1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,520 Well, good morning. My name is David Hollett and I'm 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:08,200 thankful to be able to be here today to speak for you, Terry 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:09,760 Osborne. We've back in Oklahoma City. 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,560 We were visiting with him while he was out there and, and tell 5 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:14,200 him we were coming to the Labor Day meeting and he said, well, 6 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:16,239 you need to speak for us. It's like, OK, let's do it. 7 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:20,440 So we're we're thankful to be here to worship with you today. 8 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:28,720 This morning's song service was, was focused a lot on Jesus and 9 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:34,320 it focused on glorifying him and it focused on laying down and 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:39,200 bowing down to him. And it, it focused on Jesus and 11 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,360 what he has done for us. And if, if, if, if he's by our 12 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:44,160 side, then nothing can stop us, right? 13 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:48,320 And, and it's, it's so true. The prayer because of Jesus, 14 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:52,320 we're able to shine his light in this World of Darkness. 15 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,240 And that's what we're going to be talking about today. 16 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,160 You know, Chris and I were married 25 years ago and 17 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,080 whenever we whenever we first got married, we were coming out 18 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,239 to California quite a bit and staying up in Northern Northern 19 00:01:05,239 --> 00:01:10,040 California area. And on on one of those trips 20 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:16,280 about 20 years ago, we were with Fred and Donna Gamble and she 21 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,960 took us up to these, these biblical gardens. 22 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:21,080 I believe it's what they're called. 23 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:26,520 It's, it's between Auburn and Grass Valley and, and as you 24 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:32,440 walk through these gardens, you, you see the seven sayings that 25 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,600 Jesus said while he was on the cross. 26 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:40,880 And it's, it's powerful to, to just go to this next stop in 27 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,160 this garden and just think about what he said. 28 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,960 And, and this morning we are going to be looking at those 29 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:51,040 seven things that Jesus said while he was up on the cross. 30 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,240 Jesus death, burial and resurrection is the key to the 31 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,480 New Testament. It's because of his death and 32 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,560 the shedding of his blood that made it possible for us to have 33 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,160 forgiveness of sins. And we can see this from Hebrews 34 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:12,160 Chapter 9 verse 15 where it says, and for this reason he is 35 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,600 the mediator of the new covenant by means of death for the 36 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,080 redemption of transgressions under the first covenant, that 37 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,800 those who were called may receive the promise of eternal 38 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,120 inheritance. Where there is a testament, 39 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,320 there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 40 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,200 For a testament is enforced after men are dead since it has 41 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,600 no power at all while the testator lives. 42 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:40,360 So if Jesus had decided not to give his life up on the cross 43 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,160 and, and he had not been raised from the dead, then all of us 44 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,520 today would have no hope. Paul said in first Corinthians 45 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,120 15 verse 12. Now if Christ is preached that 46 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,600 he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say 47 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,120 that there is no resurrection of the dead? 48 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,320 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not 49 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,320 risen. And if Christ is not risen, then 50 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,480 our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. 51 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,600 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God because we have 52 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:08,240 testified of God that he raised up Christ whom he did not raise 53 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,080 up. If in fact the dead do not rise. 54 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,960 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 55 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,480 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile, you are still 56 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,080 in your sins. Then also those who have fallen 57 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,000 asleep asleep in Christ have perished. 58 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,560 If in this life only we have hope, in Christ we are all men, 59 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:30,600 the most pitiable. When Jesus was on the earth, He 60 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:36,480 was human and He was also deity. He experienced the same 61 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,080 sufferings, He had the same emotions. 62 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,880 He had to go through temptations just like we do. 63 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:48,960 That's why when he was in the Garden of Gethsemane, his 64 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,240 emotions were overwhelming him and causing him to sweat like 65 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,600 great drops of blood. Jesus knew that he was going to 66 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:01,720 have to experience this agonizing pain so that we could 67 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:08,000 live. This was a great burden for one 68 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:14,000 person to bear, but Jesus loves us enough that he was willing to 69 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,120 die for us. Paul said in Romans 5 verse 7. 70 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:22,400 For scarcely for a righteous man one will die, Yet perhaps for a 71 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,080 good man someone would even dare die. 72 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,880 But God demonstrates his own love toward us, and that while 73 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,760 we were still sinners, Christ died for us, much more than 74 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:33,600 having now been justified by his blood. 75 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:35,920 We shall be saved from the wrath through Him. 76 00:04:36,280 --> 00:04:38,840 For if we were enemies, for when? 77 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,520 For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through 78 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,560 the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall 79 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,600 be saved by his life. And not only that, but we also 80 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,800 rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we 81 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:52,840 now have received the reconciliation. 82 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,240 So when we think about the suffering that Jesus endured for 83 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:02,760 us, it makes it makes it worse. Knowing that He didn't deserve 84 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,440 any of it. He lived a perfect life. 85 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:12,400 He had no sin, but this was God's plan all along. 86 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,840 He did it for us even though we didn't deserve it. 87 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:25,120 After Jesus was arrested, he was falsely accused and he went 88 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,840 through an unlawful trial by the Jews. 89 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:33,440 And then they dragged him to Pilot and then he was sent Herod 90 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:35,840 and the back to Pilot and Pilot couldn't find anything wrong 91 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:39,040 with him and anything worthy of death. 92 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:44,520 So he, he, he pilot washes his hands of the matter and he 93 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,760 allows the Jews to make the decision. 94 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:55,520 Jesus was scourged, which has a brutal practice and itself in 95 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,320 scourging, sometimes the victim ends up dying. 96 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,120 That's how, that's how difficult those are. 97 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:06,360 Jesus was beaten. He was mocked, he had a thorny 98 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:12,240 crown shoved onto his head, beaten onto his head, and and 99 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:18,720 not only was he bleeding from the scourging and and a head 100 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,800 wound, you think about how much a head wound bleeds and all the 101 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,640 thorns that are going into his head and how much blood was just 102 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:35,280 coming down from him. He was in pain when all this was 103 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:37,840 happening. He was He was then taken to 104 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:42,080 Golgotha where his hands and his feet were nailed to the cross, 105 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,560 and he was raised up just like He said he would be in John 106 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,040 chapter 3, verse 14. And as Moses lifted up the 107 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,000 serpent in the wilderness, Even so must the Son of Man be lifted 108 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:57,120 up. So Jesus was there on the cross 109 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:03,280 for six painful hours from 9:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the 110 00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:07,680 afternoon and he was put there between two thieves and they 111 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,560 were mocking him along with what the others that were there 112 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:15,040 watching this crucifixion. And this brings us to Jesus 113 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,880 first saying in Luke 23 verse 33 it says and when they had come 114 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,680 to the place called Calvary, there they crucified him and the 115 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,200 criminals, one on the right and the other one on the other, the 116 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:28,000 other on the left. Then Jesus said, Father, forgive 117 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,120 them, for they do not know what they do, and they divided his 118 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:40,000 garments and cast lots. When you think about this first 119 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:45,720 saying of Jesus, you, you see that Jesus is praying for these 120 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:49,640 people that they might be forgiven for what they are doing 121 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:55,360 to him right now. Even though Jesus had gone 122 00:07:55,360 --> 00:08:02,040 through more suffering and more pain, most people couldn't 123 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,960 endure the kind of things that he was dealing with. 124 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:10,240 Yet these Jews were were shouting crucify him, crucify 125 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:15,000 him and he stopped to pray for them. 126 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,160 Matthew 543 says, You have heard that it was said, You shall love 127 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:23,400 your neighbor and hate your enemy. 128 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:28,000 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse 129 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,040 you, it do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who 130 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,440 spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of 131 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,080 your Father in heaven. For he makes his sunrise on the 132 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,520 evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the 133 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:45,760 unjust. Jesus practiced what he 134 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:51,840 preached. Isaiah prophesied that he would 135 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,240 pray for these people. And Isaiah 53 verse 12 it says, 136 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,160 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he 137 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,680 shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out 138 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:02,160 his soul unto death, and he was numbered with the transgressors, 139 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:06,400 and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the 140 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:12,440 transgressors. This prayer that Jesus prays 141 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:17,120 here teaches us how much He wants us to be forgiven of our 142 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:20,000 sins. When Jesus prayed for these 143 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,360 people's forgiveness, do you think that their sins were 144 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:28,320 forgiven right then or was repentance necessary? 145 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:32,600 You know well in whenever we read about the birth of the 146 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,280 church in Acts chapter 2, the apostles were filled with the 147 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,480 Holy Spirit and they began to speak to the people in their own 148 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:42,360 languages and they began to teach them about Jesus death, 149 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:47,240 burial and resurrection. And they taught how how many of 150 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,800 them had a hand in crucifying their own Messiah. 151 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,600 And in Acts chapter 2 verse 36, it says, therefore let all the 152 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,480 House of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus 153 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:01,280 whom you crucified both Lord and Christ. 154 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,720 When they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to 155 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:07,920 Peter and the rest of the apostles. 156 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:09,960 Men and brethren, what shall we do? 157 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,360 Peter said to them, Repent and let everyone of you be baptized 158 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,200 in the name of Jesus Christ for the permission of your sins, and 159 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,440 you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 160 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,240 So notice they were still on their sins because they had not 161 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:29,480 been forgiven, but they found out what they must do to take 162 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,000 care of their sins. They were told to repent and be 163 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,000 baptized for the forgiveness of their sins. 164 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:37,720 Peter tells us in Second Peter chapter 3, verse 9. 165 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,360 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count 166 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:44,800 slackness, but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any 167 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,480 should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 168 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:55,120 God wants everyone in the whole world for all time to be saved, 169 00:10:56,280 --> 00:11:00,480 but in order to have our sins forgiven, we must obey the 170 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:04,640 gospel plan of salvation. God provided that salvation 171 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,600 through Jesus. This is God's part. 172 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:13,320 By providing the way, our part is obeying the gospel and living 173 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,320 faithful lives according to God's word. 174 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:22,840 We can also learn from from the saying, this first saying about 175 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,000 how Jesus had a forgiving spirit. 176 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,800 These people were putting him to death and he shows us how we 177 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:33,120 should have a forgiving spirit toward those who sin against us. 178 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:37,000 If they repent, we must be strong enough to forgive them 179 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,440 and we must try to forget that sin so we can be reconciled with 180 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,560 them and with God. Hebrews 8 verse 12 says, For I 181 00:11:43,560 --> 00:11:46,880 will be merciful to their unrighteousness and their sins 182 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,320 and their lawless deeds. I will remember no more. 183 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:54,680 We can see that this is exactly what God does when we repent and 184 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:58,800 confess our sins to him and we must do that for others as well. 185 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,560 The second thing Jesus said while he was on the cross is 186 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:07,320 found in Luke chapter 23 verse 39 where it says that that one 187 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,160 of the criminals who were hanged blaspheming him saying if you 188 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,000 are the Christ, save yourself and us. 189 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:16,280 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, do you not even 190 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,400 fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? 191 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,040 And we indeed justify justly, for we receive the due reward of 192 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,120 our deeds. But this man, this man has done 193 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,880 nothing wrong. Then he said to Jesus, Lord, 194 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,200 Remember Me when you come into your Kingdom. 195 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:39,320 And Jesus said to him, assuredly I say to you today you will be 196 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:46,680 with me in paradise again. This, this, this is a 197 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:49,800 fulfillment of prophecy from the same passage that we looked at 198 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:55,920 earlier, Isaiah 53 verse 12. And, and at first both of these 199 00:12:56,040 --> 00:13:01,320 thieves were mocking Jesus, but this thief had a change of heart 200 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:07,920 and now he's defending Jesus because of his change of heart. 201 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:12,920 Jesus assured him that he would be with him in paradise that 202 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,040 day. Jesus had the authority to do 203 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:19,680 this. This saying teaches us that when 204 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:23,200 we die, we do not just cease to exist. 205 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,160 That's it, That's it. They're finished, They're over. 206 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:33,040 There's no more. Our life on earth is finished, 207 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:37,000 but we begin a new life waiting for the judgement. 208 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,080 Those who obey God will go to paradise, and those who do not 209 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,880 obey God will go to a terrible place of torment. 210 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,240 And this is exactly what the parable of the rich man and 211 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:52,760 Lazarus teach us. And this this area is called 212 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:57,320 Hades, the Hadean realm, and this is the the realm of the 213 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,960 dead. This is where All Souls who have 214 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:02,520 died wait until the day of judgment. 215 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:08,280 We learned this story with the rich man and Lazarus and other 216 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:13,520 scriptures that our souls do not, do not cease to exist. 217 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:18,240 They are sleeping because we will be aware of our 218 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,720 surroundings. We we we might be in comfort or 219 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:25,920 we might be in torment and that's up to each of us because 220 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:32,000 we get to decide if we're going to serve God or if we're not 221 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:37,400 going to serve him. This saying that Jesus says here 222 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,640 should bring us great comfort. In Philippians chapter one verse 223 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:47,200 21 Paul said for to me to live is Christ and to die is gain. 224 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,600 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my 225 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,240 labor. Yet what I shall choose I cannot 226 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,440 tell for I am hard pressed between the two having a desire 227 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,200 to depart be with Christ, which is far better. 228 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,800 Well, the next thing Jesus said comes from John chapter 19 verse 229 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,920 26, where it says, when Jesus therefore saw his mother and his 230 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,400 disciple whom he loves standing by, he said to his mother, 231 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,480 woman, behold your son. Then he said to the disciple, 232 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:20,280 behold your mother. And from that hour that disciple 233 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,480 took her to be his own to his own home. 234 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,280 You know, most of the time mothers stand by their 235 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:36,480 children's side. And Mary had been given one of 236 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:43,400 the greatest honors of, of, of being the mother to the Son of 237 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:47,760 God. She knew who Jesus was and, and 238 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:53,160 she loved him dearly. She was not there at the cross 239 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,760 to mock him. She was, she was not ashamed of 240 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:02,080 him. She was there to be by his side. 241 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:09,040 And I can't even imagine how difficult it was for her to see 242 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:15,800 her Son up on that cross. When Jesus was a baby. 243 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:21,840 Mary was told that that that her child was different. 244 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:26,360 And Luke chapter 2 verse 34, it says, then Simeon blessed them 245 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:31,840 and said to Mary his mother, behold, this child is destined 246 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:35,640 for the fall and rise of many in Israel and for a sign which will 247 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,680 be spoken against. Yes, a sword will Pierce through 248 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:42,240 your own soul. Also that the thoughts of many 249 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:49,400 hearts may be revealed. Mary's soul had definitely been 250 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:54,680 pierced as she tried to take in all that was going on with Jesus 251 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:59,520 on that day. Even though Jesus was in severe 252 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:04,960 pain, he wanted his mom to be taken care of. 253 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,720 He asked John to do that for him. 254 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:15,960 And again, this just shows just how Jesus is always thinking of 255 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:23,760 others and and he's the one in this pain and agony on the cross 256 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:25,000 and he's not thinking about that. 257 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,440 He's thinking about his mom at this point. 258 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:36,120 This is how we should live too. We are to love one another and 259 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:40,320 care for one another because we are all brothers and sisters 260 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:46,080 inside the family of God. The next thing comes from 261 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,440 Matthew chapter 27 verse 45 where it says now from the 6th 262 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,280 hour until the 9th hour there was darkness over all the land 263 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:57,880 and about the 9th hour and about the 9th hour Jesus cried out 264 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:02,600 with a loud voice saying Eli, Eli llama Sabachthani, that is 265 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,800 my God. My God, why have you forsaken 266 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:10,920 me? So from about noon to about 267 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:15,840 3:00, there was darkness over all the land. 268 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,480 You know, we had a lunar eclipse or solar eclipse not too long 269 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,080 ago. And, and there's darkness in 270 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,640 the, in the, in the line of, of the eclipse and it gets pretty 271 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,000 dark. Crickets start chirping and 272 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:32,120 everything else. It's kind of crazy. 273 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:37,080 That's not what this is. 3 hours, darkness is over the all 274 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:42,040 the land. This is something different, but 275 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:46,480 we can see that it's about the 9th hour, about about 3:00 that 276 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:50,600 Jesus makes this fourth statement from the cross and 277 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:56,600 it's directed to God the Father. And even in this saying, Jesus 278 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,920 is quoting Scripture from Psalm 22 verse 1. 279 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,400 He says my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 280 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:05,200 Why are you so far from helping me and from the words of my 281 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:11,880 groaning? Out of everything that Jesus was 282 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:17,480 enduring on this day, this might have been the hardest. 283 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:25,240 This is the first time that Jesus had been separated from 284 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:34,000 His Father. We know that the nails hurt and 285 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:42,240 caused him pain, but being separated from the Father is so 286 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:51,300 much worse. God hadn't forsaken his Son, but 287 00:19:51,300 --> 00:19:56,540 he did turn away because of our sin that Jesus was being 288 00:19:56,540 --> 00:20:00,220 crucified for. I don't know when this 289 00:20:00,220 --> 00:20:04,260 separation began, What hour, what minute. 290 00:20:04,980 --> 00:20:08,220 It may have been began whenever the darkness fell across the 291 00:20:08,220 --> 00:20:10,680 land. This started at noon, or it 292 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:12,840 could have happened at the very last hour. 293 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,320 Doesn't really matter when it happened or how long it 294 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:21,840 happened. The fact is it happened. 295 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:29,240 Even if it was just one minute separation, that would have been 296 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:36,680 difficult for Jesus. This shows us just how ugly sin 297 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:42,360 really is and how Jesus had to endure this separation from God 298 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:49,360 because of us. It also teaches us how important 299 00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:55,440 it is to keep sin out of our life because sin separates us 300 00:20:55,840 --> 00:21:01,640 from God as well when we choose to sin willfully after we are 301 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,800 already Christians. Hebrews 6 verses 4 through 6 302 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,880 describes this as crucifying the Lord all over again. 303 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,400 Hebrews 6 verse 4 says For it is impossible for those who were 304 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,400 once enlightened and having and have tasted the heavenly gift, 305 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,920 and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the 306 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:17,840 good word of God and the powers of the age to come. 307 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,160 If they fall away to renew them again to repentance since they 308 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:25,040 crucify again for themselves the Son of God and put him to an 309 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:32,320 open shame. Since Jesus was willing to go 310 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:40,920 through this separation for us, it should encourage us to stay 311 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,800 away from shit sin. It should should motivate us to 312 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:49,480 respect and honor what he did for us on the cross and remove 313 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:54,200 ourselves from taking part of sin. 314 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,040 The 5th saying comes from John chapter 19 verse 28. 315 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,160 It says after this Jesus knowing that all things were now 316 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,280 accomplished that the scripture might be fulfilled, said I 317 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:11,240 thirst now a vessel full of sour sour wine was sitting there and 318 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,560 they filled a sponge with sour wine and put it on his sip and 319 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:21,480 put it to his mouth. This isn't also a fulfillment of 320 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,160 Scripture. Psalm 69 verse 21 says they also 321 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,800 gave me gall for my food and for my thirst. 322 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:33,200 They gave me vinegar to drink. At this point, Jesus has been 323 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:39,400 through a lot. Now he's thirsty. 324 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:47,560 Jesus is way up on the cross. They can't just hand him a cup 325 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,960 of water. They can't just pour it in his 326 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:58,120 mouth. They filled this sponge with a 327 00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:04,320 mixture of vinegar and and they put it on a stick and send it up 328 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:10,760 to Jesus on the stick. This little bit of moisture that 329 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:15,440 he received was able to help him say the next two sayings. 330 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:21,320 This sixth statement comes from John chapter 19 verse 30 says so 331 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:27,080 when Jesus had received the sour wine, he said it is finished and 332 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:28,720 bowing his head he gave up his spirit. 333 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:36,760 So from the time that Jesus was born until this very moment, 334 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:41,560 Jesus had been fulfilling hundreds of prophecies 335 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,240 throughout his life. And now he has done everything 336 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:52,640 he can do to bring salvation. Jesus has finished his work upon 337 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:56,880 this earth. Later, after he died and rose 338 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,960 again, he told his disciples in Luke chapter 24, verse 44. 339 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,560 These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still 340 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,160 with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written 341 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,080 in the law of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms 342 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,920 concerning me. And he opened their 343 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,640 understanding that they might, might comprehend the Scriptures. 344 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,680 Then he said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it was 345 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,280 necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead 346 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,240 the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins 347 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,080 should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at 348 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,280 Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these 349 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:34,760 things. The fact that Jesus finished His 350 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:40,160 work shows us how obedient He was to the Father. 351 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:45,960 He accomplished everything He was supposed to do and because 352 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,480 of that you and I get to benefit. 353 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:57,360 We should use this again to motivate us to do the best we 354 00:24:57,360 --> 00:25:00,520 can to follow in His footsteps each and every day. 355 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:08,160 In Luke chapter 23 verse 46 we find the last words that Jesus 356 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:12,440 said while He was on the cross. It says and when Jesus had cried 357 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:16,880 out with a loud voice, he said, Father, into your hands I commit 358 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,600 my spirit. Having said this, he breathed 359 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:27,480 his last. After this last breath that he 360 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:34,880 took, Matthew chapter 27 verse 51 through 54 goes on to say, 361 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:39,280 Then behold, the veil of the temple was torn, and two from 362 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,800 top to bottom, and the earthquake and the rocks were 363 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,720 split, and the graves were opened, and many bodies of the 364 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,920 Saints who had fallen asleep were raised and coming out of 365 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,800 the graves. After his resurrection, they 366 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:52,800 went to the holy city and appeared to the many. 367 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,960 So when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus 368 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,200 saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they 369 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:05,960 feared greatly, saying truly this was the Son of God. 370 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:17,720 In this final statement that Jesus makes, we can see that He 371 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:21,520 was in control of His life. Jesus told us in John chapter 10 372 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:23,280 verse 17. Therefore my Father loves me 373 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,880 because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. 374 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:30,800 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down, lay it, lay it down 375 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,720 my lay it down of myself. I have the power to lay it down 376 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,040 and I have the power to take it again. 377 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,760 This command I have received from my Father. 378 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,040 You know Jesus didn't want to die. 379 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,760 He didn't want to go through all of that agony and pain. 380 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:56,440 He could have called angels from heaven to come and save Him from 381 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,720 the cross, but he didn't do that. 382 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,600 As soon as he made this last statement, his spirit left his 383 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:09,520 body and he put his faith in the Father to take care of the 384 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:14,680 Spirit again. This teaches us that whenever we 385 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:20,000 die, our spirit leaves our body and we become physically dead 386 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,120 and our spirit returns back to God. 387 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,200 As Jesus is giving up his spirit to God. 388 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:33,560 Matthew tells us that this this veil on the temple, it's torn 389 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,160 from top to bottom, this great earthquake. 390 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:44,040 The rocks are split, the dead are raised, the earth is crying 391 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,360 out in response to the death of Jesus. 392 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:55,560 It caused those soldiers who were there guarding Jesus to 393 00:27:55,560 --> 00:28:02,200 believe they understood that now after seeing all of this, he 394 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:08,320 really is the Son of God. Well, if our story just stopped 395 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:13,960 there, then Jesus would have just died on the cross and his 396 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:17,960 death would just be another death of many that were 397 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:24,240 crucified on the cross. But we know on the third day 398 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:30,280 after his death, on a Sunday, he rose from the dead. 399 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:37,160 Not only did he die for us, but he also showed us he has power 400 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,760 over death. And because of this, we have 401 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:45,280 confidence that there is coming today of a more general 402 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:48,840 resurrection, a broader resurrection where we will all 403 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:53,800 be raised and transformed into a different body, a glorious body. 404 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,240 If we follow God's word and live faithfully, then at the judgment 405 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:02,080 day we will be taken to heaven itself and spend eternity. 406 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,760 Jesus said in John 14 verse one, let not your heart be troubled. 407 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:07,920 You believe in God, believe also in me. 408 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,120 In my Father's house are many mansions or many dwelling 409 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,640 places. If it were not so, I would have 410 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,920 told you, I go to prepare a place for you. 411 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,920 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and 412 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:25,160 receive you to myself, that where I am, there you may be 413 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:31,920 also. You know, as we think about the 414 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:37,760 love that Jesus has for us and his sacrifice that he went 415 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:45,120 through for us, we should let the cross serve as a reminder of 416 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,880 his love for us. We should see from these seven 417 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:52,720 sayings of the cross that they reveal not only his suffering, 418 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:59,120 but they also reveal his compassion, his forgiveness, his 419 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:03,200 unwavering commitment to God's plan of salvation. 420 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:13,920 We must understand and recognize and see the need for the 421 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,880 salvation. You know that all begins with 422 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:23,560 faith and, and this faith that we that we have in, in, in God. 423 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:28,880 This faith causes us to repent. It causes us to make a change in 424 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,920 our lives. Jesus warned us in Luke 13. 425 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,280 Three, I tell you no, but unless you repent, you will all 426 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:40,600 likewise perish. These words show us how 427 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:44,680 important it is for us to respond to to what God has done 428 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,440 for us. We must turn away from our sins. 429 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:51,000 We must turn toward God and live for Him. 430 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:57,000 This is a fundamental change of our heart and a fundamental 431 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:02,600 change of our mind that aligns our life with what God wants us 432 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,880 to do. We must also confess our faith 433 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,280 in Christ, Jesus said in Matthew 1032. 434 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,920 Whoever confesses me before men, I will also confess before my 435 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:18,920 Father in heaven, confessing Christ, the Son of the living 436 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:23,200 God. It's an important step in this 437 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,920 spiritual journey of becoming a child of his. 438 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,920 We must also be baptized as we noticed in Acts chapter 2 verse 439 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:34,320 38. Peter told them after he 440 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,440 informed them that they were the ones that crucified Jesus. 441 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,920 He told them, repent, be baptized everyone of you in the 442 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,320 name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and 443 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,160 you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 444 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:51,760 Baptism is that point where we are united and his death and his 445 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:57,040 burial and in his resurrection, and that's whenever we receive 446 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:02,560 the forgiveness of sins. You know, if you've already 447 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,600 taken these steps and maybe you have fallen away from living a 448 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:13,640 faithful life toward God today, today you can return to him. 449 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:20,440 You can put Him first in your life again, as as we think about 450 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:25,040 His sacrifice and about the cross, let it motivate you to 451 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:29,440 renew your commitment to living a life that pleases Him. 452 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:37,160 We're not promised tomorrow. We don't know what will happen. 453 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,040 We don't know if we're going to live another moment. 454 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,840 The time to act is now. So whether you need to begin 455 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:50,280 your walk with Christ, become a child of his, become a child of 456 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:54,200 God, or maybe you need to return to him or maybe you have another 457 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:58,080 spiritual need that that the brother and can pray with you 458 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,640 and for you. We invite you to come while we 459 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,240 stand and sing the song selected.