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 So our text this morning is in Matthew 27, verse 45 through 62.

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 Great.

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 Well, guys, as I said, I feel utterly inadequate,

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 and we need God's help this morning.

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 We need God's help.

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 We need Him to open the eyes of our minds and our hearts to His Word.

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 So would you join with me in prayer as we approach God's Word together?

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 Father, You are glorious.

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 Father, Your plan of salvation from before the beginning of time,

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 Father, is made known to us.

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 It's been made known to us throughout the Gospel of Matthew, but clearly here.

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 So, God, we ask that You would open the eyes of our heart

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 for each one of us personally and as an entire church to just glean,

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 glean at the foot of the cross,

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 to see the glorious cross and the glorious death of Christ

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 in light of our lives,

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 to see Your love poured out here on the cross of Christ for our sake.

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 Lord, please, grow us deeper in understanding this now, we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Now, would you stand with me for the reading of God's Word?

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 Again, we are in Matthew chapter 27, verses 45 to 62.

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 Now, from the sixth hour, there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

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 And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice saying,

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 Eli, Eli, lama sabakrani?

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 This is my God, my God, why have You forsaken me?

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 And some of the bystanders hearing it said,

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 this man is calling Elijah.

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 And one of them at once ran to took a sponge,

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 filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed,

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 and gave it to him to drink.

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 But the other said, wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.

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 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.

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 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom,

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 and the earth shook, and the rocks were split.

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 The tombs were also opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

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 And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection,

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 they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

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 When the centurion and those who were with him,

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 keeping watch over Jesus,

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 saw the earthquake and what took place,

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 they were filled with awe and said,

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 truly, this was the Son of God.

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 There were also many women there,

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 looking on from a distance,

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 who had followed Jesus from Galilee,

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 ministering to him,

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 among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary,

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 the mother of James and Joseph,

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 and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

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 When it was evening,

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 there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph,

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 who also was a disciple of Jesus.

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 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

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 Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.

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 And Joseph took the body

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 and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud

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 and laid it in his own new tomb,

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 which he had cut in the rock.

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 And he rolled a great stone

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 to the entrance of the tomb and went away.

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 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there,

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 sitting opposite of the tomb.

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 May the Lord add a blessing to the reading of his word.

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 A news outlet of a small town

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 once reported two brothers

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 who decide to play on mounded sandbanks

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 formed by the dredging that keeps a river channel clear,

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 dredging that pumps the sand

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 from the bottom of the river out

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 into big mounds along a river bank.

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 When the young boys were late for dinner

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 and darkness filled the sky,

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 a search began.

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 One of the boys had stepped on a crust of sand

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 hiding a large void

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 formed by the dredging of the wet sand

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 from the river bottom.

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 When the crust gave way,

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 the boy fell,

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 plunged into the deep, dark void

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 with its sand walls collapsing in on him.

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 Everything went dark.

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 Later, searchers found the young brother,

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 unconscious,

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 buried up to his shoulders in sand.

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 And when he aroused through consciousness,

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 rescuers frantically asked,

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 where is your brother?

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 The child replied,

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 I'm standing upon his shoulders.

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 The older brother gave up his life

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 so that the younger brother might live.

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 We're all moved by stories like this,

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 aren't we?

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 Hollywood wants to capture these stories

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 and feed them to us.

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 And we're captivated by stories like this.

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 That greater love has no one than this.

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 That someone laid down his life for his friends.

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 We all long for such love.

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 And those who are followers of Jesus

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 have all received such love.

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 Each one of you who have confessed Christ

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 have received his love.

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 Jesus died so that we might live.

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 He was forsaken so that we might be forgiven

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 and accepted.

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 He bore the wrath of God

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 so that we might receive the mercy of God.

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 So this passage before us is astounding.

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 And just as last week,

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 we saw the beginning of Christ's execution

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 beginning through the perspective

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 of those actively involved.

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 A battalion of Roman soldiers

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 gathering to flog him,

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 mock him, spit on him,

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 and nailing him to the cross.

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 Jewish leaders demanding for his death.

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 Gathering to watch his execution

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 and their approval,

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 reviling him and mocking him.

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 Abandoned by his friends.

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 Abandoned by the ones that followed him.

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 His disciples.

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 Abandoned and rejected by all of humanity.

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 So just when you thought,

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 just when it might have not,

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 couldn't get any darker than that.

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 We arrive here in verse 45.

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 Matthew highlights a sudden change of scenery

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 and zooms in,

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 zooms in the lens on Jesus

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 and Jesus' interaction on the cross.

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 Which brings us to our first point this morning.

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 Christ was forsaken.

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 In verses 45 through 50,

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 we see Christ was forsaken.

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 Matthew tells us that the sixth hour,

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 as Jesus hangs on the cross,

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 darkness fills the sky

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 and covers the land.

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 And this is no ordinary darkness.

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 This darkness that descends

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 comes in the middle of the day.

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 The sixth hour, which is 12 noon,

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 and lasts for three hours.

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 When the sun is at its very peak,

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 darkness descends and covers the land.

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 You can't explain this away simply

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 as some naturally occurring event.

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 You might ask,

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 well, what about solar eclipses?

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 Well, the Passover actually takes place

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 on the very day of a full moon.

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 And as we know,

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 a solar eclipse can't happen on a full moon.

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 While everyone is expecting light,

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 there is darkness.

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 Darkness covering the land.

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 And all of creation's light is being put out.

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 Darkness is descending.

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 It's like creation is put into reverse.

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 It's being undone.

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 It actually takes us back

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 to the beginning of time

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 in Genesis chapter one,

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 verses one through three.

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 In the beginning,

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 God created the heavens and the earth.

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 And the earth was without form and void.

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 And darkness was over the face of the deep.

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 Creation begins with darkness,

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 and it gives way to light.

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 And God said,

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 let there be light.

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 And there was light.

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 But here,

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 there's darkness.

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 At the beginning of Matthew's gospel,

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 Matthew kicks off Jesus' ministry

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 with the reminder

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 of God's promise to his people

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 by quoting Isaiah 9,

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 chapter 9, verse 2.

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 The people who walked in darkness

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 have seen a great light.

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 And those who have dwelt

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 in a land of deep darkness,

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 on them has light shown.

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 Jesus enters into time,

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 born as a baby.

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 His life is marked as one with great light.

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 The bright star that would lead the wise men

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 from far from the east.

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 As they exceedingly rejoiced

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 at its great appearing,

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 knowing it would lead them to the king.

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 The shepherds

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 tending to their flock

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 in the thick of darkness of the night.

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 Suddenly,

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 having a great light

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 bursting forth around them,

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 and as a choir of angels

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 comes to announce

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 the coming of the king.

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 Giving praise for his coming.

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 The scriptures clearly point

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 to Jesus' coming

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 as the light of the world.

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 Clearly,

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 as the radiance of God's glory.

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 Now,

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 at the sixth to ninth hour,

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 when light,

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 when light should be shining

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 at its brightest,

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 darkness,

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 darkness,

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 has covered the land.

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 And this darkness

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 envelops over Christ.

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 It envelops him

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 as he bears the cross,

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 as he is

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 hanging there

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 on the cross,

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 which points to

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 a greater spirituality.

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 Spiritual reality

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 that is happening,

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 signifying that something

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 in the created order

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 is terribly wrong.

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 creation

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 is becoming undone.

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 There is a separation,

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 a separation

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 of how things

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 were made to be.

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 They are not

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 as they are made

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 to be right now.

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 Men

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 and women

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 were made

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 to be

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 in right relationship

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 with God.

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 Be union

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 with God

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 in perfect harmony.

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 Christ,

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 though,

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 here,

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 the light

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 of the world

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 is being snuffed out

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 as darkness

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 descends

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 and God's judgment

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 comes down.

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 But you ask,

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 how can this be?

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 How can the

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 promised Messiah,

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 the Christ,

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 the King of the cosmos,

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 publicly die like this?

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 that the Son

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 of God

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 would be hanging

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 on a tree?

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 This,

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 my friends,

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 was the plan

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 of the Trinity,

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 the Trinitarian plan

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 from the beginning

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 that Jesus Christ,

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 the God-man,

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 would become sin

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 on our behalf.

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 He himself,

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 the innocent one,

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 would bear

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 the full weight

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 of God's

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 just wrath,

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 the penalty

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 of rebellious sinners,

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 you and me.

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 But this is no

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 mere physical

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 penalty

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 that he is taking,

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 but it is a

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 deeply spiritual

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 penalty

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 he is bearing.

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 As he bears

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 the weight

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 of the sin

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 of the whole world,

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 here we see

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 he is also

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 forsaken.

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 forsaken,

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 not just

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 by anyone,

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 not just

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 by humans,

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 not just

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 by his friends

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 around him,

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 but he is

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 forsaken

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 by the Father,

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 his heavenly

00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:17.600
 Father.

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 And he now

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 knows

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 the complete

00:14:20.539 --> 00:14:21.500
 separation.

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 He knows

00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:23.080
 the separation

00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:24.220
 of God

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 the Father.

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 Out of this

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 darkness,

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 he lifts

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 his voice.

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 is not

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 a voice

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 of creating,

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 but is a

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 cry

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 of lament,

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 a cry

00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:38.340
 of being

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 undone.

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 My God,

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 my God,

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 why have

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 you forsaken

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 me?

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 To understand

00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:51.080
 forsakenness,

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 Michael Lawrence

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 gives us this

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 short little

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 pithy statement

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 that's very

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 helpful.

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 To be forsaken

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 by God

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 is to know

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 the judicial

00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:02.019
 stroke of

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 eternal justice.

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 To be forsaken

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 by God

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 is to know

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 the judicial

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 stroke of

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 eternal justice.

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 Deep in this

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 darkness,

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 in the final

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 three hours

00:15:14.079 --> 00:15:14.539
 of his life

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 on the cross,

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 Christ

00:15:17.199 --> 00:15:18.819
 experienced

00:15:18.819 --> 00:15:20.299
 this judicial

00:15:20.299 --> 00:15:21.099
 stroke of

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 eternal justice

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 on our behalf.

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 He bore it all.

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 Christ

00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:29.240
 experienced

00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:29.900
 hell

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 here on

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 the cross.

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 The infinite

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 wrath

00:15:33.900 --> 00:15:34.460
 of the

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 omnipotent

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 God

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 to the

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 very last

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 drop

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 of that

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 wrath.

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 As 2 Corinthians

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 chapter 5

00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:44.560
 verse 21

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 helps us

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 understand,

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 for our

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 sake,

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 for our

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 sake,

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 he made

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 him to

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 be sin

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 who knew

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 no sin

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 so that

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 in him

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 we might

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 become

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 the

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 righteousness

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 of God.

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 When I

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 was 12,

00:16:05.640 --> 00:16:06.180
 my brother

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 15,

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 my sister

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 16,

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 my dad

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 took us

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 12 hours

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:13.420
 away from

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 home to

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 visit my

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 uncle.

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 I was a little

00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:16.940
 confused.

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 I didn't know

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 why we were

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 going so far

00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:19.060
 away from

00:16:19.060 --> 00:16:19.440
 home,

00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:20.899
 just us,

00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.039
 just the

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 four of

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 us.

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 But as I

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 was sitting

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.879
 alone in

00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:26.539
 the backyard

00:16:26.539 --> 00:16:27.700
 of my

00:16:27.700 --> 00:16:27.980
 uncle's

00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.399
 house,

00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:30.259
 it dawned

00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:30.580
 on me.

00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:32.060
 I realized

00:16:32.060 --> 00:16:33.139
 what was

00:16:33.139 --> 00:16:33.539
 happening.

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 My parents

00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.360
 were getting

00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:37.960
 a divorce

00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:40.159
 and all

00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:40.700
 of a sudden

00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:43.080
 it's like

00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:43.539
 darkness

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:43.940
 fell.

00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:45.840
 All of a

00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:46.200
 sudden I

00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:47.100
 felt all

00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.560
 alone.

00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:48.979
 more

00:16:48.979 --> 00:16:49.500
 alone

00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:49.819
 than I

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 had

00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:50.219
 ever

00:16:50.219 --> 00:16:50.519
 felt

00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:51.000
 before.

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 But the

00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:54.159
 reality was

00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:54.979
 I wasn't

00:16:54.979 --> 00:16:55.500
 utterly

00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:56.019
 alone.

00:16:57.419 --> 00:16:58.279
 I still

00:16:58.279 --> 00:16:58.579
 have my

00:16:58.579 --> 00:16:58.839
 family

00:16:58.839 --> 00:16:59.399
 inside.

00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:00.619
 I still

00:17:00.619 --> 00:17:01.199
 have my

00:17:01.199 --> 00:17:01.579
 family.

00:17:03.819 --> 00:17:04.679
 But have

00:17:04.679 --> 00:17:05.279
 you ever

00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:05.899
 experienced

00:17:05.899 --> 00:17:06.460
 a time

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:07.279
 in your

00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:07.700
 life

00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:08.639
 when you

00:17:08.639 --> 00:17:09.119
 felt

00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:10.059
 utterly

00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:10.639
 alone?

00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:14.780
 a taste

00:17:14.780 --> 00:17:15.660
 maybe

00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.360
 of what

00:17:16.360 --> 00:17:16.759
 it feels

00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.180
 like to

00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:17.620
 be

00:17:17.620 --> 00:17:18.480
 forsaken.

00:17:22.060 --> 00:17:22.700
 Oh,

00:17:22.820 --> 00:17:23.320
 friends,

00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:23.860
 what it

00:17:23.860 --> 00:17:24.300
 must have

00:17:24.300 --> 00:17:24.960
 been like

00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:26.280
 for the

00:17:26.280 --> 00:17:26.920
 Son of

00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:27.759
 God who

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.520
 has only

00:17:28.520 --> 00:17:29.420
 known God's

00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:29.960
 favor for

00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:30.520
 eternity,

00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:30.840
 from

00:17:30.840 --> 00:17:31.340
 eternity's

00:17:31.340 --> 00:17:31.820
 past.

00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:31.879
 Christ,

00:17:32.659 --> 00:17:34.759
 this is

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.379
 my beloved

00:17:35.379 --> 00:17:35.919
 Son,

00:17:36.179 --> 00:17:36.839
 in whom

00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:37.639
 is my

00:17:37.639 --> 00:17:38.259
 delight,

00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:39.059
 the words

00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:39.279
 of the

00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:39.500
 Father

00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:40.159
 speaking over

00:17:40.159 --> 00:17:40.579
 his Son.

00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:43.379
 But yet

00:17:43.379 --> 00:17:44.119
 now to

00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:44.859
 be left

00:17:44.859 --> 00:17:45.899
 to die

00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:46.500
 on the

00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:47.039
 cross

00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:47.839
 alone

00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:48.379
 by his

00:17:48.379 --> 00:17:48.700
 Father.

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:50.659
 As Isaiah

00:17:50.659 --> 00:17:51.539
 chapter 53

00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:52.939
 verse 10

00:17:52.939 --> 00:17:53.379
 says,

00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:54.899
 it was

00:17:54.899 --> 00:17:55.579
 the will

00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:56.039
 of the

00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:56.559
 Lord to

00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:56.960
 crush

00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:57.240
 him.

00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:59.140
 He has

00:17:59.140 --> 00:18:00.079
 put him

00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:00.900
 to grief.

00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:03.519
 Oh,

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:03.940
 what it

00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:05.000
 is to

00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:06.140
 be put

00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:06.700
 to grief

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.160
 by his

00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:07.500
 own

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:07.900
 loving

00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:08.339
 Father.

00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:10.859
 But yet

00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.500
 this is

00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:12.259
 what we

00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:12.940
 deserved.

00:18:13.660 --> 00:18:14.440
 This is

00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:15.079
 what each

00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.740
 and every

00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:16.200
 one of

00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:16.480
 you

00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:17.420
 deserved.

00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:18.299
 You and

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:18.700
 I,

00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:19.700
 we deserve

00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:20.200
 to be

00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:20.660
 utterly

00:18:20.660 --> 00:18:21.620
 forsaken

00:18:21.620 --> 00:18:22.839
 by God.

00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:25.900
 Oh,

00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:26.279
 what a

00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:26.660
 mystery.

00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:27.460
 What a

00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:27.860
 mystery that

00:18:27.860 --> 00:18:28.320
 it is that

00:18:28.320 --> 00:18:28.720
 is going

00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.340
 on here

00:18:29.340 --> 00:18:29.880
 on the

00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:30.259
 cross

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.560
 on our

00:18:30.560 --> 00:18:31.080
 behalf.

00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.820
 Where the

00:18:33.820 --> 00:18:34.340
 Son of

00:18:34.340 --> 00:18:34.800
 God,

00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:36.140
 fully God,

00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:37.420
 fully man,

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:39.240
 was forsaken

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:40.340
 by God

00:18:40.340 --> 00:18:40.880
 the Father

00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:41.560
 on our

00:18:41.560 --> 00:18:42.019
 behalf.

00:18:44.600 --> 00:18:45.180
 But make

00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:46.000
 no mistake

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.300
 here.

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.460
 Make no

00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:47.880
 mistake.

00:18:48.580 --> 00:18:49.259
 There is no

00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:50.420
 rupture here

00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:50.880
 happening

00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:51.900
 between the

00:18:51.900 --> 00:18:52.240
 triune

00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.560
 God.

00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:55.480
 The

00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:55.800
 Trinity

00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:56.659
 is still

00:18:56.659 --> 00:18:57.480
 one

00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:57.779
 here,

00:18:57.899 --> 00:18:58.559
 working

00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:59.440
 together

00:18:59.440 --> 00:18:59.740
 in

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.119
 unison

00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:00.440
 to

00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:01.079
 secure

00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:01.919
 our

00:19:01.919 --> 00:19:02.720
 salvation.

00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:03.579
 Oh,

00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:03.819
 what a

00:19:03.819 --> 00:19:04.119
 glorious

00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:04.599
 truth.

00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:05.859
 That the

00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:06.359
 fullness of

00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:07.159
 God would

00:19:07.159 --> 00:19:08.019
 be on

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.599
 display

00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:10.220
 to secure

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.919
 a great

00:19:10.919 --> 00:19:11.440
 salvation

00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.159
 for each

00:19:12.159 --> 00:19:12.779
 and every

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.139
 one of

00:19:13.139 --> 00:19:13.519
 us.

00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.279
 Yet we

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.759
 will never

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.279
 fully

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:17.119
 comprehend

00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:18.440
 this love

00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:19.039
 of God

00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:19.339
 that is

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:19.919
 being poured

00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:20.400
 out here

00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:20.720
 on our

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.180
 behalf.

00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.480
 Friends,

00:19:28.560 --> 00:19:29.120
 I want to

00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:29.720
 encourage you.

00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:30.740
 It's easy

00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.880
 here in the

00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:32.259
 moment,

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:33.279
 it's easy

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:34.380
 to minimize

00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:34.600
 to minimize

00:19:34.600 --> 00:19:36.700
 the anger

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:37.360
 of God,

00:19:38.080 --> 00:19:40.240
 to do away

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.140
 with the

00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:41.620
 wrath of

00:19:41.620 --> 00:19:41.960
 God,

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.820
 to explain it

00:19:42.820 --> 00:19:42.980
 away.

00:19:43.060 --> 00:19:43.480
 When someone

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.039
 asks you

00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.440
 about the

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:44.840
 gospel,

00:19:45.320 --> 00:19:46.360
 to just

00:19:46.360 --> 00:19:47.100
 focus solely

00:19:47.100 --> 00:19:47.420
 on the

00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:47.820
 love of

00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:48.079
 God,

00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:48.559
 because we

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.139
 don't fully

00:19:49.139 --> 00:19:49.879
 understand this

00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:50.359
 mystery of

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:50.599
 what is

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:51.179
 going on

00:19:51.179 --> 00:19:51.460
 here.

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:55.879
 Sometimes it

00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:56.720
 feels scary

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:58.359
 to us when

00:19:58.359 --> 00:19:58.720
 we think

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.319
 about this,

00:19:59.399 --> 00:19:59.799
 we think

00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:00.259
 about the

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.720
 wrath of

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.039
 God.

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.379
 But I

00:20:03.379 --> 00:20:03.919
 encourage you

00:20:03.919 --> 00:20:04.220
 as you

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:05.480
 dwell on

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.079
 this moment,

00:20:06.179 --> 00:20:06.439
 as you

00:20:06.439 --> 00:20:07.159
 dwell on

00:20:07.159 --> 00:20:07.720
 this scene,

00:20:07.919 --> 00:20:08.439
 as you

00:20:08.439 --> 00:20:10.399
 read the

00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:11.059
 scriptures and

00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:11.759
 you see them

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.579
 all pointing

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.079
 to this

00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:13.720
 very moment,

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.519
 you will

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.659
 see that it

00:20:15.659 --> 00:20:16.279
 is God's

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.639
 perfect love

00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:18.180
 being poured

00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:18.420
 out,

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.020
 God's

00:20:19.020 --> 00:20:19.980
 perfect justice

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.900
 being poured

00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.240
 out.

00:20:23.040 --> 00:20:23.500
 In his

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.900
 wrath against

00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:25.360
 sin,

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.160
 against sinners

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.500
 and their

00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:26.960
 rebellion,

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 we cannot,

00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:30.680
 we cannot

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:32.060
 have the

00:20:32.060 --> 00:20:32.660
 love of God

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.340
 without the

00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:34.060
 justice of

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 God.

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.020
 God in

00:20:36.020 --> 00:20:36.860
 his perfect

00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.780
 justice

00:20:37.780 --> 00:20:40.160
 must repay

00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:41.780
 sinners for

00:20:41.780 --> 00:20:42.380
 their rebellion.

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.960
 God would

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.600
 not be

00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:45.940
 loving.

00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:48.300
 if he

00:20:48.300 --> 00:20:48.600
 did not

00:20:48.600 --> 00:20:48.940
 pour out

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.500
 his wrath

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:49.960
 on the

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.480
 rebellious

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.140
 sinners of

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.660
 this world

00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:52.340
 against

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 sin.

00:20:59.800 --> 00:21:00.360
 The

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:01.020
 bystanders

00:21:01.020 --> 00:21:01.380
 here,

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:01.660
 as we

00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.460
 see as

00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:02.720
 we go

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.080
 into the

00:21:03.080 --> 00:21:03.500
 next scene

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:03.700
 here,

00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:04.540
 and as

00:21:04.540 --> 00:21:05.620
 Jesus is

00:21:05.620 --> 00:21:06.400
 crying out

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.600
 in his

00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:07.340
 forsakenness,

00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:08.200
 they hear

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:08.520
 him.

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:09.900
 The

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.420
 bystanders

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:10.920
 in the

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.240
 darkness

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:11.580
 of the

00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:12.000
 cross,

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:12.840
 they hear

00:21:12.840 --> 00:21:13.380
 his cry

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:13.640
 and they

00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:13.980
 actually

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.740
 think that

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.280
 this man

00:21:15.280 --> 00:21:15.980
 is calling

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.740
 for the

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.099
 prophet

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:17.599
 Elijah.

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:17.920
 In

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.759
 verse 47,

00:21:19.620 --> 00:21:20.079
 this man

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.579
 is calling

00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:21.339
 for Elijah.

00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:22.539
 Let us

00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:22.799
 see if

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.140
 he'll come

00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:23.500
 down and

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 save him.

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 But as

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.980
 we recall

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.660
 earlier in

00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:29.059
 Matthew,

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 Elijah has

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 already

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.460
 came.

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 He came

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 as John

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 the Baptist

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 to prepare

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.559
 the way

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:35.079
 for Jesus.

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 So as

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:36.299
 they're

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:37.000
 waiting to

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.460
 see if

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 Elijah

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.779
 comes,

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 what happens

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:41.400
 next is

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:41.920
 not what

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:42.160
 they're

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:42.740
 expecting.

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:43.680
 In

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.700
 verse 50,

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:46.960
 we see

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.880
 that Jesus

00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:49.060
 cries again.

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.060
 He cried

00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:51.740
 out in a

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.440
 loud voice

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:52.820
 and he

00:21:52.820 --> 00:21:53.519
 yields up

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.100
 his spirit.

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 He has

00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:56.340
 been

00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:57.120
 physically

00:21:57.120 --> 00:21:58.080
 slaughtered

00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:58.460
 up to this

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 point with

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 blood flowing

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.340
 freely from

00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:01.740
 his body

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.100
 now.

00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:04.320
 He has

00:22:04.320 --> 00:22:04.820
 endured

00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:05.680
 the full

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.279
 divine

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.799
 judgment

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.400
 for sin.

00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:08.840
 And here

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.320
 we are

00:22:09.320 --> 00:22:09.940
 reminded that

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.560
 God is

00:22:10.560 --> 00:22:11.140
 in full

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.620
 control

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:12.440
 every step

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:12.799
 of the way

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.660
 even in

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.500
 Christ's

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:14.960
 death.

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:18.039
 From the

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.559
 moment of

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.480
 his going

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.259
 to the

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.980
 crucifixion,

00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:21.759
 we see

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:24.019
 that Jesus

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:25.420
 lays down

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.320
 his life

00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:28.420
 that he

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:28.920
 may take

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.160
 it up

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.400
 again.

00:22:29.620 --> 00:22:30.220
 No one

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.980
 takes it

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.539
 from him,

00:22:31.580 --> 00:22:32.080
 he says,

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:32.840
 but he

00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.259
 lays it

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.640
 down on

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.240
 his own

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.759
 accord.

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:35.539
 And he

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:35.900
 has the

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.340
 authority

00:22:36.340 --> 00:22:37.660
 to pick

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:37.940
 it up

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.240
 again.

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.600
 This

00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:40.279
 charge he

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:41.100
 has received

00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:41.759
 from the

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.120
 Father.

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.500
 Christ

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.500
 willingly

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:47.480
 went to

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.160
 the cross

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:50.059
 with this

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.700
 purpose

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.500
 to lay

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.140
 down his

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.680
 life and

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.180
 love for

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.940
 us and

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.420
 love for

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:54.920
 the Father.

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.900
 He went

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.259
 to the

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.400
 cross to

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.279
 enter into

00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.840
 darkness,

00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.160
 to enter

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:02.000
 into our

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.700
 darkness that

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.340
 we deserved.

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.240
 The darkness

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.279
 of death.

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.039
 But yet,

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:10.120
 he did this

00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:10.640
 that we

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.700
 might live.

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.920
 My friends,

00:23:13.080 --> 00:23:13.519
 there is

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.320
 nothing outside

00:23:14.320 --> 00:23:14.620
 of the

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:15.400
 control of

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.779
 God.

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:16.980
 When it

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.580
 may seem

00:23:17.580 --> 00:23:18.420
 that in

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.080
 times that

00:23:19.080 --> 00:23:20.180
 evil is

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:20.880
 reigning in

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.240
 our day,

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.680
 that death

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.720
 is consuming.

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.500
 Yet,

00:23:27.580 --> 00:23:28.160
 when we look

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:28.539
 at this

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:28.759
 moment,

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.259
 we can

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:30.440
 trust in

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.000
 the sovereign

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.640
 plans and

00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:32.100
 power of

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:32.460
 God to

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.000
 accomplish

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.180
 his purposes.

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.380
 That Christ

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.480
 goes before

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.220
 us and he

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:38.600
 overcomes the

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.259
 darkness of

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.740
 death by

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.620
 entering into

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:41.159
 that very

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.599
 darkness

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.279
 himself.

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:45.500
 He does

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:47.259
 this to

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:48.319
 secure our

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:48.819
 forgiveness.

00:23:50.739 --> 00:23:51.699
 That leads

00:23:51.699 --> 00:23:52.119
 us to our

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:52.819
 second point.

00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:54.619
 Christ secured

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.679
 our forgiveness.

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.419
 So as these

00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:58.739
 bystanders witness

00:23:58.739 --> 00:23:59.539
 this dramatic

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.839
 moment of

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:02.359
 Christ giving

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.199
 up his life

00:24:03.199 --> 00:24:03.699
 on the

00:24:03.699 --> 00:24:04.219
 cross,

00:24:05.219 --> 00:24:07.099
 the unexpected

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:08.139
 happens.

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.259
 At the

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.839
 same time,

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.740
 same moment

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.159
 of his

00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:11.379
 death,

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.319
 they witness

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.299
 a divine

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:14.399
 cataclysmic

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:14.839
 event.

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.419
 A

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:18.139
 cataclysmic

00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:19.019
 event not

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.539
 of physical

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.339
 standards but

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:20.779
 in the

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.699
 created cosmos,

00:24:21.959 --> 00:24:22.759
 in the heavens

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.799
 and the earth,

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.980
 out of the

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.939
 darkness of

00:24:25.939 --> 00:24:26.619
 the cross of

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:26.899
 Christ,

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.339
 burst forth

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:30.259
 divine power.

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:32.139
 The veil

00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:33.000
 being torn

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:34.059
 into the

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.959
 earth shaking,

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:35.799
 rocks being

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.399
 split, the

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:37.240
 dead being

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.339
 raised to

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:38.799
 life.

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.200
 In

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.720
 Gentiles,

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:42.740
 confession are

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:44.419
 all divine

00:24:44.419 --> 00:24:46.259
 shockways bursting

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.419
 forth from the

00:24:47.419 --> 00:24:48.659
 epicenter of the

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:49.399
 cross of

00:24:49.399 --> 00:24:49.819
 Christ.

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.339
 All of

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:52.359
 these, all of

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:53.180
 these are signs

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.980
 or evidence

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:55.440
 pointing to

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.559
 Christ, pointing

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.519
 to something

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:59.119
 being undone in

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.899
 the wake of

00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:00.500
 his death.

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:02.700
 Something new

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:04.680
 being ushered

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.000
 in.

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:10.099
 The first

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.960
 sign that

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.680
 Matthew draws

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.039
 to our

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.960
 attention in

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.779
 verse 51,

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:15.460
 and behold,

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.980
 the curtain

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.680
 of the temple

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.299
 was torn

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.339
 in two from

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:20.139
 top to

00:25:20.139 --> 00:25:20.480
 bottom.

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.419
 Christ said

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:23.619
 he would do

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:24.019
 this.

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.319
 Christ said

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.119
 he would

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.980
 destroy the

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.559
 temple and

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:27.919
 he would

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.779
 rebuild it in

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.500
 three days.

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.460
 In Matthew

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.279
 24, as we

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:33.039
 saw, his

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.839
 death here

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.599
 was the

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.579
 beginning of

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.179
 the temple's

00:25:36.179 --> 00:25:36.759
 destruction,

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.720
 causing the

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.339
 curtain of the

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:39.859
 temple to be

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.659
 torn to from

00:25:40.659 --> 00:25:41.279
 top to

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.779
 bottom,

00:25:42.179 --> 00:25:42.980
 something only

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.759
 of divine

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.419
 power could

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:44.699
 do.

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.839
 Inside the

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.699
 temple, the

00:25:48.699 --> 00:25:49.740
 design included

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.319
 multiple

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:50.859
 curtains,

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:53.619
 like layers

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:55.480
 to get to

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.359
 into the

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:56.779
 place where

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.399
 God's presence

00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:58.079
 was to dwell.

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:59.419
 and that

00:25:59.419 --> 00:26:00.139
 last curtain,

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:01.980
 which I

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.599
 believe here

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.319
 that Matthew

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.159
 has in mind,

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.519
 that is also

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.299
 a symbolic

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.639
 reason that

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.139
 he has this

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.500
 in mind,

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.699
 that last

00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:11.740
 curtain was

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.579
 a massive,

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:14.460
 thick curtain,

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:16.000
 like a

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.480
 partition,

00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:17.879
 and behind

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:19.720
 it is where

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.299
 the very

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.319
 place God

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.919
 dwelt.

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:23.379
 His very

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:24.000
 presence

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:25.159
 dwelt there.

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.659
 This was the

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.580
 holy of

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:28.180
 holies,

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.660
 a place

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:31.600
 only the

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.400
 high priest

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:33.380
 could enter

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:34.380
 into only

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:35.340
 once a year.

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.960
 After making

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:38.000
 blood sacrifice

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.759
 for his own

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.220
 sins, he

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.680
 would enter

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.240
 in to make

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:41.900
 blood sacrifice

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.720
 for the sins

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.580
 of the people

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.140
 of Israel.

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:48.120
 But now,

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:51.000
 that thick

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.680
 physical wall

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:54.700
 separating God

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.700
 and man

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:58.259
 was completely

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.059
 undone,

00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:00.340
 ripped from

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:01.259
 top to

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.620
 bottom,

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.960
 torn in

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.200
 two.

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.240
 The temple

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.180
 is now

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.759
 empty

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:07.420
 and rendered

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:08.340
 obsolete,

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.880
 a sign

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:11.319
 not only

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.420
 of God

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.340
 opening up

00:27:13.340 --> 00:27:14.039
 the heavens

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:15.539
 to his

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:15.980
 people,

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:16.680
 but it is

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.460
 yet a sign

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.039
 of judgment

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.860
 on the people

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.620
 of Israel

00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:20.180
 and this

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.559
 temple,

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.680
 destroying

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.600
 the temple

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:24.319
 through

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.279
 his death.

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:27.179
 God is

00:27:27.179 --> 00:27:27.799
 creating

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:29.459
 and establishing

00:27:29.459 --> 00:27:30.459
 a new

00:27:30.459 --> 00:27:31.259
 covenant here

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:33.219
 between God

00:27:33.219 --> 00:27:33.879
 and man

00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:36.859
 where no

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.859
 broken temple

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:38.679
 system is

00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:39.039
 needed,

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:41.199
 run by

00:27:41.199 --> 00:27:41.939
 sinful men.

00:27:43.419 --> 00:27:44.000
 No more

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.859
 traveling to

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.299
 the temple

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:46.599
 to put forward

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.519
 our feeble

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.439
 sacrifices.

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:50.360
 no more

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:50.880
 restricted

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.519
 access

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.519
 to seek

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.220
 reconciliation

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:54.400
 with God

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:54.920
 because

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.880
 maybe you're

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.700
 a Gentile,

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.420
 you're poor,

00:27:58.840 --> 00:27:59.360
 you're not

00:27:59.360 --> 00:27:59.840
 able to

00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:00.480
 travel to

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.980
 the temple,

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.279
 you're physically

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:02.820
 not able

00:28:02.820 --> 00:28:03.320
 to go.

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.620
 No.

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.100
 God

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.519
 here

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.580
 rips

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.519
 the curtain

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.400
 in two,

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.140
 opening

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.920
 the heavens,

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:14.779
 making

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.720
 salvation

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.799
 available

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:18.039
 to all

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.759
 peoples,

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.680
 to the

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.120
 ends

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.420
 of the

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:20.740
 earth.

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.299
 This

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:22.799
 is the

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.559
 first fruits,

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.420
 the first

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.420
 fruits of

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:27.200
 the gospel

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.380
 being open,

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.400
 the gospel

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.039
 going forth

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.420
 to all

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:30.839
 nations.

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.480
 And here

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.980
 Matthew

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.519
 helps us

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.000
 see that

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:34.420
 in each

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.720
 one of

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.299
 these signs

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.620
 here

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.500
 after the

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.819
 curtains

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.319
 torn.

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:39.019
 But most

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.720
 clearly

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.620
 and explicitly

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.460
 we see it

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.900
 here in

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.400
 the first

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:42.839
 fruits

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:45.299
 of a

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.919
 Gentile

00:28:45.919 --> 00:28:46.859
 Roman's

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.480
 confession.

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.699
 A Roman

00:28:48.699 --> 00:28:49.480
 centurion.

00:28:52.959 --> 00:28:53.980
 He just

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.599
 saw what

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:55.379
 took place.

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.199
 It says

00:28:56.199 --> 00:28:56.659
 in verse

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.279
 54,

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:58.859
 as he

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.319
 was keeping

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.980
 watch over

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.379
 Jesus,

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.740
 he saw

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.359
 the earthquake

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:03.299
 and what

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.059
 took place

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:05.019
 and they

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.919
 were filled

00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:07.159
 with awe

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:08.579
 and said,

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.419
 truly,

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:11.000
 this was

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.559
 the Son

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.500
 of Man,

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.000
 the Son

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.619
 of God.

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.240
 The author

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.700
 of Hebrews

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.319
 here helps

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.960
 us grasp

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.920
 the significance

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:19.980
 of the

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.740
 rendering

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.539
 of the

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.220
 veil even

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.740
 clearer

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.119
 here.

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.359
 In Hebrews

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:26.160
 chapter 9

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.900
 verses 11

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.660
 through 15

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:29.420
 it says,

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.119
 but when

00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:31.720
 Christ

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.380
 appeared

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:32.920
 as a

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.980
 high priest

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.960
 of the

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.579
 good things

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:35.880
 that have

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.299
 come,

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:38.200
 then through

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.859
 the greater

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.359
 and more

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.940
 perfect

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.779
 tent,

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:42.019
 not made

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:43.759
 with hands,

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.240
 that is,

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.259
 not of

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.539
 this

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.279
 creation,

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.039
 Christ

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.799
 entered

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.980
 once for

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.700
 all into

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.140
 the holy

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.720
 places,

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.059
 not by

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.640
 the means

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.220
 of blood

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.839
 and goats

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.640
 and calves,

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.319
 but by

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:58.160
 the means

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.900
 of his

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.539
 own

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.119
 blood,

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.119
 thus

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.900
 securing

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.799
 an eternal

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.599
 redemption.

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.819
 For at the

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.579
 blood of goats

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.220
 and bulls

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.680
 and the

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.099
 sprinkling

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.720
 of defiled

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.220
 persons

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.960
 with the

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.299
 ashes

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.659
 of a

00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:11.000
 heifer

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.159
 sanctify

00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:13.079
 for the

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.639
 purification

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.000
 of the

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.440
 flesh,

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.139
 oh,

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.639
 how much

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.279
 more

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.279
 will the

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:17.740
 blood of

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.359
 Christ,

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.339
 who through

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:20.059
 the eternal

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.659
 spirit

00:30:20.659 --> 00:30:22.059
 offered himself

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:23.740
 without blemish

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.700
 to God,

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:26.799
 purifying our

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.480
 conscience

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.460
 from dead

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.419
 works to

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:30.279
 serve the

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.019
 living God.

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:31.659
 Oh,

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.079
 friends,

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.940
 the old

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.740
 system could

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.899
 only cleanse

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.519
 our bodies.

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.680
 It was only

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.740
 sufficient enough

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.259
 to cleanse

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.079
 us outwardly

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.440
 of our

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.759
 sin,

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:41.680
 but this

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.460
 new covenant

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.180
 of Christ

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.900
 ushering

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:45.200
 in Christ's

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.759
 sacrifice

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.319
 on the

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.640
 cross

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.579
 cleanses

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:47.940
 us

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.980
 entirely

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:50.420
 from our

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.759
 sin,

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.700
 spiritual

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.660
 and physical,

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.480
 bringing us

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.640
 into the

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.319
 presence of

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.700
 God.

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.799
 Salvation

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.380
 here,

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.839
 my friends,

00:30:59.000 --> 00:31:00.019
 now flows

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.660
 freely

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:02.279
 and abundantly

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.940
 through

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.519
 Christ.

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:06.019
 It is by

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:07.359
 him pouring

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:07.940
 out his

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:10.039
 blood and

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.639
 laying down

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.660
 his life

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.240
 on the

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:13.980
 cross that

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.319
 he has

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:15.660
 now secured

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.700
 the forgiveness

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.960
 of all of

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.559
 our sins.

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.559
 And all of

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.119
 these signs

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.619
 here that we

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.359
 say, we

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:24.139
 see are

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.799
 evidences,

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.059
 are clear

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:27.099
 evidences of

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.879
 that reality,

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:29.160
 of that truth,

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:30.279
 of what is

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.440
 going on in

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.059
 the cosmic

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:32.600
 realm.

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.960
 This, my

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:36.460
 friends, is

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.180
 the power

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.000
 of the

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.660
 cross of

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.059
 Christ.

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.940
 Friends,

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:45.580
 are you

00:31:45.580 --> 00:31:46.259
 wracked

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:48.299
 with guilt

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:48.980
 over your

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.720
 own sin?

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.660
 Are you

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.360
 burdened?

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.779
 Are you

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:57.140
 hiding sin

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:58.220
 in darkness?

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.000
 God,

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:04.140
 bring those

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.900
 sins into

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.420
 the light.

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.380
 Bring those

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:08.259
 sins into

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.740
 the light of

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.880
 confession and

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:11.100
 take heart.

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.559
 Take heart

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.100
 that your

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:14.660
 sins, all

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.440
 of them, are

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.640
 paid for on

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.279
 the cross of

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.620
 Christ.

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.600
 Bring your

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:19.140
 sins into

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.900
 the light and

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.799
 know the

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.920
 forgiveness of

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.420
 Christ.

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:26.779
 Matthew,

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.360
 though, doesn't

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.980
 stop there.

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.259
 We see the

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.059
 power of the

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:31.179
 cross sweeping

00:32:31.179 --> 00:32:31.819
 through the

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.460
 lives of

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.379
 some unlikely

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:34.339
 people here.

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:36.759
 Some unlikely

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.460
 people who

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:38.139
 come to

00:32:38.139 --> 00:32:39.220
 gather around

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.819
 Christ.

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.839
 Which brings

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.500
 us to our

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.480
 third and

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.059
 final point.

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.399
 Christ

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:45.299
 gathered the

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.740
 unlikely.

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.859
 Psalm 22,

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:52.099
 which Jesus

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.919
 quotes on the

00:32:52.919 --> 00:32:53.599
 cross when he

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:53.960
 says,

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.819
 my God,

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.460
 my God,

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.220
 why have you

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.119
 forsaken me?

00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:58.959
 In fulfillment

00:32:58.959 --> 00:32:59.579
 of that,

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.359
 Psalm 22

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:02.419
 mirrors the

00:33:02.419 --> 00:33:03.279
 crucifixion.

00:33:05.159 --> 00:33:06.879
 As Christ is

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.599
 in anguish,

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.839
 David also in

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:10.199
 Psalm 22 is

00:33:10.199 --> 00:33:10.939
 in anguish and

00:33:10.939 --> 00:33:11.819
 suffering as he

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.339
 cries out,

00:33:12.439 --> 00:33:13.139
 my God, my

00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:13.859
 God, why have

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:14.399
 you forsaken

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:14.719
 me?

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.839
 Enemies

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.979
 surrounding him.

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:18.659
 Yet, it does

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.679
 not end there.

00:33:22.239 --> 00:33:23.519
 It does not end

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.179
 in despair.

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:26.160
 It does not

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:28.900
 end in

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.860
 forsakenness.

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:33.640
 If you read

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.400
 Psalm 22,

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.400
 you'll trace

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.720
 it mirrors this

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.740
 crucifixion scene

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.940
 quite well.

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:41.279
 Pastor theologian

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:42.580
 Peter Leihart

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:43.600
 helpfully points

00:33:43.600 --> 00:33:43.960
 out,

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.600
 Psalm 22

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:48.140
 provides background

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:48.519
 for the

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:50.240
 crucifixion in

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:51.240
 other ways as

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.480
 well.

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:53.500
 The Psalm

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.380
 is not only

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:55.299
 about David's

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.400
 deliverance from

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.940
 suffering,

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.680
 it also has a

00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:00.220
 corporate dimension

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:01.039
 to it as well.

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:04.140
 David begins

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.640
 alone,

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.839
 attacked by

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.339
 enemies,

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:08.519
 but ends

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.599
 with brothers

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.719
 and friends

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.579
 gathered around

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:11.840
 him.

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:15.119
 Christ was

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.820
 utterly alone

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.199
 in his

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.960
 crucifixion,

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.659
 forsaken by

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.519
 all on the

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.940
 cross,

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.860
 forsaken

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.460
 by his

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.860
 father,

00:34:22.220 --> 00:34:22.780
 attacked

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.760
 and devoured

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:24.539
 by priestly

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.200
 bulls

00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:26.000
 and Gentile

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.679
 dogs.

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.200
 Yet,

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.659
 in the

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.440
 wake of

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.179
 Christ's

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.740
 death on

00:34:32.740 --> 00:34:33.380
 the cross,

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.500
 we see

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.519
 God

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.920
 surround

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:38.920
 Christ's

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.579
 body with

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.079
 brothers,

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.860
 with those

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.900
 who fear

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.740
 God.

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.220
 But he

00:34:45.220 --> 00:34:45.760
 doesn't

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:46.500
 surround him

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.139
 with the

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.960
 ones you

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:49.320
 might expect.

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.400
 The twelve

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.019
 disciples

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:53.500
 closest to

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:53.980
 Jesus

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.679
 have been

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.280
 absent

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.760
 throughout

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.480
 the entire

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.099
 scene of

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.579
 Christ's

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.300
 crucifixion.

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.579
 But here,

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.300
 Matthew

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:02.740
 draws our

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:03.320
 attention

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:05.920
 to another

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.760
 different

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.480
 crew of

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:07.960
 individuals

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:09.440
 that surround

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.860
 Jesus.

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.099
 us.

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:12.480
 We see

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.680
 in verses

00:35:13.680 --> 00:35:15.460
 55 through

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.140
 61,

00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:17.700
 we see

00:35:17.700 --> 00:35:18.360
 a Roman

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:19.440
 centurion,

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.380
 we see

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:21.240
 the women

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:21.940
 who have

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.760
 followed Jesus

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.860
 from Galilee,

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:25.200
 and we

00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:25.640
 see

00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:26.360
 Joseph

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:27.120
 of

00:35:27.120 --> 00:35:27.760
 Arimathea.

00:35:29.120 --> 00:35:29.559
 Yes,

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.760
 these characters,

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.700
 if we walk

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:32.079
 through it,

00:35:32.140 --> 00:35:32.840
 these characters

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.700
 are also

00:35:33.700 --> 00:35:34.539
 recorded

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:36.700
 to be

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:37.840
 recorded as

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:39.019
 eyewitnesses

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:40.079
 bearing testimony

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:41.039
 that they

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:42.200
 observed all

00:35:42.200 --> 00:35:42.640
 that just

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:43.019
 occurred.

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.720
 They observed

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:45.720
 Christ's death

00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:46.140
 and the

00:35:46.140 --> 00:35:46.760
 burial of

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.420
 his body.

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:48.800
 They were

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.460
 first-hand

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:50.579
 eyewitnesses.

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.820
 However,

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.960
 I don't believe

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.679
 that Matthew

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:55.000
 just leaves

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.400
 us there.

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.800
 I think

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.400
 Matthew wants

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.900
 us to see

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.519
 more here.

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.199
 He wants

00:35:59.199 --> 00:35:59.740
 to connect

00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:00.059
 more.

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.059
 He also

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:02.460
 wants to

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.360
 see that

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.820
 Jesus'

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.519
 death

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.320
 gathers

00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:06.099
 those who

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.559
 have been

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.300
 far off

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:08.840
 and he

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.619
 now brings

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.179
 them near.

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:13.000
 The Roman

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.740
 centurion

00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:14.159
 and his

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:14.900
 cohort of

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.360
 soldiers,

00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:16.980
 Gentiles,

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.059
 who were

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:19.760
 once Gentile

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.840
 dogs far

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.420
 off from

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:22.000
 the presence

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.539
 of the

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:22.940
 Almighty

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.420
 God,

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:24.900
 have been

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.179
 brought

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:25.500
 near.

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:27.420
 Women who

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.980
 have followed

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:29.039
 Jesus throughout

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:30.019
 his ministry,

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:31.559
 even sometimes

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.779
 on the fringes

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.559
 throughout Matthew's

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:33.920
 gospel,

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.360
 and yet in

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.960
 this time and

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.340
 culture,

00:36:36.779 --> 00:36:37.519
 they were not

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.420
 regarded highly.

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:40.179
 They are here

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:41.400
 made a central

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.940
 part of his

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:44.420
 very story

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:46.480
 as they care

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.639
 and watch

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.960
 over Jesus

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.679
 in his

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.099
 death.

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:52.099
 Joseph of

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.739
 Arimathea,

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:53.659
 the gospel

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:54.239
 writers,

00:36:54.819 --> 00:36:55.480
 John and

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.319
 Luke and

00:36:56.319 --> 00:36:57.519
 their gospel

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:57.980
 accounts,

00:36:58.319 --> 00:36:58.639
 give us

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:59.659
 further insights

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.619
 into who

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.500
 Joseph of

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:02.259
 Arimathea

00:37:02.259 --> 00:37:02.819
 is.

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:05.159
 He is a

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:06.539
 secret disciple

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.920
 who has

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.779
 followed Jesus

00:37:08.779 --> 00:37:09.420
 from a

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:10.659
 distance for

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.559
 fear of the

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:11.940
 Jews.

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:13.159
 Why?

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.860
 For he was a

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.500
 part of the

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.280
 Sanhedrin,

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:18.099
 the Jewish

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:19.659
 council of

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.119
 leaders,

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:21.039
 and he was

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.840
 a rich man

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:22.460
 as well.

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.780
 Matthew,

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.719
 in a small

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:27.300
 way here,

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:28.019
 is reminding

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:29.320
 us that

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.900
 God's

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.599
 redemptive

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.699
 plan through

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.239
 the cross

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.800
 of Christ

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.659
 has the

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:35.400
 power to

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:36.519
 transform

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:38.380
 the lives

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:38.800
 of the

00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:39.320
 unlikely,

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:41.019
 to include

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:42.199
 the lives

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.480
 of the

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.619
 unlikely into

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:44.559
 his redemptive

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:44.880
 plan.

00:37:45.299 --> 00:37:46.299
 Those who

00:37:46.299 --> 00:37:46.759
 are in

00:37:46.759 --> 00:37:47.639
 the background

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:50.440
 now are

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:51.460
 made central

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:52.940
 figures here

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.460
 in his

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:54.079
 redemptive

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.460
 plan.

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:55.420
 Oh,

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:56.139
 how encouraging

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:57.039
 is that?

00:37:58.799 --> 00:38:00.099
 Those that

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.799
 have been in

00:38:00.799 --> 00:38:01.500
 the background

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.380
 are now

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:03.460
 central figures

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:04.599
 in his

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.179
 redemptive

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.599
 plan.

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.739
 Recall with

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:07.400
 me in

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:07.779
 Matthew

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.779
 chapter 8

00:38:08.779 --> 00:38:10.259
 verses 5

00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:10.880
 through 13,

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:12.000
 the centurion

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:13.400
 who came

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:14.219
 to Jesus

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:15.379
 to hear

00:38:15.379 --> 00:38:16.119
 his paralyzed

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.899
 servant,

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:19.139
 in which

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:19.519
 Jesus

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.219
 responds,

00:38:21.819 --> 00:38:24.639
 no one

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:25.279
 in Israel

00:38:25.279 --> 00:38:25.839
 have I

00:38:25.839 --> 00:38:26.659
 found such

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:27.179
 faith.

00:38:28.339 --> 00:38:28.939
 Or the

00:38:28.939 --> 00:38:30.299
 woman who

00:38:30.299 --> 00:38:31.459
 pours expensive

00:38:31.459 --> 00:38:32.179
 ointment on

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.699
 Christ,

00:38:33.879 --> 00:38:34.719
 upon his

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.239
 head he

00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:35.959
 douses her

00:38:35.959 --> 00:38:36.539
 in a

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.000
 full

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:38.559
 flask

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.379
 of ointment.

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.480
 man.

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.599
 And Jesus

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:41.980
 says,

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:42.840
 wherever this

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:43.400
 gospel is

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:43.960
 proclaimed in

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.280
 the whole

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:44.680
 world,

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.519
 what she

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.119
 has done

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.720
 will also

00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:47.420
 be told

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:47.960
 in memory

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.360
 of her.

00:38:50.160 --> 00:38:50.820
 But now

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:52.079
 here is

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:53.000
 a Jewish

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:54.360
 leader of

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:54.940
 the High

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.619
 Sanhedrin

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:57.019
 Council being

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.960
 transformed

00:38:57.960 --> 00:39:00.059
 by what

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:01.039
 just transpired.

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.099
 God.

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:03.779
 He has

00:39:03.779 --> 00:39:05.659
 given boldness

00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:07.119
 and courage

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.820
 to step

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:08.779
 out from

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:09.719
 hiding in

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:10.239
 the shadows

00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:11.059
 now and

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.840
 into the

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.179
 light.

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:13.219
 As Matthew

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:14.440
 puts it in

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:15.279
 verse 57

00:39:15.279 --> 00:39:16.139
 through 58,

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:18.379
 when it was

00:39:18.379 --> 00:39:18.799
 evening,

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.500
 there came

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.159
 a rich man

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.879
 from Arimathea

00:39:20.879 --> 00:39:21.980
 named Joseph

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.960
 who also

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.420
 was a

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:24.039
 disciple of

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.319
 Jesus.

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:25.960
 He went

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.519
 to Pilate

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:27.460
 and asked

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:28.059
 for the

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:28.879
 body of

00:39:28.879 --> 00:39:29.359
 Jesus.

00:39:29.799 --> 00:39:30.179
 Then

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:30.519
 Pilate

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.019
 ordered it

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.319
 to be

00:39:31.319 --> 00:39:31.699
 given to

00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:31.940
 him.

00:39:32.819 --> 00:39:33.739
 The first

00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:34.279
 time we

00:39:34.279 --> 00:39:34.859
 see

00:39:34.859 --> 00:39:36.799
 someone

00:39:36.799 --> 00:39:37.819
 publicly

00:39:37.819 --> 00:39:38.659
 identifying

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:39.460
 himself

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:39.779
 with

00:39:39.779 --> 00:39:40.460
 Jesus,

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.539
 Joseph

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:41.799
 of

00:39:41.799 --> 00:39:42.299
 Arimathea

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:43.460
 first time

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:44.259
 publicly

00:39:44.259 --> 00:39:44.799
 identifying

00:39:44.799 --> 00:39:45.319
 himself,

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:45.819
 stepping

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:46.320
 out from

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:46.500
 the

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:46.840
 shadows,

00:39:47.160 --> 00:39:47.600
 going

00:39:47.600 --> 00:39:48.180
 to

00:39:48.180 --> 00:39:48.660
 Pilate

00:39:48.660 --> 00:39:48.900
 in

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.480
 boldness.

00:39:49.700 --> 00:39:50.180
 To do

00:39:50.180 --> 00:39:50.620
 what?

00:39:51.680 --> 00:39:52.660
 To ask

00:39:52.660 --> 00:39:53.160
 for the

00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:53.760
 body of

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.260
 Christ

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:55.220
 so that

00:39:55.220 --> 00:39:56.180
 he can

00:39:56.180 --> 00:39:56.500
 give

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:57.000
 Christ

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.280
 a

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:57.680
 proper

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:58.160
 burial

00:39:58.160 --> 00:39:58.700
 and put

00:39:58.700 --> 00:39:58.960
 his

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.260
 body

00:39:59.260 --> 00:39:59.480
 in

00:39:59.480 --> 00:39:59.640
 his

00:39:59.640 --> 00:40:00.500
 own

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.120
 newly

00:40:01.120 --> 00:40:01.660
 carved

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:02.080
 tomb.

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:03.519
 Now

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:03.800
 this

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:04.280
 would

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:04.400
 have

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:04.559
 been

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:04.740
 a

00:40:04.740 --> 00:40:04.900
 little

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.620
 unusual,

00:40:06.660 --> 00:40:06.880
 a

00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:07.180
 rather

00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:07.800
 unusual

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.539
 request

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.140
 for

00:40:09.140 --> 00:40:09.559
 Pilate

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:09.740
 to

00:40:09.740 --> 00:40:10.280
 receive

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:10.780
 as

00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:11.300
 typically

00:40:11.300 --> 00:40:11.660
 those

00:40:11.660 --> 00:40:11.840
 who

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:12.100
 hung

00:40:12.100 --> 00:40:12.240
 on

00:40:12.240 --> 00:40:12.380
 the

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:12.840
 cross

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.320
 were

00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:13.880
 left,

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:15.420
 who

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:15.559
 were

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:15.880
 left

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.160
 there

00:40:16.160 --> 00:40:16.500
 after

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:16.740
 their

00:40:16.740 --> 00:40:17.099
 death

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:17.360
 to

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.720
 hang

00:40:17.720 --> 00:40:17.960
 in

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:18.400
 shame,

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:19.380
 left

00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:19.559
 there

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:19.760
 to

00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:20.260
 rot.

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:24.200
 But

00:40:24.200 --> 00:40:24.519
 here

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:24.720
 we

00:40:24.720 --> 00:40:25.099
 see

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.380
 a

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:25.720
 glimpse

00:40:25.720 --> 00:40:26.300
 of

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:26.880
 God's

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.640
 loving

00:40:27.640 --> 00:40:28.440
 kindness

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:30.140
 for

00:40:30.140 --> 00:40:30.480
 his

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:30.860
 son,

00:40:31.700 --> 00:40:31.820
 that

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:31.980
 he

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.519
 calls

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:32.820
 this

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:33.480
 unlikely

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:34.119
 Jewish

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.519
 leader,

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:36.140
 a

00:40:36.140 --> 00:40:36.400
 member

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:36.720
 of the

00:40:36.720 --> 00:40:36.960
 very

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.420
 council

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:37.680
 that

00:40:37.680 --> 00:40:38.079
 put

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.740
 Jesus

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:39.099
 to

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.640
 death,

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:41.579
 to

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:42.139
 care

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.659
 for

00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:42.799
 the

00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.059
 body

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.239
 of

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:43.679
 Christ

00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:44.659
 and

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:44.859
 to

00:40:44.859 --> 00:40:45.139
 give

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:45.400
 him

00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:45.619
 a

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:45.960
 proper

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.400
 burial.

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:47.960
 Brothers

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.259
 and

00:40:48.259 --> 00:40:48.460
 sisters,

00:40:48.739 --> 00:40:49.139
 how

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:49.879
 amazing

00:40:49.879 --> 00:40:51.339
 is

00:40:51.339 --> 00:40:51.559
 the

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:51.980
 love

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.299
 of

00:40:52.299 --> 00:40:52.519
 our

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:52.940
 God

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.299
 here

00:40:53.299 --> 00:40:53.819
 that

00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:54.000
 we

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.379
 see

00:40:54.379 --> 00:40:54.879
 being

00:40:54.879 --> 00:40:55.259
 poured

00:40:55.259 --> 00:40:55.699
 out

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:56.079
 at

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:56.259
 the

00:40:56.259 --> 00:40:56.719
 death,

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.159
 at

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.339
 the

00:40:57.339 --> 00:40:57.900
 cross

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.179
 of

00:40:58.179 --> 00:40:58.559
 Christ,

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:00.359
 transforming

00:41:00.359 --> 00:41:01.219
 lives

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:01.819
 of those

00:41:01.819 --> 00:41:02.139
 around

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:02.400
 him.

00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:07.400
 So

00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:07.539
 I

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:07.699
 might

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:08.099
 ask,

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:08.980
 how

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.300
 is

00:41:09.300 --> 00:41:09.599
 the

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:10.059
 cross

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.340
 of

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.860
 Christ

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:12.679
 transforming

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:14.320
 your

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:14.840
 lives

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:15.240
 today?

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.400
 Are

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.800
 you

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:18.460
 trusting

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:19.240
 in

00:41:19.240 --> 00:41:19.460
 the

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:19.840
 power

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:20.139
 of

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:20.619
 Christ?

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:24.280
 Are

00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:24.500
 you

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:24.900
 trusting

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:25.159
 in

00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:25.280
 the

00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:25.480
 power

00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:25.659
 of

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:25.920
 Christ

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.320
 to

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:26.539
 give

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:26.780
 you

00:41:26.780 --> 00:41:27.380
 courage

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:28.500
 to

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:29.019
 publicly

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:29.460
 step

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:30.480
 up

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:30.659
 and

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.219
 identify

00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:31.820
 with

00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:32.119
 him?

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:35.000
 Because

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.280
 you

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:35.699
 love

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:35.960
 him,

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:36.940
 because

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:37.440
 you

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:37.860
 know

00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:38.280
 his

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:38.760
 love.

00:41:38.980 --> 00:41:40.099
 And

00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:40.260
 you

00:41:40.260 --> 00:41:40.599
 want

00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:40.840
 to

00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:41.219
 share

00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:41.460
 the

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:41.699
 good

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:42.199
 news

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:43.639
 of

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:44.240
 Christ's

00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:44.900
 sacrifice,

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:45.659
 who

00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:46.719
 are

00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:47.179
 those

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:47.340
 that

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:47.480
 are

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:47.760
 maybe

00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:48.019
 the

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.500
 unlikely

00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:48.800
 in

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:48.940
 your

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.400
 lives,

00:41:49.699 --> 00:41:49.840
 the

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:50.360
 unlikely

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:50.659
 to

00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:50.880
 come

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:51.059
 to

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.380
 Christ.

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:51.880
 Do

00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:52.219
 you

00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:52.820
 trust

00:41:52.820 --> 00:41:53.519
 in

00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:53.960
 Christ

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.240
 to

00:41:54.240 --> 00:41:54.659
 save

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:55.079
 those

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:55.280
 that

00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:55.400
 are

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:55.880
 unlikely?

00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:58.699
 So

00:41:58.699 --> 00:41:59.179
 friends,

00:41:59.300 --> 00:41:59.740
 do not

00:41:59.740 --> 00:42:00.159
 pass

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:00.539
 quickly

00:42:00.539 --> 00:42:00.960
 by

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.260
 the

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:01.559
 cross

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:01.740
 of

00:42:01.740 --> 00:42:02.059
 Christ.

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:05.619
 let

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:05.799
 it

00:42:05.799 --> 00:42:06.360
 transform

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.860
 you.

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.159
 Let

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:07.360
 it

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:07.960
 transform

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.900
 every

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.579
 part

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:09.860
 of

00:42:09.860 --> 00:42:10.019
 your

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.519
 life.

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:12.460
 We

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:13.299
 as

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:13.920
 Christians,

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:14.519
 brothers and

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:14.719
 sisters,

00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:15.059
 should

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:15.639
 linger

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.380
 in

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:16.820
 the

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:17.239
 cross

00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:17.519
 of

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:17.779
 Christ.

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.159
 We

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:18.420
 should

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:18.820
 linger

00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:19.099
 at

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:19.259
 the

00:42:19.259 --> 00:42:19.500
 foot

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.059
 in

00:42:20.059 --> 00:42:20.400
 its

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:20.860
 shadow

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.440
 and

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:22.239
 be

00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:23.039
 amazed

00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:23.840
 at

00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:24.019
 the

00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:24.920
 complexity

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.259
 of

00:42:25.259 --> 00:42:25.420
 the

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:25.920
 mystery

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.380
 and

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:26.559
 the

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:26.960
 wonder

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.380
 and

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:27.539
 the

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:27.940
 awe

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.340
 of

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:28.619
 love

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:28.779
 of

00:42:28.779 --> 00:42:29.000
 God

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.219
 being

00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:29.500
 poured

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:29.699
 out

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:30.039
 here.

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:36.199
 The

00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:36.480
 older

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:36.860
 brother

00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:38.119
 that we

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:38.320
 heard

00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:38.539
 about

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:38.800
 at the

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:39.119
 beginning

00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:39.679
 in the

00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:40.119
 introduction,

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:42.059
 the

00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:42.260
 older

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:42.519
 brother

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:42.760
 that

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:43.179
 jumped

00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:43.780
 down

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.300
 into

00:42:44.300 --> 00:42:44.739
 the

00:42:44.739 --> 00:42:45.099
 deep

00:42:45.099 --> 00:42:45.659
 dark

00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:46.059
 pit

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:47.500
 as

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:47.679
 the

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:48.239
 walls

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:48.880
 of

00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:49.340
 sand

00:42:49.340 --> 00:42:49.699
 came

00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:50.179
 crashing

00:42:50.179 --> 00:42:50.639
 down.

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.440
 He

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:52.800
 jumped

00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:53.099
 in

00:42:53.099 --> 00:42:53.659
 to lay

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:54.019
 down

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:54.320
 his

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:54.840
 life

00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:55.599
 so

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:56.019
 his

00:42:56.019 --> 00:42:56.679
 younger

00:42:56.679 --> 00:42:57.059
 brother

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.360
 might

00:42:57.360 --> 00:42:57.719
 live.

00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:01.739
 And as

00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:02.019
 you can

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:02.519
 imagine,

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:04.280
 in that

00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:04.739
 moment,

00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:05.360
 the

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:05.719
 younger

00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:06.239
 brother

00:43:06.239 --> 00:43:07.179
 knew

00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:07.820
 and

00:43:07.820 --> 00:43:08.679
 experienced

00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:09.400
 the

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:09.840
 immense

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.739
 love

00:43:10.739 --> 00:43:11.340
 his

00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:11.840
 brother

00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:12.440
 had

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:12.699
 for

00:43:12.699 --> 00:43:13.019
 him.

00:43:15.260 --> 00:43:15.840
 That

00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:16.400
 this

00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:17.099
 love

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.380
 then

00:43:17.380 --> 00:43:17.659
 would

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:18.340
 transform

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:18.880
 his

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:19.420
 life

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:20.179
 forever.

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:25.139
 Have

00:43:25.139 --> 00:43:25.360
 you

00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:25.800
 known

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:29.580
 this?

00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:33.760
 Some

00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:34.019
 of you

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.340
 in here

00:43:34.340 --> 00:43:34.620
 maybe

00:43:34.620 --> 00:43:35.280
 are not

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:35.700
 Christians.

00:43:38.080 --> 00:43:38.980
 So I

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:39.460
 ask,

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:40.680
 have you

00:43:40.680 --> 00:43:41.160
 known

00:43:41.160 --> 00:43:41.440
 and

00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:42.100
 experienced

00:43:42.100 --> 00:43:42.800
 the love

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:43.580
 of Christ

00:43:43.580 --> 00:43:45.320
 that lays

00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:45.740
 down

00:43:45.740 --> 00:43:46.100
 his

00:43:46.100 --> 00:43:46.500
 life

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:47.140
 for you

00:43:47.140 --> 00:43:48.039
 so that

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:48.539
 you would

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:49.320
 be freed

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:50.120
 from the

00:43:50.120 --> 00:43:50.660
 just

00:43:50.660 --> 00:43:51.340
 penalty

00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:52.200
 of your

00:43:52.200 --> 00:43:52.660
 sin,

00:43:53.060 --> 00:43:53.500
 eternal

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:54.060
 death?

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:57.719
 when you

00:43:57.719 --> 00:43:58.519
 know this

00:43:58.519 --> 00:43:58.900
 and when

00:43:58.900 --> 00:43:59.219
 you

00:43:59.219 --> 00:44:00.340
 experience

00:44:00.340 --> 00:44:01.019
 this

00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:01.500
 love

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:01.759
 of

00:44:01.759 --> 00:44:02.259
 Christ,

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:04.340
 when you

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:05.219
 trust

00:44:05.219 --> 00:44:06.239
 in his

00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:06.880
 finished

00:44:06.880 --> 00:44:07.500
 work,

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:08.559
 when you

00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:09.159
 cast

00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:09.719
 yourselves

00:44:09.719 --> 00:44:10.659
 upon his

00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:11.099
 shoulders,

00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:12.539
 his shoulders

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:13.440
 are broad

00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:14.000
 and they

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:14.599
 are a

00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:14.900
 firm

00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:15.539
 foundation

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:16.400
 for all,

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:17.159
 a firm

00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:17.719
 foundation

00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:18.299
 for us

00:44:18.299 --> 00:44:18.820
 to stand

00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:19.460
 on for

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:19.880
 our

00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:20.360
 eternal

00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:21.019
 life.

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:22.840
 So I

00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:23.539
 invite you,

00:44:23.699 --> 00:44:23.980
 cast

00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:24.420
 yourself

00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:24.759
 upon

00:44:24.759 --> 00:44:25.019
 his

00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:25.420
 shoulders.

00:44:27.300 --> 00:44:28.059
 When you

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.400
 stand

00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:28.679
 upon

00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:28.920
 his

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:29.259
 shoulders,

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:29.880
 I just

00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:30.119
 want to

00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:31.000
 read this

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.519
 passage

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:32.239
 from Romans

00:44:32.239 --> 00:44:32.860
 chapter

00:44:32.860 --> 00:44:33.280
 8.

00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:35.739
 This is

00:44:35.739 --> 00:44:36.179
 what God

00:44:36.179 --> 00:44:36.440
 says,

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:36.860
 when you

00:44:36.860 --> 00:44:37.219
 stand

00:44:37.219 --> 00:44:37.519
 upon

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:37.719
 the

00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:37.960
 shoulders

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.219
 of

00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:38.559
 Christ,

00:44:38.940 --> 00:44:39.380
 what

00:44:39.380 --> 00:44:39.679
 shall

00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:39.900
 we

00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:40.159
 then

00:44:40.159 --> 00:44:40.679
 say

00:44:40.679 --> 00:44:41.340
 to

00:44:41.340 --> 00:44:41.599
 these

00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:42.119
 things?

00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:44.420
 If

00:44:44.420 --> 00:44:44.900
 God

00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:45.440
 is for

00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:45.739
 us,

00:44:45.860 --> 00:44:46.239
 who

00:44:46.239 --> 00:44:46.599
 can

00:44:46.599 --> 00:44:46.860
 be

00:44:46.860 --> 00:44:47.239
 against

00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:47.679
 us?

00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:49.360
 He

00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:49.739
 who

00:44:49.739 --> 00:44:50.000
 did

00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:50.320
 not

00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:50.780
 spare

00:44:50.780 --> 00:44:51.440
 his

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:51.960
 own

00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:52.480
 son,

00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:53.940
 but

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:54.460
 gave

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:54.780
 him

00:44:54.780 --> 00:44:55.180
 up

00:44:55.180 --> 00:44:55.539
 for

00:44:55.539 --> 00:44:55.820
 us

00:44:55.820 --> 00:44:56.300
 all?

00:44:57.340 --> 00:44:57.600
 Oh,

00:44:57.720 --> 00:44:58.019
 how

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.300
 will

00:44:58.300 --> 00:44:58.460
 he

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:58.800
 not

00:44:58.800 --> 00:44:59.300
 also

00:44:59.300 --> 00:44:59.860
 with

00:44:59.860 --> 00:45:00.100
 him

00:45:00.100 --> 00:45:00.680
 graciously

00:45:00.680 --> 00:45:01.080
 give

00:45:01.080 --> 00:45:01.260
 us

00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:01.460
 all

00:45:01.460 --> 00:45:01.900
 things?

00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:03.200
 Who

00:45:03.200 --> 00:45:03.519
 shall

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:03.840
 bring

00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:04.160
 any

00:45:04.160 --> 00:45:04.700
 charge

00:45:04.700 --> 00:45:05.140
 against

00:45:05.140 --> 00:45:05.740
 his

00:45:05.740 --> 00:45:06.200
 elect?

00:45:07.120 --> 00:45:07.420
 It

00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:07.640
 is

00:45:07.640 --> 00:45:08.440
 God

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:09.180
 who

00:45:09.180 --> 00:45:10.080
 justifies.

00:45:10.900 --> 00:45:11.260
 Who

00:45:11.260 --> 00:45:11.800
 is to

00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:12.460
 condemn?

00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:14.580
 Christ

00:45:14.580 --> 00:45:15.280
 Jesus

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:16.180
 is the

00:45:16.180 --> 00:45:16.420
 one

00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:16.620
 who

00:45:16.620 --> 00:45:16.960
 died.

00:45:17.080 --> 00:45:17.380
 More

00:45:17.380 --> 00:45:17.580
 than

00:45:17.580 --> 00:45:17.900
 that,

00:45:18.220 --> 00:45:18.460
 who

00:45:18.460 --> 00:45:18.820
 was

00:45:18.820 --> 00:45:19.600
 raised.

00:45:20.320 --> 00:45:20.760
 And

00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:20.900
 who

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:21.039
 is

00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:21.200
 at

00:45:21.200 --> 00:45:21.380
 the

00:45:21.380 --> 00:45:21.700
 right

00:45:21.700 --> 00:45:22.019
 hand

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:22.220
 of

00:45:22.220 --> 00:45:22.539
 God,

00:45:22.660 --> 00:45:22.900
 who

00:45:22.900 --> 00:45:23.420
 indeed

00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:23.860
 is

00:45:23.860 --> 00:45:24.519
 interceding

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:24.820
 for

00:45:24.820 --> 00:45:25.240
 us.

00:45:27.460 --> 00:45:27.960
 Who

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:28.260
 shall

00:45:28.260 --> 00:45:28.780
 separate

00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:29.080
 us

00:45:29.080 --> 00:45:29.320
 from

00:45:29.320 --> 00:45:29.620
 this

00:45:29.620 --> 00:45:29.920
 love

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:30.100
 of

00:45:30.100 --> 00:45:30.559
 Christ?

00:45:31.600 --> 00:45:31.900
 Shall

00:45:31.900 --> 00:45:32.600
 tribulation

00:45:32.600 --> 00:45:33.539
 or distress

00:45:33.539 --> 00:45:34.360
 or

00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:34.900
 persecution

00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:35.340
 or

00:45:35.340 --> 00:45:35.800
 famine

00:45:35.800 --> 00:45:36.539
 or

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:37.160
 nakedness

00:45:37.160 --> 00:45:37.320
 or

00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:37.700
 danger

00:45:37.700 --> 00:45:37.940
 or

00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:38.400
 sword?

00:45:41.200 --> 00:45:41.600
 As

00:45:41.600 --> 00:45:41.820
 it

00:45:41.820 --> 00:45:42.039
 is

00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:42.480
 written,

00:45:43.120 --> 00:45:43.500
 for

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:43.860
 your

00:45:43.860 --> 00:45:44.260
 sake,

00:45:44.380 --> 00:45:44.700
 we

00:45:44.700 --> 00:45:44.960
 are

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:45.200
 being

00:45:45.200 --> 00:45:45.660
 killed

00:45:45.660 --> 00:45:46.039
 all

00:45:46.039 --> 00:45:46.220
 the

00:45:46.220 --> 00:45:46.400
 day

00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:46.700
 long.

00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:46.960
 We

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.240
 are

00:45:47.240 --> 00:45:47.640
 regarded

00:45:47.640 --> 00:45:47.980
 as

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.320
 sheep

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:48.860
 to be

00:45:48.860 --> 00:45:49.380
 slaughtered.

00:45:49.380 --> 00:45:50.460
 know

00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:50.900
 in all

00:45:50.900 --> 00:45:51.160
 these

00:45:51.160 --> 00:45:51.559
 things

00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:52.000
 we

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:52.280
 are

00:45:52.280 --> 00:45:52.840
 more

00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:53.340
 than

00:45:53.340 --> 00:45:53.960
 conquerors

00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:54.099
 to

00:45:54.099 --> 00:45:54.519
 him

00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:54.800
 who

00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:55.140
 loved

00:45:55.140 --> 00:45:55.579
 us.

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:56.340
 For

00:45:56.340 --> 00:45:56.599
 I

00:45:56.599 --> 00:45:56.760
 am

00:45:56.760 --> 00:45:56.980
 sure

00:45:56.980 --> 00:45:57.200
 that

00:45:57.200 --> 00:45:57.480
 neither

00:45:57.480 --> 00:45:58.220
 life

00:45:58.220 --> 00:45:59.480
 nor

00:45:59.480 --> 00:46:00.099
 death

00:46:00.099 --> 00:46:01.440
 nor

00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:02.099
 angels

00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:02.920
 nor

00:46:02.920 --> 00:46:03.539
 rulers

00:46:03.539 --> 00:46:04.059
 nor

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:04.480
 things

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:05.000
 present

00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:05.440
 nor

00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:05.780
 things

00:46:05.780 --> 00:46:05.980
 to

00:46:05.980 --> 00:46:06.340
 come

00:46:06.340 --> 00:46:06.740
 nor

00:46:06.740 --> 00:46:07.340
 powers

00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:07.599
 nor

00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:07.980
 height

00:46:07.980 --> 00:46:08.220
 nor

00:46:08.220 --> 00:46:08.619
 depth

00:46:08.619 --> 00:46:08.800
 or

00:46:08.800 --> 00:46:09.200
 anything

00:46:09.200 --> 00:46:09.680
 else

00:46:09.680 --> 00:46:09.840
 in

00:46:09.840 --> 00:46:10.119
 all

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:10.280
 of

00:46:10.280 --> 00:46:10.740
 creation

00:46:10.740 --> 00:46:11.200
 will

00:46:11.200 --> 00:46:11.420
 be

00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:11.800
 able

00:46:11.800 --> 00:46:12.260
 to

00:46:12.260 --> 00:46:12.680
 separate

00:46:12.680 --> 00:46:12.980
 us

00:46:12.980 --> 00:46:13.539
 from

00:46:13.539 --> 00:46:13.980
 the

00:46:13.980 --> 00:46:14.320
 love

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:14.660
 of

00:46:14.660 --> 00:46:14.980
 God

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:15.320
 in

00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:15.720
 Christ

00:46:15.720 --> 00:46:16.019
 Jesus

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:16.340
 our

00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:16.640
 Lord.

00:46:16.639 --> 00:46:18.219
 my

00:46:18.219 --> 00:46:18.599
 friends

00:46:18.599 --> 00:46:19.319
 look

00:46:19.319 --> 00:46:21.519
 look

00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:22.000
 with me

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.900
 and gaze

00:46:22.900 --> 00:46:23.500
 at the

00:46:23.500 --> 00:46:23.900
 cross

00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:24.259
 of

00:46:24.259 --> 00:46:24.779
 Christ

00:46:24.779 --> 00:46:25.779
 and

00:46:25.779 --> 00:46:26.239
 find

00:46:26.239 --> 00:46:26.659
 the

00:46:26.659 --> 00:46:27.219
 forgiveness

00:46:27.219 --> 00:46:28.059
 of

00:46:28.059 --> 00:46:28.259
 your

00:46:28.259 --> 00:46:28.839
 sins

00:46:28.839 --> 00:46:29.480
 your

00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:30.259
 redemption

00:46:30.259 --> 00:46:30.279
!

00:46:30.279 --> 00:46:30.599
 Your

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:32.519
 forgiveness

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:33.440
 secured!

00:46:34.099 --> 00:46:34.659
 This

00:46:34.659 --> 00:46:35.319
 is where

00:46:35.319 --> 00:46:35.799
 the love

00:46:35.799 --> 00:46:36.400
 of God

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:37.239
 is on

00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:37.519
 full

00:46:37.519 --> 00:46:37.940
 display!

00:46:38.299 --> 00:46:38.659
 This

00:46:38.659 --> 00:46:39.199
 is where

00:46:39.199 --> 00:46:39.799
 the power

00:46:39.799 --> 00:46:40.259
 of God

00:46:40.259 --> 00:46:40.639
 the

00:46:40.639 --> 00:46:41.219
 assurance

00:46:41.219 --> 00:46:41.619
 of God

00:46:41.619 --> 00:46:41.980
 the

00:46:41.980 --> 00:46:42.400
 comfort

00:46:42.400 --> 00:46:42.839
 of God

00:46:42.839 --> 00:46:43.599
 the glory

00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:44.000
 of God

00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:44.719
 the mercy

00:46:44.719 --> 00:46:45.159
 of God

00:46:45.159 --> 00:46:45.899
 the grace

00:46:45.899 --> 00:46:46.359
 of God

00:46:46.359 --> 00:46:47.239
 flows

00:46:47.239 --> 00:46:48.439
 abundantly

00:46:48.439 --> 00:46:49.599
 and freely

00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:50.819
 for all

00:46:50.819 --> 00:46:51.899
 for all

00:46:51.899 --> 00:46:52.699
 who trust

00:46:52.699 --> 00:46:54.059
 in Christ's

00:46:54.059 --> 00:46:54.459
 death

00:46:54.459 --> 00:46:55.259
 for your

00:46:55.259 --> 00:46:55.799
 sins!

00:46:59.399 --> 00:47:00.319
 Let us

00:47:00.319 --> 00:47:00.619
 pray.

00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:04.859
 Father

00:47:04.859 --> 00:47:05.359
 we thank

00:47:05.359 --> 00:47:05.519
 you

00:47:05.519 --> 00:47:05.959
 we thank

00:47:05.959 --> 00:47:06.279
 you for

00:47:06.279 --> 00:47:06.839
 your word

00:47:06.839 --> 00:47:07.419
 we thank

00:47:07.419 --> 00:47:08.099
 you for

00:47:08.099 --> 00:47:08.739
 fully

00:47:08.739 --> 00:47:09.399
 revealing

00:47:09.399 --> 00:47:10.199
 your glory

00:47:10.199 --> 00:47:10.839
 at the

00:47:10.839 --> 00:47:11.299
 cross

00:47:11.299 --> 00:47:12.000
 of Christ

00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:15.239
 making

00:47:15.239 --> 00:47:15.880
 your love

00:47:15.880 --> 00:47:16.340
 known

00:47:16.340 --> 00:47:17.079
 to us

00:47:17.079 --> 00:47:18.820
 extending

00:47:18.820 --> 00:47:19.679
 forgiveness

00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:20.619
 and eternal

00:47:20.619 --> 00:47:21.199
 life

00:47:21.199 --> 00:47:22.420
 oh Lord

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 I pray

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 that we

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 would

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 cast

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 ourselves

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 upon

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 this

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 love

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 and know

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 this

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 deep

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 love

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 of Jesus

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 I pray

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 amen

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 away

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