WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.160 If you would open up your Bibles to the Gospel of Mark, Mark 15, it's on page 1013 of your Pew Bible. 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:20.679 You know, in just a few days, many of us will be sitting down for a Thanksgiving meal. 00:00:21.980 --> 00:00:28.440 And let's just pretend the host of that Thanksgiving meal, as the meal gets underway, asks this question. 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:32.479 What are you thankful for? 00:00:34.100 --> 00:00:42.039 Now, I'm guessing that what comes right to your mind is probably, I am thankful for my family. 00:00:43.460 --> 00:00:46.140 I'm thankful for my spouse, my children, grandchildren. 00:00:47.019 --> 00:00:54.780 I mean, in our congregation, we have some young couples who just got married, and we have some young couples who are about to be married. 00:00:54.879 --> 00:00:56.320 That's things to be thankful for. 00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:03.399 But what happens if you don't have family to be thankful for? 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:09.019 Maybe you think of health, you just got through a health scare. 00:01:09.019 --> 00:01:13.079 You're on the other side of it, or making progress. 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:14.500 You're thankful for that. 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:23.780 But what happens if you don't have anything to be thankful for, in terms of your health? 00:01:25.759 --> 00:01:31.920 A job-related, something to be thankful for, a new job, a promotion, a bonus on the way. 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:34.359 You're just thankful to have a job. 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:36.620 But if you don't have a job? 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:44.420 If you're a Christian, this Thursday, you're going to have an opportunity to give thanks. 00:01:44.420 --> 00:01:56.680 Can I just encourage you on the outset of the sermon, you have something to share, a thanksgiving to give, that is of most importance. 00:01:57.060 --> 00:02:00.799 And it's got everything to do with the person and work of Jesus Christ. 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:04.620 It's more important than family. 00:02:04.820 --> 00:02:06.159 It's more important than health. 00:02:06.340 --> 00:02:08.020 It's more important than jobs. 00:02:08.020 --> 00:02:11.060 And you can give thanks at any time. 00:02:13.300 --> 00:02:15.880 We've reached the climax of the Gospel of Mark. 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:20.860 And Mark has been repeatedly showing us how extraordinary Jesus is. 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:21.840 I mean, just think about it. 00:02:21.860 --> 00:02:25.980 At His baptism, in chapter 1, the heavens open up. 00:02:26.160 --> 00:02:29.520 God the Father says, this is my beloved Son with whom I'm well pleased. 00:02:29.820 --> 00:02:30.680 Who is this guy? 00:02:31.460 --> 00:02:33.879 That God speaks of him like that. 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:37.840 We've seen multiple demons. 00:02:38.020 --> 00:02:41.140 Jesus confess him as the Son of God and then He says, silence. 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:42.900 Who does that? 00:02:45.939 --> 00:02:48.280 Jesus forgives the sins of a paralytic. 00:02:48.460 --> 00:02:51.480 Only God can forgive sins. 00:02:52.820 --> 00:02:53.960 Who's this guy? 00:02:54.379 --> 00:02:55.460 Mark 4 and 5. 00:02:55.920 --> 00:03:04.460 Jesus exercises authority over the deeps, over the demons, over the disease, and over the death of a 12-year-old girl whose father's name is Jairus. 00:03:04.460 --> 00:03:05.460 He's transfigured. 00:03:07.920 --> 00:03:08.360 Extraordinary. 00:03:09.740 --> 00:03:10.780 He feeds the 5,000. 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:11.960 He feeds the 4,000. 00:03:12.200 --> 00:03:13.520 He's transfigured. 00:03:14.500 --> 00:03:15.580 Who is this guy? 00:03:17.300 --> 00:03:22.240 Today in Mark 15, 1-39, we're going to see Jesus breathe His last on the cross. 00:03:22.580 --> 00:03:24.200 And we're going to hear a confession. 00:03:25.540 --> 00:03:27.420 A surprising confession. 00:03:27.419 --> 00:03:33.679 Truly, this man was the Son of God. 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:38.759 Who is this guy? 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:47.739 By the end of the sermon, I'm hoping that you all have a compelling reason to give thanks this Thanksgiving. 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:55.359 Mark 15, 1-39 has a number of scenes with Jesus dying on the cross as the climax. 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:58.199 And here's what I want you to see. 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:05.519 Behold your crucified King, the Son of God, your salvation. 00:04:06.739 --> 00:04:07.379 Behold Him. 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:14.859 Behold your crucified King, the Son of God, your salvation, and give thanks. 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:21.699 Okay, if we look at scene 1, it has to do with Pilate, chapter 15, 1-5. 00:04:21.779 --> 00:04:22.360 Let me read it. 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:28.280 And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. 00:04:29.400 --> 00:04:32.379 And they bound Jesus and led Him away and delivered Him over to Pilate. 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:34.699 And Pilate asked Him, Are you the King of the Jews? 00:04:34.819 --> 00:04:36.560 And He answered Him, You have said so. 00:04:37.620 --> 00:04:39.720 And the chief priests accused Him of many things. 00:04:39.819 --> 00:04:42.360 And Pilate again asked Him, Have you no answer to make? 00:04:42.500 --> 00:04:45.240 See how many charges they bring against you? 00:04:45.340 --> 00:04:49.120 But Jesus made no further answer so that Pilate was amazed. 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:57.639 The Sanhedrin, the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes, 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:02.680 had no authority in the first century region they were in to execute anybody. 00:05:03.780 --> 00:05:08.720 So they consulted and they brought Jesus, because they've just condemned Him to death, to Pilate. 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:13.920 Because Pilate, the Roman governor of the region, does have the authority to execute Jesus. 00:05:14.780 --> 00:05:16.780 This is outside Pilate's palace. 00:05:16.779 --> 00:05:21.039 It's early on that first Good Friday morning. 00:05:22.159 --> 00:05:24.899 First thing that Pilate says is, Are you the King of the Jews? 00:05:25.019 --> 00:05:25.459 To Jesus. 00:05:25.559 --> 00:05:26.379 That's really interesting. 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:29.699 He must have already heard some of the accusations being made. 00:05:31.899 --> 00:05:34.659 Jesus says, You have said so. 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:36.500 Which is a very interesting answer. 00:05:36.599 --> 00:05:37.259 Non-committal. 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:39.500 It's neither yes or no. 00:05:39.500 --> 00:05:42.360 I'm guessing that made Pilate a little uncomfortable. 00:05:44.420 --> 00:05:49.860 We learn in verse 3 that the chief priests are making many accusations of Jesus. 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:53.279 Surely they are saying, He has blasphemed. 00:05:53.379 --> 00:05:54.680 He's claimed to be God. 00:05:56.480 --> 00:05:58.100 And the consequence is death. 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:03.079 They're pushing for execution by crucifixion. 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:08.779 Jesus must not have said anything. 00:06:11.219 --> 00:06:14.339 Because, look what Pilate asks in verse 4. 00:06:14.719 --> 00:06:15.719 Have you no answer to make? 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:17.860 See how many charges they bring against you? 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:19.879 Essentially what Pilate is saying is, 00:06:20.819 --> 00:06:28.419 You do realize that they're making a case to me against you so that I kill you. 00:06:28.420 --> 00:06:32.220 You do understand the weight of these things. 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:36.620 Jesus responds in silence to him. 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:38.960 It's Isaiah 53.7 playing out again. 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:42.700 He is a lamb being led to the slaughter. 00:06:43.020 --> 00:06:46.300 And he's silent before those who will kill him. 00:06:48.420 --> 00:06:49.280 Pilate's amazed. 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:53.560 He's not amazed that Jesus is the Son of God and bows down and gives thanks. 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:54.939 Not that kind of amazement. 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:57.819 He's amazed that Jesus isn't making a defense. 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:03.340 He's amazed that Jesus seemingly is allowing himself to be condemned. 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:07.800 The thing I want you to notice is twofold. 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:10.280 This is a step towards the cross. 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:13.819 And second, did you see the title? 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:18.960 Are you the King of the Jews? 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:24.240 We're going to see that title show up multiple times in this passage. 00:07:24.500 --> 00:07:25.120 It's for a reason. 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:26.699 Second scene. 00:07:26.840 --> 00:07:27.300 The crowd. 00:07:27.459 --> 00:07:28.579 In verses 6 through 15. 00:07:30.100 --> 00:07:31.759 Let me just summarize it for you. 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:35.079 Again, we're outside of Pilate's palace. 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:38.920 It's early that first Good Friday morning. 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:42.220 A Jewish crowd arrives. 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:43.720 We see that in verse 8. 00:07:44.460 --> 00:07:47.120 They came and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did. 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:49.400 And that brings us to verse 6. 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:50.259 Here's what's going on. 00:07:50.540 --> 00:07:53.220 Pilate had this great PR gig going on. 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:54.520 Public relations. 00:07:55.100 --> 00:07:59.139 He is a Roman governor occupying a Jewish land. 00:07:59.139 --> 00:08:01.699 And so he, who knew who thought it up? 00:08:01.740 --> 00:08:04.959 But he's like, every year I will go to the Jewish people. 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:08.240 And I will say, who would you like me to release from my prison? 00:08:08.419 --> 00:08:09.899 And he will present them to him. 00:08:09.939 --> 00:08:10.899 It's just great PR. 00:08:12.719 --> 00:08:13.560 So they come. 00:08:13.659 --> 00:08:17.879 They ask him, hey, can we do the kind of prisoner exchange thing? 00:08:18.300 --> 00:08:22.860 And Pilate says in verse 9, 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:25.560 do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews? 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:26.479 Yes. 00:08:29.139 --> 00:08:33.519 And him asking that, he's zinging. 00:08:33.699 --> 00:08:35.879 He's getting under the skin of some people. 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:41.299 He knows the chief priests have delivered up Jesus out of envy. 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:43.379 And envy is evil. 00:08:47.199 --> 00:08:48.580 Those chief priests in verse 11, 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:52.620 they stir up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:54.100 Who's this Barabbas guy? 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:56.319 Look at verse 7. 00:08:56.320 --> 00:09:01.000 Barabbas was a murdering insurrectionist. 00:09:02.680 --> 00:09:05.540 And so what the chief priests are saying, 00:09:05.620 --> 00:09:07.020 hey, okay, everybody, 00:09:08.220 --> 00:09:10.700 request Barabbas, not Jesus. 00:09:11.540 --> 00:09:12.760 It's very ironic 00:09:12.760 --> 00:09:16.340 because Barabbas is a murdering insurrectionist 00:09:16.340 --> 00:09:20.340 and Jesus is an innocent King of the Jews. 00:09:26.019 --> 00:09:27.420 Pilate asks in verse 12, 00:09:27.540 --> 00:09:31.180 well, what should I do with this man you call, 00:09:31.379 --> 00:09:31.860 Zing Zing, 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:34.080 the King of the Jews? 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:37.200 That's the second and third time now we've seen that title. 00:09:37.899 --> 00:09:38.780 What do I do with him? 00:09:41.780 --> 00:09:42.580 Crucify him! 00:09:44.680 --> 00:09:45.560 Yells the crowd. 00:09:46.340 --> 00:09:49.780 Brutal way to die. 00:09:50.460 --> 00:09:51.580 Humiliating way to die. 00:09:52.660 --> 00:09:57.759 It is intentionally horrifying way to die. 00:09:59.940 --> 00:10:01.600 14, Pilate says, 00:10:01.680 --> 00:10:02.879 why, what evil has he done? 00:10:04.639 --> 00:10:06.060 It gets to the innocence 00:10:06.060 --> 00:10:09.120 of this one being called the King of the Jews. 00:10:10.340 --> 00:10:12.480 In contrast to the chief priests 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:13.620 who are envious. 00:10:13.620 --> 00:10:17.100 Why? 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:18.080 What evil has he done? 00:10:18.580 --> 00:10:19.799 And they don't give him a reason. 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:21.460 They just shout all the more, 00:10:21.940 --> 00:10:23.159 crucify him! 00:10:23.980 --> 00:10:25.679 And because he's a consummate politician 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:26.720 who wants to keep his, 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:28.419 you know, contingency happy, 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:30.120 he falls like a cheap suit. 00:10:30.620 --> 00:10:31.860 Wanting to satisfy them. 00:10:32.060 --> 00:10:33.460 He doesn't want them wrathful at him. 00:10:33.740 --> 00:10:34.740 He satisfies them, 00:10:34.940 --> 00:10:37.039 releases the murdering insurrectionist, 00:10:37.620 --> 00:10:39.779 and has Jesus scourged. 00:10:39.779 --> 00:10:42.360 I'll explain that in a little bit. 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:45.539 Another step to the cross, 00:10:46.059 --> 00:10:47.179 and what I want you to see 00:10:47.179 --> 00:10:48.379 are those two titles, 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:50.459 the King of the Jews. 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:52.459 Do you want me to release to you? 00:10:53.139 --> 00:10:54.559 Want me to release you, 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:55.339 the King of the Jews? 00:10:56.339 --> 00:10:58.299 What shall I do with this man 00:10:58.299 --> 00:10:59.600 you call the King of the Jews? 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:02.320 And that brings us to scene three. 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:04.980 Scene three and four 00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:06.920 are both having to do with Roman soldiers, 00:11:07.560 --> 00:11:09.240 but they're having to do in different places. 00:11:10.860 --> 00:11:12.399 Look at scene three. 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:13.800 It's in verses 16 through 20. 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:14.840 Let me read it for you. 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:18.019 And the soldiers led him away inside the palace, 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:19.700 that is, the governor's headquarters, 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:21.600 and they called together the whole battalion. 00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:23.600 And they clothed him in purple cloak, 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:26.560 and twisting together a crown of thorns, 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:27.379 they put it on him, 00:11:27.379 --> 00:11:29.080 and they began to salute him, 00:11:29.279 --> 00:11:30.620 Hail, King of the Jews! 00:11:31.259 --> 00:11:32.820 And they were striking his head with a reed, 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:33.519 and spitting on him, 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:35.059 and kneeling down in homage to him. 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:36.460 And when they had mocked him, 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:38.000 they stripped him of purple cloak, 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:39.759 and put his own clothes on him, 00:11:39.779 --> 00:11:41.820 and they led him out to crucify him. 00:11:43.059 --> 00:11:44.659 Okay, so these are Roman soldiers. 00:11:45.220 --> 00:11:47.939 Jesus has been handed over by Pilate to them 00:11:47.939 --> 00:11:50.460 to get them ready for crucifixion. 00:11:50.539 --> 00:11:51.679 They're going to scourge him. 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:52.919 And what that means is, 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:54.500 there is this whip. 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:56.159 It's called the cat of nine tails. 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:58.480 It's got nine lashes on the back of it. 00:11:58.860 --> 00:12:00.000 And at the end of the lashes, 00:12:00.199 --> 00:12:01.539 there were like bits of bone, 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:02.139 bits of rock, 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:02.879 bits of glass, 00:12:02.980 --> 00:12:03.539 bits of metal. 00:12:03.839 --> 00:12:05.059 And the design is, 00:12:05.259 --> 00:12:07.019 you whip someone, 00:12:07.439 --> 00:12:09.539 and rake it across their back. 00:12:09.719 --> 00:12:12.059 And the design is just to fillet somebody's back. 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:13.039 Just to open it up. 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:14.819 It's horrific. 00:12:17.740 --> 00:12:19.779 And so as part of this mockery, 00:12:21.019 --> 00:12:22.100 certainly that happened. 00:12:22.819 --> 00:12:25.159 We're going to see its effect in just a little bit. 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:27.600 So they're inside the palace, 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:33.419 and they call for an assembly. 00:12:36.100 --> 00:12:37.399 Who's been to a school assembly? 00:12:38.899 --> 00:12:40.559 All the teachers and students come together. 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:41.319 Hoorah, rah! 00:12:44.059 --> 00:12:48.379 These Roman soldiers are calling the battalion of 600 together 00:12:48.379 --> 00:12:51.240 for a mock assembly. 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:54.340 A mocking assembly. 00:12:55.299 --> 00:12:56.120 Look all the mockery. 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:56.639 You ready? 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:00.340 They strip him naked 00:13:00.340 --> 00:13:03.320 and put on him clothes of purple. 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:05.820 It's the color of royalty. 00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:07.740 Do they think he's royal? 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:09.039 No. 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:10.659 This is mockery. 00:13:10.659 --> 00:13:16.059 They crown him with a crown of twisted thorns. 00:13:17.500 --> 00:13:18.699 Press it on his head. 00:13:21.539 --> 00:13:22.639 It's mockery. 00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:24.259 He's climbing. 00:13:24.659 --> 00:13:25.100 They... 00:13:25.100 --> 00:13:25.980 Him a king? 00:13:26.179 --> 00:13:26.379 Huh? 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:27.379 Crown of thorns. 00:13:29.259 --> 00:13:30.439 They salute him, 00:13:30.819 --> 00:13:31.199 shouting, 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:34.419 Hail, King of the Jews! 00:13:34.419 --> 00:13:36.059 Do they mean it? 00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:37.779 Absolutely not. 00:13:38.979 --> 00:13:40.059 This is mockery. 00:13:42.459 --> 00:13:44.079 They strike his head with a reed, 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:45.179 and they spit on him. 00:13:46.699 --> 00:13:49.919 And then they kneel down in homage to them. 00:13:50.079 --> 00:13:51.879 Do you think they really reverence him? 00:13:52.659 --> 00:13:53.120 No. 00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:55.039 They're mocking him. 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:58.740 Who knows how long? 00:14:00.139 --> 00:14:02.199 But what happens in this scene 00:14:02.199 --> 00:14:04.740 is the fulfillment of Mark 10.33 00:14:04.740 --> 00:14:06.179 when Jesus says 00:14:06.179 --> 00:14:08.000 he's going to be handed over to the Gentiles 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:09.019 and they will mock him. 00:14:10.219 --> 00:14:10.860 Spit on him. 00:14:11.099 --> 00:14:12.459 It's exactly what happens here. 00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:13.740 It's right according to plan. 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:16.639 And after all this mockery, 00:14:17.299 --> 00:14:18.639 they strip him again. 00:14:19.599 --> 00:14:21.179 Naked in front of 600. 00:14:22.299 --> 00:14:24.099 And then clothe him back with his garments. 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:26.500 And then they lead him out to crucify him. 00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:28.919 Another step towards the cross. 00:14:29.539 --> 00:14:30.360 Did you see the title? 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:33.759 Hail, King of the Jews! 00:14:36.459 --> 00:14:37.259 Scene 4. 00:14:37.599 --> 00:14:38.779 Another scene with the soldiers. 00:14:39.439 --> 00:14:39.839 Part 2. 00:14:39.939 --> 00:14:41.139 It's in 21 through 26. 00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:44.019 And they compelled a passerby, 00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:45.459 Simon of Cyrene, 00:14:45.579 --> 00:14:47.099 who was coming in from the country, 00:14:47.179 --> 00:14:48.559 the father of Alexander and Rufus, 00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:49.480 to carry his cross. 00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:51.740 And they brought him to the place called Golgotha, 00:14:51.819 --> 00:14:53.079 which means place of a skull. 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:55.860 And they offered him the wine mixed with myrrh, 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:56.920 but he did not take it. 00:14:57.100 --> 00:14:58.060 And they crucified him 00:14:58.060 --> 00:14:59.700 and divided his garments among them, 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:01.060 casting lots for them 00:15:01.060 --> 00:15:03.160 to decide which each should take. 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:04.580 And it was the third hour 00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:05.660 when they crucified him. 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:08.580 And the inscription of the charge against him read, 00:15:09.860 --> 00:15:10.840 The King of the Jews. 00:15:12.020 --> 00:15:15.060 So these soldiers are now on their way out 00:15:15.060 --> 00:15:16.400 to Golgotha. 00:15:16.900 --> 00:15:19.120 We also call that Calvary. 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:25.440 And what's going on here is 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:30.100 they're bringing him to be crucified. 00:15:32.560 --> 00:15:33.580 Now did you notice 00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:35.740 they commandeer Simon of Cyrene 00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:37.919 who's coming in from the outskirts 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:39.039 minding his own business 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:42.440 and they force him to carry Jesus' cross. 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:44.779 Do you wonder why? 00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:48.179 Why would they need someone 00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:49.199 to carry Jesus' cross? 00:15:49.319 --> 00:15:49.879 It's because 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:53.659 Jesus is physically incapacitated. 00:15:54.299 --> 00:15:56.179 He's at the end of his rope physically. 00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:58.759 He is barely able to walk himself. 00:15:58.899 --> 00:15:59.740 He's been scourged. 00:15:59.819 --> 00:16:00.480 He's been beaten. 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:03.620 This has been the longest all-nighter ever. 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:05.959 He is just at the end of his rope. 00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:07.819 He's not going to be able to carry his cross. 00:16:08.339 --> 00:16:09.100 So they say, 00:16:09.199 --> 00:16:10.039 Hey, Simon, come. 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:11.819 You bring it to Golgotha. 00:16:11.820 --> 00:16:14.560 Now there's two things about this 00:16:14.560 --> 00:16:15.140 you need to know. 00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:18.780 The first one is this. 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:23.400 It's... 00:16:23.400 --> 00:16:27.040 Jesus is a bloody mess. 00:16:29.460 --> 00:16:31.800 He can't bear the weight of a cross. 00:16:33.540 --> 00:16:35.200 And then you're left asking, 00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:36.940 Wait, Simon, Simon, that rings a bell. 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:39.200 Where's Simon Peter? 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:39.320 Here. 00:16:41.180 --> 00:16:42.840 And it reminds you that he's been abandoned. 00:16:46.900 --> 00:16:48.440 They bring him to Calvary. 00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:50.940 Golgotha. 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:52.500 Mark translates it. 00:16:52.560 --> 00:16:53.640 It's the place of a skull. 00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:55.759 It would be like when you see a pirate ship 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:58.040 and you see the cross and skull bones 00:16:58.040 --> 00:17:00.379 or the skull and cross bones. 00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:03.200 And it's like floating death. 00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:06.460 When you would hear Golgotha, 00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:09.240 you would think death place 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:11.079 where people die. 00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:14.600 Where Jesus will die. 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:17.940 They offer him mixed wine with myrrh. 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:19.079 It was a narcotic. 00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:21.680 It was designed to take the edge off the pain. 00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:22.620 He refuses it. 00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:25.720 He wants to have all of his faculties about him. 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:26.940 In verse 24, 00:17:27.360 --> 00:17:28.660 as a matter of fact, 00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:31.200 Mark records they crucified him. 00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:33.420 They don't go into the details. 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:34.759 We know from the other gospels 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:36.039 they nailed him to a cross. 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:40.440 What we're shown is 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:41.819 the dividing of the garments. 00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:44.079 Also in verse 24. 00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:45.759 And that is an allusion 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:48.680 to Psalm 22. 00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:51.700 This is the first of three in this passage. 00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:54.140 In Psalm 22.18, 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:55.240 we read, 00:17:55.339 --> 00:17:56.740 They divide my garments among them 00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:59.059 and for my clothing they cast lots. 00:18:00.140 --> 00:18:02.019 This is right according to plan, gang. 00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:04.660 This is God's will being carried out. 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:08.379 In verse 26, 00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:10.400 we read of a plate 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:12.200 that they inscribe with a title, 00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:14.259 nail it to the cross above its head, 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.940 the King of the Jews. 00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:20.400 That's the fifth time 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:22.200 we've seen this title. 00:18:23.259 --> 00:18:24.619 And then we're given a time stamp 00:18:24.619 --> 00:18:25.519 in verse 25. 00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:28.859 Time stamps are important 00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:30.140 in your Bible 00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:32.420 because they start to slow the story down. 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:34.279 It starts to kind of raise 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:35.640 the tension a little bit. 00:18:36.320 --> 00:18:38.340 And the time stamp is 00:18:38.340 --> 00:18:40.240 the sixth hour, 00:18:42.800 --> 00:18:45.240 which is 9 a.m. 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:49.160 And so what I want you to see 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:49.820 is that 00:18:49.820 --> 00:18:51.620 Jesus is now 00:18:51.620 --> 00:18:53.259 nailed to the cross 00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:56.580 and the horizontal beam of the cross 00:18:56.580 --> 00:18:58.060 has been dropped into a hole 00:18:58.060 --> 00:19:00.120 on the top of Calvary 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:03.699 and up on top 00:19:03.699 --> 00:19:04.439 is inscribed 00:19:04.439 --> 00:19:05.500 the King of the Jews. 00:19:06.159 --> 00:19:07.179 There's that title again. 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.979 And now we come to scene 00:19:09.979 --> 00:19:11.839 scene 5. 00:19:17.859 --> 00:19:18.739 Scene 5 00:19:18.739 --> 00:19:19.619 is we're introduced 00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:21.639 to three groups of spectators. 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.939 Let me read it 00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:24.920 and you will see them. 00:19:27.360 --> 00:19:27.880 And with them 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:29.059 they crucify two robbers, 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.960 one on his right 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:31.000 and one on his left. 00:19:31.100 --> 00:19:32.299 And those who passed by 00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:32.920 derided him, 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.720 wagging their heads 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.140 and saying, 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.460 Aha! 00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:36.100 You who would destroy the temple 00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:37.240 and rebuild it in three days, 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:38.019 save yourself 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:39.360 and come down from the cross. 00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:41.759 So also the chief priests 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.799 with the scribes 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:44.000 mocked him to one another 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.340 saying, 00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.400 He saved others. 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:46.519 He cannot save himself. 00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:47.480 Let the 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.120 quote-unquote 00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:49.019 Christ, 00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:50.080 the King of Israel, 00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.220 come down now 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:52.160 from the cross. 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:53.640 that we may see 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:54.320 and believe. 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.640 Those who were crucified 00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:58.120 with him 00:19:58.120 --> 00:19:59.759 also reviled him. 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:02.420 This was a 00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:03.800 reviling group 00:20:03.800 --> 00:20:04.600 of spectators. 00:20:05.580 --> 00:20:07.200 We were at Calvary. 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.040 It's now 00:20:08.040 --> 00:20:09.160 just after 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:10.440 9 a.m. 00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:12.240 And the first group 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:13.380 are these robbers. 00:20:14.060 --> 00:20:15.880 Verses 27 and 32. 00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:17.640 They are reviling him. 00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.920 We know from Luke 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:20.019 that they are saying, 00:20:20.320 --> 00:20:21.500 If you are the Christ, 00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:23.039 save yourself 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:24.079 and us. 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:26.000 We know one of them 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:27.119 is going to change his mind. 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.900 But there's two things 00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.359 you need to know 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:31.140 about those robbers. 00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:34.920 The first one is this. 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:37.259 One's on the left, 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:37.980 one's on the right. 00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:40.480 That should ring a bell. 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:42.440 Because if you flip back 00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.680 to Mark chapter 10, 00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:47.200 Jesus is pulled aside 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:50.200 by James and John, 00:20:50.320 --> 00:20:51.519 the sons of Zebedee, 00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:53.500 and they ask him, 00:20:53.840 --> 00:20:55.140 grant us to sit, 00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.900 one at your right hand 00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:58.360 and one at your left, 00:20:58.820 --> 00:20:59.759 in your glory. 00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.400 Here is Jesus 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:04.840 in his glory 00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:07.420 on the cross. 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:10.160 And neither are there. 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.440 Amen. 00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:16.539 What also is going on here 00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.960 is Isaiah 53, 12. 00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.480 It's the suffering servant 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.360 is to be numbered 00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:22.019 with the transgressors. 00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:23.500 And he has been numbered 00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:24.720 with two robbers 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.820 on either side of him. 00:21:25.840 --> 00:21:27.140 Which means this is 00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:28.080 all according to plan. 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.840 We go from verse 27 00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.700 to verse 29. 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.799 And if you notice 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.360 in your Bibles, 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:36.259 there's no 28. 00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:36.759 And you're like, 00:21:36.840 --> 00:21:37.080 what? 00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:38.080 What's going on? 00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:40.399 There's nothing to fear. 00:21:42.179 --> 00:21:43.460 What is happening there 00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.679 is verse 28 00:21:44.679 --> 00:21:45.740 was believed to be 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:47.279 put in by scribes. 00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:48.519 It's not in the earliest, 00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:49.799 most reliable manuscripts. 00:21:50.939 --> 00:21:51.799 In verse 28, 00:21:52.639 --> 00:21:53.279 that showed up 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:54.519 in later manuscripts, 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.859 just simply said 00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.879 that this is the fulfillment 00:21:56.879 --> 00:21:58.240 of Isaiah 53, 12. 00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:01.539 But in verse 29, 00:22:01.679 --> 00:22:02.419 we're introduced 00:22:02.419 --> 00:22:03.480 to the second group 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.480 of people, 00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.319 of spectators, 00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.299 passerbys, 00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:08.039 and the deriding Jesus. 00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:09.019 Look what they're doing. 00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:11.039 They're wagging their heads. 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.059 And those who pass by 00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:12.579 derided him, 00:22:12.659 --> 00:22:13.180 wagging their heads. 00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.119 If you flip back, 00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:16.359 if you're just in Psalm 22, 00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.519 it's on page 540. 00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:20.259 This is the second allusion 00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.940 to Psalm 22, 00:22:22.159 --> 00:22:22.700 verse 7. 00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:24.159 All who see me, 00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.819 mock me. 00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:27.119 They make mouths at me. 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:30.059 They wag their heads. 00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:32.240 It's all according to plan. 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.779 Psalm 22 is about 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:37.779 an innocent man 00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.799 who suffers 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:40.460 and then is vindicated 00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:42.139 by God. 00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:45.720 Well, they're saying something. 00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.960 They're saying something 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:49.200 with an earshot of Jesus. 00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.299 They're saying, 00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.180 uh-huh, see? 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:51.960 See? 00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:53.500 You who would destroy 00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:53.980 the temple 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.680 and rebuild it 00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.259 in three days? 00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:57.019 It's what he was accused of 00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.759 in chapter 14. 00:22:58.899 --> 00:23:00.200 They have no idea 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:01.440 what they're talking about. 00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:03.319 Because Jesus was referring 00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:05.379 to his body 00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:07.500 being raised 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.279 on the third day. 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:12.259 They totally miss it. 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.799 They see, 00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:13.819 but they don't perceive. 00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:20.359 They're kind of like saying this, 00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:21.359 hey, if you're all that, 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:21.740 like, 00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:23.559 if you were able to do that, 00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:25.159 save yourself, buddy. 00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:26.720 Come down from the cross. 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:31.400 And they're missing it all 00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:32.019 because 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:35.339 he's not going to come down 00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.059 from the cross. 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.839 He's not trying 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.680 to save himself. 00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:41.339 He's at the cross 00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:43.100 and will remain on the cross 00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:44.920 not to save himself 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:46.779 but to save others. 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.039 Totally missing it. 00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.940 He's on the cross 00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:54.220 as a ransom for many. 00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:57.799 In 31 and 32, 00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.839 the chief priests 00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.860 get in the mocking. 00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.000 They're mocking him 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.600 to one another. 00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.860 It's almost 00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:05.220 self-congratulatory. 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:05.980 It's like, 00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.920 you don't mess 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.880 with a Sanhedrin. 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.400 If you mess 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.140 with a Sanhedrin, 00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:10.180 that's what happens. 00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:14.019 He saved others. 00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:15.299 He cannot save himself. 00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:17.420 We know otherwise. 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:20.259 He cannot save himself. 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.579 If he wanted to, 00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.680 he could call upon 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:26.060 legions of angels 00:24:26.060 --> 00:24:28.080 to come and deliver him. 00:24:29.320 --> 00:24:30.440 But he doesn't 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:34.580 because he's unwilling 00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:36.340 to come down 00:24:36.340 --> 00:24:37.060 from the cross. 00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:39.279 Out of love, 00:24:39.580 --> 00:24:40.799 he has gone to the cross. 00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.580 Out of obedience 00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:42.580 to his Father's will, 00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.820 he's on the cross 00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:47.460 because he's giving himself 00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:49.519 as a ransom for many. 00:24:49.840 --> 00:24:51.200 Not to save himself 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:53.539 but to save others. 00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:57.380 What they say 00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:59.200 contains the sixth reference 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.180 to king. 00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.700 Let the quote-unquote 00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.360 Christ, 00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:05.680 the king of Israel, 00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.900 these are Jews speaking, 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.779 so they're not saying 00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.500 king of the Jews, 00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:08.880 they're saying 00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.660 king of Israel, 00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:11.480 come now now 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.240 from the cross 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:13.120 that we may see 00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:13.720 and believe. 00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:15.539 Again, 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:18.480 the irony is so thick 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:21.440 that they're calling him 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.339 Christ, 00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.660 king of Israel 00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.559 but they obviously 00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.740 do not believe that. 00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.980 And they're saying 00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:29.120 if you would come down, 00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.960 we'll believe. 00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.940 But he's not going 00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.420 to come down. 00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.579 The king 00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:38.100 is not coming down. 00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:40.939 The king is going 00:25:40.939 --> 00:25:41.799 to stay on the cross 00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.899 and breathe his last. 00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.980 Not to save himself 00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:45.219 but to save us. 00:25:48.439 --> 00:25:50.279 They do not see it. 00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.219 Now, 00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:54.359 if they did see it 00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:55.259 and believed, 00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:59.240 they didn't. 00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.299 They didn't. 00:26:01.939 --> 00:26:03.159 They are looking 00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:06.660 at God's salvation 00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:09.680 and they don't 00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.680 see it. 00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:13.960 So, 00:26:14.080 --> 00:26:14.540 all of these 00:26:14.540 --> 00:26:15.259 spectators 00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:17.400 are deriding Jesus 00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.920 while he's on the cross. 00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:23.200 And there's that title, 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.400 the king of Israel, 00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.240 the Christ. 00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.320 And now, 00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.440 we've come to the climax. 00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:32.960 Scene six. 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:35.540 The crucified 00:26:35.540 --> 00:26:36.279 son of God. 00:26:37.300 --> 00:26:38.320 We've seen Pilate, 00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:39.740 crowds, 00:26:40.540 --> 00:26:41.000 soldiers, 00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.480 spectators, 00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.940 all interacting 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:45.660 with this Jesus, 00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:47.120 all calling him 00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:48.200 the king of the Jews. 00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:51.259 But they don't see him 00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.880 for who he is. 00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.920 We've got another 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.600 time stamp 00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.460 in verse 33. 00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.540 And when the sixth 00:26:57.540 --> 00:26:58.440 hour had come, 00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.380 there were darkness 00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:00.540 over the whole land 00:27:00.540 --> 00:27:01.660 until the ninth hour. 00:27:01.800 --> 00:27:01.980 So, 00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:03.420 the sixth hour, 00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.319 well, 00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:05.759 that's noon. 00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:07.259 The ninth hour 00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.640 is 3 p.m. 00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:10.120 What's all this darkness? 00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:13.339 This is God 00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.120 showing up 00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:15.240 in a particular way. 00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.440 It's like 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.500 when God, 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.720 the plague of darkness 00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:22.360 on Egypt 00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:23.319 of judgment. 00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.299 This darkness 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.200 is God's judgment. 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.759 It's just 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:29.039 judgment. 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:31.180 gathering 00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:32.720 over 00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.680 Jesus, 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.920 filling the whole 00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.839 land with darkness. 00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:41.759 All of God's wrath 00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.819 is being gathered here 00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.720 to be poured out. 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.519 Do you know 00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.059 on whom? 00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.379 The one on the cross. 00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:52.759 Do you know who for? 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:55.920 For all who would believe. 00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.220 Verse 34, 00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:00.619 we have another time stamp. 00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:02.200 And at the ninth hour, 00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:03.099 Jesus cried 00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:04.079 with a loud voice. 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.240 Again, 00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:06.700 so at 3 p.m., 00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.940 Jesus cries out. 00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.200 Now, 00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.099 Jesus, 00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.240 Mark has recorded 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.859 Jesus saying nothing 00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:13.599 since he was with Pilate. 00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.079 And he said, 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.259 you say so. 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.259 Jesus has said nothing. 00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:18.839 He's been like 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.759 a sheep 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:21.180 before being led 00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.720 to a slaughter. 00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.640 And here we have it. 00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:26.240 Jesus from the cross. 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.279 This high point 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.920 in the book, 00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.859 3 p.m. 00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.700 on that first 00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.339 Good Friday. 00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.400 And Mark 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.680 records what Jesus 00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.480 says 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.460 in the original 00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.079 language, 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.819 in Aramaic. 00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:40.220 And it's to 00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.740 emphasize 00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:42.619 what he said. 00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.859 It's to sear 00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:45.019 in your mind 00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.799 what Jesus 00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:47.099 actually said 00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:48.220 at this moment 00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:49.299 from the cross. 00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:51.259 Eloi, Eloi, 00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:52.779 lame sebechtani. 00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:56.480 And then he translates it. 00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:56.859 He says, 00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.619 my God, my God, 00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.660 why have you forsaken me? 00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.599 From the cross, 00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:02.339 darkness gathered, 00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.639 nailed, 00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.920 the King of the Jews 00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:07.259 above his head. 00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.740 This is the 00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.759 third 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.759 reference 00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.480 to Psalm 22. 00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.500 It's actually 00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.400 verse 1 00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.620 of Psalm 22. 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.099 My God, my God, 00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:20.480 why have you forsaken me? 00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:23.220 It's all according 00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.700 to plan. 00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.660 It was the will 00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.779 of the Lord 00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:29.620 to crush Him. 00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:34.740 It's the word forsake. 00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.940 My God, my God, 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.680 why have you forsaken me? 00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:44.120 Jesus is experiencing 00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:45.660 something at this moment 00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.840 that all of us, 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:48.539 all of us need to understand. 00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:52.180 Jesus is experiencing 00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.160 at this moment 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:54.960 the wrath of God 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:57.360 for all sin 00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:59.160 of all who would believe. 00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.220 He's experiencing 00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.920 all of God's wrath 00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:03.580 for all of your sin, 00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:05.360 for all of my sin. 00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.740 He's experiencing 00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:09.539 that in full 00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.839 on the cross. 00:30:11.219 --> 00:30:11.779 My God, 00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.659 my God, 00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:14.219 why have you forsaken me? 00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:15.439 It registers 00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:17.059 as forsakenness. 00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.539 And He grabs hold 00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:22.000 of Psalm 22.1 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.159 to express it. 00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:27.779 This is the only time 00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:30.119 in the eternal existence 00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:31.000 of the Trinity 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:33.140 in which the Father 00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:34.480 was wrathful 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.299 towards the Son. 00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.319 Unbelievable. 00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.500 My God, my God, 00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.460 why have you forsaken me? 00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:43.500 We know the answer. 00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.700 Jesus, 00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:50.000 the second person 00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.619 of the Trinity, 00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.619 the Son of God, 00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:53.319 willingly bore God's wrath. 00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.779 He was forsaken 00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:58.759 so that we would be forgiven. 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:02.339 All of God's wrath 00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:03.539 for your sin and mine 00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:05.119 poured out on Jesus 00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:07.039 on that afternoon. 00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:11.019 In verses 35 and 36, 00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:13.079 there are more bystanders 00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:15.400 kind of there listening. 00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.640 They hear Jesus say, 00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.559 Eloi, Eloi, 00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.220 and they think 00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.380 it's Elijah, Elijah. 00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:21.259 They think He's calling Elijah. 00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.539 Totally misses it. 00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:24.279 They have eyes 00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:25.500 that do not perceive. 00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.559 They have ears 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:28.180 that do not understand. 00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:28.920 Blessed, 00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.920 they turn 00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:31.100 and be forgiven. 00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:32.740 Isaiah 6, 9. 00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:44.660 They do not understand 00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:48.120 that immediately before Him 00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:50.180 is salvation 00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:51.900 being accomplished 00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:54.720 by the Son of God. 00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:57.039 Verse 7, 00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:58.779 Jesus utters a loud cry. 00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:00.559 The Gospel of John 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.779 records it as, 00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.920 it is finished. 00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.819 Payment made. 00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:08.399 He breathes last. 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.599 And He dies. 00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:12.059 And so in verse 37, 00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.159 Jesus is dead 00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:14.059 on the cross. 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.720 On the Passover. 00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:17.619 The greatest sacrifice 00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.920 ever made 00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:20.599 for human sin. 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:24.279 And what happens 00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:26.000 in verse 38 and 39 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:29.059 are two immediate results. 00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:32.359 Jesus breathes His last 00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:33.740 and then something happens 00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.359 to a curtain 00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:35.240 and then someone 00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.099 makes a confession. 00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:39.219 In verse 38, 00:32:40.699 --> 00:32:41.659 the curtain in the temple 00:32:41.659 --> 00:32:42.500 is torn in two. 00:32:42.719 --> 00:32:44.000 The curtain in the temple, 00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.899 there's actually two. 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.679 They separated sinful people 00:32:46.679 --> 00:32:47.480 from being in the presence 00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.319 of a holy God. 00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:50.639 He breathes His last 00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.759 and the curtain 00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:53.279 is rend in two. 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.419 Torn apart. 00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.819 And what it's a picture of 00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:58.059 is God has made 00:32:58.059 --> 00:33:00.119 access available 00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:01.759 to all sinners 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:03.740 through the death of Jesus. 00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:08.740 Salvation accomplished. 00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.639 Did you notice 00:33:10.639 --> 00:33:11.460 it was from the top 00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:11.960 to the bottom? 00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:15.480 This is God's doing. 00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.399 Not our doing. 00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:18.740 God has made a way. 00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:22.100 The second result 00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:23.280 is in verse 39. 00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:28.200 Standing across 00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.880 from Jesus, 00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.540 watching Him 00:33:31.540 --> 00:33:33.160 suffer 00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:35.900 is a Roman centurion. 00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:38.120 Most likely a Gentile. 00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:40.000 Most likely an officer. 00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.420 He is charged 00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:42.540 over the kill squad. 00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:47.139 In verse 39, 00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.019 we read, 00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.940 and when the centurion 00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.859 who stood facing Him 00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:52.299 saw that in this way 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.480 He breathed His last, 00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:54.019 He said, 00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:56.399 truly this man 00:33:56.399 --> 00:33:57.519 was the Son of God. 00:33:57.899 --> 00:33:59.500 And He means everything 00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.019 by that. 00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.559 Truly this man 00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:04.139 is the I Am. 00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:05.299 Truly this man 00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:06.920 is God in the flesh 00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:08.699 dying for humanity. 00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:10.059 truly, 00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.059 surely 00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:12.279 this man 00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:13.639 was the Son of God. 00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.699 Of all the human beings 00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.639 that we've seen, 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:20.259 of all the human beings 00:34:20.259 --> 00:34:20.659 we've seen 00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.679 in the Gospel of Mark, 00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:23.619 all the chief priests, 00:34:23.919 --> 00:34:24.839 all the disciples, 00:34:25.379 --> 00:34:26.439 everyone healed, 00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.419 everyone raised 00:34:27.419 --> 00:34:27.960 from the dead, 00:34:28.339 --> 00:34:29.319 there is only 00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:31.319 one human being 00:34:31.319 --> 00:34:32.480 that confesses 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.259 Jesus to be 00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:34.439 the Son of God. 00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:37.000 Surprise, surprise. 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:39.599 it's one of the Romans 00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.119 who killed Him. 00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.659 In His death, 00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.539 in His glory, 00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:48.519 He's revealed 00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.539 as the Son of God. 00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:54.199 What's the point? 00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.940 What's the point 00:34:57.940 --> 00:35:00.960 of Mark 15, 00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.820 1 through 39? 00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:06.880 It gets us 00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.960 facing the cross, 00:35:08.080 --> 00:35:08.559 doesn't it? 00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:10.740 Just like that centurion. 00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:14.160 Behold your crucified King, 00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:16.600 the Son of God, 00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:19.539 your salvation, 00:35:20.600 --> 00:35:21.340 my salvation. 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:23.260 Behold your crucified King, 00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.080 the Son of God, 00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.920 our salvation. 00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.039 salvation. 00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.480 This passage, 00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:30.760 it makes that point 00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.860 in three ways. 00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.940 It uses irony. 00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:35.180 Do you remember 00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:35.740 that Jesus, 00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:39.300 that Barabbas 00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.900 was chosen 00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.940 in front of Jesus? 00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.619 Do you remember that? 00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.639 That's irony. 00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:44.880 Do you remember 00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:46.059 these kind of 00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.860 allusions 00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:48.280 to His missing disciples? 00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:53.000 but the irony 00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:54.160 that stands out most 00:35:54.160 --> 00:35:54.660 is 00:35:54.660 --> 00:35:57.580 person after person 00:35:57.580 --> 00:35:59.580 calling Jesus, 00:36:00.200 --> 00:36:00.840 referencing Him 00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:02.700 as the King of the Jews, 00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:04.600 but not meaning it. 00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:06.480 And the irony is 00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:09.220 He is the King of the Jews. 00:36:11.600 --> 00:36:12.840 He's the King of all. 00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:16.380 They're saying it, 00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.960 but not meaning it. 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.940 He is 00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:22.019 the crucified King. 00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.220 Behold Him. 00:36:26.100 --> 00:36:27.080 It uses irony 00:36:27.080 --> 00:36:27.820 to get that out. 00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.500 But there's also 00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.100 fulfillment. 00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.960 Throughout Mark, 00:36:33.040 --> 00:36:33.640 we have allusion 00:36:33.640 --> 00:36:34.280 after allusion 00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:35.540 to Isaiah 53, 00:36:36.100 --> 00:36:37.200 three references 00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:39.640 to Psalm 22, 00:36:40.060 --> 00:36:40.820 not to mention 00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.440 the fulfillment 00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.820 of Jesus' own words 00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.560 in 831 00:36:43.560 --> 00:36:44.700 and 931 00:36:44.700 --> 00:36:46.000 and 1033 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.620 and 34 00:36:46.620 --> 00:36:47.180 in Mark 00:36:47.180 --> 00:36:47.860 where He's saying 00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.680 I will be rejected, 00:36:49.160 --> 00:36:49.420 killed, 00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.220 and on the third day 00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:50.579 raised. 00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.760 All of these 00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:53.599 are addressing 00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:56.099 suffering Messiah, 00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:58.360 forsaken. 00:36:58.360 --> 00:37:03.700 it was God's plan all along. 00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.880 It was the will 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.320 of the Lord 00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:06.980 to crush Him. 00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.460 It's fulfillment. 00:37:09.240 --> 00:37:10.260 This is God's plan. 00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:12.220 And not just irony, 00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:13.140 not just fulfillment, 00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:14.340 there is surprise. 00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.460 The only human being 00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.360 to confess Jesus 00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:18.340 as the Son of God 00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:20.700 is a Gentile 00:37:20.700 --> 00:37:22.680 centurion 00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:25.259 who's been overseeing 00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:25.279 who's been overseeing 00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:26.019 his killing. 00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.500 Surprise! 00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.699 Surprise! 00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.259 Mark, 00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:33.299 the narrator, 00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.159 says this 00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:35.199 at the beginning of Mark. 00:37:35.779 --> 00:37:36.339 In the beginning 00:37:36.339 --> 00:37:37.039 of the Gospel 00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:39.379 of Jesus Christ, 00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.619 the Son of God. 00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:41.819 So Mark is arguing 00:37:41.819 --> 00:37:42.440 that Jesus, 00:37:42.779 --> 00:37:43.619 he wants to show us 00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:45.179 that Jesus is the Christ, 00:37:45.279 --> 00:37:45.940 the Son of God. 00:37:46.379 --> 00:37:47.559 God says, 00:37:47.859 --> 00:37:49.019 this is my beloved Son. 00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:49.699 Twice, 00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:52.119 baptism and transfiguration. 00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:53.679 Demons call Jesus 00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.579 the Son of God. 00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.739 Even a chief, 00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.559 the chief priest 00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.820 comes so close 00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:59.599 in 1461. 00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:01.320 Are you the Christ, 00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:02.380 the Son of the Blessed, 00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.300 the Son of God? 00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:06.019 But the only one 00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:07.960 to confess 00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.800 and believe 00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.579 that Jesus, 00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:11.079 only human, 00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:12.539 is the Son of God, 00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:15.719 is the centurion 00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:18.079 facing the cross. 00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:20.400 seeing Jesus 00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:21.340 in his death 00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:23.719 as the greatest king 00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:24.599 who has done 00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:25.940 the greatest act 00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:27.440 of love ever. 00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.900 Dying 00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:32.340 for his rebellious people 00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:35.119 to make him their own. 00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.579 Through irony 00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.300 and fulfillment, 00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.659 surprise, 00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:44.039 behold your crucified king, 00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:45.000 the Son of God, 00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.239 your salvation. 00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:47.299 salvation. 00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:49.139 This passage 00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.679 has two ways 00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.199 to respond. 00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.639 Response number one, 00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:59.099 see Jesus 00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.959 but not believe. 00:39:01.299 --> 00:39:02.379 See Jesus 00:39:02.379 --> 00:39:04.039 but not believe. 00:39:05.359 --> 00:39:05.899 Pilate, 00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.139 soldiers, 00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:08.119 crowds, 00:39:08.439 --> 00:39:08.919 robbers, 00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:09.819 passerbys, 00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.699 chief priests, 00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:12.000 bystanders, 00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.699 they see 00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:14.319 but they don't believe. 00:39:14.459 --> 00:39:14.839 Do you know 00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:15.400 what this means? 00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:17.579 It's possible 00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:21.640 to be real close 00:39:21.640 --> 00:39:22.380 to Jesus 00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:26.079 even to use 00:39:26.079 --> 00:39:27.240 the right titles 00:39:27.240 --> 00:39:30.320 but not believe. 00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:33.519 It's possible. 00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:35.500 And if you're not 00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.500 a Christian in the room 00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:37.860 and you've been giving 00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:39.180 Jesus lip service 00:39:39.180 --> 00:39:41.039 but you know 00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.840 you're not a follower 00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.460 of Jesus, 00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:45.539 you've got to ask 00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:46.660 the question this morning, 00:39:47.260 --> 00:39:49.039 is this true? 00:39:49.140 --> 00:39:49.800 You need to face 00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:50.400 the cross. 00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:51.519 You need to face 00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.340 the one hanging 00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:53.000 on the cross. 00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:54.140 And you need to ask 00:39:54.140 --> 00:39:54.579 the question, 00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.480 is it true? 00:39:55.620 --> 00:39:56.820 Is he God in the flesh 00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:57.980 hanging on the cross 00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.980 for your sins? 00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.320 Is it true? 00:40:03.120 --> 00:40:04.400 And for us Christians, 00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:06.019 here's what this reality 00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:07.059 says for those 00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:07.660 who see Jesus 00:40:07.660 --> 00:40:08.360 but don't believe. 00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:09.680 There will be people 00:40:09.680 --> 00:40:10.760 in our lives 00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:13.180 that we love dearly 00:40:13.180 --> 00:40:15.200 who see Jesus 00:40:15.200 --> 00:40:16.860 but they don't believe. 00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:21.340 They will be our children 00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:23.740 and our grandchildren. 00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:25.980 They will be parents 00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:26.740 and friends, 00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.660 fellow workers, 00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:29.519 even spouses. 00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:32.640 What this does 00:40:32.640 --> 00:40:33.380 is it ends up 00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:34.860 tempering us. 00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:38.660 heartache 00:40:38.660 --> 00:40:40.099 lies ahead 00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:41.380 followers of Jesus 00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:43.280 for those people 00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:43.880 we love 00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:44.380 who see 00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.140 but don't believe. 00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:47.360 We pray, 00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:49.059 we speak boldly, 00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:51.840 and we wait 00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:52.360 on our Lord. 00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.900 The second response 00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:58.240 to seeing 00:40:58.240 --> 00:40:58.880 and not believing 00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.519 is seeing 00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:00.440 and believing. 00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:03.000 Face the cross, 00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:04.059 you see the one 00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.860 hanging on it 00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:06.380 and you believe. 00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.699 You see Jesus 00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:09.719 mocked by Pilate 00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:10.519 and you realize 00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.440 he endured that 00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:11.920 for me. 00:41:13.299 --> 00:41:14.039 You see Jesus 00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:14.519 rejected 00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:16.059 by the crowds. 00:41:16.299 --> 00:41:17.159 They chose 00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:18.659 a murdering 00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.699 insurrectionist 00:41:19.699 --> 00:41:20.199 over 00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:22.719 the innocent king. 00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:24.679 He endured that 00:41:24.679 --> 00:41:25.159 for me 00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:25.799 and for you. 00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:27.519 Jesus mocked 00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.199 by soldiers. 00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:28.980 Hail 00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:30.360 king of the Jews! 00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:31.159 He did that 00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:31.779 for you 00:41:31.779 --> 00:41:32.400 and for me. 00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:35.539 crucified, 00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:37.059 reviled 00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:38.360 by passerbys. 00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:39.700 For you 00:41:39.700 --> 00:41:40.619 and for me. 00:41:40.720 --> 00:41:41.400 We believe it. 00:41:43.720 --> 00:41:44.840 But as we face 00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:45.519 the cross, 00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:47.079 what is most striking 00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:49.360 is that Jesus 00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:49.880 would bear 00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:50.680 God's wrath, 00:41:52.180 --> 00:41:53.180 breathe his last 00:41:53.180 --> 00:41:54.900 for you 00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.400 and for me. 00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:58.039 We believe it. 00:41:58.039 --> 00:42:01.079 He was forsaken. 00:42:01.599 --> 00:42:02.059 God's wrath 00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:03.219 poured out on him 00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:04.219 to have all 00:42:04.219 --> 00:42:04.900 of our sins 00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:05.440 forgiven. 00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:08.420 When we see 00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:09.039 this crucified 00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.619 Messiah, 00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:11.860 we believe 00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:12.679 he's our salvation. 00:42:13.779 --> 00:42:15.320 When we hear 00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:16.039 Golgotha, 00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:18.940 we hear 00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:20.739 place of the skull, 00:42:21.259 --> 00:42:22.139 dying place, 00:42:22.759 --> 00:42:23.259 and it's 00:42:23.259 --> 00:42:24.279 good news. 00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:27.840 this is what's 00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.300 of first 00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:28.940 importance. 00:42:30.460 --> 00:42:31.100 So if you 00:42:31.100 --> 00:42:31.700 believe, 00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.280 confess him 00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:35.380 as the 00:42:35.380 --> 00:42:35.840 son of God. 00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.420 Confess it 00:42:36.420 --> 00:42:36.940 to him. 00:42:37.080 --> 00:42:37.519 You are the 00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:37.900 Christ. 00:42:38.160 --> 00:42:38.660 You are the 00:42:38.660 --> 00:42:39.160 son of man. 00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:39.740 You are the 00:42:39.740 --> 00:42:40.260 son of God. 00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:41.060 You are the 00:42:41.060 --> 00:42:41.700 I am. 00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:42.420 You are my 00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:42.740 king. 00:42:43.360 --> 00:42:43.820 Confess it 00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:44.140 to him. 00:42:47.140 --> 00:42:47.740 Not just 00:42:47.740 --> 00:42:49.420 confess it, 00:42:49.620 --> 00:42:50.180 follow him. 00:42:50.179 --> 00:42:52.059 If he's done 00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:52.659 all this for 00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:53.019 us, 00:42:53.159 --> 00:42:53.819 deny yourself, 00:42:53.919 --> 00:42:54.319 take up your 00:42:54.319 --> 00:42:54.679 cross, 00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:56.259 and follow 00:42:56.259 --> 00:42:56.559 him. 00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:59.139 We proclaim 00:42:59.139 --> 00:42:59.519 him. 00:43:00.919 --> 00:43:02.000 We proclaim 00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:03.500 a crucified 00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:04.579 king. 00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:06.419 For some, 00:43:06.699 --> 00:43:07.940 it's utterly 00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:08.759 scandalous. 00:43:09.259 --> 00:43:09.559 It's 00:43:09.559 --> 00:43:11.639 disgusting. 00:43:12.379 --> 00:43:13.039 To others, 00:43:13.179 --> 00:43:14.559 it's just 00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:15.039 ridiculous. 00:43:16.859 --> 00:43:17.960 But for those 00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:18.579 who like us 00:43:18.579 --> 00:43:19.099 are being 00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:19.619 saved, 00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:20.239 it is the 00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:20.759 power of 00:43:20.759 --> 00:43:21.159 God unto 00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:21.659 salvation. 00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:27.739 Let me 00:43:27.739 --> 00:43:28.199 close by 00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:28.799 saying this. 00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:30.279 This 00:43:30.279 --> 00:43:30.779 Thanksgiving, 00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:32.859 Christian, 00:43:33.859 --> 00:43:35.059 you're going 00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:35.380 to have the 00:43:35.380 --> 00:43:36.039 opportunity to 00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:37.380 share what 00:43:37.380 --> 00:43:37.859 you're most 00:43:37.859 --> 00:43:38.519 thankful for. 00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:41.980 And when you 00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.440 face the 00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:42.799 cross, 00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:44.460 and you see 00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:45.159 what this 00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:45.819 king did 00:43:45.819 --> 00:43:46.420 for you, 00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:47.799 oh, 00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:49.980 you've got 00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:50.760 more than 00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:51.140 enough to 00:43:51.140 --> 00:43:51.440 share. 00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.360 And it 00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:55.120 doesn't limit 00:43:55.120 --> 00:43:55.560 it to a 00:43:55.560 --> 00:43:56.220 feast this 00:43:56.220 --> 00:43:56.620 Thursday. 00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:58.080 You've got 00:43:58.080 --> 00:43:58.500 something to 00:43:58.500 --> 00:43:58.820 share all 00:43:58.820 --> 00:43:59.340 the time. 00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.680 Despite your 00:44:00.680 --> 00:44:01.260 circumstances, 00:44:01.260 --> 00:44:01.860 you have 00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:02.600 something that 00:44:02.600 --> 00:44:03.039 God has 00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:03.519 done for 00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:03.800 you. 00:44:05.160 --> 00:44:05.519 So, 00:44:06.180 --> 00:44:06.480 this 00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:07.300 Thanksgiving, 00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:07.780 when you've 00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:08.080 been given 00:44:08.080 --> 00:44:08.800 the opportunity 00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:09.900 to share 00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.280 what you're 00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:10.940 thankful for, 00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:11.680 here's what 00:44:11.680 --> 00:44:12.200 you can say 00:44:12.200 --> 00:44:13.280 without apology 00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:14.040 and without 00:44:14.040 --> 00:44:14.800 qualification, 00:44:15.640 --> 00:44:17.360 I'm thankful 00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:18.040 that Jesus, 00:44:18.220 --> 00:44:18.660 my king, 00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:19.480 died for me. 00:44:21.900 --> 00:44:22.620 I'm thankful 00:44:22.620 --> 00:44:22.940 that I'm 00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:23.260 forgiven. 00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:27.000 Behold your 00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:27.780 crucified king, 00:44:28.700 --> 00:44:29.540 the son of 00:44:29.540 --> 00:44:29.860 God, 00:44:31.060 --> 00:44:31.680 our salvation, 00:44:32.680 --> 00:44:33.660 and give 00:44:33.660 --> 00:44:34.019 thanks. 00:44:35.140 --> 00:44:35.800 Next Sunday, 00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:36.840 we will 00:44:36.840 --> 00:44:38.420 behold our 00:44:38.420 --> 00:44:39.340 risen king 00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:41.560 who's reigning. 00:44:42.640 --> 00:44:43.080 Let's pray. 00:44:43.280 --> 00:44:44.160 God in heaven, 00:44:44.260 --> 00:44:44.700 thank you so 00:44:44.700 --> 00:44:45.460 much for 00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:46.840 Mark 15, 00:44:46.940 --> 00:44:47.720 1-39. 00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:48.519 Thank you, 00:44:48.780 --> 00:44:48.860 Father, 00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:50.000 for giving us 00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:50.660 a line of 00:44:50.660 --> 00:44:51.420 sight once 00:44:51.420 --> 00:44:52.000 again to 00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:53.080 face the 00:44:53.080 --> 00:44:54.080 cross of 00:44:54.080 --> 00:44:54.560 what you've 00:44:54.560 --> 00:44:54.920 done. 00:44:55.780 --> 00:44:56.340 Father, 00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:56.980 thank you for 00:44:56.980 --> 00:44:57.900 making a way 00:44:57.900 --> 00:44:58.540 through the 00:44:58.540 --> 00:44:59.280 death of your 00:44:59.280 --> 00:45:00.120 son for us 00:45:00.120 --> 00:45:00.780 to come into 00:45:00.780 --> 00:45:01.360 your presence. 00:45:02.240 --> 00:45:03.100 Thank you for 00:45:03.100 --> 00:45:03.960 forgiving us of 00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:04.620 all of our 00:45:04.620 --> 00:45:05.180 sins, 00:45:05.720 --> 00:45:06.140 past, 00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:06.880 present, 00:45:07.080 --> 00:45:07.640 and future. 00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:10.080 At that 00:45:10.080 --> 00:45:10.660 moment, 00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:11.480 he paid it 00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:11.960 all, 00:45:12.080 --> 00:45:12.500 and we are 00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:13.260 so grateful 00:45:13.260 --> 00:45:14.300 so thankful. 00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:17.060 Lord, 00:45:17.140 --> 00:45:18.600 we confess 00:45:18.600 --> 00:45:19.180 you as the 00:45:19.180 --> 00:45:19.740 Son of God, 00:45:20.580 --> 00:45:21.760 and we 00:45:21.760 --> 00:45:22.400 recognize 00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:23.400 Golgotha as, 00:45:23.540 --> 00:45:23.800 yes, 00:45:24.500 --> 00:45:25.200 a killing 00:45:25.200 --> 00:45:25.740 place, 00:45:26.600 --> 00:45:27.800 but our 00:45:27.800 --> 00:45:28.220 place of 00:45:28.220 --> 00:45:28.680 salvation. 00:45:30.280 --> 00:45:30.700 In your name 00:45:30.700 --> 00:45:31.100 we pray. 00:45:31.900 --> 00:45:32.160 Amen. 00:45:32.159 --> 00:45:34.539 Amen. 00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:38.980 Let's grace 00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:52.539 see you as the 00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:52.859 peace 00:45:52.859 --> 00:45:53.139 of you as the 00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:55.460 holy 00:45:55.460 --> 00:45:55.619 communities.