WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.120 Mark chapter 15, we'll look at verses 21 to 42. 00:00:06.759 --> 00:00:09.400 We're pausing from 1 Corinthians for just a few weeks. 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:16.179 ! And over the next three Sundays, we're going to be focusing on the events of the crucifixion in Mark's Gospel. 00:00:17.179 --> 00:00:25.539 Specifically, we're going to look at the crucifixion this week, Jesus' actual death next week, and then his burial the week after that. 00:00:25.539 --> 00:00:30.539 And we often focus on these events on a Good Friday service, don't we? 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:43.219 But this moment we're in here, in Mark, is so important, so key to our lives, and key to our salvation, and to the whole Christian faith, that this deserves coming back to. 00:00:43.219 --> 00:00:56.299 And so over the next few weeks, I want to encourage you, if you've been a believer for years, decades, your whole life, use this time to be brought back to the central moment of your faith. 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:00.899 And to simply remember what Christ went through for you. 00:01:00.899 --> 00:01:11.239 Or if you are a new Christian here, maybe you've just been a Christian two or three years, maybe even less, and you know the cross is central to your life. 00:01:11.579 --> 00:01:15.480 But maybe you've never actually spent time thinking about the actual event. 00:01:16.039 --> 00:01:22.280 Well, I want you just to take it all in, and keep building your life on this moment. 00:01:22.379 --> 00:01:26.299 Whether you're young or old in the faith, you never move past this moment. 00:01:26.299 --> 00:01:39.439 Or if you're not a Christian here today, I would encourage you, use this time to see why this moment in history is so important to every single Christian around the world. 00:01:40.899 --> 00:01:43.259 So would you please turn with me to Mark chapter 15. 00:01:45.039 --> 00:01:51.840 If you watched King Charles' coronation a few years ago, there was this huge build-up to it, wasn't there? 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:57.180 You had the crowds and the carriages and the flags and the cheers. 00:01:58.219 --> 00:02:05.079 And inside Westminster Abbey, you had the choirs and the musicians and the trumpets and the robes and the scepters. 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:14.259 And as the king made his way through London and to the abbey and to the front of it, all the cameras were on him. 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:19.219 And the choirs rung out and the trumpets blared. 00:02:19.219 --> 00:02:33.180 But as he took his seat on the throne, waiting to be crowned, and the archbishop slowly approached with the crown, do you remember? 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:35.099 Everything went silent. 00:02:36.860 --> 00:02:38.960 The choirs stopped. 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:41.520 The servants stood still. 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:43.699 The broadcasters stopped speaking. 00:02:44.780 --> 00:02:47.520 You could hear a pin drop in the abbey. 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:53.700 And if you were watching from home, you couldn't help but just stare in silence from your living room. 00:02:54.640 --> 00:03:02.219 As the crown went on to our king, there was this sacred hush around the nation. 00:03:02.219 --> 00:03:08.300 Because everyone knew something very special was happening here. 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:10.539 Something unlike anything else. 00:03:10.979 --> 00:03:14.419 We knew this is a precious moment in history. 00:03:14.419 --> 00:03:22.060 And we just watched on in wonder, knowing after all this weight and build-up, finally it's happening. 00:03:22.959 --> 00:03:23.779 It's happening. 00:03:25.060 --> 00:03:27.159 All in this holy silence. 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:34.939 Well, reading the moment of Jesus' crucifixion feels like that kind of moment, doesn't it? 00:03:34.939 --> 00:03:37.400 We know this is important. 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:40.319 We know this is the central moment of our faith. 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:45.680 And just reading it, you can't help but think, this moment deserves a sacred hush. 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:50.240 There is this holy silence about it. 00:03:50.620 --> 00:03:57.560 It's a moment where you put your phones down, and the conversation stops, and you must simply watch. 00:03:57.560 --> 00:04:01.599 Because it is a moment unlike anything else. 00:04:02.780 --> 00:04:07.479 And we are right to think that this is an incredibly holy moment. 00:04:08.780 --> 00:04:13.259 In fact, the crucifixion is more like King Charles' coronation than we may realize. 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:17.220 Because this is Jesus' coronation. 00:04:17.220 --> 00:04:21.520 This is where Jesus is crowned King. 00:04:22.760 --> 00:04:28.980 And so even more than Westminster Abbey, the cross of Golgotha deserves a holy silence. 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:38.380 But at the same time, as we read this passage, it doesn't seem holy at all, does it? 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:45.320 It doesn't appear regal or special, or in any way a precious moment you want to savour. 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:49.420 There are no choirs, no carriages, no ceremony, no trumpets. 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:56.040 In fact, everything that we just read seems very, very far from holy. 00:04:57.579 --> 00:05:06.519 This passage is filled to the brim with mockery, with blasphemy, with criminals, with loneliness, with suffering, with torture. 00:05:07.300 --> 00:05:09.439 Unfolding at the place of a skull. 00:05:10.039 --> 00:05:12.959 And it's a scene filled with a stench of death. 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:17.419 This is the last thing you would put into Westminster Abbey. 00:05:18.739 --> 00:05:28.740 But what I want us to see today is that it is actually these unholy things that make this moment so holy. 00:05:28.740 --> 00:05:36.060 It is actually these disgraceful things that are what make this Jesus' coronation. 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:44.519 Rather than tainting this coronation, all these things actually make this the central moment of our salvation. 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:55.379 It is because Jesus experiences this, that this moment must be the centre of history, and it must be the centre of your life. 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:05.519 And so I want us to see today, in a surprising way, two unholy things actually make this a holy coronation. 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:09.819 Two things crown Jesus in this moment. 00:06:10.819 --> 00:06:15.759 The mockery crowns Jesus, and the nails crown Jesus. 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:24.060 And so in this sacred hush, I want us to listen very carefully to the mockery cutting through it. 00:06:24.799 --> 00:06:26.919 Because this is what crowns Jesus. 00:06:27.719 --> 00:06:29.399 The mockery crowns Jesus. 00:06:29.779 --> 00:06:30.759 It's my first point today. 00:06:30.819 --> 00:06:32.599 The mockery crowns Jesus. 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:35.400 I want us to picture the scene. 00:06:36.580 --> 00:06:40.439 Up until this point, Jesus has been put on trial. 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:41.960 Beaten. 00:06:42.740 --> 00:06:43.100 Whipped. 00:06:43.740 --> 00:06:44.400 Spat on. 00:06:44.660 --> 00:06:45.580 Verbally abused. 00:06:46.220 --> 00:06:47.860 And if you look at the end of verse 20. 00:06:48.900 --> 00:06:51.140 They led him out to crucify him. 00:06:52.080 --> 00:06:54.080 Which is where our scene begins today. 00:06:55.600 --> 00:07:02.180 And to be led out to be crucified means Jesus would have had to carry the horizontal beam. 00:07:02.180 --> 00:07:02.980 Of the cross. 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:05.920 And carry it through Jerusalem. 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:06.939 Out of the gate. 00:07:07.300 --> 00:07:09.100 To a place called Golgotha. 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:12.879 A patch of land just outside the walls of Jerusalem. 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.540 Where the vertical beam would be waiting for him. 00:07:17.980 --> 00:07:21.519 But he is likely so battered and weary at this point. 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:23.899 That he can't actually carry it. 00:07:24.660 --> 00:07:26.420 They have to call someone over to help him. 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:27.500 Simon of Cyrene. 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:29.019 We'll come back to him in a moment. 00:07:30.620 --> 00:07:32.680 And when Jesus gets to Golgotha. 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:34.139 We aren't given the details. 00:07:34.339 --> 00:07:36.939 But the readers of Mark would have been very aware. 00:07:37.860 --> 00:07:38.560 In verse 24. 00:07:38.699 --> 00:07:40.120 It just says four words. 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:43.480 And they crucified him. 00:07:45.220 --> 00:07:46.339 Only four words. 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:48.579 But they involve a lot. 00:07:48.579 --> 00:07:53.560 Jesus would have had thick metal nails. 00:07:53.939 --> 00:07:55.359 Like tent pegs. 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:58.959 Nailed through his wrists into the horizontal beam. 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:02.620 Then he would have been attached to the vertical beam. 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:05.500 Then nailed to that through his feet. 00:08:06.299 --> 00:08:07.799 Then raised up. 00:08:08.599 --> 00:08:11.060 To hang there by the side of the road. 00:08:11.060 --> 00:08:15.860 So that the weight of your body pulls on the wrists. 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:18.300 And to find any relief. 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:21.300 You have to push up on the nails in your feet. 00:08:22.780 --> 00:08:24.040 And for those crucified. 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:26.720 You would have likely died eventually from shock. 00:08:27.340 --> 00:08:28.480 Or either suffocation. 00:08:28.660 --> 00:08:30.439 Because you just can't lift yourself up. 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:33.059 In fact the word excruciating. 00:08:34.019 --> 00:08:34.759 In our language. 00:08:34.980 --> 00:08:36.759 It comes from the word crucifixion. 00:08:36.759 --> 00:08:39.299 And verse 25. 00:08:39.939 --> 00:08:41.039 It's the third hour. 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:43.500 Around 9am when this starts. 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:45.700 In verse 27. 00:08:46.580 --> 00:08:48.100 He's hung up there with two robbers. 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:48.860 Either side of him. 00:08:50.340 --> 00:08:51.860 But we just get four words. 00:08:52.939 --> 00:08:55.220 And they crucified him. 00:08:57.240 --> 00:08:59.259 Mark never gives us the details. 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:01.980 That's not his focus. 00:09:03.379 --> 00:09:05.840 And what does Mark focus on instead? 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:09.899 It's the words hurled at Jesus. 00:09:10.740 --> 00:09:11.340 Verse 29. 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:14.179 Passersby ridicule him. 00:09:14.379 --> 00:09:15.439 And wag their heads. 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:16.840 Shaking in disapproval. 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:18.100 And they say. 00:09:18.179 --> 00:09:18.480 Aha. 00:09:19.299 --> 00:09:21.080 You who would destroy the temple. 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:22.700 And rebuild it in three days. 00:09:23.059 --> 00:09:23.799 Save yourself. 00:09:24.379 --> 00:09:25.720 And come down from the cross. 00:09:27.100 --> 00:09:28.019 And then verse 31. 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:29.700 The chief priests and the scribes. 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:31.799 Start laughing between each other. 00:09:32.500 --> 00:09:33.439 He saved others. 00:09:33.500 --> 00:09:34.779 He cannot save himself. 00:09:34.779 --> 00:09:36.259 Let the Christ. 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:36.919 The king of Israel. 00:09:37.059 --> 00:09:38.419 Come down now from the cross. 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:39.819 That we may see and believe. 00:09:41.500 --> 00:09:43.019 Even the words above him. 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:44.620 The king of the Jews. 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:47.539 Is meant to be biting sarcasm. 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:50.039 And to top it off. 00:09:50.100 --> 00:09:51.500 Even the two robbers. 00:09:51.860 --> 00:09:52.799 Start mocking him. 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:54.939 This is the scene. 00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:57.740 And it's the opposite. 00:09:57.740 --> 00:09:59.439 Of what you would expect. 00:09:59.439 --> 00:10:00.439 For a king. 00:10:00.599 --> 00:10:00.879 Isn't it? 00:10:01.939 --> 00:10:02.959 King Charles had. 00:10:03.379 --> 00:10:03.859 Helpers. 00:10:03.959 --> 00:10:04.719 And publicists. 00:10:04.859 --> 00:10:05.620 And organizers. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:07.279 And a cheering crowd. 00:10:08.139 --> 00:10:09.479 But Jesus had no one. 00:10:10.819 --> 00:10:12.799 Only the words of mockery. 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:13.699 From the crowd. 00:10:13.700 --> 00:10:16.000 It's like. 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:17.800 In this holy silence. 00:10:18.259 --> 00:10:20.180 Mark wants to turn up. 00:10:20.340 --> 00:10:21.060 The volume. 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:22.300 Of the insults. 00:10:22.640 --> 00:10:24.040 So we don't miss a thing. 00:10:25.420 --> 00:10:26.780 And he's doing that. 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:27.460 For a reason. 00:10:28.820 --> 00:10:30.160 It is because. 00:10:30.580 --> 00:10:32.000 This is how. 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:33.480 Jesus becomes king. 00:10:34.540 --> 00:10:36.020 This unholy. 00:10:36.220 --> 00:10:36.780 Blasphemy. 00:10:36.940 --> 00:10:38.220 Against the son of God. 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:39.700 This is actually. 00:10:39.920 --> 00:10:41.480 What makes this moment. 00:10:41.980 --> 00:10:43.259 So holy. 00:10:43.259 --> 00:10:46.299 Because it is through. 00:10:46.299 --> 00:10:48.220 This exact humiliation. 00:10:48.779 --> 00:10:50.059 This is how. 00:10:50.059 --> 00:10:51.439 He bears the sins. 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:52.080 Of his people. 00:10:53.620 --> 00:10:54.980 It is not only. 00:10:55.139 --> 00:10:55.919 By physically. 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:56.759 Bleeding. 00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:57.840 That he suffers. 00:10:57.960 --> 00:10:58.460 For our sins. 00:10:58.519 --> 00:10:59.379 Which is essential. 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:01.779 But it is also. 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:03.159 Through the humiliation. 00:11:03.419 --> 00:11:04.759 Of severe mockery. 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:06.819 That Jesus saves us. 00:11:08.419 --> 00:11:09.460 God's punishment. 00:11:09.460 --> 00:11:10.360 On sin. 00:11:10.419 --> 00:11:11.299 In this moment. 00:11:11.659 --> 00:11:13.240 It's taking the form. 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:13.759 Of both. 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:14.560 Death. 00:11:14.560 --> 00:11:15.600 And derision. 00:11:16.779 --> 00:11:17.860 And so. 00:11:18.019 --> 00:11:18.700 His suffering. 00:11:18.700 --> 00:11:19.759 Goes deeper. 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:21.120 Deeper. 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:21.860 Than only. 00:11:21.980 --> 00:11:23.000 The physical wounds. 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:25.000 His suffering. 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:25.860 Goes deep. 00:11:25.940 --> 00:11:26.940 Into his soul. 00:11:26.940 --> 00:11:27.940 And mockery. 00:11:27.940 --> 00:11:30.020 And mockery. 00:11:30.020 --> 00:11:30.620 Does that. 00:11:31.540 --> 00:11:32.040 Doesn't it? 00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:34.600 Having everyone. 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:35.920 Turn against you. 00:11:36.180 --> 00:11:37.340 It's a pain. 00:11:37.540 --> 00:11:38.440 Worse than loneliness. 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:39.060 Isn't it? 00:11:40.140 --> 00:11:41.120 Because people. 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:42.360 Are our comfort. 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:42.940 And support. 00:11:43.020 --> 00:11:43.340 Aren't they? 00:11:44.340 --> 00:11:45.220 So when you're running. 00:11:45.220 --> 00:11:45.720 A marathon. 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:46.680 Or a 5k. 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:48.720 The cheers. 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:49.560 From your family. 00:11:49.560 --> 00:11:50.460 On the sideline. 00:11:50.460 --> 00:11:52.139 They lift your soul. 00:11:52.139 --> 00:11:52.620 Don't they? 00:11:53.160 --> 00:11:54.920 They give you that second wind. 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:57.680 When someone encourages you. 00:11:57.980 --> 00:12:01.340 You can ride the wave of those words for years. 00:12:02.780 --> 00:12:06.040 And so when those words are not only taken away. 00:12:06.860 --> 00:12:09.440 But turned into painful. 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:11.100 Biting scorn. 00:12:12.139 --> 00:12:14.379 That goes deep down into your soul. 00:12:14.379 --> 00:12:19.200 And that is even more intensified in Jesus. 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:21.879 Because he is so innocent. 00:12:23.340 --> 00:12:25.840 The man who dined with sinners. 00:12:26.419 --> 00:12:27.620 And loved them. 00:12:28.700 --> 00:12:30.019 Now battered with hatred. 00:12:31.299 --> 00:12:34.740 The man who spoke truth and grace. 00:12:34.740 --> 00:12:36.379 Every day of his life. 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:39.159 Now hurled out with lies. 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:42.480 Not a drop of sin in his heart. 00:12:42.539 --> 00:12:44.360 Yet lumped up there with the robbers. 00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:50.559 The man whose heart was filled with compassion for a lost people. 00:12:51.580 --> 00:12:54.740 Now cut off from all comfort and support. 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:57.500 And not only that. 00:12:58.200 --> 00:12:59.179 It's all public. 00:13:00.740 --> 00:13:03.460 It's painful enough to weep into our pillows. 00:13:04.620 --> 00:13:07.519 But this man has to deal with it on a roadside. 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:10.840 And so if you. 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:13.399 If you ever feel pain in your soul. 00:13:14.379 --> 00:13:16.299 There is someone that you can know. 00:13:16.500 --> 00:13:18.580 Someone that you can actually call friend. 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:23.419 Who truly knows the darkness of sorrow in the human soul. 00:13:24.659 --> 00:13:28.000 The wounds of Jesus are far deeper than we realize. 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:32.139 But that is what makes this moment so holy. 00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:37.379 This is all integral to him bearing our curse. 00:13:37.379 --> 00:13:38.000 Because this. 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:39.759 Because this. 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:42.879 This is what our sins deserve. 00:13:44.059 --> 00:13:46.820 This is how we should be treated. 00:13:48.139 --> 00:13:51.340 We take for granted the comfort that we have in this life. 00:13:52.179 --> 00:13:53.080 We every day. 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:56.720 We take for granted the comfort that we actually feel in our souls. 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:59.160 But we deserve none of it. 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:02.120 And so in this mockery. 00:14:02.580 --> 00:14:06.160 This is Jesus bearing what our sins deserve. 00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:10.980 Feeling the true sting of being cursed before God. 00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:14.860 And so in this holy hush. 00:14:16.180 --> 00:14:21.879 We are actually witnessing Christ tasting hell for us. 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:25.179 Because in hell. 00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:29.439 It will be both the torments of body and soul. 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:31.700 And in hell. 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:34.399 All the comfort and support of this life. 00:14:34.580 --> 00:14:35.639 Will be taken away. 00:14:36.580 --> 00:14:37.919 No encouragements. 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:38.700 No relief. 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:42.399 And it will all be turned into weeping and gnashing of teeth. 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:44.820 A fate worse than loneliness. 00:14:44.820 --> 00:14:51.120 And so it is no coincidence that all these events take place the way that they do. 00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:56.280 This is the Lord making very clear for all to see. 00:14:56.660 --> 00:15:00.000 This is the one being cursed for sinners. 00:15:01.620 --> 00:15:07.620 Hanging next to criminals to be publicly and visibly numbered with the sinners. 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:13.120 Audibly mocked to make his humiliation unquestionable. 00:15:14.820 --> 00:15:16.640 And hanging on a wooden cross. 00:15:17.340 --> 00:15:18.900 A tree of all things. 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:21.700 The most cursed way to die in the Bible. 00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:24.040 Making it clear for the world to see. 00:15:24.340 --> 00:15:27.740 Not just that cursed is the man who is hanged on a tree. 00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:31.960 But cursed is that man hanging on that tree. 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:38.100 And it is through bearing this curse and mockery. 00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:41.920 This is how he becomes the saviour. 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:45.620 This is how he becomes our king. 00:15:47.339 --> 00:15:51.759 So in one sense, we want the mockery to stop. 00:15:52.079 --> 00:15:52.899 It isn't right. 00:15:54.339 --> 00:15:56.459 But actually, we don't want it to stop. 00:15:57.939 --> 00:15:59.799 Because this is how he saves us. 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:04.120 This mockery is actually his crowning. 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:09.060 Which is why there's so much irony in this passage. 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:09.560 Did you see? 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:14.060 They put the sign, King of the Jews, to reject him as king. 00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:19.639 But actually, him taking that ridicule actually makes him the king of the Jews. 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:25.960 They mock him for claiming to tear down the temple and rebuild it. 00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:30.539 But that mockery makes him the very cornerstone of the temple. 00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:34.279 They say he can't save himself. 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:39.360 But with those very words, brothers and sisters, he is saving you and me. 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:47.740 And at this point, it would be very tempting to point the finger at the crowd and say, how could they do that? 00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:56.200 And as with all events in the Bible, we look at this scene and we try to figure out where we are, which character are we? 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:58.460 And we think we're above the crowd. 00:16:58.460 --> 00:17:05.539 But we need to realize in this holy moment, we shouldn't be pointing the finger. 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:12.420 Because as he hangs there, Jesus is bearing our mockery. 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:20.759 Every time we said in our hearts, Jesus, I wish you weren't in charge of my life. 00:17:22.059 --> 00:17:24.180 Jesus is hanging for that. 00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:30.660 Every time we entertain the thought, I think my life will be better without him. 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:33.600 Jesus is hanging for that. 00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:40.060 Every time we were ashamed of him and avoided talking about him in front of our friends, 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:42.940 hoping that they won't ask us what we're doing on Sunday. 00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:45.400 Jesus is hanging for that. 00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:52.640 For all our past, when we refused to see he was king, and we just went our own way, 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:57.020 and we simply didn't care, Jesus is hanging for that. 00:17:58.840 --> 00:18:01.920 But he is hanging there to forgive you. 00:18:03.560 --> 00:18:05.220 Saying, I will bear it. 00:18:06.060 --> 00:18:08.140 I will bear your mockery. 00:18:09.140 --> 00:18:12.240 With every insult that hit his eardrum, 00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:16.400 that was Jesus making sure that you are forgiven. 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:19.560 And that is what makes him king. 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:25.400 And so the crowds, they hurl this abuse, 00:18:26.080 --> 00:18:28.800 but they have no idea what they're really doing. 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:33.460 They're making this whole scene into a coronation. 00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:36.960 And in this sacred hush, 00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:39.720 just like Westminster Abbey, 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:42.200 a crown is going on to Jesus. 00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:44.240 A king is being enthroned. 00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:46.500 But not with a headpiece. 00:18:47.840 --> 00:18:50.559 No, the mockery crowns Jesus. 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:56.839 This is why such unholy, blasphemous words 00:18:56.839 --> 00:19:00.899 actually make this the most holy moment of history. 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:04.519 But there's something else to see. 00:19:05.879 --> 00:19:07.899 Something else that makes this holy. 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:13.319 Another surprising thing that makes this actually a coronation. 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:17.099 I want us to see in this sacred hush, 00:19:17.899 --> 00:19:19.519 something else crowns Jesus. 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:23.400 I want us to see the nails crown Jesus. 00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:25.299 The nails crown Jesus. 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:28.240 Come back with me to verse 21. 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:30.319 Have a look at verse 21. 00:19:33.879 --> 00:19:35.779 I've always puzzled over this verse. 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:41.319 As Jesus carries his cross out the city, verse 21, 00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:45.019 they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:47.139 who was coming in from the country, 00:19:47.139 --> 00:19:49.039 the father of Alexander and Rufus, 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.900 to carry his cross. 00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:54.900 I've always puzzled over this verse 00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:57.339 because it makes you think, 00:19:57.559 --> 00:20:01.299 doesn't this take away from Jesus' work? 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:03.720 Because we can see here, 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.720 he had help. 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:06.099 Simon of Cyrene, 00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:09.139 a Jew visiting from Africa, 00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:11.940 picked up Jesus' cross 00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:13.139 and carried it for him. 00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:18.820 It seems like it almost detracts away from Jesus' work, 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:19.320 doesn't it? 00:20:20.020 --> 00:20:23.120 Or maybe lessens his suffering in some way. 00:20:24.520 --> 00:20:27.780 Well, I want us to see the opposite is actually true. 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:31.400 Rather than taking away from his suffering, 00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:33.520 Simon of Cyrene carrying the cross 00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:36.900 is actually Jesus plunging himself 00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:38.839 into worse suffering. 00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.819 And actually, 00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:44.519 this is Jesus all the more determined to save us. 00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:47.119 Because think about it. 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:51.319 Jesus had been flogged so severely 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:53.960 and beaten to a pulp 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:57.799 that he physically wasn't able to carry his own cross. 00:20:57.799 --> 00:21:01.200 That's why Simon of Cyrene had to step in. 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:05.619 But what would have happened if Simon didn't? 00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:10.539 What if he had stayed back to the side 00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:13.700 and Jesus kept trying to carry the beam 00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:16.440 but just collapsed on the way into the dust 00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:18.279 and died there on the road? 00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:20.019 What would have happened? 00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:22.839 He wouldn't have been crucified. 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:26.059 He wouldn't have felt the nails. 00:21:26.959 --> 00:21:29.959 He wouldn't have experienced that crowning mockery. 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.019 And so actually, 00:21:32.179 --> 00:21:33.500 without Simon of Cyrene, 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:37.220 Jesus wouldn't have felt the full weight of suffering. 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:40.139 And so in God's providence, 00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:43.199 Simon of Cyrene was there to make sure 00:21:43.199 --> 00:21:45.919 Jesus goes all the way to the cross. 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:50.619 And not just skim the dark waters of sorrow 00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:54.959 but be plunged all the way down into the depths. 00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.779 Simon of Cyrene doesn't suffer. 00:21:57.919 --> 00:21:59.339 He isn't the one that dies. 00:21:59.679 --> 00:22:00.739 No, it is only Jesus. 00:22:01.239 --> 00:22:03.919 And so Simon of Cyrene is not about Jesus 00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:06.539 less involved in his crucifixion 00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:09.099 but actually all the more. 00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:14.519 This shows Jesus is determined to save us. 00:22:16.359 --> 00:22:18.819 Which is also why he refuses the wine. 00:22:18.959 --> 00:22:20.139 Did you see that in verse 23? 00:22:21.479 --> 00:22:24.359 And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh 00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:26.139 but he did not take it. 00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:29.679 Wine mixed with myrrh 00:22:29.679 --> 00:22:32.239 would have been like an anesthetic. 00:22:33.199 --> 00:22:35.219 It's a drug to numb the pain 00:22:35.219 --> 00:22:37.099 or make someone fall asleep 00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:37.979 to make it all easier. 00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:40.919 But what does Jesus say? 00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.759 He says, no. 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:45.400 I cannot take the easy way out. 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:49.039 The only way to save my people from sin 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:51.160 it's not to numb the suffering 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:53.259 but I need to bear it. 00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:56.240 It's like Jesus saying, no. 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:58.940 I must feel the nails. 00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:02.420 He's determined to suffer for us. 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:08.019 And so the nails, as the nails pierced his hands 00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.920 and his feet 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:10.700 and he hung there on the tree 00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:13.039 Christian, you need to realize this 00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:16.120 you are there in his heart. 00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:20.799 And he's feeling this pain for you 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:24.739 because he knows you need him to be there. 00:23:25.919 --> 00:23:28.039 This is how he saves us. 00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:30.960 And so we see again 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.299 that the great irony 00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:34.119 of the crowd's mockery 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.799 verse 31 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:37.119 He saved others 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:38.279 he cannot save himself 00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:40.059 let the Christ, the King of Israel 00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:41.619 come down now from the cross 00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:43.180 that we may see and believe. 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:46.779 Jesus could have come down. 00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:48.859 He could have sent 00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:50.659 a thousand angels from heaven 00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:52.019 to bring him down 00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.960 and remove the nails 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:54.359 and just end this mockery. 00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:57.079 He could have drunk the wine 00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:58.179 and lessened the pain 00:23:58.179 --> 00:23:59.339 and just slept this away. 00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:02.319 He could have collapsed on the way 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:04.259 and spared himself the grief. 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:06.439 He can save himself 00:24:06.439 --> 00:24:08.779 but he doesn't. 00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:11.240 He refuses to. 00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.819 And why? 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:16.039 Brothers and sisters 00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:17.759 why would any man 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:19.579 choose to go through this? 00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:22.699 Because he loves you. 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:26.339 It is not only the nails 00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:27.199 holding him up there 00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:28.720 and it's not only our sin 00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:30.240 but for those in Christ 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:32.119 it is his love for you 00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:34.059 that drove him to the cross 00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:36.099 and it's keeping him up there. 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:40.179 Because this is how he saved you. 00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:42.399 This is how he becomes your king. 00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:44.099 Not only the mockery 00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:47.139 but also the nails crowned Jesus. 00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:50.640 And so if you have 00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:52.060 if you have any doubt 00:24:52.060 --> 00:24:53.920 about Jesus' love 00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:56.380 if you have any doubt 00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:58.240 about how he feels about you 00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.840 if you think the sin 00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:01.360 that you've committed this week 00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:03.220 can take away that love 00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:06.360 you must never ever forget these nails. 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.940 He went there 00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:11.300 not because he might love you. 00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:13.300 No, he went there 00:25:13.300 --> 00:25:15.540 because he forever loves you. 00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:18.740 And please remember this 00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:21.119 if Jesus stayed up for you then 00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:24.879 do you think he will ever abandon you now? 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:30.559 He is still very, very determined to save you. 00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.799 And so these nails 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:36.059 may be an unholy weapon of torture 00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:40.240 but actually they are what make this moment 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.299 so holy. 00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:43.899 In these nails 00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:46.460 a divine love is on display. 00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.519 They crown him. 00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:51.419 And so no wonder this moment 00:25:51.419 --> 00:25:53.240 deserves such a sacred hush. 00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:56.299 It is the most holy of coronations. 00:25:59.099 --> 00:26:00.319 But I don't want us 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:01.899 to leave here today thinking 00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:03.919 this is just 00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:05.299 a coronation 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:08.220 far off in the midst of history. 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:10.339 I don't want us to think 00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.059 this is just like 00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:12.480 reading about Henry VIII 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.500 coming to the throne. 00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.819 That's how coronations can feel 00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.259 can't they? 00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:19.360 We watch the king's coronation on TV 00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:20.539 and it all just seems 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.579 very far off 00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.500 and I'm detached 00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.640 and just watching. 00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:26.480 No, Jesus' enthronement 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.660 isn't like that. 00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:30.100 I want you to realize 00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:31.100 this coronation 00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:32.259 couldn't be more relevant 00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.860 to your life. 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.360 In fact 00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:35.700 you can actually be 00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:37.140 a part of this coronation. 00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.840 And we see that 00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.819 with Simon of Cyrene. 00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.940 Now he doesn't add 00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:44.980 to Jesus' saving work here 00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:47.019 but he does have 00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.680 the privilege 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:49.039 of being a part of it. 00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:52.299 Simon is mentioned here 00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:53.460 to show us 00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:55.120 that this crucifixion 00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:56.720 has a significance 00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:58.240 that goes beyond 00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.279 Jesus to others 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:01.200 to nobodies like Simon. 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:03.960 And like Simon 00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:05.840 we can have 00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.660 an involvement 00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:08.360 and share 00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:09.559 in these sufferings 00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.960 and actually 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:12.360 be defined by them. 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.759 Did you notice 00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:16.880 we get specific details 00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.600 about Simon 00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:19.340 which would have 00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:19.920 really mattered 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.519 to the church 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.559 when this was first written. 00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:24.000 Did you see Mark says 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.940 it's not just 00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.900 any old Simon. 00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.660 He writes down 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.440 you know him. 00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:31.180 it's Simon of Cyrene. 00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.640 It's like saying 00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:34.039 oh it's Paul of Hanwell. 00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.380 And you know his sons 00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:37.799 he's the dad 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:39.000 of Alexander and Rufus 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.539 you know them. 00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.960 They were known 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.559 to the church 00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.820 they're Christians. 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.360 And these Christians 00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:48.440 Simon of Cyrene 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.259 and his family 00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:51.340 have been forever 00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:51.440 defined 00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.900 by one thing. 00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:55.180 He's the one 00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.740 that's shared 00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.440 in Jesus' crucifixion. 00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:59.279 He was a part of it. 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:02.360 And he's mentioned here 00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:03.420 because 00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.680 you need to know 00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:06.880 that can be you as well. 00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.559 When you trust 00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.340 in the Lord Jesus 00:28:10.340 --> 00:28:12.220 his crucifixion 00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.840 actually becomes yours. 00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:16.220 You share 00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.120 in this coronation. 00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.840 You actually 00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:19.000 participate 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:20.039 in this 00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:21.259 victory 00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:22.440 and in his glory. 00:28:23.080 --> 00:28:24.480 It becomes yours. 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:26.500 And like 00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.360 Simon of Cyrene 00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:28.640 you and your family 00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.740 forever 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:31.180 become defined 00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:32.120 by one thing. 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.519 You become defined 00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.120 by this 00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:36.660 one holy moment 00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.160 of history. 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:40.120 You no longer 00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:41.079 become 00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:42.000 that guilty sinner. 00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:44.420 You no longer 00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:45.360 become 00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:46.120 the one 00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.700 enslaved 00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.519 by sin. 00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.860 You are no longer 00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.500 the lost. 00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.559 No you become 00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.480 the one 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.319 who shares 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.660 in this crucifixion. 00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:56.120 it's unlike 00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:57.380 any coronation. 00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.300 And you may 00:29:00.300 --> 00:29:01.200 have lived your life 00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.900 mocking Jesus 00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:03.940 and you 00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.820 maybe 00:29:04.820 --> 00:29:05.580 you have thought 00:29:05.580 --> 00:29:06.320 just some awful 00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:07.300 things about him 00:29:07.300 --> 00:29:08.120 and you had 00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:09.120 all the arguments 00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:09.779 against him 00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.200 and you watched 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.400 all the YouTube videos 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:12.060 and learned 00:29:12.060 --> 00:29:12.700 all the arguments 00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.400 and you never 00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.540 once recognized 00:29:14.540 --> 00:29:15.120 him as king. 00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.680 And if that is 00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.540 you here today 00:29:17.540 --> 00:29:18.620 well now 00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.360 is the time 00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:19.920 to look to 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.860 his crucifixion. 00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:22.919 and you 00:29:22.919 --> 00:29:23.759 can actually 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.199 be 00:29:24.199 --> 00:29:25.159 a part 00:29:25.159 --> 00:29:25.579 of this. 00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.539 Jesus 00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.139 can take 00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.819 all that 00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.279 mockery 00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.859 from you 00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.500 and it 00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.819 can be 00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.319 paid for. 00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:31.819 Whatever 00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.459 sin you 00:29:32.459 --> 00:29:32.819 have 00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.699 the king 00:29:33.699 --> 00:29:34.179 can take 00:29:34.179 --> 00:29:34.419 it all 00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:34.740 away 00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:36.819 because for 00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.319 everyone in 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.740 Christ here 00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:37.979 today 00:29:37.979 --> 00:29:38.619 that is 00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:38.939 what has 00:29:38.939 --> 00:29:39.179 happened 00:29:39.179 --> 00:29:39.599 to us. 00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:41.959 but only 00:29:41.959 --> 00:29:42.519 only 00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:44.399 if this 00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:45.219 crucifixion 00:29:45.219 --> 00:29:45.879 defines you 00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:47.500 if you 00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.439 are a part 00:29:48.439 --> 00:29:48.899 of this. 00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.240 And so 00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.619 there is 00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.559 a question 00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:52.980 we must 00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.599 all ask 00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.000 ourselves 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.419 today 00:29:54.419 --> 00:29:55.079 as we 00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.439 witness 00:29:55.439 --> 00:29:56.039 this holy 00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.399 moment 00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:56.839 in this 00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.219 sacred 00:29:57.219 --> 00:29:57.659 hush 00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:59.579 how will 00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.000 you be 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.439 involved? 00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.699 Like the 00:30:02.699 --> 00:30:03.119 crowds 00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:03.639 will you 00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:04.839 stand back 00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.299 and just 00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.839 watch 00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.480 and refuse 00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.000 to acknowledge 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.500 the king 00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:09.059 or will 00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.519 you be a 00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:09.880 part of 00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.019 this 00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.500 coronation? 00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.319 Will you 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.539 trust in 00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:13.980 the king 00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.519 and have 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:16.059 his crucifixion 00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.819 define you? 00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.559 Wherever you 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.079 are in life 00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.599 today this 00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.339 crucifixion 00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:21.039 it doesn't 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.519 have to be 00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.240 this far 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.880 off event 00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.759 this can 00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.259 be yours 00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.940 right now. 00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.299 And so 00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.960 I urge you 00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.299 today 00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:30.779 don't stand 00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.140 back 00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:33.440 don't stand 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:33.759 back 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:35.779 come to 00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.180 the king 00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:38.220 trust 00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:39.019 in this 00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.420 savior 00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.340 and all 00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:40.740 of this 00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.380 all of 00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.740 this 00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.400 can 00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:42.900 belong 00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.440 to you 00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:45.740 come to 00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.320 this cross 00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:48.440 and you 00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:48.980 will find 00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.519 his love 00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:51.539 you will 00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.140 find 00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.740 forgiveness 00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:54.920 let's pray 00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:56.580 for 00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:56.920 to 00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.480 to 00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.480 00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.920 to 00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.480 to 00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.480 00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.259 to 00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.539 to 00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.980 to 00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.480 !