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July 30th - John 19 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Shawn here. It's Tuesday.
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  It is the 30th of July. And thank you for inviting me
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  into the rhythm of your day so that you and I can read this
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  chapter together. This is not an easy chapter to
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  read. Oh, Gee, I find these hard.
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  This is the chapter that John writes to record the crucifixion
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  of Jesus. And as we read this, everything
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  in US screams out how wrong, how incredibly wrong this was.
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  But at the same time, it's because of how unjust it was
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  that Jesus was able to do this to rescue you and me from our
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  wrongdoing and reunite us with the Father for eternity.
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  Incredible, incredible, incredible, but a tough read.
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  So that is today we are going to read this together.
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  And then tomorrow, oh, the glorious resurrection will be
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  celebrated. But that is, then we've got to
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  get through today first. So friends, let us steal
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  ourselves, open our hearts as we read together.
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  John chapter 19 Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead tipped
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  whip. The soldiers wove a crown of
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  thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on
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  him. Hail King of the Jews, they
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  mocked as they slapped him across the face.
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  Pilate went outside again and said to the people, I am going
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  to bring him out to you now, but understand clearly that I find
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  him not guilty. Then Jesus came out wearing the
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  crown of thorns and the purple robe and Pilate said, look, here
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  is the man. When they saw him, the leading
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  priests and temple guards began shouting, crucify him, crucify
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  him, take him yourselves and crucify him.
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  Pilate said, I find him not guilty.
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  The Jewish leaders replied, By our law he ought to die because
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  he called himself the Son of God.
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  When Pilate heard this, he was more frightened than ever.
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  He took Jesus back into the headquarters again and asked
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  him, Where are you from? But Jesus gave no answer.
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  Why don't you talk to me? Pilate demanded.
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  Don't you realise that I have the power to release you or
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  crucify you then? Jesus said you would have no
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  power over me at all unless it were given to you from above.
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  So the one who handed me over to you has the greatest sin.
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  Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders
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  shouted, If you release this man, you are no friend of
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  Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a
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  king, he's a rebel against Caesar.
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  When they said this, Pilate brought Jesus out to them again.
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  Then Pilate sat down on the judgement seat on the platform
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  that is called the stone Pavement in Hebrew Gabatha.
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  It was now about noon on the day of preparation for the Passover,
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  and Pilate said to the people, Look, here is your king.
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  Away with him, they yelled. Away with him, crucify him.
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  What, crucify your king? Pilate asked.
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  We have no king but Caesar. The leading priest shouted back.
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  Then Pilate turned Jesus over to them to be crucified.
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  So they took Jesus away, carrying the cross by himself.
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  He went to the place called Place of the Skull in Hebrew,
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  Gol Gotha. There they nailed him to the
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  cross. Two others were crucified with
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  him, one on either side, with Jesus between them.
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  And Pilate posted a sign on the cross that read Jesus of
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  Nazareth, the King of the Jews. The place where Jesus was
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  crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Hebrew,
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  Latin, and Greek so that many people could read it.
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  Then the leading priests objected and said to Pilate,
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  Change it from the king of the Jews to he said, I am the king
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  of the Jews. Pilate replied, No, what I have
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  written, I have written. When the soldiers had crucified
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  Jesus, they divided his clothes among the four of them.
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  They also took his robe, but it was seamless, woven in one piece
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  from top to bottom. So they said, rather than
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  tearing it apart, let's throw a dice for it.
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  This fulfilled the scripture that says they divided my
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  garments among themselves and threw dice for my clothing.
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  So that is what they did. Standing near the cross were
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  Jesus mother and his mother's sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas
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  and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother
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  standing there beside the disciple he loved, he said to
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  her, Dear woman, here is your son.
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  And he said to the disciple, Here is your mother.
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  And from then on this disciple took her into his home.
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  Jesus knew that his mission was now finished and to fulfil
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  scripture. He said, I am thirsty.
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  A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge
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  in it, put it on a hyssop branch and held it up to his lips.
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  When Jesus had tasted it, he said it is finished.
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  Then he bowed his head and gave up his Spirit.
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  It was the day of preparation, and the Jewish leaders didn't
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  want the bodies hanging there the next day, which was the
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  Sabbath and a very special Sabbath because it was Passover
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  week. So they asked Pilate to hasten
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  their death by ordering that their legs be broken.
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  Then their bodies could be taken down, so the soldiers came and
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  broke the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus.
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  But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already
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  dead, so they didn't break his legs.
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  One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear
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  and immediately blood and water flowed out.
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  This report is from an eyewitness giving an accurate
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  account. He speaks the truth so that you
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  also may continue to believe these things happened in
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  fulfilment of the scriptures that say not one of his bones
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  will be broken and they will look on the one they pierced.
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  Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who had been a secret disciple
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  of Jesus because he feared the Jewish leaders, asked Pilate for
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  permission to take down Jesus body.
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  When Pilate gave permission, Joseph came and took the body
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  away. With him came Nicodemus, the man
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  who would come to Jesus at night.
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  He brought about 75 lbs of perfumed ointment made from myrh
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  and aloes. Following Jewish burial customs,
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  they wrapped Jesus body with the spices in long sheets of linen
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  cloth. The place of crucifixion was
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  near a garden where there was a tomb never used before.
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  And so because it was the day of preparation for the Jewish
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  Passover, and since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus
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  there. Oh Jesus, our living Saviour, we
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  thank you that this is not the end of the story.
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  If this were the end, our faith would be utterly useless.
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  But no, no, you had more in mind, more to your story than
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  just this. Lord, we worship you.
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  You are an almighty death conquering Saviour.
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  And we are so, so incredibly excited at what you were able to
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  achieve on that cross for the whole of humanity and for us,
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  for each one of us, because you love us.
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  The fact that it's so hard for us to wrap our heads around, but
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  oh Jesus, we are so grateful for you and your sacrifice and your
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  love. And we look forward to tomorrow
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  continuing reading this story. But Jesus, we celebrate you, a
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  loving, living Saviour, and it's in your name that we pray.
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  Amen.