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 And Jesus said, you will not believe me.

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 And if I asked you, you would not answer.

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 Long before this trial, they had already made up their minds about Jesus.

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 And Jesus knew that even if he was to ask them some questions, they wouldn't answer them.

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 They were only looking for one thing.

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 To put Jesus to death.

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 And that in a way that would still make the people think that they were the good guys.

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 Jesus said this to them.

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 From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of God.

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 This is quite the claim.

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 And to catch the full meaning of this, we almost have to go back and read the story carefully.

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 All along, Jesus has been referring to himself as the Son of Man.

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 And the Son of Man is a special title.

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 It refers to the Messiah.

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 The glorious king who would come to rule God's never-ending kingdom.

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 As it was revealed to Daniel in a vision long ago.

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 So Jesus is saying a lot here.

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 He's saying, yes, I am the Messiah.

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 And from now on, you will see me seated at the right hand of the mighty God.

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 And to be seated at the right hand is a special place of privilege and honor and authority.

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 And so Jesus is saying, from now on, or perhaps the next time you see me,

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 you will see me having that special position of authority, of glory, of power.

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 They all asked, are you then the Son of God?

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 You can almost hear it in their tone of voice, in the way they ask it.

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 This is not a sincere wondering.

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 This is an interrogation kind of question.

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 Are you then the Son of God?

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 Will you go so far as to claim for yourself that you are God's Son?

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 And Jesus replied saying, you say that I am.

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 Not the most direct answer.

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 And exactly why Jesus answers this way, I'll be honest, I don't know.

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 It's possible that the question is loaded with misconceptions about what it means for Jesus to be the Son of God.

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 Or maybe Jesus just wants to get them thinking about what they really intend to accuse Him of here.

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 Or perhaps Jesus is simply unwilling to answer the question in this moment.

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 He's not going to deny, and He's not going to give them in this moment what they're looking for.

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 But somewhere in the course of this conversation, Mark tells us in his Gospel

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 that Jesus eventually does simply say, yes, I am.

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 I am the Son of the Blessed One.

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 The Son of God.

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 And at this, the trial is over.

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 They accuse Jesus of blasphemy.

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 And from there, they march Him off to Pilate, the Roman governor.

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 And of course, before Pilate, they're not going to charge Him with blasphemy

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 because Pilate doesn't give a rip about that.

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 No, before Pilate, they charge Jesus with subverting our nation.

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 Which basically means disturbing the peace.

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 Undermining the status quo.

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 Stirring up the people.

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 Well, that has some truth to it.

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 Jesus has kind of been turning things upside down.

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 He's been exposing the hypocrisy and the corruption

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 of the majority of the religious leaders in Israel.

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 It's been a good kind of disturbing the peace.

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 They go on to say, to accuse Jesus of opposing payment of taxes to Caesar.

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 Not true.

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 A blatant lie.

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 They accuse Jesus of claiming to be the King of the Jews.

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 And He is.

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 But they're hoping to get Jesus into some political trouble with Pilate.

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 So Pilate examines and questions Jesus.

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 And three times that day, he declares Jesus to be innocent.

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 And that he's found nothing that he is guilty of or deserving of death.

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 And then finally, the religious leaders stir up the crowd

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 to demand that Jesus be executed by crucifixion.

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 The people begin shouting, crucify Him.

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 And it goes on and it goes on and it goes on.

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 Until finally, Pilate gives into their demands

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 and hands Jesus over to be executed.

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 After beating Jesus, they march Him out to the place of execution.

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 They strip Him of His clothes.

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 They nail His body to a wooden cross.

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 And then they lift Him up high in the air for all to see.

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 The people, and especially the religious leaders,

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 mocked Jesus as they saw Him hanging there, dying.

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 He saved others.

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 Let Him save Himself if He is the Son of God.

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 Jesus, as He hung there suffering,

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 prayed to God and said,

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 Father, forgive them,

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 for they do not know what they are doing.

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 At about noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

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 For the sun stopped shining,

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 and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.

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 Jesus called out with a loud voice,

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 Father,

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 Father,

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 into your hands I commit my spirit.

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 When He had said this, He breathed His last.

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 The centurion, seeing what had happened,

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 praised God and said,

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 Surely, this was a righteous man.

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 When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place,

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 they beat their breasts and went away.

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 But all those who knew Him,

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 including the women who had followed Him from Galilee,

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 stood at a distance,

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 watching these things.

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 From there,

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 Jesus' body was taken down and laid in a tomb by a man named Joseph.

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 This is the true story of Jesus' death,

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 from Luke's accounting of it.

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 And we might wonder,

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 well, what's the meaning of all this?

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 What are we to do with this?

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 How do we make sense of this?

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 And that's probably what most of Jesus' followers were thinking too,

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 as they witnessed and watched all of this in utter shock and disbelief.

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 The wonderful, miracle-working man,

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 who they had got to know and love and follow

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 around for the past three years,

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 was executed and now dead.

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 But even before any of this had happened,

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 Jesus told them it was coming.

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 He told them that it was coming,

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 and He explained why.

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 He had been saying before all this,

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 the Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.

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 He had been saying,

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 the Son of Man must suffer many things

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 and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes

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 and be killed.

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 He told them it was coming,

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 and it was at the table,

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 as they marked the Passover together the night before,

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 that He explained why.

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 Let me read that part of the story again for us.

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 From Luke chapter 22.

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 When the hour came,

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 Jesus and His apostles reclined at the table,

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 and He said to them,

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 I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you

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 before I suffer.

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 Verse 19.

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 And He took bread,

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 gave thanks,

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 and broke it,

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 and gave it to them,

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 saying,

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 this is my body,

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 given for you.

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 Do this in remembrance of me.

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 In the same way,

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 after the supper,

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 He took the cup,

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 saying,

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 this cup is the new covenant

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 covenant in my blood,

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 which is poured out for you.

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 Jesus' death was not an accident.

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 It wasn't a stroke of bad luck.

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 It wasn't just some bad men

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 got the upper hand on Him.

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 No, His death had a deep purpose.

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 In fact,

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 it had been part of God's plan all along.

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 This is my body,

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 He said,

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 given for you.

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 I'm going to die for you,

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 my friends.

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 This cup is the new covenant in my blood,

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 which is poured out for you.

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 My blood is about to be poured out

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 for you,

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 my friends,

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 to establish a new deal

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 between you and God.

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 Oh, there's something much bigger going on here.

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 And we could go to many other passages

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 to bring this to light,

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 but the short and simple of it is this.

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 All of us have sinned against God.

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 We are all guilty before Him.

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 We,

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 the human race,

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 rebelled against God

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 way back at the beginning.

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 And all of us who are here today

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 share in the sentence of that guilt.

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 And each one of us has added to that guilt

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 with our own sins

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 and our own evils.

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 We could talk about the various kinds of sins.

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 some are obvious,

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 lying,

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 disobeying or dishonoring our parents,

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 sexual immorality,

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 gossip,

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 trying to hurt other people.

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 Or we could talk about

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 the more subtle sins.

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 Selfishness.

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 Pride.

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 Failing to love God

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 and other people

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 the way that we should.

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 Treating God

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 as if everything else in life

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 is more important than He is.

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 That's just a small sampling.

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 The list goes on.

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 There's all kinds of things

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 that we have done.

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 All of us have sinned against God

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 in our actions,

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 with our words,

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 in our attitudes.

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 As Paul says,

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 we all fall short

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 of God's glory.

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 Because of our sins

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 we are in big trouble with God.

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 And to do what is right

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 and just

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 and good for the world

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 means that God will someday

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 have to deal

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 with our sins,

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 with our guilt.

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 In God's own word,

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 a day of judgment.

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 A day of punishment.

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 So that's our big problem.

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 That's why we desperately need

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 this new deal

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 with God

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 that Jesus came to bring about

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 by His blood.

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 We need a way

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 for our sins to be forgiven.

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 We need a way

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 for our guilt

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 to be taken away.

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 And God

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 needs a way

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 to do that

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 that is just

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 and right.

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 And so long ago

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 God came up with a way.

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 The only way.

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 God would send

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 His Son, Jesus,

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 into the world.

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 He would permit

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 Jesus to take

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 the punishment

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 that we deserve

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 upon Himself

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 and suffer

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 and die

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 in our place.

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 The righteous

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 for the unrighteous.

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 A substitution.

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 That's what's going on here.

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 This is what Jesus means

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 when He says

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 my body

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 given

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 for you.

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 My blood

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 poured out

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 for you.

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 and make no mistake

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 God sent

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 Jesus to do this

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 because He loves you.

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 Because He loves me.

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 Because He loves

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 all the people

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 of the world.

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 And Jesus

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 for His part

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 came to do this

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 not just because

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 He had to

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 but because

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 He loves you

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 deeply.

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 I was reading

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 this morning

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 as He said

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 to His disciples

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 I lay down

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 my life

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 for the sheep.

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 My choice.

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 Because I love them.

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 This was His prayer

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 as Jesus hung

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 on the cross.

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 Father

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 forgive them.

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 It was a suffering

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 and death

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 that He went to

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 on purpose

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 to make

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 forgiveness

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 a reality

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 between God

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 and everyone

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 who will seek

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 His forgiveness.

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 And so once a month

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 we do this

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 in remembrance

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 of Him.

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 We celebrate

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 the Lord's table.

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 We partake of

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 broken bread

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 and a cup

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 to remember

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 the love of God

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 and the love

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 of Jesus

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 that saved us

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 that set us free

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 that secured

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 for us

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 a new

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 and wonderful

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 relationship

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 with God.

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 This table

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 is precious

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 to us.

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 In a few minutes

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 we'll hear

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 the words

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 of a familiar

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 song playing

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 in the background.

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 Jesus loves me

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 this I know.

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 And I just want

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 to ask you

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 that question

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 this morning

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 as we do this.

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 Do you know

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 that Jesus

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 loves you?

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 does your heart

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 know it?

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 How can we

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 know it?

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 Because the Bible

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 tells us

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 that Jesus

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 came to die

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 for us.

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 The greatest

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 act of love

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 that could ever

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 be done

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 at the cross.

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 So let's

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 take some time

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 to quietly

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 reflect

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 and pray.

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 I want to

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 encourage you

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 in these moments

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 as the music

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 plays

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 to confess

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 your sins

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 to God.

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 Think over

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 the past month.

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 Think over

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 the past week.

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 Reflect on

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 what Jesus

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 has done

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 for you

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 and why.

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 After we've

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 had a few

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 minutes to do

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 that

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 Ryan's going

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 to come up

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 and he's going

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 to serve

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 the bread

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 and the cup.

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 And if you're

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 here this morning

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 and you have

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 given yourself

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 to Jesus

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 as your

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 king,

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 as your

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 savior,

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 then I want

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 to invite you

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 to partake,

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 to participate

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 with us,

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 to remember

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 with us.

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 If you haven't

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 made that decision

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 yet, I want

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 to encourage

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 you to abstain

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 from it until

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 you're ready to.

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 But perhaps

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 you could make

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 that decision

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 this morning.

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 It's as simple

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 as admitting

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 to God

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 our sins,

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 confessing

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 to him,

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 asking for

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 his forgiveness

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 and asking

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 for him

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 to be

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 our Lord

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 and our

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 savior.

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 We'll wait

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 until everyone

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 has been served

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 and then we'll

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 eat and we'll

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 drink together

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 in unison.

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 and

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 okay,

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 let's

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Let's see.

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 Thank you.

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 Let's eat and drink in remembrance of Christ.

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 Let's eat and drink in remembrance of Christ.