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 Today I want to tell you, first of all, about a building called the Domus Gelatiana,

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 which was unearthed in 1857, and it's in Rome.

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 It's on the Palatine Hill in Rome.

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 And in the building there's a picture which dates from about the 3rd century.

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 I wish I had it for you, but in the picture there's a young man to the left

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 who is making some kind of gesture with his hand,

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 and he's looking at a man to the right, a figure who is hanging on a cross

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 and has the head of a donkey.

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 And underneath the picture, written in Greek, but I'll translate it for you,

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 according to Wikipedia, it says,

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 Alexa Menos worships his God.

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 What an embarrassment.

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 How cutting.

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 No one else has to follow such an embarrassing leader.

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 The atheists follow intelligent scientists.

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 The Muslims follow the mighty Muhammad.

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 The Buddhists follow their peaceful, liberal Dalai Lama.

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 And the Hindus have so many to pick from, one of them has got to suit your tastes.

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 But for Christians, nothing is going to change the fact that we worship a pretty stupid-looking God,

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 a pretty pathetic-looking leader.

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 No one else follows such an embarrassing God.

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 Whoever heard of a God who was caught by his creatures and killed on a cross,

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 naked as the day he was born,

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 he was the laughingstock of the nations.

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 Yet Paul writes,

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 I am not ashamed of the gospel.

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 And his worshippers still sing,

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 thank you for the cross.

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 And we celebrate Good Friday.

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 In fact, we're on mission together this week,

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 just so that everybody knows

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 that we follow this embarrassing God.

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 So as we look at Luke chapter 23 together,

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 tonight we're going to remember why.

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 And you will want to have it in front of you,

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 because we're going to move fairly swiftly through the story.

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 In verse 1,

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 the time has come,

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 the moment the scribes and the chief priests have been waiting for.

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 As Jesus had predicted,

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 and as they had planned,

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 they handed Jesus over to a Gentile,

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 a Roman governor.

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 The story then unfolds in three trials.

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 In trial 1,

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 Jesus stands before Pilate.

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 That's in verse 1 to 5.

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 In trial 2,

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 Jesus stands before Herod.

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 And in trial 3,

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 he's back in front of Pilate again.

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 Now as we look through these three trials together,

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 there are two main themes

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 that Luke highlights for us.

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 I'm going to flag them right up front,

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 and we'll see them as we go through.

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 Okay, firstly,

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 Luke shows us that Jesus is king.

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 So look out for that.

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 And secondly,

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 that he is innocent.

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 Okay,

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 those are the two themes,

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 that Jesus is king,

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 and that he is innocent.

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 Take a look at verse 2 in the first trial.

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 Although Jesus is accused of several different things,

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 they all boil down into one issue,

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 and that's Jesus' claim to be king.

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 You see,

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 Jesus is accused of misleading the nation.

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 How has he been doing that?

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 By opposing payment of taxes to Caesar.

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 Why has he been doing that?

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 They say,

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 because he claims to be king himself.

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 Now in verse 3,

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 Pilate asks,

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 are you the king of the Jews?

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 And Jesus' response is surprisingly vague.

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 Because,

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 I think it's because,

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 Pilate doesn't know what he's asking.

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 Really.

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 Pilate wants to know whether Jesus is out to overthrow the Roman rule.

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 Is Jesus an insurrectionist,

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 a terrorist,

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 trying to arouse a rebel army?

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 Now the answer to that,

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 of course,

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 is no.

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 Jesus says in John,

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 my kingdom is not of this world.

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 And actually,

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 if you look back as to whether Jesus opposed payment of taxes to Caesar,

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 he didn't.

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 But Jesus says,

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 you have said so,

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 because that isn't the full story,

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 is it?

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 Jesus is in fact the king of the Jews.

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 And that's exactly Luke's point.

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 Now,

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 whatever Pilate thinks this means,

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 he obviously doesn't think that Jesus is a threat to the civil order.

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 In verse 4,

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 he announces his verdict.

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 You see it there?

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 It seems to be a fairly clear-cut case.

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 Pilate says,

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 I find no basis for a charge against this man.

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 And this is the first declaration of Jesus' innocence in the chapter.

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 It is certainly not the last.

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 We've already seen our two themes,

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 haven't we?

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 Jesus' kingship,

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 is the issue in contention.

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 And Jesus' innocence is obvious.

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 That should have been the end of the story.

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 But instead,

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 the mob shout louder to get their point across.

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 They say,

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 he stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching.

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 He started in Galilee and has come all the way here.

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 Now,

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 during their little speech,

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 however,

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 Pilate spots a way out.

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 If Jesus is from Galilee,

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 he is under Herod's jurisdiction.

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 So,

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 Pilate sends Jesus off to Herod,

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 who happens to be staying about 10 minutes down the road.

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 And with that,

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 we come to the end of trial one.

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 We've seen those two main themes.

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 Jesus' kingship,

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 Jesus' innocence.

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 Before we launch into trial two,

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 which goes from verse 6 to 12,

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 let me just give you a taster of what's happened

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 previously between Herod and Jesus so far.

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 Okay,

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 previously on Herod and Jesus.

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 In chapter 13,

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 some Pharisees came to Jesus

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 and said to him,

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 leave this place and go somewhere else.

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 Herod wants to kill you.

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 Jesus replied,

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 in his usual calming way,

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 go tell that fox,

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 I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day,

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 for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem.

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 So,

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 meek and mild,

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 Jesus trying to smooth everything over.

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 How do you think

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 the trial between Herod and Jesus

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 is going to go down then?

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 You know?

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 Look at verse 8.

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 Knowing the background

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 certainly puts a different spin on verse 8,

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 don't you think?

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 When Luke says that

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 Herod was greatly pleased to see Jesus

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 because for a long time

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 he'd been wanting to see him,

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 it sounds more like a spider

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 pleased to have just caught a fly in his web

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 rather than a distant admirer.

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 meeting his celebrity hero.

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 But perhaps Herod is a genuine fan.

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 I mean, look at what Luke goes on to say.

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 Herod wanted to see Jesus

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 perform a sign of some sort.

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 Maybe that's not so sinister after all.

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 But that's only if you haven't read Luke 11 recently.

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 Now, some of us may have,

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 but for the rest of us,

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 let me remind you

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 what Jesus tells us about sign seekers.

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 You might want to turn there.

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 You don't have to,

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 but I'm going to be reading from verse 29

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 if you look at Luke 11.

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 As the crowds increased,

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 right,

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 Jesus is becoming very popular,

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 and to keep the crowd on side,

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 he says,

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 this is a wicked generation.

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 It asks for a sign,

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 but none will be given it

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 except the sign of Jonah.

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 For as Jonah was assigned to the Ninevites,

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 so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.

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 The Queen of the South,

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 or the Queen of Sheba,

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 if you've heard that name,

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 the Queen of the South

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 will rise at the judgment

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 with the people of this generation

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 and condemn them,

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 for she came from the ends of the earth

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 to listen to Solomon's wisdom,

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 and now something greater than Solomon is here.

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 The men of Nineveh will stand up

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 at the judgment with this generation

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 and condemn it,

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 for they repented at the preaching of Jonah,

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 and now something greater than Jonah is here.

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 So do you see what Jesus says about sign seekers?

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 This is a wicked generation.

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 See, Herod's sign seeking

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 is not such a positive thing after all, is it?

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 Luke tells us that sign seekers are evil

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 because, the reason in Luke 11 was,

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 because they do not, in fact,

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 listen to God's messengers, do they?

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 Did you see that?

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 They want to be amazed and entertained,

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 but not taught,

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 when signs are actually about teaching.

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 Herod is a typical sign seeker,

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 just like the crowds of people in Luke 11.

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 When he meets Jesus,

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 he wants to see magic tricks,

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 but he has failed to notice

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 that he is standing before

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 a prophet even greater than Jonah

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 and a king even greater than Solomon.

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 Jesus actually did many, many signs

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 which attested to who he was,

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 who he is,

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 but sign seekers don't pay attention

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 to what the signs actually say.

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 They just want to see magic tricks.

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 Herod should repent of his sins

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 like the Ninevites did

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 when Jonah came to them.

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 He should bow down in honor of the king

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 as the queen of the south did

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 when she met Solomon,

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 but that's not what he does.

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 Let's keep reading.

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 In verse 9,

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 he bombards Jesus with questions.

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 Jesus gives no reply.

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 Why do you think that is?

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 I don't think Herod will be listening.

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 You see, sign seekers

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 don't listen to God's messengers anyway.

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 What is the point?

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 Even worse though,

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 when Jesus refuses to answer his questions

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 and after the chief priests

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 and the teachers of the law

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 have had their go at accusing Jesus again,

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 Herod begins to mock Jesus' kingship.

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 Herod and his soldiers

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 ridiculed and mocked him,

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 dressing him in an elegant robe,

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 they sent him back to Pilate.

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 Now, I think the robe

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 reminds us of Solomon again.

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 Did it ring those bells for you?

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 You see, Solomon,

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 clothed in all his splendor,

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 is the archetypal Old Testament king.

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 You know, he's the bee's knees king

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 of the Old Testament.

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 The robe is certainly royal and kingly.

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 And you see,

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 the awful mistake

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 that Herod and his soldiers

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 have made,

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 and the terrible evil

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 that they are committing,

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 is that they are standing

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 before a king

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 greater than Solomon,

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 yet they mock him

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 as if he were a common jester

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 for their entertainment.

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 Not a king at all.

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 In fact, though,

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 the mockery

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 that Jesus endured that night

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 only further confirms

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 his identity

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 as God's anointed king.

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 You'd think

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 a palace

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 and a robe

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 and all that kind of thing

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 would confirm

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 someone's identity as king.

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 But you see,

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 the Old Testament

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 foreshadowed a king

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 who would come

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 and who would be mocked

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 and spit upon

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 and treated badly.

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 That's why we read

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 from Psalm 89.

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 Now, Psalm 89 was long

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 and I hope you were able

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 to follow all the way through.

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 If not, go over it again.

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 It's rockin' awesome.

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 Anyway,

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 back to Psalm 89,

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 the psalm,

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 the mood of the psalm

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 radically changes

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 halfway through.

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 Okay, so in the first half,

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 the psalmist begins

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 by recounting

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 God's amazing promises

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 to David,

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 the promises he gave

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 to David in 2 Samuel 7.

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 Okay, that one of David's sons,

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 one of David's descendants

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 would sit on his throne forever

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 and would conquer

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 all his enemies

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 and so on and so forth.

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 Would reign over

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 this perfect kingdom forever.

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 Okay.

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 But halfway through the psalm,

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 the mood changes dramatically

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 because the Lord

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 does not seem

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 to be keeping

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 his promise.

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 Let me read

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 from verse 49

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 of Psalm 89.

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 Lord,

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 where is your former

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 great love

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 which in your faithfulness

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 you swore to David?

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 Remember, Lord,

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 how your servant

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 has been mocked,

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 how I bear in my heart

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 the taunts

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 of all the nations,

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 the taunts

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 with which your enemies,

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 Lord,

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 have mocked,

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 with which they have mocked

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 every step

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 of your anointed one.

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 Do you see how

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 what God's anointed king

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 is experiencing

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 in the psalm

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 is fulfilled

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 in Jesus' experience

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 before Herod?

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 The mockery

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 that Jesus endured

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 in Luke 23

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 only further confirms

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 that Jesus

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 is God's anointed king

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 because that's what

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 God's people

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 are always taught

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 to expect.

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 Now,

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 before we move on

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 to trial three,

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 let's just think about this

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 just really briefly

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 in the 21st century

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 for a moment.

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 We still have

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 sign seekers

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 and mockers,

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 don't we?

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 People who say,

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 I will only follow Jesus

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 if he shows me a sign

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 or shows me a miracle

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 or appears to me

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 in some way.

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 And when he doesn't,

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 they mock us,

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 his people.

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 which Jesus takes

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 personally.

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 They mock us.

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 But friends,

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 remember that Jesus

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 is the king.

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 He has already

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 given us

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 plenty of evidence

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 of that.

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 It is just that

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 sign seekers

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 will not listen

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 to God's words,

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 to God's messengers.

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 Well,

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 finally,

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 let's go to trial three.

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 The third and final trial

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 begins in verse 13.

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 And much of the same ground

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 is repeated again.

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 I'm not going to cover it

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 in detail for the sake

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 of time.

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 But you see,

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 in the first half

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 of verse 14,

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 Jesus is accused

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 again.

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 In the second half,

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 Pilate declares

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 his innocence

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 again.

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 In verse 15,

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 we are told Herod's verdict

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 agrees with Pilate.

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 So even Herod

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 says Jesus has done

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 nothing to deserve death.

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 That's the third statement

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 of Jesus' innocence.

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 And in verse 16,

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 in light of all this,

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 we're told that

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 Pilate wants to punish

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 Jesus

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 and then release him.

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 It seems absurd

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 that he even wants

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 to punish him,

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 doesn't it,

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 really?

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 But he wants

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 to release him.

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 And from this point on,

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 there's one major question

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 that begins to overhang

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 the whole story.

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 Okay?

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 And that question is,

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 who will be released?

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 A prisoner called Barabbas

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 is introduced.

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 And it's either him

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 or Jesus.

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 As it becomes more

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 and more apparent

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 that it will be Barabbas,

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 our two themes

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 turn into two

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 tragic ironies.

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 We've seen as we've

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 gone through these trials

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 that Jesus is king

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 and that Jesus is innocent.

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 In the last scene,

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 we see that the crowd

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 want Barabbas to be released

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 even though he's not the king

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 and he's not innocent.

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 Now, the first irony then

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 is hidden in the meaning

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 of Barabbas' name.

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 Barabbas actually means

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 son of the father.

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 Bar meaning son

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 and Abba meaning father.

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 Right?

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 Now, you see,

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 the irony is

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 that the title

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 son of the father

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 is a title

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 often used

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 of God's

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 anointed king.

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 If you can think back

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 to the Old Testament again,

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 and we've already been

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 talking about 2 Samuel 7,

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 you might remember

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 when God promised David

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 that one of his descendants

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 would sit on the throne

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 over God's kingdom

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 forever,

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 God says

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 of that descendant,

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 of that son,

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 I will be to him

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 a father

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 and he shall be

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 to me

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 a son.

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 But Barabbas

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 is not the true

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 son of the father,

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 is he?

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 Not in that kingly sense.

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 Jesus is the true

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 son of the father,

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 the true king

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 descended from David

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 who will rule

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 over God's kingdom

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 forever.

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 Yet the crowd

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 don't want their king.

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 They demand

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 that Barabbas

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 be released,

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 the unworthy son,

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 the son whose name

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 only underscores

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 how inadequately

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 he has lived up to it.

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 Now the second irony

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 relates to our second theme.

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 Jesus is innocent

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 but the crowd

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 want Barabbas,

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 the guilty one,

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 to be released.

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 In verse 19

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 you'll see Luke

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 gives details

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 of Barabbas' crime.

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 He actually did

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 pretty much

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 exactly

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 what Jesus

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 is being accused of.

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 He was thrown

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 into prison

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 for an insurrection

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 in the city

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 and for murder

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 during that insurrection.

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 This was a crime

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 deserving of crucifixion

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 but the crowd

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 want Jesus

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 to be crucified.

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 You see in verse 20

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 we're told that

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 Pilate appealed

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 to the crowd

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 again

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 wanting to release Jesus

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 but they kept shouting

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 crucify him,

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 crucify him.

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 For the third time

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 he spoke to them

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 why?

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 What crime

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 has this man committed?

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 I have found in him

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 no grounds

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 for the death penalty.

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 That's at least

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 the fourth time

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 Jesus has been

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 declared innocent.

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 Who will be released?

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 Pilate says again

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 therefore

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 I will have him punished

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 and then release him.

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 But with loud shouts

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 they insistently demanded

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 that he be crucified.

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 And their shouts prevailed.

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 So Pilate decided

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 to grant their demand.

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 He released

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 the man

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 who had been thrown

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 into prison

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 for insurrection

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 and murder.

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 Notice how Luke's

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 already spelled that out.

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 He doesn't just call him

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 Barabbas.

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 He spells out again

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 the guilty one.

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 The guilty one

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 was released

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 because he was the one

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 they asked for

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 and they surrendered

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 Jesus to their will.

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 And with that

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 we come to the end

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 of our passage.

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 I want to close

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 with just two

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 implications

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 that come out

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 the two main themes

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 and the two

00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:44.339
 tragic ironies

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 that we've been

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 looking at.

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 Okay?

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 So these three trials

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 have shown us

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 that Jesus is innocent

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 and that he is king.

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 That is clear as day,

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 right?

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 Let's look at the

00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:55.539
 implications of Jesus'

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 innocence

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 and the implications

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 of Jesus' kingship.

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 Number one,

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 the fact that Jesus

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 was innocent

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 means that when,

00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.879
 means that he was not

00:19:03.879 --> 00:19:04.819
 taking the punishment

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 for his own sin.

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 That is the heart

00:19:08.919 --> 00:19:09.720
 of the good news

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.319
 that we find

00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:11.119
 in this passage.

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 Barabbas is a wonderful

00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:13.759
 picture of that,

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.179
 isn't he?

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 Jesus took the punishment

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 for Barabbas' sin,

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 didn't he?

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 And what the Bible

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 tells us is that

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 this is actually

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 what he's done

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 for all of us,

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 for all those

00:19:27.679 --> 00:19:29.439
 who trust in Jesus.

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:32.559
 Just like Barabbas,

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 we have all been

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 inadequate sons

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 of our heavenly Father.

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 And we have all

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 rebelled against

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 his rightful rule

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 over us.

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 Because of that,

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 we all deserve

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 to be punished

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 by him.

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 But Jesus,

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 when he died

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 on the cross,

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 he died in our place

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 as our substitute.

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 All those

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 who trust in Jesus

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 get to go free

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 because Jesus

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 has taken

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 our punishment.

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 It's just

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 a simple swap.

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 It's not

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 too complicated,

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 really.

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 Children do this

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 on the playground.

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 It's a simple swap.

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 See,

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 we are treated

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 as innocent

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 because he was

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 treated as guilty.

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 This is the only way

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 to be freed

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 from the punishment

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 you deserve.

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 last of all,

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 let's talk about

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 the implications

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 of Jesus' kingship.

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 Because Jesus

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 was and is

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 God's true son,

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 death could not

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 hold him

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 as the Old Testament

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 also foretold,

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 and Jesus rose

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 from the dead

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 on the third day

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 to take his place

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 on his throne

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 until the time

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 when he will return

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 to judge

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 all the world.

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 On that day,

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 the Bible tells us,

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 no one will be

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 at all embarrassed

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 or ashamed

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 to be associated

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 with Jesus.

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 In fact,

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 all those

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 who had judged

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 Jesus

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 unworthy of their

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 honor and respect

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 will find that

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 when he returns

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 to judge them,

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 the sheer sight

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 of him will

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 terrify them.

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 And that will be

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 only the beginning

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 of their eternal

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 suffering.

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 I'm afraid

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 we've got to end here.

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 There is a day coming,

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 says the book

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 of Revelation,

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 chapter 1,

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 when Jesus Christ,

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 who is the true ruler

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 of the kings

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 of the earth,

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 isn't that a scary

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 title for Herod

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 and Pilate,

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 who is the true ruler

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 of the kings

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 of the earth,

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 who loves us

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 and has freed us

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 from our sins

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 by his blood,

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 will return.

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 And he will come

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 with the clouds

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 and every eye

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 will see him,

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 even those

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 who pierced him.

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 And all the peoples

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 on earth

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 will mourn

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 because of him.

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 Do you see?

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.420
 King Jesus

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 will not put up

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 with rebellion

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 forever.

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 forever.

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 So I plead

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 with you,

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 if you haven't

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 already,

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 before it is too

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 late,

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 show him honor.

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 I'm not

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 mucking about.

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 I'm not just

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 preaching

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 because I have

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 a slot.

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 And it almost,

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 I'm not forcing you,

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 but it is

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 going to happen.

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 You know,

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 we need to be

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 prepared for this

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 event that is

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 going to happen.

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 Show this one

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 honor.

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 Bow down

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 and adore him

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 for his love

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 towards you.

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 Lest when he

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 returns

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.980
 and you have

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 yet refused him,

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 you will weep

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 and wail

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 and suffer

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 eternal torment

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 at his

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 hand.

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 He will be

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 gentle with you

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 now,

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 but there comes

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.339
 a day when he

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 will not be.

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 If you have

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 already bowed

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 the knee to

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 King Jesus,

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 first of all,

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 make sure that

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 you live that

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 way by obeying

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 his word.

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 You are in

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 his kingdom.

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 You have been

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 transferred from

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 the kingdom of

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 darkness into

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 his good kingdom.

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 Live that way.

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 It's a good way

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 to live.

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 You don't live

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 that way to get

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:34.119
 into the kingdom,

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 but you live that

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 way because you

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 are in this good

00:23:36.879 --> 00:23:37.180
 kingdom.

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.259
 kingdom.

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 So live that

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 way.

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 Secondly,

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 remember that

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 he loves you.

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 Think about

00:23:42.340 --> 00:23:42.840
 what he has

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.620
 done for you.

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:45.860
 Thirdly,

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 pray for your

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 friends who

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 don't yet know

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 him and warn

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 them.

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 Please pray this

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 week as we go

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.620
 together on

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:55.740
 mission to the

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.080
 lost.

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 This is

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 wonderful.

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 Please use

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 this.

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 This would be

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.640
 great to focus

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.340
 your prayers on,

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.060
 especially,

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.620
 where is it?

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:08.179
 If you look at

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:08.619
 it, especially

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:10.079
 Friday the 22nd,

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.099
 the last bullet

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:13.619
 point, that guy

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:15.379
 there in desperate

00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:16.059
 need of your

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.500
 prayers.

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:18.759
 Please pray for

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:20.279
 this Joshua Russell

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.819
 fellow.

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:24.539
 Anyway, please

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:24.939
 pray for us.

00:24:25.179 --> 00:24:25.659
 Pray for the

00:24:25.659 --> 00:24:26.619
 coming of Christ's

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.539
 kingdom.

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.099
 Pray that it will

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:29.779
 come soon.

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:31.899
 because at that

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:33.599
 day, every eye

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.700
 will finally see

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.319
 that Jesus

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:37.059
 deserves praise

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:38.240
 and honor and

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.599
 glory.

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.720
 Amen and

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.139
 amen.

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.359
 Come, Lord

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:42.660
 Jesus.

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.259
 Let's pray about

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.599
 that now.

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:55.539
 Gracious Father,

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.319
 we thank you so

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:58.199
 much for sending

00:24:58.199 --> 00:25:01.379
 your Son, who

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:01.879
 though he was

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:03.099
 innocent, he bore

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.819
 our punishment.

00:25:04.959 --> 00:25:05.539
 Though he was

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.439
 king, he was

00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:08.480
 mocked and

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:10.359
 treated scornfully.

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:14.219
 Father, we know

00:25:14.219 --> 00:25:14.759
 that he is

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.419
 coming again

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:17.579
 and will gather

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:19.339
 to himself all

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:20.039
 those who have

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.759
 bowed the knee

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:22.619
 to him.

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:24.219
 We pray that you

00:25:24.219 --> 00:25:24.959
 would speed that

00:25:24.959 --> 00:25:26.199
 day and that there

00:25:26.199 --> 00:25:26.759
 would be many

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.519
 people on that

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.699
 day worshipping

00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:30.359
 him, praising

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:31.359
 him for his love

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:31.919
 towards them.

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.799
 We pray that you

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:34.359
 would help us to

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.959
 take the gospel to

00:25:35.959 --> 00:25:36.879
 those who do not

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:38.439
 yet know him, to

00:25:38.439 --> 00:25:39.299
 bring them into

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:40.399
 his kingdom

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:42.720
 before it's too

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.940
 late, before they

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.720
 are crushed under

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.639
 the force of his

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:45.919
 kingdom.

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.799
 We pray for his

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:49.440
 glory and for

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.960
 their good.

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.180
 Amen.