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 Our text for today is going to be Mark chapter 15 verses 33 through 47.

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 It's a bit of a chunk for today.

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 I must admit that I'm pressing a little bit through the text so that we can preach in a verse-by-verse expositional manner as we've been doing throughout Mark on Easter, the resurrection.

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 I think we'll find that the themes are very well connected here and can be done quite readily.

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 Let me begin, though, with an exhortation to you and an apology from me.

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 I'm growing increasingly frustrated by the trend in America and our consumer-driven churches, by the need to be entertained in all things, including preaching.

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 All across our country this morning, businesses are opening up their doors and clicking on their open signs and people are coming in and they're consuming.

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 People are looking for churches or they're floating from place to place to place and they're coming in and they're getting a snapshot of a presentation given to them and passing judgment on it.

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 The church is a people.

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 It includes things like this, getting together, the preaching of God's Word.

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 But I think that because of this growing trend, the standard of good preaching has shifted.

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 It's no longer enough that a man simply speak the truth on any given text, but that he'd rather speak in such a way that he keeps the attention of everybody and leaves you feeling really good.

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 And it is very possible to do this without saying much at all.

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 In fact, this is happening in many places this morning.

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 Very little is being said and many times heresies are being uttered, but everyone is so very entertained.

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 Now, I'll say that this is much less the case among you.

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 Case in point, you're here this morning and I don't believe that I make much of an effort to entertain,

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 but I still feel this pressure to get up and give a presentation of the Word of God rather than just telling you what it says.

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 And this is as much my fault as it may be yours, and it may be even that I'm making it all up in my own mind.

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 I want to be sure that you guys understand that the preaching of God's Word is not meant to be entertainment.

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 It's supposed to be good for your souls.

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 Preaching is probably 10 to 20% of my week, both in preparation and in the presentation.

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 There are many, many other things I do as a pastor, but I know that this is the major thing that you guys see.

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 What does Nathan do all week?

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 He prepares a 45-minute sermon.

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 It's loose.

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 45 to an hour.

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 Right?

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 It's what he's up to every single week.

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 But there's so very much more that goes into this.

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 And I carry with me throughout the week, while it may be 10 to 20% of the work I'm doing,

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 the pressure of presentation.

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 And I'm making some corrections in my own heart to this degree.

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 But I want to encourage you all, as a part of a culture, a subset, Christ Family Church,

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 as part of a greater culture, to have a right understanding of what good preaching is.

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 A great place to go and see that.

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 You don't need to turn here.

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 I'll read it to you carefully and clearly.

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 1 Corinthians 2, 1 through 5.

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 Paul's writing to the Corinthian believers.

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 The Corinthians were people who consumed Greek oration in high degree.

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 They loved, loved grand speeches.

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 And many of these speeches, I read a few of them, say very little.

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 But boy, do they sound so good.

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 The Corinthians worshipped the silver tongue.

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 And Paul says this to them.

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 1 Corinthians 2, 1 through 5.

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 And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God

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 with lofty speech or wisdom, which Paul was certainly capable of doing.

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 Read any of his epistles.

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 Verse 2,

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 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

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 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling.

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 And my speech and my message were not implausible words of wisdom,

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 but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

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 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men,

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 but in the power of God.

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 He intentionally spoke simply to them that the Spirit might work

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 and that they would have to give all credit and praise to Him.

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 Earlier on in 1 Corinthians, he says,

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 verse 27, chapter 1,

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 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise.

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 And we're presented with a bit of a challenge in our day

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 because we have access to so much preaching.

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 In fact, I think, and this is not your fault at all,

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 but the fact that I'm being recorded right now places a pressure on me.

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 I hate that my sermons go out on the World Wide Web.

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 It causes me to tremble.

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 That people who are going to potentially visit our church,

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 whether they do or not, I don't know,

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 probably go and preview the preaching.

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 Last week's sermon may not have been a very good sermon.

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 I've said this to you continually.

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 I'm just hoping to get on base most of the time,

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 much less hit a home run.

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 Oh, if we could just get a score home,

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 that would be fantastic.

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 I hope for this.

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 I long for this.

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 And I pray for it.

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 There's so much access out there.

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 A hundred years ago,

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 you would have just been so happy to get to come

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 and hear the Word of God preached.

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 You would have visited the church

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 that gathered closest to your home.

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 So my exhortation to you this morning is

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 ask yourself,

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 by what standard do you measure

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 quote-unquote good preaching?

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 What is the standard for you?

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 Is it the truth is proclaimed?

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 Or is it that you were entertained?

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 You must ask yourself this question.

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 So if I were to pause and stop

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 and take a long drink of water,

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 is this awkward to you?

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 Are you feeling nervous for me?

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 Could be because you think I'm giving a presentation.

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 And how could I dare pause?

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 When I fumble with words,

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 did your heart tighten?

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 It shouldn't.

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 I encourage you to ask that question.

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 How do you measure good preaching?

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 And become an active listener.

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 Become an active listener.

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 And what I mean by that is

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 a passive listener is just going to sit.

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 And I'm hoping that I say enough things

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 in the right way,

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 that I use my hands in an exuberant fashion,

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 that I raise my voice at the right time,

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 and I lower my voice at the right time,

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 so that something will get through

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 whatever else is happening inside of your head.

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 We're so easily distracted as a people.

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 I'm the same way.

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 Become an active listener.

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 This will help you.

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 Pick a pen up in your hand

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 and write down notes.

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 It's such a massively helpful way

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 to stay on point with what's going on.

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 I try to lay sermons out

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 in an organized fashion.

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 I don't always,

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 but I certainly try.

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 Now, participate a bit in this.

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 We're a Baptist church,

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 and there is never an amen in our church.

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 And I think that's in large part

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 because most of you are students,

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 and so you're studious,

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 and you would never amen a professor

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 in the classroom.

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 And you shouldn't.

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 Amen?

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 A head nod now and then would be great.

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 I've got to tell you,

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 there's usually three things going on in my brain

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 at one time when I'm preaching.

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 There's typically the next thing that has to be said.

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 I'm trying to get my head going in the right direction.

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 There's what's actually coming out of my mouth,

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 and when I do mess stuff up,

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 that's usually because I switch to the future,

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 and what's coming out of my mouth

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 just doesn't come out of my mouth,

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 and I get yanked back to the present.

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 And then there's also the,

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 what in the world is everybody thinking?

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 Many of you have the strangest listening faces.

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 Usually look mad,

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 like I've really, really said something wrong,

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 so then my head goes into the past

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 to figure out what I messed up

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 and if I need to correct it.

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 So an occasional nod my direction

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 to let me know that you agree,

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 and you're being changed by the Word of God preached

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 is helpful.

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 And then take what's preached

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 and go talk about it.

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 Not all of you,

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 but most of you came with somebody,

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 you know somebody here,

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 you're going to see them throughout the week.

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 Carry on a conversation

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 about what was preached,

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 even what I may have erred in,

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 because I may,

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 and I need to be told of these things,

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 but have conversations about it

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 and be sure you as the congregation

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 are accountable for what I preach.

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 I need your help in that.

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 And I want your help in that way.

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 So pen in hand,

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 participate,

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 and discuss later.

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 That's the exhortation to you.

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 The apology on my part,

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 Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones,

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 who is a phenomenal preacher,

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 I would encourage you to read his sermons.

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 He's a 20th century Welsh Protestant.

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 He said,

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 Preaching is theology on fire,

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 which I think is a fantastic definition.

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 Simple, but fantastic definition

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 of what preaching is.

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 And I'll tell you that I need to spend

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 more time catching fire each week.

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 Less time concerned about presentation.

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 Really, I just need to say,

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 damn presentation,

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 it doesn't matter.

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 And I need to be catching fire

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 and coming and preaching to you.

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 Because the embers of my heart

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 often grow cold.

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 Just like you.

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 I am a man.

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 And they often grow cold

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 and they need to be fanned into flame.

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 And I need to spend more time

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 doing that in my weeks.

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 I apologize that I haven't always

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 done this well.

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 I want to process sermons in this way.

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 It's a fantastic quote,

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 Charles Spurge,

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 on how to best prepare to preach.

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 It's been a habit that I often read this

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 every single week.

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 It's been a few weeks since I've read it.

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 Let me read this to you.

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 Let us, dear brethren,

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 try to get saturated with the gospel.

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 I always find that I can preach best

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 when I can manage to lie a soak in my text.

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 I like to get a text

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 and find out its meaning

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 and bearings and so on.

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 And then after I have bathed in it,

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 I delight to lie down in it

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 and let it soak into me.

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 It softens me or hardens me

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 or does whatever it ought to do to me.

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 And then I can talk about it.

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 You need not be very particular

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 about the words and phrases.

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 If the spirit of the text has filled you,

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 thoughts will leap out

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 and find raiment for themselves.

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 Become saturated with spices

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 and you will smell of them.

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 A sweet perfume will distill from you

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 and spread itself in every direction.

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 We call this unction.

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 It's not a word we use these days.

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 Do you not love to listen to a brother

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 who abides in fellowship with the Lord Jesus?

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 Even a few minutes with such a man

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 is refreshing.

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 For like his master,

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 his paths drop fatness.

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 I love that.

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 Dwell in the truth

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 and let the truth dwell in you.

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 Be baptized into its spirit

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 and influence that you may impart

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 therefore of to others.

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 If you do not believe the gospel,

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 do not preach it

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 for you lack an essential qualification.

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 But even if you do believe it,

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 do not preach it

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 until you have taken it up into yourself

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 as the wick takes up the oil.

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 So only can you be a burning

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 and a shining light.

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 And with that,

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 I say to you and to me,

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 this is God's word to us.

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 It's written for His glory

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 and our good.

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 We would all do well

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 to listen to it

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 in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 Let's read together

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 Mark 15.33-47.

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 And when the sixth hour had come,

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 there was darkness

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 over the whole land

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 until the ninth hour.

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 And at the ninth hour,

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 Jesus cried with a loud voice,

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 Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani,

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 which means,

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 My God, my God,

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 why have you forsaken me?

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 And some of the bystanders

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 hearing it said,

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 Behold, He is calling Elijah.

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 And some ran and filled a sponge

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 with sour wine,

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 put her on a reed,

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 and gave it to him to drink,

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 saying,

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 Wait, let us see

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 whether Elijah will come

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 to take him down.

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 And Jesus uttered a loud cry

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 and breathed his last.

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 And the curtain of the temple

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 was torn in two

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 from top to bottom.

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 And when the centurion

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 who stood facing him

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 saw that in this way

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 he breathed his last,

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 he said,

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 Truly, this man

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 was the Son of God.

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 There were also women

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 looking on from a distance,

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 among whom were Mary Magdalene

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 and Mary the mother of James,

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 the younger,

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 and of Joses and Salome.

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 When he was in Galilee,

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 they followed him

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 and ministered to him,

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 and there also were

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 many other women

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 who came up with him

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 to Jerusalem.

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 And when evening had come,

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 since it was the day

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 of preparation,

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 that is,

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 the day before the Sabbath,

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 Joseph of Arimathea,

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 a respected member

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 of the council

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 who was also himself

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 looking for the kingdom of God,

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 took courage

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 and went to Pilate

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 and asked for the body of Jesus.

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 Pilate was surprised

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 to hear that he should

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 have already died,

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 and summoning the centurion,

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 he asked him

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 whether he was already dead.

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 And when he learned

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 from the centurion

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 that he was dead,

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 he granted the corpse

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 to Joseph.

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 And Joseph bought

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 a linen shroud

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 and taking him down,

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 wrapped him in the linen shroud

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 and laid him in a tomb

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 that had been cut

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 out of the rock,

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 and he rolled a stone

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 against the entrance

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 of the tomb.

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 Mary Magdalene

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 and Mary the mother

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 of Joses

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 saw where he was laid.

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 Pray with me.

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 Father, I would ask

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 this morning

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 for the preaching

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 of your word

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 to be blessed

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 by your spirit,

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 and for all of us

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 who are hearing it,

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 even me as I speak,

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 and that you would

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 work through me

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 that certainly today

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 preaching would be

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 theology on fire.

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 And we pray this

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 in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Kind of stealing once again

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 from Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones.

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 Many people call him

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 the doctor.

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 He did have a format

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 for the way in which

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 he preached,

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 which I've always

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 really appreciated,

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 and I tend to do this,

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 although it's often

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 a little more hidden,

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 but he has this kind

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 of pattern where he

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 would do exegesis,

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 doctrine, and application.

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 So that's the way

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 we're going to walk

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 through this text

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 together this morning.

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 So first, exegesis.

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 If you don't know

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 what that means,

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 it means literally

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 to lead out of.

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 It's a critical

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 explanation of a text,

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 simply that.

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 It means that we

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 get out of the text

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 what God intends

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 to say to us,

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 which would be

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 the opposite of

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 eisegesis.

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 If we read into

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 the text,

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 to apply something

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 here that I have

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 some idea I want

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 to prove to you,

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 and therefore I go

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 to the text to prove it,

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 but rather that we

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 look at the text

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 and we pull the

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 teaching out of it.

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 So simply,

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 we'll exegete the

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 text together.

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 I looked back

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 before we jump

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 heavily into that,

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 just for the joy of it,

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 to see when it was

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 we started Mark's

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 gospel.

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 We did so on

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 September 22nd

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 of 2013.

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 How about that?

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 So we've been

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 now,

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 we'll have two

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 more Sundays

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 in Mark,

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 and it'll be

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 a year and a half,

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 plus a little,

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 about 21 days,

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 to finish it

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 all up.

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 And we have

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 noted across

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 that time,

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 as we've seen

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 the life of Christ,

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 leading up now

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 into the Passion Week,

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 this is Friday

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 of that week,

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 the day,

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 obviously,

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 that He is

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 crucified,

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 His active

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 obedience.

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 Jesus Christ

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 was commonly

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 called His

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 active obedience,

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 and that was

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 Him submitting

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 His will

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 to that

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 of God

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 the Father.

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 Doing the things

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 that God

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 had asked

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 Him to do,

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 His active

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 obedience.

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 John 8,

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 28,

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 Jesus said,

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 I do nothing

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 on my own

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 authority.

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 He just did

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 whatever God

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 the Father

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 told Him

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 to do.

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 Mark 8,

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 34,

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 we get this

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 passed along

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 to us,

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 in this charge

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 He gives

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 to a crowd,

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 if anyone

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 would come

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 after me,

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 let him

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 deny himself

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 and take up

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 his cross

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 and follow

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 me.

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 This is the

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 way in which

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 we follow

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 God the

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 Father,

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 is in

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 active

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 obedience.

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 Last week

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 and some

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 Sundays before

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 and this

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 Sunday,

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 particularly,

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 we're going

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 to be looking

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 at Jesus'

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 passive

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 obedience.

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 And that

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 was what

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 He suffered

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 on our

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 behalf,

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 the way in

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 which He

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 was obedient

00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:38.879
 to the

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 Father

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 in His

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 suffering,

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 which was

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 something He

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 did throughout

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 His life.

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 He suffered

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 as He

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 lived in

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 the world,

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 but certainly

00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:47.960
 is highlighted

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 the great

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 high point

00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:49.319
 of His

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 passive

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 obedience

00:16:50.199 --> 00:16:50.919
 is in

00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:51.159
 His

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 suffering

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 and death

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 on the

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 cross.

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 And I'll

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 share with

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 you shortly

00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:54.860
 why the

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 two types

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 of obedience

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 are absolutely

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 necessary

00:16:57.159 --> 00:16:57.959
 for our

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 salvation.

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 Let's look

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 at verse

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 33.

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 When the

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 sixth hour

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 had come,

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 there was

00:17:02.079 --> 00:17:02.539
 darkness

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 over the

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 whole land

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 until the

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 ninth hour.

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 Last week

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 in 1525,

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 we saw that

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 it was the

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 third hour

00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:10.799
 when they

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 crucified Him,

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 which would

00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.279
 have been

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 hour 9 a.m.

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 Beginning

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 of the day,

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 6 a.m.

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 The third

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 hour was

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 9 a.m.

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 So He's

00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.059
 on the

00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:19.399
 cross at

00:17:19.399 --> 00:17:19.939
 9 a.m.

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 And then

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 at noon

00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:22.480
 until 3 p.m.,

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 Mark says,

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 there is

00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.379
 darkness

00:17:24.379 --> 00:17:25.339
 over the

00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:26.619
 whole land.

00:17:27.419 --> 00:17:27.899
 We don't

00:17:27.899 --> 00:17:28.539
 know how

00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:29.379
 exactly this

00:17:29.379 --> 00:17:29.839
 came to

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 pass.

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 I read

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 some things

00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:31.059
 this week

00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:31.419
 that said

00:17:31.419 --> 00:17:31.659
 that it

00:17:31.659 --> 00:17:33.399
 was impossible

00:17:33.399 --> 00:17:33.859
 for there to

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 be an eclipse

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.220
 at this time.

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 I don't know how

00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:36.439
 people know

00:17:36.439 --> 00:17:36.939
 these types of

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 things,

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 but this is

00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:38.159
 what they

00:17:38.159 --> 00:17:38.759
 said.

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 So likely

00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:40.419
 some cloud

00:17:40.419 --> 00:17:40.759
 cover,

00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:41.339
 something else.

00:17:41.419 --> 00:17:41.799
 It doesn't

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.460
 really matter,

00:17:42.639 --> 00:17:43.119
 but ultimately

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:44.159
 there was

00:17:44.159 --> 00:17:45.200
 darkness,

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 darkness,

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 which is

00:17:46.660 --> 00:17:47.400
 symbolic of

00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:48.279
 God's

00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:49.120
 displeasure

00:17:49.120 --> 00:17:50.200
 and His

00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:50.580
 judgment.

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 Listen to

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.700
 Amos 8,

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 9,

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 And on

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 that day,

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 declares the

00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.259
 Lord God,

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 I will make

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 the sun go

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 down at

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 noon and

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 darken the

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 earth in

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 broad daylight.

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 You can look

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 at some other

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 texts concerning

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 this,

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 Deuteronomy

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 28,

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 29,

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 Jeremiah

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 15,

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 9 are some

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 examples of

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 those places,

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 symbolic of

00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:11.059
 God's

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 displeasure

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:13.000
 and judgment.

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 It's likely

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 that Mark

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 wanted his

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 readers to

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 recall the

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 final plague

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 at the time

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 of the first

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 Passover,

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 the way in

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 which he

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 has written

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 this.

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 Exodus 10,

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 21-23,

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 you can take

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 a look at

00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:25.000
 that,

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 but the

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 final plague

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 before the

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 Passover

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 happened,

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 when the

00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:29.640
 Israelites

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 were captive

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 in Egypt,

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 was the

00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.460
 plague of

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 darkness.

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 For three

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 days,

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 there was

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 absolute

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 darkness.

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 In Exodus

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 chapter 10,

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 we see that

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 they couldn't

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 even see

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 each other.

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 It was so

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 incredibly dark.

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 It would

00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:42.640
 seem that they

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 couldn't even

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 light lights.

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 For three

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 days,

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 it was dark,

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 but the

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 Israelites

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 had light

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 in their

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 homes.

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 And this

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 was the

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 last judgment

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 given before

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 the Passover

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 came to be,

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 that when the

00:18:54.320 --> 00:18:54.900
 angel of death

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 came and the

00:18:56.060 --> 00:18:57.280
 posts of the

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 door were

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 painted with

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 the perfect

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 spotless lamb,

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 this whole

00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.460
 celebration

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.160
 that's happening

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 in this week,

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 the Passion

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 Week,

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:04.660
 is about

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 celebrating

00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:05.580
 that,

00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:05.920
 Jesus,

00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:06.580
 or God,

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 leading the

00:19:07.280 --> 00:19:07.880
 people out

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 by the blood

00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:09.120
 of the lamb,

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 and that is

00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:10.040
 who Jesus

00:19:10.040 --> 00:19:11.040
 is.

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 This is

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 likely why

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.500
 Mark is

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:14.000
 recording it

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 in this way,

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 that people

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.399
 would see

00:19:15.399 --> 00:19:16.099
 that and

00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:17.599
 remember who

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 Jesus is.

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 Verse 34,

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 this three

00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.319
 hours of

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:22.700
 darkness,

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 we don't know

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:23.440
 if the

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:24.200
 darkness lifts

00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.539
 or if it

00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.259
 still exists,

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 it does not

00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:26.619
 really matter,

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 but Jesus

00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:28.039
 cries out with

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.519
 a loud

00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:29.019
 voice,

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 Eloi,

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.500
 Eloi,

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:32.299
 lama sabachthani,

00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:32.299
!

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 which means

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 my God,

00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.759
 my God,

00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:35.599
 why have

00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:36.039
 you forsaken

00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:36.259
 me?

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:36.940
 This is a

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.419
 quote,

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.000
 he draws

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.639
 this directly

00:19:38.639 --> 00:19:39.019
 out of

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:40.180
 Psalm 22,

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 1.

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 Last week

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.119
 we talked

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:43.700
 a bit about

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.279
 the physical

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:45.619
 pain of

00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:46.139
 the cross.

00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:48.259
 As far as

00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:49.279
 capital punishment

00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:50.019
 is concerned,

00:19:50.659 --> 00:19:51.639
 the divisement

00:19:51.639 --> 00:19:52.940
 of death

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:53.700
 on a cross

00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.379
 was one

00:19:54.379 --> 00:19:54.700
 of the most

00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:55.200
 heinous

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:56.000
 capital punishments

00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.839
 that exists

00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:57.779
 in all

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.619
 of history.

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 Certainly

00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:00.119
 our Lord

00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:00.819
 suffered

00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.839
 greatly

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.799
 on the cross.

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:03.879
 He was

00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:04.699
 beaten

00:20:04.699 --> 00:20:05.579
 beyond

00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.119
 recognition

00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:07.000
 even before

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.719
 he was there.

00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:08.099
 There were

00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:08.679
 punishments

00:20:08.679 --> 00:20:09.339
 added on

00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:09.859
 top of

00:20:09.859 --> 00:20:10.559
 the punishment

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:11.159
 of him

00:20:11.159 --> 00:20:11.959
 hanging on

00:20:11.959 --> 00:20:12.359
 the cross.

00:20:12.459 --> 00:20:12.719
 But we

00:20:12.719 --> 00:20:13.339
 cannot

00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:14.079
 forget,

00:20:14.239 --> 00:20:14.459
 beloved,

00:20:14.919 --> 00:20:15.579
 we cannot

00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.559
 forget about

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.679
 his spiritual

00:20:17.679 --> 00:20:18.599
 suffering.

00:20:19.419 --> 00:20:19.739
 The spiritual

00:20:19.739 --> 00:20:20.199
 suffering is

00:20:20.199 --> 00:20:20.599
 the most

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:21.479
 important thing

00:20:21.479 --> 00:20:21.879
 that he

00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.379
 accomplished

00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:23.279
 on the cross.

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 And I can

00:20:24.179 --> 00:20:24.639
 say this to

00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:24.939
 you with

00:20:24.939 --> 00:20:25.539
 a confidence,

00:20:25.679 --> 00:20:26.000
 although I

00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.319
 would do it

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:26.759
 with a great

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.099
 deal of

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:27.399
 trembling,

00:20:27.719 --> 00:20:28.139
 and actually

00:20:28.139 --> 00:20:28.899
 presented with

00:20:28.899 --> 00:20:29.359
 the case,

00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:29.899
 it would be

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.420
 hard to

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:30.700
 say it

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.080
 out loud,

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:31.800
 but I

00:20:31.800 --> 00:20:32.320
 would suffer

00:20:32.320 --> 00:20:33.019
 physically

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.480
 what Jesus

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.320
 suffered for

00:20:34.320 --> 00:20:34.700
 you all.

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:35.840
 There's some

00:20:35.840 --> 00:20:37.140
 guarantee of

00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:38.019
 great good

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.660
 for you all.

00:20:38.780 --> 00:20:39.180
 I would

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:39.460
 suffer

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.100
 physically

00:20:40.100 --> 00:20:40.460
 the way

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:40.680
 Jesus

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.019
 suffered,

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:41.360
 but I

00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:42.700
 could not

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.600
 the way

00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:44.140
 he suffered

00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:45.280
 physically.

00:20:46.040 --> 00:20:47.060
 Isaiah 53,

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.700
 6,

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.140
 all we like

00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:49.480
 sheep have

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:49.920
 gone astray,

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.220
 we have

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:51.080
 turned everyone

00:20:51.080 --> 00:20:52.120
 to his own

00:20:52.120 --> 00:20:52.420
 way,

00:20:52.800 --> 00:20:53.100
 and the

00:20:53.100 --> 00:20:53.460
 Lord,

00:20:53.580 --> 00:20:54.200
 that's God

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.780
 the Father,

00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.320
 has laid

00:20:55.320 --> 00:20:55.960
 on him,

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:57.100
 God the

00:20:57.100 --> 00:20:57.460
 Son,

00:20:57.860 --> 00:20:58.800
 the iniquity

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.919
 of us

00:20:59.919 --> 00:21:00.419
 all.

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.440
 Galatians 3,

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:02.940
 13,

00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:03.539
 Paul writes,

00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:04.440
 Christ redeemed

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.019
 us from the

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.480
 curse of the

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.379
 law by

00:21:06.379 --> 00:21:07.200
 becoming a

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:08.539
 curse for

00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:08.940
 us.

00:21:09.399 --> 00:21:09.839
 For it is

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.099
 written,

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.899
 cursed is

00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:12.240
 everyone who

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.839
 is hanged

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.720
 on a tree.

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:14.859
 Really incredibly

00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:15.539
 difficult for us

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.299
 to even understand

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:17.159
 what he may have

00:21:17.159 --> 00:21:18.019
 experienced on

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.599
 the cross.

00:21:19.159 --> 00:21:20.460
 The only perfect

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:21.159
 man to have

00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:21.960
 ever lived,

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.879
 living without

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:23.259
 sin,

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:23.639
 living in

00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:24.259
 perfect union

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.960
 with the

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.180
 Father.

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:25.700
 None of us

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.279
 can relate to

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.859
 this in any

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.599
 way whatsoever.

00:21:28.459 --> 00:21:28.839
 Also,

00:21:28.939 --> 00:21:29.639
 the only one

00:21:29.639 --> 00:21:30.039
 to have had

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.740
 all of that

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.299
 fellowship,

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.339
 and all of

00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:33.119
 that perfection

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:34.219
 stripped from

00:21:34.219 --> 00:21:34.459
 him,

00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:35.279
 and all of

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.919
 God's wrath,

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:36.579
 all of the

00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:37.500
 punishment given

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:37.799
 to him,

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.299
 poured out on

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.419
 him.

00:21:38.659 --> 00:21:38.939
 There are

00:21:38.939 --> 00:21:39.439
 times in our

00:21:39.439 --> 00:21:39.779
 life when

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:40.259
 we're punished

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:41.279
 unfairly,

00:21:41.699 --> 00:21:42.599
 unjustly,

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.299
 something may

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:43.679
 happen.

00:21:43.959 --> 00:21:44.299
 I try to

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:44.859
 intervene with

00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:45.759
 my two boys

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.059
 when they're

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.579
 fighting about

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:46.919
 stuff,

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.479
 and sometimes

00:21:47.479 --> 00:21:47.839
 I'm really

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.399
 afraid that I

00:21:48.399 --> 00:21:48.679
 made the

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.299
 wrong call,

00:21:49.439 --> 00:21:49.879
 like who

00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.519
 actually had

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:50.839
 the toy

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.259
 first?

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.139
 Sometimes I

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:52.599
 don't know.

00:21:52.899 --> 00:21:53.319
 I take a

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:54.039
 gamble and go

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.419
 with it.

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.639
 I'm sure at

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.619
 times I deliver

00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:57.259
 justice

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:58.659
 unjustly.

00:21:59.379 --> 00:21:59.759
 We don't

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.219
 have any

00:22:00.219 --> 00:22:00.679
 idea what

00:22:00.679 --> 00:22:00.759
 it would

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.059
 be like to

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.699
 be completely

00:22:01.699 --> 00:22:03.299
 free of

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:03.639
 guilt,

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:05.439
 and yet have

00:22:05.439 --> 00:22:06.279
 wrath and

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.319
 punishment poured

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.639
 out on us.

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.539
 Jonathan Edwards

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:12.059
 wrote of

00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:12.459
 Christ's

00:22:12.459 --> 00:22:13.479
 atonement and

00:22:13.479 --> 00:22:13.939
 his suffering.

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.799
 Besides what

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.319
 our Lord

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:16.099
 endured in

00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:17.479
 this excruciating

00:22:17.479 --> 00:22:19.099
 corporeal death,

00:22:19.179 --> 00:22:19.439
 which means

00:22:19.439 --> 00:22:20.159
 bodily death,

00:22:20.459 --> 00:22:21.319
 he endured

00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:22.859
 vastly him,

00:22:23.239 --> 00:22:23.979
 and to put

00:22:23.979 --> 00:22:24.759
 him to grief,

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.899
 now he poured

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.640
 out his soul

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.700
 unto death,

00:22:27.780 --> 00:22:28.380
 as in Isaiah

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:28.880
 53.

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 And if the

00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:31.060
 mere forethought

00:22:31.060 --> 00:22:31.759
 of this cup

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.259
 made him

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:33.660
 sweat blood,

00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:34.540
 remember Christ

00:22:34.540 --> 00:22:35.420
 actually sweat

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.700
 blood considering

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.560
 what was to

00:22:37.560 --> 00:22:38.200
 happen to him

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.200
 on the cross,

00:22:40.040 --> 00:22:40.920
 how much more

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:42.120
 dreadful and

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:43.300
 excruciating must

00:22:43.300 --> 00:22:43.900
 the drinking

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.580
 have been.

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.340
 Many martyrs

00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:46.720
 have endured

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.460
 much in their

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.420
 bodies, while

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.340
 their souls have

00:22:49.340 --> 00:22:50.420
 been joyful and

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:51.259
 have sung for

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.280
 joy, whereby

00:22:52.280 --> 00:22:52.940
 they have been

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.820
 supported under

00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:54.800
 the suffering of

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.339
 their outward

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.379
 man and have

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:57.659
 triumphed over

00:22:57.659 --> 00:22:57.859
 them.

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 So see what he's

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:59.059
 saying, all the

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.720
 martyrs, many,

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.319
 many martyrs

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:00.779
 have had a great

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:02.079
 deal of joy as

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.819
 God gave them

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.960
 grace to suffer

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:05.099
 well in those

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:06.559
 times, but this

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.539
 was not the

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.619
 case with

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.000
 Christ.

00:23:09.159 --> 00:23:10.220
 He had no

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:11.659
 such support.

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:12.819
 The Father

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.859
 turned his back

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.960
 on him even as

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.720
 he poured

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.899
 wrath out on

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.460
 him, wrath

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.279
 that was due

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.299
 us.

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.539
 Charles Spurgeon

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:21.879
 wrote,

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:34.580
 Isn't that

00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:34.800
 good?

00:23:36.560 --> 00:23:37.600
 Verse 35,

00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:38.340
 And some of

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:39.060
 the bystanders

00:23:39.060 --> 00:23:39.700
 hearing it said,

00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:41.260
 Behold, he is

00:23:41.260 --> 00:23:42.760
 calling Elijah.

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.340
 And this just

00:23:44.340 --> 00:23:44.980
 points to the

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:46.460
 ignorance of the

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.080
 Jewish people.

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.220
 The Jewish people

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.020
 had been led by

00:23:49.020 --> 00:23:50.220
 religious leaders

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.940
 that had built

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.940
 a whole system

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.799
 that was not

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.880
 proper worship

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.839
 of the true

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.240
 God.

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.700
 They had

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:58.279
 developed an

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.039
 eschatology,

00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.720
 kind of a growing

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.279
 eschatology,

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:00.640
 which is a

00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:01.640
 theology of the

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.380
 end times,

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.360
 with a view

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:04.000
 that Elijah

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.759
 would return

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.420
 to restore

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.019
 all things,

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.100
 which included

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.960
 the hope that

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.640
 he might appear

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.720
 from heaven to

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.579
 help in times

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.000
 of need.

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.440
 In one sense,

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.799
 he had kind of

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.380
 become the

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.339
 patron saint

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:15.299
 of sufferers,

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.279
 that they had

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.920
 hoped that Elijah

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.480
 would come and

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:19.059
 rescue in times

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:20.039
 of need.

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.460
 This is entirely

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.900
 false,

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.500
 not true

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.400
 whatsoever.

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.299
 The Old Testament

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.920
 doesn't speak in

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.940
 these terms at

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.279
 all.

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:27.779
 That ignorance

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:29.140
 is not an

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:30.380
 excuse for

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.120
 disobedience.

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.720
 Acts 3,

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.860
 17-19,

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.660
 which is when

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.519
 Peter's delivering

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:37.160
 the second of

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.900
 his wonderful

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:39.039
 sermons at

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.460
 the temple.

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:40.200
 They've healed

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:41.640
 a man who

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.059
 was a cripple

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.519
 from birth,

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.059
 and a great

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.500
 crowd has

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.059
 gathered around

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.259
 him.

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:44.880
 I'd encourage

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.240
 you to read

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.579
 that.

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:45.960
 And then at

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.299
 the beginning

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.140
 of chapter 4,

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.660
 we see 5,000

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.360
 people come to

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:50.259
 faith at this

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.599
 time.

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.279
 And he says,

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.000
 starting in

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.679
 verse 17,

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.159
 And now,

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.619
 brothers,

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.719
 I know that

00:24:55.719 --> 00:24:56.379
 you acted in

00:24:56.379 --> 00:24:56.699
 ignorance,

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.639
 as did also

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.639
 your rulers.

00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.240
 And he gives

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.599
 credit to them.

00:24:59.679 --> 00:25:00.439
 You acted in

00:25:00.439 --> 00:25:00.779
 ignorance,

00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:01.659
 but this is no

00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.139
 excuse.

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.659
 He goes on,

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.200
 but what God

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.960
 foretold by the

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.680
 mouth of all

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.320
 the prophets,

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.300
 all of that

00:25:06.300 --> 00:25:07.340
 great grand

00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:07.980
 literature that

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.740
 you had at

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.480
 your fingertips,

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.360
 that his

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:10.920
 Christ would

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.220
 suffer,

00:25:11.340 --> 00:25:11.900
 he thus

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.779
 fulfilled.

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.700
 Repent,

00:25:13.840 --> 00:25:14.180
 therefore,

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.060
 and turn

00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:15.880
 back that

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.220
 your sins

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.500
 may be

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.759
 blotted

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.060
 out.

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.320
 Ignorance

00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:19.279
 is not an

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.519
 excuse for

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.200
 disobedience.

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:21.580
 So they

00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:22.400
 thought possibly

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.400
 he was calling

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:24.779
 out to this

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.400
 Elijah.

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:25.779
 And in

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.300
 verse 36,

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:26.600
 we see,

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:26.880
 And someone

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.519
 ran and filled

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.880
 a sponge with

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.720
 sour wine,

00:25:29.820 --> 00:25:30.300
 put it on a

00:25:30.300 --> 00:25:30.600
 reed,

00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:31.400
 lifted it up to

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:31.860
 where he was

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.259
 and gave it

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.540
 to him to

00:25:32.540 --> 00:25:32.759
 drink,

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.100
 saying,

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:33.780
 Wait,

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.259
 let us see

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.680
 whether Elijah

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.040
 will come

00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:35.720
 to take him.

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.220
 It's likely

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.980
 that they were

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.400
 trying to

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:39.120
 prolong his

00:25:39.120 --> 00:25:39.660
 life to see

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.000
 if maybe

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.680
 Elijah would

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.000
 come,

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.380
 right?

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:41.860
 Keep him

00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:42.820
 alive long

00:25:42.820 --> 00:25:43.280
 enough to

00:25:43.280 --> 00:25:43.620
 see if that

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:43.940
 is something

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.280
 that would

00:25:44.280 --> 00:25:45.060
 come to

00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:45.519
 pass.

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:45.900
 And this

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:47.560
 sour wine

00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:47.820
 would have

00:25:47.820 --> 00:25:48.660
 been like

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.259
 a vinegar

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.620
 that they

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.120
 lifted up

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:50.460
 to him.

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.759
 And he

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.560
 drinks of

00:25:51.560 --> 00:25:51.640
 it.

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:51.940
 We see

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.200
 in other

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.620
 texts,

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.780
 and this

00:25:53.780 --> 00:25:53.980
 is a

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.360
 fulfillment

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:55.519
 of prophecy.

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.560
 Psalm 69,

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.440
 21 says,

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:57.860
 They gave

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.780
 me poison

00:25:58.780 --> 00:25:59.400
 for food,

00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:00.280
 and for my

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.799
 thirst they

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.359
 gave me

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.399
 sour wine

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:03.379
 to drink.

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.279
 So we see

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.639
 Jesus,

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.839
 in last week's

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.079
 text,

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.819
 not drink

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.700
 the wine

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.339
 mixed with

00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:08.799
 myrrh,

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:09.119
 which we

00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:09.399
 think was

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:10.259
 possibly some

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.079
 type of

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:13.079
 light drug

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.319
 that would

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:13.740
 have eased

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.279
 the pain.

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:14.859
 But he

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.539
 does drink

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:15.859
 this,

00:26:15.899 --> 00:26:16.079
 and he

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.599
 does so

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.579
 because of

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.379
 Psalm 69,

00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:19.500
 21.

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.359
 And then

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:21.940
 verse 37,

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.139
 And Jesus

00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:25.099
 uttered a

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.819
 loud cry

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:27.399
 and breathed

00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:28.119
 his last.

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.259
 Verse 38,

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.779
 and the

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.039
 curtain of

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.339
 the temple

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.920
 was torn

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.399
 in two

00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:32.920
 from top

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.819
 to bottom.

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.379
 John 19,

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.180
 30 records

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.619
 that in

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.299
 that final

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.819
 cry,

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.399
 he cries

00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:38.720
 out,

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:40.379
 It is

00:26:40.379 --> 00:26:41.779
 finished.

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.839
 It is

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.500
 finished.

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:44.740
 And there

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.379
 are so many

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.079
 implications that

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.579
 we don't even

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.099
 have the time

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.639
 for today,

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.059
 but his

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.440
 work was

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.180
 done.

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.059
 It is

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.960
 finished.

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:53.119
 Your salvation

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.839
 and mine

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.680
 were accomplished

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:56.160
 in this

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.480
 moment.

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:56.980
 The work

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:58.660
 was completed.

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.539
 The temple

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.000
 curtain

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.019
 is torn.

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:01.399
 This is

00:27:01.399 --> 00:27:02.139
 the curtain

00:27:02.139 --> 00:27:02.399
 that would

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:03.099
 have separated

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:03.599
 people from

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.019
 the presence

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.500
 of God

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.299
 in the temple.

00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:05.779
 Now,

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.480
 interestingly,

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.539
 historically,

00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.279
 the presence

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.659
 of God

00:27:08.659 --> 00:27:09.159
 had left

00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:09.599
 the temple

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.799
 long before

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.500
 these days.

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.480
 The whole

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:12.980
 worship was

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.519
 a huge

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.079
 farce.

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:14.440
 The high

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.019
 priest going

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.639
 into the

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:16.299
 presence of

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.619
 God

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.259
 wasn't

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.799
 actually

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.279
 happening

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.960
 in this

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.180
 day,

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.480
 but it

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.700
 still

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.680
 symbolically

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.539
 separated

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.539
 people from

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:22.940
 God

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.619
 through this

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.180
 sacrificial

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.659
 system.

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.319
 One man,

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.159
 one day a

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:26.359
 year,

00:27:26.639 --> 00:27:27.200
 got to

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.920
 pretend

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.539
 to enter

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.400
 into the

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.720
 presence

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.200
 of God.

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.539
 And this

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:30.980
 curtain

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:32.140
 is torn,

00:27:32.560 --> 00:27:33.220
 symbolically

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.740
 showing us

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.039
 that we

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.920
 now can

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:36.120
 have full

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.779
 access.

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.200
 It's been

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.820
 granted to

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.680
 us full

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.140
 access to

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.400
 God

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.940
 through the

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.580
 sacrifice

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:41.340
 of Jesus

00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:41.800
 Christ.

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.120
 A great

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.700
 text that

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.200
 speaks to

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.539
 this is

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.160
 Hebrews 10

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.660
 19-22.

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.620
 Therefore,

00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:48.120
 brothers,

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.200
 since we

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.880
 have confidence

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.400
 to enter the

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.940
 holy places

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.440
 by the blood

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.880
 of Jesus,

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.500
 you hear that?

00:27:52.560 --> 00:27:53.120
 We have confidence

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.539
 to enter the

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.140
 holy places

00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:55.039
 by the blood

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.420
 of Jesus,

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.240
 by the

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.740
 new and

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.259
 living way

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.519
 that He

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.200
 opened for

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.920
 us through

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.519
 the curtain

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.800
 that is

00:28:00.800 --> 00:28:01.539
 through His

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.039
 flesh.

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.000
 And since

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.400
 we have a

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:04.160
 great priest

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.539
 over the

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:04.980
 house of

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.320
 God,

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.060
 let us

00:28:06.060 --> 00:28:06.759
 draw near

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.100
 with a

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.940
 true heart

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.860
 and full

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.300
 assurance

00:28:09.300 --> 00:28:09.779
 of faith.

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.220
 You see

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.440
 all that

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.900
 language

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.080
 there?

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.240
 We've

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.500
 now been

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:11.740
 given

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.420
 full

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.000
 granted

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.720
 access.

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.000
 No

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.259
 longer

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.560
 have to

00:28:14.560 --> 00:28:14.720
 go

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:14.920
 through

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.180
 some

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:16.200
 intermediary

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.720
 because

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.220
 Christ

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.580
 is now

00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:17.779
 the

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.279
 perfect

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.800
 high

00:28:18.800 --> 00:28:19.200
 priest.

00:28:19.560 --> 00:28:19.640
 He

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:19.800
 makes

00:28:19.800 --> 00:28:20.460
 propitiation

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.700
 for us.

00:28:22.820 --> 00:28:23.259
 And when

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.340
 Jesus dies

00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:24.680
 in this

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.120
 way,

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.100
 the

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:26.660
 centurion

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.060
 in verse

00:28:27.060 --> 00:28:27.660
 39

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.460
 stands

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:28.840
 facing

00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.100
 him,

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.120
 saw the

00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:30.600
 way he

00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:31.240
 breathed

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.039
 his last

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.700
 and he

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.200
 says,

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.039
 truly,

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.440
 this man

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.460
 was the

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.759
 Son of

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.060
 God.

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.100
 Now it's

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:38.539
 interesting in

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.800
 Mark's

00:28:38.800 --> 00:28:39.100
 account,

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.539
 Mark is

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.120
 so bullet

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:40.680
 point as

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.039
 he moves

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.240
 through

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.620
 things.

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:41.940
 Sometimes

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.240
 you just

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.340
 go,

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:42.860
 come on

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.140
 Mark.

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:43.620
 And it

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:43.840
 makes me

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:44.279
 so thankful

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.560
 that we

00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:44.960
 have other

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.300
 gospel

00:28:45.300 --> 00:28:45.720
 accounts,

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.120
 which isn't

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.400
 to say

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.039
 that Mark's

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:48.340
 is a

00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:48.759
 lesser

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.340
 account.

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.680
 But you

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.200
 wonder when

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.500
 you read

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:51.680
 this,

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.019
 you say,

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:52.820
 the way

00:28:52.820 --> 00:28:53.400
 he breathed

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:53.960
 his last,

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:54.820
 here it

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.119
 just says

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.319
 that he

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.919
 cried out

00:28:55.919 --> 00:28:56.220
 with a

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.039
 loud cry.

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.439
 So you

00:28:57.439 --> 00:28:57.599
 go,

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.159
 so he

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:58.720
 was loud?

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.019
 And the

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.319
 centurion

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.579
 said,

00:28:59.700 --> 00:28:59.919
 truly,

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:01.299
 this was

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.619
 the Son

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.099
 of God.

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.419
 But we

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:03.700
 do get

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.279
 some detail

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.919
 in Matthew's

00:29:04.919 --> 00:29:05.259
 account,

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.359
 chapter 27,

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.500
 verse 51,

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:17.359
 verse 54,

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:17.740
 when the

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.180
 centurion

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.640
 and those

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:18.839
 who were

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.220
 with him

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.539
 keeping

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.059
 watch over

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.380
 Jesus

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:21.500
 saw the

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:21.980
 earthquake

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.799
 and what

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.380
 took place,

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:23.680
 they were

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.299
 filled with

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.740
 awe and

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:24.940
 said,

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.359
 truly,

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.619
 this was

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.480
 the Son

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.400
 of God.

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.859
 So something

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:30.039
 cataclysmic

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.400
 happens.

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.720
 You've got

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.420
 this darkness

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.940
 over all

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.440
 of the land.

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.519
 Jesus cries

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.900
 out this

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.500
 last cry.

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.380
 He dies

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:35.760
 and then

00:29:35.760 --> 00:29:36.000
 there was

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.720
 a massive

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.460
 earthquake.

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.180
 These

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.780
 centurions

00:29:38.780 --> 00:29:39.320
 didn't see

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:39.680
 the temple

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:39.980
 curtain

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.560
 torn,

00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:41.040
 but they

00:29:41.040 --> 00:29:41.360
 certainly

00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:41.900
 felt the

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.200
 earthquake

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.480
 that

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:42.840
 happened

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.460
 and it

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.980
 turned

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.400
 their

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.780
 doubt

00:29:44.780 --> 00:29:45.320
 to

00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:45.940
 faith.

00:29:46.060 --> 00:29:46.320
 Truly,

00:29:46.760 --> 00:29:47.440
 this was

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.540
 the Son

00:29:48.540 --> 00:29:49.120
 of God.

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.420
 And praise

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.640
 God,

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.300
 he is

00:29:50.300 --> 00:29:51.160
 the Son

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.560
 of God

00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:52.500
 today.

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.100
 And then

00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.400
 Mark goes

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:54.740
 on in

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:56.500
 verse 40,

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.860
 verse 41,

00:29:58.260 --> 00:29:58.600
 to speak

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:58.960
 about the

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.240
 women,

00:29:59.300 --> 00:29:59.580
 the women

00:29:59.580 --> 00:30:00.040
 looking on

00:30:00.040 --> 00:30:00.380
 from a

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:00.720
 distance.

00:30:01.080 --> 00:30:01.340
 We talk

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:01.640
 about the

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.220
 two different

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.020
 Marys,

00:30:03.280 --> 00:30:04.120
 who they

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.380
 are,

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:05.520
 and how

00:30:05.520 --> 00:30:05.840
 we can

00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:06.620
 notify

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.240
 them as

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.520
 we go

00:30:07.520 --> 00:30:07.900
 through,

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.420
 note

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:08.600
 them,

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:08.840
 I should

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.140
 say.

00:30:10.540 --> 00:30:10.780
 They

00:30:10.780 --> 00:30:11.100
 followed

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:11.240
 him

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.540
 around,

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.080
 they saw

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.800
 his life.

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.120
 We see

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:13.420
 these women

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.980
 again in

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:15.740
 chapter 16,

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.520
 verse 1.

00:30:17.540 --> 00:30:17.820
 And Mark

00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:18.200
 is likely

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.740
 recording their

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.660
 presence as

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:19.920
 they were

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.660
 witnesses to

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.260
 the life,

00:30:22.040 --> 00:30:22.620
 the death,

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:23.680
 and the

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.160
 resurrection

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:25.140
 of Jesus

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.640
 Christ.

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.460
 You note

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.800
 that they

00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:27.500
 traveled with

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.580
 him,

00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:28.180
 they ministered

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.440
 to him

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.640
 when he

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:28.880
 was in

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.260
 Galilee,

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:30.420
 they observed

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:31.320
 his life,

00:30:31.780 --> 00:30:32.060
 they were

00:30:32.060 --> 00:30:32.320
 there,

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.760
 they observed

00:30:32.760 --> 00:30:33.320
 his death,

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:33.800
 they saw

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.059
 where he

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.500
 was buried,

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.059
 Mark records

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.480
 that for

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:35.799
 us,

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.799
 and later,

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.819
 chapter 16,

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:38.599
 they're also

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.500
 witnesses to

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.839
 his resurrection.

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.799
 They witnessed

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.799
 all of the

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:44.200
 central facts

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:45.440
 of the gospel.

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:45.879
 He's giving

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:46.859
 them credibility

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.599
 in who they

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.819
 say Jesus

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.779
 is.

00:30:50.919 --> 00:30:51.359
 A moment

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.579
 ago,

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.960
 Wes sang a

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.839
 song based

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.099
 on the

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.500
 Apostles'

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:54.819
 Creed,

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.200
 that Jesus

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.819
 suffered under

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.440
 Pontius Pilate,

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.079
 was crucified,

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.119
 dead and

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:58.379
 buried.

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:59.180
 The third day,

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.399
 he rose again

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:01.140
 from the

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.340
 dead.

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:02.019
 They saw

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:03.900
 all of

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.600
 these things.

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.500
 And then Mark

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.080
 goes on,

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.860
 beginning in

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.400
 verse 42,

00:31:08.560 --> 00:31:08.900
 to give us

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:10.540
 this account

00:31:10.540 --> 00:31:12.300
 of Joseph

00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:13.660
 of Arimathea,

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.759
 who was a

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.600
 respected member

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:16.320
 of the council.

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.980
 And the council

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.320
 that's being

00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:17.980
 referred to here

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.780
 is the Sanhedrin,

00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:19.880
 this group of

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.340
 people that

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:20.580
 would have

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:21.400
 passed the

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.080
 judgment on

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.980
 Christ to

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.280
 have him

00:31:23.280 --> 00:31:23.920
 crucified to

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.420
 begin with.

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:24.800
 We saw

00:31:24.800 --> 00:31:25.120
 back in

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.900
 chapter 14

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:27.300
 these trials

00:31:27.300 --> 00:31:27.700
 that take

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.580
 place before

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.779
 the council.

00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:30.879
 Some people

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:32.179
 have guessed

00:31:32.179 --> 00:31:32.799
 that maybe

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.659
 Joseph of

00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:34.139
 Arimathea

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:35.379
 wasn't there.

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.359
 Mark's account

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:37.939
 in verse 43

00:31:37.939 --> 00:31:38.779
 says he was

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.579
 also himself

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.519
 looking for

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.939
 the kingdom

00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:42.059
 of God.

00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:42.399
 And so they

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:42.859
 say maybe

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.220
 he was

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:44.199
 absent that

00:31:44.199 --> 00:31:44.460
 day,

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:44.899
 but Mark

00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:45.599
 says that

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:45.960
 the whole

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.359
 council

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:47.319
 was gathered.

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:47.879
 So it

00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:48.379
 would seem

00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:48.960
 to me,

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.579
 at least,

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.439
 my opinion

00:31:50.439 --> 00:31:50.799
 on the

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.019
 matter,

00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.199
 is that

00:31:52.199 --> 00:31:52.659
 Joseph

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:53.619
 has now

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.419
 changed

00:31:54.419 --> 00:31:55.119
 his tune.

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:56.799
 He has

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.259
 seen and

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.539
 witnessed

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:57.899
 Christ

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.399
 crucified,

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.359
 and has

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.000
 now realized

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.259
 that he

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.679
 is in

00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:01.919
 fact the

00:32:01.919 --> 00:32:02.720
 son of

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.000
 God.

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:04.460
 And I

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.659
 want you

00:32:04.659 --> 00:32:04.919
 to note

00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:05.699
 two things

00:32:05.699 --> 00:32:06.119
 as he

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.419
 goes to

00:32:06.419 --> 00:32:06.740
 Pilate.

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.220
 First,

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.559
 awkward

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.399
 water-drinking

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:11.699
 moment.

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.939
 It's not

00:32:13.939 --> 00:32:14.199
 awkward,

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.639
 it's okay.

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.679
 Note first

00:32:20.679 --> 00:32:21.480
 the doubt

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.919
 of Pilate.

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.460
 Note first

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:23.720
 the doubt

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.019
 of Pilate.

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.279
 Verse 44,

00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:26.359
 notice Pilate's

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:26.919
 attitude,

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.599
 doubting that

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:28.019
 Jesus had

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.599
 died,

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.019
 and he

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.519
 does so

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:29.900
 because it

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.680
 usually took

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.519
 two days

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.460
 for a man

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.819
 to die

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.220
 on the

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.519
 cross.

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.500
 Jesus died

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.639
 in six

00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.180
 hours,

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.220
 not because

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.519
 he was

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.920
 weak,

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.339
 not because

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.740
 he couldn't

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.240
 bear the

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.599
 punishment,

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.200
 although his

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.559
 physical

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.000
 punishment

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.440
 had been

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.519
 so much

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.420
 greater than

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.079
 most people

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:45.119
 hung on a

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.440
 cross,

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.099
 but because

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.639
 he bore

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:47.180
 the wrath

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.639
 of God

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.099
 for our

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.319
 sin.

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.879
 That is

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:49.259
 what

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:50.440
 killed

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:50.639
 him.

00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:52.599
 Mark 15,

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.119
 15,

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.660
 look at the

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.079
 attitude of

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:54.400
 Pilate.

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:55.519
 Pilate,

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:56.640
 wishing to

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.400
 satisfy the

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.759
 crowd,

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.519
 released for

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.840
 them

00:32:58.840 --> 00:32:59.720
 Barabbas,

00:32:59.780 --> 00:33:00.200
 and having

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.820
 scourged

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.120
 Jesus,

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.640
 he delivered

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:02.600
 him to

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:03.160
 be crucified.

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.380
 Kyle Webb,

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.900
 a couple of

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.640
 weeks ago,

00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:06.640
 said very

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:07.259
 well that

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:08.080
 Pilate,

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.920
 for fear of

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.440
 the crowd,

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:11.000
 in order to

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.780
 please the

00:33:11.780 --> 00:33:12.120
 crowd and

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:12.420
 make them

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:12.700
 happy,

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.000
 to make

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.860
 men happy

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.720
 rather than

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.560
 God happy,

00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.100
 because Pilate

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:16.840
 knew that

00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:17.640
 this man had

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.460
 no fault in

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.360
 him whatsoever,

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.360
 yet he

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:20.940
 condemned him

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:22.180
 to death.

00:33:22.580 --> 00:33:22.920
 So notice

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.480
 first this

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.259
 doubt of

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.600
 Pilate.

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.080
 Note,

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:25.799
 second,

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.180
 the courage

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:28.620
 of Joseph.

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.220
 Joseph

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.019
 risked

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.920
 everything to

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.480
 be associated

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.340
 with Jesus.

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.000
 Everything.

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:35.960
 Likely,

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.519
 Joseph no

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.160
 longer sat

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.400
 on the

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:37.740
 council.

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.240
 All of

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.539
 his power

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.000
 and prestige,

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:39.820
 all of

00:33:39.820 --> 00:33:40.360
 his financial

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:40.779
 gain,

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.759
 he risked

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.360
 in going

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:43.680
 and claiming

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.420
 Christ's

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.059
 body to

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.480
 be buried

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.519
 probably in

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.140
 his tomb,

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.660
 probably the

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:47.920
 tomb that

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.039
 he had

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.840
 prepared for

00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:49.460
 his own

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.100
 burial.

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.939
 He is

00:33:50.939 --> 00:33:51.659
 very bold

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:52.199
 in this.

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.159
 Seems like

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:53.799
 a massive

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.419
 turnaround.

00:33:54.719 --> 00:33:54.919
 If he

00:33:54.919 --> 00:33:55.339
 was in

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:55.939
 fact at

00:33:55.939 --> 00:33:56.699
 the council

00:33:56.699 --> 00:33:57.299
 that condemned

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.119
 Jesus to

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:58.419
 death,

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.659
 maybe hesitant,

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.359
 maybe not

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.719
 knowing,

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.399
 is this man

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:01.699
 who he

00:34:01.699 --> 00:34:02.039
 says he

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.299
 is,

00:34:02.419 --> 00:34:02.740
 but he

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.240
 didn't speak

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.559
 up then,

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.019
 but certainly

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.879
 now he

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.139
 has been

00:34:05.139 --> 00:34:05.980
 bold in

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.319
 approaching

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:07.059
 Pilate and

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.459
 claiming the

00:34:07.459 --> 00:34:07.799
 body of

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.619
 Christ and

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:08.980
 having him

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:10.079
 buried in

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.599
 his tomb.

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.599
 We'll look

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:12.779
 at some

00:34:12.779 --> 00:34:13.400
 application for

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.819
 that in a

00:34:13.819 --> 00:34:14.079
 moment.

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.539
 So now the

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.860
 doctrine.

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.339
 What doctrine

00:34:16.339 --> 00:34:16.739
 should we be

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.480
 learning from

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.880
 this text

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.239
 together?

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:19.219
 I know I've

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:19.519
 already been

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.980
 going fast.

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.240
 I'm going to

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:20.719
 speed up a

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:20.980
 little bit

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.219
 for the

00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:21.500
 sake of

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:21.760
 time.

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.460
 What you

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:23.980
 need to

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.579
 see here,

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.880
 one doctrine,

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.119
 there are

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.940
 many we

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.280
 could talk

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:27.480
 about,

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.740
 but I

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.039
 want you

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.539
 to really

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.360
 focus your

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:29.780
 gaze in

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.519
 on the

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.260
 atonement

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:32.400
 of Christ.

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.760
 The atonement

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.920
 of Christ.

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.400
 Atonement is

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:37.559
 reconciliation.

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.219
 In this case,

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.900
 between God

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.460
 and man,

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:41.219
 the greatest

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:42.260
 version of

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.579
 atonement

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.019
 there is.

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.519
 We call it

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.360
 the atonement

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:45.059
 for that

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.559
 reason.

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.860
 Wayne Grudem

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.780
 in his book,

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.220
 Systematic

00:34:48.220 --> 00:34:48.620
 Theology,

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.440
 defines the

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.140
 atonement in

00:34:50.140 --> 00:34:50.740
 this way.

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.640
 I really like

00:34:51.640 --> 00:34:52.180
 this definition.

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.820
 The atonement

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.940
 of,

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.360
 boy,

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:55.680
 I didn't

00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:56.059
 type it out

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.260
 right at

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:56.380
 all.

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.880
 The atonement

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.579
 of Jesus

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.180
 is the

00:34:58.180 --> 00:34:58.900
 work Christ

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.420
 did in

00:34:59.420 --> 00:34:59.940
 his life

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.539
 and death

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.660
 to earn

00:35:01.660 --> 00:35:02.720
 our salvation.

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.519
 The atonement

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.079
 of Jesus is

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.700
 the work

00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:06.640
 Christ did

00:35:06.640 --> 00:35:07.260
 in his life

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:07.720
 and death

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:08.519
 to earn

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.539
 our salvation.

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.079
 And I love

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.620
 these phrases,

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:11.280
 the work

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:12.280
 Christ did

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:13.500
 to earn

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:14.560
 our salvation.

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.780
 Christ's work,

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.460
 it is finished,

00:35:16.600 --> 00:35:17.240
 accomplished work

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:18.540
 on our behalf.

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.160
 Before we talk

00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:20.400
 a little bit

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.680
 about what

00:35:20.680 --> 00:35:21.080
 the atonement

00:35:21.080 --> 00:35:21.400
 is,

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:21.960
 first we should

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.880
 ask the question,

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:24.260
 was it necessary?

00:35:24.560 --> 00:35:25.200
 Was the atonement

00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:25.620
 necessary?

00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:26.100
 Was Jesus'

00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:27.440
 death necessary

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.760
 to save us?

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:29.880
 And I'm going

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.300
 to answer the

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:31.180
 question in this

00:35:31.180 --> 00:35:31.400
 way,

00:35:31.600 --> 00:35:33.420
 yes and no.

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.360
 Firstly,

00:35:35.580 --> 00:35:35.900
 no.

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.920
 God did

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.720
 not have

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.660
 to save

00:35:39.660 --> 00:35:40.840
 anybody.

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:42.160
 And I really

00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:42.519
 think you need

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:42.840
 to get this

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.240
 clear in your

00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:43.640
 mind,

00:35:44.200 --> 00:35:44.940
 that the

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.860
 sin that you

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.440
 have committed,

00:35:47.180 --> 00:35:47.600
 past,

00:35:47.700 --> 00:35:47.920
 present,

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.340
 the future

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:48.800
 sin that you

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.280
 will commit,

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:51.640
 is enough,

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.500
 it's right

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.180
 and proper,

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.860
 that God

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.400
 damn you to

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.260
 hell forever,

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.920
 punish you

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.860
 forever because

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:58.660
 of that sin.

00:35:59.620 --> 00:36:00.400
 If you don't

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.840
 get this,

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.260
 if you can't

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:01.780
 wrap your mind

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.079
 around this,

00:36:02.100 --> 00:36:02.380
 you really

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.940
 don't understand

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.440
 the holiness

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:03.880
 of God.

00:36:04.120 --> 00:36:04.440
 You don't

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.420
 get how very

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:06.300
 far removed

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:07.360
 he is from

00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:07.680
 sin.

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.300
 That he has

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.840
 set up a

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.920
 standard which

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.320
 we are to

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:10.700
 live by,

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.039
 and we

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.559
 have failed

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.259
 at it in

00:36:12.259 --> 00:36:13.519
 every possible

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:14.279
 way.

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.139
 We are his

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:16.419
 enemies because

00:36:16.419 --> 00:36:16.879
 of sin.

00:36:17.339 --> 00:36:17.879
 We have set

00:36:17.879 --> 00:36:18.899
 ourselves up

00:36:18.899 --> 00:36:20.439
 as king

00:36:20.439 --> 00:36:21.179
 in our life

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:22.019
 rather than

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.319
 him.

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.879
 We have

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:24.419
 messed up

00:36:24.419 --> 00:36:24.899
 the created

00:36:24.899 --> 00:36:25.239
 order.

00:36:25.419 --> 00:36:26.000
 He is creator,

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.859
 we are creation.

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.379
 We have said,

00:36:27.439 --> 00:36:28.359
 no, we are creator

00:36:28.359 --> 00:36:28.859
 as well.

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.199
 We will rule

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:31.019
 over our own

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.899
 lives.

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:32.939
 He does

00:36:32.939 --> 00:36:34.039
 not have

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.739
 to save

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.619
 anybody.

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:38.079
 2 Peter 2.4

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:39.360
 Peter writes,

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.900
 for if God

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.199
 did not

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:41.019
 spare angels

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.420
 when they

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:41.860
 sinned,

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.659
 but cast

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.000
 them into

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.440
 hell and

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:43.699
 committed

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:44.000
 them to

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.480
 chains of

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.719
 gloomy

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.039
 darkness

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.360
 to be

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:45.619
 kept

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.179
 until

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:46.559
 judgment.

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.579
 See that

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.019
 the angels

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.619
 themselves

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:48.980
 weren't

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.440
 saved.

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.679
 Certainly if

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:51.619
 he had to

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.059
 do it,

00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:52.779
 he would

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:53.079
 have,

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:53.340
 but he

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:53.739
 didn't.

00:36:54.299 --> 00:36:54.500
 Nobody

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.159
 tells God

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:56.159
 what to

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.400
 do.

00:36:57.799 --> 00:36:58.179
 But,

00:36:58.420 --> 00:37:00.000
 God tells

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.340
 God what

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:00.579
 to do,

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:00.819
 so I

00:37:00.819 --> 00:37:01.079
 would also

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.719
 say yes

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:02.259
 to the

00:37:02.259 --> 00:37:03.199
 question,

00:37:03.899 --> 00:37:04.459
 due to

00:37:04.459 --> 00:37:05.000
 God's

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.719
 divine

00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:06.819
 attributes.

00:37:07.779 --> 00:37:08.480
 God is

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:08.959
 just,

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.239
 but he

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:09.799
 is also

00:37:09.799 --> 00:37:10.519
 loving.

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:11.519
 He is

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:11.859
 also

00:37:11.859 --> 00:37:12.779
 forgiving.

00:37:13.899 --> 00:37:14.480
 So in

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.059
 that sense

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.419
 then,

00:37:15.919 --> 00:37:16.599
 yes,

00:37:16.779 --> 00:37:17.119
 but not

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.699
 because we

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.480
 deserve it,

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.679
 not because

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.559
 we're his

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.159
 creation and

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.579
 therefore he

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.159
 has to

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.980
 redeem us,

00:37:23.279 --> 00:37:23.500
 that there

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:23.919
 had to be

00:37:23.919 --> 00:37:24.239
 an atonement

00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:24.500
 on our

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:24.859
 behalf,

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.480
 but because

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:25.719
 of who

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:26.279
 he is.

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.559
 Because he

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.399
 desired to

00:37:28.399 --> 00:37:29.919
 express all

00:37:29.919 --> 00:37:30.199
 of his

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:31.219
 character into

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.980
 his creation,

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:32.899
 right,

00:37:32.959 --> 00:37:33.459
 and this

00:37:33.459 --> 00:37:33.859
 was the

00:37:33.859 --> 00:37:34.439
 way that

00:37:34.439 --> 00:37:34.699
 he could

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:36.379
 best express

00:37:36.379 --> 00:37:37.239
 his love

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:37.519
 and his

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:37.939
 forgiveness,

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.859
 his forbearance

00:37:38.859 --> 00:37:40.279
 toward us.

00:37:41.359 --> 00:37:41.939
 Romans 3,

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.939
 25-26

00:37:42.939 --> 00:37:43.319
 says,

00:37:43.399 --> 00:37:44.219
 Christ Jesus,

00:37:44.919 --> 00:37:45.419
 whom God

00:37:45.419 --> 00:37:46.059
 put forward

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.419
 as a

00:37:46.419 --> 00:37:47.259
 propitiation

00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:48.039
 by his

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:49.059
 blood to

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.539
 be received

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.099
 by faith,

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.519
 this was

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.059
 to show

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:52.059
 God's

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.879
 righteousness,

00:37:53.379 --> 00:37:53.959
 because in

00:37:53.959 --> 00:37:54.559
 his divine

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:55.279
 forbearance

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:55.619
 he had

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:56.519
 passed over

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.839
 former sins.

00:37:58.259 --> 00:37:58.719
 It was to

00:37:58.719 --> 00:37:59.059
 show his

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.579
 righteousness

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.159
 at the

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:01.059
 present time

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.679
 so that

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:02.079
 he might

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.860
 be just

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.659
 and the

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.299
 justifier

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:04.559
 of the

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.900
 one

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.500
 who has

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:05.960
 faith

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.719
 in

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:07.019
 Jesus.

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:09.059
 This is

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.840
 why the

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.279
 atonement

00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:11.039
 was necessary

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:12.000
 for God's

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.719
 great

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.759
 glory.

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:15.259
 Always keep

00:38:15.259 --> 00:38:15.699
 in mind

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:16.719
 that we

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:17.179
 are the

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:18.679
 recipients

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.279
 of the

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:19.900
 benefit of

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.420
 the gospel,

00:38:20.799 --> 00:38:21.279
 but the

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:21.940
 gospel is

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.579
 ultimately

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.659
 and finally

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:25.079
 about God

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:25.659
 and his

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:25.980
 glory.

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.119
 Praise

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.420
 him,

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.039
 we're part

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.460
 of that.

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:29.440
 that he

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:29.860
 says,

00:38:30.220 --> 00:38:30.940
 I must

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.280
 show

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:31.740
 forth

00:38:31.740 --> 00:38:32.440
 who I

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:32.780
 am

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.280
 to my

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:33.800
 creation

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:34.420
 and he

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.240
 uses us

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:35.679
 as an

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.059
 object

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.519
 lesson

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.179
 for that

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:37.460
 very

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:37.900
 thing.

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.220
 Praise

00:38:39.220 --> 00:38:39.380
 him

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.820
 forever

00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:40.480
 for that

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:40.780
 beloved.

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.599
 The letter

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:42.840
 to the

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:43.079
 Hebrews

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.380
 makes

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:44.079
 explicit

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.800
 because

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.280
 this is

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:45.699
 true

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.199
 that

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:46.639
 Christ

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.079
 had

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.280
 to

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:47.500
 suffer

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.740
 for

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:47.920
 our

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.199
 sins

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:48.760
 if

00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:49.119
 we

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:49.500
 were

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:49.619
 to

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:49.780
 be

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:50.240
 saved

00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:50.940
 at

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.380
 all.

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.119
 Hebrews

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:52.400
 2

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:52.860
 17

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:54.199
 reads,

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:54.500
 Therefore

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:55.500
 he had

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:55.679
 to be

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:55.939
 made

00:38:55.939 --> 00:38:56.239
 like

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:56.439
 his

00:38:56.439 --> 00:38:56.719
 brothers

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:56.899
 in

00:38:56.899 --> 00:38:57.099
 every

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.519
 respect

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:57.779
 so

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:57.939
 that

00:38:57.939 --> 00:38:58.099
 he

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.299
 might

00:38:58.299 --> 00:38:58.879
 become

00:38:58.879 --> 00:38:59.439
 a

00:38:59.439 --> 00:38:59.839
 merciful

00:38:59.839 --> 00:39:00.480
 and

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:00.939
 faithful

00:39:00.939 --> 00:39:01.239
 high

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:01.559
 priest

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:01.699
 in

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:01.799
 the

00:39:01.799 --> 00:39:02.039
 service

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.219
 to

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:02.439
 God

00:39:02.439 --> 00:39:02.599
 to

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:02.739
 make

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:03.419
 propitiation

00:39:03.419 --> 00:39:04.059
 for

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.219
 the

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:04.619
 sins

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.159
 of

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:05.259
 the

00:39:05.259 --> 00:39:05.579
 people.

00:39:06.259 --> 00:39:06.399
 The

00:39:06.399 --> 00:39:06.539
 author

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:06.679
 of

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:06.839
 Hebrews

00:39:06.839 --> 00:39:07.419
 continues

00:39:07.419 --> 00:39:07.859
 by

00:39:07.859 --> 00:39:08.199
 saying

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:08.559
 that

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:10.639
 since

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:10.819
 this

00:39:10.819 --> 00:39:10.980
 is

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.279
 true

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:11.719
 it

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:11.879
 is

00:39:11.879 --> 00:39:12.480
 impossible

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:12.739
 for

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:12.839
 the

00:39:12.839 --> 00:39:12.980
 blood

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.099
 of

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:13.319
 bulls

00:39:13.319 --> 00:39:13.399
 and

00:39:13.399 --> 00:39:13.559
 goats

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:13.719
 to

00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:13.839
 take

00:39:13.839 --> 00:39:14.019
 away

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.259
 sins

00:39:14.259 --> 00:39:14.259


00:39:14.359 --> 00:39:14.460
 That's

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.659
 Hebrews

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:14.919
 10

00:39:14.919 --> 00:39:15.299
 4

00:39:15.299 --> 00:39:15.819
 a

00:39:15.819 --> 00:39:16.199
 better

00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:16.739
 sacrifice

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:16.919
!

00:39:16.919 --> 00:39:17.519
 is

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.099
 required

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:18.759
 Hebrews

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:19.159
 9

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:20.280
 23

00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:21.960
 Because

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.940
 God

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.199
 is

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:24.219
 infinitely

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:24.699
 holy

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:25.619
 perfect

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:25.860
 in

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.219
 every

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:26.780
 respect

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:27.659
 forever

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:28.639
 then

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:28.980
 our

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:29.559
 sin

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.199
 against

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:30.519
 that

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:30.880
 holiness

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.320
 is

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:32.259
 infinitely

00:39:32.259 --> 00:39:33.579
 offensive

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:34.480
 the

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:34.679
 two

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:35.199
 counter

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:35.460
 in

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.639
 that

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:35.820
 way

00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:36.000
 our

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.159
 sin

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:36.300
 is

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:36.840
 infinitely

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.239
 offensive

00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:37.860
 so

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.039
 we

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.380
 needed

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:38.679
 an

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.259
 infinite

00:39:39.259 --> 00:39:39.780
 sacrifice

00:39:39.780 --> 00:39:40.099
 to

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:40.219
 be

00:39:40.219 --> 00:39:40.539
 made

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:41.440
 on

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:41.579
 our

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.039
 behalf

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:43.900
 the

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.420
 atonement

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:44.599
 of

00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:44.860
 Jesus

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:45.199
 is

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:45.360
 the

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.840
 work

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.380
 Christ

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:46.719
 did

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:46.860
 in

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:47.000
 his

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.380
 life

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:47.619
 and

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:47.940
 death

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.480
 to

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:49.019
 earn

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.960
 our

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:51.079
 salvation

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:52.000
 and

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.200
 notice

00:39:52.200 --> 00:39:52.320
 that

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:52.480
 Grudem

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:52.760
 says

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.059
 in

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.240
 his

00:39:53.240 --> 00:39:53.680
 life

00:39:53.680 --> 00:39:54.160
 and

00:39:54.160 --> 00:39:54.260
 in

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.400
 his

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:54.720
 death

00:39:54.720 --> 00:39:54.900
 here

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.039
 you

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.240
 have

00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:55.539
 again

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 of the

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 Lord

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 in that way, active obedience in that regard.

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 So our record is made clean in Jesus' passive obedience,

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 and a deposit has been made to our credit in our active obedience.

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 We get all of His righteousness.

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 Our wrongs dismissed, Jesus' perfect obedience given to us.

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 2 Corinthians 5.21 sums this up in the most beautiful of ways.

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 For our sake, He, being God the Father, made Him, Jesus Christ,

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 to be sin who knew no sin, perfect sacrifice, infinitely perfect,

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 able to become sin on our behalf,

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 so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

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 This is what Martin Luther called the great exchange.

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 We take on Jesus' righteousness.

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 We give to Him all of our sin, or rather He takes it from us.

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 So the atonement is the doctrine you must see in the death of Jesus Christ.

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 And so what is the application for this?

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 In closing, three quick things.

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 What is the application?

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 Number one, be a Joseph and not a Pilate.

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 Be a Joseph and not a Pilate.

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 When the question Pilate poses in Mark 15.12 is presented to you,

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 and it is, it's being presented to you now.

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 There's no getting around it and away from it.

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 Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?

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 What will be your answer?

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 You must do something with the Jesus that's being presented to you.

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 The Son of God.

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 The claims that we make must be dealt with.

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 Those of you who have been with us for a while,

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 for the sake of time, I won't go into it completely,

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 but remember Mark 3.20-34.

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 The liar, lunatic, or Lord conundrum.

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 There's these various accusations being made of Him.

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 And many people these days want to give some type of credit to Jesus.

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 They want to say that He was a prophet.

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 They want to say that He was a good teacher.

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 But He Himself said that He was a son of God.

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 So He's a liar.

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 He's an absolute madman.

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 Or He must be who He said that He is.

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 What will you do with this question,

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 what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?

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 Be a Joseph and not a Pilate.

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 Be willing to give everything away,

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 to sacrifice it all,

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 to gain that thing that you cannot lose,

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 the person of Jesus Christ.

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 So number one, be a Joseph and not a Pilate.

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 Number two,

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 as you reflect upon Jesus' active and His passive obedience,

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 take confidence in His accomplished work.

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 As you reflect upon His perfect righteousness

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 and the fact that He suffered

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 and took all of our sins away from us,

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 dwell this week on John 19.30.

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 It is finished.

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 All of your sin, past, present, even future,

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 has already been paid for by Christ

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 if you have placed your faith in Him.

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 Romans 8.1.

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 I love Romans 8.1.

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 There is therefore now no condemnation

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 for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 This means that we get to take all of the guilt

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 and the weight of that and cast it off

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 because Jesus has already paid the price for it.

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 We don't go on sinning so that grace will abound.

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 But when we do sin,

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 grace certainly does.

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 D.A. Carson, in his book entitled

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 Scandalous, The Cross and the Resurrection of Jesus,

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 wrote this,

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 This is Satan's tactic, right?

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 That we are separated from God,

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 having placed our faith in Christ.

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 Now there's just division,

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 this rift that's put between us

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 because Satan's constantly being an accuser, right?

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 Constantly piling back on us our guilt.

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 We pick it up so readily.

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 D.A. Carson then says,

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 What can we say in response?

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 Will our defense be,

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 Oh, I'm not that bad.

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 All these accusations you're making

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 are not quite an accurate representation of me.

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 I'm not that bad.

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 You will never beat Satan that way.

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 Never.

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 What you must say is,

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 Satan, I'm even worse than you think.

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 But God loves me anyway.

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 He has accepted me

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 because of the blood of the Lamb.

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 So that's secondly.

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 As you reflect on Jesus' active and passive obedience,

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 take confidence in his accomplished work.

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 And then thirdly,

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 share his accomplished work with others.

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 Christians and non-Christians alike,

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 we all need to hear the gospel all the time,

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 preached to us constantly.

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 I mentioned at the very beginning of this

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 how my flame grows dim sometimes

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 and I need it fanned.

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 I need to hear the gospel preached to me.

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 Tell me about the things that are happening in your life,

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 the ways in which God has working in you

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 the gospel truths

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 and causing you to act differently

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 than you might have previously.

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 Tell me about the good things that are going on.

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 Preach to me the gospel.

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 Anytime any of you wants to call me and say,

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 Nathan, I want to preach the gospel to you,

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 I'll go, alright.

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 I don't grow tired of hearing this great truth.

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 I hope you're the same.

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 Let me say specifically,

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 those of you who are found in the faith,

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 know the gospel,

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 who understand the gospel,

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 who can meditate on it,

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 who can preach it,

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 can have it preached to you,

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 you'll get it.

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 Preach the gospel to non-Christians.

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 Consider their eternal damnation.

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 Have hearts for them,

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 pity for them,

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 and preach to them the gospel.

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 2 Corinthians 5, 16-20.

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 This is in closing.

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 Paul writes,

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 From now on, therefore,

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 we regard no one according to the flesh.

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 Even though we once regarded Christ

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 according to the flesh,

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 we regard Him thus no longer.

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 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,

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 he is a new creation.

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 The old has passed away.

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 Behold, the new has come.

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 All this is from God,

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 who through Christ reconciled us to Himself

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 and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

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 He made things right between us

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 and He gave us that job

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 to go make things right between others and Him.

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 That is, in Christ,

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 God was reconciling the world to Himself,

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 not counting their trespasses against them

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 and entrusting to us

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 the message of reconciliation.

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 It's been entrusted to you,

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 the gospel message.

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 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ.

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 God making His appeal through us.

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 You feel the weight of that?

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 God making His appeal to mankind

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 to be reconciled through us.

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 And then Paul concludes, verse 20,

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 We implore you on behalf of Christ,

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 be reconciled to God.

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 And this ought to be the great message on our lips.

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 As we go from this place

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 and everywhere that we go throughout this week,

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 we implore you on behalf of Christ,

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 be reconciled to God.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Thank you.