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Well, would you please turn with me in your Bibles back to that passage that we've read in Mark's Gospel, Mark chapter 15.
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We're going to work through a fair part of this chapter tonight, so there's not any one specific verse to look at, just to consider some of the people that are recorded for us around the death of Jesus.
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Let's bow our heads in prayer, though, before we begin. Heavenly Father, as we come to this great passage of Scripture,
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that we've already spent time in this morning, we pray, Father, for your blessing and wisdom to be given to us.
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May the Holy Spirit himself be at work here tonight. We pray that hearts will be opened, that you would enable particularly those who have not yet come to know you as a Savior,
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who have not yet come to know Jesus and find delight in him alone. We pray, Father, that you would open their hearts tonight,
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that you would be a good God and merciful in all of your ways.
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And so help us, Lord, to look towards Christ Jesus for all of our salvation and our hope.
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And may we know the truth of God and the blessing of God alive in our hearts.
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We ask all of this in Jesus' name. Amen.
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So Mark, as he records for us the events of Golgotha and the crucifixion of Jesus,
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he gives us quite a lot of information about not only the events that have happened themselves,
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but some of the, what we could call, eyewitnesses to these events.
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It's like the other gospel writers, Mark is relying on sources,
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and he wants us to be able to have confidence in these sources.
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So when he tells us, for example, about Simon of Cyrene, who was compelled to carry the cross of Jesus,
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he identifies Simon by saying he is the father of Rufus and Alexander.
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And so presumably those reading this in the early church would be able to go and find Rufus and Alexander or Simon himself,
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but they would know who this was because of who he has said he is.
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And so that lends us that confidence that Mark's intention is not to record a made-up tale or an imaginary story.
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He wants us to have confidence that this is history.
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This is not only is it theological truth, as we were thinking a bit about this morning,
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but it's also historical truth, that these things really happened,
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and we can have some confidence in them as well.
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I want this evening to look just at four of these people that he mentions around the cross
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and see what role they actually play in the events of the cross.
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The main thing, of course, is to see Jesus, because that's the point of all of the Gospels.
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The Gospels want us to see Christ, and therefore tonight what I hope we can do is maybe see Christ
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through the eyes of these other characters,
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and that we will be inspired to have faith and to trust in him
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because of what we read and discover.
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Firstly, then, there are two robbers who are crucified with Jesus,
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one on his left, one on his right.
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So Jesus is on a cross in the center.
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He is therefore presumably the main event.
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These two other people who are crucified with him are not as important.
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They don't get inscriptions written above their heads saying what their crimes were,
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or certainly none that are recorded for us, just that they were robbers.
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We tend to remember the significance of them from another Gospel,
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which tells us about the interaction between one of the two who came to faith.
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And that journey for them was in these last few hours as Jesus died on the cross with them.
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And there's that wonderful truth that's given to one of these men.
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Today, you will be with me in paradise.
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But Mark shares no such details.
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What he tells us is that Jesus was crucified as king of the Jews
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between a pair of thieves,
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who in one throwaway phrase, actually, Mark says,
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those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
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This tells us a lot about the cross.
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One of the things I mentioned this morning was that the Father was present in all of this.
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that God's purposes are being worked out and fulfilled in the crucifixion of Jesus.
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And the way in which Jesus is crucified
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between these two thieves
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is evidence of that.
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It shows us
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the contempt
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that Pilate had
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for the Jews.
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The way Pilate
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sticks up this sign
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it tells us
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that
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Pilate despised the Jewish people.
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There's no reverence
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in Pilate's sign.
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When Pilate says, this is the king of the Jews,
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he's really mocking,
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pouring scorn on the Jewish hope.
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And that's part of
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what was necessary
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in the crucifixion of Jesus.
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That as he died,
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he was to be subjected
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to scorn.
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That's part of the cup
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that he has to drink.
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It's part of the experience
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that he has to endure
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at the cross
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dying in our place.
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Because we deserve
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scorn.
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We deserve
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mockery.
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And we should remember
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that the cross
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is a place
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not where Jesus
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deserves these things
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but where we
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deserve them.
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And so as we think
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about the cross
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we should think
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about what our
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own sinful
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shame
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deserves.
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The shame
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of our sin
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deserves
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public derision.
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We are by nature
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rebels
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against
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a holy
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God
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who has made us
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and given us
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enormous gifts
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and great blessings
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and good things.
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And we have
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turned
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and we have
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spat in his face
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in our rebellion.
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We have chosen
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to say
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I will live
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as a sinner
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away from you.
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I don't need
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to follow you.
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I don't need
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your ways.
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I don't need
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your laws
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and your direction
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for life.
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I will do
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my own thing.
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And increasingly
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in our day
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and generation
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that
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is becoming
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ever more prevalent.
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Radical expressions
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of individualism.
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that we're seeing
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today
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are just an
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ongoing
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rebellion
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against God's
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pattern
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for human life.
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And those
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who rebel
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against such
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a gracious
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God
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deserve
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shame.
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They deserve
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public
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humiliation.
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persecution.
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And so
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Pilate's
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attempt to
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humiliate
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the Jews
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tells us
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a little
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of what we
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deserve
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and a lot
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about what
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Christ
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has done
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for us.
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Jesus
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is not
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as well
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that the
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actual
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crucifixion
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itself
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among
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these
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two
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thieves
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places
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Jesus
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among
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common
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criminals.
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And again
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this is part
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of the
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Father's
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purpose
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being worked
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out in
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full.
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It's not
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a coincidence.
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If you see
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in verse
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28
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missing in
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some of
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the earliest
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manuscripts
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so it's
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only footnoted
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in our
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ESVs.
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But verse
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28
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it tells
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us
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this little
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phrase
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that this
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was done
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to fulfill
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scripture.
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The fulfillment
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of scripture
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is absolutely
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everywhere
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around the
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cross.
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It's there
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as the
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soldiers
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cast lots
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for the
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garments of
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Jesus
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and it's
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there as
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he is
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crucified
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on the
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central
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cross
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between
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two
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common
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criminals.
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You go
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back to
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the prophecies
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of Isaiah
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and you
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see there
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that Jesus
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was numbered
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in his
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death
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with the
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transgressors.
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When Jesus
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goes to die
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for his
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people
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even that
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is not
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something that
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takes place
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in a
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magnificent
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hall.
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It's not
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something that
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takes place
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in a place
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of glory
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and triumph.
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It's a
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place of
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shame and
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derision.
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It's a
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place of
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scorning and
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mocking that
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belongs to
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common
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criminals.
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And there
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our Lord
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was rejected
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and died
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for his
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people.
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God
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the Father
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was in
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all of
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this.
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These
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things happen
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by divine
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appointment.
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They are no
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mere accident
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and they're
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to tell us
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and to
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confirm to
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us what
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Jesus did
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at the
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cross.
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He takes
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upon himself
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the derision
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that our
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sin
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deserves.
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He goes
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to die
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like a
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common
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criminal
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because that
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is what
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we
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deserve.
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He
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becomes
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sin
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for us
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and is
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therefore
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experiencing
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the
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humiliation
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that the
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defeat of
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sin at the
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hands of
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God's wrath
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deserves.
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It is an
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awful place.
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It is not
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a pleasant
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place
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because it
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is a
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place
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where sin
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gets
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what it
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deserved.
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The awful
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reality of
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course is
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that this
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points us
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towards the
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reality of
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sin itself
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in our
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lives if
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we find
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ourselves
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without
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Christ.
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If we
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find ourselves
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without
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Jesus then
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one day
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a day of
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judgment
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will come.
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A day
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when our
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sin will
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catch up
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with us
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and there
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we would
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experience
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the lostness
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and the
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shame
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and the
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derision
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of going
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into a
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lost
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eternity
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away from
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God
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and the
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comfort
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and the
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peace
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and the
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hope
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of the
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new
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heavens
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and the
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new
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earth.
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It is a
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place the
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Bible
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describes
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as the
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second
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death.
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It is
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an awful
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terrifying
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scene
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but some
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of that
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was poured
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out
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at
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Golgotha
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because
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at
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Golgotha
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Jesus
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tasted
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that
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rejection
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for us
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and carried
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away
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our
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sin.
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But there is
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hope
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entangled
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in all of
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this as
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well
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because
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that day
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you remember
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there was
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supposed to
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have been
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a third
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insurrectionist
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a third
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robber
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a third
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murderer
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put to
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death
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by the
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Romans
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made
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an object
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of that
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derision
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and that's
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this man
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Barabbas
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and the
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great
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likelihood
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is
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it's not
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drawing
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an unfair
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conclusion
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to say
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this
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the cross
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on which
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Jesus
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dies
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is
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Barabbas
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cross
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he is
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the leader
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of the
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insurrection
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he is
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the one
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who belongs
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on that
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central cross
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that day
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and so
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as we
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think about
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the fact
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that Jesus
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is crucified
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among two
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robbers
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let us
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remember
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that Jesus
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takes the
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place of
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someone
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spared
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that Jesus
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on that
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day
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literally
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took the
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place of
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someone
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spared
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that
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Barabbas
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receives
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a second
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chance
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now it's
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interesting
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we don't
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know anything
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about him
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we can't
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say who
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else he
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is
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we don't
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know of
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any
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recording
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of anything
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more about
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him in
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the Bible
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or in
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contemporary
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secular
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records
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I'm not
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sure
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Josephus
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I don't
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think
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mentions
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him
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he's
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one of
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the most
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famous
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authors
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on this
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event
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from outside
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of scripture
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but you
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have to
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wonder
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don't you
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what did
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Barabbas
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make of
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the second
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chance
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was he
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inspired by
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it to
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turn his
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life around
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did he
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go and
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find some
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miraculous
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good thing
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to do
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with the
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rest of
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his
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days
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did he
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devote
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himself
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to
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charity
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or did
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he squander
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the grace
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that was
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shown him
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that day
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did he
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continue
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in his
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path of
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sin and
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rejection of
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the authorities
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perhaps committing
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himself to that
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life of crime
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and finding
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himself ultimately
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defeated
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and futile
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Jesus took
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someone else's
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cross
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the just
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in the place
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of the unjust
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the innocent
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in the place
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of the guilty
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this is our
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king
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this is the
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one who today
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we have
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celebrated
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dying in our
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place
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and remembered
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that
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and the
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question
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for us
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therefore
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tonight
14:09
is a
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simple
14:10
one
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did he
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die
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for you
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did he
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take
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your
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place
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and the
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rejection
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you deserve
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the second
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group are
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the crowd
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and the
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priests
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and the
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scribes
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it's a
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crowd made
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up of
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probably
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local
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people
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Jerusalem
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at this
14:30
point
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it's a
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very busy
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city
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it's full
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of people
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who've
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come to
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Jerusalem
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for the
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feast
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for the
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Passover
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and so
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the numbers
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in the
14:38
city
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are greatly
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inflated
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it would
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probably
14:41
be stretching
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things a
14:42
little bit
14:42
to say
14:43
that this
14:44
crowd are
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literally
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the same
14:45
people
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who a
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week
14:46
earlier
14:46
have been
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acclaiming
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Jesus
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as the
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son of
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David
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the one
14:50
who is
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blessed
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in the
14:51
name
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of the
14:51
Lord
14:51
who
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comes
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to
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set
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his
14:53
people
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free
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waving
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palm
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branches
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on their
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clothes
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before him
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as he
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entered
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the city
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on a
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donkey
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but
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nevertheless
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they
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represent
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the people
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of Israel
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and the
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world
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and
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they
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have an
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interesting
15:08
thing to
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say to
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us
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Mark
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tells us
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what their
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cry is
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come down
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from the
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cross
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you who
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would
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destroy
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the temple
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and rebuild
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it in
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three days
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save
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yourself
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and come
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down
15:19
from the
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cross
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this tells
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us again
15:23
a few
15:23
things about
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people and
15:24
what is
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happening at
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the cross
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one of the
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things it
15:26
tells us
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is for
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certain
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that without
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the regenerating
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work of God
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and his grace
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in our lives
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we will not
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get what
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is going
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on here
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we might
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understand the
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facts
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and so we
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might be able
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to read a
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passage like
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this and say
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Jesus was
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crucified
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we might be
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able to say
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it was an
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unjust death
15:48
we might be
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able to
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repeat the
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theology
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and say
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well you
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know
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somehow God
15:53
was dealing
15:53
with sin
15:54
in this
15:54
and that's
15:54
how sin
15:55
is forgiven
15:55
but actually
15:57
at a deeper
15:57
level
15:58
there will be
15:59
no embrace
16:00
or understanding
16:00
of this
16:02
the people
16:04
are like
16:05
that
16:06
unless God
16:08
has begun
16:09
a work of
16:10
regeneration
16:10
in us
16:11
the things
16:13
of God
16:13
God's way
16:14
of doing
16:14
things
16:15
God's word
16:16
and his
16:16
wisdom
16:16
will often
16:17
wash over
16:18
us completely
16:19
and so
16:21
tonight I
16:22
want to
16:22
encourage you
16:23
in this way
16:23
that God
16:25
is not
16:25
tonight
16:26
wanting
16:28
you to
16:28
be ignorant
16:29
he shows
16:31
you an
16:32
example
16:32
of a
16:33
group of
16:33
people
16:33
who are
16:35
perhaps
16:35
aligned
16:36
the same
16:37
way you
16:37
are
16:37
perhaps
16:39
impressed
16:40
at the
16:40
things
16:40
Jesus
16:41
is claimed
16:42
to have
16:42
done
16:43
you who
16:45
said you
16:45
would destroy
16:45
the temple
16:46
and raise
16:47
it up
16:47
again in
16:47
three days
16:48
but who
16:50
missed the
16:51
point
16:51
of his
16:52
death
16:53
you might
16:55
say to
16:56
yourself
16:56
Jesus is
16:57
someone who
16:57
is worth
16:57
listening to
16:58
someone who
16:59
is worth
16:59
following
17:00
he's got
17:00
wise things
17:01
to say
17:01
about how
17:01
we should
17:02
love one
17:02
another
17:02
he's got
17:03
wise things
17:04
to say
17:04
about how
17:04
we should
17:05
forgive one
17:05
another
17:06
he's got
17:06
wise things
17:07
to say
17:07
about how
17:08
we should
17:08
live
17:08
sacrificially
17:09
and show
17:10
kindness to
17:11
people in
17:11
need
17:11
you might
17:12
say there's
17:12
lots of
17:12
good things
17:13
about Jesus
17:13
but when it
17:15
comes down
17:15
to the
17:15
crunch
17:16
when it
17:16
comes to
17:16
his death
17:17
your response
17:18
is
17:19
well if you
17:21
really want
17:21
to impress
17:22
me
17:22
do something
17:24
different
17:24
and in
17:27
fact what's
17:27
going on
17:27
here is
17:28
people
17:29
unwittingly
17:30
I think
17:31
are joining
17:32
in the
17:33
chorus
17:33
of Satan
17:35
and the
17:35
fallen angels
17:36
themselves
17:37
because right
17:38
back at the
17:39
beginning of
17:39
Mark's gospel
17:40
somebody has
17:41
said something
17:41
similar to
17:42
Jesus previously
17:43
the devil
17:45
has come to
17:45
Jesus to
17:46
tempt him
17:47
and one
17:48
of the
17:48
temptations
17:48
that was
17:49
put before
17:49
Jesus
17:50
was to
17:51
say simply
17:51
this
17:52
there is a
17:52
quick way
17:53
out
17:54
the devil
17:57
took him
17:57
to a pinnacle
17:57
of a high
17:58
mountain
17:58
and showed
17:59
him all the
17:59
nations of
18:00
the earth
18:00
and said
18:01
to him
18:01
all of this
18:02
can be
18:02
yours
18:03
if you
18:04
would just
18:04
bow before
18:05
me for a
18:05
moment
18:05
pay homage
18:07
to me
18:08
show your
18:09
loyalty to
18:10
my authority
18:11
and Jesus
18:13
of course
18:14
rejects the
18:14
temptation
18:15
he dismisses
18:17
Satan's
18:17
claims
18:18
and locks
18:20
himself in
18:21
to the
18:21
mission that's
18:22
before him
18:22
and this is
18:24
the great
18:25
temptation
18:25
that's always
18:26
before Jesus
18:26
that somehow
18:28
the glory
18:29
can be
18:29
achieved
18:30
without having
18:31
to do the
18:32
hard difficult
18:33
thing of
18:34
the cross
18:35
we'll believe
18:38
in you
18:38
if you'll
18:40
show us
18:40
the spectacle
18:41
of coming
18:41
down from
18:42
the cross
18:42
we'll
18:44
believe you
18:45
if you do
18:45
something truly
18:46
miraculous at
18:47
this moment
18:47
and that is
18:48
don't die
18:49
but rather
18:50
choose to
18:51
live
18:51
and these
18:52
words are
18:53
echoing in
18:53
the ears of
18:54
Jesus as
18:54
the darkness
18:55
descends over
18:56
him and
18:57
the father's
18:58
face is
18:58
turned away
18:59
there's an
19:01
easy way out
19:02
of this
19:02
you can have
19:04
our allegiance
19:04
if just
19:06
you would do
19:07
the opposite
19:08
to what
19:10
you have
19:10
agreed from
19:10
all eternity
19:11
to do
19:11
if only
19:14
you would
19:14
avoid
19:14
the shame
19:16
and the
19:16
derision
19:17
of the
19:18
cross
19:18
then we
19:20
would trust
19:20
you
19:20
and we
19:22
would love
19:23
you
19:23
and maybe
19:25
that's the
19:26
kind of
19:26
bargains
19:26
you want
19:26
to make
19:27
with Jesus
19:27
yourself
19:28
today
19:28
it's
19:30
often is
19:30
isn't it
19:31
so often
19:31
the way
19:31
we treat
19:32
God
19:33
we say
19:33
well
19:33
you give
19:34
me something
19:35
that I
19:35
want
19:35
some
19:36
spectacle
19:36
that I
19:37
want to
19:37
see
19:37
some
19:38
wonderful
19:39
thing
19:40
that's
19:40
just
19:40
going to
19:40
be
19:41
enough
19:41
to
19:41
convince
19:41
me
19:42
on
19:42
my
19:42
terms
19:43
and
19:44
then I
19:44
will
19:45
give
19:45
you
19:45
my
19:45
allegiance
19:46
and yet
19:49
tonight
19:49
what we're
19:50
reminded of
19:51
here is
19:51
that Jesus
19:52
demands
19:53
our
19:54
allegiance
19:54
because
19:56
of what
19:56
he has
19:56
done
19:57
because
19:59
he has
19:59
already
20:00
taken
20:01
our
20:01
sin
20:01
upon
20:02
himself
20:02
and
20:04
then
20:04
gone
20:04
to
20:05
the
20:05
cross
20:05
and
20:06
died
20:06
in
20:06
our
20:06
place
20:07
and
20:08
risen
20:08
again
20:08
on
20:08
the
20:09
third
20:09
day
20:09
the
20:11
victory
20:11
is
20:12
already
20:12
his
20:12
and
20:15
we
20:15
foolishly
20:16
sometimes
20:17
think
20:18
that we
20:18
can offer
20:19
some
20:20
alternative
20:20
route
20:20
the
20:25
crowd
20:26
you see
20:26
they want
20:27
the opposite
20:27
of what
20:27
God
20:28
wants
20:28
their
20:30
hearts
20:31
are not
20:31
aligned
20:32
to
20:32
God's
20:33
way
20:33
and
20:34
they
20:35
long
20:35
for
20:36
something
20:36
different
20:37
but
20:43
you know
20:44
their
20:44
jeers
20:45
also
20:45
tell us
20:45
something
20:45
of
20:46
hope
20:46
because
20:48
at
20:48
the
20:49
cross
20:49
and
20:49
in
20:49
the
20:49
agony
20:50
of
20:50
the
20:50
cross
20:51
and
20:52
in
20:52
the
20:52
agony
20:52
of
20:53
experiencing
20:53
the
20:54
rejection
20:55
of
20:55
the
20:55
father
20:56
the
20:57
agony
20:57
that
20:57
finds
20:58
its
20:58
culmination
20:58
in
20:58
that
20:59
verse
20:59
we
20:59
were
20:59
considering
20:59
this
21:00
morning
21:00
my
21:00
God
21:00
my
21:01
God
21:01
why
21:01
have
21:01
you
21:01
forsaken
21:02
me
21:02
Jesus
21:04
chose
21:06
not
21:07
to
21:08
listen
21:08
to
21:10
the
21:10
jeers
21:10
of
21:12
the
21:12
crowd
21:13
he
21:15
chose
21:16
not
21:17
to
21:17
listen
21:17
to
21:19
the
21:19
chief
21:20
priests
21:20
and
21:22
the
21:22
scribes
21:22
and
21:22
the
21:23
Pharisees
21:23
he
21:25
chose
21:26
rather
21:26
obedience
21:27
to
21:28
the
21:28
mission
21:29
that
21:29
he
21:29
had
21:30
from
21:30
the
21:31
father
21:31
and
21:33
that
21:33
tonight
21:34
is
21:34
where
21:34
our
21:34
salvation
21:35
ultimately
21:36
lies
21:37
that
21:38
Jesus
21:38
did
21:39
what
21:42
was
21:42
necessary
21:43
for
21:44
your
21:45
salvation
21:45
and
21:45
mine
21:46
that
21:47
at
21:47
the
21:48
cross
21:48
the
21:49
blood
21:50
price
21:50
of
21:51
salvation
21:51
of
21:51
forgiveness
21:52
of
21:53
atonement
21:54
of
21:55
propitiation
21:56
the
21:58
covering
21:58
of
21:59
our
21:59
sin
21:59
it
22:00
was
22:00
done
22:01
in
22:01
completeness
22:02
by
22:02
Jesus
22:03
and
22:04
he
22:04
chose
22:05
to
22:05
do
22:05
it
22:05
he
22:07
chose
22:08
at that
22:08
moment
22:08
not
22:08
to
22:09
unleash
22:09
the
22:10
legions
22:10
of
22:10
angels
22:11
who
22:11
are
22:11
standing
22:11
by
22:12
perplexed
22:12
that
22:12
the
22:13
son
22:13
of
22:13
God
22:13
is
22:13
about
22:13
to
22:13
go
22:14
through
22:14
all
22:14
of
22:14
this
22:14
he
22:16
chose
22:16
not
22:16
to
22:17
abandon
22:17
the
22:18
mission
22:18
that
22:18
the
22:18
father
22:18
has
22:19
given
22:19
him
22:19
and
22:20
find
22:20
an
22:20
easy
22:20
way
22:21
out
22:21
he
22:22
chose
22:22
to
22:22
suffer
22:23
and
22:23
die
22:24
in
22:24
the
22:24
place
22:24
of
22:25
his
22:26
people
22:26
this
22:27
is
22:28
my
22:28
king
22:28
this
22:31
is
22:31
the
22:31
one
22:31
who
22:31
did
22:31
this
22:32
for
22:32
me
22:32
and
22:33
tonight
22:33
I
22:33
would
22:33
ask
22:34
you
22:34
would
22:35
you
22:35
want
22:35
him
22:35
to
22:35
have
22:36
done
22:36
it
22:36
for
22:36
you
22:36
do
22:38
you
22:38
want
22:39
this
22:40
gospel
22:40
do
22:42
you
22:42
want
22:42
this
22:42
good
22:43
news
22:43
that
22:45
Jesus
22:45
laid
22:45
down
22:46
his
22:46
life
22:46
for
22:47
his
22:48
people
22:49
there
22:51
was
22:51
also
22:52
then
22:52
the
22:52
centurion
22:52
and
22:54
the
22:54
centurion
22:54
is
22:54
here
22:55
a
22:55
Roman
22:55
officer
22:56
probably
22:56
Italian
22:57
probably
22:57
Roman
22:58
in
22:58
fact
22:58
from
22:59
the
22:59
city
22:59
of
22:59
Rome
22:59
itself
23:00
and
23:01
Mark
23:01
is
23:01
it's
23:02
interesting
23:02
actually
23:02
to
23:02
read
23:03
this
23:03
because
23:03
Mark
23:03
is
23:03
writing
23:04
probably
23:05
in
23:05
dependence
23:06
on
23:07
Peter's
23:08
own
23:08
eyewitness
23:09
events
23:09
of these
23:10
events
23:10
and Peter
23:11
is
23:12
probably
23:12
ministering
23:12
in
23:13
Rome
23:13
itself
23:13
at
23:13
this
23:13
point
23:14
and
23:14
so
23:15
Mark
23:15
is
23:16
writing
23:16
chiefly
23:17
I
23:17
think
23:17
for
23:17
a
23:18
Roman
23:18
audience
23:19
and
23:21
so
23:21
it's
23:21
interesting
23:21
that
23:21
he
23:21
highlights
23:22
at
23:22
the
23:22
cross
23:22
this
23:23
Roman
23:24
centurion
23:24
and
23:26
these
23:27
Gentile
23:28
Christians
23:28
hear about
23:28
a
23:29
Gentile
23:29
convert
23:30
at
23:31
the
23:31
cross
23:31
what
23:34
Mark
23:34
tells us
23:35
simply
23:35
is this
23:35
that
23:36
the
23:37
Roman
23:37
centurion
23:38
believed
23:40
the
23:42
reason
23:42
the
23:42
reason
23:42
we
23:42
can
23:42
say
23:43
that
23:43
is
23:43
because
23:43
the
23:43
Roman
23:44
centurion
23:44
expresses
23:48
a
23:49
statement
23:50
that
23:50
nature
23:52
does
23:52
not
23:52
reveal
23:53
when
23:54
the
23:54
centurion
23:55
says
23:55
truly
23:56
this
23:56
was
23:56
the
23:56
son
23:56
of
23:56
God
23:57
that's
23:59
telling us
24:00
something
24:00
about
24:00
his
24:00
heart
24:01
he is
24:01
confessing
24:02
the
24:03
lordship
24:03
of
24:03
Jesus
24:04
he's
24:06
probably
24:07
a
24:07
centurion
24:08
who
24:08
has
24:08
been
24:09
involved
24:09
earlier
24:09
in the
24:10
day
24:10
in the
24:10
mocking
24:11
of
24:11
Jesus
24:11
when
24:11
he
24:11
was
24:11
handed
24:12
over
24:12
to
24:12
the
24:12
Roman
24:12
garrison
24:13
in
24:13
the
24:13
praetorium
24:13
he's
24:15
probably
24:16
actually
24:16
been
24:16
there
24:16
for
24:17
part
24:17
of
24:17
the
24:17
trial
24:17
he's
24:18
been
24:18
standing
24:18
close
24:18
by
24:19
Pontius
24:19
Pilate
24:19
all
24:20
day
24:20
and
24:21
he's
24:21
heard
24:21
the
24:22
trial
24:22
of
24:22
Jesus
24:22
he's
24:23
heard
24:23
the
24:23
allegations
24:24
that
24:24
were
24:24
made
24:24
against
24:25
him
24:25
he's
24:25
heard
24:25
the
24:26
false
24:26
allegations
24:26
like
24:27
Pilate
24:27
he's
24:28
recognized
24:28
probably
24:29
that
24:30
there
24:31
is
24:31
falsehood
24:31
and
24:32
lies
24:32
been
24:32
spun
24:33
by
24:33
the
24:33
chief
24:33
priests
24:34
who
24:34
out
24:34
of
24:34
envy
24:34
want
24:35
rid
24:35
of
24:35
Jesus
24:35
but
24:38
what
24:39
really
24:39
convinces
24:40
him
24:40
in
24:40
the
24:40
end
24:41
is
24:41
not
24:42
the
24:42
unjustness
24:43
of
24:43
what
24:43
he
24:43
has
24:43
seen
24:44
in
24:44
the
24:44
trial
24:44
it
24:45
is
24:46
the
24:46
manner
24:46
of
24:47
his
24:47
death
24:47
he's
24:50
a
24:50
Roman
24:51
who
24:51
thinks
24:51
the
24:51
gods
24:52
are
24:52
untouchable
24:53
a
24:55
Roman
24:55
who
24:55
thinks
24:55
that
24:56
the
24:56
gods
24:56
are
24:57
divine
24:58
beings
24:58
who
24:58
live
24:59
miles
24:59
above
24:59
us
24:59
and
24:59
we
25:00
can
25:00
have
25:00
no
25:00
interaction
25:00
with
25:01
them
25:01
and
25:01
they
25:01
cannot
25:01
be
25:01
affected
25:02
by
25:02
the
25:02
things
25:02
that
25:02
happen
25:03
to
25:03
us
25:03
or
25:04
the
25:04
things
25:05
that
25:05
happen
25:05
among
25:05
us
25:06
and
25:07
yet
25:07
here
25:08
is
25:08
someone
25:08
who
25:08
is
25:08
accused
25:09
of
25:09
taking
25:09
on
25:09
himself
25:10
the
25:10
title
25:10
of
25:10
God
25:11
the
25:11
divine
25:11
title
25:12
of
25:12
being
25:12
the
25:12
son
25:13
of
25:13
God
25:13
and
25:15
yet
25:15
he
25:15
dies
25:16
for
25:17
his
25:17
people
25:17
he
25:19
dies
25:20
in
25:20
such
25:20
an
25:20
awful
25:21
way
25:21
he
25:27
at
25:27
the
25:27
end
25:27
of
25:27
it
25:27
is
25:27
convinced
25:28
this
25:29
is
25:30
the
25:30
son
25:30
of
25:30
God
25:30
these
25:32
are
25:32
not
25:32
natural
25:33
words
25:33
for
25:33
that
25:34
man
25:34
to
25:34
have
25:34
expressed
25:35
they're
25:35
far
25:36
outside
25:37
his
25:37
experience
25:37
and
25:40
so we
25:40
have
25:40
to
25:40
ask
25:40
what
25:41
what's
25:41
persuaded
25:42
him
25:42
what's
25:42
changed
25:43
his
25:43
mind
25:43
what's
25:44
he
25:44
recognized
25:45
and
25:50
he
25:50
recognizes
25:51
!
25:51
simply
25:51
Jesus
25:52
that
25:56
Jesus
25:57
at
25:57
the
25:57
cross
25:57
does
25:58
something
25:59
messianic
26:00
that
26:02
Jesus
26:03
at
26:03
the
26:03
cross
26:03
does
26:04
something
26:04
that
26:05
matters
26:06
something
26:07
that
26:07
demands
26:08
his
26:09
attention
26:09
that
26:10
demands
26:11
his
26:11
allegiance
26:12
that
26:13
demands
26:14
things
26:15
in his
26:15
life
26:15
not
26:16
be
26:16
the
26:16
same
26:16
again
26:16
and
26:18
he
26:18
confesses
26:19
truly
26:20
this
26:21
was
26:21
the
26:22
son
26:22
of
26:22
God
26:23
and
26:26
so
26:26
in
26:27
Mark's
26:27
gospel
26:27
we
26:28
have
26:28
a
26:28
story
26:29
at
26:30
the
26:30
cross
26:31
itself
26:31
of
26:32
someone
26:32
who
26:32
came
26:33
to
26:33
faith
26:34
seeing
26:35
first
26:35
hand
26:36
Jesus
26:36
death
26:37
and
26:38
tonight
26:38
I
26:39
would
26:39
ask
26:39
you
26:39
can
26:40
that
26:40
be
26:40
true
26:40
of
26:41
you
26:41
and
26:43
can
26:43
it
26:43
simply
26:43
be
26:44
true
26:44
of
26:44
you
26:44
that
26:44
someone
26:45
would
26:45
die
26:46
for
26:46
you
26:46
and
26:48
you
26:48
seen
26:49
them
26:49
would
26:51
say
26:51
this
26:51
is
26:52
my
26:53
saviour
26:54
this
26:56
is
26:56
my
26:56
God
26:57
this
26:58
is
26:59
the
26:59
one
26:59
whom
26:59
I
27:00
will
27:00
trust
27:01
this
27:02
is
27:02
the
27:02
one
27:03
to
27:03
whom
27:03
I
27:03
will
27:03
owe
27:04
my
27:05
allegiance
27:05
in
27:06
whom
27:06
my
27:06
faith
27:07
will
27:07
be
27:08
placed
27:08
is
27:10
he
27:10
for
27:10
you
27:10
is
27:13
this
27:13
Jesus
27:14
for
27:15
you
27:15
there
27:18
is
27:19
one
27:19
final
27:19
group
27:19
just
27:20
to
27:20
note
27:21
in
27:21
passing
27:21
and
27:25
again
27:25
it
27:25
comes
27:25
back
27:26
to
27:26
this
27:26
idea
27:27
about
27:27
the
27:27
veracity
27:28
of
27:28
Mark's
27:29
account
27:30
if
27:32
you
27:33
wanted
27:33
to
27:34
write
27:34
an
27:35
account
27:35
of
27:35
something
27:35
amazing
27:36
you
27:38
would
27:38
not
27:38
rely
27:38
on
27:39
the
27:39
testimony
27:39
of
27:40
woman
27:41
let
27:42
alone
27:42
Mary
27:43
Magdalene
27:44
and
27:44
Mary
27:44
the
27:45
mother
27:45
of
27:45
James
27:45
the
27:46
less
27:46
these
27:49
are
27:49
not
27:50
the
27:50
people
27:50
that
27:50
you
27:50
would
27:51
put
27:51
in
27:51
there
27:51
as
27:52
your
27:52
star
27:52
witnesses
27:53
to
27:54
what
27:54
happens
27:55
next
27:55
but
27:58
there
27:58
they
27:58
are
27:58
at
27:58
the
27:59
cross
27:59
these
28:01
poor
28:02
neglected
28:05
women
28:07
from
28:08
Galilee
28:08
who
28:11
stay at
28:12
the cross
28:12
until
28:13
the very
28:13
last
28:14
and
28:16
they
28:16
see
28:16
Joseph
28:17
of
28:18
Arimathea
28:19
come
28:20
and
28:21
take
28:21
down
28:21
and
28:21
take
28:21
down
28:21
the
28:21
body
28:22
of
28:22
Jesus
28:22
from
28:22
the
28:23
cross
28:23
and
28:25
they
28:25
see him
28:26
wrap
28:26
the
28:26
body
28:27
of
28:27
Jesus
28:27
in
28:27
a
28:27
linen
28:27
shroud
28:28
and
28:29
take
28:29
it
28:30
a
28:30
short
28:30
distance
28:30
away
28:31
to
28:32
the
28:32
garden
28:32
tomb
28:32
and
28:34
they
28:34
see
28:35
the
28:35
stone
28:35
rolled
28:36
against
28:36
it
28:36
presumably
28:37
they
28:37
see
28:37
other
28:38
things
28:38
as well
28:38
the seal of
28:39
Pontius Pilate put
28:40
upon the stone
28:40
they see
28:41
the Roman
28:41
guard
28:42
and
28:43
they
28:44
go
28:44
away
28:44
from
28:44
that
28:44
place
28:45
vowing
28:45
to
28:46
come
28:46
back
28:46
after
28:46
the
28:47
Sabbath
28:47
to
28:47
properly
28:48
prepare
28:49
the
28:49
body
28:49
of
28:49
Jesus
28:49
for
28:50
burial
28:50
and
28:52
their
28:52
intentions
28:52
we can
28:53
read in
28:53
that
28:54
their
28:56
love
28:56
their
28:58
devotion
28:58
to
28:59
Jesus
28:59
their
29:01
confidence
29:02
in his
29:02
personhood
29:03
that he
29:05
was their
29:05
friend
29:06
their
29:06
Lord
29:07
whom
29:08
they've
29:08
ministered
29:09
to
29:09
and
29:09
cared
29:09
for
29:10
already
29:10
previously
29:10
and now
29:11
they want
29:11
to do
29:12
for him
29:12
in
29:12
death
29:12
what
29:12
they've
29:12
done
29:13
for
29:13
him
29:13
in
29:13
life
29:13
and
29:15
what's
29:16
remarkable
29:17
is
29:17
that
29:18
Mark
29:19
chooses
29:19
and again
29:20
we can't
29:21
say that
29:21
this is
29:21
Mark's
29:22
doing
29:22
it's
29:22
God's
29:23
doing
29:23
so
29:23
God
29:23
chooses
29:24
to rely
29:26
on the
29:26
witness
29:27
of these
29:28
worthless
29:30
witnesses
29:31
!
29:32
Women
29:33
whose
29:33
testimony
29:33
can be
29:34
refuted
29:34
by the
29:35
testimony
29:36
of a
29:36
man
29:36
they can
29:39
be overruled
29:40
easily
29:40
and what
29:40
they claim
29:41
and yet
29:42
they are
29:42
the ones
29:43
who remember
29:44
where the
29:45
body of
29:45
Jesus
29:45
has been
29:46
laid
29:46
they are
29:48
the ones
29:48
who go
29:49
early in
29:49
the morning
29:49
on the
29:50
first day
29:50
of the
29:50
week
29:50
and they
29:52
are the
29:52
ones
29:52
who see
29:53
the evidence
29:55
of the
29:55
resurrection
29:56
they see
29:59
the victory
30:00
of Jesus
30:01
over death
30:02
itself
30:03
and they
30:05
go away
30:06
and testify
30:06
to this
30:07
they tell
30:09
the
30:10
disciples
30:10
and the
30:12
disciples
30:13
tell
30:14
the world
30:15
and so I
30:17
want to
30:18
encourage you
30:18
tonight
30:18
because
30:19
these are
30:20
some of
30:20
the most
30:21
I think
30:21
interesting
30:21
people at
30:22
the cross
30:22
people who
30:24
feel
30:25
themselves
30:25
really
30:27
worthless
30:27
people who
30:29
don't think
30:30
of themselves
30:30
as being
30:31
the best
30:31
communicators
30:32
of the
30:33
gospel
30:33
the best
30:33
witnesses
30:34
for Christ
30:34
they feel
30:35
like perhaps
30:36
they're not
30:36
the most
30:36
eloquent
30:37
of speakers
30:37
for the
30:38
gospel
30:38
they think
30:40
themselves
30:40
just truly
30:41
as these
30:41
poor
30:41
women who
30:42
have nothing
30:42
to offer
30:43
except perhaps
30:45
they can
30:45
embalm the
30:45
body of
30:46
Jesus
30:46
in its
30:47
grave
30:47
and we
30:51
are here
30:51
tonight
30:52
because
30:54
they went
30:55
and told
30:56
Peter
30:56
he is
30:59
risen
30:59
Peter who
31:03
has denied
31:04
Jesus
31:04
and who
31:06
has then
31:06
restored
31:07
I wonder
31:10
tonight
31:10
who will
31:10
you go
31:11
and tell
31:11
who will
31:13
you go
31:14
and tell
31:14
that you
31:14
have seen
31:15
the risen
31:15
Lord
31:16
that you
31:16
have
31:16
experienced
31:17
yourself
31:18
the
31:18
resurrection
31:19
of Jesus
31:20
that there's
31:23
good news
31:23
to pass
31:24
on
31:24
to those
31:26
who are
31:26
seeking
31:27
hope and
31:28
salvation
31:29
in this
31:29
world
31:30
let's
31:32
pray
31:32
our
31:40
father in
31:40
heaven
31:41
we thank
31:41
you that
31:41
the cross
31:43
happened
31:44
we thank
31:44
you for
31:45
the
31:45
integrity
31:46
of the
31:47
records
31:47
that we
31:48
can rely
31:48
on that
31:49
tell us
31:49
about the
31:49
death and
31:50
resurrection
31:50
of Jesus
31:51
these are
31:51
words that
31:53
are written
31:53
to assure
31:55
us of
31:55
the
31:55
historical
31:56
accuracy
31:58
of these
31:58
things
31:59
and so
32:00
on that
32:00
simple
32:01
foundation
32:01
we can
32:02
build
32:02
so much
32:03
for our
32:04
own insight
32:05
and understanding
32:06
and I
32:07
pray Lord
32:08
tonight that
32:08
that would
32:08
truly be the
32:09
case for
32:09
people here
32:10
that they
32:11
would be able
32:12
to see
32:12
the relevance
32:13
of Jesus
32:14
that they
32:15
would be able
32:15
to see
32:16
why it
32:16
matters that
32:17
Jesus died
32:17
on the
32:18
cross for
32:19
sinners
32:19
and that
32:21
in all of
32:21
this we
32:22
would be
32:22
reminded of
32:23
the grace
32:23
that is to
32:24
be found
32:24
there
32:24
that there
32:26
people can
32:27
come to a
32:28
place where
32:28
they can
32:28
say truly
32:29
this was
32:29
the son
32:30
of God
32:30
they can
32:32
find salvation
32:33
and hope
32:33
in that
32:34
place of
32:35
great darkness
32:35
because the
32:37
light of
32:38
Jesus shines
32:38
there and
32:40
brings to
32:41
light the
32:42
hope of
32:43
mankind
32:43
we thank
32:46
you for the
32:46
woman who
32:46
bore witness
32:47
to the
32:48
burial of
32:48
Jesus
32:49
perhaps in
32:51
dismay
32:52
but who
32:54
a few
32:55
hours later
32:56
were
32:57
transformed
32:58
with the
32:58
news
32:59
of the
32:59
resurrection
33:00
the
33:02
words of
33:02
the
33:02
angel
33:03
he is
33:03
not
33:04
here
33:04
he is
33:05
risen
33:06
embolden
33:09
us in
33:09
the same
33:10
way
33:10
strengthen
33:11
us for
33:11
your
33:12
service
33:12
and we
33:13
ask this
33:13
in
33:13
Jesus
33:14
name
33:14
amen
33:15
!
33:17
we're
33:22
going to
33:23
sing in
33:23
conclusion
33:23
in
33:25
Psalm
33:25
126
33:26
this is
33:28
the
33:28
Sing
33:28
Psalms
33:28
version
33:29
page 171
33:30
when Zion's
33:38
fortunes
33:39
God
33:39
restored
33:39
it was
33:40
a dream
33:40
come true
33:41
our mouths
33:42
were then
33:42
with laughter
33:43
filled
33:43
our tongues
33:44
with songs
33:45
in you
33:45
the nation
33:46
said the
33:47
Lord has
33:47
done great
33:48
things for
33:48
Israel
33:49
the Lord
33:50
did mighty
33:50
things for
33:51
us
33:51
and joy
33:52
our hearts
33:52
knew well
33:54
restore our
33:55
fortunes
33:55
gracious
33:56
Lord
33:56
like streams
33:57
and desert
33:58
soil
33:58
a joyful
33:59
harvest
34:00
will reward
34:01
the weeping
34:01
sower's
34:02
toil
34:02
that man
34:03
who bearing
34:04
seed to
34:04
sow
34:04
goes out
34:06
with tears
34:06
of grief
34:07
will come
34:08
again
34:09
with songs
34:09
of joy
34:10
bearing
34:11
his harvest
34:11
chief
34:12
I think
34:13
that last
34:13
verse
34:13
maybe sums
34:14
up the
34:14
experience
34:14
of the
34:15
woman
34:15
at the
34:16
cross
34:16
they went
34:17
to the
34:17
tomb
34:18
with sorrow
34:19
and sadness
34:20
and yet
34:22
they came
34:22
back full
34:23
of joy
34:24
would that
34:25
be true
34:25
of us
34:25
this night
34:26
as well
34:26
so let's
34:27
stand and
34:27
sing to
34:28
God's
34:28
praise
34:28
when Zion's
34:29
fortunes
34:29
God
34:29
restored
34:30
when Zion's
34:37
fortunes
34:39
God
34:39
restored
34:41
they
34:42
both
34:43
have
34:43
been
34:44
come
34:45
to
34:47
our
34:48
hearts
34:49
were
34:50
there
34:51
with
34:52
laughter
34:52
filled
34:54
our
34:55
tongues
34:55
with
34:56
!
34:57
songs
34:57
anew
34:59
the
35:00
nation
35:02
said
35:03
the
35:04
Lord
35:05
has
35:06
done
35:06
great
35:08
things
35:08
for
35:09
Israel
35:11
the
35:13
Lord
35:14
did
35:15
mighty
35:16
his
35:18
miles
35:19
and
35:20
joy
35:21
our
35:21
hearts
35:22
new
35:23
!
35:24
Restore the fortune, gracious Lord, like streams in deserts fall.
35:38
Under the harvest will reward, the weakest storm is torn.
35:50
The man who bare him, seek to sow, calls out the tears of grief.
36:04
Will come again with songs of joy in his harvest sheep.
36:16
Now the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the fellowship
36:23
of God the Holy Spirit be with each one of you now and always.
36:26
Amen.
36:26
I think there was one thing I forgot to intimate, that the session which had opened last night
36:34
for the communion has now closed with the benediction as well.
36:38
Thank you.
36:38
Thank you.
37:09
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37:09
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