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Crowned at the Cross (Matthew 27) | Louis Azuma
00:00 Introduction and Announcements
01:20 Jesus' Ultimate Display of Love
02:36 Themes to Look for in Matthew 27
04:49 Jesus' Trial Before the High Priest
07:46 Jesus' Trial Before Pilate
12:30 The Crucifixion of Jesus
17:41 Jesus' Final Moments and Death
20:01 The Significance of Jesus' Sacrifice
23:07 The Weight of Sin and Jesus' Suffering
25:23 Using Jesus' Sacrifice to Combat Temptation
26:23 The Importance of Recognizing Sin
30:55 The Necessity of Depending on Jesus for Forgiveness
36:36 Jesus as the Conquering King
40:48 Concluding Prayer and Reflection
Transcript
Matthew 27 is where we're gonna be, so why don't you turn
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:there in your Bibles to Matthew 27.
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:But today, actually today is, is
Matt and Brianna's anniversary.
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:In case you didn't know they've been
married for one year and one of my
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:favorite memories with Matt and Brianna.
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:Two years, sorry, my bad.
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:Two years.
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:Tough.
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:Two years.
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:Two years.
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:They're, they're married for two years.
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:One of my favorite memories with
the Daniels is that they helped
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:me find my wife's engagement ring.
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:And I always have that special moment
with them texting them, figuring
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:out what, what my wife wanted.
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:And I proposed 540 something
days ago to my wife.
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:One of the best moments of my life.
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:And.
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:The, the point of a
marriage proposal, right?
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:When you, when you get down on a knee
and you open up that box, hopefully
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:not upside down, right, Matt?
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:And, and you show your wife
the ring that you got her.
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:And the point of the proposal is to show
how much you love this person, right?
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:You're saying, look, look
how much I care about you.
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:I wanna spend the rest
of my life with you.
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:I'm this committed to you and I botched
you this really expensive piece of
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:jewelry to tell you how, how valuable
you are to me and how important
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:you are to me, that's the point.
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:Of, of a proposal, right?
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:You wanna show how big your love is for
the person that you're proposing to.
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:Now, tonight is another
display of really big love.
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:That's what we're gonna see a, a really
big display of, of love, and that's
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:what Jesus' death on the cross is.
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:It's a, it's a huge display of
his amazing, enormous love for us.
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:But the point of it is to show us that.
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:Not just Jesus love is big, but also
that our sin is really big, that
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:it shows us that God takes our, our
relationship with him really seriously.
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:And that's what I want you to
see from Matthew 27 is that only
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:Jesus can love you this much.
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:No one else would love you this much.
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:Right?
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:A lot of people love their spouse
this much to to do something like
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:this for them, but no one would
love you so much like Jesus did.
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:And it shows that He's the one.
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:The king.
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:He's the Messiah, and
that's our main point.
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:Tonight.
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:Jesus suffering and death
prove that he's the Messiah.
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:That he's the king.
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:It shows everything you
need to know about Jesus.
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:It shows you his love.
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:It shows you his qualification
to to be the king.
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:It shows you everything Jesus is and
stands for all of it at the cross.
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:So turn with me, Matthew 27.
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:If you're not there already,
what we're gonna do is we're
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:gonna go through this passage.
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:It's a, it's a long passage.
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:We're gonna go through it real
fast and I'm gonna give each
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:small group, I'm gonna give each
of you a theme to look for, okay?
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:So depending on what small group
you're you're in, you're all gonna
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:have a certain theme that you're on the
lookout for while I explain the passage.
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:Okay?
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:So this is how it's gonna work.
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:So if you're a junior high girl,
I want you to think about and, and
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:write down maybe, or mark down,
anytime Jesus gets called a title.
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:So anytime someone calls Jesus the son
of God, or they call him Christ, you
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:guys know that Christ is a title, right?
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:Christ isn't Jesus last name.
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:Christ is.
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:It means Messiah, so Christ or anytime
he gets called King of the Jew.
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:So if you're a junior high girl, anytime
you see Jesus getting called a title,
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:I want you to write something down
or make a tally mark or something.
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:If you're a junior high boy,
I want you to make a mark.
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:Anytime you see Jesus is rejected
or anytime he's suffering.
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:Anytime someone abandons Jesus or
turns their back on Jesus or doesn't
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:want Jesus or anytime he's suffering.
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:So anytime there's pain or
emotional suffering, right?
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:Anytime he's abandoned
or something like that.
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:So if you're a junior high boy,
that's what you're looking for.
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:High school girl.
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:I want you to look for proof
that Jesus is innocent.
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:I, a big theme in Matthew's gospel
is that, that Jesus is righteous.
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:Jesus is is perfect.
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:And so if you're a high school
girl, I want you to look for
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:evidence that Jesus is innocent.
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:Despite all the accusations that
are thrown at him, and if you're
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:a high school boy, you got the
most fun one in my opinion.
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:I want you to look for an
illusion that Jesus is the king.
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:Something that shows you
that Jesus is the king.
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:Now, I'll give you a hint in this,
in this story, it's almost backward
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:Jesus, just like his, his kingdom
so far, he's talked about humility.
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:He's talked about serving others.
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:The marks of Jesus kingship are more
about humility, and in some ways
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:they're even coming from his opponent.
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:So you might see someone maybe
give Jesus a crown, right?
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:But it's not a kingly crown.
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:It's a crown of thorns.
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:So that would be something that
shows that Jesus, they're making
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:fun of Jesus for being a king,
but really he is the king, right?
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:He's exactly who they're saying he is.
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:So that's what we're gonna do.
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:We're gonna go through this passage
as quick as I can, but I want
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:you to look for your theme, okay?
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:That's what you're gonna be looking for.
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:Everyone.
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:Everyone on the same page.
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:We're good.
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:Let's get Pastor BJ, north South in here.
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:Alright, let's go Matthew.
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:We're gonna start at the
very end of 26, actually.
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:Okay?
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:The very end of chapter 26, verse 57.
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:So remember, Jesus was in the garden
praying and his disciples were asleep, and
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:he was like, you guys couldn't stay awake.
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:And then Judas comes and arrests him.
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:So then they bring Jesus to
Caiaphas, the high priest.
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:All right?
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:So they bring Jesus
to, to the high priest.
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:All the Jewish leaders are there.
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:Verse 58, Peter was following
him far away, right?
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:So Peter is, he doesn't wanna
be associated with Jesus.
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:He's, he's afraid to be there.
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:So he's following him from far away and
he goes inside and verse 59, the chief
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:priest, the whole council, they're,
they're trying to make up lies against
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:Jesus, that they might put him to death.
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:Matthew says that.
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:He says, look, they were bringing
false charges, not real charges.
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:False charges against Jesus.
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:So then.
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:They didn't find any.
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:Verse 60.
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:You see that right there.
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:They, they didn't find anything.
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:All these people are, many
false witnesses came forward.
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:All these people come forward
and they can't find anything.
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:But finally, at last two people
come forward and then said, this
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:man said I'm able to destroy the
temple and rebuild it in three days.
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:And so the high priest stood
up and said, what are you,
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:what are you gonna say to that?
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:Jesus, we've finally got you.
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:We finally found.
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:People, right?
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:They need two people.
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:They can't just have one person,
two people who agreed about what
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:Jesus said that would be bad, right?
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:They're saying, oh, he's a terrorist.
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:He's here to destroy the temple.
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:So then what did Jesus answer?
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:Jesus remains silent.
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:He doesn't say anything.
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:High Priest said to him, I adjure you.
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:So it is.
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:It's really important.
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:Like I beg you by the living God, tell
us if you are the Christ, the son of God.
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:Now that's the question.
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:Matthew's been trying to help us
answer this whole time, right?
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:And the Jewish leaders
are like, Hey, tell us.
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:And what did you just say?
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:You said it right?
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:You're telling me who I really am,
even though you're opposing me.
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:You're telling me who I really am.
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:But I tell you right here, and this
is the quote from Daniel, I tell you
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:from now on, you will see the son
of man seated at the right hand of
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:power coming on the clouds of heaven.
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:So Jesus doesn't just say, yeah.
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:You're right, I'm the Christ.
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:He says, I'm actually
the, I'm the son of God.
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:I'm gonna rule the nations.
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:Then 65, the high priest tore his robes
and he said, he's uttered blasphemy.
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:He's claiming to be God.
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:What else do we need?
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:We should kill him.
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:That's basically what he's saying.
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:What's your judgment?
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:They answered, he deserves death.
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:So they spit on his face.
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:They struck him, some of them slapped him.
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:So they're, they're mocking Jesus.
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:They're beating him up and
they're making fun of him.
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:They're saying, if you're the Messiah,
you should be able to, to prophesy.
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:You should be able to
tell us who struck you.
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:You should be able to tell us
all these, all these things.
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:So they're calling him the Messiah,
but in a, in a derogatory way.
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:So that's Judas on trial.
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:And then remember then the
scene in 27 flips to Judas.
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:Who goes and hangs himself.
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:We're gonna skip that 'cause we
covered that last week and we're
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:gonna pick it up in verse 11.
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:Okay.
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:Chapter 27, verse 11.
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:So now we're resuming the trial.
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:So the Jews, now they're
bringing him to the governor.
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:That's Pilate.
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:The Jews couldn't crucify anyone.
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:Only the Romans could crucify someone.
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:So the Jews, they want Jesus crucified.
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:They don't just want Jesus.
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:Beat up.
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:They can't execute someone, so
they need the Romans to do it.
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:That's what they're doing here.
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:They're like, alright, we finally
have a charge against Jesus.
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:He's, he's committed blasphemy.
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:He's claiming to be God.
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:Let's take him to the Romans to
see if they can kill him for us.
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:So the governor asked him, Pilate,
are you the king of the Jews?
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:Jesus said, you said it.
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:I am the king of the Jews.
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:But verse 12, when he was accused
by the Chief Reese, the Jewish
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:leaders, he gave no answer.
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:He didn't say anything.
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:Pilate said to him, don't
you hear what they're saying?
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:They're, they're saying all
these things about you, Jesus.
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:Are you gonna say anything?
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:No.
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:Jesus gives no answer, not
even to a single charge.
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:So the Governor was amazed.
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:Now, verse 15 at the feast, the
Governor, so Pilate, he was he, he had
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:this thing, his deal, usually at this
big celebration, the Passover for the
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:Jews, he would release a prisoner.
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:A prisoner that was in jail, a
Jewish prisoner that they would want.
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:He did it just so they wouldn't get super
mad at him, and he could keep his job.
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:Verse 16, they had a notorious prisoner
called Barabbas, which we learned
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:means son of the Father, right?
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:Bar in Hebrew means son, Abba Father.
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:You see that son of the father, verse 17.
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:So when they all gathered together,
all the, all the people, pilot's
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:gonna release a prisoner, right?
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:PIL said to them, who do you
want me to release for you?
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:The rabbis or Jesus who
is called Christ Jesus?
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:Who, who?
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:Which is funny, right?
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:Pilate is like, you guys called him the
Messiah and they're like, no, we don't.
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:Verse 18.
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:Before he knew that it was out of envy
that they delivered him up, right?
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:Not because Jesus was actually guilty.
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:He, Matthew says, look, Pilate
knew Jesus was innocent.
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:He knows that it's the Jewish
leaders who just don't like Jesus.
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:They want to get rid of him.
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:Verse 19, besides while he was
sitting on the judgment seat,
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:his wife sent word to him.
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:Don't have anything to do
with this righteous man.
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:You see that not, not a guilty man,
not a sinner, not a troublemaker,
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:a righteous man for I have suffered
much because of him today in a dream.
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:So pilot's wife had a dream
that told her Jesus is innocent.
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:And she said, Hey, don't,
don't mess with this guy.
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:Don't send him to death.
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:So then verse 20, now the chief
priests and the elders persuade
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:the crowd and they say, kill Jesus.
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:We want baras.
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:Verse 21, the governor again said to them.
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:Which of these two do
you want me to release?
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:So Pilate, he's almost like trying, right?
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:Like, please pick Jesus guys so
I don't have to just release him.
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:Pilate doesn't want to kill Jesus, but
he also is afraid of the crowd, right?
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:He's got all these angry
people that want to kill Jesus.
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:So which of these two do
you want me to release?
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:And they say, Barra, verse 22.
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:Pilate said to them, then what shall
I do with Jesus who is called Christ?
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:You keep seeing this, right?
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:They're like, oh, you know, we're
saying that Jesus is Messiah, right?
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:And they all said, let him be crucified.
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:We wanna kill him.
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:And he's like, why?
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:What evil has he done?
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:So Matthew really wants you to know that
Pilate doesn't think Jesus is guilty.
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:Pilate really is like trying not
to kill Jesus, but they shout all
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:the more, let him be crucified.
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:Now remember, these are the same
people, two chapters earlier who were
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:saying Hosanna to the son of David.
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:So the Jewish people have rejected Jesus.
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:The same people who the crowds
who were celebrating him
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:are now wanting to kill him.
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:So verse 24, when Pilate saw that
he was gaining nothing, right?
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:He's not getting anywhere with this, but
rather that a riot is beginning, right?
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:So the, the Jews are getting
upset, they're getting angry.
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:They wanna kill Jesus.
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:They're like, Pilate, why
don't you kill Jesus for us?
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:He's like, all right, fine.
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:He took water, washed his
hands before the crowd.
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:I'm innocent in this man's blood, right?
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:It's, you're killing an innocent guy.
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:It's not my fault.
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:That's what pilot's saying.
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:It's on you guys.
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:Verse 25, all the people answered.
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:His blood beyond us and our
children, they're like, yes, we
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:want to be guilty for Jesus' blood.
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:We want responsibility for killing Jesus.
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:So he releases Barabbas and having
scoured, Jesus sent him to be crucified.
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:Now, scoured, you might have heard
this before, what they would do in
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:Roman times with prisoners is they
would have not just a regular whip,
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:but a whip with like nine or so little
like, I guess fingers, and they would
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:whip it and drag it across your back.
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:It had all these little pieces of
like glass and bone and rock in it.
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:So it would literally just
tear the skin off your back.
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:And so they, they beat Jesus with
this whip and ripped his back up
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:and they sent him to be crucified.
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:Verse 27, the soldiers of the governor
took Jesus into the governor's
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:headquarters and they gathered
the whole battalion before him.
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:So they got all these
soldiers and now Jesus.
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:So there's no Jews around
now, it's just the soldiers.
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:And they took, they stripped him.
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:They put a scarlet, scarlet robe on him
and twisting together a crown of thorns.
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:They put it on his head.
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:Now they're not just like gently
placing it on his head, right?
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:They're like sticking it in his head.
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:So there's blood coming on his face.
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:They're making fun of him.
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:So this is the color of royalty.
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:So Matthew is saying they're
pretending Jesus is a king, and
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:I think Matthew wants to see.
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:Jesus.
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:Really The king, right?
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:So they give him a crown, they
give him a royal robe, they
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:put a reed in his right hand.
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:Now that usually if you're a
king, right, you've got a scepter,
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:you've got some kind of staff.
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:Think of like, you know, Lord of the
Rings, Gandalf with his staff, right?
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:That's what Kings had back in the day.
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:And so he's got a staff, so
they're dressing up like a
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:king and they kneel before him.
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:They make fun of him, and they
say, hail king of the Jews.
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:Now, isn't this the most ironic thing
you could ever do, making fun of
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:the King of Kings for being a king?
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:So they're doing all this
and they spit on him and then
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:they take all this stuff away.
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:They beat him up more.
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:And then when they mocked him, so
they make fun of him, they take off
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:all his clothes and they put his
regular clothes back on him, which
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:are probably totally destroyed, right?
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:'cause they've whipped him and
they let him away to crucify him.
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:This is horrible, right?
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:This is terrible.
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:All, just think about what Jesus would
look like after all this happened.
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:Think about having the thorns in his,
in his head and being beaten up and
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:having people spit all over his face.
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:So then they went out and they
found a man from Siren, his name's
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:Simon, and they said, all right,
you need to carry Jesus cross.
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:Now think about it across is
a really thick wooden beam.
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:If you, if all this just happened to
you, would you want to carry that?
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:Would you be able to carry that?
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:So Jesus needs help and they want to carry
it, but also they don't want Jesus to die.
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:'cause they wanna torture him more.
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:So they get Simon and carry Jesus cross.
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:Verse 33, they came to a place called Go
Gotha, which means place of the skull.
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:And they offered him wine
to drink mixed with gall.
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:When he tasted it, he wouldn't drink it.
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:Now what some people say is that
this is probably a painkiller and
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:Jesus is saying No painkiller for me.
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:Also, it's an illusion to a Psalm,
which is connecting Jesus to David.
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:That's another reason
Matthew includes this detail.
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:Verse 35.
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:They crucified him.
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:Which by the way, the fact that that's
just like a throwaway statement when
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:they crucified him just happened.
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:Like think about that, right?
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:That they crucified him, and
then they divided his garments
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:among them by casting lots.
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:That's actually a quote from Psalm
22, which talks about Jesus' death
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:too, before Jesus was even born, verse
36, they sat down, they kept watch
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:over him and over his head they put
the charge against him, which read.
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:This is Jesus the king of the Jews.
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:Jesus who said he was king of the Jews.
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:Jesus, the king of the Jews.
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:And I think that's another
note of irony, right?
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:Is Jesus really the king of the Jews?
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:Yeah.
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:So Jesus died.
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:And by the way, about crucifixion,
when you, when someone was crucified,
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:they usually suffocated to death
because to breathe you have to pull
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:yourself up because you're, you're
hanging so your lungs are collapsed.
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:So you have to pull yourself up.
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:Now what's holding you up a nail.
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:So you're pulling yourself up on a
nail that's in your hand or your arm.
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:And also do you think they like
varnished the cross and made it
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:nice and smooth and all that?
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:Right?
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:It's probably just like
splintery and all that and that.
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:And remember Jesus' back is already all
whipped and destroyed, so he's pulling
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:himself up against this beam to breathe
and then probably suffocates to death.
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:Meanwhile on the cross, the two robbers
that were crucified with him, one
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:on the right, one on the left, and
they passed by, or sorry, and those
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:who passed by him, they made fun of
him, and they're wagging their heads.
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:That just means they're,
they're making fun of him.
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:They're saying bad things about him.
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:You, you know, you said you
destroyed the temple and rebuild it.
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:Can't you save yourself?
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:Jesus, you said you were so powerful.
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:Why don't you do something if you're the
son of God, come down from the cross.
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:Could Jesus have done that?
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:Yeah, if you are the son of
God, so they're saying, if you
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:are really, what do we know?
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:Jesus is right.
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:Verse 41, the chief priest with
scribes and elder, they mock him.
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:They make fun of him.
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:He saved others.
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:He can't save himself.
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:He's the king of Israel.
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:Let him come down from the
cross and we'll believe in him.
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:He trusts in God.
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:Let God save him for he
said, I am the son of God.
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:So the Jewish leaders know
that Jesus said this, right?
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:If, if someone ever tells you,
Hey, Jesus never claimed to be God.
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:Let's go to this passage, right?
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:The Jewish leaders are
saying, Jesus said this right?
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:The people who dislike Jesus the
most, and the two robbers, even the
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:robbers who are crucified with him,
they're in between, I guess, breaths.
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:They're making fun of Jesus, and they're
saying, why couldn't you save yourself?
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:So then verse 45, from the
sixth hour, that's about noon.
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:There was darkness over all
the land until the ninth hour.
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:Not a storm, right?
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:Darkness.
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:Uh, verse 46, and then about the ninth
hour, Jesus cried out with a loud
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:voice saying, and this is Aramaic.
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:So that's the language at the time.
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:Eli, Eli Ani, which
that is my God, my God.
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:Why have you forsaken me?
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:All the stuff that Jesus
endured up to this point.
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:This is the worst thing.
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:Here's why Jesus isn't just
dying a physical death.
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:He's suffering God's wrath
against every sin that for
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:anyone who would trust in him.
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:So Jesus is essentially suffering
all that people normally would
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:suffer in hell from God on the cross.
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:He's suffering God's
wrath on the cross too.
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:Not just people beating him up,
not just nails in his hands.
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:Not just whipped on his back,
not just splinters, crown of
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:thorns, all that he's suffering.
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:God's wrath, God's punishment for for sin.
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:For my sin, maybe for your sin.
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:And so he's separated from God.
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:Verse 47.
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:Some of the bystanders, they heard it and
they say, oh, he's calling for Elijah.
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:Verse 48.
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:One of them at once took a sponge,
filled it with sour wine, put it on a a
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:stick, gave it to him, and they're like,
wait, let's see if Elijah's gonna come.
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:And then Jesus cried out.
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:With a loud voice yielded up his spirit.
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:Now, what some people think, who's
the one giving up the spirit here?
440
:His spirit, Jesus is right.
441
:So some people think
Matthew is actually showing.
442
:Look, Jesus chose when to die
because Jesus is in control, right?
443
:This whole time, Jesus
is the one in control.
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:Jesus wouldn't die unless
he let himself die.
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:So then when Jesus died,
this is what happens.
446
:Verse 51, the curtain of
the temple was torn in two.
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:From top to bottom.
448
:Now the curtain in the temple
separates the holy place.
449
:If you, if you think back at the
tabernacle, separates the place
450
:where God is from everyone else.
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:So this is symbolizing.
452
:Now that barrier between you
and God is gone because Jesus
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:took God's wrath, right?
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:So now you can come to God because God
can put all your sin on Jesus Now, right?
455
:Also, top to bottom.
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:Why does that matter?
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:Well, how tall is this thing?
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:It's huge.
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:So could you reach the top and,
and tear it all the way down?
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:No.
461
:Right?
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:So someone had to fly up
there and do it right?
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:God did it.
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:So the earth shook, the rocks were
split and the tombs were open.
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:So all these dead people are,
are coming outta their graves.
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:And after the resurrection,
they're walking around
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:Jerusalem, which is wild, right?
468
:Like.
469
:Who like saints.
470
:I mean, maybe what, like
Abraham, David, I don't know.
471
:They're walking around Jerusalem
after Jesus comes back from the dead.
472
:Verse 54, when the centurion, so
the Roman general and those who
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:are with him, they're keeping
watch over Jesus while he is dying.
474
:They see the earthquake and they
see everything, all this stuff,
475
:this crazy stuff that's happening.
476
:They're filled with awe, right?
477
:They're, they're, they're
essentially amazed.
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:They're worshiping and they said,
truly, this was the son of God.
479
:So look who's recognizing
that Jesus, the son of God?
480
:Is it the Jews who know
their Bibles really well?
481
:It's the Roman general who's probably
never heard of the Old Testament in his
482
:life, and he's the one who says, you know
what I think, I think this guy was legit.
483
:I think this was Guy was
everything he said he would be.
484
:So you see how Matthew was showing
us this picture of, of Jesus'
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:death that is actually telling us
everything Jesus said he was was true.
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:This is the last couple verses, verse 55.
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:There are also, there's many women
there looking on from a distance who'd
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:followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering
him, among whom were Mary Magdalene,
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:married the mother of James Joseph,
and the mother of the sons of Zedi.
490
:Now, I think those details are
there because Matthew's telling
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:like, Hey, if you know these
people, you could go ask them.
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:They were there.
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:They saw it happen.
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:So what Matthew's doing
in this whole section.
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:Of of Jesus' death is he's
showing us that Jesus really is
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:everything he said he would be.
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:He really is innocent, righteous, perfect.
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:He really is the Son of God, divine,
the king, the king of the Jews,
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:but also the promised King from
the Old Testament who would do
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:everything God said he was gonna do.
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:And also that he's really showing
us that Jesus is conquering.
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:Jesus is winning.
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:Jesus isn't a victim.
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:Jesus is winning.
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:He's he's doing something big here.
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:He's conquering sin.
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:He's conquering death.
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:He's making a, a way to God.
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:And Jesus is the one.
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:He's doing this on purpose.
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:He is, he's the king
here, even in his death.
512
:But also, Matthew puts a lot
of details in there, right?
513
:Like, if, if this was a movie, it would
be rated R it would be a, a horror movie.
514
:'cause there's 'cause of the amount
of bad stuff that's happening.
515
:Like, you guys would not be allowed
to watch this if this was a movie.
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:Matthew wants us to see that Jesus
is, is suffering God's wrath.
517
:Jesus is being treated terribly
because that's what sinners deserve.
518
:Sinners deserve God's wrath.
519
:Matthew wants us to see how
big a deal that our sin is.
520
:So for our first point tonight, I want
you to remember that Jesus suffered
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:because of you, because of me.
522
:Everything that Jesus went
through was because we sinned.
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:Right?
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:If, if we didn't sin, Jesus
wouldn't have had to do this.
525
:Right?
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:Essentially, it's kind of our
fault all that is because I
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:did, I broke God's law, right?
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:I lied.
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:I lusted, I cheated.
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:I stole.
531
:I was selfish.
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:I was prideful.
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:I was arrogant.
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:That's why this happened, right?
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:Not just, oh, Jesus died for sin.
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:Yes, but like my sin.
537
:Your sin.
538
:That's why.
539
:Why all of this happened.
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:God wants you to see how big of a deal
your sin is, and actually God's been
541
:doing this throughout all of history.
542
:Think back to the Old Testament.
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:Think back to.
544
:Your favorite book of the Bible.
545
:Think back to Leviticus, right?
546
:When, when you lived in the wilderness
in the tabernacle, there were, think
547
:about how many animals were dying
every single day because of sin.
548
:Think about how many animals were
killed every single day because
549
:you broke God's law, right?
550
:Because you didn't honor your father
and mother because you worshiped
551
:another God instead of God.
552
:Because you were selfish,
because you gossiped, right?
553
:The, that's why all
these animals are dying.
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:So imagine you lived in this camp
and every day you're going to the
555
:temple, you're coming up to the priest.
556
:You put your hand on the, on
the animal, you kill the animal.
557
:The blood gets everywhere, every
day, you're doing that to show
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:you your sin has consequences.
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:Your sin deserves death.
560
:That's the whole point of, of the Old
Testament sacrifices, and that's the
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:whole point of what Jesus is doing.
562
:God wants you to see how
big of a deal your sin is.
563
:So remember that Jesus suffered
because of you, because of my sin.
564
:Now, even if you're a Christian,
it's still good for you to think
565
:about that because you can use
that to help you fight temptation.
566
:You ever thought about that?
567
:Maybe when you're tempted to be selfish or
you're tempted to lie, or you're tempted
568
:to watch something, you shouldn't, you're
tempted to say something you shouldn't.
569
:Or you're tempted to be
disrespectful to someone.
570
:Think about, you know,
Jesus died because of that.
571
:Think about someone driving
nails into Jesus' hands.
572
:Think about someone whipping
Jesus on the back, right?
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:If you're struggling with sin,
you're actually fighting it.
574
:You're a Christian.
575
:You, you've been saved and, and
you don't wanna sit anymore.
576
:Think about that.
577
:It'll help you.
578
:You'll be like, man, Jesus died for that.
579
:I don't wanna do that.
580
:Because sometimes when you're, when in
your everyday life, you know, on Tuesday
581
:afternoon, you need something to, to shake
you awake, to be like, this matters God.
582
:God matters.
583
:Sin matters.
584
:Jesus matters.
585
:How I live matters.
586
:So think about it.
587
:Use it to help you.
588
:That's why there's all these
details in the Bible about the
589
:consequences of sin, right?
590
:Maybe.
591
:Maybe you're a Christian, but
you take forgiveness for granted.
592
:You've been, you've been saved, but
you're just like, oh, well now, now
593
:I'm not that bad, so I don't, you
don't feel your need for forgiveness.
594
:That's why passages like this are in
the Bible, so you can think about,
595
:you know what, I still need that,
that still should be me on the cross.
596
:That's to help you think about,
you know what, I maybe not as as
597
:righteous as I thought I should be.
598
:I still need God's forgiveness every day.
599
:That still should be me
based on how I live today.
600
:I deserve that even as a Christian.
601
:But maybe you're, you're not
a Christian and your sin is
602
:just not a big deal to you.
603
:You're just like, whatever.
604
:It doesn't matter.
605
:Maybe you are a Christian and
you've got some little sins that
606
:you don't think are a big deal.
607
:Maybe you don't want to forgive
someone, or maybe you don't really
608
:talk to your parents very respectfully.
609
:Those are still big deal.
610
:A big deal.
611
:God.
612
:God says bitterness is a sin.
613
:God says gossip is a sin.
614
:God says, not honoring your
father and mother is a sin.
615
:If, if you don't think those sins
are a big deal, look at Jesus.
616
:Remember what he did on the cross.
617
:So this is something for, for you to
do as a Christian on a regular basis.
618
:Think about it when you, when you need
to feel the right way about something.
619
:That's why there's all these
details about it in God's word.
620
:Also, God wants you to
see how much he loves you.
621
:That's also why he, he gave you all of all
of these descriptions about Jesus' death.
622
:Because not only does it, is it supposed
to help us see our sin and how serious
623
:our sin is, but it's also supposed to help
us see how serious God's love for us is.
624
:Right?
625
:Would you do what Jesus did for anyone?
626
:Would you go through all
that for anyone else?
627
:You'd have to love
someone a lot to do that.
628
:It made me think about
Abraham and Isaac, right?
629
:God.
630
:God said, Hey Abraham, I want you to, to
take Isaac up the mountain to show me that
631
:you love me more than you love your son.
632
:Well, ultimately,
633
:can you think of a father who
gave away his son because of
634
:his love for other people?
635
:That's what the, the cross is about.
636
:The cross, which by the way,
happened on this same mountain.
637
:Is to show you God's love.
638
:The Father giving away his son for you,
his only son, the son he loved for you.
639
:That's how much God loves you.
640
:So use the cross to think
about how much God loves you.
641
:Maybe you're, you're a Christian,
you doubt God loves you.
642
:You're not sure if God forgives you.
643
:You're not sure if your
sins really paid for.
644
:Think about Jesus on the cross.
645
:Is that enough to pay for your sin?
646
:I hope.
647
:I hope so, right?
648
:Because if that's not enough, what is
So When you don't feel forgiven by God,
649
:when you don't feel good enough for
God, think about what Jesus did and
650
:remember, that's the payment for my sin.
651
:I'm, I can't add anything to that.
652
:I can't take anything away from it.
653
:So if, if you're a Christian, you're not
sure if you're forgiven, you're, you're
654
:having doubts about your salvation,
think about God's love at the cross.
655
:Maybe you aren't a Christian.
656
:You feel like, you feel like
maybe you can't come to God.
657
:Uh, you know, God doesn't love me.
658
:I'm too dirty.
659
:I'm too sinful.
660
:I can't do it.
661
:God wouldn't want me.
662
:God gave Jesus right?
663
:For, for.
664
:That's John three 16.
665
:For God so loved the world.
666
:Are you, are you part of the world?
667
:Crosses for you.
668
:God gave his son for you.
669
:You're, you're not.
670
:Left out of God's love.
671
:So think about Jesus'.
672
:Death.
673
:Remember it.
674
:Call it to mind when you, when you're
tempted, when you're, when you're
675
:struggling with sin, when you're
fighting against it, when you're
676
:apathetic, you're not feeling the way
you should about Jesus or your sin.
677
:You're not convicted by
something the way you should be.
678
:Or maybe you're doubting God's love.
679
:Think about how much God
loves you to do that.
680
:But if all you do is
feel bad for your sin.
681
:You never, there's, that's all you do.
682
:You just feel bad for
your sin all the time.
683
:All the time.
684
:You might end up like Judas, right?
685
:Judas felt really bad for his sin.
686
:We talked about that in our baseball game.
687
:Judas felt bad for his sin, but
that's a good starting point.
688
:But we need to take our
sin to Jesus, right?
689
:Judas ran away from
from Jesus with his sin.
690
:We need to take our sin and
our conviction to Jesus.
691
:So our second point tonight is only
depend on Jesus to take away your sin.
692
:There's only one way that you
can get your guilt taken away.
693
:Feeling bad.
694
:Doesn't get rid of your guilt.
695
:Feeling bad.
696
:Doesn't get rid of your sin.
697
:Hiding from God doesn't
get rid of your sin.
698
:Sitting on it and, and just feeling
terrible and saying how horrible you are.
699
:That doesn't take away your sin.
700
:Only Jesus can take away.
701
:You're a sin and you can't
make up for it either.
702
:Right.
703
:It reminded me, I was thinking about,
about Jesus and his sacrifice, and
704
:I was thinking about, about the
Chronicles of Narnia, if you've ever
705
:seen this movie or read the book, right?
706
:Who's this guy, Edmond?
707
:What does Edmond, what does Edmond
do in the line in which, in the
708
:wardrobe, what does Edmund do?
709
:So Edmond in the story, he
betrays all the good guys.
710
:So Edmond, this, this kid, he betrays
all the good guys and he, right,
711
:he's, he's a bad person, right?
712
:He's, he's Judas, right?
713
:He betrays all the good guys.
714
:And then what happens is Aslan the lion
talks to Edmund and he says, Hey, look.
715
:By the way, like, I'm
not gonna explain that.
716
:There's a talking lion
and, and all that stuff.
717
:All right.
718
:You can watch the movie, but Aslan
the Lion talks to Edmond and, and he
719
:says, Hey, they had this conversation
and you don't see the, you don't
720
:see the conversation in the movie.
721
:You don't know what happened.
722
:And they come out and the
lion looks really sad.
723
:And then what happens later that night,
the lion goes to this scary looking
724
:rock and gives himself up to die.
725
:All the, all the bad guys kill the lion.
726
:They tie him up.
727
:They, they cut all his, his
mane off and they kill him.
728
:And this is what he, they kill him
and they leave him on this rock.
729
:And later what you find out is that
what happened was when you, when
730
:you go back and put all the pieces
together, what you realize is that, that
731
:Edmond here, Edmond should have died.
732
:When, when the bad guy came to get rid of
Edmund Aslan said, here, take me instead.
733
:That's because there's these laws
that in, in the land, there's
734
:these deep magic whatever, that
you can't just let Edmund go free.
735
:Someone has to die for what Edmund did.
736
:And so the lion says, take me instead.
737
:And so the lion dies and Edmund lives.
738
:So Lan dies.
739
:Edmund lives.
740
:That's what it took for Edmond to be
free to be forgiven, someone had to die.
741
:That's how God gets rid of
your guilt for your sin.
742
:Someone had to die.
743
:Jesus had to die.
744
:He had to suffer the, the
punishment that you deserve.
745
:God, if we want God to be a good
judge, you don't want God just being
746
:like, oh, your sin is not a big deal.
747
:'cause what if God did
that to other people?
748
:Right.
749
:Someone.
750
:Beats you up and takes all your
money, and the judge is like, cool.
751
:No worries.
752
:I'm nice.
753
:I forgive you.
754
:You don't want that God.
755
:So you want a God who's
gonna do something about sin.
756
:But the problem is, is we've all sinned.
757
:We all deserve God to
do something about us.
758
:And so Jesus says, take me
instead I'll die so he can live.
759
:But you have to trust Jesus
to take away your sin.
760
:You can't look for other
ways to get rid of your sin.
761
:I think sometimes we look for other things
that can take our, take away our sin.
762
:We think, oh, maybe if I start
doing good things, maybe if I start
763
:repenting, or maybe if I read my Bible
more, or once I stop doing this sin,
764
:maybe then I'll be okay with God.
765
:Maybe then God will love me.
766
:You can never do enough good
things for God to love you.
767
:Jesus can take away your sin.
768
:You can't earn your way to heaven.
769
:Or maybe you think if I just wait long
enough, or maybe if I hide my sin and
770
:no one else knows about it, or maybe
if I hide from God, I don't really
771
:talk to God, I just try to do the the
church thing that'll get rid of my sin.
772
:That's not gonna work.
773
:You have to go to Jesus
to get your sin to away.
774
:Another thing I think we might
do to get rid of our sin is
775
:we try to make excuses for it.
776
:You know?
777
:Well, I was, I, I, I get really upset, but
you know, my siblings are really annoying.
778
:Or, uh, well, you know, I, my friends
at school, just, they, they use
779
:those words and, and say those jokes
and, and so I just, I can't help it.
780
:Or, well, this is how I'm wired.
781
:This is the way, this is the way I
am, this is my personality, or this
782
:is, this is the way, God, this is
the way my body works, or whatever.
783
:We use our excuses to say,
well, it's not really that bad.
784
:It's not my fault.
785
:Still sin.
786
:The only thing that can take away
your sin is when you go to Jesus
787
:with it and ask him to pay for it.
788
:God punishes sin.
789
:He's either gonna punish Jesus for
it or he's gonna punish you for it.
790
:So trust Jesus.
791
:Say, God, I need you to take away my sin.
792
:I can't get rid of it any other way.
793
:Please forgive me because
of what Jesus did.
794
:That's what gets you into heaven.
795
:That's how God forgives sin.
796
:But Matthew doesn't also just,
he doesn't want you to see that
797
:Jesus is just a sacrificial lamb.
798
:He also wants you to see
that Jesus is the king.
799
:Right?
800
:That was a big theme in,
in that chapter, right?
801
:The high school boys are right now,
all the, all the times that, that
802
:Jesus was painted out to be a king.
803
:And so Matthew also wants you to
see that Jesus conquers through.
804
:Suffering and death.
805
:So our last point tonight is to
give King Jesus your allegiance.
806
:Give him your loyalty.
807
:Give him your life.
808
:He deserves everything
and anything you can do.
809
:So we've talked a lot about
Jesus upside down kingdom, right?
810
:We've talked about how greatness
is, is through humility and serving
811
:others and laying your life down.
812
:Jesus becomes king the same way Jesus
becomes king through suffering and death.
813
:That's how, that's how God
chooses to make Jesus the king,
814
:to show that Jesus is the king.
815
:Jesus at the cross.
816
:He, he actually accomplished a lot, right?
817
:He accomplished the
salvation of his people.
818
:In the New Testament talks
about how Jesus disarmed Satan.
819
:Satan can't do anything to you 'cause
the only thing Satan can do to get you to
820
:hell is to not let your sins be forgiven.
821
:But guess what?
822
:You all could get your sins
forgiven if you trust Jesus.
823
:No one can stop you from
doing that except you.
824
:So Jesus won the salvation of his people.
825
:He defeated Satan.
826
:He defeated death.
827
:He rose from the grave three days later.
828
:We see that Jesus is
glorified by his father.
829
:You ever remember that from John 17
when, when we were in John in main
830
:service, that in that prayer that Jesus
does right before when in the upper
831
:room, he says, father, glorify me,
Jesus is, he's lifted up on the cross.
832
:It's says, if the cross is
his throne, he's the king.
833
:He's a, he's conquering.
834
:He's winning at the cross.
835
:So he's living out all of his.
836
:His teaching.
837
:So this is, this is
God's picture of a king.
838
:This is what God wants you to see.
839
:This is King Jesus.
840
:King Jesus beaten, bloody dying,
but conquering victorious.
841
:That's God's king.
842
:And so Jesus has, he has
authority over everything.
843
:He's, he's, if he's really the king,
he has authority over everything.
844
:He has authority over your relationships.
845
:He has authority over your free time.
846
:He has authority over your future.
847
:He has authority over your homework,
your body, what you like, all your
848
:stuff, your feelings, your words.
849
:Jesus needs your obedience.
850
:He's your king.
851
:He's your Lord.
852
:And I think sometimes even as
Christians, maybe we hold onto something.
853
:Say, well, God, you can have
everything else but not this.
854
:I really, you know, God, I really
wanted to do these things in
855
:college, and if I don't get to
do these things, then I'm out.
856
:Or, oh, God, as long as you
keep me relatively safe and
857
:healthy, then I'll follow you.
858
:We come up with all these conditions.
859
:There's no conditions with the king.
860
:He's either the king or he is not.
861
:So tonight, I, I wanna ask
you, is Jesus your king?
862
:Are you giving your
allegiance to King Jesus?
863
:Are you trying to give him
part of your allegiance or
864
:are you giving him everything?
865
:Because if he's really your
king, he deserves everything.
866
:You can't say, well, I'll give you this
part of my life and, and not this part.
867
:Or I'll give you maybe these things.
868
:But, but not that.
869
:If he's the king, he deserves everything.
870
:And, and if you're here and you've
never trusted Jesus, or maybe you're
871
:here and you've only wanted to give
Jesus a little part of your life.
872
:You, you could change that tonight
and, and follow the king who
873
:loves you so much that he would be
crucified for you and die for you.
874
:He gave everything for you.
875
:It's not too big of an ask for
you to give everything for him.
876
:Let's pray and we'll go to small groups.
