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

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