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It is so good to have you with 
us tonight on this great Friday.

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This is the greatest of all, all
days. 

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It's the highest of all the the 
holy days. 

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It is the the apex of redemptive
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Everything from Genesis 1 
pointed to this day, the day in 

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which our our Lord was was 
crucified on on Calvary's tree. 

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But The funny thing about 
Resurrection Sunday and Great 

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Friday is that it's only a 
weekend in our celebration. 

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Christmas is a season. 
It begins basically in October, 

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goes all the way through 
November into December, and we 

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have parties and get togethers 
and gatherings and exchanging of

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gifts and all kinds of 
celebrations. 

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And yet the highest of all holy 
days just gets a day. 

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In fact, most churches don't 
even have a great Friday 

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service. 
And yet it's the best of all the

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days. 
In fact, I've always thought 

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about the fact that during 
Passion Week we should probably 

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get together as a church every 
day of the week. 

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We, we should meet on Sunday 
because that was the day of, of 

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his reception in Bethany with 
Mary and Martha and Lazarus and 

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they had dinner at the home of 
Simon the leper. 

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And then we, we would come back 
from Sunday and gather together 

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on Monday, because Monday was 
the day of his coronation. 

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It was a day in which he wrote 
into Jerusalem on that palm 

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Monday in which the the the 
cries of the people that blessed

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is he who comes in the name of 
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And then we get back together on
Tuesday, because Tuesday was the

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day of indignation, the day in 
which he went in and cleansed 

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the temple and and cursed the 
fig tree. 

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And then we gathered back again 
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Wednesday was the day of 
instruction, instruction around 

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the the the Temple Mount as he 
would answer and questions and 

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even ask questions and instruct 
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And then his instruction on the 
Mount of Olives, of course that 

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late afternoon into the early 
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And then we could gather again 
on Thursday, because that was 

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the day of his affection for his
men, which he would wash the 

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disciples feet. 
He'd partake at the Lord's 

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table, he'd give us High 
priestly prayer, and he'd give 

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them great comfort and 
encouragement about his coming 

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again. 
And then of course, we'd we'd 

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gather together on on Thursday, 
because Thursday was the day of 

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his incarceration in which they 
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begin to, to interrogate him. 
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Friday, which Friday was the day
of his crucifixion. 

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And then on Saturday was the day
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First Peter, 3/19, he went to 
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made a proclamation. 
They gained victory over sin, 

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death and Satan. 
And then we gathered him back on

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Sunday, which is the day of, of 
resurrection. 

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We should celebrate the the 
resurrection of Jesus Christ our

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Lord. 
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but we could gather together 
just for that week. 

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I remember when we went to the 
study of Luke, we spent five 

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months on five days of Passion 
week just to cover all the 

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details that that were there 
because there's so much to 

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cover. 
And of course, most of John's 

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gospel is about the last hours 
of our Lord's Lord's life. 

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And yet today in modern day 
Christianity, we spend very 

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little time ever contemplating 
the cross, ever celebrating the 

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cross, ever considering the 
cross of Jesus Christ our Lord. 

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And yet there are there are 
people who who will wear 

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crosses. 
Maybe you have one on this 

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evening. 
We've come to a place in in life

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where we've learned to venerate 
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It's become a piece of exquisite
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We wear it around our neck. 
We we put it on our lapel. 

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We we have pictures of the cross
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Some of them are are 14 karat 
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silver. 
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them, some of them have rubies 
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And we wear them to, to dress up
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becoming to those who see it. 
But just think about that for a 

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moment. 
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crosses and and put them on 
display, just think if you are a

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1st century Christian, I wonder 
what you would do. 

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You certainly wouldn't be 
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around your neck. 
I mean, it would be like the 1st

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century Christian taking a image
of a noose and making it into 14

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karat gold and putting it on 
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neck. 
We would ask the question, what 

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are you doing? 
Or they would take the image of 

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an electric chair or even a gas 
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it with rubies and all kinds of 
paraphernalia and maybe put it 

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on their lapel or around their 
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We'd ask the question, what on 
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Or if they were to take a a 
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it with diamonds and and wear it
around their neck, we'd ask the 

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question, why would you wear 
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symbolize a lethal injection 
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Makes you think of things a 
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You see, we look at the cross 
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would say this is a symbol of 
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No 1st century Christian would 
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their neck because of the the 
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causes. 
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were the ones who, who began 
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it moved to the Egyptians and 
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And in 63 BC, the Romes 
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And even though they're they had
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crucifixions and, and during the
time of Christ, there were some 

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30,000 crucifixions during his 
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The only thing about that is 
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500 BC that crucifixions were 
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recorded, except in the book of 
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years before the Persians ever 
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Zechariah would prophecy about 
the Messiah being crucified. 

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But in 700 BC, 200 years before 
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crucifixions, the prophet Isaiah
would prophecy about the 

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crucifixion of the Messiah. 
Better yet, in 1000 BC, 500 

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years before the Persians ever 
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be David who would prophecy 
about the crucifixion of the 

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Messiah. 
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It was always the plan. 
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finally caught up to where the 
Bible really is, that's the way 

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it always is, the Bible. 
I mean, the world has to catch 

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up to where the Bible is. 
The Bible is not catching up to 

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where the world is. 
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where the Bible is. 
It was our Our Lord who had made

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sure that the prophecy of the 
cross was well written in the 

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Scriptures and yet it was such a
devastating way to die. 

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It was William Barkley who 
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dreadful routine. 
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Jewish historian, says that 
crucifixion is the most terrible

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and cruel death man has ever 
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Cicero, who was well acquainted 
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cruel and shameful of all 
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And William Wilson, in his 
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Historical Investigation of the 
Cross of Christ, writes these 

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words. 
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painful of deaths, it was also 
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The condemned man was stripped 
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agony. 
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burial to the victim, allowing 
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until it disintegrated. 
We forget about the the cruelty 

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of the cross. 
And yet when you read the Bible,

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it simply says, and there he was
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It doesn't give you any details.
Oh, we have movies that that 

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give you details, but the Bible 
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It doesn't have to because 
everybody knew about 

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crucifixions. 
Everybody knew the details to 

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the crucifixions. 
So the Bible just simply says, 

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and there he was, was crucified.
And yet our Lord would hang on a

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cross for for six hours, six 
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And during those six hours He 
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The first was a word of pardon, 
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them, for they know not what 
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The second word was was the word
of promise that he gave to the 

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thief on the cross. 
Today you shall be with me in 

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Paradise. 
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provision. 
When he looked to his mother, he

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said Behold your son and then to
John and said Behold your 

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mother. 
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hours in which it was as bright 
as day until noon, when all of a

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sudden the sky became darkened. 
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three hours he would utter four 
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The 4th or the 5th 1 would be or
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A word of pain. 
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forsaken me? 
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petition. 
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Then came the word of purpose. 
It is finished. 

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And then the word of peace. 
Father, into thy hands I commend

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my spirit. 
The fact that He even said one 

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word was remarkable. 
The fact that he said 7 * 7 

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different sayings is remarkable 
considering the the pain that he

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was in. 
And yet our our Lord was in 

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complete control of everything. 
It's remarkable to, to 

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understand the, the, the 
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Lord Jesus Christ. 
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mention one of those phrases to 
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We'll call it the word of 
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And that is one word to 
Telestai. 

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It is finished and that word 
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But I'm just going to give you 4
very simple principles that that

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word explains to us. 
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that word to tell us thy or it 
is finish, delivers for us the 

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consummation of His mission. 
That word alone delivers for us 

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the consummation, the completion
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It is finished. 
A remarkable statement, our 

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Lord, knowing that all the 
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except for the one that says, I 
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Having said that, He said it is 
finished, and he said it in such

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a way that that Matthew, Mark 
and Luke don't even tell us what

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he said. 
They just said he shouted. 

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John doesn't tell us he shouted.
John just gives us the word that

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he shouted. 
It is finished. 

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Knowing that at the end of six 
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he'd be suffocating, he'd be at 
the point of death, he would 

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yell it is finished. 
Because you see, our Lord was on

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a mission. 
It was a mission that that was 

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granted to him, that was given 
to him that he accepted. 

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And when he was 12 years of age,
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he says to his mother, do you 
not know that I must be about my

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father's business? 
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there are 7 divine musts and 
they all center around his, his 

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mission in life. 
He says, don't you know mother, 

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I must be about my father's 
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I, I have a mission and that 
that mission is to come and to 

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die. 
And then in Luke's gospel in the

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4th chapter, he says I, I must 
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Kingdom. 
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Because he's the king. 
He's presenting the king. 

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He's only got the Kingdom. 
He as the king, he's presented 

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the Kingdom. 
He only has a few short years of

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his ministry, so he must preach 
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Then when you come to Luke 
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Man must suffer. 
He must suffer. 

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It was his divine mission. 
It was the masters must mission,

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the three M's, the master had a 
mission and it was all a divine 

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must. 
This must happen this way. 

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And then you come to Luke 
chapter 13 and he says I must 

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journey to Jerusalem. 
Why? 

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Because the profit is not to die
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city. 
Again, the divine must was 

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moving him toward a direction 
that would be the apex of all of

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redemptive history. 
Then you move on to Luke's 

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gospel. 
I believe it's the 19th chapter 

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in which you said, Zacchaeus, 
come down because I must go to 

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your house. 
Why? 

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Why? 
Because our Lord is the one who 

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comes to seek and save that 
which is lost, and he must save 

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Zacchaeus. 
And then when you come to the 

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24th chapter of Luke, at the 
resurrection of the Messiah, and

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the men in white apparel, say to
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living among the dead? 
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And then when you come to the 
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gospel, our Lord says these 
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resurrection. 
He says, these are my words 

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which I spoke to you while I was
still with you, that all things 

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which are written about me in 
the law of Moses and the 

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prophets and the Psalms must be 
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Seven divine musts all 
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finished, he is saying the 
mission's been accomplished. 

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I've been born to die. 
I've come for this purpose. 

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I've come to give my life a 
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to give my life away. 
I've come to die as a substitute

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for those who cannot pay the 
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I've come to take their place. 
I've come to die on Calvary's 

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tree. 
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said several times, I I've come 
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is in heaven. 
I've come to accomplish one 

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thing. 
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Testament was looking forward 
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That was the prophetic promise. 
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fulfilled. 
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finished, it truly delivers to 
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mission #2 it describes for us 
the satisfaction of his 

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redemption. 
It describes for us the 

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satisfaction of His redemption. 
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there's nothing to add to it. 
There's nothing to take away 

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from it, because everything 
about salvation is wrapped up in

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the finished work of Christ on 
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So when Christ says it is 
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can add to the saving work that 
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It's the finished work of Christ
on Calvary. 

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When Christ says it is finished,
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about the seed of Genesis 
chapter 3 verse #15 that would 

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crush the serpent's head. 
It is finished. 

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It is completed. 
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Genesis chapter 22 prophecy 
about how the Messiah would be a

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substitute for you and me. 
It it has happened exactly as He

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said. 
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12 about the spotless Lamb 
Christ our Passover was 

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sacrificed for us, that was 
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The prophecy about Isaiah 53, 
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scorned and that was slain has 
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And in Isaiah chapter 25, when 
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will swallow up death, He is the
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Christ says I have destroyed 
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It is finished. 
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That's what Christ did, the 
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So much so, so much so that 
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the Lord to crush his Son. 
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redemption, so much so that 
Hebrews Chapter 9 says these 

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words, that He came to taste 
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Verse 14 of Hebrews 2. 
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share in flesh and blood, He 
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the same, that through death He 
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had the power of death, that is,
the devil, and might free those 

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who through fear of death were 
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Death, where is your victory? 
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Why? 
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satisfied with the phrase. 
It is finished. 

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So while that word delivers for 
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mission and describes for us the
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that word also displays the 
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It displays the perfection of 
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Think about this with me for a 
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There is a centurion, the 
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with Jesus the whole time. 
He's leading 100 men from the 

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the temple over the Kitchen 
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Gethsemane on late Thursday 
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With him comes the temple 
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600 people, along with him, the 
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Sadducees. 
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people coming with tortures and 
and lanterns to look for the 

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light of the world, but they're 
coming to get him. 

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They get to the garden entry in 
there, the Lord is waiting for 

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them and the Lord asks them, 
whom do you seek? 

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And they said Jesus the 
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Christ just simply says I am. 
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backwards, all 800 of them. 
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that they fell over, but that 
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And Christ re re asked the 
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Jesus the Nazarene. 
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this centurion is there to lead 
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incarceration. 
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leads Christ to the 
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Anas, and then with Caiaphas, 
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with Herod. 
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he witnesses the, the 
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as our Lord is, is beaten 
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And then he, he takes the Lord 
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place called Calvary. 
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And as he, he is crucified, he, 
he hears, he hears this 

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intercession. 
Father forgive them for they 

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know not what they're doing. 
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conversion of a, of a thief and 
then hears the confession of the

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thief. 
Lord, Remember Me when you come 

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into your Kingdom. 
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one hanging next to him is the 
Lord of the universe and that he

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has a, a Kingdom because he's a 
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He speaks to his deity and to 
his royalty and Christ gives him

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that great promise. 
Today you shall be with me in 

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paradise. 
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all of this because he is the 
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And then, and then he hears and 
witnesses the interaction of 

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Christ with his Father in 
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He can read the inscription 
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Nazareth, King of the Jews. 
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finished. 
Father, into thy hands I commend

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my spirit. 
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He doesn't slump over as if to 
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No, he, he pillows his head 
because no one takes his life 

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from him. 
He lays it down on his own 

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initiative. 
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And so he just pillowed his 
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And the centurion watching all 
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the perfection of his 
revelation. 

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Because the centurion then says,
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And Luke's gospel tells us he 
began to praise and glorify God.

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You see, he came to saving 
grace. 

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Faith cometh by hearing and 
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the Christ. 
And he heard all there was about

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the Christ. 
He witnessed all there was about

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the Christ, because that was the
question, Who is Jesus? 

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He witnessed Caiaphas saying, 
Who are you? 

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Are you the Christ, the Son of 
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To which the centurion would 
reply at the very end, truly 

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this was the Son of God. 
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Telestai, it is finished, it 
delivers for us the consummation

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of His mission. 
It describes for us the 

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satisfaction of His redemption. 
It displays for us the 

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perfection of His revelation. 
And one more, it declares for us

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the anticipation of His final 
declaration, which is Revelation

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21 verse #6 which says it is 
done. 

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We live in anticipation of a a 
final declaration. 

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It is finished says that 
redemption has been 

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accomplished. 
It is done, says recreation of 

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the universe has been 
accomplished because the 

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universe will go out of 
existence and they'll be a brand

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new heaven and a brand new earth
and Christ will say it is done. 

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It is finished as the apex of 
redemptive history, but it is 

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done is the apex of human 
history and everything is 

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leading to that one time, that 
one event where Christ from the 

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tree said it is done, but from 
the throne will say it is done. 

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I'm sorry, from the tree said it
is finished. 

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From the throne he will say it 
is done. 

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That's our Lord, that's our 
Christ, which leads us to to our

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time around the Lord's table, 
for which our, our our Lord 

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would say, as often as you eat 
this bread and drink this cup, 

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you do proclaim the Lord's death
until he comes. 

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We're living in anticipation of 
his, of his coming again, 

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knowing that one day there will 
be this final declaration that 

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says it is done, it is 
completely over. 

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No more sin, no more pain, all 
of righteousness, everything 

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perfect as God had designed it 
to be from the very beginning. 

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And that's what we're looking 
forward to. 

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So we gathered together on the 
eve or this night of of great 

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Friday, the greatest of all holy
days, the most anticipated day 

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of prophecy was this day. 
Oh yes, his birth was a a great 

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prophetic fulfilment. 
It was, but He was born for one 

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reason. 
He was born to die. 

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He came for this reason. 
He came to be your sin bearer. 

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He came to be your substitute. 
He came to be the spotless land 

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that would be slain and scorned 
and crucified on Calvary's 

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cross. 
For the wages of sin is death. 

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So Christ paid the penalty for 
sin. 

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He died in your place, so you 
would have to pay for your sins.

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So we gathered together to 
partake at the Lord's table, 

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recognizing that our sins have 
been forgiven at Calvary. 

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We've been set free from the 
bondage of Satan, and no longer 

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did we fear death because the 
swallower of death has destroyed

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it. 
That doesn't mean we're not 

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going to die or we will die, but
we will live forever with the 

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Lord Jesus Christ.