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I'm going to begin by saying, if you don't have a copy of God's Word with you this evening, there's no shame in that.
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In fact, people were asking me even this week, what exactly is the Good Friday gathering going to look like?
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And I would say, I don't know. I'm not sure yet exactly what we're going to do.
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I would tell those people that I will be preaching, but they may not have known to pass that information on to you.
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And so we want you to have one if you would like to have one.
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And so if you don't have a copy of God's Word with you, again, there's no shame in this, and you'd like one,
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if you'll slip your hands up. We've got Matt and Tyler around the room. They can get one to you.
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You can also be quick on the draw with your phones and pull open something.
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Okay, nobody. Okay. All right. Very good, then.
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I'm going to assume that you're ready to go, and we're going to get into a text together.
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As we gather this evening to consider the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on the cross of Golgotha,
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I would like for us to consider some of Jesus' final words as He suffered on our behalf
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and reflect upon what may have been some of His final thoughts as He gave His life for the sake of ours.
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To do so, please turn with me in your copy of God's Word to Psalm 22.
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Psalm 22.
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This psalm serves as a divine commentary on much of what Jesus uttered on the cross,
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as we will see that three of His statements come from this psalm.
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Because Jesus cites this psalm so prevalently,
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I believe that it is safe to assume that He was pondering this psalm as He suffered.
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It may not have been the only text of Scripture that He meditated upon,
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but it was surely one of them.
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It may well have been the dominant one,
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and therefore can grant us some level of insight into His thoughts.
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The author of this psalm is King David,
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and no events of his life match the description found here,
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as many of his psalms do.
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You could say, oh, we know when David wrote this particular psalm,
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the trouble that he was experiencing at this time,
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but not in this case.
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So it is widely agreed that this psalm is prophetic,
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that David was speaking of the suffering of Jesus.
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In that, it alludes to five different incidents
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that occurred in the process of Jesus being tried and crucified.
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We also know that Peter, the apostle,
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refers to David as a prophet in Acts 2, verse 30.
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There he's referencing a different psalm,
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but he calls there David the prophet.
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So, as we take some time this evening
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to consider some of Jesus' final words,
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and most likely some of His final thoughts,
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I want to invite you to have your heart warmed
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by the loving kindness of God to us
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in the death of Jesus Christ.
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Before I read Psalm 22,
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as is my habit,
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I want to remind you, beloved,
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this is God's Word to us.
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It was written for His glory
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and for our good,
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and we would all do well to listen to it
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in order to believe its promises
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and obey its commands.
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Psalm 22, beginning in verse 1.
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My God, my God,
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why have you forsaken me?
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Why are you so far from saving me
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from the words of my groaning?
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Oh, my God, I cry by day,
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but you do not answer,
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and by night,
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but I find no rest.
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Yet, you are holy,
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enthroned on the praises of Israel.
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In you our fathers trusted.
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They trusted,
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and you delivered them.
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To you they cried
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and were rescued.
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In you they trusted
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and were not put to shame.
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But I am a worm
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and not a man.
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Scorned by mankind
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and despised by the people.
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All who see me mock me.
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They make mouths at me.
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They wag their heads.
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He trusts in the Lord.
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Let Him deliver him.
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Let Him rescue him.
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For He delights in him.
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Yet you are He
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who took me from the womb.
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You made me trust you
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at my mother's breasts.
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On you was I cast from my birth
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and from my mother's womb.
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You have been my God.
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Be not far from me
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for trouble is near
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and there is none to help.
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Many bulls encompass me.
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Strong bulls of bashan surround me.
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They open wide their mouths at me
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like a ravening and roaring lion.
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I am poured out like water
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and all my bones are out of joint.
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My heart is like wax.
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It is melted within my breast.
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My strength is dried up like a pot shirt
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and my tongue sticks to my jaws.
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You lay me in the dust of death.
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For dogs encompass me.
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A company of evildoers encircles me.
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They have pierced my hands and feet.
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I can count all my bones.
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They stare and gloat over me.
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They divide my garments among them
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and for my clothing they cast lots.
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But you, O Lord, do not be far off.
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O you, my help, come quickly to my aid.
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Deliver my soul from the sword,
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my precious life from the power of the dog.
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Save me from the mouth of the lion.
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You have rescued me from the horns
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of the wild oxen.
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I will tell of your name to my brothers.
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In the midst of the congregation,
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I will praise you.
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You who fear the Lord, praise Him.
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All you offspring of Jacob, glorify Him
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and stand in awe of Him,
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all you offspring of Israel.
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For He has not despised or abhorred
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the affliction of the afflicted.
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And He has not hidden His face from Him,
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but has heard when He cried to Him.
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From you comes my praise in the great congregation.
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My vows I will perform before those who fear Him.
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The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied.
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Those who seek Him shall praise the Lord.
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May your hearts live forever.
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All the ends of the earth shall remember
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and turn to the Lord,
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and all the families of the nations
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shall worship before you.
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For kingship belongs to the Lord,
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and He rules over the nations.
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All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship.
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Before Him shall bow all who go down to the dust,
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even the one who could not keep Himself alive.
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Posterity shall serve Him.
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It shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
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They shall come and proclaim His righteousness
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to a people yet unborn,
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that He has done it.
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So, first, let's look at the five incidents
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that occurred in the process of Jesus being tried
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and crucified that this psalm alludes to.
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I hope that you're familiar enough
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with the New Testament text
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that speaks of these things,
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the Gospel accounts,
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that you were picking up some hints of them
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as you moved throughout it.
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Now, those of you who are used to me
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working verse by verse through a text,
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beginning at verse 1 and working my way down,
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I'm not going to do that tonight.
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We're going to take it in fragments,
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although I will reference every bit of Psalm 22.
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In fact, for a test of that,
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I wrote down 1 through 31
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and checked them off
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as I was sure that I referenced it in my notes.
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But it'll come in a different order
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than 1 through 31
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because it's my hope for our thinking
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to move from those matters
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which aren't unimportant,
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but they're less important to those matters
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that are more important for us this evening.
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So, let's look at these five incidents
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that occurred.
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Number one,
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the dividing of Jesus' garments
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and the casting of lots.
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We can read in John 19,
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verse 23 and 24,
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when the soldiers had crucified Jesus,
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they took His garments
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and divided them into four parts,
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one part for each soldier,
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also His tunic.
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But the tunic was seamless,
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woven in one piece from top to bottom.
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So they said to one another,
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let us not tear it,
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but cast lots for it
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to see whose it shall be.
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This was to fill the Scripture
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which says,
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and here citing directly,
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John does Psalm 22 and verse 18.
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They divided my garments among them
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and for my clothing,
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they cast lots.
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So the soldiers did these things.
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So first,
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the dividing of Jesus' garments
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and the casting of lots
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we find in Psalm 22.
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Secondly,
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the piercing of Jesus' hands and feet
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and His severe beating.
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Now, we only find out
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about the piercing of Jesus' hands and feet
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because of doubting Thomas.
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Now, it was understood
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that this is the way people were crucified.
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Big nails put through their wrists
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and through their feet.
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But we don't know for sure
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this was the case with Christ
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except John's record again,
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chapter 20, verse 24,
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and following,
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where John records for us,
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now Thomas, one of the twelve,
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called the twin,
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was not with them when Jesus came.
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So the other disciples told Him,
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We have seen the Lord,
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but He said to them,
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Unless I see in His hands
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the mark of the nails
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and place my finger
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into the mark of the nails
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and place my hand into His side,
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I will never believe.
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Eight days later,
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His disciples were inside again
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and Thomas was with them.
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Although the doors were locked,
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Jesus came and stood among them
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and said,
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Peace be with you.
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Then He said to Thomas,
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Put your finger here
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and see my hands
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and put out your hand
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and place it in my side.
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Do not disbelieve,
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but believe.
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And Thomas answered Him,
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My Lord and my God.
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So we see, right,
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that Jesus' hands
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were nailed through
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in His feet.
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We know that Jesus
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was severely beaten
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from texts like Matthew 27
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and the prophet Isaiah
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wrote in Isaiah 52 and verse 14,
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As many were astonished at you,
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His appearance was so marred
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beyond human semblance
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and His form beyond that
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of the children of mankind.
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And again, we find this
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in Psalm 22,
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verse 16 and 17.
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The psalmist says,
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For dogs encompass me,
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a company of evil doers
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encircles me.
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They have pierced my hands
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and feet.
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I can count all my bones.
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The flesh is ripped off my body.
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They stare and gloat over me.
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Third, the mocking of the soldiers.
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In Mark 15, verse 16 and following,
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we read,
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And the soldiers led Him away
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inside the palace.
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That is the governor's headquarters.
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And they called together
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the whole battalion.
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And they clothed Him
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in a purple cloak.
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And twisting together
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a crown of thorns,
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they put it on Him.
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And they began to salute Him.
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Hail, King of the Jews!
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And they were striking His head
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with a reed
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and spitting on Him
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and kneeling down
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in homage to Him.
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When they had mocked Him,
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they stripped Him
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of the purple cloak
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and put His own clothes on Him.
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And they led Him out
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to crucify Him.
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And then Luke adds
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in Luke 22,
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verse 63 and following,
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Now the men
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who were holding Jesus in custody
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were mocking Him
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as they beat Him.
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They also blindfolded Him
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and kept asking Him,
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Prophesy!
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Who is it that struck you?
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And they said many other things
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against Him,
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blaspheming Him.
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And so,
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Jesus became a mockery,
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an object of derision
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and sport
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for the Roman battalion.
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The Creator of all the universe
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became a laughingstock
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to those whom He created.
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And we see this
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in Psalm 22,
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verses 6 and 7.
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A psalmist wrote,
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But I am a worm
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and not a man,
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scorned by mankind
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and despised
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by the people.
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All who see me
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mock me.
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They make mouths at me.
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They wag their heads.
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Fourth, we see
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the mocking of the bystanders
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and religious leaders.
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So not just the Roman guard.
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Matthew 27,
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verse 39 says,
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And those who passed by
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derided Him,
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wagging their heads,
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which was a sign
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of that disapproval.
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Psalm 22,
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verse 7 and 8,
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All those who see me
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mock me.
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That's fascinating.
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Let's go back again.
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Psalm 22,
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verse 7 and 8.
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Without the polka music
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this time, please.
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All who see me
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mock me.
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They make mouths at me.
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They wag their heads.
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He trusts in the Lord.
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This is the speaking
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of derision.
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Let Him deliver him.
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Let Him rescue him,
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for He delights in him.
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In Luke 23,
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verse 35 and following,
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Luke records,
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And the people stood by.
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So everyone who's passing by,
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according to Matthew,
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is mocking Jesus.
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Here Luke says,
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And the people stood by,
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watching,
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but the rulers
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scoffed at Him,
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saying,
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He saved others.
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Let Him save Himself.
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If He is the Christ of God,
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His chosen one.
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The soldiers also mocked Him,
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coming up and offering Him
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sour wine and saying,
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If you are the King of the Jews,
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save yourself.
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There was also an inscription over Him,
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This is the King of the Jews.
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Now, we'll read in just a moment
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a bit of interesting text
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in John chapter 19.
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Most of us know
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that there was this sign
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placed over Jesus' head
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that declared Him
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the King of the Jews.
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The religious leaders
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did not want such a sign
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to exist above Him.
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It was this very claim
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that they were crucifying Him for.
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And so,
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as this claim stood above Him,
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they had to stand around
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and make light of it.
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They had to say,
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Oh, here's the proof
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that He's not who He claimed to be
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or that this sign waves over Him
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because He can't save Himself
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from the cross.
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In John chapter 19,
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verse 19 and following,
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we read this,
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Pilate also wrote an inscription
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and put it on the cross.
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It read,
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Jesus of Nazareth,
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the King of the Jews.
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Many of the Jews
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read this inscription,
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for the place where Jesus
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was crucified was near the city
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and it was written in Aramaic,
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in Latin,
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and in Greek.
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Everybody could read it.
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So the chief priest of the Jews
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said to Pilate,
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Do not write,
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The King of the Jews,
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but rather,
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this man said,
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I am the King of the Jews.
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And then Pilate answered,
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and I don't know if it's because
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Pilate was beginning to believe
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or if Pilate just was tired
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of placating them,
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but he answered,
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What I have written,
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I have written.
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So this statement stood over Christ
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as He hanged there and died.
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And the people had to make light of it
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to justify His murder.
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Fifth,
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the fifth incident we see
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in Psalm 22
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is the mocking of the criminals.
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Those that
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hung on His left and His right.
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Matthew 27 and verse 44.
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And the robbers,
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plural,
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the robbers who were crucified with Him
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also reviled Him
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in the same way.
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Luke tells us
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that one of these robbers
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came to believe
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that Jesus was the Christ
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in Luke 23,
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verse 39 and following.
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Luke records this,
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one of the criminals
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who were hanged
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railed at Him saying,
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Are you not the Christ?
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Save yourself and us.
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But the other,
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now believing,
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rebuked Him saying,
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Do you not fear God
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since you are under
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the same sentence
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of condemnation?
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And we indeed justly,
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for we are receiving
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the due reward of our deeds,
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but this man has done
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nothing wrong.
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And he said,
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Jesus,
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remember me
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when you come
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into your kingdom.
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And Jesus said to him,
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Truly,
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I say to you,
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today you will be with me
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in paradise.
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Again,
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we see in Psalm 22
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and in verse 8,
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these words of derision,
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He trusts in the Lord.
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Let Him deliver Him.
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Let Him rescue Him,
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for He delights in Him.
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Jesus was even mocked
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by those found guilty
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and experiencing
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the same death.
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In Luke 23,
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we find Him
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so willing to forgive
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the transgressions
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at whose hands
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He suffered.
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In Luke 23,
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34,
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He utters the words,
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Father,
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forgive them,
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for they know not
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what they do.
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He pitied the ignorance
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that would murder
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the one who came
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to save their souls.
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And we see the promise
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of paradise
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given to a repentant criminal
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who hung at Jesus' side.
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So can you see
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that Psalm 22
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is speaking toward
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this event
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that would happen
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one day?
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These things are going on
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just as Psalm 22
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said that they would.
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And what must have been
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going through
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the mind of our Savior
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as He experienced
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the most cruel of deaths
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ever employed
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by a nation state?
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This form of death
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was not only
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extremely painful,
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but it was meant
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to be a spectacle.
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The condemned
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were placed on display
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in a place of prominence
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for all to see
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and to consider
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the cost of law-breaking.
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So not only
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is Jesus dying
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a painful physical death,
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He's being rejected
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at every turn
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by those
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that He's dying for.
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In Psalm 22,
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verse 12 and 13,
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what must Jesus
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have been thinking,
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right?
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Thinking about this Psalm.
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We're going to see
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that He speaks
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directly from it
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in a moment.
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Verse 12 and 13 say,
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many bulls encompass me.
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Strong bulls of passion
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surround me.
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They open wide
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their mouths at me
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like a ravening
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and roaring lion,
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right?
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Seeking my life.
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In the midst of all
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of David's prophecy
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of the coming Christ,
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he writes for us,
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carried along by the Spirit,
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these reprieves,
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like these moments
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of rest and reflection
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from all of the suffering.
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And here, I think,
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we get the most
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wonderful glimpse
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of the mind of Christ.
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So try to put yourself
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in His place.
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And we can't do this
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perfectly, to be sure.
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But considering
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the great horrors
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around Him
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and Him thinking
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about Psalm 22
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and running through
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the writing of,
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inspired writing
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of David.
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So we read in Psalm 22
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verse 9 through 11,
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Yet,
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this is a wonderful word,
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Yet,
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You are He
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who took me
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from the womb.
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You made me trust You
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at my mother's breasts.
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On You was I cast
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from my birth
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and from my mother's womb.
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You have been
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my God.
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Be not far from me,
21:36
for trouble is near,
21:37
and there is none
21:39
to help.
21:41
So we can imagine
21:42
that Jesus,
21:43
in this great anguish,
21:45
turns to God
21:47
in the writing of David
21:49
in Psalm 22
21:50
and finds comfort.
21:53
Yet,
21:54
You are God.
21:58
The psalmist,
21:59
and as I've argued,
22:00
Jesus suffering greatly,
22:03
looks to God the Father
22:04
who was with Him
22:05
from the very beginning
22:06
and is,
22:07
therefore,
22:08
to be trusted
22:09
for help,
22:11
comfort,
22:12
for peace,
22:13
and for
22:13
final
22:14
deliverance.
22:17
So,
22:18
we get these reprieves
22:19
in the midst
22:20
of Psalm 22.
22:23
Now,
22:24
to think about this
22:25
a bit more,
22:26
let's take a look
22:26
at the three statements
22:28
that Jesus uttered
22:28
on the cross
22:29
that are found
22:30
in this psalm.
22:33
The first,
22:34
we can read of
22:36
in Matthew 27
22:37
and verse 46,
22:40
also Mark 15,
22:41
34.
22:43
Matthew records for us
22:44
about the ninth hour,
22:45
Jesus cried out
22:46
with a loud voice
22:48
saying,
22:49
Eli,
22:50
Eli,
22:51
lama sabachthani,
22:52
sabachthani,
22:53
that is,
22:55
my God,
22:56
my God,
22:57
why have you forsaken me?
23:01
At about 3 p.m.
23:03
on that Friday,
23:05
the sky went dark
23:07
and Jesus laid down
23:09
His life.
23:11
The sinless for the sinful,
23:14
the worthy for the unworthy,
23:17
the blessed for the destitute.
23:20
John Stott once said,
23:22
our sins blotted out
23:24
the sunshine
23:25
of His Father's face.
23:29
Christ became sin
23:31
on our behalf.
23:34
Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 5,
23:36
21,
23:37
for our sake He made Him
23:39
to be sin,
23:40
who knew no sin,
23:42
so that in Him
23:43
we might become
23:44
the righteousness
23:46
of God.
23:47
That great exchange
23:50
that we talk about
23:51
so often
23:52
as Christ followers.
23:54
In the Garden of Gethsemane,
23:56
the night before
23:57
Jesus' crucifixion,
23:59
He prayed,
24:00
as recorded in Matthew 26,
24:02
verse 39,
24:04
and going a little farther,
24:06
He fell on His face
24:06
and prayed saying,
24:08
My Father,
24:10
if it be possible,
24:12
let this cup
24:13
pass from Me.
24:16
Nevertheless,
24:17
not as I will,
24:19
but as You will.
24:22
Now, beloved,
24:22
it's important to understand
24:23
that Jesus' anguish
24:24
over His coming crucifixion
24:26
was not due to the
24:28
physical suffering
24:30
He would experience.
24:31
As great as it was,
24:33
this was not what was
24:34
causing Him
24:35
to sweat blood.
24:38
But rather,
24:39
He was in such anguish
24:41
because of the wrath
24:42
of God
24:43
that He was going
24:44
to bear.
24:46
Jesus had in mind
24:48
passages like
24:49
Jeremiah 25.
24:52
This is verse 15 and 16
24:54
of Jeremiah 25.
24:56
Thus the Lord,
24:57
the God of Israel,
24:57
said to Me,
24:58
this would be Jeremiah,
25:00
Take from My hand
25:02
this cup of the wine
25:03
of wrath
25:04
and make all the nations
25:06
to whom I send you
25:07
drink it.
25:08
They shall drink it
25:09
and stagger
25:10
and be crazed
25:11
because of the sword
25:13
that I am sending
25:14
among them.
25:16
And then verse 27,
25:17
Then you shall say to them,
25:19
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
25:21
the God of Israel,
25:23
Drink,
25:24
be drunk,
25:25
and vomit.
25:27
Fall and rise no more
25:29
because of the sword
25:31
that I am sending
25:32
among you.
25:34
This is the type of thing
25:36
that Jesus has
25:37
in His mind.
25:37
He knows that He has come
25:39
to be a propitiation,
25:42
a replacement sacrifice
25:44
for all that would trust
25:46
in Him.
25:47
And He is looking to
25:49
this next day
25:50
God's wrath
25:52
being poured out on Him.
25:54
And this is the cry.
25:55
If there's any other way,
25:58
let this cup
25:59
pass
26:00
from Me.
26:03
God is
26:03
just.
26:05
And God is
26:06
unchanging.
26:09
And therefore,
26:10
God must
26:11
punish
26:12
sin.
26:14
God does not
26:14
deal with disobedience
26:16
the way so many of us
26:17
imperfect parents
26:18
deal with disobedience.
26:20
Right?
26:20
My grace to my children
26:22
is often
26:22
my laziness.
26:23
I just overlook
26:24
the things
26:25
that they're doing.
26:27
This is not
26:27
the way
26:28
the just God
26:29
of the universe
26:29
functions.
26:31
There have been
26:31
infractions
26:32
and they must
26:33
be paid for.
26:36
If you and I
26:37
were to have
26:38
any hope
26:38
of the forgiveness
26:39
of our sin,
26:40
we needed
26:41
a substitute.
26:43
The sins
26:43
must be
26:45
paid for.
26:47
Jesus came
26:48
to die
26:49
our death.
26:51
So as He hung
26:52
on that
26:52
cursed tree,
26:54
He bore
26:54
all of the wrath
26:55
for all of the sin
26:57
do you
26:58
and I
26:58
and all those
27:00
who will ever
27:00
or will
27:02
whoever
27:03
or will ever
27:04
be called
27:04
by His name.
27:07
God the Father
27:07
turned His face
27:09
away from His Son
27:10
and poured
27:11
infinite wrath
27:12
out
27:13
on Him.
27:16
We see the beginning
27:17
of Psalm 22
27:17
verse 1.
27:18
My God,
27:20
my God,
27:21
why have you
27:22
forsaken me?
27:23
This is what
27:25
Jesus is uttering.
27:26
He is
27:26
citing from.
27:27
So we get
27:28
a little more,
27:29
a bit of an expansion
27:30
when we look at
27:31
Psalm 22
27:32
verse 1
27:33
and then into
27:33
verse 2.
27:35
The psalmist says,
27:36
Why are you so far
27:38
from saving me
27:38
from the words
27:40
of my groaning?
27:41
Oh,
27:42
my God,
27:42
I cry by day
27:44
but you do not
27:44
answer and by night
27:46
but I find
27:47
no rest.
27:49
Can you feel,
27:50
I hope you can,
27:51
the expanding
27:52
anguish?
27:54
What's wrapped up
27:55
in this phrase,
27:56
my God,
27:57
my God,
27:58
why have you
27:59
forsaken me?
28:00
Why have you
28:00
turned away
28:02
from me?
28:04
And then,
28:05
Psalm 22
28:06
gives us
28:07
another reprieve
28:09
and I suggest
28:11
the hope
28:12
that pulled
28:13
Christ,
28:14
the man,
28:15
through this
28:16
immeasurable
28:16
suffering.
28:19
The writer of Hebrews
28:19
tells us in Hebrews 12
28:20
too that Jesus
28:21
endured the cross
28:23
for the joy
28:24
set before him.
28:26
So,
28:27
what I'm postulating
28:29
and we have no
28:30
clear evidence
28:32
of this
28:32
is that Jesus
28:34
says the words,
28:35
my God,
28:36
my God,
28:36
why have you
28:38
forsaken me?
28:39
And he's thinking
28:39
about in this time,
28:41
he's meditating
28:42
upon,
28:42
he's pondering
28:43
verses 3
28:45
and 4
28:46
and 5,
28:48
yet you are
28:49
holy
28:50
and throned
28:51
on the praises
28:52
of Israel.
28:53
In you our fathers
28:54
trusted,
28:55
they trusted
28:56
and you
28:56
delivered them.
28:58
To you they cried
29:00
and were rescued.
29:01
In you they trusted
29:03
and were not
29:04
put to shame.
29:06
Jesus knew
29:07
that he was fulfilling
29:08
the will of the Father,
29:10
his good Father
29:11
and his will
29:13
would be
29:13
accomplished.
29:16
The second utterance
29:17
and a bit briefer
29:18
in this case.
29:21
We can read in
29:22
John chapter 19
29:22
verse 28.
29:25
After this,
29:26
Jesus,
29:27
knowing that
29:27
all was now
29:28
finished,
29:29
said,
29:31
and John includes
29:32
the parenthetical,
29:32
to fulfill the
29:33
scripture,
29:35
I thirst.
29:37
Now this is
29:38
certainly a direct
29:39
reference to
29:39
Psalm 69
29:40
and verse 21
29:41
which says,
29:43
again prophetic,
29:44
they gave me
29:44
poison for food
29:45
and for my thirst
29:46
they gave me
29:47
sour wine
29:48
to drink.
29:49
So Jesus says,
29:50
I thirst
29:51
so that this
29:52
scripture would
29:53
be fulfilled.
29:55
But I think we also
29:56
see it in
29:56
Psalm 22.
29:58
It's a little more
29:59
difficult to get at
30:00
but let me make the case
30:01
for you briefly
30:02
and then we'll move on
30:03
to the third
30:03
statement.
30:05
Psalm 22
30:06
verse 14
30:07
and 15.
30:10
David writes,
30:10
I am poured out
30:12
like water
30:12
and all my bones
30:14
are out of joint.
30:14
My heart
30:15
is like wax.
30:16
It is melted
30:17
within my breast.
30:19
My strength
30:20
is dried up
30:22
like a pot shirt
30:23
and my tongue
30:24
sticks to my jaws.
30:26
You lay me
30:27
in the dust
30:28
of death.
30:29
You hear the dry
30:31
and thirsty
30:32
language found
30:33
throughout
30:33
those two verses
30:35
and so Jesus
30:36
utters,
30:38
I thirst.
30:39
finished.
30:41
Thirdly,
30:42
and I think
30:43
most importantly,
30:45
in John 19
30:45
and 30,
30:46
when Jesus
30:47
had received
30:48
the sour wine
30:49
he said,
30:50
it is
30:51
finished
30:52
and he bowed
30:53
his head
30:54
and gave up
30:55
his spirit.
30:57
Jesus,
30:58
upon accomplishing
30:59
the task
31:00
that he became
31:01
a man to accomplish
31:03
uttered these
31:04
simple
31:04
but profound
31:06
words,
31:07
it is
31:08
finished.
31:10
He had done
31:11
all that he
31:12
was sent
31:13
to do
31:13
when he died
31:15
upon
31:16
the cross.
31:18
The writer of
31:19
Hebrews says
31:19
in Hebrews
31:20
chapter 1
31:21
verse 3,
31:22
Jesus Christ
31:23
is the radiance
31:23
of the glory
31:24
of God
31:24
and the exact
31:25
imprint
31:26
of his nature
31:26
and he upholds
31:28
the universe
31:28
by the word
31:30
of his power.
31:32
After making
31:33
purification
31:34
for sins,
31:36
he sat down
31:37
at the right
31:38
hand
31:38
of the majesty
31:39
on high.
31:41
Beloved,
31:42
this is so
31:43
significant
31:44
to the Hebrew
31:45
hearers
31:46
of the book
31:47
of Hebrews
31:49
because
31:50
in the temple
31:52
worship
31:53
all of the
31:54
continual
31:55
ongoing
31:55
ceremonial sacrifices
31:57
that had to be made,
31:58
blood flowed
31:59
constantly
32:00
from the temple
32:01
and it was meant
32:02
to show
32:03
God's people
32:04
their great need
32:06
of a perfect
32:07
sacrifice
32:08
was meant
32:09
to show them
32:09
that all
32:10
these sacrifices
32:11
are inadequate
32:12
to cover
32:13
your sins.
32:14
So keep at it,
32:15
Israel.
32:15
Just keep making
32:16
sacrifice.
32:17
Keep making
32:18
sacrifice.
32:19
And all of the
32:20
careful instruction
32:21
for how the temple
32:22
was to be laid
32:23
out,
32:24
there's a piece
32:24
of furniture
32:25
that does not
32:26
exist in this
32:27
place
32:27
anywhere
32:28
to sit.
32:30
The priests
32:31
did not sit
32:31
down.
32:32
They were at
32:32
work constantly.
32:34
They worked
32:34
in shifts
32:35
and they did
32:36
not rest.
32:37
But our Lord
32:38
and Savior
32:38
Jesus Christ
32:39
finished the
32:41
work
32:41
and he sat
32:42
down.
32:43
This would
32:44
have been
32:44
astounding
32:45
to them
32:45
when they
32:46
heard it.
32:46
To us
32:46
we go,
32:47
yeah,
32:47
cool,
32:47
he's sitting.
32:48
No,
32:49
he is at
32:51
rest,
32:52
right?
32:53
He has made
32:54
that full
32:54
and final
32:55
sacrifice.
32:57
He drank
32:58
the entire
32:59
cup
33:01
of God's
33:02
wrath.
33:03
And when
33:04
he finished
33:04
it,
33:04
he turned
33:05
it over
33:05
and he
33:06
set it
33:06
down
33:07
and he
33:07
said,
33:08
it is
33:09
finished.
33:10
A complete
33:11
and perfect
33:12
sacrifice
33:13
for all
33:14
time
33:15
for those
33:16
who believe
33:17
in him.
33:19
Now,
33:19
I've been
33:20
making the
33:20
case that
33:21
this comes
33:22
from Psalm
33:23
22.
33:24
If you're
33:24
tracking me,
33:25
it's okay
33:25
if you're not,
33:26
if you're
33:26
tracking me
33:27
and you're
33:27
being astute,
33:28
you go,
33:29
where is that
33:30
found?
33:31
Let me
33:31
show you.
33:32
Psalm
33:32
22,
33:33
I'm going
33:34
to start
33:34
at verse
33:34
29 and
33:35
read through
33:35
31.
33:39
David
33:40
says,
33:40
All the
33:41
prosperous
33:41
of the
33:42
earth eat
33:43
and worship.
33:44
Before him
33:44
shall bow
33:45
all who
33:45
go down
33:46
to the
33:46
dust,
33:46
even the
33:47
one who
33:47
could not
33:48
keep himself
33:49
alive.
33:50
Posterity
33:51
shall serve
33:51
him that
33:51
shall be
33:52
told of
33:52
the Lord
33:53
to the
33:53
coming
33:53
generation.
33:55
They
33:55
shall
33:55
clumb
33:56
and
33:56
proclaim
33:56
his
33:57
righteousness
33:57
to a
33:58
people
33:58
yet
33:59
unborn.
34:00
And here
34:00
it is,
34:01
that he
34:02
has
34:03
done it.
34:05
And in
34:06
Hebrew,
34:07
this phrase
34:07
could have
34:08
very easily
34:09
been
34:09
translated
34:11
for us
34:12
that it
34:12
is
34:13
finished.
34:15
It would
34:15
have been
34:15
very precise
34:17
and faithful
34:18
to the
34:19
original text.
34:20
He
34:20
has
34:21
done it.
34:23
It
34:23
is
34:24
finished.
34:25
So,
34:28
I hope,
34:29
just considering
34:31
Christ's
34:32
death for
34:32
us,
34:33
you are
34:34
moved to
34:35
worship.
34:36
Let me
34:36
give you a
34:37
little more
34:37
specific
34:37
application,
34:38
and I
34:39
want to
34:39
do it
34:39
quickly,
34:39
and here's
34:40
where I'm
34:40
picking up
34:40
some of
34:41
the verses
34:41
I haven't
34:41
referenced.
34:42
I won't
34:43
read them
34:43
for the
34:44
sake of
34:44
time,
34:44
but
34:44
first,
34:47
note
34:48
how
34:50
we're
34:51
believing,
34:51
and I
34:52
think it's
34:52
a fair
34:52
belief,
34:53
that Jesus
34:54
Christ,
34:54
as He
34:54
hung on
34:55
the cross,
34:56
is carried
34:57
through
34:57
suffering by
34:59
considering,
35:00
He's
35:00
pondering the
35:02
Word of
35:02
God.
35:03
He's
35:04
looking back
35:05
to the
35:05
promises of
35:06
Scripture,
35:07
and He's
35:07
picking them
35:08
up.
35:08
He's
35:09
meditating
35:09
upon them,
35:10
and He's
35:11
turning that
35:12
into belief.
35:13
He's
35:14
pondering the
35:15
Word of
35:16
God.
35:16
And,
35:16
beloved,
35:17
we are to
35:17
do the
35:18
same.
35:19
Look to
35:20
Christ and
35:20
His great
35:21
anguish.
35:22
We have
35:23
never
35:23
experienced
35:24
such
35:24
suffering,
35:24
and we
35:25
never
35:25
will,
35:26
praise the
35:27
Lord,
35:27
because of
35:28
Him.
35:29
But when
35:29
you are
35:29
going
35:30
through
35:30
tough
35:30
times,
35:32
ponder
35:32
the
35:33
Word of
35:34
God.
35:35
Secondly,
35:37
we can
35:38
see that
35:38
Christ is
35:39
praying to
35:41
God for
35:41
help in
35:42
His time
35:43
of need.
35:44
So,
35:44
Psalm 22,
35:45
verse 19
35:45
through 21,
35:47
we see Him
35:48
cry out to
35:49
God.
35:50
Verse 21,
35:51
Save me
35:52
from the
35:52
mouth of
35:53
the lion,
35:54
and in
35:54
this sure
35:54
confidence,
35:55
you have
35:56
rescued me
35:57
from the
35:58
horns of
35:59
the wild
36:00
oxen.
36:01
Cry out to
36:02
God for
36:02
help in
36:03
times of
36:04
need.
36:05
Third,
36:07
we see
36:08
Jesus
36:09
praising
36:10
God for
36:11
the purposes
36:12
of suffering.
36:15
Psalm 22,
36:16
verse 2
36:16
through 5,
36:17
we see
36:19
Him seeing
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how God
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is working
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in the
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midst.
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And we
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know,
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Romans 8,
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that God
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is bringing
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about purpose
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in all of
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our suffering.
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He's working
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to bring us
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to be like
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our Lord and
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Savior,
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Jesus Christ.
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So,
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He is
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pondering the
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Word of
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God.
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He's praying
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to God for
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help in time
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of need.
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He's praising
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God for the
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purpose of
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suffering.
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And finally,
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proclaiming
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God's
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goodness
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to one
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another
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and to
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the world.
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To one
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another,
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we see in
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Psalm 22,
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verses 22
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through 26.
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I'll skip
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down to
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verse 25.
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From you
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comes my
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praise in
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the great
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congregation.
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My vows
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I will
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perform before
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those who
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fear Him.
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We're to
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sing God's
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praises
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to one
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another.
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And praise
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God that
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Jesus has
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counted us,
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those who
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have placed
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believing faith
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in Him,
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amongst the
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congregation.
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Again,
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the book of
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Hebrews,
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the writer of
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Hebrews says
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in chapter 2,
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verse 11
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and 12,
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for He
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who sanctifies
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and those
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who are
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sanctified
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all have
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one source.
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That is why
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He is not
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ashamed to
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call them
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brothers,
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saying,
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I will tell
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of your
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name,
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to my
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brothers.
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In the
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midst of
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the congregation,
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I will
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sing your
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praise.
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And because
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Christ has
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purchased us,
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we are not
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ashamed to
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call one
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another brother
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and to share
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His goodness
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with each
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other.
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And we're
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also meant
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to do
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this to
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the world.
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Again,
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Psalm 22,
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27 and
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28,
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all the
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ends of
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the earth
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shall
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remember
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and turn
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to the
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Lord,
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and all
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the families
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of the
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nations
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shall
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worship
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before
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you.
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For
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kingship
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belongs
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to the
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Lord,
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and He
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rules
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over the
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nations.
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This
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good news
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of Jesus
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Christ
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is meant
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to be
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proclaimed
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to all
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people
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everywhere.
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So I
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hope,
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once again,
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that your
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heart has
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been warmed
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by the
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loving kindness
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of God
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to us
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in the
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death
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of Jesus
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Christ.
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Please join me
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in prayer,
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and then
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we're going
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to close
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in a
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couple
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of songs
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of praise.