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Jesus' Death and Burial - The Gospels · Bible in a Year with Jack Graham

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  Speaker 1: Let us pray. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar,
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  Speaker 1: he said, It is finished. And he bowed his head
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  Speaker 1: and gave up the ghost. John 19.30 Thank you, Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: for carrying your cross up the hill. When my moment comes,
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  Speaker 1: I will be like Simon, and I will take the
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  Speaker 1: weight of your cross upon my life until I complete
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  Speaker 1: my mission here on earth. reflecting on the most holy
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  Speaker 1: of moments. Like Jesus, I give my life to you, God,
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  Speaker 1: as a living sacrifice. May you use my life to
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  Speaker 1: bring your name glory as long as I am breathing.
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  Speaker 1: In the same way that Jesus brought hope to the
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  Speaker 1: thief on the cross in the midst of his pain,
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  Speaker 1: so too will I bring hope to others, even when
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  Speaker 1: I feel the burden of life's challenges. I will remember
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  Speaker 1: that the greatest act of devotion to you, God, is
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  Speaker 1: to bring people into the knowledge of your saving grace
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  Speaker 1: and forgiveness. Through your death and burial, Jesus, you put
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  Speaker 1: into action the greatest chess play in all the cosmos.
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  Speaker 1: Through your death and burial, you have given us the
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  Speaker 1: ultimate checkmate over Satan and his plans. The best is
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  Speaker 1: yet to come. In Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: praying with us today. Continue your time with God by
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  Speaker 1: listening to today's Bible story. Brought to you by BibleInAYear.com.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus' Death and Burial In our last story, Jesus was
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  Speaker 2: taken before Pilate and brutally beaten. The crowd demanded Jesus
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  Speaker 2: be crucified. Pilate, who knew Jesus was innocent, washed his
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  Speaker 2: hands clean and released Jesus to be crucified. In this story,
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  Speaker 2: we will learn about the death and burial of Jesus
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  Speaker 2: as inspired by the Gospels.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, Jack Graham here with today's episode of The Bible
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  Speaker 3: in a Year. In our previous episode, we heard how
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  Speaker 3: Jesus went before Pilate, the Roman ruler, and though no
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  Speaker 3: fault was found in him, the religious leaders clamored for
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  Speaker 3: his death, insisting that Pilate send him to the cross
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  Speaker 3: and release a criminal named Barabbas. Jesus was beaten, humiliated, mocked, tortured,
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  Speaker 3: yet he remained silent, willing to fulfill God's purpose for
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  Speaker 3: his life. Today we'll hear as Jesus goes to the
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  Speaker 3: cross and the final words that he says as the
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  Speaker 3: sin of the world bears its full weight on his shoulders.
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  Speaker 3: So let's listen now to the reading of God's word.
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  Speaker 2: The day grew dim and clouds began filling the skies.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus was given a cross to carry up the trail
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  Speaker 2: of Calvary. A hundred pound piece of wood carving a
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  Speaker 2: deeper hole into his already exposed back. Jesus carried his
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  Speaker 2: cross up the hill towards the place he would die.
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  Speaker 2: After losing blood and oxygen, Jesus collapsed to the ground
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  Speaker 2: with the cross. Unable to carry it himself, a soldier
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  Speaker 2: took a man named Simon from the crowd and had
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  Speaker 2: him carry Christ's cross for him up the hill. Some
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  Speaker 2: cried for his death. Others cried to not have him die.
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  Speaker 2: Thousands of people followed Jesus up that hill to watch
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  Speaker 2: him be crucified. Many mourned for him that day. Yet
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  Speaker 2: underneath the blood and sweat, Jesus walked with joy towards
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  Speaker 2: the cross, knowing what it would accomplish. Legs trembling, blood dripping,
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  Speaker 2: and lungs gasping for air, Jesus made his way to
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  Speaker 2: the place of the skull where he would be crucified.
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  Speaker 2: Soldiers grabbed him and laid him down onto the cross.
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  Speaker 2: One by one they hammered nails into his wrists and feet.
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  Speaker 2: and raised the cross up high for everyone to behold
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  Speaker 2: his suffering. Crucifixion was designed to be a slow and
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  Speaker 2: painful death. For hours men would gasp for air by
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  Speaker 2: pulling up on their feet and wrists that had nails
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  Speaker 2: driven through them. Slowly, Jesus began to breathe and look
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  Speaker 2: upon the crowd. And the people stood by watching. But
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  Speaker 2: the rulers scoffed at him, saying, He saved others, let
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  Speaker 2: him save himself, if he is truly Christ. The soldiers
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  Speaker 2: also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine
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  Speaker 2: and saying, If you are the king of the Jews,
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  Speaker 2: save yourself. Jesus prayed, Father, forgive them. They do not
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  Speaker 2: know what they are doing. The soldiers took his clothes
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  Speaker 2: and divided it up between them by casting lots, which
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  Speaker 2: fulfilled the prophecy that said that they would do so.
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  Speaker 2: Pilate had a sign made in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek,
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  Speaker 2: so that all the people can read it walking by,
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  Speaker 2: which says, Jesus, the King of Jews. This disturbed the Jews,
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  Speaker 2: yet Pilate would not remove it. Jesus' cross was placed
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  Speaker 2: beside two thieves. One mocked Jesus, saying, Are you not
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  Speaker 2: the Christ? Save yourself and us if you are so powerful.
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  Speaker 2: But the other thief swiftly rebuked him, saying, Have you
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  Speaker 2: no fear of God? We are getting what we deserve
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  Speaker 2: hanging here, yet this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus, please,
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  Speaker 2: remember me when you enter into your kingdom. Jesus answered
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  Speaker 2: and said to him, Truly, today you will be with
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  Speaker 2: me in paradise. Jesus then looked down toward his mother,
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  Speaker 2: who was sobbing inconsolably. Jesus, in one of his final acts,
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  Speaker 2: turned to John and said, one of his most beloved disciples,
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  Speaker 2: and said, Son, behold your mother. And he charged John
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  Speaker 2: to look after his mother. Darkness had now enveloped the
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  Speaker 2: skies completely, as if preparing for what was about to occur.
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  Speaker 2: Nine hours had passed on the cross, and Jesus looked
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  Speaker 2: up to heaven. Eloi! Eloi! Lema sabachthani! He cried, which means,
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  Speaker 2: My God! My God, why have you forsaken me? For
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  Speaker 2: in that moment the eternal bond between the Father and
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  Speaker 2: the Son was severed, and the sins of all mankind
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  Speaker 2: were thrust onto Jesus as a tsunami does to the shore.
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  Speaker 2: Then Jesus yelled out one more time, Father, I give
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  Speaker 2: you my life. It is now finished. Then he gave
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  Speaker 2: his spirit to the Lord, the one who with a
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  Speaker 2: word spoke light and life into existence, spoke his final word.
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  Speaker 2: The same lungs that breathed life into mankind in the
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  Speaker 2: Garden of Eden exhaled their final breath. Immediately, the curtain
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  Speaker 2: that hung in the temple was torn in half, symbolizing
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  Speaker 2: the tearing of Jesus' flesh, removing separation from man and
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  Speaker 2: God forever. The ground began to shake and the skies
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  Speaker 2: poured forth rain. Rocks were split in half and for
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  Speaker 2: a moment the dead walked among the earth in darkness.
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  Speaker 2: The earth itself was mourning the death of its creator.
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  Speaker 2: A Roman commander saw these things happen and gasped in awe. Truly,
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  Speaker 2: this man was the Son of God, he said. After
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  Speaker 2: the chaos had passed, they brought Jesus down from the cross.
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  Speaker 2: The Jewish leaders did not want the bodies to be
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  Speaker 2: left up during the Sabbath, so they asked Pilate to
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  Speaker 2: let the bodies be taken down. They took the criminals down,
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  Speaker 2: broke their legs, and then moved on to Jesus. It
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  Speaker 2: was obvious that he was dead. So they instead pierced
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  Speaker 2: him with a spear, and blood and water came out
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  Speaker 2: of his body. This fulfilled the scripture that Jesus' bones
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  Speaker 2: would not be broken. And another scripture states that his
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  Speaker 2: body will be pierced. Joseph, a wealthy follower of Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: asked Pilate for his body. He feared the Jewish leaders,
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  Speaker 2: so when Pilate agreed, he took the body quickly. Nicodemus
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  Speaker 2: brought myrrh and aloes, and they both wrapped his body
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  Speaker 2: with these elements and linen. They then placed Jesus in
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  Speaker 2: a new tomb that no one had ever been in
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  Speaker 2: near a garden. This was the day of preparation, and
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  Speaker 2: because the tomb was close, they placed Jesus there. In
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  Speaker 2: the darkness of the tomb, the Son of Man laid
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  Speaker 2: his head. His followers, the city, and the whole earth
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  Speaker 2: were in mourning. Sadness gripped the hearts of all who
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  Speaker 2: loved him. And grief overcame them for a short while.
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  Speaker 2: There was no knowledge of what was yet to come.
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  Speaker 3: In today's reading, Jesus is walking the way of the cross.
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  Speaker 3: It's known now as the Via Dolorosa. With the beam
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  Speaker 3: of the cross on which he was to die weighing
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  Speaker 3: heavily on his shoulders, Jesus walked towards Calvary. His body
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  Speaker 3: was already beaten and bloodied, and now he was forced
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  Speaker 3: to carry the symbol of guilt and shame through a
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  Speaker 3: city with people yelling and screaming and spitting at him. Finally,
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  Speaker 3: the Lord collapses under the weight of the cross, and
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  Speaker 3: a man named Simon was pulled from the crowd and
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  Speaker 3: made to carry the wooden beam the rest of the way.
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  Speaker 3: Jesus knew what awaited him when he arrived at the
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  Speaker 3: place called Golgotha, the place of the skull. Death would
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  Speaker 3: not come quickly or without pain. A crucifixion could last
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  Speaker 3: for hours, even days. His body would endure indescribable pain,
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  Speaker 3: but that would pale in comparison to the spiritual pain
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  Speaker 3: that he experienced on the cross. And yet Jesus continued
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  Speaker 3: step by step to accomplish God's plan of salvation for
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  Speaker 3: the world. He came to die to rise again that
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  Speaker 3: we might have eternal life. When he finally arrived at
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  Speaker 3: the hill called Calvary, Jesus, the perfect Lamb of God,
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  Speaker 3: was laid on the cross, arms open wide, and nailed
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  Speaker 3: down by his wrists and feet. The soldiers were experts
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  Speaker 3: in keeping people alive, to expose them to the maximum
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  Speaker 3: amount of suffering. This was all described as a deterrent
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  Speaker 3: for other criminals. As Jesus was raised above the crowd,
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  Speaker 3: his weight hung on the nails, his flayed back rubbed
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  Speaker 3: against the rough-hewn wood of the cross, and he struggled
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  Speaker 3: even to lift himself to take the next breath. The
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  Speaker 3: way a person died on a Roman cross was by suffocation,
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  Speaker 3: drowning in one's own fluids. Raised up above the crowds,
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  Speaker 3: Jesus watched as the people mocked him even more, telling
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  Speaker 3: him to draw upon the powers of God and to
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  Speaker 3: save himself. The soldiers joined in the insults, showing no
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  Speaker 3: regard for his suffering. This was cruel beyond imagination. And yet,
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  Speaker 3: as he looked on those who put him there, the
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  Speaker 3: Roman soldiers, the crowds of people, even the religious leaders
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  Speaker 3: who conspired to have him killed, his heart was not
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  Speaker 3: filled with anger or rage or hate, but indescribable and
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  Speaker 3: intense love and forgiveness. He prays, asking God to forgive them,
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  Speaker 3: for they did not know what they were doing. This
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  Speaker 3: was the end of the long road Jesus had walked,
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  Speaker 3: the culmination of his earthly purpose. He had known all
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  Speaker 3: along that many who once flocked to see him would
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  Speaker 3: turn away and that he would face death alone. Even
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  Speaker 3: his disciples would leave him. Still, he went there willingly
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  Speaker 3: to die for you and me, We heard how there
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  Speaker 3: were two men next to him, two convicted thieves, criminals
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  Speaker 3: who were not innocent. They were receiving their due penalty.
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  Speaker 3: One joined the mockers, failing to see Jesus for who
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  Speaker 3: he truly was. But one of the thieves, one of
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  Speaker 3: the men surrendered his life to Jesus, asking him to
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  Speaker 3: remember him when he entered his kingdom. This man had
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  Speaker 3: no time left. No works could earn him God's favor
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  Speaker 3: or salvation. There was no church to join. There was
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  Speaker 3: no religious rites to perform. He was moments away from death,
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  Speaker 3: hopeless and helpless. And yet, because he turned to Jesus
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  Speaker 3: by faith, he heard Jesus reassured him of his eternal
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  Speaker 3: hope and home in heaven. Today, you will be with
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  Speaker 3: me in paradise. What happened to this thief on the
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  Speaker 3: cross reminds us that it's never too late for a
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  Speaker 3: new beginning and that there is nothing we can do
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  Speaker 3: to earn or deserve our salvations. but to put our
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  Speaker 3: lives in the nail-scarred hands of Jesus, that he and
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  Speaker 3: he alone can pardon us from our sins. Even in
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  Speaker 3: his moments of pain and suffering, Jesus, the glorious Savior,
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  Speaker 3: the good shepherd, continued to look upon those that he loved.
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  Speaker 3: He charged his disciple John with the care of Mary,
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  Speaker 3: his mother. As darkness descended on the land, Jesus knew
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  Speaker 3: there was still an even greater pain to face. The
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  Speaker 3: Lamb of God who came to take away the sins
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  Speaker 3: of the world felt the full weight of our sin
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  Speaker 3: on his back. And in that moment, he who knew
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  Speaker 3: no sin, according to the Bible, became sin for us,
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  Speaker 3: that we might be made the righteousness of God. Every
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  Speaker 3: wrong thought, every action, impulse, desire, sinful desire of every
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  Speaker 3: man and woman who has ever lived and who will
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  Speaker 3: ever live, was poured on Jesus that day as he
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  Speaker 3: hung upon the cross. His fellowship, perfect fellowship with the Father,
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  Speaker 3: was broken in that moment, and he cried out these
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  Speaker 3: words that we find in Mark 15, verse 34, My God,
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  Speaker 3: my God, why have you forsaken me? He was speaking
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  Speaker 3: the words of Psalm 22, and even in those words,
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  Speaker 3: as Christ acknowledged God's holiness, he was professing his trust
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  Speaker 3: in his heavenly Father. Finally, Jesus gave up his spirit
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  Speaker 3: and breathed his last breath. It was finally finished. He
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  Speaker 3: cried out, It is finished, which means accomplished, paid in full.
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  Speaker 3: Tetelestai is the word in the language of the Bible.
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  Speaker 3: Christ paid in full the debt of sin that we
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  Speaker 3: owed so that we could have eternal life. Our debt
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  Speaker 3: was paid in full. Jesus paid it all. At that moment,
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  Speaker 3: the curtain in the temple, a symbol of The separation
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  Speaker 3: between man and God was torn from top to bottom.
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  Speaker 3: God himself had removed the great chasm, the barrier between
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  Speaker 3: himself and those created for himself. It was in that
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  Speaker 3: moment that Christ had come. It was for this moment,
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  Speaker 3: this miracle, that Christ had come. And now his purpose
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  Speaker 3: is fulfilled. The plan of salvation is complete. Satan is defeated.
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  Speaker 3: and salvation is now offered to all who believe and
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  Speaker 3: trust in Christ. As Jesus' body was laid to rest
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  Speaker 3: by the few that had remained to care for him,
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  Speaker 3: there was one great enemy yet to be defeated, and
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  Speaker 3: that is death. He would conquer death. There is grave
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  Speaker 3: sadness on that dark Friday and on that silent Saturday,
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  Speaker 3: but a joyous day was coming soon. A resurrection is promised.
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  Speaker 3: Dear God, we can never get over your love for
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  Speaker 3: us and what you endured for us that we might
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  Speaker 3: have your love and grace, salvation, and eternal life. We
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  Speaker 3: will praise you forever, dear Lamb of God, for all
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  Speaker 3: that you have done for us and continue to do
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  Speaker 3: for us. We remember that it is by your blood
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  Speaker 3: that we have redemption, salvation, and eternal life. So we
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  Speaker 3: trust in you. And just let me say to all
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  Speaker 3: who are listening right now, If there's never been a
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  Speaker 3: moment in your life when you have invited Jesus to
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  Speaker 3: be your Lord and Savior, this is your moment. This
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  Speaker 3: can be your miracle. He died for you. He rose again.
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  Speaker 3: The Bible says, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and
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  Speaker 3: you will be saved, which means that all your sins
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  Speaker 3: are forgiven, past, present, and future, that Christ is alive
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  Speaker 3: in you and that you have the hope of eternal
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  Speaker 3: life now and forever, that you will be with him
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  Speaker 3: in heaven when he comes for you. So place your
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  Speaker 3: faith and trust in Jesus now by receiving him, repenting
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  Speaker 3: of your sin, turning to him and trusting in him
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  Speaker 3: as your Lord and Savior. God bless you.
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