WEBVTT 00:00:00.380 --> 00:00:08.060 Well, good morning everyone. It's great to see you, NBC guys. I've counted the chocolates in my room when you're in the office, so behave yourselves. 00:00:08.859 --> 00:00:15.780 It's great to see you. You guys are the hardcore. I came in here this morning and I think there were six people sitting in the middle. 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:22.000 So you guys are the hardcore. You woke up this morning, you looked at the white stuff falling from the sky and you chuckled. 00:00:22.620 --> 00:00:27.100 You went, shno, shmo, I'm getting to church. And it's great to see you. Thanks so much for coming. 00:00:27.100 --> 00:00:38.300 And I hope you've been blessed just by being here today. I've just had such a wonderful time just singing God's praises and hearing his words, praying to him. 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:44.920 It's just been such a special time and a climax now that we get to hear from this God who loves us, who sent his son for us and who speaks. 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:48.400 And we believe that truth as we come to his inspired word this morning. 00:00:48.400 --> 00:00:52.600 So why don't you turn back to Luke 22, the passage that David read for us. 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:55.980 And let's pray just before we get stuck into this this morning. 00:00:57.100 --> 00:01:06.420 So, Father, we thank you for our time together this morning and we pray that you would be with us now as we turn to your word. 00:01:07.460 --> 00:01:15.740 Lord, we're so aware that we live in a world where there are so many voices that are speaking to us, that are competing for our attentions, 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:19.719 who are competing for our hearts, who are competing for our minds. 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:26.039 But, Father, we want to still ourselves today and ask that it would be your voice that speaks loudest to our hearts and our minds. 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:32.019 Father, you are our creator and we need to hear your voice. 00:01:32.180 --> 00:01:34.079 So, Father, we pray that you would speak to us this morning. 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:35.719 Help us listen and help us heed. 00:01:36.140 --> 00:01:38.560 And we ask this in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:47.020 Well, to get us thinking this morning, let me tell you a story about an American man called George Wilson. 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:49.859 So it's 1829. 00:01:51.140 --> 00:01:58.900 George Wilson and his friend James Porter are arrested in America for trying to kill a government employee. 00:01:59.900 --> 00:02:03.099 The case comes to trial in May 1830. 00:02:03.099 --> 00:02:12.099 And both men are convicted of six charges, the most serious of which is the attempted murder on that employee. 00:02:13.359 --> 00:02:17.299 Both men are sentenced to death by hanging. 00:02:18.459 --> 00:02:23.599 So Wilson's mate, James Porter, he was executed on the 2nd of July, 1830. 00:02:24.459 --> 00:02:28.199 And a little while later, it comes to George Wilson's turn. 00:02:29.180 --> 00:02:29.959 Now, picture the scene. 00:02:30.019 --> 00:02:31.680 He's preparing himself for the gallows. 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:36.159 When all of a sudden, a message comes for his executioners. 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:39.020 A message comes for his executioners. 00:02:39.099 --> 00:02:40.020 Stop the proceedings. 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:41.200 Stop the proceedings. 00:02:42.340 --> 00:02:42.840 Stop. 00:02:43.500 --> 00:02:44.640 Why would we stop? 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:47.159 Because we've got a message for you. 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:48.460 What's the message? 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:49.780 This man, he's innocent. 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:50.520 He's what? 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:51.920 He's innocent. 00:02:53.040 --> 00:02:53.620 Says who? 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:56.480 Says the guy on high. 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:00.960 So says the President of the United States. 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:07.640 You see, Andrew Jackson, who at the time was the President of the United States, had heard about George Wilson's case. 00:03:08.300 --> 00:03:10.460 And had got involved in George Wilson's case. 00:03:11.340 --> 00:03:15.400 And had found, even though he was guilty of a lot of the other stuff that he was accused of doing, 00:03:15.500 --> 00:03:19.620 actually he was innocent of the crime that would see him executed. 00:03:19.620 --> 00:03:23.860 Here's the order from on high about George Wilson. 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:26.580 The declaration comes on him. 00:03:27.580 --> 00:03:28.740 That he is innocent. 00:03:28.740 --> 00:03:36.500 This morning's all about a declaration from on high about a man who is innocent. 00:03:37.700 --> 00:03:43.200 See, Luke, as he writes this here, he is writing to document history. 00:03:43.300 --> 00:03:44.020 And this stuff happened. 00:03:44.140 --> 00:03:44.719 This is what he's doing. 00:03:44.820 --> 00:03:46.160 Luke writes to document history. 00:03:46.260 --> 00:03:47.760 But let's remember, this is God's Word. 00:03:48.580 --> 00:03:50.760 This is God's voice that we're hearing this morning. 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:58.679 This is the declaration from on high concerning God's Son, Jesus Christ, that he is innocent. 00:03:59.699 --> 00:04:02.799 So Luke has written, Luke has written for his generation of Christians. 00:04:03.659 --> 00:04:05.539 His generation of non-Christians. 00:04:05.659 --> 00:04:11.120 Luke has written for every generation since then, documented it, proclaiming it the world over, 00:04:12.259 --> 00:04:15.039 that Jesus is innocent. 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:20.980 And he's not just innocent of some of the crimes, some of the accusations that are against him. 00:04:21.060 --> 00:04:26.939 Actually, Jesus Christ is innocent of all the accusations that are facing him. 00:04:28.300 --> 00:04:29.420 He's innocent of them all. 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:30.079 He's innocent. 00:04:32.039 --> 00:04:35.779 Here's a question you might be asking in your mind as you hear me say that. 00:04:35.860 --> 00:04:37.860 In your mind as you hear these verses read. 00:04:38.980 --> 00:04:43.560 And it's the question that I asked myself before I was a Christian when I read these verses. 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:46.019 And the question is this one. 00:04:47.100 --> 00:04:47.540 So what? 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:49.480 So what? 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:51.959 Maybe you used to watch Little Britain. 00:04:52.939 --> 00:04:54.379 Or that character in Little Britain. 00:04:54.699 --> 00:04:55.680 What did she always used to say? 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:57.220 I'm aboved. 00:04:58.500 --> 00:04:59.240 I'm aboved. 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:00.779 So here's the question. 00:05:01.100 --> 00:05:03.840 Why should you be aboved that Jesus is innocent? 00:05:04.779 --> 00:05:08.100 Because if you think about it, this is just life, is it not? 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:11.459 I mean, bad stuff happens to good people all the time. 00:05:11.500 --> 00:05:13.160 You just don't need to turn on the news to see that. 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:14.900 Bad stuff happens to good people all the time. 00:05:16.520 --> 00:05:17.840 Good guys do not always win. 00:05:18.880 --> 00:05:20.540 Justice does not always get served. 00:05:20.880 --> 00:05:24.860 So why is Jesus any different from any other person that's ever lived? 00:05:26.300 --> 00:05:33.140 Is he not just an example of the fact that good guys, more often than not, they finish last? 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:33.860 I mean, so what? 00:05:33.860 --> 00:05:36.720 Well, that's a great question to be asking. 00:05:37.400 --> 00:05:38.240 Actually, it's a question. 00:05:38.340 --> 00:05:40.759 Maybe you have been a Christian for many, many years. 00:05:40.840 --> 00:05:43.879 But it's a question I want you to bring your attention to this morning. 00:05:44.020 --> 00:05:44.600 So what? 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:46.319 Why does it matter? 00:05:47.020 --> 00:05:49.100 Well, here's what I want to say to you at the outset of this morning. 00:05:50.379 --> 00:05:51.000 Two things. 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:53.339 A, firstly, sorry, we're not doing numbers. 00:05:53.699 --> 00:05:54.779 We're not doing letters, rather, numbers. 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:57.360 This is the question we're going to try and answer this morning. 00:05:57.459 --> 00:05:57.860 So what? 00:05:57.939 --> 00:05:58.600 Why does it matter? 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:01.379 But here's the second thing I want to say at the outset. 00:06:02.420 --> 00:06:07.240 That actually grasping that Jesus is innocent is not just to establish a fact in our minds. 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:17.800 Actually, to understand that Jesus is innocent and why that matters, friends, that is both life transforming and life giving. 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:20.540 So keep that question in your minds. 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:21.519 Okay, so what? 00:06:22.860 --> 00:06:23.560 Here we are. 00:06:24.259 --> 00:06:26.579 The early hours of Good Friday, AD 33. 00:06:28.100 --> 00:06:30.780 Jesus, remember the one who is in total control. 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:32.139 This is where we've got to in the story. 00:06:32.220 --> 00:06:34.319 The one who's got total knowledge of all things. 00:06:34.460 --> 00:06:35.980 He's God in the flesh. 00:06:35.980 --> 00:06:41.160 He's allowed himself to be betrayed by one of his closest friends. 00:06:42.379 --> 00:06:46.060 And now at long last, the religious leaders, they've got Jesus in their hands. 00:06:47.420 --> 00:06:53.560 This man who they've wanted to get rid of for so long is in their control. 00:06:53.700 --> 00:06:58.920 And in their minds, the beauty of it was that it was so easy in the end. 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:04.700 Jesus didn't even put up a fight when they went to capture him in the Garden of Gethsemane. 00:07:04.700 --> 00:07:05.900 He didn't even put up a fight. 00:07:06.520 --> 00:07:15.580 And what's more, these 12 merry men, or 11 of them at this point, 11 merry men, like woodlice when you lift up a stone, they just disappeared everywhere. 00:07:15.579 --> 00:07:19.779 And to cap it off, Peter. 00:07:20.180 --> 00:07:24.240 I mean, Peter, the guy's name means rock. 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:33.540 And he went to jelly when it came to the time for him to nail his colors to the mass as to his association with Jesus. 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:35.600 Three times. 00:07:35.699 --> 00:07:36.280 What does he say? 00:07:36.400 --> 00:07:37.860 First time, I don't know this man. 00:07:37.860 --> 00:07:40.160 Second time, I don't know this man. 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:42.740 Third, I do not know this man. 00:07:43.500 --> 00:07:44.560 And the cock crows. 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:51.280 And that poignant moment that we get where Jesus looks at Peter. 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:58.239 Here is Jesus' trial this morning. 00:07:59.240 --> 00:08:01.480 Welcome to Good Friday, AD 33. 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:04.660 There's four scenes to Jesus' trial. 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:08.720 And this morning, we're just going to try and rattle through these four scenes. 00:08:09.200 --> 00:08:13.439 And then we're going to, at the end, try and establish, come back to that question, so what? 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:17.139 Now, Luke tells us the timings of this trial. 00:08:17.719 --> 00:08:22.860 And if you've got your Bible there, follow with me, because he wants us to see how quickly this all happens. 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:26.399 The speed at which these events take place. 00:08:26.740 --> 00:08:28.439 If you've got it there, verse 66. 00:08:28.660 --> 00:08:29.959 This is where we pick it up this morning. 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:33.000 At daybreak. 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:39.500 So roughly six in the morning, on Good Friday, Jesus' trial begins. 00:08:39.500 --> 00:08:44.379 Fast forward to chapter 23, verse 44. 00:08:48.419 --> 00:08:49.259 At noon. 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:55.259 So roughly midday, Jesus is on the cross. 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:57.279 See how quickly that's happened? 00:08:57.440 --> 00:08:58.500 Just like that. 00:08:59.740 --> 00:09:04.799 And immediately, I think, we're to smell something fishy as the readers. 00:09:04.980 --> 00:09:06.980 There's something that's not right here about this trial. 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:09.120 Now, I don't know if you found yourself this week. 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:10.000 I'm sure you have. 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:13.060 Following the developments between Russia and the UK. 00:09:14.179 --> 00:09:16.960 I'm praying that that is peaceful. 00:09:18.460 --> 00:09:22.000 Well, here is what Jeremy Corbyn, writing in The Guardian, said this week. 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:23.100 Leader of the Labour Party. 00:09:23.740 --> 00:09:25.279 Warns Parliament, and I quote, 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:27.620 Not to rush ahead of the evidence. 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:29.940 Sensible advice. 00:09:30.419 --> 00:09:33.000 Not to rush ahead of the evidence. 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:36.039 Well, clearly, nobody told the people that Jesus has trialed that. 00:09:37.019 --> 00:09:39.299 How quickly all this happens. 00:09:40.019 --> 00:09:41.960 Six o'clock in the morning, the trial begins. 00:09:42.460 --> 00:09:43.519 Middays on the cross. 00:09:43.820 --> 00:09:44.480 Just like that. 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:51.480 Here's scene number one, verses 66 to 71 of chapter 22. 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:54.720 There's a council longing that he would go. 00:09:56.100 --> 00:09:57.379 Now, remember, the timing's in your head. 00:09:57.440 --> 00:09:58.620 It's roughly six in the morning. 00:09:59.700 --> 00:10:02.899 Word is quickly spread around the Jewish religious leadership. 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:04.460 What's the word? 00:10:04.920 --> 00:10:05.879 The word is bingo. 00:10:06.840 --> 00:10:07.500 That we've got him. 00:10:08.220 --> 00:10:09.659 We've got him in our control. 00:10:09.659 --> 00:10:12.579 What they don't want is a scene. 00:10:14.179 --> 00:10:17.600 So what they need to do is deal with Jesus nice and early, 00:10:18.139 --> 00:10:22.500 so that when all the Passover pilgrims have gathered in Jerusalem for this festival, 00:10:23.079 --> 00:10:25.219 before they wake, the jobs are good and it's done. 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:28.360 Because as soon as people wake, pile into the city, 00:10:28.459 --> 00:10:30.959 this whole thing just becomes so much more complicated. 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:32.759 But here's the thing. 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:36.079 They've got one big problem to overcome. 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:38.199 And that's the Romans. 00:10:38.200 --> 00:10:41.200 Remember, Rome is in control at this point. 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:45.160 The Jews, they don't have power to crucify anybody. 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:47.320 The Romans kept that bad boy for themselves. 00:10:48.940 --> 00:10:51.960 And so if these guys, Jewish religious leadership, 00:10:52.100 --> 00:10:54.140 if they want Rome to play ball, 00:10:54.520 --> 00:10:58.140 then they need to go to Pilate with something concrete. 00:10:58.640 --> 00:11:02.080 Because Pilate's not going to entertain any old nonsense. 00:11:03.259 --> 00:11:06.240 What they need, and this is important to see, 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:11.279 is that they need Jesus to appear to be either a threat to the peace 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:13.960 or a threat to Rome. 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:17.620 Now this explains why they do what they do. 00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:18.940 Look, verse 67. 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:22.620 If you are a Messiah, they said, tell us. 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:25.120 Verse 17. 00:11:25.340 --> 00:11:27.100 They all asked, are you the son of God? 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:28.980 You see what they're doing? 00:11:30.940 --> 00:11:32.279 Trying to get it out of Jesus. 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:34.600 How does Jesus respond? 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:35.539 Verse 67. 00:11:35.539 --> 00:11:35.899 Verse 67. 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:39.440 If I told you, you wouldn't believe me. 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:43.519 If I asked you, you wouldn't tell me. 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:50.580 In other words, I know that your hearts and your minds are made up. 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:55.820 But know this, that nothing that you can say or do 00:11:55.820 --> 00:11:59.320 can detract from who I really am. 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:05.340 The Messiah, the Son of Man, the Savior of the world, the King of Kings. 00:12:05.340 --> 00:12:11.320 So I'll save my breath except to say that one day soon you will see me and my glory. 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:14.940 That's the words they're looking for. 00:12:14.940 --> 00:12:18.740 Even though what Jesus says is the truth. 00:12:18.740 --> 00:12:19.920 They think he's blaspheming. 00:12:20.220 --> 00:12:21.900 A crime that he's innocent of. 00:12:21.899 --> 00:12:28.720 Now it's fascinating as you read this, that these are the only words of Jesus here that Luke records, 00:12:29.179 --> 00:12:31.139 that he gives in the defense of his trial. 00:12:31.139 --> 00:12:36.819 You add it up, three and a half verses, three sentences, 42 words. 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:38.779 That's all Jesus offers in his defense. 00:12:39.539 --> 00:12:40.059 That's it. 00:12:40.059 --> 00:12:43.439 And it's not because the cat's got his tongue. 00:12:43.719 --> 00:12:48.279 Here is Luke showing us that God's mighty King, the one that God said he would send, 00:12:48.599 --> 00:12:52.639 who would be the suffering servant, is right here. 00:12:53.979 --> 00:12:56.519 This is not Jesus going out with a whimper. 00:12:57.139 --> 00:12:59.579 This is Jesus fulfilling his job description. 00:13:01.500 --> 00:13:03.679 Scene one, a council longing that he would go. 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:06.779 Here's the second scene, verses one to five of chapter 23. 00:13:07.739 --> 00:13:09.839 A ruler wanting to deliver a no. 00:13:11.059 --> 00:13:14.679 So the religious mob, clutching at that admission they've got from Jesus, 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:19.279 they rush him off to Pilate to get the legal authority they need to kill him. 00:13:20.259 --> 00:13:23.759 Now Pilate was the appointed Roman governor of the region of Judea. 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:29.399 He was normally situated in Caesarea, but for the big occasions, like the Passover festival, 00:13:29.599 --> 00:13:36.619 he would come to Jerusalem to make sure that nothing kicked off on his turf and on his watch. 00:13:36.620 --> 00:13:44.000 The Pilate's only concern as he's presented with Jesus is whether this man is a real genuine threat to a member, 00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:45.919 either peace or Caesar. 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:48.439 It's all he's concerned with. 00:13:49.959 --> 00:13:52.959 And the religious mob, we see that they are savvy creatures. 00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:55.939 Look at the way that they subtly changed their point of attack. 00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:57.659 Verse two of chapter 23. 00:13:57.659 --> 00:14:03.799 We have found this man subverting our nation. 00:14:04.079 --> 00:14:09.360 He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, a king. 00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:11.799 Now here's the question we need to ask. 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:12.899 Did Jesus really say that? 00:14:14.959 --> 00:14:18.500 Did Jesus really say that he opposes payment of taxes to Caesar? 00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:21.740 Well, if you want to flick back to chapter 20, verse 25. 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:25.940 Give to Caesar what is Caesar. 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:27.200 It couldn't be any clearer. 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:29.480 Jesus did not say that. 00:14:29.539 --> 00:14:32.740 I mean, that is quite clearly a porcupine that they have made up about him. 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:35.360 What do they say? 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:36.759 Jesus claims to be a king. 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:40.600 Again, Pilate, he's going to listen to king language. 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:42.879 As soon as he hears that word, he's listening to it. 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:48.600 I remember Alex and I, we went on a holiday a few years ago to Annick in Northumberland. 00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:50.340 I don't know if anybody's been to Annick in Northumberland. 00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:51.259 Lovely part of the world. 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:55.059 Went to this bookshop called Barter Books. 00:14:56.779 --> 00:15:00.740 Vintage books, armchairs, roaring fire. 00:15:00.860 --> 00:15:01.960 I mean, honestly, that was in my element. 00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:02.620 It was great. 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:05.639 Barter Books is famous for one thing. 00:15:06.580 --> 00:15:10.000 And it's famous for being the place where they discovered the keep calm and carry on. 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:11.320 Keep calm and carry on. 00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:12.460 Keep calm and keep... 00:15:12.460 --> 00:15:12.980 What is it? 00:15:13.340 --> 00:15:14.780 Keep calm and... 00:15:14.780 --> 00:15:15.800 It is carry on, isn't it? 00:15:16.180 --> 00:15:17.000 Doubted myself there. 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:17.800 Keep calm and carry on. 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:19.400 This is where they found this catchphrase. 00:15:20.680 --> 00:15:24.960 And the way out of Barter Books, you go to the gift shop and all you can see everywhere, 00:15:25.160 --> 00:15:28.800 mugs, posters, t-shirts, teddy bears, maybe even one of those foam hands. 00:15:29.340 --> 00:15:31.700 All with that catchphrase on it, keep calm and carry on. 00:15:33.460 --> 00:15:36.700 I was thinking this week, the Roman Empire, if it had a catchphrase, 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:42.860 if it had a catchphrase that would be on every single piece of merchandise that you would see 00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:46.879 at a Roman gift shop if there ever was such a thing, the length and the breadth of the empire. 00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:47.700 Do you know what it would be? 00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:50.640 It would be Caesar Kairos. 00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:54.080 Caesar is Lord. 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:56.480 Caesar is king. 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:59.279 This is what the whole Roman Empire is built upon. 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:05.879 So anybody who's even the slightest threat to Caesar Kairos, it's got to be taken seriously. 00:16:07.680 --> 00:16:11.920 So here is supposedly somebody who claims to be a king. 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:13.259 Pilate's got to listen to that. 00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:18.639 But despite Jesus' admission that he is a king, verse 3, Pilate looks at him. 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:25.019 This weak, unimpressive, arrested human being. 00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:27.600 And he thinks, that's a king? 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:30.500 This man is a king? 00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:33.960 This individual is what this fuss is all about? 00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:37.899 You got me up at six in the morning for him? 00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:40.899 He is no threat. 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.960 He is no threat. 00:16:43.259 --> 00:16:49.019 Pilate finds, verse 4, Jesus to be innocent. 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:51.899 There is no basis to their charge. 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:58.000 But the religious mob, they go on and they drop in that little detail about Jesus at verse 5. 00:16:58.100 --> 00:16:58.639 Do you see it? 00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:01.340 As to where he's from. 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.279 He's from Galilee. 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:03.519 He's from the north. 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:08.099 And it's almost as if Pilate has one of those ding, light bulb moments. 00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:11.079 Galilee, yes. 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:14.299 Galilee, not my jurisdiction. 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:15.240 Yes. 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:18.279 Galilee, not my problem. 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:20.799 Galilee is King Herod's patch. 00:17:20.879 --> 00:17:24.379 So this Jewish buck can be well and truly passed to him. 00:17:24.380 --> 00:17:27.340 That's what he does, isn't it? 00:17:27.380 --> 00:17:31.420 So Pilate, thinking he's seen the last of Jesus, he sends Jesus to Herod. 00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:34.100 And here we get scene 3. 00:17:34.100 --> 00:17:36.680 A council longing that he would go. 00:17:37.060 --> 00:17:38.720 A ruler wanting to deliver a no. 00:17:39.180 --> 00:17:40.360 Verses 6 to 12. 00:17:40.600 --> 00:17:42.120 A king desiring to see a show. 00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:48.460 Interestingly, Luke is the only gospel writer to include this little account of Jesus before Herod. 00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:55.860 And Luke tells us, doesn't he, that Herod's absolutely delighted to get the chance to see Jesus for himself. 00:17:55.859 --> 00:18:04.000 But the reason that Herod is so delighted is not because he wants to hear the teachings of Jesus. 00:18:04.199 --> 00:18:06.659 It's not because he wants to become a follower of Jesus. 00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:09.079 It's not because he wants to weigh up the words of Jesus. 00:18:11.219 --> 00:18:15.819 It's in his eyes, Jesus is a traveling circus magician. 00:18:16.939 --> 00:18:19.159 And I'd love the chance to see him perform a miracle. 00:18:20.699 --> 00:18:24.819 So, verse 9, Pilate, sorry, Herod plies him with questions. 00:18:26.859 --> 00:18:27.500 Interrogates them. 00:18:27.659 --> 00:18:30.119 Maybe about how he managed to do all those knee tricks. 00:18:30.459 --> 00:18:32.339 About how he managed to pull off all those miracles. 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:34.899 As if he's watching an episode of Magic's Biggest Secrets. 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:36.219 This is Herod. 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:40.759 But Jesus is not interested in entertaining his fancy. 00:18:42.199 --> 00:18:42.599 Vroomf. 00:18:43.139 --> 00:18:43.799 No answer. 00:18:45.419 --> 00:18:47.119 And he subjects himself. 00:18:48.719 --> 00:18:50.399 Think of this, God in the flesh. 00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:55.459 To ridicule and to mocking by Herod. 00:18:55.859 --> 00:18:56.599 And his men. 00:18:58.919 --> 00:19:00.639 Most importantly, verse 15. 00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:06.139 Herod confirms what Pilate found to be true. 00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:09.879 That Jesus is innocent. 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:13.160 And so back to Pilate. 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:13.900 Jesus goes. 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.560 I'm sure much to Pilate's delight. 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:16.460 Can you imagine that one? 00:19:16.540 --> 00:19:17.420 Oh, he's back. 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:21.100 A council longing that he would go. 00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:23.420 A ruler wanting to deliver a no. 00:19:23.860 --> 00:19:25.480 A king desiring to see a show. 00:19:25.600 --> 00:19:28.700 And in the fourth and final scene, verse 13 to 25. 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:31.540 There's a crowd baying for blood to flow. 00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:33.980 Verse 13. 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:36.759 Pilate gathers together this religious mob. 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:40.279 An attempt to bring an end to this nonsense. 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:42.039 He makes it clear, verse 15. 00:19:42.139 --> 00:19:44.759 That both him and Herod, they found no wrong in Jesus. 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:49.339 But to satisfy them, he offers to have Jesus punished. 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:51.160 I think in the context, flogged and beaten. 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:56.359 I have to say, even that seems a harsh punishment for this innocent man. 00:19:56.440 --> 00:20:02.000 But in Pilate's eyes, this might just be enough to satisfy the crowd. 00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:05.660 I'd put an end to this whole thing before it all kicks off. 00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:09.880 But even that's not enough for these religious sharks. 00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:13.960 Who by this point have got the smell of blood well and truly in their nostrils. 00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:17.779 Now history would tell us that apparently, 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:22.540 to diffuse the tension between the Jews and the Romans, 00:20:22.860 --> 00:20:24.440 there developed this little gesture. 00:20:26.060 --> 00:20:30.820 That at Passover, the Romans agreed to release one Jewish prisoner of choice. 00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:35.299 And so his usual Pilate, in keeping with that tradition, 00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:36.759 he gives the people a choice. 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.500 The choice? 00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.159 Barabbas? 00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:41.980 Or Jesus? 00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:45.299 Barabbas or Jesus? 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:47.179 Barabbas, verse 19. 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.500 A troublemaker? 00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:52.460 A political activist? 00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.460 A Roman killer? 00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:54.139 A robber? 00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:55.279 And most of all, a murderer? 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:57.439 A man who rightly is in prison? 00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:58.939 Or? 00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.179 Jesus? 00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:04.359 Can you imagine Pilate presents him with this choice? 00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:06.399 In his mind, this is an absolute no-brainer. 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:09.259 A guilty murderer? 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.559 Or? 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:12.259 An innocent preacher? 00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:14.359 Surely these people will go with Jesus. 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.519 Every time. 00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.159 Well, not this time. 00:21:19.439 --> 00:21:23.939 The crowd who have been well and truly stirred up by the religious mob at this point, 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:25.559 they want Barabbas released. 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:27.079 But verse 20, Pilate says, 00:21:27.399 --> 00:21:28.339 I want to release Jesus. 00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.379 But they keep shouting, 00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:30.880 Pilate again, verse 32, 00:21:31.040 --> 00:21:32.880 and for the fifth time in this trial, 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:35.220 but Jesus is innocent. 00:21:36.060 --> 00:21:38.640 But the crowd keep shouting. 00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:45.160 And eventually, realizing that this situation is on the verge of getting out of control, 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:48.760 and not having the stomach to do the right thing, 00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:50.259 Pilate gives in. 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:52.059 Pilate gives in. 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:55.039 Feel the chill of verse 23. 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:58.640 The shouts of the crowd prevail. 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:03.220 Barabbas, Luke reminds us again. 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.039 Verse 25, 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:07.039 The one who is in prison for murder. 00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:10.680 The one deserving of death is released. 00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:16.879 Jesus, the one who Luke has gone to length to show us his innocent deserving of life, 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.539 is condemned. 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:21.099 And in a matter of hours, he will be on the cross. 00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:26.419 Welcome to the early hours of Good Friday, AD 33. 00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:29.759 And welcome to Jesus' trial. 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:33.679 A trial that didn't just rush ahead of the evidence. 00:22:34.219 --> 00:22:38.000 A trial that didn't care two hoots about the evidence. 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:42.740 So here we are, back at our question this morning. 00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.740 Remember Little Britain? 00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.339 So what? 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.420 So what? 00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:52.759 History is full of innocent men who took hits. 00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.859 So what? 00:22:56.500 --> 00:23:00.240 Well, here's what I want us to think about as we work towards our close this morning. 00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:04.700 Is I think Barabbas is the key to understanding what's going on here. 00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.559 Think about it. 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:11.879 But what's gone on is Jesus has taken Barabbas' place. 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:17.619 Now I'm sure that that man, Barabbas, has done some dodgy deals in his lifetime. 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:22.759 But surely this is the greatest deal that Barabbas has ever been presented with. 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.639 Now think about it. 00:23:24.659 --> 00:23:25.119 Picture the scene. 00:23:25.179 --> 00:23:28.399 I wonder if they had that moment as Barabbas is released and is walking. 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:31.339 Does he eyeball Jesus? 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:36.139 Does he clap eyes on the man who took his place? 00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:41.440 And does he think to himself, that man is going to die instead of me? 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:51.179 Friends, what we've hit here is the wondrous mystery, the mind-blowing truth that's right at the heart of the Christian gospel. 00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:58.299 The truth that Martin Luther, famous Christian theologian from Reformation days, used to call the great exchange. 00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:03.680 That Barabbas, the one deserving of death, gets life. 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:09.400 And Jesus, the one deserving of life, gets death. 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:13.539 And that's exactly what's about to go on as he goes to the cross. 00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:15.039 This is what Jesus is going to do. 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:17.720 Here's the wonderful truth. 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:21.399 That Jesus didn't just take Barabbas' place. 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:25.519 Actually, the sinless son of God. 00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:29.599 The spotless, perfect lamb of God. 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:39.039 The innocent, perfect sacrifice that this, our holy God requires to take the place of the guilty. 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:45.259 He died in the place of every single human being who would come to him and say, 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:48.119 I am a sinner and he's my savior. 00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:53.700 That he took my place and I get his grace. 00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:58.599 That he took my death and I get his life. 00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:01.759 Friends, if you wanted a hashtag for this morning, this is it. 00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:04.980 I am Barabbas. 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:08.420 And you are Barabbas. 00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:12.480 Jesus took our place. 00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:14.859 I deserved to die. 00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:16.740 Jesus deserved to live. 00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:20.160 And yet here I am, finding myself because of his outrageous grace. 00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:22.160 I am the one who lives because he died. 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:25.420 Here's something cool I learned this week. 00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:27.299 I love studying the Bible. 00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.940 Do you know what Barabbas' name means? 00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:31.759 I mean, son of the father. 00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.840 Think about that for a minute. 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.759 Son of the father. 00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:40.799 That Jesus became sin, like we were singing earlier. 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:53.240 So that I, declared right before and adopted by God, could be declared to be a son of God the father. 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.740 This is the gospel. 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:57.960 And it's staggeringly beautiful. 00:25:58.200 --> 00:26:02.700 Because it's the plan of a glorious and good God. 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.859 There's what. 00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:10.900 So let me just ask you three quick questions as we work towards a close this morning. 00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.799 Question number one. 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:13.240 And these will be very quick, okay? 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:15.200 Question number one. 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.279 Will you take it? 00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.920 Will you come to Jesus? 00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:22.640 And will you accept him as your substitute? 00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:29.800 Your saviour who offers to take your death in exchange for his life? 00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:33.160 Have you accepted the great exchange? 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.580 Here's question number two. 00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.680 I told you these would be quick. 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.480 Do you know it? 00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:42.360 That Jesus took my place for my every sin. 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:44.800 I mean, this is how it's worked out for me this week. 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:49.359 As I felt the guilt of my sin, the weight of it, just thinking, Graham, you idiot. 00:26:49.419 --> 00:26:50.200 You've done it again. 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.259 You've done it again. 00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:56.500 There's times where I'm thinking, I can't believe I just said that again. 00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:59.419 Those times where I'm sitting there thinking, I can't believe I just thought that again. 00:26:59.919 --> 00:27:01.359 What a failure of a man. 00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:04.159 I'm reading these verses this week. 00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:08.519 It's almost as if I could hear the voice of Jesus telling me, Graham, see that evil thought? 00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.639 Yeah, I took your place for that. 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:14.540 See those evil words? 00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:16.220 Yeah, I stood in your place for that. 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:19.820 That unkind word, yeah, I took your place for that. 00:27:20.280 --> 00:27:22.220 Friends, here's the incredible truth this morning. 00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:27.300 That in Jesus Christ, we have a saviour who specialises in grace. 00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:32.500 This is the kind of incredible saviour that we have, 00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:35.900 that specialises in showing grace to failures like me and like you. 00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:38.380 Question number three. 00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.240 Will you share it? 00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:41.420 This is great news. 00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:43.000 This is good news. 00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:46.940 And as we work towards Easter, God calls us to share it. 00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:51.720 When people ask you, you know, I wonder when they ask you what the cross is all about, 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.420 what do you say? 00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:56.799 When our children ask us what the cross is all about, what do we say? 00:27:57.079 --> 00:28:02.220 When our friends ask us, when our colleagues ask us what the cross is all about, what do you say? 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:11.620 I found personally this idea of substitution to be one of the most helpful ways of explaining the gospel to my friends. 00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:15.539 I think of a guy who I've been reading the Bible with for four years now. 00:28:15.959 --> 00:28:19.979 The first time I got to explain this to him, we're sitting having a coffee and what's on the coffee table? 00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.459 It's just two coffee cups. 00:28:22.979 --> 00:28:24.479 And he asked me what's going on at the cross. 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:26.880 And I said, friend, this is me. 00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:30.700 This is me, sinful, deserving of death. 00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:35.779 And this is Jesus, sinless, son of God, deserving of life. 00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:40.339 What happened on the cross is that Jesus came across and said, let me take your death. 00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:45.919 And in exchange, let me give you my righteous life. 00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.159 A great exchange. 00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:51.279 Friends, how can you explain that to your friends? 00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:56.299 There's just one really easy way that I've found to explain this idea to my friend. 00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:58.319 Do you get it? 00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.980 Do you know it? 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.419 Will you share it? 00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:04.159 Incredible, the gospel. 00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:07.879 I hope it continues just to thrill our hearts as we go forward. 00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:10.200 Every single day of our lives. 00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:12.600 Just as we close, let me take you back to George Wilson. 00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.200 Remember him? 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:19.400 The American man declared to be innocent of a crime that would see him hanged. 00:29:19.560 --> 00:29:21.340 Gifted the presidential pardon. 00:29:21.760 --> 00:29:22.460 That's incredible. 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:24.180 Do you know what's even more incredible than that? 00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.100 He turned it down. 00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.500 He turned it down. 00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.920 Staggering, isn't it? 00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:34.560 He went to his death at the gallows. 00:29:34.560 --> 00:29:37.520 Now, for all the Googling in the world, believe you me this week, 00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:41.380 I cannot find a single reason as to why he did that. 00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:48.280 A man going to his death, apparently for no reason. 00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:53.500 But as Luke has shown us the innocence of Jesus this morning, 00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:57.100 as God has declared his son to be spotless, 00:29:57.099 --> 00:30:03.159 he is telling us that this truly innocent man taking the death penalty, 00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:05.619 it wasn't without a reason. 00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:09.419 Let's finish with the words from Isaiah 55. 00:30:09.919 --> 00:30:13.679 Isaiah speaking roughly 600 years to God's people. 00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:16.459 Roughly 600 years before Jesus is on the scene 00:30:16.459 --> 00:30:19.740 about how God would send a king to save his people. 00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:22.420 And here's what the king would be. 00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:27.059 He was oppressed and afflicted, 00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:29.720 yet did not open his mouth. 00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:33.420 He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, 00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:37.079 and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, 00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:40.940 so he did not open his mouth. 00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:45.000 By oppression and judgment he was taken away, 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:47.440 yet who of his generation protested? 00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:51.099 For he was cut off from the land of the living. 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:55.279 For the transgression of my people, 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.160 he was punished. 00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:03.220 Oh, to see the pain written on your face, 00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:06.400 bearing the awesome weight of sin, 00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:08.220 every bitter thought, 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:10.019 every evil deed, 00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:12.019 crowning your blood-stained brow, 00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:14.839 this, the power of the cross, 00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:18.299 that Christ became sin for us. 00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.379 He took the blame. 00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:22.119 He bore the wrath. 00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:26.400 We stand forgiven at the cross. 00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.940 Let's pray together. 00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:32.539 Maybe just in the silence now, 00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:35.139 before we close our service, 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.740 now is the time maybe to bring your prayer 00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:39.059 before this awesome God. 00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.160 Amen. 00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:50.240 Father God, we thank you so much 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:54.119 that you have loved us so incredibly, 00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:57.400 that you would go to the lengths 00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:59.019 of sending Jesus, your son, 00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:00.460 to be our saviour. 00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:03.400 And as we've seen this morning, 00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:05.839 as our substitute, 00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:08.720 help us this week 00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:12.120 to both know and to treasure 00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:15.880 just what an incredible friend 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:17.720 we have in Jesus. 00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:20.360 And so this is our prayer. 00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:22.000 Father, thank you that you hear us 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:24.400 because we pray in Jesus' name. 00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.140 Amen. 00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:25.279 Amen. 00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.140 Amen. 00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:27.140 Amen. 00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:28.140 Amen. 00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:29.140 Amen. 00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:30.140 Amen. 00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:31.140 Amen. 00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:32.140 Amen. 00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:33.140 Amen. 00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:34.140 Amen. 00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.140 Amen. 00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.200 Amen. 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.220 Amen. 00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.240 Amen. 00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.279 Amen. 00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.299 Amen. 00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.319 Amen. 00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:35.339 Amen. 00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.400 Amen. 00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:35.420 Amen. 00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.460 Amen. 00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.480 Amen.