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Good Friday 2025 - Psalm 22 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Well, good evening, if I haven't already said it to you.
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Very glad that you are here with us this evening.
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This is extra in the week,
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and I am greatly encouraged by how many people have joined us this evening.
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As we gather to consider the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
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on the cross of Golgotha,
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I would like for us to consider some of Jesus' final words
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as he suffered on our behalf
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and reflect upon what may have been
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some of his final thoughts as he gave his life for the sake of ours.
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So, to do so, please join me in Psalm 22.
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This psalm serves as a divine commentary
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on much of what Jesus uttered on the cross,
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as we will see that three of his statements come from this psalm.
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Because Jesus cites this psalm so prevalently,
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I believe that it is safe to assume
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that he was pondering this psalm as he suffered.
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It may not have been the only text of Scripture that he meditated upon,
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but it was surely one of them,
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and it may well have been the dominant one,
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and therefore can grant us some insight into his thoughts.
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The author of this psalm is King David,
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and no events of his life match the description found here.
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So it is widely agreed that this psalm is also prophetic,
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that David was speaking specifically of the suffering of Jesus Christ.
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We will see that it alludes to five incidences
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that occur in the process of Jesus being tried and crucified.
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Further, the apostle Peter, in reference to another of David's psalms,
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calls him a prophet in Acts chapter 2 and verse 30.
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So as we take some time this evening to consider some of Jesus' final words,
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and most likely some of his final thoughts,
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I want to invite you to have your heart warmed
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by the loving kindness of God to us in the death of Jesus Christ.
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I'll read the entirety of the psalm.
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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
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Why are you so far from saving me from the words of my groaning?
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O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,
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and by night, but I find no rest.
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Yet, you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
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In you our fathers trusted, they trusted, and you delivered them.
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To you they cried and were rescued.
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In you they trusted and were not put to shame.
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But I am a worm and not a man,
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scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
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All who seek me mock me.
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They make mouths at me.
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They wag their heads.
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He trusts in the Lord.
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Let him deliver him.
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Let him rescue him, for he delights in him.
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Yet, you are he who took me from the womb.
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You made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
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On you was I cast from birth,
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and from my mother's womb you have been my God.
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Be not far from me, for trouble is near,
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and there is none to help.
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Many bulls encompass me.
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Strong bulls of bashing surround me.
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They open wide their mouths at me like a ravening and roaring lion.
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I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint.
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My heart is like wax.
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It is melted within my breast.
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My strength is dried up like a pot shirt,
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and my tongue sticks to my jaws.
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You lay me in the dust of death.
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For dogs encompass me.
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A company of evildoers encircles me.
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They have pierced my hands and feet.
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I can count all my bones.
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They stare and gloat over me.
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They divide my garments among them,
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and for my clothing that casts lots.
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But you, O Lord, do not be far off.
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O you, my help, come quickly to my aid.
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Deliver my soul from the sword,
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my precious life from the power of the dog.
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Save me from the mouth of the lion.
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You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.
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I will tell of your name to my brothers.
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In the midst of the congregation, I will praise you.
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You who fear the Lord, praise him.
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All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,
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and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel.
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For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted,
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and he has not hidden his face from him,
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but has heard when he cried to him.
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From you comes my praise in the great congregation.
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My vows I will perform before those who fear him.
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The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied.
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Those who seek him shall praise the Lord.
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May your hearts live forever.
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All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord,
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and all the families of the nation shall worship before you.
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For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.
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All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship.
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Before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,
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even the one who could not keep himself alive.
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Posterity shall serve him.
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It shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
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They shall come and proclaim his righteousness
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to a people yet unborn,
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that he has done it.
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So, first,
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let's look at the five incidences that occurred
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in the process of Jesus being tried and crucified
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that this psalm alludes to.
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And remember, I'm making the case to you
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that this is at least prominently what's on his mind
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as he suffers and dies on our behalf.
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So, first,
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the dividing of Jesus' garments
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and the casting of lots.
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We see this recorded in John 19,
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verse 23 and 24,
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where it says,
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when the soldiers had crucified Jesus,
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they took his garments
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and divided them into four parts,
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one part for each soldier,
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also his tunic.
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But the tunic was seamless,
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woven in one piece from top to bottom.
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That is, it was expensive.
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So they said to one another,
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let us not tear it,
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but cast lots for it
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to see whose it shall be.
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This was,
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John says,
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to fulfill the scripture
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which says,
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and he cites Psalm 22 and verse 18.
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They divided my garments among them
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and for my clothing,
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they cast lots.
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Secondly,
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we read about the piercing
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of Jesus' hands and feet
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and his severe beating.
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We only find out about the piercing
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of Jesus' hands and feet
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because of doubting Thomas.
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In John chapter 20,
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beginning in verse 24,
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John records,
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Now Thomas,
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one of the twelve,
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called the twin,
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was not with them
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when Jesus came.
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So the other disciples told him,
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We have seen the Lord.
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This is the risen Lord.
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But he said to them,
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Unless I see his hand,
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the marks of the nails,
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and place my finger
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into the marks of the nails,
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and place my hand into his side,
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I will never believe.
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Eight days later,
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his disciples were inside again
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and Thomas was with them.
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Although the doors were locked,
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Jesus came and stood among them
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and said,
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Peace be with you.
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Then he said to Thomas,
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Such kindness here,
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such tenderness.
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Put your finger here
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and see my hands.
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And put out your hand
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and place it in my side.
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Do not disbelieve,
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but believe.
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Thomas answered him,
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My Lord and my God.
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We know that Jesus
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was severely beaten
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from texts like Matthew 27.
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And the prophet Isaiah wrote
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in Isaiah 52 and verse 14,
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As many were astonished at you,
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his appearance was so marred
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beyond human semblance
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and his form beyond that
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of the children of mankind.
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We see in Psalm 22,
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verse 16 and 17,
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For dogs encompass me,
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a company of evildoers
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encircles me,
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they have pierced
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my hands and feet,
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I can count all my bones,
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they stare
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and gloat
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over me.
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Thirdly,
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we can see
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the mocking
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of the soldiers.
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We can read of this
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in Mark chapter 15,
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verse 16
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and following.
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There Mark says,
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And the soldiers
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led him away
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inside the palace,
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that is,
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the governor's headquarters.
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And they called together
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the whole battalion,
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and they clothed him
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in a purple cloak,
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and twisting together
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a crown of thorns,
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they put it on him.
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And they began
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to salute him,
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Hail,
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King of the Jews!
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And they were striking
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his head with a reed,
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and spitting on him,
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and kneeling down
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in homage to him.
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And when they had mocked him,
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they stripped him
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of the purple cloak,
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and put his own clothes
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on him,
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and they led him out
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to crucify him.
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Luke adds in Luke 22,
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verse 63 through 65,
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Now the men
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who were holding Jesus
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in custody
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were mocking him
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as they beat him.
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They also blindfolded him
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and kept asking him,
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Prophesy,
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who is it that struck you?
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And they said,
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many other things
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against him,
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blaspheming him.
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Jesus became
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a mockery,
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an object of derision
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and sport
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for the Roman battalion.
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The creator
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of all the universe
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became a laughingstock
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to those
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whom he created.
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Psalm 22,
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verse 6 and 7,
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there says,
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But I am a worm
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and not a man,
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scorned by mankind
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and despised
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by the people.
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All who seek me
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mock me.
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They make mouths at me.
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They wag their heads.
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Fourthly,
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we can see
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the mocking
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of the bystanders
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and the religious leaders.
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Matthew 27,
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verse 39,
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says,
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All those
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who passed by
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derided him,
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wagging their heads.
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Again,
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Psalm 22,
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verse 7,
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and then into verse 8,
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All who seek me
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mock me.
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They make mouths at me.
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They wag their heads.
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He trusts in the Lord.
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Let him deliver him.
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Let him rescue him.
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For he
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delights
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in him.
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He mocked
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who he said
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that he was.
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In Luke 23,
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verse 35 and following,
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we read,
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And the people
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stood by watching,
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but the ruler
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scoffed at him,
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saying,
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He saved others.
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Let him save himself.
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If he is the Christ of God,
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his chosen one.
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The soldiers
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also mocked him,
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coming up
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and offering him
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sour wine
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and saying,
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If you are the king
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of the Jews,
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save yourself.
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There was also
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an inscription over him,
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this is the king
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of the Jews.
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And John adds
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in John 19
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that even that
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was controversial.
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They wanted it
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to be worse,
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the sign that hung
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above him.
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There he says,
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Pilate also wrote
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an inscription
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and put it on the cross.
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It read,
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Jesus of Nazareth,
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the king
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of the Jews.
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Many of the Jews
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read this inscription
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for the place
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where Jesus was crucified
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was near the city
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and it was written
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in Aramaic,
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in Latin,
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and in Greek.
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That is to say,
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everybody could read it.
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So the chief priest
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of the Jews
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said to Pilate,
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Do not write
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the king of the Jews,
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but rather,
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this man said,
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I am the king
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of the Jews.
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And Pilate answered,
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What I have written,
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I have written.
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So there's a mocking
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of the bystanders
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and the religious leaders.
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Fifthly,
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we see the mocking
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of the criminals.
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Matthew 27
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and verse 44
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records,
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and the robbers
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who were crucified
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with him
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also reviled him
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in the same way.
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And in Luke 23,
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39,
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we get a little more detail.
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One of the criminals
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who were hanged
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railed at him saying,
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Are you not the Christ?
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Save yourself
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and us.
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And Luke goes on
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to tell us
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that the other criminal
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rebuked him
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and placed his face
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in Christ.
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And so we see this mocking,
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Are you not the Christ?
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Save yourself
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and us.
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Psalm 22, 8.
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He trusts in the Lord.
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Let him deliver him.
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Jesus was even mocked
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by those found guilty
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and experiencing
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the very same death.
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In Luke 23,
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we find him so willing
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to forgive the transgressions
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at whose hands he suffered.
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In verse 34,
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he utters the words,
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Father, forgive them,
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for they know not
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what they do.
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He pitied the ignorance
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that would murder the one
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who came
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to save their souls.
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And so we see
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all of these
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connection points
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back to
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Psalm 22.
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So,
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we ask,
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I think it's right
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for us to muse,
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what must have been
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going through
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the mind of our Savior
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as he experienced
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the most cruel
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of deaths
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ever to be employed
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by a nation state.
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This is not argued.
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This was the worst.
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This form of death
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was not only
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extremely painful,
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it was meant
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to be a spectacle.
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The condemned
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replace on display
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in a place
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of prominence
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for all to see
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and to consider
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the cost
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of law-breaking.
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The Romans
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wanted to make
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it very clear
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what would happen
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to those
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who went
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against Rome.
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So not only
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is he dying
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a painful
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physical death,
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he is being
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rejected
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at every turn
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by those
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that he loves.
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Psalm 22
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verse 12
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and 13,
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many bulls
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encompass me,
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strong bulls
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of Bashan,
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which is modern
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day Syria,
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surround me.
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They open wide
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their mouths at me
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like a ravening
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and roaring lion.
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In the midst
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of all David's
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prophecy
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of the suffering
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of the coming Christ,
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he writes
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these reprieves.
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When I read
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the total psalm
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to you,
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I tried to give
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some pauses
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to highlight that.
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These moments
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of rest
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and reflection
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from all
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of the suffering.
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And here I think
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we get the most
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wonderful glimpse
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of the mind
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of Jesus.
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I'm making the case
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to you.
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I think this is
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what he's thinking.
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As I'm going to
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show you in a moment,
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he's citing this psalm.
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I think this is
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what's going
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through his mind.
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And I think David
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prophetically has told us
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what he would suffer
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and is giving us
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some hints
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at what he must
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have been thinking.
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So just before
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the text I read,
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the bulls
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encompassing,
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the strong bulls
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opening wide
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their mouths
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like a ravening
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roaring lion,
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just before that
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we get this reprieve.
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Verse 9-11,
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Yet you are he
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who took me
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from the womb.
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You made me trust you
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at my mother's breast.
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On you was I cast
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from my birth
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and from my mother's womb
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you have been my God.
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Be not far from me
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for trouble is near
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and there is none
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to help.
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The psalmist,
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as I've argued,
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shows us
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that Jesus
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suffered greatly
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but that he looks
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to God the Father
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who was with him
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from the very beginning
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and is therefore
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to be trusted
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for help,
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comfort,
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peace,
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and finally
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deliverance.
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Now let's take a look
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at three statements
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that Jesus uttered
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on the cross
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that are found
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in this psalm.
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First,
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we can read
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in Matthew 27
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and verse 46,
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also in Mark 15, 34.
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And about the ninth hour
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Jesus cried out
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with a loud voice
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saying,
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Eli,
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Eli,
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lama sabachthani.
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That is,
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I'm thankful
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for the translation,
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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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Eli,
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Eli,
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lama sabachthani.
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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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At about 3 p.m.,
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the sky went dark
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and Jesus
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laid his life
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down.
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The sinless
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for the sinful,
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the worthy
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for the unworthy,
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the blessed
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for the destitute.
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John Stott
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once said,
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our sins
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blotted out
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the sunshine
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of his
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father's
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face.
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2 Corinthians
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chapter 5,
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verse 21,
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Paul says,
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for our sake,
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he,
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God,
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made him
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Christ
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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
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of God.
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In the garden
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of Gethsemane,
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the night before
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Jesus' crucifixion,
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he prayed as recorded
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in Matthew 26,
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verse 39,
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my father,
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if it be possible,
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let this cup
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pass from me.
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Nevertheless,
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not as I will,
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but as you will.
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Jesus'
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great concern
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was not the
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physical
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torment that he
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was going to go
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through.
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It was drinking
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the cup
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of God's
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wrath
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against sin,
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your sin
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and mine.
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Jesus'
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anguish
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over his
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coming crucifixion
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was because
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of that reality
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that he knew
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was coming.
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He knew he was
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going to bear
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God's wrath.
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He knew that
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God would turn
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his face
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away from him.
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Jesus would
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have had in mind
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patches like
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Jeremiah 25,
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verse 15 and 16
18:24
and verse 27.
18:25
God is
18:51
just
18:53
and God is
18:54
unchanging
18:56
and therefore
18:57
God must
18:59
punish
19:00
sin.
19:02
He can't
19:02
simply
19:03
overlook it.
19:04
It must
19:05
be
19:05
punished.
19:07
If you and I
19:08
were to have
19:09
any hope
19:09
of the forgiveness
19:10
of our sin,
19:11
we needed
19:12
a substitute.
19:14
We needed
19:15
someone to die
19:16
in our
19:17
place.
19:19
Jesus came
19:20
to die our
19:21
death,
19:22
so as he hung
19:23
on that cursed
19:23
tree,
19:24
he bore
19:24
all of the
19:25
wrath for
19:26
all of the
19:27
sin due
19:28
you and
19:28
I and
19:29
all those
19:30
who will
19:30
ever or
19:31
ever will
19:32
be called
19:32
by his
19:33
name.
19:34
Every ounce
19:35
of that
19:36
eternal wrath
19:36
for our
19:37
sin.
19:39
And it's in
19:39
that final
19:40
moment that he
19:41
cries out,
19:42
my God,
19:43
my God,
19:44
why have
19:45
you forsaken
19:46
me?
19:47
God the
19:49
Father turned
19:49
his face
19:50
away from
19:51
his Son
19:51
and poured
19:53
infinite
19:54
wrath
19:55
on him.
19:58
Charles
19:58
Spurgeon
19:59
once said,
20:01
it seemed
20:01
as if hell
20:02
were put
20:03
into his
20:03
cup.
20:04
He seized
20:05
it and at
20:06
one tremendous
20:07
draught of
20:08
love,
20:09
he drank
20:10
damnation
20:11
dry.
20:12
I don't
20:13
know if
20:13
anybody will
20:14
have a way
20:14
with words
20:15
like Spurgeon
20:15
ever again.
20:19
Psalm 22
20:20
verse 1 and
20:21
2,
20:21
my God,
20:22
my God,
20:23
why have
20:24
you forsaken
20:24
me?
20:25
Why are you
20:25
so far
20:26
from saving
20:26
me from
20:27
the words
20:28
of my
20:28
groaning?
20:28
Oh my
20:29
God,
20:29
I cry
20:30
by day
20:30
but you
20:30
do not
20:31
answer
20:31
and by
20:32
night
20:32
but I
20:33
find
20:33
no
20:34
rest.
20:38
And then
20:38
Psalm 22
20:39
gives us
20:40
another one
20:40
of these
20:41
reprieves
20:42
that I
20:43
mentioned
20:43
and I
20:45
suggest
20:45
the hope
20:46
that pulled
20:48
Christ the
20:49
man through
20:50
this immeasurable
20:51
suffering.
20:53
The writer of
20:54
Hebrews tells
20:54
us in
20:54
Hebrews 12
20:55
too that
20:55
Jesus endured
20:56
the cross
20:57
for the joy
20:58
set before
20:59
him.
21:01
So maybe
21:02
it's a thought
21:03
like this
21:04
that's going
21:04
through his
21:05
mind right
21:05
after the text
21:06
I just read
21:07
verses 3
21:07
through 5
21:08
yet you
21:10
are holy
21:11
enthroned
21:12
on the
21:13
praises
21:13
of Israel
21:13
in you
21:14
our fathers
21:15
trusted
21:16
they trusted
21:16
and you
21:17
delivered them
21:18
to you
21:19
they cried
21:20
and were
21:20
rescued
21:21
in you
21:21
they trusted
21:22
and were
21:23
not
21:23
put to
21:24
shame.
21:28
Second
21:28
thing he
21:29
says
21:29
we find
21:30
in John
21:30
chapter 19
21:31
and verse
21:32
28
21:33
this
21:35
is briefly
21:36
but I'm
21:36
connecting you
21:37
back to
21:37
Psalm 22
21:38
again
21:38
after this
21:40
Jesus
21:40
knowing
21:41
that all
21:42
was now
21:42
finished
21:43
said
21:43
and John
21:44
puts in
21:45
parentheses
21:46
to fulfill
21:47
the scripture
21:48
I
21:49
thirst
21:50
now
21:52
this is
21:53
certainly
21:53
a direct
21:54
reference
21:54
to Psalm
21:55
69
21:55
and verse
21:56
21
21:57
there that
21:58
says
21:58
they gave
21:59
me poison
21:59
for food
22:00
and for
22:00
my thirst
22:00
they gave
22:01
me sour
22:02
wine
22:02
to drink
22:04
and this
22:04
one is a
22:04
bit more
22:05
difficult to
22:06
find in
22:06
Psalm 22
22:07
but I
22:08
contend
22:09
that it
22:09
is
22:10
there
22:11
in verses
22:11
14
22:12
and 15
22:13
where he
22:14
says
22:14
I'm poured
22:14
out like
22:15
water
22:15
and all
22:15
my bones
22:16
are out
22:16
of joint
22:17
my heart
22:17
is like
22:18
wax
22:18
it is
22:19
melted
22:19
within
22:20
my breast
22:20
my strength
22:21
is dried
22:22
up like
22:22
a pot
22:23
shirt
22:23
and my
22:24
tongue
22:24
sticks
22:25
to my
22:25
jaws
22:25
you lay
22:26
me
22:26
in the
22:27
dust
22:27
of
22:29
death
22:29
thirdly
22:33
when Jesus
22:34
had received
22:35
the sour
22:35
wine
22:36
he said
22:37
it
22:38
is
22:39
finished
22:41
I find
22:42
these to be
22:43
the three
22:43
most precious
22:44
words in
22:45
the Bible
22:45
it
22:45
is
22:47
finished
22:48
and he
22:49
bowed his
22:50
head
22:50
and gave
22:51
up his
22:52
spirit
22:52
Jesus upon
22:54
accomplishing
22:55
the task
22:56
that he
22:56
became a
22:57
man to
22:58
accomplish
22:58
uttered
22:59
these
22:59
simple
23:00
but profound
23:02
and packed
23:03
full
23:03
of meaning
23:04
words
23:05
it
23:06
is
23:07
finished
23:08
that
23:09
redemptive
23:10
price
23:10
has
23:11
been
23:12
paid
23:12
all
23:13
that we
23:13
need
23:14
to have
23:15
the salvation
23:16
of our
23:16
souls
23:16
has
23:17
been
23:18
accomplished
23:19
it's
23:20
done
23:20
it
23:20
is
23:21
finished
23:23
a work
23:23
that he
23:23
did
23:24
on our
23:24
behalf
23:25
and doesn't
23:25
expect
23:26
a work
23:27
from us
23:28
to have
23:29
it
23:30
an
23:30
astounding
23:31
thing
23:32
the author
23:33
of Hebrews
23:33
writes
23:33
in Hebrews
23:34
1
23:34
and verse
23:35
3
23:35
Jesus
23:36
Christ
23:36
is the
23:37
radiance
23:37
of the
23:38
glory
23:38
of God
23:38
and the
23:39
exact
23:39
imprint
23:40
of his
23:40
nature
23:41
and he
23:41
upholds
23:42
the universe
23:43
by the
23:43
word
23:43
of his
23:44
power
23:45
after making
23:46
purification
23:47
for sins
23:48
he sat
23:49
down at
23:49
the right
23:50
hand
23:50
of the
23:51
majesty
23:51
on high
23:53
and this
23:53
language
23:54
is striking
23:56
to those
23:56
who are
23:56
familiar
23:57
with this
23:58
early
23:59
Jewish
23:59
practice
24:00
of temple
24:01
worship
24:02
the priests
24:04
there
24:04
who were
24:04
making
24:05
intercession
24:06
sacrificial
24:06
intercession
24:07
for God's
24:08
people
24:08
never
24:09
got to
24:10
sit down
24:11
there is
24:11
no furniture
24:12
in that
24:13
temple
24:14
no place
24:15
for them
24:16
to sit
24:16
and to
24:17
rest
24:17
they work
24:18
in shifts
24:18
around the
24:19
clock
24:20
to make
24:20
purification
24:21
for sins
24:22
the Levitical
24:23
priests who
24:23
could never
24:24
make atonement
24:26
the way we
24:27
need
24:27
atonement
24:28
so Christ
24:30
comes
24:30
through a
24:31
different line
24:32
that of
24:32
Melchizedek
24:34
for another
24:35
time
24:35
perhaps
24:36
and he
24:37
makes a
24:38
once for
24:38
all
24:39
sacrifice
24:39
of
24:40
himself
24:41
he
24:42
finishes
24:43
the work
24:43
it's
24:44
finished
24:44
and he
24:45
sits down
24:45
at the
24:46
right hand
24:47
of the
24:47
majesty
24:48
on high
24:49
the work
24:49
is
24:51
done
24:52
psalm 22
24:55
verse 29
24:57
and following
24:57
all the
24:58
prosperous of
24:59
the earth
24:59
eat and
25:00
worship
25:01
before him
25:02
shall bow
25:03
all who
25:04
go down
25:04
to the
25:05
dust
25:05
even the
25:05
one
25:06
who
25:06
could not
25:07
keep
25:07
himself
25:07
alive
25:08
posterity
25:09
shall serve
25:10
and they
25:10
shall be
25:10
told
25:11
of the
25:12
Lord
25:12
to the
25:12
coming
25:12
generation
25:13
they
25:13
shall
25:13
come
25:14
and
25:15
proclaim
25:15
his
25:15
righteousness
25:16
to a
25:17
people
25:17
yet
25:18
unborn
25:18
that he
25:19
has
25:20
done
25:21
it
25:22
it
25:23
is
25:23
finished
25:24
praise
25:25
be
25:25
to
25:25
God
25:25
well
25:28
four
25:28
brief
25:29
points
25:30
of
25:30
application
25:30
and
25:31
I'll
25:32
be
25:32
done
25:32
and
25:32
we'll
25:33
conclude
25:33
with
25:33
some
25:33
closing
25:34
songs
25:35
some
25:36
things
25:36
we
25:37
want
25:37
to
25:37
witness
25:38
Jesus
25:39
doing
25:39
as he
25:40
hung
25:40
on
25:41
the
25:41
cross
25:41
first
25:42
the
25:43
case
25:43
I'm
25:43
making
25:44
to
25:44
you
25:44
is
25:44
that
25:44
he
25:44
was
25:45
pondering
25:46
the
25:47
word
25:47
of
25:47
God
25:47
that
25:48
he
25:48
had
25:49
stored
25:49
up
25:49
texts
25:50
!
25:51
psalm
25:52
22
25:52
so that
25:53
he
25:53
could
25:54
consider
25:54
them
25:55
and
25:55
all
25:55
of
25:55
the
25:55
promises
25:55
of
25:56
God
25:56
could
25:56
pull
25:57
him
25:57
through
25:57
the
25:57
great
25:57
suffering
25:58
that
25:59
he
25:59
experienced
26:00
and
26:00
beloved
26:01
we
26:01
need
26:02
to
26:02
do
26:02
the
26:03
same
26:03
we
26:04
will
26:04
suffer
26:04
in
26:04
this
26:05
life
26:05
and
26:05
we
26:05
need
26:05
to
26:05
have
26:06
ready
26:06
access
26:07
to
26:07
God's
26:07
word
26:08
at
26:08
all
26:09
times
26:10
secondly
26:12
we
26:12
see him
26:13
praying
26:13
to
26:14
God
26:14
for
26:14
help
26:14
in
26:15
times
26:15
of
26:16
need
26:16
psalm
26:17
22
26:18
verse
26:18
19
26:19
there's
26:19
this
26:19
cry
26:20
and
26:20
following
26:21
but
26:21
you
26:21
oh
26:21
lord
26:21
be
26:21
not
26:22
far
26:22
off
26:22
oh
26:23
you
26:23
my
26:23
help
26:23
come
26:24
quickly
26:24
to
26:25
my
26:25
aid
26:26
and
26:26
it
26:26
goes
26:27
on
26:28
our
26:29
God
26:29
hears
26:29
us
26:30
and
26:30
he's
26:30
ready
26:31
to
26:31
answer
26:31
us
26:32
and
26:33
because
26:33
of
26:34
the
26:34
righteousness
26:35
we have
26:35
in
26:35
Christ
26:36
we
26:36
can
26:36
boldly
26:37
approach
26:37
him
26:37
boldly
26:38
lay
26:39
our
26:39
requests
26:39
at
26:40
his
26:40
feet
26:41
and
26:41
trust
26:42
in
26:43
his
26:43
loving
26:43
responses
26:44
third
26:46
of
26:47
suffering
26:48
connecting
26:49
us to
26:49
psalm
26:49
22
26:50
verses
26:50
2
26:51
through
26:51
5
26:52
I read
26:53
this
26:53
before
26:54
oh my
26:54
God
26:54
I cry
26:54
by day
26:55
but you
26:55
do not
26:55
answer
26:56
by night
26:56
but I
26:56
find
26:57
no rest
26:57
yet
26:58
you
26:59
are
27:00
holy
27:01
enthroned
27:03
on the
27:03
praises
27:03
of
27:03
Israel
27:04
and you
27:04
our
27:04
fathers
27:04
trusted
27:05
they
27:05
trusted
27:05
and you
27:06
delivered
27:06
them
27:06
to you
27:06
they
27:06
cried
27:07
and were
27:07
rescued
27:07
and you
27:08
they
27:08
trusted
27:09
and they
27:09
were
27:10
not
27:10
put
27:11
to
27:12
shame
27:12
God
27:13
works
27:14
in the
27:14
suffering
27:14
of his
27:14
people
27:15
to bring
27:15
about
27:16
faith
27:17
in him
27:18
right
27:19
trusting
27:19
his
27:20
good
27:20
promises
27:21
exalting
27:22
him
27:22
because
27:22
we
27:23
believe
27:23
him
27:24
he
27:24
is
27:25
who
27:25
he
27:25
is
27:25
and he
27:26
has
27:26
said
27:26
things
27:26
and we
27:27
believe
27:27
those
27:27
things
27:28
to be
27:28
true
27:29
and that
27:29
keeps
27:30
the honor
27:31
on him
27:31
that is
27:32
due
27:32
him
27:32
fourth
27:35
proclaiming
27:38
God's
27:38
goodness
27:38
to one
27:39
another
27:39
and to
27:41
the
27:41
world
27:41
to one
27:43
another
27:43
we see
27:44
this
27:44
in
27:44
22
27:44
and
27:45
following
27:46
I
27:46
will
27:46
tell
27:46
of
27:46
your
27:46
name
27:47
to
27:47
my
27:47
brothers
27:47
in
27:48
the
27:48
midst
27:48
of
27:48
the
27:48
congregation
27:49
I
27:50
will
27:50
praise
27:51
you
27:52
you
27:52
who
27:53
fear
27:53
the
27:53
Lord
27:53
praise
27:54
him
27:54
all
27:55
you
27:55
offspring
27:56
of
27:56
Jacob
27:56
glorify
27:57
him
27:57
and
27:57
stand
27:57
in
27:58
awe
27:58
of
27:58
him
27:58
all
27:58
you
27:59
offspring
27:59
of
28:00
Israel
28:01
for
28:02
he
28:02
has
28:02
not
28:02
despised
28:03
or
28:03
abhorred
28:03
the
28:03
affliction
28:04
of
28:04
the
28:04
afflicted
28:04
and
28:04
he
28:04
has
28:04
not
28:05
hidden
28:05
his
28:05
face
28:11
my
28:12
vows
28:12
I
28:13
will
28:13
perform
28:13
before
28:13
those
28:14
who
28:14
fear
28:15
him
28:15
the
28:16
afflicted
28:17
shall
28:17
eat
28:17
and
28:17
be
28:17
satisfied
28:18
those
28:18
who
28:18
seek
28:19
him
28:19
shall
28:19
praise
28:20
the
28:20
Lord
28:20
may
28:21
your
28:21
hearts
28:22
live
28:22
forever
28:24
we are
28:25
to proclaim
28:26
God's
28:26
goodness
28:27
to one
28:28
another
28:28
all the
28:29
time
28:30
day in
28:31
and day
28:32
out
28:32
hear me
28:34
I'm
28:34
thankful
28:34
for this
28:34
evening
28:35
and I'm
28:35
thankful
28:35
for
28:36
it seems
28:37
in our
28:38
culture
28:38
that this
28:39
is the
28:39
black
28:39
Friday
28:40
for
28:40
churches
28:41
and I
28:42
just
28:42
want
28:42
to say
28:43
we
28:43
gather
28:44
to
28:45
celebrate
28:45
the
28:45
resurrected
28:46
Christ
28:46
52
28:47
Sundays
28:48
out of
28:48
the
28:49
year
28:49
unless
28:51
something
28:51
catastrophic
28:52
happens
28:52
that's
28:52
what we
28:53
gather
28:53
to do
28:54
we do
28:54
it
28:54
regularly
28:54
why
28:55
because
28:55
we
28:56
need
28:56
to
28:56
hear
28:57
the
28:57
good
28:58
news
28:58
of
28:58
Jesus
28:58
Christ
28:59
regularly
29:00
and God
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has
29:01
ordained
29:01
that we
29:02
hear it
29:02
regularly
29:03
so we
29:04
should
29:04
proclaim
29:04
God's
29:05
goodness
29:05
to one
29:06
another
29:07
and also
29:08
to the
29:09
world
29:10
verse 27
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all the
29:11
ends
29:12
of the
29:12
earth
29:13
shall
29:13
remember
29:13
and turn
29:14
to the
29:14
Lord
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all the
29:15
families
29:16
of the
29:16
nations
29:17
shall
29:18
worship
29:18
before you
29:19
for kingship
29:20
belongs
29:21
to the
29:21
Lord
29:22
and he
29:22
rules
29:23
over
29:24
the
29:25
nations
29:25
so I
29:28
hope
29:28
once again
29:29
that your
29:30
heart has
29:30
been warmed
29:31
by the
29:31
loving kindness
29:32
of God
29:32
to us
29:33
and the
29:33
death
29:34
of Jesus
29:35
Christ
29:35
I hope
29:36
that this
29:37
time serves
29:37
us well
29:38
as we
29:38
look forward
29:39
to
29:39
resurrection
29:40
Sunday
29:41
in a few
29:42
short days
29:42
please join
29:44
me in
29:44
prayer
29:44
next