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Wednesday's Wednesday's lesson, the Amen. And to

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your immediate left, left, my Christ.

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in Christ, Jill 'Reilly. Thank you so

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much so much, Pastor We look at

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Jesus we look at Jesus and Mary. Amen. So

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we've got a great

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lineup of presentations here

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for Sabbath school quarterly, on Jesus

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Christ's last moments, and of course the

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cross and the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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which means so much to us. Before

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we get started, we're gonna have a

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word of prayer, and then we'll dive

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right in. Sister Jill, would you like

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to pray for it? Sure. Holy Father,

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we come before you and as we

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open up the word and especially look

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at those closing scenes of Jesus' life,

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we ask for the infilling of your

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Holy Spirit that you would open up

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our minds and hearts to receive what

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is in your word and that we

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would receive Jesus. In the precious and

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holy name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.

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Amen. So we're going to start with

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our Sabbath lesson. This lesson focuses on

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John chapter 18, but we're going to

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be looking at John 18, John 19,

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John 20, and even looking at a

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couple other verses in first Corinthians 15

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where the gospel is summarized and in

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loop chapter 2 versus 34 and 35.

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Our memory text is found in John

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1837. It says then pilot set it

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to him. Are you a king? And

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Jesus answered, You say that I am

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a king for this purpose I was

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born and for this purpose I've come

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into the world, to bear witness to

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the truth. Everyone who is of the

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truth listens to my voice. John 1837

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in the English Standard Version. So Jesus'

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crucifixion and resurrection are really the climax

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of the book of John, the Gospel

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of John. The first 10 chapters cover

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roughly three and a half years, and

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then you go to Chapter 11 all

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the way through to Chapter 20, and

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that covers about one to two weeks

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of Christ's life. So you've got John

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really emphasizing the last part of Christ's

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life here in the gospel that he

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has written. The first four, or excuse

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me, the four Gospels present the death.

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of Jesus in different ways. And through

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their accounts, there's compatibility because each author

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is emphasizing a key point that especially

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resonates with the themes of his gospel.

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The courtly goes on to say, Matthew

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emphasizes the fulfillment of scripture. Mark emphasizes

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the parallels between the baptism of Jesus

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and the cross. And Luke focuses on

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the cross as a healing salvation for

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the world. For example, the thief on

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the cross who found salvation in those

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last moments. But John presents the cross

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as an enthronement of Jesus, particularly tied

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to the idea of the hour which

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has come. And it's referred to many

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times, numerous times throughout his book. For

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example, John chapter 7, verse 30. John

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chapter 8, verse 20. And John chapter

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12, verse 27. My hour has not

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yet come. My hour has come. This

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is my hour. So the idea of

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enthronement is... Really, in a sense, an

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ironic picture, since crucifixion was the most

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ignominious and shameful way to die that

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the Romans used. So this contrast points

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to this deeply ironic depiction that John

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presents. Jesus is dying in shame, but

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it is, at the same time, his

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glorious enthronement as the Savior. That's really

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amazing, isn't it? That is. truth and

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it's based primarily on John chapter 18

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verses 28 through 30. So we're going

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to look here in John chapter 18.

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We can read verses 33 through 38

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and the question we want to ask

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ourselves as we look at these verses

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and I'm not going to read all

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the verses but those are the verses

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we can read is what did Pilot

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and Jesus talk about? They were having

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a conversation. Now Pilot was ruthless in

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a sense. He didn't care about justice.

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He didn't care about what was right.

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At this point, what he cares about

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is his sleep. He's been awakened in

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the middle of the night because the

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Jews want to prosecute Jesus as soon

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as possible. They don't want anyone to

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really know about this. This is kind

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of a secret thing. And Pilots have

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been awakened and he's irritated. And so

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he's not really interested in getting to

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the bottom of anything at this point.

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wants to know what the facts are

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so he can take care of the

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case and get back to to sleep.

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However, as he looks upon Jesus, he's

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intrigued. He's taken back because Jesus to

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him does not look like a criminal

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and he's seen many criminals. And so

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as he starts to ponder who this

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man might be, he begins to ask

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him questions. And one of the questions

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he asked him is if he's a

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king. And Pilot is also wondering if

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he is a king. What is his

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kingdom all about? And so Jesus responds

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basically and says that His kingdom is

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not of this world. And that's John

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18 verse 36. So Pilot then perceptibly

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perceives or deduces that Jesus is a

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king, that he is saying that he

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is a king. He's simply saying that

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his kingdom is not of this world.

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And this leads Jesus to an important

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explanation that he was born to bear

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witness of the truth and that every

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person who is of the truth will

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hear his voice. And that's John 18

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verse 37. So then Pilot asked him,

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what is truth? And really, friends, that's

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the question that all of us need

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to ask. What is truth? We don't

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need to look for people's opinions or

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for tradition or for what, you know,

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science tells us or what the common

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idea of truth is in our world

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today. We really need to ask the

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question, what is truth, and let God

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answer that question. We need to ask

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the same question that Pilot asked, but

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we need to ask that question without

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doing what Pilot did. And what did

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he do? He asked the question, and

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then he turned to all of the

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people that were roused up outside and

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calling for the death of Jesus, he

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got distracted by the things of this

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world. And friends, you don't want to

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ask what truth is. and be distracted

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by the things of this world. And

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by the way, as soon as you

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ask that question, Satan is going to

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try to distract you with the things

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of this world. We want to ask

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that question, and then we want to

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let Jesus answer the question. Pilot didn't

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wait for an answer. but we God

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is calling us to wait for an

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answer. Don't go outside with the crowd

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like Pilot did. Stay in the presence

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of Christ. Truth is the theme of

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John's Gospel. You know, we looked at

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that as we started in John Chapter

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1 a few weeks ago. that Jesus

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is the light, Jesus is the truth,

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that Jesus is the epitome of truth

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and grace. In John Chapter 1, verse

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14, he is full of grace and

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truth. And of course, grace and truth

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came through him, verse 17 says. In

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fact, Jesus... call people to worship God

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in spirit and in truth, John Chapter

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4 and verses 23 and 24. And

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John the Baptist even bore witness of

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the truth in John 5, verse 33.

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So when we're looking at the Gospel

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of John, we see a lot of

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emphasis on this idea. of truths and

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that's what we're looking for. And truth

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is found in the context of Jesus

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Christ. Let's look at a few more

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verses. John affirmed, excuse me, Jesus affirmed

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that his father is true. John chapter

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7 verse 28. Jesus said that we

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can know the truth and the truth

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can set us free, John 832. In

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John 8, verse 40, Jesus told the

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truth which he heard from his father.

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In verse 44 of John 8, the

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devil could not abide in the truth.

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And by the way, if you want

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the devil out of your life, all

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you need to do, according to this

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verse, is abide in the truth. Because

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the devil cannot abide in the truth.

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And then we have John 14, verse

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6. Jesus says, I am the way

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the truth and the life. And by

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the way, in verse 46 of John

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8, Jesus said, the truth, but people

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would not believe him. A lot of

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us are not ready to believe the

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truth. A lot of us are not

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really ready to walk in the way

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of truth, which is the way of

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Jesus Christ. In John chapter 14, verse

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17, in John chapter 15, first 26,

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Jesus promised to send us. us the

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spirit of truth. So we have this

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manifestation of truth in Jesus. We have

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this way of truth in Jesus. And

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then we have this promise that God

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will send us the spirit of truth

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so we can continue to walk in

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the truth. And as we walk in

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that truth and abiding that truth, the

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devil is going to flee from us

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because he can't, he cannot abide in

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the truth. And then in John 1613,

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Jesus promised that the spirit would guide

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us into all truth. I'm so thankful

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for that. promise that verse because I

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know in my own experience I'm sure

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in the experience of many God cannot

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give us all truth at one time

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It would be overwhelming for us. And

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so Jesus even says in the context

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of John Chapter 16, I have many

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things I want to tell you, but

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you can't bear them all right now.

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And I'm thankful that God holds back

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some of that truth and leads us

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step by step and leads us step

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by step. Proverbs, I believe it is,

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Chapter 4 in verse 18, says, the

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path of the just is a shining

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light that shines more and more unto

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the perfect day. So God leads a

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step by step. At times, you know,

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people will come and they'll do the

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truth. that they have on you thinking

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that you can handle everything that they've

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been learning and understanding for all of

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the years of their Christian experience. And

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sometimes we just have to let that

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go and get back to letting God

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lead a step by step in the

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truth. And in John 1717, Jesus says,

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the word of God is truth. And

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then verse 19, the last one we're

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going to look at, Jesus promised to

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sanctify us through the truth. So you

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see this emphasis in the Gospel of

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John. It's so... powerful, the emphasis is

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truth. But remember, the emphasis is grace

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and truth, right? Jesus is full of

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grace and truth, and Jesus came to

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reveal grace and truth. So when you

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look at these verses that emphasize the

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truth, where is the grace? Where is

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the grace? Well, you'll notice that in

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all of these verses, Jesus is present.

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Jesus is the grace. The manifestation

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of Jesus Christ is the greatest

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manifestation of grace in the history

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of planet Earth. The fact that

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Jesus Christ came to this earth

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as a man, not only to

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live and to die for us,

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but to show us the way

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to draw us to him, that

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manifestation is pure grace. And so

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Jesus Christ is walking among men

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and the very revelation of himself

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in the contrast with our wretchedness

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and sinfulness is a manifestation of

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grace. And of course in that

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manifestation of grace, Jesus does not...

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draw back from preaching the truth,

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from sharing the truth, from speaking

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the truth. We see that in

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the example, for example, of the

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Samaritan woman. You know, he tells

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her that she doesn't know what

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she's worshiping. He tells her that

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he's had five husbands, she's had

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five husbands, and the man she's

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living with now is not her

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husband. But he talks to her,

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a Samaritan woman. He visits her...

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grace abundant and she sees it

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we may not see it today

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because we think well well why

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wouldn't he talk to a woman

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why wouldn't he ask her for

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a drink why wouldn't he do

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these things but when we go

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back to the context of the

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customs of the day we realize

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this is grace Christ has smothered

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this woman grace it just surrounded

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her with an atmosphere of grace

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and she sees that and that's

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why she gets so excited when

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she goes back to the Samaritan

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village and she says come and

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meet a man that told me

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everything I did wrong. And that's

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exactly what's going to happen in

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your experience as you come to

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Jesus Christ. He's going to surround

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you with an atmosphere of grace

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and then he's going to speak

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into you truth. Amen. Amen. Thank

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you, Pastor James. We all need

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that grace. Amen. Well, my name

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is John Dinssey and I have

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Monday's portion of the lesson. Behold

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the man. This takes us into

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John Chapter 18, beginning in verse

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38. this is that same scripture

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let's go ahead and read the

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pilot said to him what is

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truth and when he had said

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this he went out again to

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the Jews and said to them

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I find no fault in him

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at all pilot did not wait

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for an answer he just simply

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left but notice that he brings

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a message to the crowd I

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find no fault in him and

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then At all, it says. Now

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we are dealing with the question

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presented in the lesson. How did

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Pilot try to persuade the people

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to ask for Jesus release? And

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this is one of those moments

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when he did. Several times he

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went out to them and said,

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I find no fault at him.

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And he even presented this in

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verse 39, but you have a

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custom that I should release someone

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to you at the Passover. Do

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you therefore want me to release

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to you the king of the

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Jews? So I find no fault

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in him. Do you want me

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to release him to you? You

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have a custom. I'm willing to

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comply and give you Jesus and

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release him. Verse 40, then they

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all cried again, saying, not this

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man, Baba Ravis. And it's quite

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interesting when you look at the

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name of Barabas, I don't know

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who gave him the name, sometimes

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he's the father, sometimes he's the

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mother, but the name means bar,

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son, abbess means father. Are they

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trying to say son of a

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father or son of the father

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in heaven? And if that was

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their intention, then Barabas was not

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behaving as the son of the

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father, God the father. He was

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a robber. He was a criminal.

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And why would they want somebody

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that was a robber, a thief,

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a criminal to be released in

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society when they could say, well,

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I'm coming to your house tonight?

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crowd is under some strange anger,

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hatred that surely stirred by Satan

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to for Jesus to be condemned

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and crucified. We move now to

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John chapter 19 beginning in verse

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one. So then Pilot took Jesus

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and scourged him. Now why would

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he do this? He had just

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said to them. He had just

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said to them. I find no

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fault in him at all. But

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to comply to satisfy the crowd,

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let's say he had him scourged.

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And we understand that this was

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a severe scourging. And studies that

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have been done on this, it

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says that this was a particularly

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severe scourging that Jesus received because

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the Romans that were doing this,

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they said, this guy's a king.

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And it was with some, some...

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violent scourging that he received and

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those whips that they used. Sometimes

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they had iron little balls on

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them or even bones that were

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sharp and as they whipped the

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back of Jesus it was the

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intention to rip out flesh. So

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this left Jesus weakened and bleeding

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and notice now what happens. And

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the soldiers twisted a crown of

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thorns and put it on his

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head and they put on him

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a purple rope. Then they said,

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Hail, king of the Jews. And

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they struck him with their hands.

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Pilot then went out again and

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said to them, behold, I am

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bringing him out to you that

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you may know that I find

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no fault in him. Again. I

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find no fault in him. Then

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Jesus came out wearing the crown

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of thorns and the purple robe

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and Pilots said to them, Behold

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the man. This is the man.

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And Jesus is bleeding from his

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forehead. He is weakened. But yet,

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there is, you know, it's interesting,

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in the book, Desire of Ages,

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it says that Jesus had this

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kingly dignity, that even though the

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Bible says that He has no

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form or cominess that we should

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desire him. He looks like basically

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like anyone else, but the way

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Jesus carried himself, even the little

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children were attracted to him because

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of that peace in his face,

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that Serenity. And in that sense,

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he was someone to, you want

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to be near. And besides that,

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he spoke words of life. But

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here he is, and it's interesting.

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that they put a crown of

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thorns. And when you look at

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thorns, where did they come from?

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Thorns were not part of the

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original creation. They came in after

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sin. The Lord allowed this to

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happen. But it is very interesting

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what we find in the youth

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instructor in article February 8, 1900.

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And I read to you from

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there. Notice what it says here.

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Satan led the cruel mob in

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their abuse of the Savior. It

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was his purpose to provoke him

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to retaliation if possible or to

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drive him to perform a miracle

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to release himself and thus break

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up the plan of salvation. One

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stain upon his human life, one

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failure of his humanity to bear

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the terrible test and the lamb

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of God would have been an

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imperfect offering and the redemption of

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man a failure. But he who

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by a command could bring the

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heavenly host to his aid, he

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who could have driven them up

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in terror from his side by

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one look of divinity submitted to

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the coarse's insult and outrage with

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dignified composure. Now notice, the crown

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of thorns encircling his brow was

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the symbol of his anointing as

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the great high priest. Wow, that's

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impressive. That is inspiring. Moving to

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John chapter 19 verse 6, therefore,

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when the chief priest and officer

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saw him, they cried out saying,

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crucify him, crucify him. Who are

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these people that are crying this?

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These are the leaders of the

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people out there. trying to stir

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the mob to all chant, crucify

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him, crucify him. Vila said to

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them, you take him and crucify

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him, for I find no fault

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in him. Again, resenting to them.

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And this was a message to

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their conscience. Why? He's done nothing

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wrong. And when you think about

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Jesus, who went about doing good,

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bringing sight to the blind, healing

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paralytic people, and even raising the

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dead, why would you want to

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get rid of somebody like that?

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But here they are, moved by

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passion and hatred. We don't know

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fully what was in their mind,

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but they wanted Jesus not only

20:59

out of the way, but... to

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be killed. So we continue reading.

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We need to because of time.

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Move quickly here. Let's go to

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verse 10, John 1910. Then Pyla

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said to him, are you not

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speaking to me? This is when

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he asked Jesus, where are you

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from? And Jesus gave me, are

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you not speaking to me? Do

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you not know that I have

21:25

power to crucify you and power

21:27

to release you? Basically, he says,

21:29

my life, your life is in

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my hands. If you don't. Work

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with me. I can either have

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you killed or I can have

21:38

you released your life is in

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my hands Now this is something

21:43

interesting and this is when Jesus

21:45

responds verse 11 Jesus answered you

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Could have no power at all

21:50

against me unless it had been

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given you from above Therefore, the

21:54

one who delivered me to you

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has the greater sin. This was

21:59

a message for Pilot. The one

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who delivered me to you has

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the greater sin. Pilot was not

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excused. He had guilt as well

22:08

because it was in his hands

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to release him or his hands

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to crucify him. And we have

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to understand that... God considers some

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sins greater than others and here's

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one where now notice when the

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one who delivered him to him

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was essentially the high priest and

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the high priest had greater guilt

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but why why because of his

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position because he had evidence of

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the divinity of Jesus he had

22:36

heard of miracles he had greater

22:38

responsibility for his actions let's move

22:41

to John 1912. From then on

22:43

Pilot sought to release him, but

22:45

the Jews cried out saying, if

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you let this man go, you

22:50

are not Caesar's friend. Whoever makes

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himself a king speaks against Caesar.

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So over and over again, we

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see Pilot struggling. I gotta release

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this man, but I gotta please

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the crowd. It was a great...

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great struggle. Unfortunately, unfortunately, we have

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to read these last verses here,

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when Pilot therefore heard that saying

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he brought Jesus out and sat

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down in the judgment seat in

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a place that is called pray,

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the pavement, but in Hebrew gabata,

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now it was the preparation day

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of the Passover in about the

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sixth hour, he said to the

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Jews, now he says, he went

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from, behold the man, behold your

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king. Behold your king. This is

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the. king of the Jews, but

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they cried out away with him,

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away with him, crucify him. Pilots

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said to them, shall I crucify

23:43

your king? And they said we

23:45

have no king, but Caesar. What

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choice will you make? Would Jesus

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be your king? Or would the

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world be your king? Choose Jesus.

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Amen. That's quite a solemn appeal.

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And we want to remember that

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when we look at these last

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scenes of Jesus Christ, he is

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appealing to each one of us.

24:06

Don't go away. We're going to

24:08

have a mission moment and we'll

24:11

be right back. Hello, I'm Greg

24:13

Morakoni. I'm so glad you joined

24:15

me for today's three A.B.N. Mission

24:17

moment. Pauletta raised her sons to

24:20

love the Lord. And when they

24:22

got older, they both joined the

24:24

Baptist church. Yet, sadly, when he

24:27

was just 18 years old, her

24:29

oldest son was killed in a

24:31

very tragic drive-by shooting. Her only

24:34

relief seemed to come by singing

24:36

in church. Praising God healed her

24:38

mind and lessened her grief as

24:41

she focused on raising her youngest

24:43

son. After attending college, he joined

24:45

the Navy and was sent overseas

24:47

during Operation Desert Storm. He returned,

24:50

started a family, and later served

24:52

in Iraq, but eventually coming home

24:54

with post-traumatic stress disorder. Pauletta felt

24:57

reassured that her son was getting

24:59

counseling, taking medication and seemed to

25:01

be doing very well. Well, one

25:04

horrible day, she returned from the

25:06

gym and saw two voicemails. The

25:08

first was from her son saying,

25:10

Mom, I tried to be a

25:13

good father and a good son.

25:15

May the Lord rest my soul?

25:17

She called back immediately, but there

25:20

was no answer. So she played

25:22

the other message from a policeman

25:24

saying they'd found her son in

25:27

a cemetery next to his brother's

25:29

grave. her heart was broken. She

25:31

couldn't understand why he'd taken his

25:34

own life, how she wished he

25:36

had told her, but maybe he

25:38

couldn't. Her pain was just too

25:40

great to bear. Did Pauletta find

25:43

hope and healing? How did 3A-B-N

25:45

help her in this time of

25:47

need? Join us for our next

25:50

3A-B-N mission moment. Welcome back, friends.

25:52

We're going to continue our study

25:54

with Tuesday's lesson with Tuesday's. is

25:57

finished. I'm Shelley Quinn. I want

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to begin with a statement from

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the quarterly. It says, as John

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19, 17 through 12, 22 shows.

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Pilot wrote an inscription in Latin,

26:08

Greek, and Hebrew that said Jesus

26:10

of Nazareth, the king of the

26:13

Jews, he actually nailed that to

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the cross. The religious leaders wanted

26:17

it changed, but Pilot would have

26:20

none of it, and the inscription

26:22

remained a mute witness to the

26:24

truth about Jesus, and one of

26:27

the markers, that Jesus is enthroned

26:29

on the cross as the king.

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Here was Jesus, truly their king.

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the king of the Jews hanging

26:36

on the cross like a common

26:38

criminal. So let's begin with John

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19. We're going to just go

26:43

through some of these scriptures. They're

26:45

so important. more important than anything

26:47

I could say. John 19, 25

26:50

through 27, we see his mother

26:52

marry at the cross with some

26:54

others and it says, now they

26:57

stood by the cross of Jesus,

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his mother, his mother's sister, Mary

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the wife of Clopis, and Mary

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Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his

27:06

mother and the disciple whom he

27:08

loved standing by, he said to

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his mother, woman, behold your son.

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Woman was a term of respect

27:15

in that day and age. Then

27:17

he said to his disciple, behold

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your mother. And from that hour,

27:22

that disciple took her to his

27:24

own home. John's actually talking about

27:27

himself here. So Jesus wanted to

27:29

ensure, you know, Jesus' brothers did

27:31

not believe in his ministry. And

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as her first born son, he

27:36

wanted to make sure she was

27:38

going to be well taken care

27:40

of. And He does take care

27:43

of her. Now, John 1928, let's

27:45

continue. Here's, here's, we're gonna read

27:47

28 through 30. This is what

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the lesson's all about. After this,

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Jesus knowing that all things were

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accomplished. that the scripture might be

27:57

fulfilled, said, I thirst. Now a

27:59

vessel of sour wine was sitting

28:01

there, and they filled a sponge

28:03

with sour wine, put it on

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his sip and put it to

28:08

his mouth. So when Jesus had

28:10

received the sour wine, he said,

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it is finished. And bowing his

28:15

head, he gave up his spirits.

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The term it is finished is

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a single word in the Greek

28:22

and it means to carry it

28:24

out to completion Well to complete

28:27

interestingly verse 28 when he said

28:29

all things were accomplished. It's the

28:31

same word as it is finished

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in verse 30 as it is

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finished So we know from Philippians

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The second person of the God

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had humiliated himself. He was the

28:43

Messiah predicted all through the Old

28:45

Testament. He was the Christ. Those

28:47

are his titles. But he humiliated

28:50

himself to come down and take

28:52

on our flesh, humbling himself that

28:54

he could die as our substitute

28:56

and pay the penalty for our

28:59

sin on the cross, that he

29:01

could satisfy his own justice. The

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single word, this is so amazing,

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in the papira, the single word

29:08

that is translated accomplished, it is

29:10

finished, is found stamped on tax

29:13

receipts, meaning paid in full. So

29:15

Jesus was crying out on the

29:17

cross. I've accomplished it. I've paid

29:20

in full the only sacrifice that

29:22

is needed for all of many

29:24

times. Since, you know, Jesus had

29:26

said in John 1227, my soul

29:29

is troubled. What shall I say?

29:31

Father saved me from this hour.

29:33

No, but for this purpose, I

29:36

came to this hour. when he

29:38

said it is finished, he had

29:40

completed his mission, what the mission

29:43

the father gave him to do

29:45

on earth. In Revelation 13.8, it

29:47

says he was the lamb slain

29:50

from the foundation of the world.

29:52

The innocence and the purity of

29:54

the spotless lamb of God was

29:56

violated. on the cross. He was

29:59

way down, he who knew no

30:01

sin, was way down with the

30:03

sins of the world. He was

30:06

crushed by that. Why? We talk

30:08

about this often. The whole goal

30:10

of the everlasting covenant is the

30:13

great exchange we see in second

30:15

Corinthians, 521, that God made him

30:17

who knew no Why, that we

30:20

might become the righteousness of God

30:22

in Christ Jesus? So he was

30:24

shedding the blood of the everlasting

30:26

covenant. We see that in Hebrews

30:29

1320 and 21. Now may the

30:31

God of peace who brought up

30:33

our Lord Jesus from the dead,

30:36

that great shepherd of the sheep,

30:38

through the blood of the everlasting

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covenant. May he make you complete.

30:43

in every good work to do

30:45

his will. See, when you come

30:47

to God and you receive the

30:49

indwelling Holy Spirit, Christ dwells in

30:52

your heart through faith is what

30:54

Ephesians 316 through 18 says. And

30:56

you know what? God... works in

30:59

you to willing to do his

31:01

good pleasure to complete every good

31:03

work to do his will working

31:06

in you what is well pleasing

31:08

in his sight through Jesus Christ

31:10

to whom be glory forever and

31:13

ever. Payment in full was made.

31:15

It's a once and for all

31:17

payment. Listen to, Hebrews 9-12 says,

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not with the blood of goats

31:22

and calves, but with his own

31:24

blood. He entered the most holy

31:26

place once for all, having obtained

31:29

eternal redemption. He repeats this in

31:31

the Hebrews 10-12. This man after

31:33

he had... offered one sacrifice forever,

31:36

sat down at the right end

31:38

of God. The mission of the

31:40

person of Jesus Christ, this covenant,

31:43

Son of God, God sent him

31:45

into the world to die. as

31:47

our substitutionary sacrifice to atone for

31:49

our sin, offer us righteousness by

31:52

faith, and eternal life as we

31:54

live in union with him. We

31:56

enter into God's covenant and then

31:59

we have to abide in His

32:01

grace. Romans 323 and 24 says,

32:03

all have sin involved short of

32:06

the glory of God. Being justified

32:08

freely. by his grace through the

32:10

redemption. That is in Christ Jesus.

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And I know I've said this

32:15

before, but we can't read it

32:17

often enough. First Peter, 118 through

32:19

21, when Jesus cried out, it

32:22

is finished. It is paid in

32:24

full. Here's what Peter has to

32:26

say, first Peter 118. Know that

32:29

you were not redeemed with corruptible

32:31

things like silver or gold from

32:33

your aimless conduct received by tradition

32:36

of your fathers. But with the

32:38

precious blood of Christ, as a

32:40

lamb, without blemish and without spot,

32:42

he indeed was foreordained before the

32:45

foundation of the world. Paul says,

32:47

God gave us grace before the

32:49

foundation of the world, but was

32:52

manifest in these last times for

32:54

you, who through him believe in

32:56

God, who raised him from the

32:59

dead and gave him glory, so

33:01

that your faith... and your hope

33:03

are in God. His earthly ministry

33:06

was finished. Remember, it is finished,

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a single word in Greek. It

33:10

means, it's translated as accomplished. In

33:12

the Paparai, we see it's translated,

33:15

paid in full. That single word,

33:17

it is finished. It does not

33:19

mean that Christ's ministry. was finished.

33:22

His ministry on earth, his mission

33:24

on earth was finished, but he

33:26

is now seated on the heavenly

33:29

throne and his ministry continues as

33:31

high priest, Hebrews, 15 and 16,

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says, we do not have a

33:36

high priest who cannot sympathize with

33:38

our weaknesses, but was in all

33:40

points tempted as we are yet

33:42

without sin. Let us therefore come

33:45

boldly with confidence. to his throne

33:47

of grace that we might obtain

33:49

mercy and find grace to help

33:52

in our time of need because

33:54

Hebrew 725 says that as our

33:56

high priest Jesus intercedes for us

33:59

in heaven that's what he's doing

34:01

now he's praying he's interceding for

34:03

you and it goes on to

34:06

say he is able to save

34:08

to the uttermost. When it's in

34:10

his hands, it is finished. Amen.

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Amen. That was a powerful lesson.

34:15

Thank you, Shelley. have Wednesday's lesson.

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I'm Daniel Perrin. Wednesday's lesson is

34:19

called The Empty Too. Now the

34:22

lesson authors had a purpose in

34:24

using this title, the Empty Too,

34:26

rather than calling it the glorious

34:29

resurrection or the risen Savior or

34:31

something like that. And I'll show

34:33

you why. John Chapter 19 ends,

34:35

verse 40 to the end. Ends

34:38

like this. On a somber note,

34:40

and it sounds kind of resigned,

34:42

then they took the body of

34:45

Jesus, bounded in strips of linen

34:47

with the spices as the custom

34:49

of the Jews is to bury.

34:52

Now in the place where he

34:54

was crucified, there was a garden,

34:56

and in the garden, a new

34:59

tomb in which no one had

35:01

yet been laid. So there they

35:03

laid Jesus, because of the Jews'

35:05

preparation day, for the tomb was

35:08

nearby. A somber, resigned sort of

35:10

tone here. Now they haven't given

35:12

up on God, they're still honoring

35:15

his Sabbath his Sabbath his Sabbath

35:17

day. It's late Friday and they

35:19

don't have time for the proper

35:22

actions to take to show to

35:24

someone that you love and respect.

35:26

Now the world's expectation of how

35:29

this story ought to continue would

35:31

read something like this. They buried

35:33

their friend, they rested because they

35:35

were physically and emotionally exhausted, and

35:38

then on the first day of

35:40

the week they came back and

35:42

took the proper actions to show

35:45

their respect. And instead, in chapter

35:47

20, the first two verses describe

35:49

Mary Magdalene, who's the first one,

35:52

eager, as soon as the sun

35:54

is up, and she can get

35:56

there, she's coming to the tomb,

35:59

again, to visit the tomb. And

36:01

from a distance, she sees that

36:03

the stone covering the entrance of

36:05

the tomb has been, the word

36:08

there describes it being picked up

36:10

and carried away. It has been

36:12

not just moved, it has been

36:15

thrown aside. Nothing about this stone

36:17

being moved though causes her to

36:19

think he's alive. That's not what

36:22

comes to her mind. She's overwhelmed

36:24

with emotion. She doesn't even pause

36:26

to think and everything about it

36:28

says they vandalized, they ransacked, they

36:31

desecrated, they took the body and

36:33

now her grief has been com-

36:35

pounded and it's even more indescribable

36:38

than it was before. Through inspiration,

36:40

John carefully chooses which details he's

36:42

going to give to us as

36:45

evidence. And so responding to Mary's

36:47

report in verses three and four,

36:49

Peter and John set out running

36:52

to the tomb to see this

36:54

awful thing that Mary has just

36:56

told them that happened. The stone

36:58

has been taken away, his body

37:01

is gone. They see the same

37:03

stone lifted up and carried away

37:05

which they expected because of Mary's

37:08

report. John now is the first

37:10

one who gets to the door

37:12

of the tomb and he stops.

37:15

verse five says, he stooping down

37:17

and looking in saw the linen

37:19

cloths lying there, yet he didn't

37:22

go in. He doesn't want to

37:24

see, he doesn't want to go

37:26

any farther, he sees that and

37:28

that's enough. Peter then runs past

37:31

him and he looks and he

37:33

sees it all. inside, verse six

37:35

and seven. Then he saw the

37:38

linen cloths lying there, and the

37:40

handkerchief that had been wrapped around

37:42

his head, that this is something

37:45

separate from those closet bound his

37:47

body, it was just around the

37:49

head, not lying with the linen

37:52

cloths, but folded together or rolled

37:54

together in a place by themselves,

37:56

separate. I want you to notice

37:58

that at first, the empty tomb

38:01

is not convincing to them. It's

38:03

confusing. It doesn't make sense, it's

38:05

not what they were expecting to

38:08

see. They did not know that

38:10

this empty tomb meant that Jesus

38:12

had been raised. And John admits

38:15

this when we get to verse

38:17

9, where he says, for as

38:19

yet they did not know the

38:21

scripture, that he must rise again

38:24

from the dead. And he's referring

38:26

to the scripture, at least specifically

38:28

in Psalm 16, verse 10, which

38:31

says, for you will not leave

38:33

my body in Sha'ole, in the

38:35

grave. Nor will you allow your

38:38

holy one to seek. corruption or

38:40

decay. According to John's testimony, they

38:42

didn't see this coming. They did

38:45

not expect a resurrection. they saw

38:47

said to them, something has gone

38:49

wrong. This is not what we

38:51

expected to see. The lesson here

38:54

for us is that not everybody

38:56

believes immediately or as immediately as

38:58

we would expect that they should

39:01

believe. Sometimes from our position of

39:03

great knowledge of the Bible, we

39:05

might look at others and say,

39:08

it's so obvious. Can't you understand

39:10

it? It makes perfect sense to

39:12

me. And so we might say

39:15

this of the disciples, how could

39:17

they not have known? Don't they

39:19

remember Jesus told them? Didn't they

39:21

know it was all prophesied in

39:24

the Old Testament? The evidence is

39:26

not at fault, but their faulty

39:28

expectations were at fault here. Sometimes

39:31

there are people who can't see

39:33

all the evidence. Like John, who

39:35

doesn't quite go all the way

39:38

in yet, he doesn't see it

39:40

all, but he sees something. And

39:42

even like Peter, there are those

39:45

who see the evidence, but their

39:47

preconceived notions in their history and

39:49

the things that they've heard and

39:51

expected haven't yet come into line

39:54

with what they see, what God

39:56

is presenting to them, and so

39:58

their preconceived ideas make it harder

40:01

for them to believe. And so

40:03

we have to be gentle with

40:05

those who are coming into contact

40:08

with new Bible truth. That they

40:10

have never seen, they didn't see

40:12

it coming, and sometimes it's hard

40:14

to let go of those former

40:17

ideas. I think we have... all

40:19

been there at one point or

40:21

another. We're going to be. God

40:24

has things to show us that

40:26

we wouldn't expect. So finally we

40:28

get here to verse eight that

40:31

says, then the other disciple, this

40:33

is John, who came to the

40:35

tomb first, went in also, and

40:38

he saw and believed. John doesn't

40:40

specifically say exactly why they believe

40:42

but they saw the grave clothes

40:44

there I know there are different

40:47

theories as to what what those

40:49

grave clothes what was going on

40:51

with them but we know this

40:54

Jesus left those grave clothes there

40:56

he arranged them there specifically and

40:58

intentionally on purpose and we see

41:01

some progressing levels of investigation. They

41:03

see the stone moved. But that

41:05

doesn't change their expectation. They come

41:08

a little closer, they look in

41:10

the doorway, and they still have

41:12

some unanswered questions, and then they

41:14

enter the room, and they examine,

41:17

and they think about, and they

41:19

contemplate, what does this mean? And

41:21

the more they think about it,

41:24

God brings onto their understanding what

41:26

this totally means for them. They

41:28

look closely, they see, they think,

41:31

they ask, they wonder. And they

41:33

begin to realize no grave robber

41:35

looking for treasure is going to

41:38

come in here and take a

41:40

body, a filthy body covered in

41:42

blood, going to take that away

41:44

and then arrange the grave clothes

41:47

neatly there and pull the body

41:49

away. Though they've taken no treasure

41:51

out of the tomb, that just

41:54

doesn't make sense at all. So

41:56

let me address please those of

41:58

you who are watching right now,

42:01

and maybe you've come across 3abN

42:03

recently Maybe you've stumbled upon it.

42:05

Maybe somebody has recommended this network

42:07

to you said you got to

42:10

go watch what's here And as

42:12

you've been watching over the past

42:14

days or weeks or months You've

42:17

come across some information and statements

42:19

about the Bible that are new

42:21

to you that you haven't heard

42:24

before And you hear people talking

42:26

about the fact that God does

42:28

not torture sinners for eternity. And

42:31

that's something new. And you're not

42:33

quite sure how to make that

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fit with sermons you've heard in

42:37

the past or things that you've

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heard from your grandmother or somebody

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else who's been meaningful and important

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in your life. Or maybe you

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hear somebody talking about the nature

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of God's law, that it was

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not done away with, that God's

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law reflects who he is, his

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character, of love for you, and

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his law doesn't change, like he

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doesn't change. And something about you

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says, that sounds like what God

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is like, but that's not what

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I've heard. Or maybe you're hearing

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something about the Seventh Day Sabbath.

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Like the Seventh Day Sabbath, that's,

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I know that's in the Bible,

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but that was for other people,

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I've heard, I've been told, I've

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been told, that it's changed and

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you're wondering what to do with

43:26

these new ideas that are coming

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at you. I encourage you, like

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Peter and like John, to come

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in and investigate the evidence that

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God has left behind for you.

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Don't run away from unexpected information

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from the word of God. This

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is called the empty tomb because

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sometimes we're presented with information that

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doesn't make sense with us. They

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didn't see the risen Savior at

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first. They saw something that was

43:54

confusing. Reach out to the pastoral

43:56

department here. If you have questions,

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give us a call and say

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I'm not sure how to make

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sense of this and let us

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direct you to some Bible texts

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and statements that would help bring

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it to light in your mind.

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What comes from examining God's word

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with good intentions is going to

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be a deeper understanding of God's

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word and a deeper experience of

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God. And there's a set of

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Bible studies here at 3abN that

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walk you through these topics, all

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from God's word, not from man's

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opinions, to say, Lord, what is

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your evidence lead me to believe?

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If Peter and John had only

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looked from a distance, their opinion

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about the empty tomb would not

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have changed to belief that day.

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Of course, they would have seen

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Jesus later alive, but he was

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giving them an opportunity to exercise

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and strengthen their faith. And as

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we exercise faith, it grows as

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we cherish it. God strengthens that

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within us. Before they even see

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Jesus alive, they believe. The whole

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gospel of John is about looking

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at the evidence that God has

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left for us, and he's left

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plenty of evidence from Genesis through

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to revelation, interpreted through the Holy

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Spirit who inspired these words, and

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all of that evidence given there,

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John tells us at the end

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of this chapter, chapter 20, is

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there so that you may believe,

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and that by believing you may

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have life in his name. I

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challenge you, check out the evidence,

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don't turn away from it. Amen.

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Thank you so much, Daniel. What

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an incredible study. We often focus

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on who saw Jesus first and

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that process of experiencing Jesus alive

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after the resurrection, but we don't

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focus on that empty tomb. I

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love that. And Shelley and Pastor

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Johnny and Pastor James, what a

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great study. I love looking at

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these closing moments as it were

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of Jesus' life, his death on

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the cross for you and for

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me, and then he is alive,

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the evidence for him being alive.

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I'm Jill Morakoni. Thursday we look

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at Jesus and Mary and this

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is the first physical appearance of

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Jesus to a person here on

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earth now. Peter and John had

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examined the evidence and looked at

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the empty tomb, but Jesus first

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appeared to Mary. We're going to

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have seven takeaways of love in

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pain and we're in John chapter

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20. Before we do that if

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you look at the chronology I

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love looking at the different Gospels

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together and as you look at

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that you see the chronology Jesus

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first appears to marry. Then next,

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to the two disciples on the

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way to Emmaus, we see this

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in Luke chapter 24, this is

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still resurrection day, this is still

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Sunday. He also appears at some

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point to Simon Peter. Now we

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don't know exactly when that occurs,

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but we know when the two

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disciples come back from Emmaus, run

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back to Jerusalem, and they tell

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the other disciples, hey, we saw

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Jesus, and the other disciples say,

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oh, Jesus appeared to Simon Peter.

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Then that... evening, this is still

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the resurrection day, that evening, Jesus

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appears to his disciples, but Thomas

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is missing. Eight days later, a

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following week, Jesus appears to the

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disciples again, and Thomas is present.

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And then several days after that,

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we have the John 21 experience,

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which is the third appearance of

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Jesus to his disciples in mass,

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you could say, as a group.

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and this is by the Sea

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of Galilee, we'll be studying that

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next week's lesson. And then of

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course, 500 believers at once as

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well, and we have that ascension

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of Jesus in Acts chapter one.

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But let's look at Mary being

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the first to actually see Jesus

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physically. We're in John 20, verse

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11. Mary stood outside by the

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tomb. And as she wept, she

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stooped down and looked into the

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tomb. Now Daniel already read how

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Mary had been first at the

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tomb, and then she runs and

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she, but she didn't go in.

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She runs and she tells the

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disciples, Peter and John Combs, they

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looked, they examined the evidence. So

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Mary probably hung around at the

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tomb. She's probably still there in

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that vicinity. And she said, takeaway

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number one. Love turns to the

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last place you saw Jesus. You

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see, even in pain, turn to

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the last place where you experienced

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and where you found Jesus. She's

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hurting, she's missing Jesus. Where was

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the last place she saw him?

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He was laid in the tomb.

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Where did you see Jesus last?

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Are you going through a difficult

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time? Are you crying as Mary

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was? Is your hopes dashed? Where

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did you see him last? Maybe

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it was in the word of

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God and there was a certain

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scripture that God used to speak

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into your life. Maybe it was

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in a time of prayer you

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outside in nature and God spoke

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to you through that. Maybe there

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was a miracle God did in

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your life in the past. You

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can cling to that. Go to

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that place where you... last experienced

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Jesus. Keep reading verse 12. And

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she saw two angels in white,

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so she looks in the tomb.

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She sees two angels in white

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sitting, one at the head, the

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other at the feet, where the

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body of Jesus had lain. Then

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they, this is the angels, said

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to her, woman, why are you

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weeping? Take away number Love invites

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us to articulate our pain. Sometimes

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I think when other people are

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in pain we turn away from

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them. Pain is hard to know

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what to say, hard to know

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what to do, hard to know

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what to do, hard to know

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how to handle that, and we

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turn away. But God doesn't turn

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away when we're in pain. He

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turns toward us. Love invites us

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to articulate our pain. Keep reading.

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How does she answer the question?

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She says to them we're in

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verse 13 because they've taken away

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my lord and I don't know

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where they have laid him She

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still thinks he's dead. She still

50:30

thinks maybe grave robbers or somebody

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came and took away her Savior

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verse 14 When she said this

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she turned around and saw Jesus

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standing there But she did not

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know that it was Jesus now

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was he the same Jesus she

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had seen before yes Was he

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bearing the marks of the crucifixion?

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Yes. Mary was looking for a

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dead body, not a living person.

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In her mind, he's dead. She

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can't even comprehend the fact. She

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wasn't even thinking that he could

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be alive. The evidence, as it

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were, was right in front of

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her. Jesus is standing right in

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front of her. But she does

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not see. She does not recognize.

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She does not know. Take away

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three love discerns the truth you

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see loss blinded her to the

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truth did it not in her

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focus even when Jesus was in

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front of her she could not

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see him you know sometimes we're

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so blinded by whatever we're going

51:32

through whatever pain we're in Jesus

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can be right in front of

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us Right beside us and we

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don't even see him. We don't

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even recognize him He's right there

51:44

and we say where are you

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and he says I'm a touch

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away But we cannot sense that

51:51

it takes love to discern the

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truth Keep reading verse 15.

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Jesus said to

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her, to her, are

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you weeping? you Whom

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are you seeking?

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seeking? She's opposing to

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be the be the garder.

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said to him, sir, if if you've carried

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him away, tell me where you

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laid him him. I will take

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him away. All this time this thinking,

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thinking. this is the the She doesn't

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know she's talking to Jesus. She

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doesn't know in her pain, she's

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doing that. know in her four, she's doing that.

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the deeper question. deeper I love,

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love looks beneath the surface to

52:30

what is really happening, where we

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need to place our hope. I

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love what Jesus says, why are

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you weeping? And then he just

52:38

keeps going. Why are are you weeping? the

52:40

point of the he just are you

52:42

seeking? Asking the deeper question. the

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16, Jesus said to her, said

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to her, Mary. I I would love

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to have been there. there. I would

52:51

have loved to actually hear the

52:53

way hear the said her name. However,

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he said it, she

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recognized instantly. is This is

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Jesus. She turned and said to

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him, which is to say

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say take away away five. Love Love

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recognizes the voice. voice. Greg You know,

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when Greg and I are

53:10

maybe in a crowded room, maybe

53:12

at an airport. Or

53:14

or in a big church, I I

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can hear his voice. It doesn't matter

53:18

how many people are talking and

53:20

how much commotion and noise goes on

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around, and I hear his voice, I

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recognize his voice. Why? Because

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I know his voice, because

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I've spent years with him, because

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I love him. him. Love recognizes

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the master's voice. the John 10,

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verse John 10 verse 4. Speaking, when he, Jesus,

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Jesus, brings out his own sheep,

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he goes before them and

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the sheep follow him. the sheep follow him,

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why? For they know His voice. you know you

53:45

know the voice of Jesus? can

53:47

You can only know and recognize

53:49

the voice of Jesus if you've

53:51

spent time with Him, If if you've

53:54

experienced Him, if you've heard His

53:56

voice before, Mary had heard His

53:58

voice, Mary knew His voice. And

54:00

when he said Mary, she knew instantly

54:02

it was Jesus. Verse 17, Jesus said

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to her, do not cling to me.

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King James says, touch me not. For

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I have not yet ascended to my

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father, but go to my brethren and

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say to them, I am ascending to

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my father and your father, into my

54:16

God and your God. Now this would

54:18

be what we would call a private

54:20

ascension. It's not the ascension in Acts

54:22

chapter one, where the disciples were there

54:24

and they witnessed Jesus going up into

54:26

heaven. This is Jesus needed to go

54:28

home to receive assurance from his father

54:31

that the sacrifice was Accepted the atonement

54:33

was enough through the blood of Jesus

54:35

all could be saved But what I

54:37

want to focus on is Jesus telling

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Mary go tell my Brethren Now Mary

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was to be the first witness to

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go and tell the other disciples. Take

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away number six. Love enables the sinner

54:47

to become the witness. I loved that.

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Mary had lived in sin. Mary had

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walked in sin. Jesus had delivered her.

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Jesus had sanctified her and she who

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was a fallen woman. She who was

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a sinner. became the first witness of

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Jesus as the Messiah and the resurrected

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Lord. I think of the demoniacs. What

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happened to them? They were sinners and

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as soon as they were delivered they

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became the witness. You see love enables

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the sinner to become the witness. Finally

55:11

verse 18. Mary Magdalene came and she

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told the disciples she had seen the

55:16

Lord and that he had spoken these

55:18

things to her. Takeaway number seven. Love

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walks in obedience. She could have said,

55:22

I'm afraid to share, I'm just a

55:24

woman. Are they going to believe me?

55:26

Why am I the one who's supposed

55:28

to testify? She walked in obedience. Jesus

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said, go in. tell that I am

55:32

resurrected and she walked in obedience because

55:34

love walks in obedience. Love that. Fantastic.

55:36

Praise God. What a powerful message God

55:38

has forced in his word. I love

55:40

the way each one of us brought

55:42

out a little aspect of this glorious

55:44

truth of the hour of God's glory,

55:46

the cross and the resurrection. We've got

55:48

just a couple minutes for some closing

55:50

thoughts. Let's start with Pastor John Dinsie.

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Thank you. You know in the book

55:54

of John, we have... the words behold

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the lamb I invite you to behold

55:59

the lamb and we have the words

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behold the man Jesus Christ dying for

56:03

you but we also have behold the

56:05

king I invite you to behold Jesus

56:07

at the land the man the king

56:09

and also your high priest amen There

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is a single word in the Greek

56:13

in Mark 1928. It is translated accomplished.

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And then in verse 30 it is

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translated. It is finished. We see in

56:19

the papyrae that it is also means

56:21

paid in full. Jesus did it all.

56:23

for us. Amen. Each person on this

56:25

panel like Peter and John are still

56:27

examining the evidence and every time we

56:29

do as the Holy Spirit leads the

56:31

way it gives continual confirmation of the

56:33

truths that God has revealed so keep

56:35

looking at the evidence asking God to

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direct you. I want to encourage you

56:40

no matter what you've done, no matter

56:42

where you've been, no matter how far

56:44

you have fallen, Jesus can forgive, clean,

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redeem, and then send you forth as

56:48

His witness. Amen. Amen. What a powerful

56:50

lesson. the truth and the grace found

56:52

in Jesus Christ. And that's what we

56:54

want to close with. We want to

56:56

remember that Jesus Christ is filled with

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truth and with grace. We've got that

57:00

beautiful balance in the life of Jesus

57:02

Christ. And he comes to us today

57:04

in his word with truth and with

57:06

grace. And of course that grace is

57:08

what enables us or

57:10

empowers us to

57:12

see the truth and

57:14

to embrace the truth

57:16

and to walk

57:18

in the truth. Well,

57:21

we're almost finished

57:23

with themes in the

57:25

Gospel of John.

57:27

We just got one

57:29

study left. That That

57:31

study is going

57:33

to be entitled entitled

57:35

Knowing Jesus Jesus. and His

57:37

Word, and it's

57:39

our hope and prayer

57:41

that as we've gone

57:43

through all of

57:45

these studies in the

57:47

book of John, the

57:49

of John, that

57:51

you have been growing

57:53

in your knowledge

57:55

of Jesus Christ and

57:57

your knowledge of the

57:59

truth and your

58:01

relationship has grown closer

58:04

to Him. So

58:06

be sure and join

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58:16

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