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They led him away. 
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who was coming in from the 
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The cross to carry it behind 
Jesus and there followed him, a 

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great multitude of the people 
and of women who were mourning 

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and lamenting for him. 
But turning to them, Jesus said,

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Daughters of Jerusalem. 
Do not weep for me, but weep for

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yourselves and for your children
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The days are coming, when they 
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barren. 
Barren and the wombs that never 

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bore, and the breasts that never
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say to the mountains fall on us 
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If they do these things, when 
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happen when it is dry. 
This is not a very familiar 

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passage for Good Friday but it 
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Nonetheless and there are so 
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You can imagine that we can take
just a portion and choose to 

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just meditate on that alone for 
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But let's consider just a few 
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Look at the first few words of 
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away and as they led him away, a
short phrase that can be easily 

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overlooked, but it should not be
overlooked because it is filled 

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with glorious. 
Implications, if you've ever 

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studied Christ, if you ever seen
him in the gospels, then you 

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will know something about him. 
Yes, he was truly man, but he 

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was, in fact, God In the Flesh 
and God In the Flesh, being that

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he was, was in complete control 
of Re single circumstance that 

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he found himself in. 
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these crowds have gathered 
around him prepared to seize him

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and to arrest him, or to even 
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Every single time he seems to 
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He seems to just walk through 
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that it was not yet, the time, 
the time that we are meditating 

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and reflecting on tonight. 
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where someone could grab him by 
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arms, even those that were sent 
to Arrest them at a certain 

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point where spelled Bound by his
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with such Authority that they 
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empty-handed. 
He said that no one can take my 

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life from me, but I lay it down 
of my own accord. 

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It's my own authority that 
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the hands of men. 
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The terrifying wins in the 
Raging Waters that have made 

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professional, fisherman 
petrified. 

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And there is Christ resting 
undisturbed. 

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And with just a few words that 
see in those winds obeyed him 

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and submitted to his authority. 
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another world? 
Namely demons who took power 

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over minds and bodies. 
And yet when Christ would appear

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on the scene, of those people 
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squealed just because of his 
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those things, the great 
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he could have commanded by one 
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and to sweep him away. 
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he was led astray by a few Roman
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But he was at the mercy of these
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And we look at this and we 
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like figure do we not to the 
undiscerning mind. 

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Maybe that I Sampson at one 
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empowered Unstoppable. 
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But at one point at his lowest 
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humiliation and the abuse of his
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He says, what's happening here 
with Christ, the one that we saw

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operating in such ability, now 
now so weak. 

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And now, so submissive. 
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To think that crisis in 
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men as a grave mistake. 
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that in the short phrase, we see
a fulfillment of a specific 

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prophecy that was given to us by
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years before Christ, even 
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What do we read in Isaiah 53:7? 
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but here's a portion of it like 
a lamb that is led to the 

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slaughter. 
Like a land that is slat led to 

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a Slaughter. 
And like a sheep that before, 

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it's Shearer's is silent. 
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he is being led by these men, it
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It is meekness. 
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resistance and with an unusually
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himself to the direction of 
those who are leading him to his

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own death. 
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it. 
When we are told that Christ was

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being led away, it does not 
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flexing, their might nor does it
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had their way, what you see here
is Christ magnified in his 

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meekness. 
Putting aside his power and his 

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authority and his patiently, 
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On your behalf in mind. 
We go on as we meditate. 

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We are interrupted by someone 
that we've never been introduced

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to before this moment except the
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And Mark has mentioned after we 
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away. 
They seized one Simon of Cyrene.

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Who was coming in from the 
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cross. 
Who is Simon of Cyrene and why 

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does it matter, what does this 
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Well, Simon from Cyrene which is
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proselyte gentile. 
Or Jew is placed somewhere else 

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and was here in Jerusalem to 
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predictable. 
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which suddenly be interrupted by
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him for the rest of his life and
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the lives of those that were 
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What do I mean by that? 
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additional detail about Simon of
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Mark tells us in 15 chapter 21 
and they compel the passerby 

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Simon of Cyrene who was coming 
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Now, look at this Mark says, by 
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Alexander and Rufus to carry his
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Luke omits that Mark includes 
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Okay? 
Simon of Cyrene is one thing, 

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but why do we need to know that?
He was the father of these. 

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Two men, Alexander and Rufus. 
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there a purpose? 
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wrote this, yes, Guided by the 
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immediate audience would have 
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were And that is a great 
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Because there's only one other 
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mentioned. 
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writings of Paul when he 
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Romans chapter 16 and many 
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Paul addresses is the same Rufus
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Romans 16:13 Paul says greet 
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Chosen in the Lord. 
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mother to me, as well. 
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pending this letter as he is 
retelling. 

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The story of Christ on the road 
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He says that man Simon. 
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Alexander and Rufus and the 
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know really that was your dad. 
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Rufus is Father who carry the 
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the same roof is that Paul is 
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Lord and whose mother was a 
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know what this means when we put
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some point after Simon from 
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He understood the implications 
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He came to the saving knowledge 
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led his own family to that 
saving truth. 

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It's an amazing thought is a 
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We may not know how Simon 
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able to communicate it, but we 
have strong evidence to know 

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where it all began for this man.
He was minding his own business 

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walking out of the country 
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observing just probably another 
criminal that was receiving 

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their due punishment. 
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snatched by soldiers and was 
told to carry the end of a cross

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to help this random man. 
That was probably credible in 

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his own mind. 
At first at least and as unaware

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of Simon might have been in 
those first few moments as 

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unawares, he might have been as 
he was trying to lighten the 

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load of this man who is dripping
blood in his flesh, was hanging 

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off of his back. 
You and I are believers. 

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Are we not and we understand 
that that this sounds very 

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familiar to a teaching that 
Christ himself gave early on in 

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the same gospel in the Gospel of
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You should know it because you 
would have responded to it if 

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you're truly born again, if 
anyone would come after me, Let 

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him deny himself and take up his
cross and follow me. 

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Simon of Cyrene. 
I argue. 

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Tonight is illustrating. 
What discipleship looks like? 

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Simon of Cyrene. 
Here is showing us a very 

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literal example of what it means
to follow Jesus. and I would 

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like to say that saying, yes, to
the Cross is never convenient to

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the flesh, just like Simon He 
had plans, he had a schedule, he

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had relatives to meet and all 
for a sudden, the cross bid him 

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to come. 
Yes. 

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It was through the mouths of 
soldiers but still the picture 

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is there and you have to 
understand something about 

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following Jesus Christ. 
There is a cost. 

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There is a price. 
Christ is not waiting for you 

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and your own terms to accept 
them when you hear the call, as 

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you will tonight. 
And if you are not saved, that 

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is your call and it Demands a 
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because, as much as this was 
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sure Simon later on, thank God 
that he was called to carry that

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cross. 
And as much as you might hear 

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the price of what it means to 
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much as Satan, would lie to you,
that you have to give up so much

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in this life in order to make 
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realize that there is a joy. 
In it, there's a joy awaiting 

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you that is incomparable to 
whatever this world has to offer

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you. 
There's a cost and following 

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Christ. 
There's a cross with your name 

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on it and as costly as it might 
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saying no than accepting it and 
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We always talk about the cost of
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about the cost of not following 
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There is a cost of not following
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But again, it makes you wonder 
doesn't not what was it? 

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That triggered Simon. 
What was that? 

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Struck him, did he communicate 
with Jesus while helping him for

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a few steps for that little 
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There's no evidence of that. 
But perhaps, it was what Jesus 

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said to a group of woman, along 
that path. 

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That did something at least 
opened up a curiosity. 

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Just like when Jesus was hanging
on that cross and had seven 

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sayings and one of the melted, 
the Of a thief who was being 

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crucified beside him. because 
Christ suffered, unlike anybody 

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else suffered there was a 
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sovereignty about it, there is a
control, there was a display of 

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love and forgiveness that caused
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confessional. 
There's something So Glorious 

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about it and not just him 
hanging there, even on his way 

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there, and we read it. 
In verse 28, but turning to 

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them, Jesus said, Daughters of 
Jerusalem. 

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Can you imagine the site for a 
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Think about it. 
Here is Christ, exhausted. 

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Way down by a cross. 
Perhaps, blinded by Blood. 

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Beaten and bruised. 
And there he is. 

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Surrounded by a crowd and there 
is a blend of cries and 

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ridicules crashing over him and 
all for sudden. 

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He turns his attention to a 
group of wailing woman and he 

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addresses them. 
He speaks to him. 

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And he says something to them of
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Don't weep for me. 
Do not weep for me, but weep for

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yourselves and for your 
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What does this say of Christ? 
Many things consider this 

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thought. 
First you see a Christ who is 

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deeply concerned for man? 
Even in his own suffering. 

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All of this attention was on 
him. 

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Christ attention was on a group 
of women who are visibly 

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Disturbed and shaken. 
They caught his attention. 

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And his compassion is not 
recognizing the fact that he is 

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trying to relieve them of this 
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That they are showing though, he
has done that many times 

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throughout his ministry. 
His concern here is seen in the 

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fact that he is He is deeply 
aware of their fate. 

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And he wants them to be prepared
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He tells him do not weep for me,
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your children. 
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was occurring in that moment. 
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and therefore, God was going to 
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Testifies about it by the hands 
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Jerusalem to destruction and 
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Hundreds of thousands of Jews. 
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and he tells them weep Weep for 
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Although if we were in his shoes
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thought of her own death, and 
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shooting through our own bodies.
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comes before him but is 
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these women. 
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and pronouncing judgment on 
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Yes, it is true, but don't 
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before this Christ himself wept 
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reason. 
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suffering led to a Slaughter is 
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others. 
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display of compassion? 
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such torture can still think and
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For those who experience greater
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his ministry. 
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Calvary, you see it while he's 
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even down to the details of 
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By signing that responsibility 
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This is the humility of the Lord
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Servant lover of Souls. 
Compassionate savior. 

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And so the Lord here is not 
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tears of sadness. 
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broken for what's coming your 
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to affect you and this is not 
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Why would cry? 
Say Do not weep for me, but weep

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for yourselves and for your 
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interested in receiving tears of
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Christ here. 
Does not want the pity of these 

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woman, and he did not feel sorry
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What does that teach us about 
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You know what that teaches about
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He was not weak. 
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We have to be careful of how we 
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because we can be mistaken and 
thinking that we come here, 

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dressed in dark clothes 
Songbird, sober because we're 

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realizing what Christ had to 
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And then Sunday, we come with 
brighter clothes. 

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And we come rejoicing and it's 
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because ho, he made it, he made 
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He actually resurrected Christ 
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Christ, was a conqueror through 
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This is not a Christ that was 
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beaten and bruised, mocked and 
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trick on everybody. 
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control here. 
All along. 

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Don't weep for me, we serve a 
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who came into this world for 
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his ministry. 
There have been so many attempts

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to try to convince Christ to 
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To not go to that cross. 
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him the world. think about the 
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his miraculous abilities that 
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there, think about one of his 
good friends, Peter he tried to 

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rebuke him. 
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that path. 
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overcame. 
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Temptation. 
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He's a rock. 
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the walk that none of us could 
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and none of us could even 
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The Holy Spirit takes the 
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Christ. and through the writings
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applies, that same attitude to 
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not say looking to Jesus, the 
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who for the joy that was set 
before him, endured the cross 

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despising, the shame, and is 
seated. 

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At the right hand of God. 
Looking to Jesus, you know what 

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that tells me? 
The Lord. 

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Jesus did not allow pity or 
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To disturb his total, trust in 
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while on the Earth. 
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He didn't challenge God, he 
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interpretation of what was 
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this moment to cause him to 
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His face was like, Flint. 
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He was so Reliant. 
He was so strong and the 

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understanding that my father is 
accomplishing. 

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His will through this. 
And I will not throw it away. 

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For Temptation, for he's or 
because of sympathy and you and 

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I are called to imitate that 
kind of suffering. 

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You and I are called to not be 
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sympathies that others might 
have for us. 

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But to be like our master, 
Immovable unshaken. 

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Undisturbed steadfast in our 
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He's in control. 
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So he tells them do not weep for
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for your children and he grows 
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the Judgment that will come upon
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Messiah. 
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coming when they will say, 
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wombs that never bore and the 
breasts that never nursed to be 

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Barren. 
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as a curse and he's saying it's 
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children during this time and if
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yourself, And it goes on. 
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are wait, this people, and it 
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Not that as Christ is on his way
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our behalf. 
He is communicating the wrath of

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God. 
He is prophesying the Judgment 

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of God. 
What is this have to do with the

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gospel? 
What does this have to do with 

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these events? 
It has everything to do with it.

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because although this was 
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Jesus in the immediate sense of 
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It's just a preview of the 
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Is just a glimpse of what's 
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scale. 
In other words, What the Jews 

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will expect because of the 
rejection of Christ is what 

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every single person should 
expect. 

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If they choose to reject the 
crucified Messiah. 

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You see, Jesus died on the cross
for the Forgiveness of our sins.

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him. 
We don't believe in a universal 

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salvation. 
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everybody will be saved one day 
just because God is so loving 

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that whether you believe and 
repent or not, you're going to 

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go to heaven. 
That is a damning truth That is 

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a Lie from the pit of Hell 
itself. 

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If you reject Christ as Savior 
and Lord, the only thing 

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reserved for you is the wrath of
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The wrath of Jerusalem 
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glimpse of the micro or the 
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the final judgment. 
That come upon the world in 

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Revelation 6. 
The the language is borrowed as 

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the kings of the earth and the 
rich and those who are powerful 

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Great and Small will realize the
return of Christ and they 

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themselves will beg the 
mountains to fall upon them. 

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So even John is borrowing the 
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This is going to be magnified in
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When Christ comes to redeem the 
bride, but also confront, those 

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who sat in churches year after 
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Who come to Good Friday 
services, just to pay their dues

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to Christ or to make Mom and Dad
happy, but ultimately have not 

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made Christ. 
Lord Christ will come and he 

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will face those who have heard 
the gospel once or a thousand 

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times and have rejected it to 
say. 

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You had your chance. 
One person said it, so wisely. 

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What you will do with Jesus, 
first coming will determine what

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Jesus will do with you at his 
second coming. 

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Well, you will do with Jesus 
concerning his first coming will

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determine what Jesus will do 
with you at his second coming. 

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And the certainty in the 
severity of God's Divine. 

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Judgment is hinted at by brief 
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verse 31 for if they do these 
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When the wood is green, what 
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What is he trying to say here? 
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flourishing fragrant and 
fruitful green wood. 

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And he is contrasted to the 
Jewish people who are recognized

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as a withered dead, fruitless 
people, colorless. 

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And the reason why he's 
communicating this sobering 

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truth is to say if Christ as the
sinless, Son of God, is being 

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treated. 
So cruelly, how much more Will 

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the Wicked unbelieving? 
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experienced suffering? 
But remember there's a broader 

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application here, so we're not 
just speaking about a people 

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group for all who reject the 
saving work of Jesus Christ, 

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we'll know, we'll know something
of of Wrath and the great 

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commentator. 
Matthew Henry said it this way 

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as only he could, If God did 
this to the son of his love. 

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When he found sin, but imputed 
to him, what shall he do to the 

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generation of his wrath when he 
finds sin raining in them? 

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if God was so willing to pour 
out his Justice upon, The one 

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who was sinless, though he took 
sin upon him. 

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What is he going to do? 
To those who have loved and 

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embraced their sin within them. 
When they heard the call repent 

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and believe. 
Judgment Came Upon the innocent 

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one. 
Will it not come towards those 

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who are guilty? 
We have to ReDiscover the 

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Holiness of God. 
We have to ReDiscover just how 

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pure he is. 
That even the one that he had 

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Eternal fellowship with even the
one that was at his bosom. 

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He looked at for a moment. 
And turned his face away, when 

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the sin of the world was placed 
on his shoulder. 

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If he was willing to do that to 
the son of his love. 

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What will you do with the 
children of Wrath? 

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It'd be a terrifying thing to 
end the service in this way. 

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Would it not? 
Rightfully so. 

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It is a terrifying thing to fall
into the hands of the Living 

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God. 
But we can evade this rat. 

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And we can escape it and that is
the good news. 

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Because as much as Jesus 
prophesied judgment towards 

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Jerusalem for the rejection 
while he was on his way to pay 

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the price so that we would never
no judgment. 

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Oh, he would pay a price that 
would be so great and so 

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satisfying and so sufficient. 
The Not only would he just here 

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on a few words on a page, tell 
us. 

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So, but the spirit of God 
himself will bear witness with 

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our spirit that we are indeed 
children of God and the 

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understanding of the love of God
can be so real in your soul. 

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So Supernatural that you can 
live the rest of your days. 

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Never fearing God's judgment. 
That you can stand before God as

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you will one day. 
And as will I with total 

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confidence a boldness? 
Almost all Readiness, actually, 

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with a joy, Because what Christ 
is about to do on this cross is 

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be the substitute for sinners. 
And he would drink that cup 

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filled with the wrath of God. 
Can you imagine it? 

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So, if we just look in this room
already, think about the amount 

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of sins that accumulated, just 
with our own lives, our 

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thoughts, our Deeds 
private-public imagine all of 

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our sins in this room heaped 
upon Christ. 

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How great of judgment would be 
placed upon him. 

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And yet it is greater than this 
room from Adam to the last man. 

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Every single human being sin. 
Was taken into account and was 

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brought upon Christ and placed 
on his head so to speak. 

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And he became the target of 
God's Wrath and the flood. 

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The flood gate, that was 
reserved to be poured out upon 

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the sons of Adam for all of 
eternity was redirected upon 

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Calvary. 
And Christ in that moment 

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though, it was. 
But a few hours experience, 

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something that is a mystery. 
And he drank every single drop 

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of God's justice. 
In such a way that he could 

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confidently, take that cup and 
flip it. 

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00:29:55,300 --> 00:29:57,700
Upside down with, not one drop 
left in it. 

455
00:30:00,100 --> 00:30:06,700
And as he drinks that cup and as
he drank that cup he extends to 

456
00:30:06,700 --> 00:30:12,400
you the cup of Fellowship. 
And he invites you to come. and 

457
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:16,900
to be forgiven, and to be washed
And to take into your account, 

458
00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:20,200
his innocence and his Holiness, 
though you are undeserving and 

459
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,200
unworthy, that is The Great 
Exchange. 

460
00:30:24,900 --> 00:30:30,500
And so, we do not have to weep 
for ourselves. when we realize 

461
00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:34,800
that truth, we have every reason
to rejoice And so as much as 

462
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:38,500
this is a sobering night, it is 
a joyful night and if there is 

463
00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:41,000
any weeping that we will do if 
there's any heaviness in our 

464
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,200
hearts, it's not so that we look
at Jesus say oh poor Jesus, 

465
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,000
2,000 years ago he was such a 
good man and yet they treat him 

466
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,700
that way. 
If there's any sorrow it's what 

467
00:30:50,700 --> 00:30:58,500
our sins did to him. 
It's it's how unimaginable it 

468
00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:02,000
is. 
That God came into this world 

469
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,800
and walk this walk on your 
behalf in mine. 

470
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,700
And went to that cross. 
For you and me. 

471
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,100
That's why we're going to break 
bread and moment. 

472
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,800
A visual representation of what 
Christ has done. 

473
00:31:18,900 --> 00:31:23,800
God is so wise, he instituted an
ordinance that would engage our 

474
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:29,300
tastes So that there would be a 
an experiential understanding of

475
00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:34,200
the goodness of God. 
But this ordinance is not open 

476
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:37,500
to the public. 
It is kept for those who have 

477
00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:40,300
understood what Christ has done.
And I've received him and have 

478
00:31:40,300 --> 00:31:44,700
repented and believed So if that
is you today, you will 

479
00:31:44,700 --> 00:31:46,700
participate. 
If that is not you today. 

480
00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:50,500
If you are a guest here, 
welcome, if you are one of those

481
00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:53,800
Christians, that come for Easter
and Christmas only. 

482
00:31:55,800 --> 00:32:00,000
I have a message for you. 
A message that is very, very 

483
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:04,700
mysterious and it's a terrifying
thing to preach the gospel. 

484
00:32:04,700 --> 00:32:08,300
Not because you have to stand 
before people and speak. 

485
00:32:09,700 --> 00:32:11,800
But because you were trying to 
communicate something, that is 

486
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,800
almost unexplainable. 
It is so simple, a child can 

487
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,300
understand. 
It is so it is so easy that 

488
00:32:20,100 --> 00:32:22,000
anybody can understand and 
believe. 

489
00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:26,200
But there is an, there is an 
element to it, that it, that is 

490
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:30,600
so glorious. 
That the human tongue, the human

491
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:35,200
mind cannot fully grasp all 
happen on that day. 

492
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,200
But I'll do my best and say to 
you. 

493
00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:43,300
That if you do not know Christ 
in love, I say this to you 

494
00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:46,700
because I may never see you 
again. no matter how good your 

495
00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:50,100
life may seem to the Natural 
understanding upon you is 

496
00:32:50,100 --> 00:32:54,800
reserved the wrath of God, you 
have sinned against God and you 

497
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:59,600
know, your conscience Bears 
Witness Your conscience Bears, 

498
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,700
witness. 
And that's why you're trying to 

499
00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:03,800
dismiss this concept of God 
altogether. 

500
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:07,400
Because you do not want to even 
entertain the possibility that 

501
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:11,100
you will be held accountable for
your lack of morality. 

502
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,800
Why I've never killed anybody. 
And I've never, I've never 

503
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:17,900
robbed the bank. 
You are measuring goodness by 

504
00:33:17,900 --> 00:33:22,100
men's standards. 
God's holiness exceeds. 

505
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,700
All the morality that man can 
conjure up. 

506
00:33:28,300 --> 00:33:31,300
He is so pure and Brilliant. 
He is so light. 

507
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:35,100
He is so holy. 
That all it takes is a thought 

508
00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:39,000
of hatred to be considered as 
murder in his sight. 

509
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:44,200
All it takes is one imagination 
of sexual morality and as though

510
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:49,700
you have done the act itself. 
You stand condemned. 

511
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,200
You stand condemned. 
I know this world wants to 

512
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,100
pamper you. 
I know this world wants to tell 

513
00:33:57,100 --> 00:34:00,100
you what you want to hear. 
I know this world hates you so 

514
00:34:00,100 --> 00:34:02,900
much that it wants to tell you 
that you even have the right to 

515
00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:06,900
skew your own reality. 
But I love you too much. 

516
00:34:08,300 --> 00:34:10,199
I will tell you the truth, even 
if it hurts. 

517
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:18,800
You will stand before God? 
And you will remember this 

518
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,300
message among many other 
messages. 

519
00:34:20,300 --> 00:34:23,600
I'm sure. 
When he cast you on for 

520
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:28,100
eternity. 
But this God, who is so? 

521
00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:34,500
Holy is just as much love. 
If his Holiness blazes with so 

522
00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:37,699
much power, I tell you. 
His love is so overwhelming. 

523
00:34:39,300 --> 00:34:44,000
So overwhelming that God comes 
into the stinking, filthy world.

524
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:49,900
Leaves Glory leaves heavenly's, 
Praises leaves Angelic beings, 

525
00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:52,400
who, so Revere him that they 
don't even dare to show their 

526
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:56,500
face in his presence. 
To walk among men. 

527
00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,900
Who questioned him? 
Who doubt him? 

528
00:35:00,500 --> 00:35:04,800
Who betray him? 
And who spat upon him and beat 

529
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:09,400
him and mocked him. 
And he said they're silent as a 

530
00:35:09,408 --> 00:35:12,700
lamb being sheared, ready to be 
slaughtered. 

531
00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:18,400
All to do one. 
Well, you heard it. 

532
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,400
There was a joy set before him 
that Joy. 

533
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:21,900
Yes. 
Was to obey the father's will 

534
00:35:21,900 --> 00:35:25,500
but there was a joy beside that 
joy and that was the knowledge 

535
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:32,400
that people would be saved. 
That you might be saved. 

536
00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:36,500
And that you would no fellowship
with him. 

537
00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:40,100
You see it's not that God just 
wants to give you insurance to 

538
00:35:40,100 --> 00:35:43,300
escape. 
Hell, is that God so long for 

539
00:35:43,300 --> 00:35:47,400
you yearns for you desires, he 
wants to fellowship with you. 

540
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,700
Want you to be with him forever 
and ever but it is your sin that

541
00:35:50,700 --> 00:35:55,300
is separating you from him. 
And you would think that man, 

542
00:35:55,300 --> 00:35:57,900
knowing that we try to build a 
bridge to God. 

543
00:35:57,900 --> 00:36:00,700
It's impossible. 
And so he builds a bridge to 

544
00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:03,900
you. 
What is it required for you? 

545
00:36:03,900 --> 00:36:07,800
To know his friendship, his 
smile, eternal life, New Life, 

546
00:36:08,300 --> 00:36:12,200
repent and believe. 
Turn from your sin. 

547
00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:14,700
What good is it Anyway in your 
life? 

548
00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:19,400
It's only destroyed you it's 
only left you unsatisfied and 

549
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:21,300
it's only heaping up more 
judgment. 

550
00:36:22,900 --> 00:36:25,700
And embrace not just eternal 
life Embrace Life. 

551
00:36:25,700 --> 00:36:30,000
Now, because the power of the 
crosses, we just sang is not 

552
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,700
just the power that delivers you
from the Wrath that is to come. 

553
00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:36,900
It's a power. 
So great that it gets into you 

554
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:41,900
and transforms your heart and 
sets, you free it breaks, the 

555
00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:46,700
shackles of sin. 
And God so purifies you by the 

556
00:36:46,700 --> 00:36:50,100
blood of the Lamb, who is the 
person of Jesus Christ at the 

557
00:36:50,100 --> 00:36:53,200
holy spirit, that can now come 
in and take up residence within 

558
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,100
you and animate you to New Life 
in which you see the world 

559
00:36:56,100 --> 00:36:57,900
differently. 
You see God differently. 

560
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,400
You see life differently? 
You see sin differently? 

561
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:05,800
You see Holiness differently? 
And then you walk in this world 

562
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:10,000
as a pilgrim with a sense of 
connection to God and God's 

563
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,100
people do from different tribes 
and tongues and cultures yet 

564
00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:16,400
something in common. 
We've been redeemed, we've been 

565
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,700
forgiven were saved, were 
children of God more than 

566
00:37:19,700 --> 00:37:23,000
children, more than escapees of 
judgment. 

567
00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:25,800
But Christ goes on to Crown us 
with something even greater 

568
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:29,800
ambassadors of Christ. 
Now you represent me in this 

569
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:34,300
world and you communicate this 
truth to people, as you are 

570
00:37:34,300 --> 00:37:38,400
hearing it today, as you were 
hearing it today so that they 

571
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,500
may be saved. 
Oh would you come to Christ? 

572
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,600
Oh, would you hear the 
invitation in this world? 

573
00:37:45,700 --> 00:37:48,300
That is falling apart. 
It is falling apart because 

574
00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:50,400
Jesus predicted it, it is 
falling apart. 

575
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,800
Because in Jesus goodness, he 
wants to show the world just how

576
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:58,000
broken it is so that they can 
look to a Transcendent Source 

577
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,100
who is Christ himself to redeem 
and rescue them. 

578
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:06,200
So he's calling you at this time
of History to embrace to embrace

579
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:12,300
his lordship Repent and believe.
As we come to the table, we're 

580
00:38:12,300 --> 00:38:13,300
going to do something 
differently. 

581
00:38:13,300 --> 00:38:16,000
Than what we do is you Church. 
We're going to take the 

582
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,300
elements, you will return to 
your seat and as you return to 

583
00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:22,800
your seat, you will be seated. 
And usually we sing all together

584
00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:26,300
as we reflect, but we will have 
the choir come up and sing over 

585
00:38:26,300 --> 00:38:30,200
us as we meditate upon what 
Christ has done, Pastor, Daniel 

586
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,100
will lead us through communion. 
We will eat and we will 

587
00:38:33,100 --> 00:38:46,400
conclude, let's pray. 
Lord, we ask In This Moment. 

588
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:49,600
That you would enlarge in our 
hearts. 

589
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:57,300
To love Jesus. 
Savior, and Lord. 

590
00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:01,900
That even in this process. 
Oh God, as we partake. 

591
00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:07,900
Of the bread and the cup greater
Revelation would be given to us.

592
00:39:09,100 --> 00:39:11,600
For the person who does not know
Christ, may they sense the 

593
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,500
goodness of God that leads to 
repentance. 

594
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:19,700
And Lord may you be exalted in 
this place. 

595
00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:25,700
In Jesus name, we pray. 
Amen, just take the time to 

596
00:39:25,700 --> 00:39:32,500
examine your hearts. 
And to ask God, if your heart is

597
00:39:32,500 --> 00:39:35,800
pure and free from any known 
sin, if there's reconciliation 

598
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,400
that needs to take place 
anything that's in our hearts, 

599
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:41,100
that Christ would be grieved by 
should be dealt with before we 

600
00:39:41,100 --> 00:39:43,900
partake. 
But as you deal with the Lord in

601
00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:47,600
that, and if you feel confident,
come forward partake return to 

602
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:50,800
your seat. 
And just sit there and meditate 

603
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:55,200
upon the cross, because we, we 
are people who are not here to 

604
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,600
ask God, what we need to do, we 
are here to reflect on what he's

605
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:01,100
done. 
He's done it and we're 

606
00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:03,600
celebrating that together. 
Amen. 

607
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:50,400
Remembering Christ. 
Wee. 

608
00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:55,900
We are here to remember him, we 
have remembered him through the 

609
00:50:55,900 --> 00:50:59,800
songs of the worship, with the 
words and now is a time to 

610
00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:04,800
remember him through the 
breaking of the bread, like to 

611
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:11,000
read from the gospel of Matthew.
Chapter 26, beginning in verse 

612
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:15,900
17 and we want to take our time 
as we remember our Lord and 

613
00:51:15,900 --> 00:51:20,000
savior this evening. 
Now on the first day of 

614
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:25,000
unleavened bread, the disciples 
came to Jesus saying, where will

615
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:29,200
you have us prepare for you to 
eat the Passover. 

616
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:36,500
And it happens to be Today where
the Jews meet together to 

617
00:51:36,500 --> 00:51:42,400
celebrate Passover. 
He said go into the city to a 

618
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:46,200
certain man and say to him the 
teacher says, my time is at 

619
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:50,700
hand, I will keep the Passover 
at your house with my disciples 

620
00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:55,100
and the disciples did as Jesus 
had directed them and they 

621
00:51:55,100 --> 00:51:59,900
prepared the Passover. 
When it was evening he reclined 

622
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:04,100
at table with the twelve and as 
they were eating. 

623
00:52:04,100 --> 00:52:08,300
He said truly, I say to you, one
of you will betray me. 

624
00:52:09,700 --> 00:52:12,900
And he was a very sorrowful and 
began to say to him one after 

625
00:52:12,900 --> 00:52:15,600
another is it? 
I Lord. 

626
00:52:17,500 --> 00:52:22,600
He answered he who has dipped 
his hand in the dish with me 

627
00:52:22,900 --> 00:52:28,400
win, petrini, the son of man 
goes as it is written of him. 

628
00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:33,300
But woe to the Man by whom the 
son of man is betrayed it would 

629
00:52:33,300 --> 00:52:38,000
have been better for that man if
he had not been born. 

630
00:52:39,900 --> 00:52:41,900
Deuces. 
Who would betray him answered, 

631
00:52:41,900 --> 00:52:43,400
is it? 
I rabbi. 

632
00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:51,200
You said to him, you have seen 
two now as they were eating. 

633
00:52:52,300 --> 00:52:54,400
They were eating the Passover 
meal. 

634
00:52:57,600 --> 00:53:02,600
Just took a bread. 
It was the bread of the 

635
00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:06,800
Passover, the bread that is 
called the bread of Affliction 

636
00:53:07,500 --> 00:53:11,000
that bread that reminded the 
Jews of the Affliction of Egypt 

637
00:53:11,700 --> 00:53:15,700
the time when they were hurrying
to get out but now Christ takes 

638
00:53:15,700 --> 00:53:19,300
their bread. 
To make it symbolize something 

639
00:53:19,300 --> 00:53:21,000
different. 
That's something new. 

640
00:53:22,600 --> 00:53:26,100
He took that bread and after 
placing it broke it. 

641
00:53:27,500 --> 00:53:31,500
And give it to the disciples and
said, take eat. 

642
00:53:31,500 --> 00:53:34,700
This is my body. 
Now, this is good to be 

643
00:53:34,700 --> 00:53:39,500
representative of my buddy is 
going to be broken for you. 

644
00:53:40,900 --> 00:53:45,900
And he took a cop. 
They were four cups with the 

645
00:53:45,900 --> 00:53:49,700
table. 
Is what the Jews do during the 

646
00:53:49,700 --> 00:53:55,300
Passover. 
In reference to Exodus chapter 6

647
00:53:55,300 --> 00:53:59,000
beginning in verse 6. 
Just let me read it to you the 

648
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:02,100
first cup. 
They called it the cup of 

649
00:54:02,100 --> 00:54:06,700
sanctification. 
Based on that verse, I am the 

650
00:54:06,700 --> 00:54:11,700
Lord and I will bring you out 
from under the burdens of the 

651
00:54:11,700 --> 00:54:14,900
Egyptian. 
The second cup, they would drink

652
00:54:14,900 --> 00:54:18,700
you in the Passover is called a 
cup of Deliverance. 

653
00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:22,700
And there comes to the other 
part of the verse and I will 

654
00:54:22,700 --> 00:54:25,700
deliver You From Slavery to 
them. 

655
00:54:26,500 --> 00:54:31,800
Then comes the third cup, it is 
called the cup of redemption and

656
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:35,300
this is the verse. 
I will redeem you with an 

657
00:54:35,300 --> 00:54:39,800
outstretched arm and with a 
great acts of judgment and many 

658
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:43,300
people think this is the cup 
that Jesus took that third cup 

659
00:54:43,300 --> 00:54:49,200
the cup of redemption and said 
after that, this is my blood. 

660
00:54:51,500 --> 00:54:54,400
It was the Redemption of the 
Jews from Egypt that is do 

661
00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:57,700
whatever she says. 
I will redeem you with an 

662
00:54:57,700 --> 00:55:01,900
outstretched arm and with a 
great Act of judgment. 

663
00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:06,500
Pastor Daniel today, mentioned 
the Judgment, the cup will 

664
00:55:06,500 --> 00:55:15,100
drink. 
Today symbolizes the blood of 

665
00:55:15,100 --> 00:55:21,000
Christ and our Redemption with 
can be also a cup of judgment. 

666
00:55:21,500 --> 00:55:25,300
I think Paul alludes to that. 
In First Corinthians 11, if we 

667
00:55:25,300 --> 00:55:30,700
take unworthily in, it would be 
judging ourselves and those who 

668
00:55:30,700 --> 00:55:35,600
don't receive the rejection of 
Christ, nothing remains to them,

669
00:55:35,900 --> 00:55:39,600
but a cup of judgment. 
But the Christ himself on the 

670
00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:44,500
cross, he drank the full cup. 
Over judgment for me and you or 

671
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:47,300
existed them on the accepted him
on the cross, and his work on 

672
00:55:47,308 --> 00:55:49,900
the cross. 
And then there is the fourth 

673
00:55:49,900 --> 00:55:52,100
cup, and the last cup, the Jews 
would drink. 

674
00:55:52,500 --> 00:55:56,700
And that says, in verse 7, I 
will take you to be my people. 

675
00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:02,700
This is the cup of Praise. 
Let me continue the reading of 

676
00:56:02,700 --> 00:56:12,700
Matthew And he took a cup. 
And when he had given, thanks, 

677
00:56:12,700 --> 00:56:15,400
he gave it to them saying, drink
of it. 

678
00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:19,300
All of you for, this is my blood
of the Covenant, which is poured

679
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:22,500
out for many for the Forgiveness
of sins. 

680
00:56:22,500 --> 00:56:26,600
I tell you, I will not drink 
again of this fruit of the vine,

681
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:30,200
until that day, when I drink it 
in you with you in my father's 

682
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:33,100
Kingdom. 
And when they had sung a hymn, 

683
00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:39,500
halil one of the sounds that be 
seeing from when 13 2018 they 

684
00:56:39,500 --> 00:56:43,200
went out to the Mount of Olives 
and probably then they drank 

685
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:51,000
that cup of praise 27 chapter 27
when morning came, all of the 

686
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:54,200
chief priests and the Elders of 
the people took counsel. 

687
00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:58,900
Again, Jesus to put him to 
death, And he bound him and led 

688
00:56:58,900 --> 00:57:04,300
him away and delivered him over 
to pilate the governor verse 27.

689
00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:08,700
In the soldiers of the governor 
took Jesus into the governor's 

690
00:57:08,700 --> 00:57:13,700
headquarters and together the 
whole Battalion before him, they

691
00:57:13,700 --> 00:57:17,800
stripped him and put a Scarlet 
robe on him and twisting 

692
00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:20,500
together. 
A crown of thorns, they put it 

693
00:57:20,500 --> 00:57:23,900
on his head and put to read. 
When his right hand and kneeling

694
00:57:23,900 --> 00:57:28,000
before him, they mocked him 
saying hail King of the Jews. 

695
00:57:30,700 --> 00:57:35,600
And they spit on him. 
And took the Reed and struck him

696
00:57:35,600 --> 00:57:39,300
on the head and where they had 
mocked him, they stripped him of

697
00:57:39,300 --> 00:57:43,900
the robe and put his own clothes
on him, and led him away to 

698
00:57:43,900 --> 00:57:47,600
crucify him. 
And verse 45. 

699
00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:53,400
Now from the sixth hour, there 
was Darkness over the land until

700
00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:55,700
the ninth power and about the 
ninth hour. 

701
00:57:55,700 --> 00:57:59,400
Jesus cried with a loud voice 
saying, Eli, Eli Lama 

702
00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:01,800
sabachthani. 
That is my God. 

703
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:04,200
My God. 
Why have you forsaken me? 

704
00:58:04,400 --> 00:58:07,400
And some of the bystanders 
hearing, it said this man is 

705
00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:11,400
calling Elijah. 
And one of them at once ran and 

706
00:58:11,400 --> 00:58:15,800
took a sponge, filled it with 
sour wine at put it on a reed. 

707
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:20,700
And gave it to him to drink, but
the other seed wheat that a see 

708
00:58:20,900 --> 00:58:23,300
whether Elijah will come to save
him. 

709
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:29,400
And he has a cried out again 
with a loud voice and yielded 

710
00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:35,400
up. 
His Spirit, it is. 

711
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:41,900
Finished. 
It is finished. 

712
00:58:43,100 --> 00:58:49,100
It is Finished Christ has done 
it. 

713
00:58:49,300 --> 00:58:54,300
He poured that Judgment of God 
for you and me on the cross. 

714
00:58:54,500 --> 00:58:58,900
And now we come together to 
remember his work for us on the 

715
00:58:58,900 --> 00:59:01,900
cross. 
Who would remember first his 

716
00:59:01,900 --> 00:59:08,600
body, Jesus Took the bread and 
he gave thanks to this. 

717
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:15,100
Give thanks for the present. 
Our Lord and savior. 

718
00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:21,900
This is the greatest love story 
ever told. 

719
00:59:23,400 --> 00:59:29,500
The story of God's love. 
For Sinners for God. 

720
00:59:29,800 --> 00:59:35,100
So loved the world that he gave 
his only begotten, son, that 

721
00:59:35,100 --> 00:59:39,700
whoever believes in him, shall 
not perish but have everlasting 

722
00:59:39,700 --> 00:59:44,700
life. 
This is the story of clock 

723
00:59:44,700 --> 00:59:50,500
Christ, loved his church. 
He loved her and give himself 

724
00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:53,900
for her. 
This is the story of our 

725
00:59:53,900 --> 00:59:58,900
salvation and our Redemption. 
This is the story of the wrath 

726
00:59:58,900 --> 01:00:02,100
of God. 
Falling on a righteous man. 

727
01:00:02,100 --> 01:00:09,900
The Lord Jesus Christ. 
For wicked men like us. 

728
01:00:10,700 --> 01:00:15,600
This is the story of the power 
of God and the wisdom of God. 

729
01:00:15,900 --> 01:00:20,000
That's it, Us free. 
Lord we come to thank you for 

730
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:23,900
what you have done for us. 
We come to thank you that you 

731
01:00:23,900 --> 01:00:29,300
died and you drank the full cup 
of the wrath of God for us that 

732
01:00:29,300 --> 01:00:33,500
we might be set free and have 
eternal life with you. 

733
01:00:33,900 --> 01:00:36,100
But we give you the glory and 
the praise. 

734
01:00:36,300 --> 01:00:40,200
And the worship has we break the
spirit and partake in it 

735
01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:42,100
together. 
In Your Name? 

736
01:00:42,100 --> 01:00:53,300
Lord, we give thanks. 
Let's drink it together. 

737
01:01:20,600 --> 01:01:22,200
Then Jesus Took the cup and 
gave. 

738
01:01:22,200 --> 01:01:28,400
Thanks to the give thanks with a
cop Lord This cup. 

739
01:01:30,600 --> 01:01:35,200
Remind us of your blood. 
That was shit there for us on 

740
01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:39,500
the cross. 
And remind us that there is no 

741
01:01:39,500 --> 01:01:44,400
forgiveness without the shedding
of blood. 

742
01:01:45,600 --> 01:01:53,200
The blood of the Lamb of God, 
who is without spot and blemish?

743
01:01:55,800 --> 01:01:59,000
But we thank you. 
We thank you that you did not 

744
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:02,700
say no but you went there to the
Cross. 

745
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:09,900
You accepted that judgment for 
me and for us, Because of that 

746
01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:14,100
grip of for us though. 
We thank you for the cross. 

747
01:02:14,300 --> 01:02:18,900
We thank you for the blood. 
We thank you that we have been 

748
01:02:18,900 --> 01:02:24,100
cleansed once and for all 
because of the body because of 

749
01:02:24,107 --> 01:02:27,200
the blood of Christ, your blood 
that was shed for us. 

750
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:32,400
And now Lord, as we drink it 
together, we cannot see or God, 

751
01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:37,300
anything, but thank you, thank 
you, thank you, in your name. 

752
01:08:16,399 --> 01:08:19,200
Can we just show our 
appreciation to Lori a choir 

753
01:08:19,200 --> 01:08:31,700
director and a choir, dr. 
Brian leave for helping us I 

754
01:08:31,700 --> 01:08:34,399
know they, I know they won't be 
too happy with me by doing that,

755
01:08:34,399 --> 01:08:39,300
but I know the work that they 
put in week after week to bless 

756
01:08:39,300 --> 01:08:41,899
us with their gifts and with 
their willingness to just exalt 

757
01:08:41,899 --> 01:08:44,700
Christ in the way they just did.
And we look forward to 

758
01:08:44,700 --> 01:08:47,600
celebrating with you. 
If you're able to join us this 

759
01:08:47,600 --> 01:08:51,800
Sunday, as we turn our attention
to the resurrected Christ, and 

760
01:08:51,800 --> 01:08:54,899
he is alive today. 
We so are so grateful for you 

761
01:08:54,899 --> 01:08:57,500
being here tonight. 
And we look forward to all that 

762
01:08:57,500 --> 01:09:01,200
the Lord will do in this place 
through your lines as we live. 

763
01:09:01,399 --> 01:09:04,899
Crucified Life for his namesake.
Can we pray together? 

764
01:09:05,800 --> 01:09:12,700
What we thank you for the blood.
We thank you that in Christ. 

765
01:09:13,100 --> 01:09:19,399
You seek, right perfection. and 
we stand forgiven at the cross 

766
01:09:19,700 --> 01:09:23,200
Lord, for the person in this 
place was wrestling with that 

767
01:09:23,200 --> 01:09:26,600
truth, who either can't believe 
it because they know the 

768
01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:31,500
wretchedness of their sin Or who
are still in love with their 

769
01:09:31,500 --> 01:09:36,600
sin. 
Lord helped open our eyes to the

770
01:09:36,600 --> 01:09:42,500
truth of it all And Lord lead us
by your spirit to where we need 

771
01:09:42,500 --> 01:09:45,500
to be. 
But we pray that with these 

772
01:09:45,500 --> 01:09:50,300
short lives, they would be 
fragrant offerings unto you not 

773
01:09:50,300 --> 01:09:54,600
because we are repaying you, but
just as a symbol of our 

774
01:09:54,600 --> 01:09:56,100
gratitude to what you've done 
for us. 

775
01:09:56,100 --> 01:10:00,700
Lord, we're so grateful that we 
can come together and sing, and 

776
01:10:00,700 --> 01:10:06,700
reflect, and receive and rejoice
in Christ as your people, bless 

777
01:10:06,700 --> 01:10:10,800
our time of Fellowship. 
Use us for Lori and be exalted 

778
01:10:10,800 --> 01:10:13,300
through it. 
All in Jesus name we pray. 

779
01:10:13,700 --> 01:10:15,400
Amen and amen. 
Amen. 

780
01:10:15,800 --> 01:10:17,300
God bless you in the name of the
Lord. 

781
01:10:17,300 --> 01:10:19,600
Jesus Christ. 
Hope to say hello to you and 

782
01:10:19,600 --> 01:10:22,500
hope to see you this Sunday, if 
the Lord Wills, have a good 

783
01:10:22,500 --> 01:10:22,900
night,