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 We're parachuting in, so to speak, to the middle of Mark's description of Jesus' crucifixion.

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 As we saw last week in verses 16 to 32, Mark really aimed to express what Jesus endured

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 in the process of crucifixion itself, namely mockery, brutality, blasphemy.

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 And we walked through that text last week.

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 But there's a noticeable shift in the text that we just read.

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 When we get to verse 33, Mark is still describing the crucifixion, but he has moved away from

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 a focus on the cross to a focus on the death of Christ itself.

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 To say it another way, Mark is moving in the earlier section, telling us of the physical

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 suffering that Jesus endured, to now he is focused on, in this present passage, communicating

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 the atoning work that Jesus accomplished.

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 Do you see the difference?

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 In one sense last week, we focused on this is the physical nature, for the most part, the

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 physical nature of what Jesus endured.

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 And now Mark moves on immediately to the most important facet of all of that, which is why

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 that physical suffering even matters.

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 What was actually the purpose of it?

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 It was a finished work of atonement that Jesus was providing for sinners.

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 So our concern with Jesus' crucifixion then is not merely about the excruciating way that

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 he died, but about the spiritual purpose that his death achieved, which we would say in one

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 simple word, it achieved a substitution, a substitution for sinners.

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 And this substitution is not something that has been looked back upon by Christians and contrived

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 in an effort to try to piece things together as they've looked at it.

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 This is actually the pattern of the Bible.

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 The Old Testament prophesied this substitution.

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 Jesus himself declared this substitution as we have studied all the way through Mark's gospel.

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 It was symbolized most recently in our study in Barabbas, who was set free at Jesus' trial,

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 and then as you work on through the New Testament, it is explained in explicit detail by the apostles.

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 And of course, we're reminded of Isaiah 53, which we have referenced so often in these last few weeks.

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 This passage corresponds very hopefully to verses 4 through 6.

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 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows,

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 yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

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 But he was pierced for our transgressions.

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 He was crushed for our iniquities.

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 Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.

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 That's the significance of this text.

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 That's why we care about the cross.

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 And that's what I'd like for us to explore this morning.

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 Four things that I want to point out to you.

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 The first two will take us a good bit of a time, and then we'll move somewhat quickly through the last two.

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 So if you get to the point after about the second point, and you're just ready to be done with this,

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 don't worry.

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 We're close, okay?

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 Number one, if you want to keep notes,

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 I want you to see the judgment of God.

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 The judgment of God.

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 Look with me at verse 33.

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 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

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 Now I want to go ahead and pause here,

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 and I want to take just a moment to consider the nature and the purpose of this darkness

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 that descended upon the region around Jerusalem.

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 Mark tells us that this darkness enveloped the region at the sixth hour,

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 which according to Jewish reckoning of time was midday.

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 It was noon.

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 And the darkness continued until Jesus' final breath at three in the afternoon.

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 Now the significance of this is its timing.

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 Darkness descended upon the land, not clouds.

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 This isn't a storm that just kind of rolls into the area of Jerusalem.

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 That's not what we're told in the text.

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 We're told in the text this is actually a supernatural darkness

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 that descends upon this particular region at this time.

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 And the significance is it appears and it descends upon this region

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 at the brightest part of the day.

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 There's no natural way to explain it.

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 The timing of Passover actually renders a full solar eclipse an impossibility

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 because Passover took place at the new moon, not the full moon.

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 So it couldn't be that there was, it's not astronomically possible

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 that there would be a solar eclipse that we could point to and say,

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 well, this was just kind of coincidental.

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 That's not what's happening here.

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 What was taking place at the moment of Jesus' crucifixion

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 was an astronomical anomaly attributed only to

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 the supernatural power of the creator God.

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 Now that shouldn't come as surprising to us if we're students of the Bible

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 because the kids just quoted just a few moments ago in Genesis 1.26

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 that God created not only us, but he created everything that we see

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 and that he rules over those things.

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 And that part of the blessing of knowing him

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 is that we can see his hand at work in the creation around us.

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 So if he created all that there is and he created the things that we see in the world,

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 including the sun and the moon and the stars,

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 as the Bible affirms that he did,

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 then it should come as no surprise to us then

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 that he would actually have power over those things.

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 That in his divine power,

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 he could bring darkness at whatever moment he wanted to bring darkness.

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 And it appears that that's exactly what is happening here in verse 33.

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 But this darkness was not an expression of divine mourning.

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 That's not the reason for it.

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 It's not that God was so distraught by what man was doing to his son

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 that almost in a sense, maybe we would imagine it this way,

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 that there was an expression of his emotional volatility in this moment

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 that ushered in this darkness,

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 just so that everybody would know that Jesus was upset at what they were doing

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 or that God was upset with what they were doing to Jesus.

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 That's not what this darkness is about.

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 It's not divine mourning.

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 This darkness is a divine judgment.

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 The Old Testament speaks of prophecies,

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 particularly in Amos chapter 8.

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 It speaks of prophecies of midday darkness

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 sent by God in reference to his divine judgment

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 against sin and sinners.

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 Many scholars see even in this darkness a parallel to the ninth plague in the book of Exodus,

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 which was darkness that continued through the moment of Passover

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 where there was a death that resulted in the freedom

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 and the exodus of God's people out of bondage in Egypt.

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 In either case, no matter which one you would want to attribute it to,

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 or maybe it's to be attributed to both things in some dimension,

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 in either case, there's no doubt that this darkness

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 is a sign of the Father's judgment against sin.

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 It's an expression of it.

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 But the fact that we cannot overlook

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 is that Jesus had no sin for which to be judged.

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 So what is this darkness then about?

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 It's not about God's judgment on us.

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 It's about God's judgment on Christ, the sinless one,

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 who on the cross absorbs the wrath of God in the place of sinners.

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 And God expresses this in a visible sign through midday darkness.

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 And then it's affirmed by Jesus' own statement.

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 Look at verse 34.

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 And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice,

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 Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani,

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 which means, my God, my God,

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 why have you forsaken me?

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 So the darkness then is a visible expression of the divine judgment

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 that Jesus was in that moment genuinely experiencing.

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 And perhaps for us to understand this best,

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 we need to be reminded that the ultimate punishment for sin

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 is spiritual death,

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 which the New Testament affirms as alienation from God,

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 separation from the creator.

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 In becoming a man,

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 Jesus experienced the fullness of humanity

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 with one exception up to this point.

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 The one exception is that his relationship with the father was not broken.

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 But remember, it's sin that brings death and separation from God.

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 But Jesus did not sin.

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 At that moment, in the hours of his crucifixion,

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 Jesus was truly experiencing what he had foreseen

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 with profound horror in the garden of Gethsemane.

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 Remember in our earlier study,

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 Jesus cries out to God three different times.

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 He goes back and he cries to the father,

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 if it be possible,

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 let this cup of divine wrath pass from me.

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 And then of course he affirms in that moment,

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 not my will, but your will.

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 An amazing pattern for us to follow as we studied that.

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 But what was his anguish over in the garden?

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 It wasn't merely what he foresaw in his physical suffering.

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 His anguish in the garden was about this moment.

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 For the first time,

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 experiencing true separation from the father

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 in the sense of bearing our sin.

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 And after hours of silent suffering,

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 Jesus cried out, quoting verse one of Psalm 22,

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 my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

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 And it's amazing how instinctively

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 Jesus expressed himself in biblical language.

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 Something we see him do over and over and over.

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 And then here again on the cross,

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 the way that Jesus expresses himself

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 is with his very words,

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 the words of God,

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 the words of the Old Testament.

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 I think that might be just as a side note,

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 a good lesson for us to make note of.

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 In these moments,

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 Jesus doesn't express himself in just human feelings.

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 He expresses himself through the lens of the word of God.

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 Maybe we would be helped to do that ourselves.

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 But we don't need to be confused by his statement here.

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 We shouldn't interpret Jesus's cry here

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 as a question for which he had no answer.

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 That's not really what Jesus is doing.

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 He's not asking the father a question

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 that he had no answer for.

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 Jesus knew all along what would happen to him.

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 He knew all along exactly why this was happening.

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 And he was willingly enduring it for our sakes.

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 So he wasn't asking a question.

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 He was using scripture to give voice

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 to what he was going through at that moment.

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 And what he was going through at that moment

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 in bearing our sin

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 was the separation from the father

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 as sin bearer.

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 And praise God that he made this cry from the cross.

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 Because had he not made this cry from the cross,

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 we would have terrible difficulty

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 grasping the true nature of his suffering in this moment.

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 But his suffering wasn't just about his body's pain.

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 His suffering ultimately was about being the bearer of our sin.

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 You said God's holy nature demanded separation

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 as the son became sin.

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 Not even the most evil man, he goes on to write,

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 including Nero and Hitler,

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 has ever known in this life

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 the horror of being completely cut off from God.

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 But Christ knew it in this moment.

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 Now I want to take a moment to let this marinate.

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 And I know that can produce all kinds of other questions

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 that we don't have time to get into today.

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 And there's answers for those questions

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 if you're thinking that we can get to later.

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 But I want you to just let this marinate for a moment.

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 On the cross,

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 the sinless son of God

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 endured what sinners are destined to suffer

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 for all eternity.

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 And I wonder how often we consider the death of Christ

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 without clearly recognizing

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 that it is our personal sin

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 that made it necessary.

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 I think we tend to view

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 Jesus' sacrifice for sin in abstraction.

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 That is that we see sin theoretically

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 and we understand the dynamic

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 that Jesus died for sin and for sinners,

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 but we don't always personalize that

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 in a way that the gospel demands.

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 We think that sin is this thing

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 that's kind of out there,

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 just kind of this whole big thing

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 that the whole earth is just kind of

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 inadvertently plagued by

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 and that when Jesus died on the cross,

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 he was dying for like this kind of thing

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 that's just out there.

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 And we never really truly bring it

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 into concrete terms.

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 We think of it theoretically,

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 we fail to acknowledge

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 the words of that song that we just sang.

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 It was my sin that held him there

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 until it was accomplished.

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 The reality is that it is yours and my deceits,

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 yours and my immoralities,

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 yours and my slanders,

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 yours and my rebellions,

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 yours and my thefts,

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 yours and my abuses,

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 yours and my envies,

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 yours and my sin.

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 It is our sin,

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 my sin,

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 Jared's sin

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 that made the death of Jesus

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 necessary for our salvation.

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 And I'll never forget

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 when Ashlyn first made

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 a profession of faith and conversion.

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 She's always been so good

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 at memorizing things

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 and she could explain the gospel

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 better than some adults could

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 before she had ever actually professed faith

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 in the gospel.

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 Which tells us something

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 that's helpful

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 about the nature of conversion.

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 Just having an intellectual knowledge

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 of the things of God

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 is not sufficient for salvation.

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 And she could tell you

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 all of those things.

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 And I remember one day

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 we're working through all the stuff.

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 She had been catechized thoroughly

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 on the fact that Jesus died for sin.

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 Jesus died for sinners.

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 But I remember the first time

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 that she finally realized

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 that it wasn't just that Jesus died for sin,

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 this kind of abstract notion

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 of sinful existence,

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 but that he died for her sin,

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 for her lies.

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 Maybe you know that Jesus died for sin,

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 but you've just never really seen yourself

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 as much of a sinner.

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 And I want to tell you

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 that Jesus did not die for sin conceptually.

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 He died for it actually.

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 And the only way possible for him to do that

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 is if the sin for which he died

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 was ours personally.

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 Your sin,

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 your rebellion,

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 your lies,

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 your fill in the blank,

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 that's what held him to the tree.

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 That's what made his death necessary.

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 That's what he was absorbing in that moment.

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 God's wrath against you,

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 not people against you and me.

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 And just to show you that

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 I'm not just making this up.

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 This is in the text itself.

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 1 Peter 2 in verse 24.

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 Peter says he himself bore our sins

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 in his body on the tree

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 that we might die to sin

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 and live to righteousness.

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 By his wounds,

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 we have been healed,

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 Peter writes,

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 quoting Isaiah 53.

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 Paul says it to the Corinthians,

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 2 Corinthians 5, 21.

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 For our sake,

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 he made him to be sin

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 who knew no sin

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 so that in him

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 we might become

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 the righteousness of God.

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 He says it again

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 to the Galatians.

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 Galatians chapter 3

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 and verse 13.

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 Christ redeemed us

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 from the curse of the law

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 by becoming a curse

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 for us.

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 For it is written,

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 quote,

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 cursed is everyone

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 who hangs on a tree.

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 What is the significance

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 of this moment?

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 In this moment,

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 in this darkness,

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 with this statement

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 of being forsaken

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 by the Father,

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 Jesus becomes our sin bearer.

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 He takes our sin.

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 He suffers in our place.

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 Verse 35.

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 Just as today,

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 there were many people

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 standing by

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 who didn't get it.

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 Some of the bystanders

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 hearing it said,

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 behold,

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 he is calling Elijah.

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 And someone ran

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 and filled a sponge

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 with sour wine

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 to put it on a reed

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 and gave it to him

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 to drink saying,

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 wait,

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 let us see

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 whether Elijah

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 will come

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 to take him down.

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 Now,

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 I need to leave it

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 to you

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 to do some

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 of the digging

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 necessary

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 to mind these verses

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 or we'll never finish.

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 As Alistair

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 regularly says,

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 you are sensible people

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 and with a little effort

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 you can determine

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 these things,

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 you can work

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 these things out.

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 The basic point here

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 is that the Jews

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 standing by

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 completely misunderstood

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 and misinterpreted

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 Jesus' cry

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 from the cross.

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 And there's some

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 explanation from this

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 we could point to.

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 If you look at the words

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 that Mark gives us

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 the Aramaic language

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 that Jesus would have

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 actually cried out,

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 Eloi, Eloi,

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 Lema Sabachthani,

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 and then he translates

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 it in Greek

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 which we then have

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 in English,

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 my God,

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 my God,

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 why have you

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 forsaken me?

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 In Aramaic,

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 there's only a single

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 letter difference

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 between the phrase

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 my God

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 and the name Elijah.

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 If you take

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 what for us

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 in the text

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 in verse 34

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 is an O

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 or in Greek

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 would be an Omicron,

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 you take that out

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 and you just have

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 the E-L-I,

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 that would be

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 the Aramaic word

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 for Elijah.

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 So it's possible

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 that the people

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 standing,

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 the Jews at least,

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 that were standing

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 by the cross

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 when they hear

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 Jesus cry this out,

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 they perhaps confuse

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 his language

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 and say he's calling

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 out for Elijah.

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 But why would they

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 ever think that

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 he would call out

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 for Elijah

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 in that moment?

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 Scholars say

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 there was a Jewish

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 superstition at work

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 in the first century

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 where they viewed

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 Elijah as sort of

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 a patron saint

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 in the way that

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 some religions

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 would view

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 sainthood today.

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 And that Elijah

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 was the patron saint,

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 so to speak,

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 over righteous

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 sufferers.

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 And in unique

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:36.980
 cases of injustice,

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:38.599
 they could cry out

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 to God

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 and God would

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 send Elijah.

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 Now this is not

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 actual,

00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.619
 this is just in

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 some of the

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 rabbinic thought

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 of the day.

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 That God would

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 send Elijah

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 and Elijah

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 would rescue

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.940
 them in some way

00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:51.500
 in that moment.

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 And it appears

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 that this might

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.940
 be the best

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.639
 explanation

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 for their confusion.

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 So what did

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.099
 the people do?

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.500
 They gave him

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 some wine vinegar.

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 This is different

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.339
 from the drink,

00:21:03.459 --> 00:21:04.119
 the narcotic

00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:04.799
 that was offered

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.539
 to him earlier

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 that we talked

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 about last week.

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 And they gave him

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 this so that they

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 could try to

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 prolong his life

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.779
 long enough

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:13.619
 to see if Elijah

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 would indeed come

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:16.099
 to rescue him.

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 That's the language.

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:18.419
 Some bystanders

00:21:18.419 --> 00:21:19.059
 hearing it said,

00:21:19.159 --> 00:21:19.399
 behold,

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.519
 he's calling Elijah.

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.519
 They run and fill

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.059
 a sponge.

00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.179
 John tells us

00:21:23.179 --> 00:21:24.039
 Jesus had actually

00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:25.039
 mentioned his thirst

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:26.480
 to prolong his life,

00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:27.620
 to hear his voice

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:28.680
 perhaps more clearly.

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:30.279
 They usher this

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:31.460
 wine vinegar to him

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.740
 to refresh him

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.519
 in some way.

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 And then they say,

00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:35.720
 wait,

00:21:36.360 --> 00:21:37.240
 let us see

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.839
 if Elijah

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:39.039
 will actually come.

00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:40.120
 Let's see

00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:40.620
 if he'll come

00:21:40.620 --> 00:21:41.019
 to help him.

00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.640
 Let's see

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.740
 if this might be

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.599
 some kind of proof

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:44.920
 that we have

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.839
 messed up here.

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.140
 James Edwards

00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:49.640
 affirms this thought.

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.519
 The bystanders

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:50.900
 then,

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:52.220
 as some today,

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.660
 fail to see

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.880
 that Jesus fulfills

00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:56.200
 God's plan

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:56.820
 of redemption

00:21:56.820 --> 00:21:58.860
 precisely in

00:21:58.860 --> 00:21:59.680
 his suffering

00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:02.140
 by giving his life

00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:03.340
 a ransom for many

00:22:03.340 --> 00:22:05.380
 by taking the curse

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:05.920
 of humanity

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.680
 on himself.

00:22:07.540 --> 00:22:08.100
 And here's the point

00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:08.520
 I want to get

00:22:08.520 --> 00:22:09.320
 across to you here.

00:22:11.080 --> 00:22:12.040
 These people

00:22:12.040 --> 00:22:14.060
 are staring

00:22:14.060 --> 00:22:16.980
 directly at the cross

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:19.740
 but they can't see it.

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 and I'm concerned

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:26.420
 that many Christian churches

00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:27.059
 are filled

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.039
 with precisely

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:29.380
 this type of person.

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.620
 Their lives

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.380
 are surrounded

00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:34.700
 by the clear truth

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.319
 of the gospel

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:36.599
 but they keep

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.500
 fiddling around

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.099
 with things

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:39.079
 that are entirely

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:40.059
 irrelevant

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:41.579
 to the true purpose

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.400
 of the cross.

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.480
 They wear crosses

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.559
 around their necks

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.380
 and offer prayers

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:48.319
 and public worship

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:49.399
 but the idea

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:50.099
 that Jesus

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:51.299
 absorbed the wrath

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.939
 of God

00:22:51.939 --> 00:22:52.859
 in place

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.399
 of sinners

00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:54.679
 is the furthest

00:22:54.679 --> 00:22:55.859
 thing from their minds.

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:58.000
 And what a shame

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.679
 it would be

00:22:58.679 --> 00:23:00.119
 to sit in service

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:00.919
 after service

00:23:00.919 --> 00:23:01.639
 where the truth

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.220
 of the gospel

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:03.139
 is taught

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:03.819
 and preached

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:05.159
 and remain ignorant

00:23:05.159 --> 00:23:06.539
 of its significance

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.639
 to your life.

00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:10.099
 It would be like

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:11.079
 standing beside

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.700
 the cross

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:13.000
 gazing upon

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.539
 the crucifixion itself

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:16.079
 witnessing Jesus

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:17.119
 become the Savior

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:18.399
 but your only thought

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:19.059
 in that moment

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:20.039
 is I wonder

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.519
 who's going

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.500
 to save him.

00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:24.299
 Fiddling around

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:24.779
 with things

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.599
 that don't matter.

00:23:26.459 --> 00:23:27.139
 Fiddling around

00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:27.619
 with things

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:28.579
 that are irrelevant.

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:31.199
 What a tragedy

00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:31.959
 that would be.

00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.819
 Well that's

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.199
 the judgment

00:23:35.199 --> 00:23:35.539
 of God.

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.079
 Let's look at

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:36.899
 the finished work

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:38.139
 of atonement.

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.959
 The finished work

00:23:39.959 --> 00:23:41.799
 of atonement.

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:44.240
 So if verses

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.379
 33 to 36

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:46.480
 reveal the divine

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.599
 judgment of God

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.899
 being poured out

00:23:48.899 --> 00:23:49.460
 on Jesus

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:51.519
 verses 37

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.319
 and 38

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:53.419
 communicate

00:23:53.419 --> 00:23:54.899
 the sufficiency

00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:57.220
 of Christ's death

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:58.000
 as an atonement

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.579
 for sin.

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:00.680
 Okay?

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.079
 So stick with me.

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.740
 First few verses

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:05.079
 God's judgment

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:06.419
 put on Christ.

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.720
 Now we see

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:10.099
 it worked.

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:10.859
 Okay?

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.759
 That's the point.

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.200
 The word we use

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.619
 for this

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.559
 in theological terms

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.500
 even in biblical terms

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:17.039
 is propitiation

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 which just means

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:20.220
 that Christ's death

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:22.940
 totally satisfied

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:24.059
 appeased

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.759
 the wrath of God.

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 We sing this

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.759
 in Christ alone.

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.019
 We sing this

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:30.779
 till on that cross

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.980
 as Jesus died

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:33.559
 the wrath of God

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:35.039
 was satisfied

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:36.819
 for every sin

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.980
 on him was laid

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:39.139
 here in the death

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:39.759
 of Christ

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 I live.

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.419
 Okay?

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:43.800
 He took our place.

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.920
 He appeased

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:46.140
 God's wrath

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:48.180
 and that Jesus'

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:48.980
 sacrifice

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:50.400
 was sufficient

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.840
 to pay for our sins

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:53.039
 is proven

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.019
 in his resurrection.

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.880
 It's validated there.

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.240
 We'll get there

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.960
 in a couple of weeks

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:58.519
 but it's also

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.920
 clearly expressed here.

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:01.440
 Look at verse 37.

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 Jesus uttered

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.340
 a loud cry

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 and breathed

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.959
 his last.

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 You say,

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.279
 well that doesn't

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.799
 really actually

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.459
 tell us anything,

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 Jared.

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:11.899
 Well you're right.

00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.679
 We have to go outside

00:25:12.679 --> 00:25:13.419
 of Mark's gospel

00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:14.699
 to actually piece this together.

00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:16.359
 Mark doesn't identify

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:18.339
 exactly what Jesus cried

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:20.039
 only that he did cry out

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 and I really think

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.319
 that the reason for that

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:23.299
 is in the brevity

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:25.099
 of his narrative

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 he wants us

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 to really see

00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:28.000
 the response

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 of the centurion

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 to the way

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.679
 that Jesus cried.

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.400
 We'll get there

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:31.759
 in a minute.

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.880
 Just hang tight, okay?

00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:34.759
 We have to go to Luke

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.460
 and John

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.140
 to find out

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:37.060
 what exactly

00:25:37.060 --> 00:25:38.519
 Jesus cried out.

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 They record

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.980
 two statements

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:42.700
 that constitute

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:44.039
 this loud cry

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.700
 that's mentioned

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.420
 by Mark.

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 The first one

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:47.940
 we find in John 19

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 and it is the cry

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:52.299
 it is finished.

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 It is finished.

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 I'll read the verse

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:55.740
 to you.

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.500
 John 19

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.220
 and verse 30

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.360
 when Jesus

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:59.160
 had received

00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:00.160
 the sour wine

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 he said

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:02.500
 it is finished

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:04.600
 and he bowed

00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:05.080
 his head

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:06.580
 and gave up

00:26:06.580 --> 00:26:07.140
 his spirit.

00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:10.860
 So when Jesus

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:12.060
 musters up

00:26:12.060 --> 00:26:12.640
 the strength

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.360
 to cry out

00:26:13.360 --> 00:26:14.540
 it is finished

00:26:14.540 --> 00:26:16.440
 he's not

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.420
 referring there

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.880
 to

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:19.940
 he is finished

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:21.660
 he's referring

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.420
 to the fact

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:24.060
 that his work

00:26:24.060 --> 00:26:25.820
 is finished.

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:29.240
 John chapter 10

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.299
 Jesus explicitly

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.839
 said

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.740
 his mission

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.500
 was from the

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.859
 father

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 was to lay

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.759
 down his life

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 and to take

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:36.779
 it up again

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.900
 for an atonement

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.500
 for sin.

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.839
 It is finished

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:42.140
 is Jesus'

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.240
 declaration

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:45.019
 that the task

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.920
 he was sent

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.680
 to accomplish

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.920
 has been

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.579
 fully

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:50.140
 and perfectly

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:51.339
 brought to

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:51.880
 completion.

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.339
 That's the

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.779
 significance

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.720
 of this statement.

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.539
 There's a Greek word

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.079
 I know you don't care

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.559
 about that I'm just

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.000
 going to tell you

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.579
 because it's helpful

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:58.879
 here.

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:01.179
 It's tetelestai

00:27:01.179 --> 00:27:02.240
 tetelestai

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.099
 it's in the

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:04.019
 perfect tense

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.399
 which communicates

00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:06.879
 a past action

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:08.299
 that has an

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.359
 ongoing effect

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:10.299
 if that makes sense.

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.019
 So it's in the

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.619
 past tense

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.299
 in one way

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.000
 but it's in the

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.500
 past tense

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.159
 not simply

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:15.039
 bringing completion

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.740
 to a moment

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.819
 but completion

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.759
 to an action

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.559
 that has

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.940
 lasting effects

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.839
 moving forward

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.539
 in the present

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.819
 and into the future.

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.519
 That's the language

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.779
 that Jesus uses here

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.240
 that Mark

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.259
 communicates Jesus

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.779
 or John

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.680
 communicates Jesus'

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.899
 language as.

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.839
 So Jesus

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.559
 was in essence

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.139
 saying

00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:33.859
 it has been

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:36.019
 and it forever

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:37.099
 will be

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:38.480
 finished.

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.899
 And here's

00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:41.720
 why that matters.

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.980
 The work

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.680
 that Jesus

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.299
 accomplished

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:46.019
 for us

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.879
 on the cross

00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:48.940
 is an eternally

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:50.039
 finished

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.940
 work

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:52.000
 that will not

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.839
 be withdrawn

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:54.139
 and it cannot

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:55.779
 be undone.

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.299
 The sin

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.959
 that God

00:27:58.959 --> 00:27:59.819
 poured out

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.699
 on his son

00:28:00.699 --> 00:28:01.879
 will never

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:02.659
 have to be

00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.339
 paid for

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:04.159
 again

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.879
 meaning

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.859
 that all

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:07.000
 who believe

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:08.399
 can rest assured

00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:09.319
 in the promise

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.279
 of eternal

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.519
 salvation.

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.980
 What Jesus

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:14.039
 did on the cross

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.819
 was a once

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.439
 and for all

00:28:15.439 --> 00:28:15.899
 work.

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:17.259
 It is finished.

00:28:17.459 --> 00:28:18.519
 It is accomplished.

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.519
 And no matter

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.399
 how much

00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:21.259
 on your worst

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:22.039
 day you feel

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.940
 like you just

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.539
 emotionally

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.319
 may not

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.920
 be saved

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.539
 you could

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.220
 never point

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.960
 to the sacrifice

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.539
 of Christ

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.159
 and say

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.559
 there was

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.480
 something lacking

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.019
 in what he

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.299
 did.

00:28:31.159 --> 00:28:32.119
 He covered

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.659
 it all.

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:33.879
 He took

00:28:33.879 --> 00:28:34.399
 it all.

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.819
 He drank

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.460
 the cup

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:38.019
 every last

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.639
 drop

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.379
 of God's

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.799
 wrath

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.740
 and in this

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.180
 moment

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.839
 at his

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.680
 dying breath

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.240
 he cries

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.599
 out

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.940
 my work

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:46.079
 is finished

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:47.279
 atonement

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.700
 has been

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.659
 made.

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.299
 And Paul

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.919
 tells us

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:52.359
 in Romans

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:52.839
 6

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:54.019
 we know

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.859
 that Christ

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.819
 being raised

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.220
 from the

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.599
 dead

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.980
 will never

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:59.059
 die again.

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.440
 Death

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:01.159
 no longer

00:29:01.159 --> 00:29:01.879
 has dominion

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.500
 over him

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:04.159
 for the

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:04.740
 death he

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.279
 died

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.059
 he died

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.799
 to sin

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:08.539
 once

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.659
 for all

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:10.899
 but the

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.519
 life he

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:11.879
 lives

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.279
 he lives

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.799
 to God

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.359
 and then

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.919
 Paul puts

00:29:13.919 --> 00:29:14.399
 it in

00:29:14.399 --> 00:29:15.139
 practical

00:29:15.139 --> 00:29:15.539
 terms

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.139
 for us.

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.839
 So you

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.399
 also

00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:19.039
 those who

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.559
 are in

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:19.960
 Christ

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.460
 those who

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.839
 are

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.579
 believers

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.519
 so you

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.980
 also

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.319
 must

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:23.799
 consider

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.519
 yourselves

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.440
 dead

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:26.139
 to sin

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:27.480
 and alive

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.099
 to God

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:29.279
 in Christ

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.740
 Jesus.

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.359
 It's a

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.099
 finished work

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.740
 accomplished

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.980
 by Jesus

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.720
 alone

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:36.319
 which means

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.819
 that it's

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.339
 sufficient

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.619
 to cover

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.440
 your sin

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:40.420
 for all

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:41.079
 of eternity.

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.839
 No more

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.480
 payment must

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.059
 be made.

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.579
 There's no

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.279
 place for you

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.700
 to go

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.359
 and be

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:47.639
 sent

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.180
 after this

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.559
 life

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.440
 to suffer

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.240
 to pay

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.720
 for what

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.079
 Jesus

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.519
 didn't

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.079
 pay for.

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.519
 No it's

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.079
 been paid.

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.299
 It's

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.879
 finished.

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.700
 Tetelestai.

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.899
 It's

00:29:58.899 --> 00:29:59.359
 finished.

00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:00.799
 Well he

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.200
 says another

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.859
 statement Luke

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.519
 tells us this

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.059
 one in Luke

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.920
 chapter 23.

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.180
 Father

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:07.799
 into your

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.240
 hands

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.420
 I commit

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:10.019
 my spirit.

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.740
 Another

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.319
 quote from

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.180
 Psalm 22

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:15.240
 Luke 23

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.620
 and verse

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:16.279
 46

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.980
 then Jesus

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.660
 calling out

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.160
 with a loud

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.900
 voice said

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.759
 Father

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.859
 into your

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.279
 hands I

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.779
 commit my

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.160
 spirit.

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.480
 And having

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.160
 said this

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.880
 he breathed

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.960
 his last.

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.200
 This final

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.779
 statement

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:32.779
 affirms that

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.620
 Jesus gave

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.200
 his life.

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:36.079
 It was not

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.980
 taken from

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.240
 him.

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.599
 He gave

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:39.880
 it.

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.559
 Over and

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:42.980
 over we

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.519
 have seen

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.059
 Jesus'

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:45.019
 power and

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.659
 opportunity

00:30:45.659 --> 00:30:46.779
 to overcome

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.539
 his enemies

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.679
 and escape

00:30:48.679 --> 00:30:49.200
 the agony

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.480
 of the

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.899
 cross.

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.299
 His

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.960
 adversaries

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.500
 as he

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.799
 hung on

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.139
 the cross

00:30:54.139 --> 00:30:54.500
 we saw

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.000
 last week

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:56.139
 even taunted

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.899
 him to

00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:57.539
 this end.

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.379
 If you're

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:58.740
 really the

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.200
 Christ

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.960
 save

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.599
 yourself.

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.500
 Take

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.159
 yourself

00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:03.079
 off the

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.579
 cross they

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.019
 cried.

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.259
 But again

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.940
 they misunderstood

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.559
 the whole

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:06.919
 thing.

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.059
 Jesus

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.720
 didn't need

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.220
 a savior.

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:12.299
 this is

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.680
 what he

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.059
 had come

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.559
 to do.

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.100
 His life

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.400
 wasn't

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:15.799
 taken.

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.100
 He gave

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:17.299
 it.

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:18.819
 He didn't

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.120
 need a

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.480
 savior.

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.039
 As we

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.600
 said last

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:21.160
 week he

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.660
 only needed

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.400
 a cross

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:22.980
 in order

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.420
 that he

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.240
 could become

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.920
 the savior.

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:27.000
 He wasn't

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.920
 overcome by

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.380
 death.

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.220
 He willingly

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.420
 surrendered to

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.160
 it to

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.799
 fulfill his

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.240
 purpose.

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.860
 And this

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:34.259
 is the

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.180
 mark of

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.839
 a true

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:37.079
 sufficient

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:38.880
 sacrifice and

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.680
 atonement for

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:39.960
 sin.

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:41.680
 John

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.360
 chapter 10

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:43.200
 verse 17.

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.740
 For this

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.440
 reason Jesus

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.200
 says the

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.839
 father loves

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.640
 me because

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.700
 I lay down

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:50.579
 my life that

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.279
 I may take

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.940
 it up again.

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.380
 No one

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.819
 takes it

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.360
 from me.

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.480
 I lay it

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.940
 down of my

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.500
 own accord.

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:57.640
 I have

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.299
 authority to

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.559
 lay it

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:58.799
 down.

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.220
 I have

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.960
 authority to

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.400
 take it up

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.720
 again.

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.680
 This charge

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.039
 I have

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.640
 received from

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.220
 my father.

00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:04.039
 So with

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.600
 his last

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.680
 cry it is

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.579
 finished and

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.019
 into your

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.420
 hands I

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:07.880
 commit my

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.200
 spirit.

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.559
 Jesus

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.000
 says my

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.500
 life isn't

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:09.799
 taken.

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.299
 I have

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.680
 laid it

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:10.960
 down.

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.480
 And by

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.940
 laying it

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.240
 down I

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.680
 have finished

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.059
 the work

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.440
 that God

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.940
 sent me to

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.839
 finish and

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.339
 to accomplish.

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.539
 But there's a

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:18.119
 second part to

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.279
 this.

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:18.940
 Verse 38.

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.220
 And the

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.599
 curtain of

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.000
 the temple

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.980
 was torn

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.619
 in two

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.899
 from top

00:32:22.899 --> 00:32:23.519
 to bottom.

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.059
 So as with

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.619
 the issue of

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:26.940
 God's

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.259
 judgment,

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.500
 Jesus'

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:30.839
 words of

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.299
 complete

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:32.079
 atonement

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:33.379
 are accompanied

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:34.579
 then by a

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.279
 visible sign.

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.359
 God

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.579
 we saw

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:36.779
 in the

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.000
 first

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.359
 section,

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.639
 right?

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.379
 There's

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:38.559
 this

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:38.899
 visible

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.339
 sign of

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.859
 darkness,

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:40.619
 God's

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:40.940
 judgment,

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.420
 and then

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:41.619
 there's

00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.019
 the words

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.480
 of Jesus

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.180
 that affirm

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.359
 it.

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:43.740
 My

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.079
 God,

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.279
 my

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.579
 God,

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:45.039
 why have

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.180
 you

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.740
 forsaken

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:45.980
 me?

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:46.839
 And we

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.180
 see the

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.579
 same thing

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:47.940
 happening

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.319
 here.

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.039
 With

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.220
 the

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.700
 sufficiency

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.240
 of his

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.599
 work,

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.599
 he cries

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.220
 out,

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.279
 into your

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.680
 hands I

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.180
 commit my

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.559
 spirit.

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.259
 It is

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.700
 finished.

00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:56.240
 And at

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.879
 that moment,

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.460
 at his

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.200
 last breath,

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.019
 God sends

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.819
 another visible

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.339
 sign.

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.139
 It is the

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.460
 curtain,

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.200
 the veil in

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.619
 the temple

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:03.219
 was torn

00:33:03.219 --> 00:33:04.339
 from top

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.839
 to bottom.

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:06.759
 There were

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.339
 two veils

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.679
 in the

00:33:07.679 --> 00:33:07.939
 temple,

00:33:08.679 --> 00:33:09.319
 and there's

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:09.919
 some debate

00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:10.919
 regarding which

00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:11.899
 curtain the

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:12.679
 gospel authors

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:13.279
 were referring

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.579
 to.

00:33:13.679 --> 00:33:13.859
 We don't

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:14.259
 have to get

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.679
 into that

00:33:14.679 --> 00:33:15.000
 now.

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.919
 I believe

00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:18.239
 that the

00:33:18.239 --> 00:33:19.159
 evidence suggests

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:19.739
 that it

00:33:19.739 --> 00:33:20.139
 was the

00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:20.899
 veil that

00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:21.619
 divided the

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.259
 holy place

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.579
 from the

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:22.959
 holy of

00:33:22.959 --> 00:33:23.379
 holies.

00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:24.659
 The

00:33:24.659 --> 00:33:25.519
 innermost

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.079
 chamber

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:27.419
 where only

00:33:27.419 --> 00:33:27.699
 God

00:33:27.699 --> 00:33:28.039
 dwelled,

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.379
 or the

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:29.000
 presence of

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.619
 God was

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:30.739
 believed to

00:33:30.739 --> 00:33:30.899
 have

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.299
 dwelled.

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:33.579
 Why does

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:33.839
 any of

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.399
 this matter?

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.439
 Well,

00:33:35.479 --> 00:33:35.979
 God tears

00:33:35.979 --> 00:33:36.279
 it from

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.679
 top to

00:33:36.679 --> 00:33:36.979
 bottom.

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.359
 I think

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:37.599
 there's

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:37.959
 probably

00:33:37.959 --> 00:33:38.299
 some

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:38.699
 symbolism

00:33:38.699 --> 00:33:39.000
 in

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.239
 that,

00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:39.819
 that this

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.179
 was not

00:33:40.179 --> 00:33:40.479
 an act

00:33:40.479 --> 00:33:40.959
 of man,

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.319
 this was

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.959
 a divine

00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:42.819
 act from

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.259
 top to

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.639
 bottom.

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:44.979
 Maybe

00:33:44.979 --> 00:33:45.219
 that's

00:33:45.219 --> 00:33:45.639
 reading too

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:46.059
 much into

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.179
 it,

00:33:46.219 --> 00:33:46.699
 that's okay.

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.619
 But why

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:48.899
 does it

00:33:48.899 --> 00:33:49.219
 matter?

00:33:49.719 --> 00:33:50.139
 Once a

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.379
 year,

00:33:51.439 --> 00:33:51.639
 on the

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:51.919
 day of

00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:52.439
 atonement,

00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:53.859
 the high

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.339
 priest,

00:33:54.719 --> 00:33:55.059
 he's the

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.399
 only one

00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:55.679
 that could

00:33:55.679 --> 00:33:56.139
 do it,

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.399
 would enter

00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:57.839
 into the

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.219
 holy of

00:33:58.219 --> 00:33:58.679
 holies,

00:33:59.459 --> 00:33:59.919
 and he

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:00.259
 would make

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.839
 an atonement

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.459
 for the sins

00:34:01.459 --> 00:34:01.679
 of the

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.080
 nation.

00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:04.759
 And like

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.120
 all the

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.340
 other

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:05.980
 sacrifices

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.500
 that God

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.940
 demanded,

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.240
 it was

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:08.880
 insufficient.

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.860
 It couldn't

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.659
 truly atone

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.240
 for sins

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:13.079
 because God

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.400
 said you

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.700
 have to

00:34:13.700 --> 00:34:14.019
 do it

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.619
 over and

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.260
 over and

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:15.900
 over and

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.559
 over and

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.220
 over and

00:34:17.220 --> 00:34:17.880
 over and

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.159
 over.

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:18.639
 There was

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.079
 no end

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.460
 to it.

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:19.980
 It was

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.840
 insufficient.

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.360
 And so

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.860
 every year,

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.240
 the high

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:23.740
 priest would

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:24.079
 do the

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.420
 thing the

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.760
 way that

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:25.139
 God had

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.559
 instructed

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:25.880
 for him

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.280
 to do

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.619
 it.

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.539
 By tearing

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.200
 the curtain,

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.519
 God

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.139
 declares

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:33.960
 that it

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.359
 is through

00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:34.819
 Jesus'

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.960
 sacrificial

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:37.359
 death that

00:34:37.359 --> 00:34:37.819
 we now

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.739
 have access

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.739
 to him.

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.739
 James

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:43.039
 Edwards,

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:43.419
 again,

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.839
 the holy

00:34:43.839 --> 00:34:44.379
 of holies,

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.159
 which was

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.799
 believed to

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.339
 contain the

00:34:46.339 --> 00:34:47.039
 very presence

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.779
 of Yahweh,

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.119
 is made

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:50.879
 accessible not

00:34:50.879 --> 00:34:51.599
 by the high

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.099
 priest's

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.839
 sacrifice on

00:34:52.839 --> 00:34:53.239
 the day of

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:53.779
 atonement,

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.759
 but by the

00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:55.559
 atonement of

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.579
 Jesus on

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.219
 the cross.

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:59.079
 The writer of

00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:00.039
 Hebrews affirms

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.360
 this,

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.059
 therefore,

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.659
 brothers,

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:02.219
 since we

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:03.000
 have confidence

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:04.019
 to enter

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.440
 the holy

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:05.739
 places by

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:06.500
 the blood

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.259
 of Jesus,

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.199
 let us

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:10.099
 draw near

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.800
 with a

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.599
 true heart

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.619
 in full

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.239
 assurance

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:14.159
 of faith.

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:14.960
 That's the

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.420
 significance.

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.360
 What does it

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:16.699
 mean?

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.779
 His work

00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:19.279
 was sufficient.

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.320
 It did

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.719
 what it was

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.340
 supposed to

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.679
 do,

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.820
 and nothing

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.380
 was left

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.759
 out.

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:26.539
 Now,

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:26.900
 remember,

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:28.920
 the ultimate

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.780
 tragedy of

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:31.180
 sin is that

00:35:31.180 --> 00:35:31.800
 it separates

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.460
 us from

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.920
 God in

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.400
 eternity,

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.039
 not only in

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.500
 this life,

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.639
 but eternally.

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.559
 Jesus endured

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.519
 that separation

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.340
 on the cross

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:41.380
 so that we

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.900
 might be

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:43.180
 reconciled to

00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:43.500
 God,

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.059
 the Father,

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.579
 and in the

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.200
 rending of

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:46.680
 the veil,

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.599
 we have a

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.500
 visible expression

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.180
 of that being

00:35:49.180 --> 00:35:49.639
 accomplished.

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:51.039
 We now,

00:35:51.160 --> 00:35:51.480
 all,

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.220
 each of us,

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:53.139
 have access

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:54.059
 to the Father

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:55.039
 through the

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.380
 work,

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:56.260
 the finished

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:57.539
 work of

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.440
 Jesus Christ

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:59.140
 on the

00:35:59.140 --> 00:35:59.519
 cross.

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.619
 Judgment

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.039
 of God,

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.880
 finished work

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.539
 of atonement.

00:36:05.200 --> 00:36:05.720
 The last two

00:36:05.720 --> 00:36:06.240
 will be quicker,

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.619
 okay?

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.360
 Number three.

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.760
 I want you to

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.539
 see the response

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.200
 of faith.

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.300
 The response

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:12.960
 of faith.

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:16.220
 Verse 39,

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.460
 when the

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:19.200
 centurion who

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:19.900
 stood facing

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:21.420
 him saw

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:22.079
 that in this

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.880
 way he breathed

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.500
 his last,

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.700
 he said,

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:26.519
 truly this

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.079
 man was

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.460
 the Son

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.839
 of God.

00:36:31.879 --> 00:36:32.819
 This is a

00:36:32.819 --> 00:36:33.980
 dramatic and

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.379
 powerful

00:36:34.379 --> 00:36:35.579
 conclusion that

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:36.719
 its brevity

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:37.480
 makes it seem

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.059
 like it isn't

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.419
 such,

00:36:38.859 --> 00:36:39.619
 but this is

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.119
 actually a

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.779
 pivotal moment

00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:41.239
 in Mark's

00:36:41.239 --> 00:36:41.639
 gospel.

00:36:43.839 --> 00:36:44.099
 In the

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.759
 centurion's

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:45.319
 confession,

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.259
 we find what

00:36:46.259 --> 00:36:47.119
 is the

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:48.299
 desired result

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:49.079
 of Christ's

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.379
 work.

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.319
 Salvation

00:36:51.319 --> 00:36:52.239
 by grace

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:53.739
 through faith.

00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:55.519
 And the

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.079
 fact of

00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:56.419
 Jesus'

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:57.319
 sacrificial

00:36:57.319 --> 00:36:58.619
 death does

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.699
 not automatically

00:36:59.699 --> 00:37:00.579
 make every

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.639
 person forgiven

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.439
 and reconciled

00:37:02.439 --> 00:37:02.859
 to God.

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.739
 Please don't

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.619
 mistake that.

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:07.000
 Just because

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.859
 Jesus died

00:37:07.859 --> 00:37:08.579
 doesn't mean he

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.079
 all of a sudden

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:09.859
 takes a blanket

00:37:09.859 --> 00:37:10.419
 of atonement

00:37:10.419 --> 00:37:11.559
 and just cast it

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:12.379
 over everybody

00:37:12.379 --> 00:37:13.339
 throughout all of

00:37:13.339 --> 00:37:13.919
 eternity and

00:37:13.919 --> 00:37:14.719
 everybody is just

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.259
 saved no matter

00:37:15.259 --> 00:37:15.819
 what you do

00:37:15.819 --> 00:37:16.619
 regardless of your

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.119
 life or your

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.639
 heart or anything

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:17.979
 else.

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.739
 He doesn't do

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:18.959
 that.

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.519
 That's not

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.819
 what his

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:20.179
 atonement

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.699
 does.

00:37:22.319 --> 00:37:23.219
 The atoning

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:23.779
 work of

00:37:23.779 --> 00:37:25.059
 Jesus requires

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:26.419
 a response

00:37:26.419 --> 00:37:27.199
 of faith.

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:29.279
 And there's

00:37:29.279 --> 00:37:29.719
 a lot that

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.119
 we don't

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.699
 know about

00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:31.479
 the centurion.

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:31.859
 There's a

00:37:31.859 --> 00:37:32.699
 lot that

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.799
 we can

00:37:33.799 --> 00:37:36.439
 suspect

00:37:36.439 --> 00:37:37.139
 and maybe

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.979
 guess as to

00:37:37.979 --> 00:37:38.619
 what he

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.159
 meant in

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:39.679
 his mind

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.079
 by this

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.599
 confession.

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:41.699
 But what

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.099
 we want to

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.639
 see is what

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.439
 Mark intends

00:37:43.439 --> 00:37:43.899
 for us to

00:37:43.899 --> 00:37:44.399
 take away

00:37:44.399 --> 00:37:44.799
 from it.

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:45.579
 And what

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.079
 Mark's

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.879
 purpose is

00:37:46.879 --> 00:37:47.439
 in recording

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:48.780
 this is to

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:49.619
 communicate the

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.579
 only proper

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:52.019
 response to

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.380
 Jesus'

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:53.079
 death.

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.619
 And like I

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.079
 said it's a

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:55.740
 pivotal moment

00:37:55.740 --> 00:37:56.159
 in his

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.579
 gospel.

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:58.220
 It complements

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:58.740
 both his

00:37:58.740 --> 00:37:59.539
 stated purpose

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.740
 and Peter's

00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:01.820
 earlier confession.

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.720
 And we've

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:03.039
 talked about

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.780
 this so much.

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:04.920
 Mark chapter

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.360
 1 and

00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:05.940
 verse 1.

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.780
 The stated

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.300
 purpose.

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:08.200
 The beginning

00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:09.000
 of the gospel

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:10.139
 of Jesus Christ

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:10.700
 the Son of

00:38:10.700 --> 00:38:10.980
 God.

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.300
 In other

00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:11.659
 words Mark

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:12.079
 says what

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.500
 I'm writing

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.500
 to you is

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:13.900
 the good

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.099
 news.

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.800
 I'm declaring

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.480
 the good

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.940
 news that

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.619
 Jesus of

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:17.119
 Nazareth

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.900
 is the

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.339
 Messiah

00:38:18.339 --> 00:38:19.059
 and the

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.380
 Son of

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:19.719
 God.

00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:20.420
 And we

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:20.719
 get about

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.119
 halfway

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.679
 through his

00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:22.000
 gospel.

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.599
 There's all

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:22.859
 of this

00:38:22.859 --> 00:38:23.480
 build up

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.259
 for Jesus'

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:25.039
 identity.

00:38:25.359 --> 00:38:25.619
 And we

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:25.900
 get about

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:26.259
 halfway

00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:26.739
 through in

00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:27.259
 chapter 8

00:38:27.259 --> 00:38:27.940
 and Jesus

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.480
 looks at

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.400
 his disciples

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.719
 and he

00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:30.099
 says but

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.500
 who do

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:30.880
 you say

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.199
 that I

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:31.400
 am?

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.019
 And Peter

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.440
 has this

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:32.920
 monumental

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:33.579
 confession.

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:34.299
 He doesn't

00:38:34.299 --> 00:38:34.980
 even fully

00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:35.779
 understand all

00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:36.299
 of this but

00:38:36.299 --> 00:38:36.559
 it's a

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.019
 confession

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.400
 nonetheless.

00:38:37.799 --> 00:38:38.239
 And he

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:38.940
 says you

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.559
 are the

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.119
 Christ.

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:41.259
 Check mark

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:41.739
 number one

00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:42.199
 with Mark's

00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:43.519
 stated purpose.

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.380
 And then we

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.699
 go a little

00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:45.400
 further and we

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:45.980
 begin to see

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:46.460
 more of

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:46.720
 Jesus'

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.400
 identity

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:48.000
 unfolded.

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.360
 We see

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:49.880
 the explicit

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.639
 details of

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.179
 his purpose

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.760
 in becoming

00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:52.360
 the Messiah

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.880
 and then we

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:53.579
 get to this

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:54.679
 pivotal moment

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.320
 at the

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:56.159
 sacrifice of

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.920
 Christ and

00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:57.400
 what do we

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:57.940
 find once

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.240
 again?

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.840
 Another

00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:59.380
 confession.

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:00.320
 This time

00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:00.659
 it's not

00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:01.199
 from a Jew

00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:01.519
 and it's

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:01.980
 not from a

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.420
 disciple.

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.119
 It's from

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.780
 a Gentile

00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:04.599
 Roman soldier

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.500
 who was just

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.440
 responsible for

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:06.940
 nailing him

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.599
 to the cross

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:08.579
 and he cries

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:09.740
 out truly

00:39:09.740 --> 00:39:10.619
 this is the

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:11.300
 Son of God.

00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:11.340
 God.

00:39:12.240 --> 00:39:13.080
 This is

00:39:13.080 --> 00:39:13.860
 significant to

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.180
 Mark's

00:39:14.180 --> 00:39:14.560
 gospel.

00:39:15.140 --> 00:39:15.940
 And what is

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.460
 it that he's

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:17.200
 telling us?

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.460
 He's telling

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:20.660
 us that the

00:39:20.660 --> 00:39:21.140
 pair of

00:39:21.140 --> 00:39:21.800
 confessions

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.460
 from Peter

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:22.800
 and the

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.340
 centurion

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:24.100
 constitute

00:39:24.100 --> 00:39:25.620
 the only

00:39:25.620 --> 00:39:26.680
 saving

00:39:26.680 --> 00:39:28.240
 response to

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:28.840
 the person

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.539
 and work

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.160
 of Jesus

00:39:30.160 --> 00:39:30.700
 Christ.

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:32.460
 No person

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.519
 merely hears

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:34.180
 the gospel

00:39:34.180 --> 00:39:35.280
 and is all

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:35.820
 of a sudden

00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:36.620
 okay with

00:39:36.620 --> 00:39:37.039
 God.

00:39:37.180 --> 00:39:37.500
 No,

00:39:37.720 --> 00:39:38.340
 there is a

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:39.820
 required response

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.600
 of faith

00:39:40.600 --> 00:39:41.500
 in who

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:42.300
 Jesus is

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:43.039
 and what

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.480
 he has

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:43.820
 done.

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:45.140
 True

00:39:45.140 --> 00:39:45.900
 conversion

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.760
 occurs when

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.400
 an individual

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:48.380
 by faith

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:49.320
 acknowledges

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:49.680
 Jesus'

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.600
 identity,

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:52.080
 trusts wholly

00:39:52.080 --> 00:39:52.860
 in his

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.220
 atoning

00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:53.740
 work,

00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:54.720
 and devotes

00:39:54.720 --> 00:39:55.680
 himself to

00:39:55.680 --> 00:39:56.380
 the lordship

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:57.180
 of Christ.

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.420
 Now,

00:39:58.580 --> 00:39:59.059
 it's clear

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.820
 the centurion

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:00.480
 probably didn't

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.180
 understand all

00:40:01.180 --> 00:40:01.480
 of those

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:01.860
 things but

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.260
 there's one

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:02.600
 thing he

00:40:02.600 --> 00:40:03.160
 understood in

00:40:03.160 --> 00:40:03.559
 that moment

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:03.960
 in this

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:04.740
 confession at

00:40:04.740 --> 00:40:04.980
 least,

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:06.100
 that Jesus

00:40:06.100 --> 00:40:06.600
 is the

00:40:06.600 --> 00:40:06.960
 Son of

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.280
 God.

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:08.860
 And Mark

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.380
 intends for

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:09.880
 us to see

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.440
 that here.

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:12.440
 And there's

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:13.079
 also something

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:13.760
 to be said

00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:14.200
 here about

00:40:14.200 --> 00:40:15.160
 the contrast

00:40:15.160 --> 00:40:16.519
 between the

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.160
 centurion

00:40:17.160 --> 00:40:17.519
 and the

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.099
 Jews in

00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:18.900
 verse 35.

00:40:21.220 --> 00:40:21.940
 The Jews

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.280
 were the

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:22.680
 privileged

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:23.099
 ones.

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:25.039
 They had

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:25.619
 the scriptures.

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:27.019
 They had

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:27.599
 the prophets.

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.440
 They had

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:29.099
 the promises.

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:31.000
 They were

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.460
 the ones

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:31.800
 who were

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:32.700
 eyewitnesses

00:40:32.700 --> 00:40:33.200
 to Jesus'

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:33.920
 power,

00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:34.500
 to his

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:34.920
 miracles.

00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:35.660
 They heard

00:40:35.660 --> 00:40:36.320
 his teaching.

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:36.780
 They heard

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:37.740
 the authority

00:40:37.740 --> 00:40:38.480
 with which

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:39.119
 he taught.

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:40.680
 If anyone

00:40:40.680 --> 00:40:41.160
 should have

00:40:41.160 --> 00:40:42.000
 recognized what

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.619
 was happening

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.940
 and wholeheartedly

00:40:43.940 --> 00:40:44.800
 believed,

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.640
 it was the

00:40:45.640 --> 00:40:46.140
 Jews.

00:40:46.640 --> 00:40:47.119
 But it

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:47.599
 wasn't the

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:48.119
 Jews that

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.480
 made the

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:49.019
 confession.

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.420
 It was the

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:51.800
 centurion who

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:52.660
 Mark displays

00:40:52.660 --> 00:40:53.380
 as the one

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:54.119
 with the

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:54.480
 proper

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.200
 understanding

00:40:55.200 --> 00:40:56.019
 and the

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:56.599
 necessary

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.320
 confession.

00:40:58.160 --> 00:40:58.960
 But how

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.300
 can this

00:40:59.300 --> 00:40:59.680
 be?

00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:02.640
 How can the

00:41:02.640 --> 00:41:04.039
 centurion and

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:05.260
 the bystanders

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:06.340
 witness the

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:07.140
 same exact

00:41:07.140 --> 00:41:07.640
 moment,

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:08.780
 but only

00:41:08.780 --> 00:41:09.740
 the centurion

00:41:09.740 --> 00:41:10.760
 respond in

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:11.160
 faith?

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.940
 Is it not

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:15.180
 the grace

00:41:15.180 --> 00:41:15.740
 of God

00:41:15.740 --> 00:41:16.640
 that intrudes

00:41:16.640 --> 00:41:17.140
 upon the

00:41:17.140 --> 00:41:17.559
 heart and

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.360
 heart of

00:41:18.360 --> 00:41:18.920
 men and

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.440
 women and

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.079
 draws them

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.440
 to his

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:20.780
 son?

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.800
 Is he

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:25.500
 intruding

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:26.300
 upon your

00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:26.740
 heart

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:28.300
 today?

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:28.480
 Today?

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:31.860
 Is he

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.860
 calling you

00:41:32.860 --> 00:41:33.480
 to make

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:33.800
 this

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:34.559
 response of

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.199
 faith today?

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:36.000
 Not to

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:36.440
 just see

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:36.900
 your sin

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.159
 in a

00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:37.599
 theoretical

00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:38.099
 sense,

00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:38.760
 not to

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:39.320
 see Jesus

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:39.699
 as a

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:40.179
 historical

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:40.740
 figure that

00:41:40.740 --> 00:41:41.000
 we can

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.340
 learn a

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:41.860
 lot about,

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.440
 but to

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:42.860
 see him

00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:43.199
 as the

00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:43.539
 only

00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:44.000
 savior

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:44.639
 who has

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:44.980
 made a

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.420
 complete

00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:45.900
 atonement

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:46.579
 for sin

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:47.280
 and by

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:47.940
 response

00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:48.300
 you will

00:41:48.300 --> 00:41:48.900
 cast your

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.320
 faith

00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:50.260
 wholly on

00:41:50.260 --> 00:41:50.539
 him,

00:41:50.780 --> 00:41:51.420
 following

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:51.840
 him as

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:52.039
 a

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.559
 faithful

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:53.559
 disciple.

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:55.659
 Is God

00:41:55.659 --> 00:41:56.139
 doing that

00:41:56.139 --> 00:41:56.579
 work on

00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:57.059
 your heart?

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:57.840
 Do you

00:41:57.840 --> 00:41:58.440
 sense his

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:58.860
 call?

00:41:59.539 --> 00:41:59.940
 Do you

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:00.680
 feel his

00:42:00.680 --> 00:42:01.700
 draw to

00:42:01.700 --> 00:42:02.380
 believe?

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.960
 The only

00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:05.480
 saving

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:06.340
 response is

00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:06.720
 the one

00:42:06.720 --> 00:42:07.600
 that confesses

00:42:07.600 --> 00:42:09.180
 Christ and

00:42:09.180 --> 00:42:09.920
 trusts wholly

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.640
 in him.

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.579
 Response

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:12.960
 of faith,

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.380
 finally,

00:42:13.720 --> 00:42:15.000
 we see the

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.640
 provision of

00:42:15.640 --> 00:42:16.039
 witnesses.

00:42:17.660 --> 00:42:18.300
 Verse 40,

00:42:19.600 --> 00:42:19.880
 there were

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:20.500
 also women

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:21.140
 looking on

00:42:21.140 --> 00:42:21.460
 from a

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:21.920
 distance,

00:42:22.160 --> 00:42:22.820
 among whom

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:23.280
 were Mary

00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:23.960
 Magdalene,

00:42:24.740 --> 00:42:25.240
 Mary the

00:42:25.240 --> 00:42:25.620
 mother of

00:42:25.620 --> 00:42:26.120
 James the

00:42:26.120 --> 00:42:26.420
 younger,

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:26.800
 and of

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:27.079
 Joseph

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:28.079
 and

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.500
 Salome.

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:30.219
 When he

00:42:30.219 --> 00:42:30.480
 was in

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:30.840
 Galilee,

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.400
 they followed

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:31.739
 him and

00:42:31.739 --> 00:42:32.179
 ministered

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:32.579
 to him,

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.579
 and there

00:42:33.579 --> 00:42:34.019
 were also

00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:34.539
 many other

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.079
 women who

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:35.480
 came up

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:35.779
 with him

00:42:35.779 --> 00:42:36.460
 to Jerusalem.

00:42:38.299 --> 00:42:38.980
 So here

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:39.440
 Mark,

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:40.380
 in conclusion,

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:41.739
 introduces us

00:42:41.739 --> 00:42:42.179
 to a group

00:42:42.179 --> 00:42:42.699
 of women

00:42:42.699 --> 00:42:44.119
 present at

00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:44.420
 Jesus'

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:45.360
 crucifixion,

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:45.840
 and then he's

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:46.039
 going to

00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:46.420
 mention them

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:46.759
 again,

00:42:46.860 --> 00:42:47.460
 present at

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:47.779
 Jesus'

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:48.340
 burial,

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:49.000
 and then

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.619
 once again

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:50.460
 at Jesus'

00:42:50.819 --> 00:42:51.880
 resurrection.

00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:54.340
 Mary Magdalene,

00:42:54.819 --> 00:42:55.579
 literally Mary

00:42:55.579 --> 00:42:56.940
 from Magdala,

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.900
 was healed

00:42:58.900 --> 00:42:59.599
 by Jesus

00:42:59.599 --> 00:43:00.400
 according to

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:00.840
 Luke chapter

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:01.179
 eight,

00:43:01.679 --> 00:43:02.239
 after being

00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:03.019
 possessed by

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:03.739
 seven demons.

00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:06.480
 The second

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:07.199
 Mary was the

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:07.759
 mother of two

00:43:07.759 --> 00:43:08.460
 individuals who

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:09.179
 apparently were

00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:10.139
 known well among

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:11.059
 the early church,

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:12.079
 James the

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:12.360
 younger,

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.239
 and Joses.

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:15.519
 Salome,

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.099
 we're told,

00:43:16.259 --> 00:43:16.659
 in chapter

00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:17.319
 16,

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:18.319
 was the

00:43:18.319 --> 00:43:18.799
 mother of

00:43:18.799 --> 00:43:19.360
 the sons of

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:19.779
 Zebedee,

00:43:19.860 --> 00:43:20.340
 the sons of

00:43:20.340 --> 00:43:20.659
 thunder,

00:43:21.819 --> 00:43:22.319
 James and

00:43:22.319 --> 00:43:22.659
 John.

00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:24.559
 they're from

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:25.059
 Galilee,

00:43:25.659 --> 00:43:26.079
 they were

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:26.719
 followers of

00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:27.159
 Jesus,

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.619
 they ministered

00:43:28.619 --> 00:43:29.159
 to him and

00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:29.399
 to his

00:43:29.399 --> 00:43:30.099
 disciples in

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:30.699
 their travels,

00:43:31.299 --> 00:43:31.719
 and the

00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:32.399
 question is,

00:43:32.739 --> 00:43:33.099
 why does

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:33.699
 Mark care to

00:43:33.699 --> 00:43:34.139
 mention them

00:43:34.139 --> 00:43:34.359
 here?

00:43:35.779 --> 00:43:36.099
 Sinclair

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:36.859
 Ferguson gives

00:43:36.859 --> 00:43:37.279
 this a

00:43:37.279 --> 00:43:37.859
 succinct answer

00:43:37.859 --> 00:43:38.399
 to this,

00:43:39.739 --> 00:43:40.339
 because they

00:43:40.339 --> 00:43:41.440
 were eyewitnesses

00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:42.440
 of the central

00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:43.579
 facts of the

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:44.399
 Christian gospel,

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.799
 which were to

00:43:45.799 --> 00:43:46.759
 be enshrined in

00:43:46.759 --> 00:43:47.639
 the great creeds

00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:48.399
 and hymns of

00:43:48.399 --> 00:43:48.839
 the Christian

00:43:48.839 --> 00:43:49.359
 church,

00:43:49.579 --> 00:43:50.619
 as well as in

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:51.059
 the rest of

00:43:51.059 --> 00:43:51.299
 the New

00:43:51.299 --> 00:43:51.639
 Testament.

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:52.639
 Why does

00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:53.159
 Mark mention

00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:53.400
 them?

00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:55.239
 Because by

00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:56.039
 God's grace,

00:43:56.699 --> 00:43:57.379
 he provided

00:43:57.379 --> 00:43:58.199
 witnesses of

00:43:58.199 --> 00:43:58.779
 all of these

00:43:58.779 --> 00:43:59.199
 things.

00:44:01.139 --> 00:44:02.000
 We know

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.679
 these crucial

00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:04.539
 truths because

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:05.359
 these faithful

00:44:05.359 --> 00:44:05.900
 women were

00:44:05.900 --> 00:44:06.359
 willing to

00:44:06.359 --> 00:44:06.799
 share them

00:44:06.799 --> 00:44:07.199
 with someone

00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:07.679
 else.

00:44:08.219 --> 00:44:08.839
 They were

00:44:08.839 --> 00:44:09.299
 willing to

00:44:09.299 --> 00:44:09.980
 tell others.

00:44:11.359 --> 00:44:12.099
 God used

00:44:12.099 --> 00:44:12.359
 them in

00:44:12.359 --> 00:44:12.940
 history at

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:14.079
 the very

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:15.379
 first evangelist

00:44:15.379 --> 00:44:16.039
 regarding the

00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:16.960
 crucifixion and

00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:17.500
 resurrection.

00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:19.500
 They probably

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:20.519
 hadn't pieced it

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:20.980
 all together,

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:21.319
 they hadn't

00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:21.900
 connected all

00:44:21.900 --> 00:44:22.280
 the dots,

00:44:22.380 --> 00:44:22.600
 but they

00:44:22.600 --> 00:44:23.400
 were at least

00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:23.860
 willing to

00:44:23.860 --> 00:44:24.460
 be there,

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:25.519
 something that

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:26.059
 the disciples

00:44:26.059 --> 00:44:26.580
 were not

00:44:26.580 --> 00:44:27.000
 willing to

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:27.220
 be.

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:28.980
 And they

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.559
 witnessed these

00:44:29.559 --> 00:44:29.820
 things,

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.400
 they heard

00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:31.059
 these words,

00:44:31.140 --> 00:44:31.640
 they saw

00:44:31.640 --> 00:44:32.019
 where he

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:32.340
 was,

00:44:32.420 --> 00:44:32.860
 they witnessed

00:44:32.860 --> 00:44:33.280
 the empty

00:44:33.280 --> 00:44:33.640
 tomb,

00:44:33.760 --> 00:44:34.220
 and they

00:44:34.220 --> 00:44:35.180
 go and they

00:44:35.180 --> 00:44:36.180
 tell others,

00:44:36.760 --> 00:44:37.360
 simple thing

00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:37.740
 to do.

00:44:39.080 --> 00:44:39.660
 There was

00:44:39.660 --> 00:44:40.380
 nothing flashy

00:44:40.380 --> 00:44:41.000
 about them,

00:44:41.260 --> 00:44:41.600
 there was

00:44:41.600 --> 00:44:42.440
 nothing charismatic

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:43.360
 as far as we

00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:44.059
 can tell about

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:44.940
 their personalities.

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:45.159
 these.

00:44:46.720 --> 00:44:47.599
 As far as the

00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:48.119
 scriptures are

00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:48.519
 concerned,

00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:49.000
 there's no

00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:49.800
 listing of a

00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:50.700
 particular gift

00:44:50.700 --> 00:44:51.460
 that they had

00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:52.519
 that made

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:53.280
 them particularly

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:54.400
 suited for this

00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:54.860
 task.

00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:57.300
 They were

00:44:57.300 --> 00:44:58.159
 ordinary women

00:44:58.159 --> 00:44:59.559
 who loved

00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:01.079
 Jesus and

00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:01.599
 were at some

00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:02.360
 point willing to

00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:02.780
 share with

00:45:02.780 --> 00:45:03.340
 others what

00:45:03.340 --> 00:45:04.000
 they had seen

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.460
 and heard.

00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:07.400
 And loved

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:09.179
 ones, this is

00:45:09.179 --> 00:45:09.960
 the pattern we're

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:10.840
 called to follow.

00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:14.380
 Those who

00:45:14.380 --> 00:45:14.900
 know the

00:45:14.900 --> 00:45:16.220
 truth and

00:45:16.220 --> 00:45:16.579
 have been

00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:17.519
 saved by the

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:18.180
 gospel of

00:45:18.180 --> 00:45:18.920
 God's grace

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:21.160
 must lovingly

00:45:21.160 --> 00:45:22.380
 and willingly

00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:23.960
 share what we

00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:24.800
 have seen and

00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:26.019
 heard with

00:45:26.019 --> 00:45:26.400
 others.

00:45:27.420 --> 00:45:28.940
 Tell someone

00:45:28.940 --> 00:45:31.640
 you don't need

00:45:31.640 --> 00:45:32.160
 a particular

00:45:32.160 --> 00:45:32.640
 gifting,

00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:34.079
 you don't need

00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:35.059
 a particular

00:45:35.059 --> 00:45:36.700
 charisma to be

00:45:36.700 --> 00:45:37.160
 a faithful

00:45:37.160 --> 00:45:37.660
 witness,

00:45:38.200 --> 00:45:39.079
 you need only

00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:39.760
 be a willing

00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:40.320
 vessel.

00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:42.539
 through which

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:43.180
 God might

00:45:43.180 --> 00:45:44.960
 use to draw

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:45.640
 sinners to

00:45:45.640 --> 00:45:46.120
 himself.

00:45:47.800 --> 00:45:48.519
 Some of you

00:45:48.519 --> 00:45:49.019
 are parents,

00:45:49.380 --> 00:45:50.600
 your job is

00:45:50.600 --> 00:45:51.320
 to be these

00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:52.100
 women to

00:45:52.100 --> 00:45:52.880
 your kids,

00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:56.039
 to tell these

00:45:56.039 --> 00:45:56.800
 truths of the

00:45:56.800 --> 00:45:57.940
 gospel to

00:45:57.940 --> 00:45:58.559
 your children.

00:46:00.260 --> 00:46:01.340
 Most of you

00:46:01.340 --> 00:46:02.300
 are neighbors.

00:46:03.539 --> 00:46:04.200
 Your mission,

00:46:05.300 --> 00:46:05.900
 tell these

00:46:05.900 --> 00:46:07.180
 truths to

00:46:07.180 --> 00:46:07.640
 your neighbors.

00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:10.900
 most of you

00:46:10.900 --> 00:46:11.619
 have coworkers.

00:46:12.619 --> 00:46:13.299
 Your mission,

00:46:13.679 --> 00:46:14.619
 not just to

00:46:14.619 --> 00:46:15.000
 be a good

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:15.480
 employee.

00:46:16.279 --> 00:46:17.139
 What a waste

00:46:17.139 --> 00:46:17.739
 that would be

00:46:17.739 --> 00:46:18.619
 to merely have

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:19.199
 an existence

00:46:19.199 --> 00:46:19.699
 where you're

00:46:19.699 --> 00:46:20.319
 just a good

00:46:20.319 --> 00:46:20.739
 employee.

00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:22.259
 How might

00:46:22.259 --> 00:46:22.859
 God use

00:46:22.859 --> 00:46:25.019
 you to

00:46:25.019 --> 00:46:25.779
 just tell

00:46:25.779 --> 00:46:26.219
 what you've

00:46:26.219 --> 00:46:27.480
 seen and

00:46:27.480 --> 00:46:27.920
 what you've

00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:28.279
 heard?

00:46:28.280 --> 00:46:28.380
 God,

00:46:29.180 --> 00:46:31.500
 Paul tells

00:46:31.500 --> 00:46:31.820
 us in

00:46:31.820 --> 00:46:32.040
 Romans

00:46:32.040 --> 00:46:32.740
 chapter 10

00:46:32.740 --> 00:46:33.980
 that everyone

00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:34.560
 who calls

00:46:34.560 --> 00:46:35.000
 on the name

00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:35.240
 of the

00:46:35.240 --> 00:46:35.580
 Lord will

00:46:35.580 --> 00:46:36.140
 be saved

00:46:36.140 --> 00:46:36.700
 and then he

00:46:36.700 --> 00:46:37.060
 immediately

00:46:37.060 --> 00:46:37.780
 follows that

00:46:37.780 --> 00:46:38.060
 up.

00:46:38.060 --> 00:46:38.820
 But how

00:46:38.820 --> 00:46:39.200
 then will

00:46:39.200 --> 00:46:39.640
 they call

00:46:39.640 --> 00:46:40.080
 on him

00:46:40.080 --> 00:46:41.380
 whom they

00:46:41.380 --> 00:46:41.980
 have not

00:46:41.980 --> 00:46:42.560
 believed?

00:46:43.620 --> 00:46:44.500
 And how

00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:45.040
 will they

00:46:45.040 --> 00:46:45.980
 believe

00:46:45.980 --> 00:46:47.300
 in whom

00:46:47.300 --> 00:46:47.760
 they have

00:46:47.760 --> 00:46:48.140
 never

00:46:48.140 --> 00:46:49.120
 heard?

00:46:50.120 --> 00:46:50.980
 And how

00:46:50.980 --> 00:46:51.480
 shall they

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:51.800
 hear?

00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:52.760
 Unless

00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:53.780
 someone preaches

00:46:53.780 --> 00:46:54.500
 to them the

00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:54.880
 gospel.

00:46:54.880 --> 00:46:54.980
 gospel.

00:46:56.059 --> 00:46:56.559
 For faith

00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:57.200
 comes by

00:46:57.200 --> 00:46:58.360
 hearing and

00:46:58.360 --> 00:46:59.059
 hearing comes

00:46:59.059 --> 00:46:59.440
 by the

00:46:59.440 --> 00:46:59.800
 word of

00:46:59.800 --> 00:47:00.619
 God and

00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:01.119
 we are the

00:47:01.119 --> 00:47:01.840
 ones who

00:47:01.840 --> 00:47:02.220
 have the

00:47:02.220 --> 00:47:02.539
 word of

00:47:02.539 --> 00:47:02.860
 God.

00:47:03.760 --> 00:47:04.340
 Which is

00:47:04.340 --> 00:47:04.760
 why we

00:47:04.760 --> 00:47:05.260
 gather on

00:47:05.260 --> 00:47:05.700
 a Saturday

00:47:05.700 --> 00:47:06.320
 morning every

00:47:06.320 --> 00:47:06.680
 now and

00:47:06.680 --> 00:47:07.440
 then to

00:47:07.440 --> 00:47:08.180
 take 1200

00:47:08.180 --> 00:47:08.840
 Bibles and

00:47:08.840 --> 00:47:09.300
 just put them

00:47:09.300 --> 00:47:09.579
 on the

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:10.220
 doorstep of

00:47:10.220 --> 00:47:10.579
 people's

00:47:10.579 --> 00:47:10.860
 houses.

00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:11.599
 It's the

00:47:11.599 --> 00:47:12.420
 easiest possible

00:47:12.420 --> 00:47:12.960
 thing that we

00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:13.320
 can do.

00:47:14.820 --> 00:47:15.280
 And some

00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:15.780
 people love

00:47:15.780 --> 00:47:15.880
 it.

00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:16.240
 I've already

00:47:16.240 --> 00:47:16.640
 gotten two

00:47:16.640 --> 00:47:17.140
 emails about

00:47:17.140 --> 00:47:17.420
 it from

00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:17.780
 yesterday.

00:47:17.960 --> 00:47:18.280
 One was

00:47:18.280 --> 00:47:19.059
 really positive

00:47:19.059 --> 00:47:19.619
 and one was

00:47:19.619 --> 00:47:20.400
 really negative.

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:22.420
 We always get

00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:22.840
 the negative

00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:23.140
 ones.

00:47:23.200 --> 00:47:23.700
 That's okay.

00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:25.660
 But over the

00:47:25.660 --> 00:47:26.119
 course of the

00:47:26.119 --> 00:47:26.579
 last year and

00:47:26.579 --> 00:47:27.119
 a half we've

00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:27.480
 handed out

00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:28.360
 4,000 Bibles

00:47:28.360 --> 00:47:28.700
 in these

00:47:28.700 --> 00:47:29.240
 neighborhoods and

00:47:29.240 --> 00:47:29.640
 less than

00:47:29.640 --> 00:47:30.300
 10 people have

00:47:30.300 --> 00:47:30.960
 actually sent an

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:31.740
 email to comment

00:47:31.740 --> 00:47:32.200
 on it whether

00:47:32.200 --> 00:47:33.000
 good or bad.

00:47:35.059 --> 00:47:35.660
 Some people

00:47:35.660 --> 00:47:35.980
 might have

00:47:35.980 --> 00:47:36.539
 thrown it into

00:47:36.539 --> 00:47:36.900
 a drawer.

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:37.360
 Some people

00:47:37.360 --> 00:47:37.640
 might have

00:47:37.640 --> 00:47:38.160
 put it on a

00:47:38.160 --> 00:47:38.420
 shelf.

00:47:38.559 --> 00:47:38.900
 Some people

00:47:38.900 --> 00:47:39.200
 might have

00:47:39.200 --> 00:47:39.640
 given it to

00:47:39.640 --> 00:47:40.059
 Goodwill as

00:47:40.059 --> 00:47:40.539
 we've seen.

00:47:40.820 --> 00:47:41.460
 That's fine.

00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:42.160
 Some people

00:47:42.160 --> 00:47:42.700
 have stuck it

00:47:42.700 --> 00:47:42.940
 in their

00:47:42.940 --> 00:47:44.380
 community book

00:47:44.380 --> 00:47:45.860
 sharing things.

00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:46.940
 That's fine too.

00:47:47.059 --> 00:47:47.500
 Some people

00:47:47.500 --> 00:47:48.000
 have thrown them

00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:48.519
 in the trash

00:47:48.519 --> 00:47:49.059
 no doubt as

00:47:49.059 --> 00:47:49.980
 well and they've

00:47:49.980 --> 00:47:50.380
 been kind

00:47:50.380 --> 00:47:50.900
 enough to send

00:47:50.900 --> 00:47:51.400
 us the pictures

00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:51.960
 when they do.

00:47:52.240 --> 00:47:52.800
 All of those

00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:53.420
 things are true.

00:47:53.420 --> 00:47:54.099
 But there's a

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:54.700
 lot of people

00:47:54.700 --> 00:47:55.360
 who have a

00:47:55.360 --> 00:47:55.840
 Bible sitting

00:47:55.840 --> 00:47:56.400
 in their house

00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:57.320
 right now because

00:47:57.320 --> 00:47:58.099
 one of you took

00:47:58.099 --> 00:47:58.559
 it and put it

00:47:58.559 --> 00:47:59.260
 on their doorstep.

00:47:59.420 --> 00:47:59.720
 You say,

00:47:59.800 --> 00:48:00.220
 what does that

00:48:00.220 --> 00:48:00.760
 even matter?

00:48:01.780 --> 00:48:02.220
 I didn't even

00:48:02.220 --> 00:48:03.019
 talk to them.

00:48:03.820 --> 00:48:04.500
 But you did

00:48:04.500 --> 00:48:06.260
 something and

00:48:06.260 --> 00:48:07.059
 maybe at some

00:48:07.059 --> 00:48:07.780
 point, maybe it's

00:48:07.780 --> 00:48:08.400
 this week or

00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:08.960
 maybe it's this

00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:09.519
 year or maybe

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:10.200
 it's five years

00:48:10.200 --> 00:48:10.820
 from now, maybe

00:48:10.820 --> 00:48:11.440
 it's ten years

00:48:11.440 --> 00:48:11.880
 from now and

00:48:11.880 --> 00:48:12.240
 they're at a

00:48:12.240 --> 00:48:12.659
 point in their

00:48:12.659 --> 00:48:13.400
 life where

00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:14.159
 they're desperate

00:48:14.159 --> 00:48:15.059
 for answers and

00:48:15.059 --> 00:48:15.800
 God is doing a

00:48:15.800 --> 00:48:16.280
 work in their

00:48:16.280 --> 00:48:16.700
 heart and they

00:48:16.700 --> 00:48:17.360
 walk over and

00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:17.840
 they pick up

00:48:17.840 --> 00:48:18.440
 that Bible and

00:48:18.440 --> 00:48:19.099
 they open it up

00:48:19.099 --> 00:48:19.760
 where the bookmark

00:48:19.760 --> 00:48:20.599
 is which is

00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:21.559
 John chapter one and

00:48:21.559 --> 00:48:22.119
 the first thing

00:48:22.119 --> 00:48:23.279
 that they see is

00:48:23.279 --> 00:48:24.539
 the word became

00:48:24.539 --> 00:48:25.920
 flesh and dwelt

00:48:25.920 --> 00:48:27.279
 among us and

00:48:27.279 --> 00:48:28.219
 we have seen his

00:48:28.219 --> 00:48:28.719
 glory.

00:48:29.019 --> 00:48:29.759
 The glory is of

00:48:29.759 --> 00:48:30.799
 the only son of

00:48:30.799 --> 00:48:31.480
 the begotten.

00:48:32.859 --> 00:48:33.679
 And perhaps God

00:48:33.679 --> 00:48:34.699
 uses his word in

00:48:34.699 --> 00:48:35.139
 that person.

00:48:35.259 --> 00:48:35.500
 It's like, you

00:48:35.500 --> 00:48:36.199
 see, you don't

00:48:36.199 --> 00:48:36.679
 have to have a

00:48:36.679 --> 00:48:37.599
 particular charisma.

00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:38.639
 You don't have to

00:48:38.639 --> 00:48:39.380
 be gifted in a

00:48:39.380 --> 00:48:40.079
 particular way.

00:48:40.259 --> 00:48:40.859
 You just have to

00:48:40.859 --> 00:48:41.339
 be willing.

00:48:42.880 --> 00:48:43.699
 You just have to

00:48:43.699 --> 00:48:44.480
 be willing to have

00:48:44.480 --> 00:48:45.199
 somebody over to

00:48:45.199 --> 00:48:45.839
 your house and in

00:48:45.839 --> 00:48:46.679
 the process of that

00:48:46.679 --> 00:48:47.420
 talk about everything

00:48:47.420 --> 00:48:48.079
 you want to talk

00:48:48.079 --> 00:48:49.019
 about and talk

00:48:49.019 --> 00:48:49.719
 about the sports

00:48:49.719 --> 00:48:50.639
 and talk about the

00:48:50.639 --> 00:48:52.079
 goals and talk

00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:52.920
 about work and

00:48:52.920 --> 00:48:53.460
 the weather and

00:48:53.460 --> 00:48:54.119
 all the things if

00:48:54.119 --> 00:48:54.559
 you want to talk

00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:54.779
 about it.

00:48:54.819 --> 00:48:55.400
 At some point,

00:48:55.500 --> 00:48:55.880
 just tell them,

00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:57.239
 I just can't let

00:48:57.239 --> 00:48:58.019
 this time go by

00:48:58.019 --> 00:48:58.719
 without at least

00:48:58.719 --> 00:48:59.840
 telling you that

00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:00.380
 I'm a Christian

00:49:00.380 --> 00:49:01.679
 and I love Jesus

00:49:01.679 --> 00:49:02.719
 and I care about

00:49:02.719 --> 00:49:03.319
 your soul.

00:49:03.960 --> 00:49:04.539
 I care about

00:49:04.539 --> 00:49:05.099
 your soul.

00:49:05.960 --> 00:49:06.739
 And you can't do

00:49:06.739 --> 00:49:07.519
 anything to save

00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:08.559
 that person, but

00:49:08.559 --> 00:49:09.380
 you can tell them

00:49:09.380 --> 00:49:09.980
 what you've seen

00:49:09.980 --> 00:49:10.460
 and what you've

00:49:10.460 --> 00:49:11.440
 heard and you can

00:49:11.440 --> 00:49:12.500
 pray in the process

00:49:12.500 --> 00:49:13.699
 of that, that God

00:49:13.699 --> 00:49:14.679
 will intrude upon

00:49:14.679 --> 00:49:15.799
 their hearts in the

00:49:15.799 --> 00:49:16.619
 way that it seems

00:49:16.619 --> 00:49:17.239
 like he might have

00:49:17.239 --> 00:49:17.980
 intruded on the

00:49:17.980 --> 00:49:18.400
 heart of that

00:49:18.400 --> 00:49:19.759
 centurion to which

00:49:19.759 --> 00:49:20.539
 they would call out

00:49:20.539 --> 00:49:21.039
 in faith.

00:49:22.559 --> 00:49:23.159
 You say, you get

00:49:23.159 --> 00:49:23.739
 all that from these

00:49:23.739 --> 00:49:23.980
 women?

00:49:24.340 --> 00:49:24.619
 Yeah.

00:49:25.360 --> 00:49:26.039
 That's all they had

00:49:26.039 --> 00:49:26.380
 to do.

00:49:26.539 --> 00:49:27.119
 They didn't even

00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:28.039
 understand it all.

00:49:28.739 --> 00:49:29.059
 They didn't even

00:49:29.059 --> 00:49:29.699
 understand it all.

00:49:30.059 --> 00:49:30.840
 People surely would

00:49:30.840 --> 00:49:31.259
 have asked them

00:49:31.259 --> 00:49:31.759
 questions.

00:49:32.099 --> 00:49:32.519
 Well, now what did

00:49:32.519 --> 00:49:33.139
 he mean by that?

00:49:33.279 --> 00:49:33.920
 I don't know.

00:49:34.139 --> 00:49:34.759
 It's just what he

00:49:34.759 --> 00:49:35.099
 said.

00:49:38.019 --> 00:49:38.819
 Eventually, they would

00:49:38.819 --> 00:49:40.219
 figure it out and I'm

00:49:40.219 --> 00:49:40.880
 sure they told more

00:49:40.880 --> 00:49:41.279
 people.

00:49:42.279 --> 00:49:43.039
 And here we are today,

00:49:43.179 --> 00:49:44.079
 2,000 years later,

00:49:44.159 --> 00:49:45.039
 we're reading their

00:49:45.039 --> 00:49:46.019
 eyewitness account so

00:49:46.019 --> 00:49:46.779
 that we can know the

00:49:46.779 --> 00:49:47.679
 truth of the gospel and

00:49:47.679 --> 00:49:48.679
 we can believe and we

00:49:48.679 --> 00:49:49.500
 can teach our kids and

00:49:49.500 --> 00:49:50.179
 we can share it with

00:49:50.179 --> 00:49:50.519
 others.

00:49:51.519 --> 00:49:52.860
 That's by God's grace.

00:49:53.719 --> 00:49:55.179
 He has provided those

00:49:55.179 --> 00:49:55.559
 witnesses.

00:49:56.179 --> 00:49:58.300
 He has provided us as

00:49:58.300 --> 00:49:58.719
 witnesses.

00:50:00.860 --> 00:50:02.400
 The death of Christ is no

00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:03.440
 ordinary death.

00:50:05.440 --> 00:50:06.739
 The wrath of God's

00:50:06.739 --> 00:50:07.820
 judgment was poured out

00:50:07.820 --> 00:50:10.119
 on him as he bore our

00:50:10.119 --> 00:50:11.079
 sins on the cross.

00:50:11.079 --> 00:50:13.940
 His death was a

00:50:13.940 --> 00:50:16.219
 sacrifice sufficient to

00:50:16.219 --> 00:50:17.400
 save all who will

00:50:17.400 --> 00:50:19.179
 believe for all of

00:50:19.179 --> 00:50:19.659
 eternity.

00:50:20.799 --> 00:50:23.019
 But his death demands a

00:50:23.019 --> 00:50:25.340
 response, a response of

00:50:25.340 --> 00:50:27.819
 faith, trusting in his

00:50:27.819 --> 00:50:29.819
 finished work, following

00:50:29.819 --> 00:50:30.759
 him in faithful

00:50:30.759 --> 00:50:31.619
 discipleship.

00:50:32.480 --> 00:50:34.079
 And part of that faithful

00:50:34.079 --> 00:50:36.500
 discipleship is sharing

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 this glorious gospel with

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 someone else.

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 will you receive that

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 gift today?

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 Is he intruding upon

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 your heart?

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 Will you give the

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 response of faith that

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 shows that work that he's

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 done in you?

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 And if you have, will you

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 share it with someone

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 else?

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 Will you tell someone

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 else?

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 Will you tell someone

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 else?