the ages. 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:55.040 And yet others think it's Bernard of Clairvaux, 00:08:55.180 --> 00:08:56.700 who's a French theologian, 00:08:56.759 --> 00:08:58.180 whose song we'll sing in a minute. 00:08:59.300 --> 00:09:01.420 But in that phrase, 00:09:01.500 --> 00:09:04.460 which's been taken on the lips of everyone 00:09:04.460 --> 00:09:06.840 from Mohammed to John Wesley, 00:09:07.680 --> 00:09:09.720 we see in that phrase 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:11.820 that there's this slide 00:09:11.820 --> 00:09:15.540 into eternal obscurity or even worse. 00:09:15.539 --> 00:09:17.179 And in it, 00:09:17.659 --> 00:09:21.379 the participants either unwillingly, 00:09:21.879 --> 00:09:23.939 but definitely unwittingly, 00:09:24.419 --> 00:09:27.000 they don't even really know 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:30.059 how they got there on that road. 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:33.279 But in the life of Jesus, 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:35.439 we see the exact opposite, 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:37.879 especially when we reflect 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:41.439 on what happened on this Friday so long ago. 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:43.300 You see, 00:09:43.700 --> 00:09:45.620 in the life of Jesus Christ 00:09:45.620 --> 00:09:47.420 and really in his death, 00:09:47.520 --> 00:09:49.560 we see a road that is paved 00:09:49.560 --> 00:09:51.660 directly to the cross. 00:09:52.420 --> 00:09:54.120 But it's not a road to hell, 00:09:54.420 --> 00:09:55.720 it's a road to heaven. 00:09:56.780 --> 00:09:58.900 It's built brick by brick, 00:09:59.220 --> 00:10:00.380 stone by stone, 00:10:00.860 --> 00:10:04.460 paved directly to heaven 00:10:04.460 --> 00:10:06.180 by the suffering, 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:06.940 by the blood, 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:08.500 by the death of Christ 00:10:08.500 --> 00:10:09.740 to glory. 00:10:09.740 --> 00:10:11.779 It's real 00:10:11.779 --> 00:10:13.879 and it's purposeful. 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:15.360 His death 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:17.700 gives us life. 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:20.120 And as we reflect this evening on that, 00:10:20.460 --> 00:10:23.060 we're gonna talk about those things. 00:10:23.539 --> 00:10:24.480 It's real 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:25.840 and it's purposeful. 00:10:26.700 --> 00:10:28.000 The road to heaven 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:29.000 and the road to hell. 00:10:29.259 --> 00:10:31.220 Even when I put those two together, 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:33.180 they kind of stand in contrast. 00:10:33.779 --> 00:10:35.060 It might even be provoking, 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:36.560 like which road am I on? 00:10:36.560 --> 00:10:38.200 Is there another way? 00:10:39.740 --> 00:10:41.379 Which road are you on? 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:42.320 You see, 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:44.039 the person of Jesus 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:47.740 forces us to choose 00:10:47.740 --> 00:10:49.899 in one of those ways. 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:51.220 And if you've remembered, 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:52.740 over the last couple months, 00:10:52.940 --> 00:10:53.919 we've been walking 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:55.820 every time I've spoken 00:10:55.820 --> 00:10:57.039 through the Gospel of John 00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:58.580 with the statements of Jesus. 00:10:58.980 --> 00:11:00.159 And there's this question 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:01.960 that lingers among those statements. 00:11:02.500 --> 00:11:03.519 Who is Jesus? 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:05.000 Or who am I 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:05.819 when he is speaking? 00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:08.419 But there's this second question 00:11:08.419 --> 00:11:09.899 that's at sometimes 00:11:09.899 --> 00:11:10.559 explicit 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:11.980 when Jesus is speaking 00:11:11.980 --> 00:11:12.620 to people. 00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:13.740 And sometimes 00:11:13.740 --> 00:11:15.399 it's hidden in the background 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:17.100 and John brings it forth 00:11:17.100 --> 00:11:18.539 as the writer. 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:20.360 What are you going to do 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:20.939 with Jesus? 00:11:22.059 --> 00:11:23.579 What does it mean 00:11:23.579 --> 00:11:24.679 for you 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:26.139 to have faith in him? 00:11:26.139 --> 00:11:27.419 What do you think 00:11:27.419 --> 00:11:28.259 about him? 00:11:28.899 --> 00:11:29.919 It kind of evokes 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:30.720 this idea 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:31.980 of it's a dividing line. 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:32.980 It's a plumb line. 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:35.220 It's the diversion 00:11:35.220 --> 00:11:36.639 of these two roads. 00:11:37.860 --> 00:11:39.220 What do you think 00:11:39.220 --> 00:11:40.179 about him? 00:11:41.299 --> 00:11:42.600 What do you think 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:43.519 about the death 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:44.279 of Christ? 00:11:45.220 --> 00:11:46.319 If it's one 00:11:46.319 --> 00:11:47.559 of rejection, 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:49.620 is it one 00:11:49.620 --> 00:11:50.139 of neutrality 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:52.580 that kind of slides 00:11:52.580 --> 00:11:53.639 into rejection? 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:55.600 Is it one 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:56.439 of apathy? 00:11:57.220 --> 00:11:58.080 Which really isn't 00:11:58.080 --> 00:11:59.199 apathy at all 00:11:59.199 --> 00:12:00.519 as Jesus tells us. 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:02.259 Or is it one 00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:04.000 that really 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:04.939 we're embarrassed 00:12:04.939 --> 00:12:05.600 to say 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:06.240 it's one 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:07.000 of quietly 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:08.159 dismissing it 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:09.179 because we're 00:12:09.179 --> 00:12:10.019 modern people 00:12:10.019 --> 00:12:10.620 that keep 00:12:10.620 --> 00:12:11.720 modern company. 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:14.179 But that kind of 00:12:14.179 --> 00:12:15.220 begs the question 00:12:15.220 --> 00:12:17.120 that it can't be real, 00:12:17.259 --> 00:12:17.679 can it? 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:19.439 But it is real. 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:20.580 It's real 00:12:20.580 --> 00:12:21.960 because the gospel 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:22.500 of John 00:12:22.500 --> 00:12:23.460 says it's real. 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:24.559 It's real 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:25.679 for these reasons. 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:27.759 You can't 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:28.779 have the death 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:31.059 of Christ 00:12:31.059 --> 00:12:32.120 and still 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:33.059 have Jesus. 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:34.740 And that's often 00:12:34.740 --> 00:12:35.559 what we think. 00:12:35.899 --> 00:12:36.259 You see, 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:37.340 it's palatable 00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:38.299 to our minds 00:12:38.299 --> 00:12:39.360 and even our senses 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:40.759 to want Christ. 00:12:41.319 --> 00:12:41.500 You know, 00:12:41.740 --> 00:12:42.960 there's certain benefits 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:44.220 if we try to 00:12:44.220 --> 00:12:45.299 separate those 00:12:45.299 --> 00:12:45.779 two things. 00:12:45.860 --> 00:12:46.220 We get all 00:12:46.220 --> 00:12:47.460 these great sayings. 00:12:48.100 --> 00:12:49.139 We get all 00:12:49.139 --> 00:12:49.819 of these 00:12:49.819 --> 00:12:51.919 great examples 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:53.399 to follow 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:54.039 in different 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:54.740 situations. 00:12:55.539 --> 00:12:55.979 We get 00:12:55.979 --> 00:12:56.699 his teaching, 00:12:57.219 --> 00:12:58.659 but you don't 00:12:58.659 --> 00:12:59.620 get any of that 00:12:59.620 --> 00:13:00.559 without his death 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:01.620 because they're 00:13:01.620 --> 00:13:02.759 bound together. 00:13:03.719 --> 00:13:04.120 And there have 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:04.799 been attempts 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:05.679 over history, 00:13:05.839 --> 00:13:06.740 even in our 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:07.139 day, 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:08.199 to kind of 00:13:08.199 --> 00:13:09.179 disentangle 00:13:09.179 --> 00:13:09.559 them. 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:11.459 But when we 00:13:11.459 --> 00:13:12.219 do that, 00:13:12.579 --> 00:13:13.679 we don't make 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:14.519 his sayings 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:15.079 useful 00:13:15.079 --> 00:13:16.399 or his example 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:17.079 helpful. 00:13:17.860 --> 00:13:18.340 Instead, 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:20.060 what we do 00:13:20.060 --> 00:13:20.920 is we call 00:13:20.920 --> 00:13:21.580 him a liar. 00:13:22.540 --> 00:13:23.160 And when we 00:13:23.160 --> 00:13:24.020 do that, 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:25.340 we think 00:13:25.340 --> 00:13:26.139 that we can 00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:26.879 have him 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:27.860 on our terms. 00:13:28.800 --> 00:13:29.800 We think 00:13:29.800 --> 00:13:31.040 that all 00:13:31.040 --> 00:13:31.360 of those 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:32.139 great things 00:13:32.139 --> 00:13:33.220 that he has 00:13:33.220 --> 00:13:33.720 done 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:34.580 and all 00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:35.040 those great 00:13:35.040 --> 00:13:35.620 things that 00:13:35.620 --> 00:13:36.340 he has said, 00:13:37.139 --> 00:13:38.780 that we can 00:13:38.780 --> 00:13:39.360 have all 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:39.780 of those 00:13:39.780 --> 00:13:40.160 things. 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:40.580 And then 00:13:40.580 --> 00:13:40.920 when we 00:13:40.920 --> 00:13:41.480 come to 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:42.000 a section 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:42.879 like John 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:43.340 19, 00:13:44.020 --> 00:13:45.140 we think 00:13:45.140 --> 00:13:45.700 that's all 00:13:45.700 --> 00:13:46.240 fantasy. 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:51.639 after this, 00:13:52.160 --> 00:13:52.460 Jesus, 00:13:52.780 --> 00:13:53.460 knowing that 00:13:53.460 --> 00:13:54.139 all was 00:13:54.139 --> 00:13:54.940 now finished, 00:13:55.500 --> 00:13:56.240 said to 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:57.020 fulfill the 00:13:57.020 --> 00:13:57.520 scripture, 00:13:58.139 --> 00:13:59.080 I thirst. 00:14:00.020 --> 00:14:00.520 It seems 00:14:00.520 --> 00:14:01.600 pretty innocuous. 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:02.080 It seems 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:02.860 like a very 00:14:02.860 --> 00:14:03.840 throwaway 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:04.320 statement. 00:14:04.820 --> 00:14:05.500 But in 00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:05.840 that, 00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:06.520 we see 00:14:06.520 --> 00:14:07.660 this culmination 00:14:07.660 --> 00:14:08.280 of all 00:14:08.280 --> 00:14:08.920 those events 00:14:08.920 --> 00:14:09.480 that led 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:09.800 up to 00:14:09.800 --> 00:14:10.440 this moment. 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:11.680 We see 00:14:11.680 --> 00:14:12.340 in that 00:14:12.340 --> 00:14:13.340 the sum 00:14:13.340 --> 00:14:14.180 of Christ's 00:14:14.180 --> 00:14:14.759 humiliation. 00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:16.620 We see 00:14:16.620 --> 00:14:17.379 that everything 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:17.799 has been 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:18.340 marching 00:14:18.340 --> 00:14:19.240 towards 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:20.519 this fact 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:21.060 of him 00:14:21.060 --> 00:14:21.659 being made 00:14:21.659 --> 00:14:21.940 low, 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:22.919 that began 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:23.299 when he 00:14:23.299 --> 00:14:23.779 came to 00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:24.419 this earth, 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:25.500 and that 00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:26.159 continued 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:27.000 on in 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:27.600 this last 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:28.519 week of 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:29.000 Jesus. 00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:31.259 Mockery. 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:33.740 Humiliation 00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:34.460 by being 00:14:34.460 --> 00:14:35.259 interrogated 00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:35.659 by his 00:14:35.659 --> 00:14:36.139 opponents, 00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:37.759 or questioned 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:38.460 by even 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:39.159 his closest 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:39.820 followers. 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:42.060 Humiliation 00:14:42.059 --> 00:14:43.059 humiliation 00:14:43.059 --> 00:14:45.239 that negated 00:14:45.239 --> 00:14:45.779 the fact 00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:46.419 that God 00:14:46.419 --> 00:14:47.199 was here 00:14:47.199 --> 00:14:47.679 in his 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:48.219 glory 00:14:48.219 --> 00:14:49.039 in human 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:49.539 form. 00:14:52.239 --> 00:14:53.000 Humiliation 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:53.500 in that 00:14:53.500 --> 00:14:53.839 he was 00:14:53.839 --> 00:14:54.319 betrayed 00:14:54.319 --> 00:14:54.919 by both 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:55.579 his enemies 00:14:55.579 --> 00:14:56.959 and denied 00:14:56.959 --> 00:14:57.519 by his 00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:58.039 closest 00:14:58.039 --> 00:14:58.939 allies. 00:15:00.339 --> 00:15:01.000 Humiliation 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:01.519 in being 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:02.039 judged 00:15:02.039 --> 00:15:02.879 in court 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:03.779 and then 00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:04.079 in the 00:15:04.079 --> 00:15:04.619 court of 00:15:04.619 --> 00:15:05.000 public 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:05.599 opinion. 00:15:06.899 --> 00:15:07.599 Humiliation 00:15:07.599 --> 00:15:08.839 in his 00:15:08.839 --> 00:15:09.419 being 00:15:09.419 --> 00:15:10.099 scourged. 00:15:10.100 --> 00:15:11.060 humiliation 00:15:11.060 --> 00:15:11.600 in his 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:12.159 marching 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:12.720 to the 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:13.279 cross. 00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.159 Humiliation 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:15.899 in this 00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:16.879 final act 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.700 of his 00:15:17.700 --> 00:15:18.159 death. 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:20.100 But even 00:15:20.100 --> 00:15:20.720 in his 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.220 death, 00:15:21.820 --> 00:15:23.399 it was 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:24.639 humiliation. 00:15:25.420 --> 00:15:25.820 It was 00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:26.240 the very 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:27.019 last thing 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:27.480 that could 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:27.940 be done. 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:28.600 It was 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:29.759 the escalation 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.360 of all 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:30.960 these things 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:31.320 that had 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:31.920 been building. 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:32.860 You see, 00:15:33.019 --> 00:15:33.519 even in 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:34.279 his death, 00:15:34.820 --> 00:15:36.100 it was 00:15:36.100 --> 00:15:36.720 not easy, 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.040 but it 00:15:37.040 --> 00:15:37.560 was marked 00:15:37.560 --> 00:15:38.340 by suffering. 00:15:38.680 --> 00:15:39.160 And we 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:40.179 know this 00:15:40.179 --> 00:15:41.980 from the 00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.659 words that 00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:43.299 he spoke. 00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:44.299 We know 00:15:44.299 --> 00:15:45.360 this because 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:46.919 he exclaims, 00:15:47.019 --> 00:15:47.759 I thirst. 00:15:48.339 --> 00:15:49.100 And then 00:15:49.100 --> 00:15:51.120 in that, 00:15:51.219 --> 00:15:51.659 he's not 00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:52.339 offered that 00:15:52.339 --> 00:15:53.240 same wine 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:53.879 that we know 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.360 of from the 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:55.139 other gospels 00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:56.120 that people 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:56.879 tried to 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.639 hand him 00:15:57.639 --> 00:15:58.279 on his 00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:58.740 way to 00:15:58.740 --> 00:15:59.219 the cross, 00:15:59.299 --> 00:15:59.799 that wine 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:00.439 mixed with 00:16:00.439 --> 00:16:01.319 myrrh that 00:16:01.319 --> 00:16:01.620 would have 00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.059 made his 00:16:02.059 --> 00:16:03.100 suffering easier. 00:16:03.339 --> 00:16:03.740 No, it's 00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:04.399 not that wine 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:04.799 at all. 00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.659 Here, it's 00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:06.319 just simple, 00:16:06.579 --> 00:16:07.459 sour wine. 00:16:07.460 --> 00:16:09.000 And it 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.300 was this 00:16:09.300 --> 00:16:10.259 weird turn 00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:10.980 of events. 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:12.480 The same 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:14.080 hyssop that 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:15.060 now offers 00:16:15.060 --> 00:16:15.759 him this 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.660 sour wine 00:16:16.660 --> 00:16:17.460 was the 00:16:17.460 --> 00:16:18.460 same hyssop 00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:19.360 that was 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:20.139 dipped in 00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:20.639 blood. 00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:21.200 And for 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:22.639 Israel, it 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:23.280 marked the 00:16:23.280 --> 00:16:24.100 doorpost, 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:25.340 saving them 00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:25.980 from death, 00:16:26.420 --> 00:16:27.060 saving them 00:16:27.060 --> 00:16:27.759 from suffering. 00:16:28.160 --> 00:16:29.019 And now, 00:16:29.500 --> 00:16:30.940 it's extended 00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:32.320 to him to 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:33.220 prolong his 00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:33.639 suffering. 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:36.000 the blood 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.439 on the 00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:37.120 frames of 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:37.600 the door 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:38.000 and the 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.600 Passover 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:40.620 were offered 00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:41.840 by hyssop. 00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:42.639 And now, 00:16:43.199 --> 00:16:43.919 suffering is 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:44.639 offered to 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.919 Christ on 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:46.720 that same 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:47.699 hyssop 00:16:47.699 --> 00:16:48.319 branch. 00:16:49.939 --> 00:16:50.939 Even in 00:16:50.939 --> 00:16:51.600 his death, 00:16:52.220 --> 00:16:52.819 humiliation. 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:54.399 Even in 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:54.960 his death, 00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:55.559 suffering. 00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:58.100 It's real 00:16:58.100 --> 00:16:58.720 because it's 00:16:58.720 --> 00:16:59.419 the logical 00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:00.700 end of all 00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.600 of his life, 00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:02.379 of this 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:03.039 humiliation 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:03.799 that began 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:04.220 in him 00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:04.700 coming to 00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.200 the world. 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.680 And now, 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.759 on this 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.480 final day, 00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:10.000 it's real 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:10.940 because 00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:11.880 scripture bears 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:12.740 witness to 00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.019 it. 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:14.960 When we 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.579 read of these 00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:16.039 events of 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:16.480 the cross, 00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:17.160 we're often 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:18.019 confronted with 00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:18.599 this idea 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:19.240 of injustice. 00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.059 And we 00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:20.579 think how 00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:21.259 unfair 00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:23.579 that the 00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:24.200 Savior that 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:25.019 was sinless 00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:25.960 died, 00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:26.779 that sin 00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:27.500 held him 00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:27.819 there. 00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:30.059 And we 00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:30.900 can slowly 00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:31.960 kind of slip 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.620 into this 00:17:32.620 --> 00:17:33.840 idea that 00:17:33.840 --> 00:17:34.480 this is an 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:34.980 accident, 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:35.600 this is 00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:36.360 unfortunate, 00:17:37.140 --> 00:17:37.840 and this, 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:39.000 did they 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.559 really know 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.059 any better? 00:17:40.819 --> 00:17:41.120 They were 00:17:41.120 --> 00:17:42.319 just confused. 00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:44.519 It's 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.059 definitely 00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:45.720 not 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:46.259 deliberate, 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:47.420 but it's 00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:48.500 anything but 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:48.860 that. 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:49.620 The death 00:17:49.620 --> 00:17:50.360 of Christ 00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:51.519 is for a 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:51.940 purpose. 00:17:53.660 --> 00:17:54.600 The death 00:17:54.600 --> 00:17:55.360 of Christ 00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:56.600 demonstrates 00:17:56.600 --> 00:17:57.559 the 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:58.620 intentionality 00:17:58.620 --> 00:17:59.380 of God 00:17:59.380 --> 00:18:00.860 working in 00:18:00.860 --> 00:18:01.660 redemption. 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.960 God 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.960 is for a 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.019 life. 00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:04.180 But it's 00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:04.700 not just 00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:05.380 his death, 00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:06.279 it's also 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:07.019 his life 00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.660 that demonstrates 00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.240 this. 00:18:08.840 --> 00:18:09.220 If you 00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:09.940 remember the 00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.660 miracles of 00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.000 Jesus, 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:12.660 he often 00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:13.819 conducts them 00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:14.900 and then he 00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:15.680 reminds his 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:16.460 friends or the 00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.000 person that 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.660 has received 00:18:17.660 --> 00:18:18.340 this miracle, 00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:20.620 he says to 00:18:20.620 --> 00:18:20.880 them, 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:21.880 don't tell 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:22.400 anybody, 00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:23.380 for my 00:18:23.380 --> 00:18:24.079 hour has 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:24.640 not yet 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:25.079 come. 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:26.299 Or he'll 00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:26.840 say this 00:18:26.840 --> 00:18:27.220 again, 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:28.299 when he heals 00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:28.740 or brings 00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:29.519 people back 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:29.920 from the 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:30.180 dead, 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:31.480 he'll do 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:32.019 something a 00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:32.320 little bit 00:18:32.320 --> 00:18:32.900 different and 00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:33.420 he'll slip 00:18:33.420 --> 00:18:34.000 away in the 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.700 crowd even 00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:35.060 though they 00:18:35.060 --> 00:18:35.720 press in 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:37.299 amongst him 00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:38.460 and they 00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:39.700 want to 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.360 take him. 00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:42.039 They're seeking 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.759 to capture 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.100 him. 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:44.460 He does all 00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.240 of this so he 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:45.980 can be in 00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:46.640 this moment 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:47.400 right here 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:48.279 in John 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.779 19. 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.880 And all 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:51.480 along, 00:18:52.060 --> 00:18:52.640 Jesus has 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:53.440 reminded his 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.320 followers of 00:18:54.320 --> 00:18:54.779 this, 00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:54.839 life. 00:18:56.619 --> 00:18:57.279 That no 00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:58.019 one takes 00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:58.839 his life 00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:01.599 from him, 00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:02.899 but he 00:19:02.899 --> 00:19:03.420 lays it 00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:03.940 down of 00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.420 his own 00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:04.879 accord. 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:06.339 He has 00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:07.119 the authority 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:07.740 to lay 00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.200 it down 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.420 and he 00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:09.940 has the 00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:10.720 authority to 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.059 take it 00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.539 up again. 00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.759 And that's 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.599 the charge 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:14.200 that he 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:15.059 receives from 00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:15.639 the father. 00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.000 Christ's 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.559 death is 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.119 not by 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:18.799 accident. 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:20.160 Christ's 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:21.740 death is 00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.359 with a 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:22.839 purpose. 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:24.259 his life 00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:25.839 is leading 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.539 all to 00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:27.339 this moment. 00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:29.139 His life 00:19:29.139 --> 00:19:30.179 is paving 00:19:30.179 --> 00:19:30.799 the way 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:31.240 to the 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.720 cross. 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:34.319 Even in 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:34.839 these last 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:35.480 moments, 00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:37.139 we see 00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:37.639 something 00:19:37.639 --> 00:19:38.480 where we 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.119 see that 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:40.059 purpose of 00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:40.619 his death. 00:19:40.899 --> 00:19:41.419 We see 00:19:41.419 --> 00:19:42.480 the purposefulness 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:43.259 of his 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.720 words. 00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:44.339 The last 00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:45.359 words of 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:45.919 Christ 00:19:45.919 --> 00:19:47.399 show that 00:19:47.399 --> 00:19:48.279 to us. 00:19:48.919 --> 00:19:49.639 Even in 00:19:49.639 --> 00:19:50.359 this request 00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:50.959 of sour 00:19:50.959 --> 00:19:51.859 wine where 00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.399 he says, 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.200 I thirst. 00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:53.940 It's 00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:54.480 fulfillment 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.000 of the 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.540 promise 00:19:55.540 --> 00:19:56.840 of Psalm 00:19:56.840 --> 00:19:57.440 69. 00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.300 David 00:19:58.300 --> 00:19:58.680 utters 00:19:58.680 --> 00:19:59.440 those words 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:00.500 and Jesus 00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.100 in his 00:20:01.100 --> 00:20:01.600 suffering, 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.660 his mind 00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.060 kind of 00:20:03.060 --> 00:20:03.880 steeped in 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:04.380 scripture, 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:06.460 he utters 00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.080 these words 00:20:07.080 --> 00:20:07.620 from Psalm 00:20:07.620 --> 00:20:09.160 69 because 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:10.400 he responds 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:12.720 to seal 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.540 the promise 00:20:13.540 --> 00:20:14.220 of scripture. 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.000 He's given 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:16.640 wine not 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:16.980 out of 00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.400 pity, 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:18.900 but out 00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.720 of mockery 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.100 is what 00:20:20.100 --> 00:20:20.720 Mark tells 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.980 us to 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.440 prolong 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.180 his life, 00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:24.180 to prolong 00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.960 his suffering 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.700 for 00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.299 entertainment. 00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:28.360 Even in 00:20:28.360 --> 00:20:29.160 his words, 00:20:29.620 --> 00:20:30.160 even in 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:30.819 his dying, 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.160 there's 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.799 humiliation 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.960 and suffering. 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:34.640 And he's 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:35.240 able to 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.940 cry out 00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.460 then with 00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.120 these famous 00:20:37.120 --> 00:20:38.019 words after 00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.920 his thirst 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:39.579 goes away 00:20:39.579 --> 00:20:39.839 with, 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.279 it is 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:40.799 finished. 00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:41.740 And when 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.259 he says 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.680 this, 00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.640 it's not 00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.100 out of 00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:44.640 resignation, 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:45.980 it's not 00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:46.339 out of 00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:46.819 defeat, 00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.759 it's not 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.099 out of 00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:48.839 completion 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:49.559 of the 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.139 task 00:20:50.139 --> 00:20:51.259 of dying. 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.000 It's 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.579 more than 00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:52.899 that. 00:20:53.159 --> 00:20:53.939 It's all 00:20:53.939 --> 00:20:54.679 of redemptive 00:20:54.679 --> 00:20:55.220 history, 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.279 that's all 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.939 of time 00:20:56.939 --> 00:20:57.599 coming to 00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.700 this moment 00:20:58.700 --> 00:21:00.299 in his 00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.740 death. 00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:03.099 The promise 00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.679 that was at 00:21:03.679 --> 00:21:04.259 the beginning, 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.599 at the very 00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.179 beginning, 00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.439 that man 00:21:07.439 --> 00:21:08.259 would crush 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.879 the head 00:21:08.879 --> 00:21:09.519 of the serpent 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:11.000 and that his 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.639 heel would 00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.419 be bruised. 00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.519 It's a 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.240 fulfillment of 00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.960 that promise. 00:21:15.139 --> 00:21:15.500 It is 00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:15.899 finished. 00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:17.980 It's the 00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.840 picture of 00:21:18.840 --> 00:21:19.640 all of 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:20.140 these 00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:21.720 saviors of 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.400 Israel that 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.360 we heard 00:21:23.360 --> 00:21:23.900 about in 00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.420 Judges, 00:21:24.780 --> 00:21:25.680 except they 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.280 leave so 00:21:26.280 --> 00:21:26.960 much wanting. 00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:28.340 It's that 00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:28.840 promise 00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.460 fulfilled. 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.700 It is 00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:31.180 finished. 00:21:31.580 --> 00:21:32.019 It's the 00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.660 picture of 00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:33.240 all these 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:34.300 kings who 00:21:34.300 --> 00:21:34.759 are not 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.660 so just 00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.820 in the 00:21:36.820 --> 00:21:37.280 life of 00:21:37.280 --> 00:21:37.680 Israel. 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.460 That is 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:39.880 finished. 00:21:40.580 --> 00:21:41.220 It's this 00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:42.340 picture even 00:21:42.340 --> 00:21:42.880 in the 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:44.000 worship of 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.519 Israel, 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.400 the day 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:45.660 of 00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.340 atonement. 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.420 All of 00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.019 these things 00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.600 are pointing 00:21:48.600 --> 00:21:49.860 forth to 00:21:49.860 --> 00:21:50.840 Christ in 00:21:50.840 --> 00:21:51.400 this moment. 00:21:52.080 --> 00:21:53.360 It's the 00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:54.580 promise in 00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:56.259 Isaiah that 00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.160 his wounds 00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:58.019 would offer 00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.680 healing. 00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.700 It's this 00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:02.300 promise over 00:22:02.300 --> 00:22:03.019 and over 00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.940 again of 00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.800 this very 00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:06.980 moment and 00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.640 this very 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:08.360 point in 00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:08.720 time. 00:22:09.560 --> 00:22:10.060 And so it's 00:22:10.060 --> 00:22:10.680 more than 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.540 just words. 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:13.619 it's more 00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:14.259 than just 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.700 blood. 00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:15.899 It's more 00:22:15.899 --> 00:22:16.220 than the 00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.700 blood of 00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.940 bulls and 00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:19.000 goats as 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.799 we see in 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.440 Leviticus. 00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:21.399 It's more 00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:21.960 than that 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.659 because it 00:22:22.659 --> 00:22:23.659 never has to 00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.460 happen again 00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.720 and it 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.500 never does 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.920 because those 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.980 things promised 00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.639 a thing they 00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:31.099 couldn't fully 00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:32.059 do because they 00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.619 were pointing 00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:33.839 always to 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.680 this moment 00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.460 right here. 00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:37.319 it's a 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:38.400 conclusion of 00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:39.220 the charge 00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:40.240 the father 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.019 gave the 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.460 son. 00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:42.980 Not by 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.559 accident, 00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.940 not by 00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:45.960 happenstance, 00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:46.940 but on 00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.519 purpose. 00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.559 It's a 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.519 road paved 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:51.900 to the 00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:53.160 cross to 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:54.980 death of 00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.440 the Lord 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.360 Jesus Christ 00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:57.160 who gave 00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:58.940 himself for 00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.900 our sins to 00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:01.180 deliver us from 00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:01.980 this present 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.980 evil age 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:04.160 according to 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:05.299 the will of 00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:05.940 our God 00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.879 and father. 00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.619 It's planned 00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.579 and purposed 00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.399 by God. 00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.720 What's the 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.359 purpose of 00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:13.859 his death 00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.180 though? 00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:15.119 What does it 00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.519 accomplish? 00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.779 The purpose 00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.559 of his death 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.740 is this. 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.240 It does 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.879 something that 00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.659 sacrifices 00:23:21.659 --> 00:23:22.619 never could 00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.019 do, 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:23.339 right? 00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.419 It's for 00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:25.139 the last 00:23:25.139 --> 00:23:25.740 time. 00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.419 There's no 00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:28.039 more need 00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.819 for sacrifice. 00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:29.539 There's no 00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.359 more need 00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.240 because it 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.960 is finished. 00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.079 It is 00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.539 finished 00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.659 because in 00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:35.099 the death 00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.699 of Christ 00:23:35.699 --> 00:23:36.939 we find 00:23:36.939 --> 00:23:38.179 the love 00:23:38.179 --> 00:23:38.679 of God 00:23:38.679 --> 00:23:39.539 but we 00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.119 find it 00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:41.319 in being 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:41.939 met 00:23:41.939 --> 00:23:42.939 with the 00:23:42.939 --> 00:23:43.459 wrath of 00:23:43.459 --> 00:23:43.839 God 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.480 against 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:44.879 sinners. 00:23:46.199 --> 00:23:46.859 There's 00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.759 pardon for 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.179 sin, 00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.159 not for 00:23:49.159 --> 00:23:50.199 brokenness, 00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:52.159 not for 00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:52.659 anything 00:23:52.659 --> 00:23:53.319 less, 00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:56.359 but full 00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.439 on rebellion 00:23:57.439 --> 00:23:58.159 against 00:23:58.159 --> 00:23:58.839 authority. 00:23:59.199 --> 00:24:00.179 Not authority 00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:01.000 of that day, 00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.379 not authority 00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:03.140 of the highest 00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.560 kind, 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.440 but authority 00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:04.820 of the 00:24:04.820 --> 00:24:05.260 ultimate 00:24:05.260 --> 00:24:05.880 kind of 00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:06.280 all 00:24:06.280 --> 00:24:06.800 eternity. 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.240 It's that 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.700 kind of 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.140 rebellion. 00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.420 And in 00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.940 that, 00:24:11.320 --> 00:24:11.920 the pardon 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:13.160 is extremely 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.720 great. 00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:14.600 For the 00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.340 creator 00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:16.640 has now 00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.400 become the 00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.980 redeemer. 00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.660 We talk 00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.580 often of 00:24:20.580 --> 00:24:21.920 Christ-centered 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.600 Christianity, 00:24:22.820 --> 00:24:23.260 and that's a 00:24:23.260 --> 00:24:23.760 good thing. 00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:24.880 But there's 00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.820 nothing less 00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:26.420 than that. 00:24:26.760 --> 00:24:27.320 In fact, 00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:27.800 it's more 00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:28.780 cross-centered. 00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.759 It's 00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.740 leading all 00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.200 to this 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.599 moment, 00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.539 because this 00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.220 is the 00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.599 heart of 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.099 the gospel. 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.700 The gospel 00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.099 doesn't 00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:36.240 happen unless 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.740 we have 00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.160 the death 00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.680 of Christ 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.399 for sinners. 00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:42.039 Because in 00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.359 this, 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.899 the Son 00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.559 lays down 00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.279 his life 00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:45.819 for sinners 00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.660 and turns 00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.220 away the 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.720 wrath of 00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.019 God, 00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:50.899 so that 00:24:50.899 --> 00:24:51.599 we might 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.259 have life. 00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:54.180 And in 00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.539 that, 00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.139 John will 00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:55.839 write later, 00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:57.160 that in 00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.660 that, 00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.420 that is 00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:58.900 a picture 00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.800 of love. 00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:00.740 And so 00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.320 that's why 00:25:01.320 --> 00:25:02.019 we can talk 00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.560 about this 00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:03.140 gruesome 00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.600 event, 00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:05.380 this injustice, 00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.940 and speak 00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.860 of it fondly, 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.840 for it has 00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:09.519 purchased 00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.519 pardon. 00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:12.340 And how 00:25:12.340 --> 00:25:12.980 do we know 00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:15.259 it worked? 00:25:16.040 --> 00:25:17.160 Because three 00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.940 days later, 00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:18.860 we get our 00:25:18.860 --> 00:25:19.340 confirmation. 00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:22.320 So, 00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.400 this evening, 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.400 and for all 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:25.800 time, 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:27.180 slide not 00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.880 into hell, 00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.299 but instead, 00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.460 remember that 00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:30.779 you are 00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.360 carried, 00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.259 and you 00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.920 are marched 00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.580 down the 00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:34.980 road to 00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.500 glory, 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.920 not by 00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.400 you, 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.340 but by the 00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:38.799 blood, 00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:39.900 suffering, 00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:40.799 and death 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.460 of Christ. 00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:43.180 That is what 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.960 carries you. 00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.560 May we 00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:45.320 delight in 00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:45.960 his glory, 00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.100 and may 00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:49.220 we see 00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.920 the real 00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.880 purposeful 00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.720 death of 00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.120 Jesus, 00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.799 and worship 00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.599 the king, 00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.680 so that 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.279 we may 00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.720 know the 00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.379 love of 00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:57.700 God. 00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.559 Let's pray. 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.200 Lord, 00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.399 we're 00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:02.119 thankful this 00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.799 evening for 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.379 the reflection 00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:04.659 upon 00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:05.759 Christ's 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.019 death. 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.940 May you 00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.519 work in 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.220 our hearts 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:10.279 to remind 00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.039 us of this, 00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:12.279 to carry it 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.039 forward with 00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.460 us, 00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.339 and Father, 00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:14.839 may we 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.779 worship you, 00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.059 and may we 00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:18.079 rejoice at 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.859 his sacrifice. 00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:20.159 We ask this 00:26:20.159 --> 00:26:20.720 in Christ's 00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:20.919 name. 00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.380 Amen.