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 Maybe to get us going, have a think is what we need to think about.

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 When was the last time that you did a swap?

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 Maybe it was Pokemon cards.

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 Maybe it was your packed lunch.

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 And that's just the adults, kids, isn't it?

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 When was the last time you did a swap?

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 You know, Thursday night in our house is date night.

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 Sometimes Alex and I go out for food.

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 And this is the swap that I think of every time.

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 Every time we go out, I'm just waiting for that point in the meal

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 when Alex will inevitably turn to me.

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 And I know what's coming because I've seen the food envy in her eyes

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 that's been there for the moment the waiter brought it out.

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 She'll turn to me at some point in the meal and say,

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 how would you feel about a swap?

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 I'll be honest, we've married for nearly 16 years.

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 And to this day, I'm still not quite sure what I make of that request.

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 But have a think about it, right?

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 When was the last time you did a swap?

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 And here's the further question for you.

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 You should think about that swap.

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 Good swap or bad swap?

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 Yeah?

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 Good swap or bad swap?

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 That's the question I want us to ask tonight.

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 As we meet this man in this passage,

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 you'll see him there at verse 18.

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 Barabbas.

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 Fun fact for you.

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 The only time Barabbas is mentioned in the Bible is in this episode.

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 But so important is it that Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all record this episode.

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 And why that's surprising is that Barabbas, if you noticed it,

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 if you look at it there,

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 the guy doesn't even make an appearance.

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 He's mentioned by name two times.

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 Do you see with me verse 18 and 19?

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 And there's one kind of subtle reference to him there at verse 25.

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 As you take him in there, here's the thing to notice.

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 The man doesn't utter a single word.

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 He could not be more passive in this drama.

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 And yet, here's the thing we're going to take in.

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 He so profoundly represents all of us.

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 So we're introducing him there.

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 Do you see it?

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 Verse 18.

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 What do we learn about him?

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 We learn that this guy's notorious.

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 Right?

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 Now, if you Google notorious people, what comes up are names like Jesse James,

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 that American bank robber, Pablo Escobar, the Colombian drug lord, Lance Armstrong, the cyclist.

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 You get it.

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 Notorious people.

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 People who have a reputation, a bad reputation,

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 and the whole world kind of knows about it.

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 Okay?

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 Notorious.

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 That's Barabbas.

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 Notorious.

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 Everyone knows that he is one of Jerusalem's bad guys.

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 So think about it.

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 Okay?

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 He's the kind of guy you don't want to come across in a dark alley at night.

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 The kind of guy you're hoping your daughter doesn't bring home and say,

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 Mom, Dad, meet my new fiancé.

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 Learn in the text that Barabbas is a zealot.

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 So he's a Jewish freedom fighter who's got one aim in life.

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 And it's to see that the Romans, who are the occupying force of the day,

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 it's to see that the Romans are kicked out of Jerusalem.

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 And that's probably the reason that he's in prison in the first place.

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 Do you see verse 19?

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 Luke wants us to know, and we get this detail twice,

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 that Barabbas has been involved in an insurrection.

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 So that's just someone who riots and plots in order to take down the ruling authorities.

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 You can kind of think it's like Guy Fawkes.

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 Barabbas hates the Romans.

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 He hates them with a passion.

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 And he's likely committed murder in the process of carrying out his hate.

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 So this is a guy with a lot of hate in his heart.

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 This is a guy with a lot of rebellion in his heart.

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 This is a guy with a lot of anger in his heart.

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 This is a rebel of the highest order.

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 So try and picture Barabbas.

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 You've got to use your imagination here tonight.

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 Okay, try and picture him.

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 He's sitting in that dingy prison cell.

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 He knows he's there because he's guilty.

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 The guy has no rights.

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 There's no appeal system that he can use.

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 There's no legal aid that he can apply for.

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 There's no, you've got one phone call.

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 And I don't even imagine with all of that that this guy gives two hoots.

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 The only thing that's in his diary

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 is my death.

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 He doesn't know when it's coming.

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 All he knows is that it is coming.

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 And it's a death by crucifixion.

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 That barbaric Roman form of execution reserved for the worst of people.

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 This is Rome's way of making a public statement to the watching world that says,

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 if anyone, anyone dares to try and set themselves up as a king,

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 they want to rebel against Rome's king,

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 then this is the fate that's going to await them.

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 They're sending a message, sending a signal to the watching world.

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 Don't you dare.

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 Because that's what's going to happen to you.

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 Now, use your imagination to picture this scene, right?

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 Get inside Barabbas' shoes.

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 Maybe he's in his cell.

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 And from his cell,

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 he hears this crowd

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 baying for blood,

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 screaming.

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 See it in the text, verse 20.

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 Crucify him.

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 Crucify him.

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 Crucify him.

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 Crucify him.

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 And he hears this in his cell.

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 And he thinks,

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 this one must be for me.

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 Let's put on a brave show for the people.

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 Let's go out a defiant hero.

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 The adrenaline starts pumping in his body.

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 And he thinks,

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 vive la revolution.

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 That's what I want to happen here.

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 I'm going to go out.

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 I'm going to go out with a bang.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 he hears the clinking of keys.

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 And the guard,

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 the one who's probably utterly delighted

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 to see him behind bars,

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 shouts his name,

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 Barabbas.

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 And he's told to his utter astonishment,

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 not,

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 it's time to go.

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 He's told,

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 you're free to go.

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 So up he gets.

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 And he's probably shoved out.

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 And he covers his eyes

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 because he's not seen the sun in days.

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 Forgot what the smell of fresh air is like.

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 And as Barabbas is led away to life,

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 he sees another man passing him,

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 going in the opposite direction,

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 who's being ushered away to his death.

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 And it dawns on Barabbas

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 that that man,

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 as he goes,

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 going in the opposite direction

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 to the one that I'm going in,

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 that man has taken my place.

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 And I wonder whether Barabbas,

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 he keeps on walking

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 because he doesn't know

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 what to do with himself, right?

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 And he finds himself roaming the streets

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 of Jerusalem as a legally free man.

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 I wonder if he grabs somebody

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 who was in that crowd in this scene

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 and he asks them,

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 what on earth?

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 What on earth?

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 Happened back there?

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 Now what did happen back there,

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 let me just try and get you

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 into the history behind this.

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 It's widely understood

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 that there was a custom

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 that had developed over the years

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 between the Romans and the Jews.

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 One that took place

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 every Passover festival in Jerusalem.

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 I guess this is kind of like

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 a goodwill gesture

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 from the Romans

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 to the Jews

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 to try and keep them sweet.

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 And the deal was

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 that every year

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 the people were presented

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 with two Jewish prisoners.

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 Prisoner A, prisoner B.

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 And they got to choose

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 one of them

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 to be released.

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 The Romans, as it were,

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 saying to them,

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 because we're nice people

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 deep down

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 and we kind of want you

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 to tolerate us,

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 but we're kind of going to give you

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 one of yours back

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 to keep you sweet.

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 That's what's going on here.

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 And on this particular Passover day,

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 the choice

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 was Barabbas

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 or Jesus.

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 The notorious Roman killer

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 with blood in his hands

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 or

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 the innocent

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 Jewish carpenter.

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 And I wonder if you picked it up,

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 I even just noticed

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 that there

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 as we were having

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 that Isaiah 52

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 reading for us

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 that no deceit

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 was found in his mouth.

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 Did you pick that up?

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 The prophecy

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 about who Jesus will be.

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 And I think to myself,

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 why was no deceit

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 found in his mouth?

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 Well, of course,

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 no deceit

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 was found in his mouth

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 because there was no deceit

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 in his heart.

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 Totally innocent,

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 totally blameless,

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 and yet here he is,

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 Barabbas

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 or Jesus.

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 Now, we use that phrase

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 in our culture,

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 don't we?

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 It's a no-brainer.

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 When we speak about

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 a really obvious decision

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 that's

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 right in front of us,

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 well,

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 this would seem to be

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 your

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 no-brainer.

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 And what's more,

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 if you start piecing this together,

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 Pilate,

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 the Roman governor

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 overseeing this whole transaction,

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 he's not neutral

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 on this one,

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 right?

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 It's not like he's still

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 to make up his mind

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 who he would want

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 to see released.

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 He wants Jesus off the hook

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 and so he's probably

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 picked the worst prisoner

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 he can possibly imagine

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 that he knows he's got

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 in the prison

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 in the form of Barabbas

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 to go up against Jesus

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 as if to say,

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 come on.

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 I mean,

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 Barabbas isn't just

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 the underdog in this fight.

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 He's not even

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 the Leicester City

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 500 to 1

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 outside shot.

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 Surely Barabbas

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 as he goes up

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 against Jesus

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 has got absolutely

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 no hope.

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 However,

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 Pilate's

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 hugely

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 underestimated

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 just how

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 much hatred

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 and hostility

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 there is

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 towards this man

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 Jesus.

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 So imagine Barabbas,

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 we're back in his shoes,

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 he's still hearing

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 this report

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 of what happened

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 from the guy

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 in the street.

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 Remember he's gotten

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 by the scruff of the neck,

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 what on earth

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 happened back there?

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 He's hearing all this

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 from him.

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 The guy says back to him

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 he was got by the

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 scruff of the neck,

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 he says to Barabbas,

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 what happened

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 is that Pilate

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 asked the crowd

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 which one of these men

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 do you want me

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 to release to you?

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 That's what Pilate

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 asked us

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 and after some

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 strong arm

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 persuasion

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 from the religious

00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:02.699
 leaders

00:11:02.699 --> 00:11:03.899
 against all the odds

00:11:03.899 --> 00:11:04.759
 the crowd

00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:05.620
 chanted back

00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:06.759
 not Jesus' name

00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:08.799
 they chanted back

00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:09.799
 your name Barabbas

00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:10.519
 they wanted to see

00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:11.459
 you released

00:11:11.459 --> 00:11:12.939
 they wanted you

00:11:12.939 --> 00:11:13.759
 to go free

00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:15.179
 and so

00:11:15.179 --> 00:11:15.939
 the crowd

00:11:15.939 --> 00:11:16.539
 we made

00:11:16.539 --> 00:11:17.299
 our feelings

00:11:17.299 --> 00:11:18.200
 crystal clear

00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:19.259
 to Pilate

00:11:19.259 --> 00:11:20.480
 and Pilate

00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:21.840
 in a stunned tone

00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:23.039
 said

00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:23.840
 he was just

00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:24.519
 going to punish

00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:24.919
 Jesus

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 but we weren't

00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:26.759
 satisfied with that

00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:27.460
 because we got

00:11:27.460 --> 00:11:28.179
 ourselves going

00:11:28.179 --> 00:11:28.980
 at this point

00:11:28.980 --> 00:11:30.259
 and although

00:11:30.259 --> 00:11:30.840
 we could tell

00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:31.299
 by the tone

00:11:31.299 --> 00:11:31.819
 of his voice

00:11:31.819 --> 00:11:32.299
 that he thought

00:11:32.299 --> 00:11:33.019
 this was deeply

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 unfair

00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:34.720
 verse 23

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 regardless

00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:37.759
 with loud cries

00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:38.379
 we kept

00:11:38.379 --> 00:11:39.419
 insisting

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 angrily

00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:42.000
 we kept

00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:42.759
 insisting

00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:43.759
 crucify him

00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:44.679
 send Jesus

00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:45.559
 to the cross

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 because he's

00:11:47.419 --> 00:11:48.220
 the real rebel

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 and if you look

00:11:48.699 --> 00:11:49.299
 at it in the text

00:11:49.299 --> 00:11:49.840
 here this is

00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:50.120
 what they're

00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:50.559
 trying to do

00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:51.100
 they set

00:11:51.100 --> 00:11:51.980
 Jesus up

00:11:51.980 --> 00:11:53.120
 as the real rebel

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 against both

00:11:53.740 --> 00:11:54.600
 Rome and God

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 and that's a

00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:00.319
 double whammy

00:12:00.319 --> 00:12:03.959
 and so we just

00:12:03.959 --> 00:12:04.779
 kept on shouting

00:12:04.779 --> 00:12:05.299
 we shouted

00:12:05.299 --> 00:12:06.179
 crucify him

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 crucify him

00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:07.720
 and then Pilate

00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:08.340
 gave the order

00:12:08.340 --> 00:12:09.340
 to release you

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 and to condemn

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 Jesus

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 here's the long

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 and short

00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:13.700
 of it Barabbas

00:12:13.700 --> 00:12:14.720
 the cross

00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:15.220
 the one that

00:12:15.220 --> 00:12:16.059
 had your name

00:12:16.059 --> 00:12:17.100
 written all over it

00:12:17.100 --> 00:12:18.740
 guards tripping

00:12:18.740 --> 00:12:19.600
 over each other

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 to be the first

00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:21.500
 to bang the nails

00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:22.620
 into your hands

00:12:22.620 --> 00:12:23.639
 and to say

00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:24.460
 good riddance

00:12:24.460 --> 00:12:28.500
 they put Jesus

00:12:28.500 --> 00:12:29.240
 on that cross

00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:29.960
 instead of you

00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:35.319
 and at that moment

00:12:35.319 --> 00:12:36.059
 I'm sure it becomes

00:12:36.059 --> 00:12:36.980
 crystal clear

00:12:36.980 --> 00:12:38.159
 to Barabbas

00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:41.159
 that this man

00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:42.319
 Jesus of Nazareth

00:12:42.319 --> 00:12:45.139
 physically took

00:12:45.139 --> 00:12:47.000
 his place

00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:51.500
 the rebel

00:12:51.500 --> 00:12:52.159
 declared to be

00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:52.539
 innocent

00:12:52.539 --> 00:12:55.620
 and the innocent

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 declared to be a rebel

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 so

00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:03.059
 good swap

00:13:03.059 --> 00:13:04.299
 or bad swap

00:13:04.299 --> 00:13:09.459
 well

00:13:09.459 --> 00:13:10.500
 as is so often

00:13:10.500 --> 00:13:10.879
 the case

00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:11.399
 in the bible

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 friends

00:13:11.939 --> 00:13:12.240
 there is

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 glorious

00:13:12.699 --> 00:13:13.159
 depth

00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:13.759
 to this

00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:16.759
 to be honest

00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:17.120
 I haven't really

00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:17.479
 seen them

00:13:17.479 --> 00:13:18.120
 until recently

00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:22.259
 and here it is

00:13:22.259 --> 00:13:24.139
 Barabbas' name

00:13:24.139 --> 00:13:24.699
 means

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 son of the

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 father

00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:29.079
 so

00:13:29.079 --> 00:13:30.079
 bar son

00:13:30.079 --> 00:13:30.899
 abba father

00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:31.959
 Barabbas

00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:32.540
 right

00:13:32.540 --> 00:13:33.759
 Barabbas

00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:34.120
 is

00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:34.980
 the son

00:13:34.980 --> 00:13:35.280
 of the

00:13:35.280 --> 00:13:35.620
 father

00:13:35.620 --> 00:13:37.259
 and in

00:13:37.259 --> 00:13:37.600
 Jesus

00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:38.340
 we have

00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:40.100
 a son

00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:40.379
 of the

00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:40.720
 father

00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:43.060
 so the

00:13:43.060 --> 00:13:43.400
 choice

00:13:43.400 --> 00:13:43.639
 here

00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:44.120
 really is

00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:44.420
 between

00:13:44.420 --> 00:13:44.740
 two

00:13:44.740 --> 00:13:45.160
 sons

00:13:45.160 --> 00:13:45.680
 and for

00:13:45.680 --> 00:13:45.960
 all

00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:46.379
 intents

00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:46.879
 and purposes

00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:47.300
 as you

00:13:47.300 --> 00:13:47.639
 consider

00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:47.920
 this

00:13:47.920 --> 00:13:48.220
 whole

00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:48.720
 chaotic

00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:49.139
 scene

00:13:49.139 --> 00:13:49.440
 I mean

00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:49.759
 it is

00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:50.160
 utter

00:13:50.160 --> 00:13:50.580
 bedlam

00:13:50.580 --> 00:13:50.820
 here

00:13:50.820 --> 00:13:51.060
 isn't

00:13:51.060 --> 00:13:51.740
 it

00:13:51.740 --> 00:13:52.160
 utter

00:13:52.160 --> 00:13:52.620
 bedlam

00:13:52.620 --> 00:13:53.840
 it

00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:54.300
 looks

00:13:54.300 --> 00:13:54.820
 like

00:13:54.820 --> 00:13:56.280
 they've

00:13:56.280 --> 00:13:56.639
 condemned

00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:57.100
 the wrong

00:13:57.100 --> 00:13:57.460
 son

00:13:57.460 --> 00:14:00.180
 but

00:14:00.180 --> 00:14:00.460
 here's

00:14:00.460 --> 00:14:00.700
 what we

00:14:00.700 --> 00:14:01.019
 need to

00:14:01.019 --> 00:14:01.259
 see

00:14:01.259 --> 00:14:01.500
 and I

00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:01.919
 think

00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:02.159
 it's

00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:02.299
 the

00:14:02.299 --> 00:14:02.539
 thing

00:14:02.539 --> 00:14:02.700
 that

00:14:02.700 --> 00:14:03.059
 Luke

00:14:03.059 --> 00:14:03.419
 wants

00:14:03.419 --> 00:14:03.580
 us

00:14:03.580 --> 00:14:03.740
 to

00:14:03.740 --> 00:14:04.080
 see

00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:05.639
 despite

00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:06.120
 all

00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:06.360
 this

00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:06.779
 chaos

00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:07.080
 despite

00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:07.500
 all

00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:07.759
 this

00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:08.460
 noise

00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:08.659
 and

00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:09.419
 commotion

00:14:09.419 --> 00:14:10.740
 and anger

00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:11.559
 and rage

00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:12.679
 and injustice

00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:13.559
 even though

00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:14.100
 the Jews

00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:14.740
 and Pilate

00:14:14.740 --> 00:14:15.279
 put forward

00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:15.799
 the wrong

00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:16.200
 one

00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:19.480
 God

00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:20.419
 put forward

00:14:20.419 --> 00:14:21.340
 the right

00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:21.659
 one

00:14:21.659 --> 00:14:25.200
 because it

00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:25.639
 looks like

00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:26.100
 Pilate

00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:26.419
 the one

00:14:26.419 --> 00:14:26.840
 in the

00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:27.220
 earthly

00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:27.679
 seat of

00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:27.939
 power

00:14:27.939 --> 00:14:28.179
 has

00:14:28.179 --> 00:14:28.799
 totally

00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:29.120
 lost

00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:29.500
 control

00:14:29.500 --> 00:14:29.840
 of this

00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:30.419
 situation

00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:32.139
 however

00:14:32.139 --> 00:14:33.659
 the

00:14:33.659 --> 00:14:34.039
 Lord

00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:34.399
 the one

00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:34.919
 who sits

00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:35.179
 in the

00:14:35.179 --> 00:14:35.539
 place

00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:35.839
 of all

00:14:35.839 --> 00:14:36.120
 power

00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:36.579
 the heavenly

00:14:36.579 --> 00:14:36.879
 seat

00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:37.360
 of power

00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:40.500
 in contrast

00:14:40.500 --> 00:14:42.199
 is in

00:14:42.199 --> 00:14:42.519
 total

00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:43.039
 control

00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:45.319
 as the

00:14:45.319 --> 00:14:45.599
 one

00:14:45.599 --> 00:14:46.299
 who so

00:14:46.299 --> 00:14:46.979
 loved

00:14:46.979 --> 00:14:47.699
 the world

00:14:47.699 --> 00:14:48.959
 that he

00:14:48.959 --> 00:14:49.559
 gave his

00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:49.899
 one and

00:14:49.899 --> 00:14:50.500
 only son

00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:50.899
 that all

00:14:50.899 --> 00:14:51.319
 who would

00:14:51.319 --> 00:14:51.839
 believe in

00:14:51.839 --> 00:14:52.199
 him would

00:14:52.199 --> 00:14:52.860
 not perish

00:14:52.860 --> 00:14:53.819
 but have

00:14:53.819 --> 00:14:55.079
 eternal

00:14:55.079 --> 00:14:55.559
 life

00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:55.939
 and so

00:14:55.939 --> 00:14:56.500
 see verse

00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:57.279
 25

00:14:57.279 --> 00:15:00.099
 somewhat

00:15:00.099 --> 00:15:00.899
 mysteriously

00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:01.679
 Luke just

00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:02.179
 kind of

00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:02.599
 drops in

00:15:02.599 --> 00:15:03.099
 that detail

00:15:03.099 --> 00:15:03.519
 right at

00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:03.799
 the end

00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:04.139
 there that

00:15:04.139 --> 00:15:04.519
 Pilate

00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:05.039
 surrendered

00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:05.759
 Jesus to

00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:06.379
 the crowd's

00:15:06.379 --> 00:15:06.619
 will

00:15:06.619 --> 00:15:08.819
 and that's

00:15:08.819 --> 00:15:09.099
 kind of the

00:15:09.099 --> 00:15:09.500
 view from

00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:10.239
 the street

00:15:10.239 --> 00:15:10.579
 level

00:15:10.579 --> 00:15:13.379
 however

00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:15.659
 the view

00:15:15.659 --> 00:15:16.099
 from

00:15:16.099 --> 00:15:17.699
 3000 feet

00:15:17.699 --> 00:15:18.019
 what's

00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:18.399
 actually

00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:19.059
 going on

00:15:19.059 --> 00:15:21.559
 is Jesus

00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:22.579
 wholeheartedly

00:15:22.579 --> 00:15:23.219
 surrendering

00:15:23.219 --> 00:15:23.959
 himself to

00:15:23.959 --> 00:15:24.659
 his father's

00:15:24.659 --> 00:15:24.859
 will

00:15:24.860 --> 00:15:28.560
 in pursuit

00:15:28.560 --> 00:15:28.940
 of his

00:15:28.940 --> 00:15:29.340
 people

00:15:29.340 --> 00:15:31.899
 Barabbas

00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:32.200
 is the

00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:32.620
 one man

00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.039
 in history

00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:33.419
 who can

00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:33.860
 say that

00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:34.139
 Jesus

00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:34.980
 literally

00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:36.060
 took the

00:15:36.060 --> 00:15:36.680
 cross that

00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:38.440
 was reserved

00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:38.860
 for my

00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:39.860
 wrongs

00:15:39.860 --> 00:15:43.560
 Jesus

00:15:43.560 --> 00:15:44.080
 bore the

00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:44.320
 guilt

00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:44.779
 the shame

00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:45.440
 the curse

00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:46.279
 that he

00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:46.740
 deserved

00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:47.240
 and he

00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:47.800
 received the

00:15:47.800 --> 00:15:48.159
 release

00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:48.560
 freedom

00:15:48.560 --> 00:15:49.019
 and life

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.779
 that Jesus

00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.399
 deserved

00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:53.860
 but this

00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:54.539
 man Barabbas

00:15:54.539 --> 00:15:55.219
 so profoundly

00:15:55.219 --> 00:15:55.819
 represents

00:15:55.819 --> 00:15:56.719
 all of us

00:15:56.719 --> 00:15:58.740
 and we

00:15:58.740 --> 00:15:59.179
 might not

00:15:59.179 --> 00:15:59.620
 share his

00:15:59.620 --> 00:16:00.000
 life

00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:01.439
 but we

00:16:01.439 --> 00:16:02.019
 certainly

00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:02.719
 all share

00:16:02.719 --> 00:16:03.379
 his sin

00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:04.240
 and shame

00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.079
 and because

00:16:05.079 --> 00:16:05.860
 we share

00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:06.339
 his sin

00:16:06.339 --> 00:16:06.759
 we share

00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:07.579
 his sentence

00:16:07.579 --> 00:16:09.659
 rebels

00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:10.860
 guilty

00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:10.860


00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.759
 awaiting

00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.399
 death

00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:14.399
 and couldn't

00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:15.039
 care less

00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:17.379
 totally

00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:17.899
 helpless

00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:18.759
 totally

00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:19.360
 passive

00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:19.980
 when it

00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:20.539
 comes to

00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:21.299
 this cosmic

00:16:21.299 --> 00:16:21.779
 drama

00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:23.079
 and yet

00:16:23.079 --> 00:16:23.639
 Jesus

00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:24.419
 took our

00:16:24.419 --> 00:16:24.939
 place

00:16:24.939 --> 00:16:27.899
 he gets

00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.500
 what we

00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.120
 deserved

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.600
 and we

00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:31.419
 get what

00:16:31.419 --> 00:16:32.480
 he deserved

00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:34.200
 and that's

00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:34.639
 why Martin

00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:34.980
 Luther

00:16:34.980 --> 00:16:35.639
 the famous

00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:37.899
 reformation

00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:38.340
 individual

00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:38.860
 looked upon

00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:39.279
 the cross

00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:39.759
 of Christ

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.120
 and he

00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:40.820
 called it

00:16:40.820 --> 00:16:42.100
 the great

00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:42.720
 exchange

00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:44.560
 the greatest

00:16:44.560 --> 00:16:45.259
 exchange in

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:46.000
 all of history

00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:47.019
 Jesus gives up

00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:47.700
 his life so

00:16:47.700 --> 00:16:48.420
 that all who

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 would come to

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 him in faith

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 and trust

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 in him

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 can by

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 faith

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 know the

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 joy of

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 forgiveness

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 of sins

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 past

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 present

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 and future

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 we can

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 go free

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 and we

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 can live

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 as sons

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 and daughters

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 of the

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 living God

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 we can

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 live our

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 lives

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 as the

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 sons of

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 the father

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 loved

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 forgiven

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 ransomed

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!

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 adopted!

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 This is

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 the glory

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 of the

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 cross

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 how

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 marvelous

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 and yet

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 how horrific

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 is this

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 place

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 that God

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 the father

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 sent God

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 the son

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 who willingly

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 came to

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 die for

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 people like

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 Barabbas

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 and people

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 like us

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 and he

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 holds out

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 his nail

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 pierced hands

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 tonight and

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 says would

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 you come

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 would you

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 come and

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 see that I

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 died in

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 your place

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 for your

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 sin for

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 your forgiveness

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 would you

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 have faith

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 in me

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 friends good

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 swap or

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 bad swap

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 the words

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 of Charles

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 Wesley

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 and can

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 it be

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 that I

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 should

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 gain

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 an interest

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 in the

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 saviour's

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 blood

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 died he

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 for me

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 who caused

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 his pain

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 for me

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 who him

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 to death

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 pursued

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 amazing love

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 how can

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 it be

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 that thou

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 my God

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 should die

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 for me

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 so just

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 in a few

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 moments we

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 are going

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 to sing

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 and then we're

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 going to move

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 into a time

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 of communion

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 together but

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 why don't we

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 just be

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 silent and

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 be still

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 before our

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 God

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 bring before

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 him our

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 anxieties

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 our worries

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 our sins

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 run to him

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 knowing the

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 forgiveness

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 that is found

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 in this man

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 who took

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 our place

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 and then I'll

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 pray and

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 we'll stand

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 to sing

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 God made

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 him

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 who had

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 no sin

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 to be sin

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 for us

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 so that

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 in him

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 we might

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 become

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 the

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 righteousness

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 of God

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 and so

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 father we

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 praise you

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 this evening

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 for sending

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 your son

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 Jesus

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 to rescue

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 us through

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 his precious

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 blood shed

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 on the cross

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 thank you

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 for the

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 forgiveness

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 and the

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 peace

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 and the

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 newness of

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 life

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 that we

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 have in

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 him

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 lord help

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 us

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 savor it

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 more

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 father for

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 those of us

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 here tonight

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 lord and we

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 feel distant

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 we feel

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 far

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 lord would

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 we be

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 reminded that

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 by our

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 faith we

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 are connected

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 to the

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 most loving

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 and strong

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 of saviors

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 father for

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 those of us

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 maybe here

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 tonight we're

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 not sure what

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 we make of

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 all this

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 stuff

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 would your

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 spirit be

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 taking the

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 message of

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 the cross and

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 be applying it

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 deep into our

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 hearts

00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:01.079
 convince us of

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 the truth that

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 there's none

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 like him

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 and so be

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 with us now

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 lord as we

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 sing and as we

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 take communion

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 together we

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 pray all of

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 these things in

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 jesus's precious

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 name amen