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 And again, if you have your Bibles open, we will be in that section of 1 Peter chapter 2 that Steve read for us.

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 We are beginning a new series called Gospel Truths and Gospel Culture.

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 And we're beginning with a theme of substitution.

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 To borrow that line from Man of Sorrows,

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 In my place condemned he, the Lord Jesus, stood.

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 And so why this series on Gospel Truth and Gospel Culture?

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 Well, let me begin by thinking about the largest diamond ever discovered in the world.

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 Perhaps you know its name. It's the Cullinan diamond.

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 It weighed in at some 3,106 carats.

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 Discovered in a mine in South Africa in 1905.

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 Since 1907 has been part of the Crown Jewels.

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 If you ever want to see it, you can go to the Tower of London.

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 If you ever want to touch it, you will not be allowed to.

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 It's far too precious.

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 But the wonderful thing about diamonds, so I'm told.

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 I've never experienced this.

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 But as you turn the diamond, you see its many facets.

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 You see it refracting the light.

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 However you turn it, you're going to see fresh glimpses of beauty.

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 And so with that in our minds,

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 let's think about the Gospel.

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 Why are we doing a series on the Gospel

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 and the culture that the Gospel produces?

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 Because it's always good for us as the people of God

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 to slow down and examine

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 the good news at the heart of our faith,

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 the person at the heart of our faith,

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 the Lord Jesus,

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 to let his beauty shine in our lives.

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 There are, for a church in every age and generation,

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 at least two dangers in this regard.

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 One, we can assume the Gospel,

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 in which case we will probably very quickly lose the Gospel.

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 We can use Gospel speak without necessarily knowing

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 what it is that we're talking about.

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 So it's good for us to slow down

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 so that we together understand

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 the wonderful reality

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 that is the good news of what God has done for us in Jesus.

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 But the other danger for us

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 is that there can be a disconnection

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 between the truth that we believe

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 and the lives that we live.

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 There can be a great difference

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 between what we affirm

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 statements of faith

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 with the way that we share our lives together.

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 And so I want us to take time

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 for the next few months

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 to think about the Gospel

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 and to see how that should shape

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 our culture, our life,

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 our family life together as a church.

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 I didn't necessarily plan this,

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 but during my sabbatical,

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 that was definitely where God led me.

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 Most of my thinking was about

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 how should the people of God

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 and our life together look different

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 because we believe Jesus is Lord.

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 So our aim every time that we meet

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 is that as Christians,

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 we would delight again and again

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 in the Gospel of the Lord Jesus.

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 And for those of us who are here

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 who are not Christians,

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 that you would be drawn to the Lord Jesus

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 as you come to discover

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 what God in Jesus has done.

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 and that these Gospel truths

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 would more and more shape

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 how we share life together.

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 That there would be a Gospel culture

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 in our church.

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 And for us to do that,

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 let's go right to the heart of the Gospel.

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 Let's think together about substitution.

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 And our approach today

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 is going to see this great theme

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 largely through the eyes of Peter,

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 the disciple.

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 So Peter wrote this letter,

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 but it was also Peter

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 who provided the content

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 for Mark's Gospel.

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 So we'll dip into Mark's Gospel

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 a little bit

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 to get a sense of how Peter

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 understands substitution.

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 Our little section, I think,

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 gave us an insight

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 into why Peter is writing his letter.

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 New followers of Jesus

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 are now facing pressure from Rome.

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 They're facing opposition.

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 And so what Peter does time and again

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 is he brings to them,

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 here is what God has done for you in Jesus.

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 Here is the good news

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 that has saved you

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 so that,

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 in the case of this little section

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 we just read,

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 that as those believers

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 are united to Christ by faith,

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 they would then follow his example

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 and be ready to suffer

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 for the sake of the Lord God.

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 So we're going to be in this section,

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 18 to 25,

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 and I hope it will help us

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 answer three questions.

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 Three simple questions.

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 One, what is substitution?

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 Two, who is the substitute?

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 And three, why do we call substitution

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 good news?

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 So first, what is substitution?

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 And I think at this stage

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 it would be helpful to clarify

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 because I imagine most of us

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 if we hear the word substitute,

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 perhaps we will think

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 in terms of sport.

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 One player goes off,

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 another player comes on.

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 Or we might think of the classroom.

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 A teacher is unavailable

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 and so there is a substitute

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 who is brought in.

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 Or maybe you're just thinking

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 of your online supermarket shop.

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 Your product was not available

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 so a substitute product

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 is provided.

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 Now that gets to part of the image

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 but not the whole image.

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 It's not simply one person

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 taking the place of another.

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 In the Bible,

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 substitution is the idea

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 of one person taking the place

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 of another,

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 bearing their pain

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 and saving the other

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 from that pain.

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 So perhaps in modern day

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 it might be a better image

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 for us to think about

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 a bodyguard

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 jumping in front of a politician

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 or a president

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 to protect them from a bullet.

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 Perhaps a parent

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 giving their life

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 to save a child

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 from drowning.

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 Those noble acts

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 of loving self,

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 giving sacrifice

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 that we hear about.

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 Well the idea in Peter's mind

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 as he thinks about substitution

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 is drawn from

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 the Old Testament.

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 And that system of sacrifices

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 given by God

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 always intended

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 to point to something greater.

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 To point to the reality

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 that in God's perfect timing

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 he would send

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 his own son Jesus

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 to be our substitute

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 to die as a sacrifice

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 so that you and I

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 by trusting in him

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 might know salvation.

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 So we can see this

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 if you look at your Bibles

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 in for example

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 verse 24

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 Peter speaks of Jesus

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 and he says

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 he himself

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 bore our sins

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 in his body.

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 A sacrifice language.

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 We can also see

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 it in the quotations

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 from Isaiah 53.

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 He committed no sin

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 and no deceit

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 was found in his mouth

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 by his wounds

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 you have been healed.

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 We can also see it

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 in 1 Peter chapter 1

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 and verse 18.

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 For you know

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 it was not with

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 perishable things

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 such as silver or gold

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 that you were redeemed

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 but with the precious

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 blood of Christ.

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 When Peter thinks

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 about Jesus

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 the substitute

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 he thinks of that

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 sacrificial work

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 fulfilled by Jesus.

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 So

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 let's think about that

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 together.

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 So every time

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 an Old Testament

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 worshipper

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 went to the temple

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 with a guilt offering

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 or a sin offering

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 a few things would happen.

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 They would bring

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 an animal

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 with them

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 and that animal

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 would then

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 they would then

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 lay their hand

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 on the heads

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 of the animal

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 to say

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 my guilt

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 and my sin

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 is now being transferred

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 and then that animal

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 would be killed

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 and the blood

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 would then be sprinkled.

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 And so the message

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 in the temple

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 was clear.

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 That substitute

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 dies for my sin

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 their blood

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 covers my guilt

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 so I can be

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 in the presence

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 of a holy God.

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 Perhaps we can go

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 since we're going

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 in the book of Exodus

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 in the evenings

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 we can think about

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 the Passover event

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 when God's people

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 Israel were slaves

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 in Egypt

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 and God announced

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 that his judgment

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 was going to pass

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 right through

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 the nation

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 of Egypt.

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 But in his mercy

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 he said to his people

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 there is a way

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 for this judgment

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 to pass over you

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 and what was that way?

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 They had to take

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 a spotless animal

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 and they had to kill it

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 and they had to

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 sprinkle the blood

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 on the doorpost

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 that they lived in

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 and then

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 the judgment

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 would pass over.

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 Why?

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 Because a substitute

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 has taken their place.

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 And so every

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 Old Testament worshipper

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 understood this

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 but then

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 remarkably

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 in Isaiah 53

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 God reveals

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 there would be

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 a still greater substitute.

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 It was never

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 God's intention

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 that an animal

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 could be

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 a proper substitute

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 for a person.

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 So Isaiah 53

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 God reveals

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 that a man

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 would come

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 the servant

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 of the Lord

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 would come

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 the God man

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 would come

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 and he would be

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 the substitute.

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 And so we need to see

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 that from beginning

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 to end

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 the message

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 of the Christian faith

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 is not

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 Jesus is my example.

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 Now sometimes

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 where people go wrong

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 they think

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 well

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 Jesus gives

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 me a moral code

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 and he gives me

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 a set of rules

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 and if I try really hard

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 that's what Christianity

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 is about.

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 No it's not

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 Jesus is my example.

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 Christianity is

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 Jesus is my

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 substitute.

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 I will never

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 understand

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 the Christian faith

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 and its good news

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 until we understand that.

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 Now let's think

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 of it another way.

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 another way to think

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 about substitution.

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 Substitution in the Bible

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 is presented

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 as the answer

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 to humanity's

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 greatest problem.

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 So naturally

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 maybe especially

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 as we watch

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 the news

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 we check our

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 social media feeds

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 we perhaps

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 typically think

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 our biggest problems

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 lie outside of us.

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 And there are many

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 aren't they

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 and they are real.

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 The cost of living

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 crisis

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 environmental

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 disasters

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 global

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 conflicts

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 violence

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 on our streets

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 the ongoing

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 impact of

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 pandemic.

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 So we typically

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 think that the big

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 problems are outside

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 of us and the

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 solutions

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 again by nature

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 we think

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 the solutions

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 are within.

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 They're within us.

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 We have the ability

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 we have the resources

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 we can fix these things

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 we can find

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 the answers.

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 And what the Bible

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 does

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 is the Bible

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 humbles us

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 because it shows

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 it's the other way

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 around.

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 Because the Bible

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 says time and time

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 again the biggest

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 problem lies inside

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 of us.

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 It's the problem

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 of our sin

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 before God.

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 It's our rebellion

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 against Him.

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 It's our law breaking.

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 That's the problem.

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 It's the guilt

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 that we have

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 in the eyes

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 of a holy God.

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 It's the fact

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 that by nature

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 because of our sin

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 we stand separate

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 from God.

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 We are enemies

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 of God

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 and we are heading

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 for a lost eternity

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 in hell.

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 That's the biggest

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 problem

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 we all face.

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 And the solution

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 wonderfully

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 the solution

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 doesn't lie

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 inside of us

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 it lies

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 outside of us

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 in God

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 giving His Son

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 Jesus

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 to save

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 and to forgive

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 and to bring peace.

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 So the Bible

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 is clear

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 and Peter

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 is clear

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 the heart

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 of the problem

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 is the problem

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 of our human hearts

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 and the sin

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 that lies

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 within.

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 And it's so important

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 for us to recognize

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 these two realities

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 if we are to understand

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 why substitution

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 is good news.

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 It's important

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 we understand

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 first

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 that we are more

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 guilty

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 and sinful

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 than we realize

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 and secondly

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 that God

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 is more holy

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 and righteous

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 than we realize.

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 by way of

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 a picture

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 and by way

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 of confession

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 from time to time

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 I find myself

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 digging in the garden

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 sometimes weeding

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 sometimes planting

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 but often

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 maybe some of you

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 can relate to this

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 I find myself

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 quite lazy

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 when it comes time

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 to come back inside

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 forget to take the shoes off

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 can't be bothered

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 to clean my hands

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 and what's the result?

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 you find those

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 telltale muddy

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 footprints

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 all through the kitchen

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 you find the towel

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 that's covered

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 in dirt

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 and grime

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 there are smudges

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 everywhere

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 mud sticks

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 mud affects

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 everything

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 and it's a picture

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 of our own

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 sin

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 and we need to understand

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 that our thoughts

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 our words

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 our actions

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 our motives

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 before a holy God

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 are not pure and perfect

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 and then because

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 God is holy

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 and God is righteous

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 he cannot simply

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 sweep our sin

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 under the rug

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 he cannot turn

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 a blind eye to him

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 he can't say

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 never mind

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 you'll do better

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 next time

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 because if God

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 doesn't care about sin

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 if God does not

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 act righteously

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 then he ceases

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 to be who he is

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 the Bible says

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 he is a holy God

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 he is a just God

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 so he cannot be unjust

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 so then the question

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 becomes

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 how can God

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 be true to himself

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 how can he be both

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 just

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 and

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 loving

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 how can he

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 justly deal with sin

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 and how can he love

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 people like us

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 who are sinners

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 the answer

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 is wonderful

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 the answer is by

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 God himself

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 providing

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 a perfect

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 substitute

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 by the son

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 of God

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 coming to receive

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 the judgment

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 that we deserve

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 so that sinners

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 might receive

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 pardon

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 that's the heart

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 of the gospel

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 that's the heart

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 of the good news

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 so that's what

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 substitution

00:14:10.460 --> 00:14:11.080
 is

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 next

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 let's think about

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 who is

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 this substitute

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 so we sang

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 in my place

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 condemned

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 he stood

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 so let's

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 think together

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 who is

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 he

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 this one

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 who stood

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 condemned

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 in the place

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 of sinners

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 and again

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 this answer

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 though we may be

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 familiar with it

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 should

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 truly amaze

00:14:33.199 --> 00:14:33.759
 us

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 it's also

00:14:35.939 --> 00:14:37.059
 a way to help us

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 with the question

00:14:37.539 --> 00:14:38.459
 is it fair

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 so sometimes the question

00:14:39.719 --> 00:14:39.959
 is that

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 is it fair

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 that one person

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 should pay

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 for the sins

00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:42.519
 of another

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 and hopefully

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 as we think

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 about who is

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 the substitute

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 we'll go some way

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 to answering that

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 so who is the

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 substitute

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 according to

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 Peter

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 well look at

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 verse 21

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 we're given a title

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 there to this

00:14:53.980 --> 00:14:54.419
 you were called

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 because Christ

00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:57.960
 suffered for you

00:14:57.960 --> 00:15:00.519
 Christ is the one

00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:01.360
 in verse 24

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 he himself

00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:04.340
 bore our sins

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 so let's think

00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:06.919
 who is this

00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:07.840
 Christ

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 that's a title

00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:09.840
 that we find

00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:11.159
 from the Old Testament

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 God's promised

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 king

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 the one who

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 would be

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 anointed

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 given a special

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 role

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 this role

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 to be king

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 and saviour

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 and it's this

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 king

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 this perfect

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 one

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 who is loaded

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 up

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 with sin

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 condemned

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 at the cross

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 and so remember

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 we said at the

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 beginning that

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 Mark's gospel

00:15:36.079 --> 00:15:36.879
 records

00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:38.959
 Peter's testimony

00:15:38.959 --> 00:15:39.579
 to the life

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 of Jesus

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 and when you

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 read

00:15:41.099 --> 00:15:42.379
 in Mark's

00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:42.679
 gospel

00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:43.240
 you discover

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 so much

00:15:43.939 --> 00:15:44.339
 of Peter

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 telling us

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 about the

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 identity

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 of Jesus

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 so verse 1

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 chapter 1

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 verse 1

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 it's the good

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 news

00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.279
 his gospel

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 is the good

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 news

00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:52.500
 about Jesus

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 Christ

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 the son of

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 God

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 so who is

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 this Christ

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 he is

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 none other

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 than the

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 eternal

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 son of

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 God

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 the one

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 who became

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 truly human

00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:01.279
 to be the

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 king and the

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 saviour

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 the world

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 was waiting

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 for

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 and you go

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 through the

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 gospel

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 Mark

00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.580
 really divides

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 his testimony

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 into two

00:16:08.659 --> 00:16:09.019
 the first

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 eight chapters

00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:10.340
 are revealing

00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:11.460
 the glory

00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:11.960
 of Christ

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 so we see

00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:13.100
 his amazing

00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:13.519
 miracles

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 here's the

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 one who

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 heals the

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 sick and

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 stills the

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 storm and

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 even raises

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 the dead

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 he is the

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 one with

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 incredible

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 authority

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 Jesus says

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 that he has

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 the authority

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 to forgive

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 sins

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 that he's

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 lord of

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 the sabbath

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 the people

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 are amazed

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 that we never

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 heard teaching

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 like this

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 before

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 and so the

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 first eight

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 chapters

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 he cries

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 astonished

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 by the glory

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 of Jesus

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 in his

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 actions

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 and in his

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 words

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 but then

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 chapters nine

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 to sixteen

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 there's a

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 turn

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 and it's

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 revealed that

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 this same

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 glorious king

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 has come to

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 be the

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 suffering servant

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 spoken of

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 in Isaiah

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 53

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 this wonderful

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 king sent

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 by God

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 to be our

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 saviour

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 will die

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 the death

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 of a criminal

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 back to

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 first Peter

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 and three

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 truths about

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 who is

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 the substitute

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 first of all

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 in verse

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 22 and

00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:11.440
 23 we

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 discover that

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 Jesus is a

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 sinless

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 substitute

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 so it

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 begins there

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 he committed

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 no sin

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 all of the

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 actions of

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 Jesus are

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 righteous and

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 holy and

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 good

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 he goes on

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 no deceit

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 was found

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 in his

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 mouth

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 Jesus spoke

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 truth

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 every word

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 that came

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 from his

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 mouth

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 was

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 righteous

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 verse 23

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 when they

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 hurled their

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 insults at

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 him

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 he did not

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 retaliate

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 when he

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 suffered

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 he made

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 no threats

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 his responses

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 were always

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 perfect and

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 righteous

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 even under

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 the most

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 intense

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 suffering

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 end of

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 verse 23

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 instead

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 he entrusted

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 himself to

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 him who

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 judges

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 justly

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 Jesus

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 in all of

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 his motives

00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:07.660
 desires to

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 do the

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 will of

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 his father

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 his obedience

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 is perfect

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.440
 and

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 complete

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 maybe you

00:18:17.080 --> 00:18:17.580
 find yourself

00:18:17.580 --> 00:18:18.000
 reading the

00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.559
 old testament

00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:18.960
 and ask

00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.220
 yourself

00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:19.960
 why is

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.160
 there the

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 big emphasis

00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:21.100
 on these

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 animals that

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 are sacrificed

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 having to be

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 pure

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 the answer

00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.180
 is because

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 they're

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 representing

00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:27.800
 a perfect

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 pure and

00:18:28.420 --> 00:18:28.840
 holy

00:18:28.840 --> 00:18:29.500
 savior

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 so jesus

00:18:31.320 --> 00:18:32.000
 is holy

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:33.440
 and jesus

00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:34.940
 is sinless

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 because he

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 is the

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 son of

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 god

00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:40.160
 we also

00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:40.980
 discover that

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.480
 jesus

00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:42.660
 is the

00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:43.160
 sin

00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:43.780
 bearing

00:18:43.780 --> 00:18:45.200
 substitute

00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:48.120
 verse 24

00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:49.700
 can be

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 described in

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 terms of

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 a great

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 exchange

00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:52.940
 so what

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 happens

00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:53.799
 there

00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:55.140
 he himself

00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:55.900
 bore our

00:18:55.900 --> 00:18:56.640
 sins in

00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:57.059
 his body

00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.340
 on the

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 tree

00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:58.100
 on the

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 cross

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 so that

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.680
 we might

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 die to

00:19:00.360 --> 00:19:00.880
 sins

00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:01.799
 and live

00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.700
 for

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.299
 righteousness

00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:05.559
 there on

00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:06.100
 the cross

00:19:06.100 --> 00:19:06.640
 jesus

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 becomes

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:07.759
 sin

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.220
 with

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.759
 our

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.340
 sin

00:19:09.340 --> 00:19:10.559
 so that

00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.000
 we might

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.380
 become

00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:11.980
 righteous

00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.860
 with his

00:19:12.860 --> 00:19:14.039
 righteousness

00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:17.879
 peter

00:19:17.879 --> 00:19:19.000
 uses

00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:20.139
 an

00:19:20.139 --> 00:19:20.619
 interesting

00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:21.079
 phrase

00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:21.440
 in verse

00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:21.899
 24

00:19:21.899 --> 00:19:22.200
 in the

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 newer

00:19:22.399 --> 00:19:22.720
 version

00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:23.000
 of the

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 niv

00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:24.319
 it

00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:24.559
 doesn't

00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:24.899
 necessarily

00:19:24.899 --> 00:19:25.279
 pick it

00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:25.440
 up

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:25.659
 when it

00:19:25.659 --> 00:19:25.839
 says

00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.259
 he himself

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:26.700
 bore our

00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.039
 sins in

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.500
 his body

00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:27.799
 on the

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.399
 cross

00:19:28.399 --> 00:19:29.519
 literally

00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.119
 he bore

00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:30.539
 our sins

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:30.799
 in his

00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:31.019
 body

00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:31.299
 on the

00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:31.740
 tree

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.899
 and so

00:19:32.899 --> 00:19:33.059
 again

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.359
 maybe you

00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:33.539
 have the

00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:33.799
 question

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.579
 why is he

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:34.899
 talking about

00:19:34.899 --> 00:19:35.319
 the cross

00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:35.639
 as being

00:19:35.639 --> 00:19:35.960
 like a

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.319
 tree

00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:37.700
 it's

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:37.839
 because

00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.099
 peter

00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:38.579
 knows his

00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:38.779
 old

00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.180
 testament

00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:39.480
 and he

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:39.779
 knows in

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:39.899
 the

00:19:39.899 --> 00:19:40.159
 old

00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:40.759
 testament

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.420
 that

00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:41.799
 everyone

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.519
 who hung

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.000
 on a

00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.480
 tree

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.440
 was

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:44.960
 recognized

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.420
 to be

00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:45.740
 under

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:45.980
 the

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.299
 curse

00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:46.519
 of

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:46.960
 God

00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:48.539
 and so

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:48.839
 peter

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.519
 deliberately

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.019
 uses

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.339
 this

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:51.079
 language

00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:52.240
 to show

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:52.799
 to you

00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.220
 and to

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.519
 me

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.319
 that

00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:54.720
 jesus

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:54.940
 the

00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.240
 perfect

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.740
 sinless

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:55.980
 son

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.140
 of

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:56.319
 god

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.539
 was

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:56.839
 willing

00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:57.259
 to go

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.700
 under

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.339
 god's

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:58.920
 curse

00:19:58.920 --> 00:20:00.599
 so that

00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:00.880
 you and

00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:01.299
 i might

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.700
 know

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.700
 god's

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.500
 blessing

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:05.779
 what

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:05.880
 what we

00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:06.400
 discover

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:06.940
 happening

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:07.220
 at the

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.539
 cross

00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:07.859
 is that

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.220
 jesus

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:09.019
 experiences

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.960
 holy

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.519
 anger

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:10.940
 against

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.240
 sin

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:11.480
 from

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:11.660
 his

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.119
 father

00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:13.440
 so that

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:13.579
 his

00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:13.900
 people

00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:14.140
 those

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:14.279
 who

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:14.660
 trust

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:14.839
 in

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.119
 him

00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:15.960
 never

00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:16.960
 will

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:19.799
 third

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.019
 thing

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.480
 to notice

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:20.759
 about

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.099
 who

00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:21.420
 our

00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:21.940
 substitute

00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:22.519
 is

00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:22.740
 he

00:20:22.740 --> 00:20:22.920
 is

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.160
 a

00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:24.000
 reconciling

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.539
 substitute

00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:26.079
 look at

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.960
 verse 25

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:28.039
 for you

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.400
 are like

00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:28.960
 sheep

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:30.019
 going

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.740
 astray

00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:32.100
 but now

00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:32.360
 you have

00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:32.940
 returned

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.900
 to the

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.279
 shepherd

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:35.559
 and the

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.440
 overseer

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.680
 of your

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:38.360
 souls

00:20:38.360 --> 00:20:39.319
 the image

00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:39.799
 in isaiah

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.400
 53

00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:42.140
 god's

00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.400
 people

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:42.960
 straying

00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:43.180
 into

00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:43.600
 sin

00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:44.920
 the lord

00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.340
 lays the

00:20:45.340 --> 00:20:45.840
 iniquity

00:20:45.840 --> 00:20:47.039
 on him

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:48.579
 the image

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:48.860
 of the

00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:49.340
 straying

00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:49.840
 sheep

00:20:49.840 --> 00:20:50.720
 that by

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.559
 nature

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.220
 left to

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:52.840
 ourselves

00:20:52.840 --> 00:20:53.779
 we are

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:54.600
 as people

00:20:54.600 --> 00:20:55.720
 separated

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.600
 from god

00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:58.119
 we are

00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.480
 in

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.219
 danger

00:20:59.219 --> 00:20:59.619
 we are

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 facing

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 death

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 in

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 our

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 sin

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 but

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 jesus

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 comes

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 as the

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 good

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 shepherd

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 the good

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 shepherd of

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 luke

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 chapter 15

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 who searches

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 for lost

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 sheep

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 in his

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 love and

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 grace

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 who joyfully

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 brings them

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 home

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 to his

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 father

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 he's the

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 good shepherd

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 who in

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 john

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 chapter 10

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 declares that

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 he knows

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 his sheep

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 and he

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 loves his

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 sheep

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 and he'll

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 lay down

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 his life

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 for his

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 sheep

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 so it's

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 through the

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 cross of

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 jesus and

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 it's through

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 the work of

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 jesus the

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 substitute

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 that you and

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 i as spiritual

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 strays

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 as spiritual

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 runaways

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 can be brought

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 home

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 because jesus

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 in his own

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 body takes

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 the sin

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 and guilt

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 that we

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 deserve

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 he pays

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 the price

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 we should

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 pay

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 and he

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 does that

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 so that

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 we might

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 be called

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 home

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 if we

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 will receive

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 him as

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 lord and

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 savior

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 the bible's

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 remarkable

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 message

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 is it's

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 none other

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 than

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 the god

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 man

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 who bore

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 the sins

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 and took

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 the place

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 and faced

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 the judgment

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 for his

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 people

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 romans 5

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 verse 8

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 god demonstrates

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 his love

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 for us

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 in this

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 while we

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 were still

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 sinners

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 christ

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 this christ

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 died for

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 us

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 maybe we

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 find ourselves

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 wrestling with

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 this reality

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.480
 peter

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 who wrote

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 our letter

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 he definitely

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 wrestled with

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 this reality

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 he couldn't

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 see any way

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 that the cross

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 could be jesus

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 destiny or jesus

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 mission or

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 good news

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 jesus if you're

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 the king why

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 would you suffer

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 in humiliation

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 but after the

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 resurrection

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 then peter

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 understands

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 and then

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 substitution

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.339
 becomes the

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 heart of the

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 gospel

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.519
 that he

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 loves and

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 proclaims

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 let me ask

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 you today

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 can you

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 say

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 and believe

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 and rest

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 your hope

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 on this

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 reality

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 he himself

00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:04.000
 bore my

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 sins

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 in his

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 body

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 on the

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 tree

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 so that

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 I

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 might die

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 to sins

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 and live

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 for righteousness

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 if that's

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 your reality

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 praise god

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 and if not

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 ask

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.079
 for the

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 faith

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 to believe

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 it

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 here is

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 the one

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 who is

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 totally god

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 and totally

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 man

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 hanging

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 in the

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 place of

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 sinners

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 and that

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 reality

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.960
 actually gives

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 the answer

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 to the

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 question

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 is the

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 cross

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 fair

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 can

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 someone

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 pay

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.099
 for the

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 sin

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 of another

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 perhaps

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:39.500
 we've had

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 that question

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.519
 before

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 and when we

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 think about

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.460
 it in terms

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 of human

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 justice

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 so if we

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 were in a

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 human law

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 court

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 and a

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.179
 judge

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 decided to

00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:48.480
 punish

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.459
 an innocent

00:23:49.459 --> 00:23:50.059
 person instead

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.579
 of a guilty

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 one what

00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:51.159
 would we

00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:51.819
 call that

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 we'd call it

00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:53.799
 injustice

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.379
 wouldn't we

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 but in

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.179
 God's law

00:23:57.179 --> 00:23:57.639
 court by

00:23:57.639 --> 00:23:58.419
 God's design

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 what do we

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.519
 call it

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.480
 when the

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:00.799
 innocent

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:02.059
 dies in place

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.759
 of the guilty

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:04.619
 we call it a

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.139
 miracle of

00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:05.659
 grace

00:24:05.659 --> 00:24:07.079
 we call it

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.799
 the gospel

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:09.299
 but maybe

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.599
 you ask

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.039
 how can

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.599
 this be

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.579
 and it's

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.139
 because of

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:12.819
 the identity

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.399
 of Jesus

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:14.359
 because Jesus

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:15.220
 is fully

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.619
 God

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:16.500
 he is the

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.419
 lawmaker

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:20.019
 who gives

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.639
 himself for

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.440
 lawbreakers

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:23.700
 and so we

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.379
 understand in

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:25.039
 the gospel

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:26.039
 that substitution

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:27.220
 and grace

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.960
 are part of

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.960
 God's eternal

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:30.220
 law court

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.399
 there is a

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:32.139
 principle of

00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:33.119
 justice and

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.779
 mercy

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.720
 written

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:36.240
 in eternity

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.819
 that we

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.599
 see at

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:39.220
 the cross

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:42.799
 as we

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.279
 close

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:44.859
 why is

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.799
 substitution

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:48.359
 good news

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:50.519
 it's not

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:50.980
 always good

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.380
 news in a

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:51.680
 world of

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.180
 sports

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:53.859
 nobody really

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.640
 enjoys being

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.400
 substituted

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:55.839
 unless they

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.579
 absolutely have

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.079
 to be

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:58.059
 you can

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.440
 guarantee

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.880
 if you

00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.680
 watch

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:01.000
 football for

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.440
 a season

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.180
 you will

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.980
 inevitably see

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.640
 at least one

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.140
 grown man

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.519
 having a

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:04.839
 tantrum

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.279
 having been

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:06.059
 substituted

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:07.779
 in our

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.460
 natural

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.259
 pride

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:10.700
 nobody

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.919
 wants to

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:12.379
 need

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:13.379
 a substitute

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:16.720
 the cultural

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.639
 air that we

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.379
 breathe

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:19.639
 tells us to

00:25:19.639 --> 00:25:20.480
 achieve and

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.480
 to perform

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:26.200
 yet substitution

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.919
 is God's

00:25:26.919 --> 00:25:27.179
 way

00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:28.659
 and it's a

00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:29.599
 precious way

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.179
 when we see

00:25:30.179 --> 00:25:30.519
 it in the

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:30.899
 right way

00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:31.259
 so let's

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.159
 close briefly

00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:32.539
 with three

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:32.960
 ways it's

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.359
 good news

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:33.679
 for us

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.000
 all

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:35.299
 in some

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.960
 ways restating

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.339
 where we've

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:36.460
 been

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:36.819
 it's good

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.140
 news when

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.400
 we think

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:37.960
 about justice

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.259
 when we

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.579
 think about

00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:39.039
 the justice

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.619
 of God

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:41.420
 since God

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:41.940
 is holy

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.279
 and we

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.799
 are sinners

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:44.500
 there is a

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:44.960
 price that

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.380
 must be

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:45.759
 paid

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:47.299
 the bible

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.680
 says the

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.140
 wages of

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.460
 sin is

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:48.759
 death

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:50.319
 so there

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:50.819
 are two

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.940
 options for

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.359
 each one

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:52.859
 of us

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:54.500
 either Jesus

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.200
 pays for

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.500
 our sin

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.220
 at the cross

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.559
 or we

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.039
 pay for

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.480
 our sin

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:58.859
 for all

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.319
 eternity

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.839
 in hell

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:01.740
 it's our

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.119
 choice

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.459
 and when we

00:26:02.459 --> 00:26:03.159
 understand that

00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:03.759
 then the gospel

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.439
 is good news

00:26:04.439 --> 00:26:04.980
 because Jesus

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.699
 was willing to

00:26:05.699 --> 00:26:06.740
 take our

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.319
 hell so that

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.019
 we don't have

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.259
 to

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.699
 the gospel

00:26:09.699 --> 00:26:10.319
 says Jesus

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:11.000
 bore sin

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 took death

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 satisfied the

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 demands of

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 holy justice

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.679
 so that when

00:26:14.679 --> 00:26:15.319
 our faith is

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:15.819
 in Jesus

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:18.019
 we can know

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.559
 forgiveness

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.980
 and we can

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.980
 have assurance

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:22.240
 we can look at

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.740
 the cross and

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.359
 say the verdict

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:23.959
 is already

00:26:23.959 --> 00:26:24.399
 in

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 so it's good

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:26.559
 news when we

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.859
 think about

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.220
 justice

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.619
 it's good

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.019
 news when we

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.379
 think about

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:28.980
 salvation

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:30.440
 do you know

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:30.940
 that saving

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.599
 grace is

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.279
 unique to

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.940
 Christianity

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:34.779
 every other

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.299
 religion

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:36.240
 every other

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.099
 world view

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:38.460
 operates based

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.299
 on natural

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.900
 pride and

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.380
 says either

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.019
 I don't need

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.519
 a savior

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:43.319
 or I can

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.180
 save myself

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:47.339
 but the

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:48.339
 reality is

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:50.039
 that we can

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:51.079
 never match

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.860
 God's

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.339
 standards

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:53.559
 and that

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.099
 has never

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:54.660
 been

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:56.059
 God's

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.319
 way

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 Mark

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:59.480
 remember

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 Mark

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 records

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 Peter's

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.580
 view on

00:27:01.580 --> 00:27:01.840
 the life

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.200
 of Jesus

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.500
 Mark

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:02.820
 records

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.180
 a wonderful

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.840
 detail at

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.240
 the cross

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.600
 of Christ

00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:05.019
 so remember

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:06.000
 Jesus dies

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:07.140
 outside of

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:08.340
 the city

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:09.200
 but Mark

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.759
 records that

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.500
 as Jesus

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.960
 dies

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.680
 something happens

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 within the

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.820
 city in the

00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:13.320
 temple the

00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:13.880
 curtain is

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.620
 torn in two

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.300
 that barrier

00:27:15.300 --> 00:27:16.140
 separating the

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.720
 holy God

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.280
 from sinful

00:27:17.280 --> 00:27:18.300
 people has

00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:19.180
 been torn

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.840
 in two

00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.980
 the message

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.540
 is clear

00:27:21.540 --> 00:27:22.040
 the way

00:27:22.040 --> 00:27:22.700
 back to

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.120
 God is

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:23.640
 open

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.700
 through Jesus

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.160
 and what he's

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.700
 just done

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.180
 in dying

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.780
 on the cross

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:28.440
 Jesus on

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.240
 the cross

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.059
 declared

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:31.180
 it is

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:32.059
 finished

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.839
 God's

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.420
 plan of

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:33.960
 salvation

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:35.099
 has been

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.680
 completed

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.639
 all that we

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.200
 bring

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:38.960
 is our

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.500
 need

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:41.779
 and our

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.440
 trust in

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.680
 him

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:45.879
 and lastly

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.579
 substitution

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.319
 is really

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:48.099
 good news

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.839
 when we

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.299
 think about

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.799
 the love

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.359
 of God

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:53.099
 because the

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.799
 message of

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.519
 the cross

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.799
 speaks

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:57.099
 powerfully

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.759
 of the

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.039
 love of

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.139
 God

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:58.399
 remember

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:58.899
 Romans 5

00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.059
 8

00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.279
 God

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:00.199
 demonstrates

00:28:00.199 --> 00:28:00.639
 his love

00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:00.979
 and while

00:28:00.979 --> 00:28:01.219
 we were

00:28:01.219 --> 00:28:01.699
 still sinners

00:28:01.699 --> 00:28:02.339
 Christ died

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:02.839
 for us

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.919
 it speaks

00:28:03.919 --> 00:28:04.919
 of a

00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:05.439
 loving

00:28:05.439 --> 00:28:06.099
 father

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:07.500
 who gives

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.099
 his son

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:09.319
 it speaks

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:09.759
 of a

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.759
 loving son

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.839
 who willingly

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.679
 gives his

00:28:12.679 --> 00:28:13.279
 life

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:14.819
 so that

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.319
 any of

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.759
 us

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:17.079
 by trusting

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.779
 Christ as

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.219
 savior

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:20.279
 might receive

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.660
 eternally

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:23.600
 J.I.

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.120
 Packer

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:26.140
 a theologian

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.980
 said the

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.400
 measure of

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:27.720
 love is

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.539
 how much

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.680
 it gives

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:31.319
 and the

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.759
 measure of

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.200
 the love

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.860
 of God

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.819
 is the

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.579
 gift of

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.279
 his only

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.779
 son

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.799
 to be

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.519
 made man

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.860
 and to

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.480
 die for

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.100
 sins

00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:41.319
 and so

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.880
 to become

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.279
 the one

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.960
 mediator

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.940
 who can

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.460
 bring us

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.000
 to God

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:47.440
 this week

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.940
 I came

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.400
 across a

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.240
 story from

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.980
 just after

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.380
 the end

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:50.580
 of the

00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:50.920
 American

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.680
 Civil War

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:51.940
 there was

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.440
 a farmer

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.460
 in Tennessee

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.680
 who was

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.299
 observed

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:55.880
 kneeling

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.259
 at a

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.559
 grave

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:58.100
 and he

00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:58.680
 was asked

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.080
 is this

00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.580
 the grave

00:28:59.580 --> 00:28:59.920
 of your

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.240
 son

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.519
 and the

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:00.680
 man

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.100
 explained

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.440
 no I

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:01.880
 was due

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:02.340
 to go

00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:02.960
 to war

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:04.039
 but I

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.360
 have a

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:04.600
 wife

00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:04.799
 and I

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:04.920
 have

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.299
 seven

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.600
 young

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.019
 children

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.340
 and so

00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:06.720
 the day

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.220
 before I

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.740
 was supposed

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.340
 to go

00:29:08.340 --> 00:29:09.240
 my

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.860
 neighbor's

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.180
 son

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.880
 came

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.840
 and he

00:29:11.840 --> 00:29:12.259
 took my

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.840
 place

00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:13.779
 and he

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.100
 died

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.440
 there

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:16.960
 and so

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.240
 the man

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.559
 was then

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:17.820
 asked

00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:18.320
 what is

00:29:18.320 --> 00:29:18.580
 it that

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:18.799
 you're

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.400
 writing

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.700
 on the

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.380
 tombstone

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:22.860
 and this

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.460
 Tennessee

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.980
 farmer

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.680
 wrote

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.059
 he

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.000
 died

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:27.559
 for me

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:30.000
 love

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.900
 and

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.460
 worship

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.539
 in the

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:32.960
 Christian

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.420
 life

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:34.440
 springs

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.799
 from

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.140
 knowing

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.580
 this

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:36.160
 reality

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.580
 to be

00:29:36.580 --> 00:29:36.960
 true

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.360
 in our

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:37.840
 lives

00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:38.640
 the

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.039
 son

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.240
 of

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.640
 God

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.360
 loved

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:40.640
 me

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.840
 and

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.320
 gave

00:29:42.320 --> 00:29:42.680
 himself

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.040
 for

00:29:43.040 --> 00:29:43.280
 me

00:29:43.280 --> 00:29:44.140
 that's

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.259
 why

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.880
 substitution

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.680
 is the

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.060
 very

00:29:46.060 --> 00:29:46.660
 heart

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.480
 of

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.700
 the

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.160
 gospel

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:49.660
 let's

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.000
 pray

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.720
 and give

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.300
 thanks

00:29:51.300 --> 00:29:55.180
 Lord

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.680
 our

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.080
 God

00:29:56.080 --> 00:29:56.259
 we

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.580
 thank

00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:56.720
 you

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:56.960
 that

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:58.080
 woven

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:58.620
 throughout

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:58.880
 the

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.480
 whole

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.020
 Bible

00:30:00.020 --> 00:30:01.120
 is

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:01.420
 this

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.340
 testimony

00:30:02.340 --> 00:30:03.320
 to

00:30:03.320 --> 00:30:03.580
 your

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:04.360
 eternal

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:05.220
 people

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:06.759
 by

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.320
 sending

00:30:07.320 --> 00:30:07.600
 your

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.300
 perfect

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:09.060
 sinless

00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:09.600
 son

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.699
 to be

00:30:10.699 --> 00:30:10.939
 the

00:30:10.939 --> 00:30:11.559
 substitute

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.059
 that we

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.459
 need

00:30:12.459 --> 00:30:13.699
 to

00:30:13.699 --> 00:30:14.240
 take

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.539
 our

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.099
 place

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.319
 to

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:15.799
 take

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.099
 our

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.500
 sin

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.699
 to

00:30:16.699 --> 00:30:16.879
 take

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.039
 the

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.579
 penalty

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.099
 sin

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.879
 deserves

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:20.299
 so that

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.659
 by

00:30:20.659 --> 00:30:20.980
 your

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.599
 grace

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.099
 and by

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.679
 faith

00:30:22.679 --> 00:30:23.019
 in

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.359
 him

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:25.339
 we

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.500
 might

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.699
 be

00:30:25.699 --> 00:30:26.179
 forgiven

00:30:26.179 --> 00:30:28.659
 and we

00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:28.939
 might

00:30:28.939 --> 00:30:29.299
 be

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:31.119
 welcomed

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.500
 into

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.679
 your

00:30:31.679 --> 00:30:32.119
 family

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:33.379
 we

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:33.559
 might

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:33.779
 have

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.319
 peace

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.759
 with

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.019
 you

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:36.579
 we

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:36.779
 might

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.119
 have

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.659
 hope

00:30:37.659 --> 00:30:38.279
 in

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.740
 life

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.199
 and

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.759
 death

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:41.160
 may

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.340
 you

00:30:41.340 --> 00:30:41.620
 give

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:41.840
 to

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:42.380
 all

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.580
 of

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:43.039
 us

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.860
 a

00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:44.279
 growing

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:45.200
 appreciation

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.860
 of

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.100
 the

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.779
 message

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:46.980
 of

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.860
 substitution

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:49.120
 that

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.279
 it

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 would

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 fill

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 us

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 with

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 worship

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 and

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 fill

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 us

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 with

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 a

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 sense

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 of

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 grateful

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 joy

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 we

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 pray

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 Amen

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 now

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 later