1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,029 Speaker: Matthew 27 is where we're gonna be, so why don't you turn 2 00:00:03,029 --> 00:00:06,030 there in your Bibles to Matthew 27. 3 00:00:06,869 --> 00:00:10,829 But today, actually today is, is Matt and Brianna's anniversary. 4 00:00:10,829 --> 00:00:14,610 In case you didn't know they've been married for one year and one of my 5 00:00:14,610 --> 00:00:16,559 favorite memories with Matt and Brianna. 6 00:00:17,114 --> 00:00:18,584 Two years, sorry, my bad. 7 00:00:18,584 --> 00:00:19,275 Two years. 8 00:00:19,279 --> 00:00:19,580 Tough. 9 00:00:19,934 --> 00:00:20,714 Two years. 10 00:00:21,494 --> 00:00:22,125 Two years. 11 00:00:22,125 --> 00:00:23,444 They're, they're married for two years. 12 00:00:23,444 --> 00:00:26,894 One of my favorite memories with the Daniels is that they helped 13 00:00:26,894 --> 00:00:29,235 me find my wife's engagement ring. 14 00:00:29,595 --> 00:00:33,465 And I always have that special moment with them texting them, figuring 15 00:00:33,465 --> 00:00:35,685 out what, what my wife wanted. 16 00:00:35,685 --> 00:00:40,785 And I proposed 540 something days ago to my wife. 17 00:00:40,785 --> 00:00:43,604 One of the best moments of my life. 18 00:00:43,604 --> 00:00:43,694 And. 19 00:00:44,519 --> 00:00:46,560 The, the point of a marriage proposal, right? 20 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,370 When you, when you get down on a knee and you open up that box, hopefully 21 00:00:50,370 --> 00:00:51,690 not upside down, right, Matt? 22 00:00:52,020 --> 00:00:55,410 And, and you show your wife the ring that you got her. 23 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:01,410 And the point of the proposal is to show how much you love this person, right? 24 00:01:01,410 --> 00:01:02,940 You're saying, look, look how much I care about you. 25 00:01:02,940 --> 00:01:04,349 I wanna spend the rest of my life with you. 26 00:01:04,349 --> 00:01:08,070 I'm this committed to you and I botched you this really expensive piece of 27 00:01:08,070 --> 00:01:12,450 jewelry to tell you how, how valuable you are to me and how important 28 00:01:12,450 --> 00:01:13,500 you are to me, that's the point. 29 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:15,510 Of, of a proposal, right? 30 00:01:15,630 --> 00:01:19,980 You wanna show how big your love is for the person that you're proposing to. 31 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:24,990 Now, tonight is another display of really big love. 32 00:01:25,140 --> 00:01:30,210 That's what we're gonna see a, a really big display of, of love, and that's 33 00:01:30,210 --> 00:01:32,190 what Jesus' death on the cross is. 34 00:01:32,250 --> 00:01:39,180 It's a, it's a huge display of his amazing, enormous love for us. 35 00:01:39,180 --> 00:01:41,520 But the point of it is to show us that. 36 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:46,440 Not just Jesus love is big, but also that our sin is really big, that 37 00:01:46,650 --> 00:01:50,789 it shows us that God takes our, our relationship with him really seriously. 38 00:01:51,150 --> 00:01:54,900 And that's what I want you to see from Matthew 27 is that only 39 00:01:54,900 --> 00:01:56,789 Jesus can love you this much. 40 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:58,950 No one else would love you this much. 41 00:01:58,950 --> 00:01:59,100 Right? 42 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:02,100 A lot of people love their spouse this much to to do something like 43 00:02:02,100 --> 00:02:06,360 this for them, but no one would love you so much like Jesus did. 44 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,190 And it shows that He's the one. 45 00:02:08,654 --> 00:02:09,255 The king. 46 00:02:09,315 --> 00:02:10,663 He's the Messiah, and that's our main point. 47 00:02:10,663 --> 00:02:10,904 Tonight. 48 00:02:11,024 --> 00:02:14,295 Jesus suffering and death prove that he's the Messiah. 49 00:02:14,295 --> 00:02:14,924 That he's the king. 50 00:02:14,954 --> 00:02:18,285 It shows everything you need to know about Jesus. 51 00:02:18,285 --> 00:02:19,214 It shows you his love. 52 00:02:19,214 --> 00:02:22,364 It shows you his qualification to to be the king. 53 00:02:22,364 --> 00:02:28,605 It shows you everything Jesus is and stands for all of it at the cross. 54 00:02:28,605 --> 00:02:30,434 So turn with me, Matthew 27. 55 00:02:30,434 --> 00:02:32,595 If you're not there already, what we're gonna do is we're 56 00:02:32,595 --> 00:02:34,035 gonna go through this passage. 57 00:02:34,035 --> 00:02:35,445 It's a, it's a long passage. 58 00:02:36,105 --> 00:02:38,924 We're gonna go through it real fast and I'm gonna give each 59 00:02:38,924 --> 00:02:43,364 small group, I'm gonna give each of you a theme to look for, okay? 60 00:02:43,545 --> 00:02:46,965 So depending on what small group you're you're in, you're all gonna 61 00:02:46,965 --> 00:02:51,465 have a certain theme that you're on the lookout for while I explain the passage. 62 00:02:51,465 --> 00:02:51,614 Okay? 63 00:02:51,614 --> 00:02:52,484 So this is how it's gonna work. 64 00:02:53,265 --> 00:02:57,165 So if you're a junior high girl, I want you to think about and, and 65 00:02:57,165 --> 00:03:01,364 write down maybe, or mark down, anytime Jesus gets called a title. 66 00:03:01,635 --> 00:03:05,325 So anytime someone calls Jesus the son of God, or they call him Christ, you 67 00:03:05,325 --> 00:03:06,735 guys know that Christ is a title, right? 68 00:03:06,735 --> 00:03:07,875 Christ isn't Jesus last name. 69 00:03:08,295 --> 00:03:08,805 Christ is. 70 00:03:08,835 --> 00:03:12,435 It means Messiah, so Christ or anytime he gets called King of the Jew. 71 00:03:12,435 --> 00:03:16,215 So if you're a junior high girl, anytime you see Jesus getting called a title, 72 00:03:16,305 --> 00:03:18,945 I want you to write something down or make a tally mark or something. 73 00:03:19,335 --> 00:03:21,225 If you're a junior high boy, I want you to make a mark. 74 00:03:21,225 --> 00:03:24,735 Anytime you see Jesus is rejected or anytime he's suffering. 75 00:03:25,079 --> 00:03:29,700 Anytime someone abandons Jesus or turns their back on Jesus or doesn't 76 00:03:29,700 --> 00:03:31,800 want Jesus or anytime he's suffering. 77 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:35,130 So anytime there's pain or emotional suffering, right? 78 00:03:35,130 --> 00:03:37,710 Anytime he's abandoned or something like that. 79 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:39,420 So if you're a junior high boy, that's what you're looking for. 80 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:40,200 High school girl. 81 00:03:40,290 --> 00:03:42,270 I want you to look for proof that Jesus is innocent. 82 00:03:42,270 --> 00:03:45,809 I, a big theme in Matthew's gospel is that, that Jesus is righteous. 83 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:47,460 Jesus is is perfect. 84 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:49,200 And so if you're a high school girl, I want you to look for 85 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,239 evidence that Jesus is innocent. 86 00:03:51,555 --> 00:03:54,704 Despite all the accusations that are thrown at him, and if you're 87 00:03:54,704 --> 00:03:57,225 a high school boy, you got the most fun one in my opinion. 88 00:03:57,405 --> 00:04:00,015 I want you to look for an illusion that Jesus is the king. 89 00:04:00,315 --> 00:04:02,925 Something that shows you that Jesus is the king. 90 00:04:02,985 --> 00:04:07,155 Now, I'll give you a hint in this, in this story, it's almost backward 91 00:04:07,635 --> 00:04:10,785 Jesus, just like his, his kingdom so far, he's talked about humility. 92 00:04:10,785 --> 00:04:11,895 He's talked about serving others. 93 00:04:12,315 --> 00:04:16,845 The marks of Jesus kingship are more about humility, and in some ways 94 00:04:16,845 --> 00:04:18,404 they're even coming from his opponent. 95 00:04:18,750 --> 00:04:22,650 So you might see someone maybe give Jesus a crown, right? 96 00:04:22,650 --> 00:04:23,970 But it's not a kingly crown. 97 00:04:23,970 --> 00:04:24,900 It's a crown of thorns. 98 00:04:25,050 --> 00:04:27,539 So that would be something that shows that Jesus, they're making 99 00:04:27,539 --> 00:04:30,360 fun of Jesus for being a king, but really he is the king, right? 100 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,340 He's exactly who they're saying he is. 101 00:04:32,340 --> 00:04:33,090 So that's what we're gonna do. 102 00:04:33,390 --> 00:04:37,020 We're gonna go through this passage as quick as I can, but I want 103 00:04:37,020 --> 00:04:38,760 you to look for your theme, okay? 104 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:39,780 That's what you're gonna be looking for. 105 00:04:39,900 --> 00:04:40,320 Everyone. 106 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:41,250 Everyone on the same page. 107 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:41,760 We're good. 108 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:43,980 Let's get Pastor BJ, north South in here. 109 00:04:44,475 --> 00:04:46,365 Alright, let's go Matthew. 110 00:04:46,365 --> 00:04:49,485 We're gonna start at the very end of 26, actually. 111 00:04:49,485 --> 00:04:49,784 Okay? 112 00:04:49,845 --> 00:04:52,755 The very end of chapter 26, verse 57. 113 00:04:53,715 --> 00:04:58,245 So remember, Jesus was in the garden praying and his disciples were asleep, and 114 00:04:58,245 --> 00:04:59,804 he was like, you guys couldn't stay awake. 115 00:04:59,865 --> 00:05:01,544 And then Judas comes and arrests him. 116 00:05:01,725 --> 00:05:06,975 So then they bring Jesus to Caiaphas, the high priest. 117 00:05:07,245 --> 00:05:07,664 All right? 118 00:05:07,784 --> 00:05:09,704 So they bring Jesus to, to the high priest. 119 00:05:10,275 --> 00:05:11,444 All the Jewish leaders are there. 120 00:05:11,444 --> 00:05:14,655 Verse 58, Peter was following him far away, right? 121 00:05:14,655 --> 00:05:16,965 So Peter is, he doesn't wanna be associated with Jesus. 122 00:05:17,085 --> 00:05:19,064 He's, he's afraid to be there. 123 00:05:19,095 --> 00:05:23,265 So he's following him from far away and he goes inside and verse 59, the chief 124 00:05:23,265 --> 00:05:26,505 priest, the whole council, they're, they're trying to make up lies against 125 00:05:26,505 --> 00:05:28,184 Jesus, that they might put him to death. 126 00:05:28,395 --> 00:05:29,054 Matthew says that. 127 00:05:29,054 --> 00:05:31,845 He says, look, they were bringing false charges, not real charges. 128 00:05:32,265 --> 00:05:33,735 False charges against Jesus. 129 00:05:34,664 --> 00:05:35,324 So then. 130 00:05:36,299 --> 00:05:37,199 They didn't find any. 131 00:05:37,350 --> 00:05:38,039 Verse 60. 132 00:05:38,100 --> 00:05:38,850 You see that right there. 133 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,289 They, they didn't find anything. 134 00:05:40,289 --> 00:05:43,140 All these people are, many false witnesses came forward. 135 00:05:43,169 --> 00:05:45,929 All these people come forward and they can't find anything. 136 00:05:45,990 --> 00:05:50,308 But finally, at last two people come forward and then said, this 137 00:05:50,308 --> 00:05:53,699 man said I'm able to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days. 138 00:05:53,909 --> 00:05:56,370 And so the high priest stood up and said, what are you, 139 00:05:56,490 --> 00:05:57,179 what are you gonna say to that? 140 00:05:57,179 --> 00:05:58,470 Jesus, we've finally got you. 141 00:05:58,470 --> 00:05:59,789 We finally found. 142 00:06:00,914 --> 00:06:01,664 People, right? 143 00:06:01,664 --> 00:06:02,385 They need two people. 144 00:06:02,385 --> 00:06:05,865 They can't just have one person, two people who agreed about what 145 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:07,304 Jesus said that would be bad, right? 146 00:06:07,304 --> 00:06:08,505 They're saying, oh, he's a terrorist. 147 00:06:08,505 --> 00:06:09,645 He's here to destroy the temple. 148 00:06:10,334 --> 00:06:12,375 So then what did Jesus answer? 149 00:06:12,554 --> 00:06:13,755 Jesus remains silent. 150 00:06:14,054 --> 00:06:14,895 He doesn't say anything. 151 00:06:15,674 --> 00:06:18,164 High Priest said to him, I adjure you. 152 00:06:18,194 --> 00:06:18,645 So it is. 153 00:06:18,765 --> 00:06:19,875 It's really important. 154 00:06:19,875 --> 00:06:25,934 Like I beg you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the son of God. 155 00:06:26,265 --> 00:06:27,765 Now that's the question. 156 00:06:28,515 --> 00:06:31,335 Matthew's been trying to help us answer this whole time, right? 157 00:06:31,875 --> 00:06:33,554 And the Jewish leaders are like, Hey, tell us. 158 00:06:33,705 --> 00:06:34,574 And what did you just say? 159 00:06:35,174 --> 00:06:37,125 You said it right? 160 00:06:37,183 --> 00:06:40,544 You're telling me who I really am, even though you're opposing me. 161 00:06:40,995 --> 00:06:42,105 You're telling me who I really am. 162 00:06:42,615 --> 00:06:46,784 But I tell you right here, and this is the quote from Daniel, I tell you 163 00:06:46,784 --> 00:06:50,115 from now on, you will see the son of man seated at the right hand of 164 00:06:50,115 --> 00:06:51,944 power coming on the clouds of heaven. 165 00:06:51,944 --> 00:06:53,355 So Jesus doesn't just say, yeah. 166 00:06:54,058 --> 00:06:54,959 You're right, I'm the Christ. 167 00:06:54,959 --> 00:06:57,870 He says, I'm actually the, I'm the son of God. 168 00:06:58,260 --> 00:06:59,880 I'm gonna rule the nations. 169 00:07:00,569 --> 00:07:04,890 Then 65, the high priest tore his robes and he said, he's uttered blasphemy. 170 00:07:04,890 --> 00:07:05,939 He's claiming to be God. 171 00:07:06,510 --> 00:07:07,350 What else do we need? 172 00:07:07,350 --> 00:07:08,130 We should kill him. 173 00:07:08,414 --> 00:07:09,315 That's basically what he's saying. 174 00:07:09,555 --> 00:07:10,395 What's your judgment? 175 00:07:10,395 --> 00:07:11,715 They answered, he deserves death. 176 00:07:11,865 --> 00:07:12,945 So they spit on his face. 177 00:07:12,945 --> 00:07:14,745 They struck him, some of them slapped him. 178 00:07:14,895 --> 00:07:16,125 So they're, they're mocking Jesus. 179 00:07:16,125 --> 00:07:18,345 They're beating him up and they're making fun of him. 180 00:07:18,585 --> 00:07:21,645 They're saying, if you're the Messiah, you should be able to, to prophesy. 181 00:07:21,645 --> 00:07:23,294 You should be able to tell us who struck you. 182 00:07:23,385 --> 00:07:25,424 You should be able to tell us all these, all these things. 183 00:07:25,424 --> 00:07:30,195 So they're calling him the Messiah, but in a, in a derogatory way. 184 00:07:30,615 --> 00:07:31,755 So that's Judas on trial. 185 00:07:31,965 --> 00:07:37,245 And then remember then the scene in 27 flips to Judas. 186 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:40,289 Who goes and hangs himself. 187 00:07:40,289 --> 00:07:42,330 We're gonna skip that 'cause we covered that last week and we're 188 00:07:42,330 --> 00:07:43,740 gonna pick it up in verse 11. 189 00:07:43,740 --> 00:07:44,010 Okay. 190 00:07:44,159 --> 00:07:46,049 Chapter 27, verse 11. 191 00:07:46,350 --> 00:07:48,570 So now we're resuming the trial. 192 00:07:48,570 --> 00:07:52,440 So the Jews, now they're bringing him to the governor. 193 00:07:52,470 --> 00:07:53,130 That's Pilate. 194 00:07:53,460 --> 00:07:55,740 The Jews couldn't crucify anyone. 195 00:07:55,860 --> 00:07:57,449 Only the Romans could crucify someone. 196 00:07:57,659 --> 00:07:59,459 So the Jews, they want Jesus crucified. 197 00:07:59,459 --> 00:08:00,449 They don't just want Jesus. 198 00:08:01,064 --> 00:08:01,664 Beat up. 199 00:08:01,664 --> 00:08:04,484 They can't execute someone, so they need the Romans to do it. 200 00:08:04,574 --> 00:08:05,444 That's what they're doing here. 201 00:08:05,474 --> 00:08:08,084 They're like, alright, we finally have a charge against Jesus. 202 00:08:08,145 --> 00:08:10,244 He's, he's committed blasphemy. 203 00:08:10,244 --> 00:08:11,294 He's claiming to be God. 204 00:08:11,834 --> 00:08:14,294 Let's take him to the Romans to see if they can kill him for us. 205 00:08:14,625 --> 00:08:18,015 So the governor asked him, Pilate, are you the king of the Jews? 206 00:08:18,674 --> 00:08:20,594 Jesus said, you said it. 207 00:08:21,554 --> 00:08:22,784 I am the king of the Jews. 208 00:08:23,324 --> 00:08:25,784 But verse 12, when he was accused by the Chief Reese, the Jewish 209 00:08:25,784 --> 00:08:27,405 leaders, he gave no answer. 210 00:08:27,405 --> 00:08:28,155 He didn't say anything. 211 00:08:28,860 --> 00:08:30,659 Pilate said to him, don't you hear what they're saying? 212 00:08:31,140 --> 00:08:32,789 They're, they're saying all these things about you, Jesus. 213 00:08:32,969 --> 00:08:33,688 Are you gonna say anything? 214 00:08:34,049 --> 00:08:34,380 No. 215 00:08:34,409 --> 00:08:36,750 Jesus gives no answer, not even to a single charge. 216 00:08:36,750 --> 00:08:39,088 So the Governor was amazed. 217 00:08:39,990 --> 00:08:45,479 Now, verse 15 at the feast, the Governor, so Pilate, he was he, he had 218 00:08:45,479 --> 00:08:49,349 this thing, his deal, usually at this big celebration, the Passover for the 219 00:08:49,349 --> 00:08:51,089 Jews, he would release a prisoner. 220 00:08:51,270 --> 00:08:54,630 A prisoner that was in jail, a Jewish prisoner that they would want. 221 00:08:54,870 --> 00:08:57,990 He did it just so they wouldn't get super mad at him, and he could keep his job. 222 00:08:58,770 --> 00:09:03,719 Verse 16, they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas, which we learned 223 00:09:03,719 --> 00:09:05,069 means son of the Father, right? 224 00:09:05,339 --> 00:09:08,849 Bar in Hebrew means son, Abba Father. 225 00:09:08,849 --> 00:09:11,129 You see that son of the father, verse 17. 226 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,639 So when they all gathered together, all the, all the people, pilot's 227 00:09:14,639 --> 00:09:15,959 gonna release a prisoner, right? 228 00:09:16,589 --> 00:09:18,839 PIL said to them, who do you want me to release for you? 229 00:09:19,109 --> 00:09:24,119 The rabbis or Jesus who is called Christ Jesus? 230 00:09:24,119 --> 00:09:24,479 Who, who? 231 00:09:25,410 --> 00:09:26,130 Which is funny, right? 232 00:09:26,130 --> 00:09:29,670 Pilate is like, you guys called him the Messiah and they're like, no, we don't. 233 00:09:30,150 --> 00:09:30,810 Verse 18. 234 00:09:30,989 --> 00:09:34,770 Before he knew that it was out of envy that they delivered him up, right? 235 00:09:34,770 --> 00:09:36,270 Not because Jesus was actually guilty. 236 00:09:36,930 --> 00:09:41,459 He, Matthew says, look, Pilate knew Jesus was innocent. 237 00:09:42,599 --> 00:09:46,079 He knows that it's the Jewish leaders who just don't like Jesus. 238 00:09:46,079 --> 00:09:46,859 They want to get rid of him. 239 00:09:47,729 --> 00:09:50,280 Verse 19, besides while he was sitting on the judgment seat, 240 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,349 his wife sent word to him. 241 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:55,110 Don't have anything to do with this righteous man. 242 00:09:55,260 --> 00:09:58,230 You see that not, not a guilty man, not a sinner, not a troublemaker, 243 00:09:58,230 --> 00:10:02,070 a righteous man for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream. 244 00:10:02,070 --> 00:10:05,189 So pilot's wife had a dream that told her Jesus is innocent. 245 00:10:05,340 --> 00:10:08,250 And she said, Hey, don't, don't mess with this guy. 246 00:10:08,250 --> 00:10:10,290 Don't send him to death. 247 00:10:10,830 --> 00:10:14,370 So then verse 20, now the chief priests and the elders persuade 248 00:10:14,370 --> 00:10:16,680 the crowd and they say, kill Jesus. 249 00:10:16,710 --> 00:10:17,280 We want baras. 250 00:10:18,450 --> 00:10:21,210 Verse 21, the governor again said to them. 251 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:24,300 Which of these two do you want me to release? 252 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:26,280 So Pilate, he's almost like trying, right? 253 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:30,510 Like, please pick Jesus guys so I don't have to just release him. 254 00:10:31,290 --> 00:10:34,410 Pilate doesn't want to kill Jesus, but he also is afraid of the crowd, right? 255 00:10:34,410 --> 00:10:36,390 He's got all these angry people that want to kill Jesus. 256 00:10:36,810 --> 00:10:38,250 So which of these two do you want me to release? 257 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:39,960 And they say, Barra, verse 22. 258 00:10:40,170 --> 00:10:44,310 Pilate said to them, then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ? 259 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:45,210 You keep seeing this, right? 260 00:10:45,210 --> 00:10:48,090 They're like, oh, you know, we're saying that Jesus is Messiah, right? 261 00:10:48,450 --> 00:10:50,580 And they all said, let him be crucified. 262 00:10:51,540 --> 00:10:52,410 We wanna kill him. 263 00:10:52,710 --> 00:10:53,550 And he's like, why? 264 00:10:53,610 --> 00:10:54,750 What evil has he done? 265 00:10:54,990 --> 00:10:57,990 So Matthew really wants you to know that Pilate doesn't think Jesus is guilty. 266 00:10:58,410 --> 00:11:02,490 Pilate really is like trying not to kill Jesus, but they shout all 267 00:11:02,490 --> 00:11:04,140 the more, let him be crucified. 268 00:11:04,770 --> 00:11:08,310 Now remember, these are the same people, two chapters earlier who were 269 00:11:08,310 --> 00:11:10,470 saying Hosanna to the son of David. 270 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,810 So the Jewish people have rejected Jesus. 271 00:11:13,350 --> 00:11:17,069 The same people who the crowds who were celebrating him 272 00:11:17,069 --> 00:11:18,510 are now wanting to kill him. 273 00:11:19,364 --> 00:11:22,214 So verse 24, when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, right? 274 00:11:22,214 --> 00:11:26,265 He's not getting anywhere with this, but rather that a riot is beginning, right? 275 00:11:26,265 --> 00:11:28,545 So the, the Jews are getting upset, they're getting angry. 276 00:11:28,545 --> 00:11:29,234 They wanna kill Jesus. 277 00:11:29,234 --> 00:11:30,885 They're like, Pilate, why don't you kill Jesus for us? 278 00:11:31,214 --> 00:11:32,114 He's like, all right, fine. 279 00:11:32,685 --> 00:11:34,635 He took water, washed his hands before the crowd. 280 00:11:34,694 --> 00:11:36,614 I'm innocent in this man's blood, right? 281 00:11:36,675 --> 00:11:38,204 It's, you're killing an innocent guy. 282 00:11:38,204 --> 00:11:38,984 It's not my fault. 283 00:11:39,045 --> 00:11:39,885 That's what pilot's saying. 284 00:11:41,145 --> 00:11:41,954 It's on you guys. 285 00:11:42,645 --> 00:11:44,594 Verse 25, all the people answered. 286 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,459 His blood beyond us and our children, they're like, yes, we 287 00:11:47,459 --> 00:11:48,930 want to be guilty for Jesus' blood. 288 00:11:49,079 --> 00:11:51,270 We want responsibility for killing Jesus. 289 00:11:51,569 --> 00:11:56,130 So he releases Barabbas and having scoured, Jesus sent him to be crucified. 290 00:11:56,130 --> 00:12:00,150 Now, scoured, you might have heard this before, what they would do in 291 00:12:00,150 --> 00:12:03,660 Roman times with prisoners is they would have not just a regular whip, 292 00:12:04,079 --> 00:12:10,079 but a whip with like nine or so little like, I guess fingers, and they would 293 00:12:10,349 --> 00:12:12,630 whip it and drag it across your back. 294 00:12:13,005 --> 00:12:16,245 It had all these little pieces of like glass and bone and rock in it. 295 00:12:16,245 --> 00:12:18,615 So it would literally just tear the skin off your back. 296 00:12:20,475 --> 00:12:25,785 And so they, they beat Jesus with this whip and ripped his back up 297 00:12:26,235 --> 00:12:28,185 and they sent him to be crucified. 298 00:12:30,314 --> 00:12:33,645 Verse 27, the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's 299 00:12:33,645 --> 00:12:36,495 headquarters and they gathered the whole battalion before him. 300 00:12:36,555 --> 00:12:38,745 So they got all these soldiers and now Jesus. 301 00:12:38,745 --> 00:12:40,574 So there's no Jews around now, it's just the soldiers. 302 00:12:40,845 --> 00:12:42,135 And they took, they stripped him. 303 00:12:42,435 --> 00:12:48,735 They put a scarlet, scarlet robe on him and twisting together a crown of thorns. 304 00:12:49,185 --> 00:12:50,865 They put it on his head. 305 00:12:51,045 --> 00:12:54,855 Now they're not just like gently placing it on his head, right? 306 00:12:54,855 --> 00:12:57,165 They're like sticking it in his head. 307 00:12:57,165 --> 00:12:58,725 So there's blood coming on his face. 308 00:12:59,205 --> 00:13:00,495 They're making fun of him. 309 00:13:00,495 --> 00:13:02,055 So this is the color of royalty. 310 00:13:02,325 --> 00:13:06,495 So Matthew is saying they're pretending Jesus is a king, and 311 00:13:06,495 --> 00:13:07,635 I think Matthew wants to see. 312 00:13:08,084 --> 00:13:08,444 Jesus. 313 00:13:08,444 --> 00:13:09,344 Really The king, right? 314 00:13:09,704 --> 00:13:12,194 So they give him a crown, they give him a royal robe, they 315 00:13:12,194 --> 00:13:13,755 put a reed in his right hand. 316 00:13:13,755 --> 00:13:15,944 Now that usually if you're a king, right, you've got a scepter, 317 00:13:16,005 --> 00:13:17,084 you've got some kind of staff. 318 00:13:17,265 --> 00:13:20,055 Think of like, you know, Lord of the Rings, Gandalf with his staff, right? 319 00:13:20,415 --> 00:13:22,155 That's what Kings had back in the day. 320 00:13:22,275 --> 00:13:24,435 And so he's got a staff, so they're dressing up like a 321 00:13:24,435 --> 00:13:26,415 king and they kneel before him. 322 00:13:26,415 --> 00:13:29,685 They make fun of him, and they say, hail king of the Jews. 323 00:13:30,375 --> 00:13:35,055 Now, isn't this the most ironic thing you could ever do, making fun of 324 00:13:35,055 --> 00:13:36,704 the King of Kings for being a king? 325 00:13:38,129 --> 00:13:41,550 So they're doing all this and they spit on him and then 326 00:13:41,550 --> 00:13:42,479 they take all this stuff away. 327 00:13:42,479 --> 00:13:43,649 They beat him up more. 328 00:13:44,069 --> 00:13:46,800 And then when they mocked him, so they make fun of him, they take off 329 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:48,959 all his clothes and they put his regular clothes back on him, which 330 00:13:48,959 --> 00:13:50,699 are probably totally destroyed, right? 331 00:13:51,029 --> 00:13:53,790 'cause they've whipped him and they let him away to crucify him. 332 00:13:54,329 --> 00:13:55,829 This is horrible, right? 333 00:13:55,889 --> 00:13:57,119 This is terrible. 334 00:13:57,869 --> 00:14:01,290 All, just think about what Jesus would look like after all this happened. 335 00:14:02,055 --> 00:14:06,254 Think about having the thorns in his, in his head and being beaten up and 336 00:14:06,254 --> 00:14:08,384 having people spit all over his face. 337 00:14:10,035 --> 00:14:14,234 So then they went out and they found a man from Siren, his name's 338 00:14:14,234 --> 00:14:18,074 Simon, and they said, all right, you need to carry Jesus cross. 339 00:14:18,104 --> 00:14:20,775 Now think about it across is a really thick wooden beam. 340 00:14:22,214 --> 00:14:25,634 If you, if all this just happened to you, would you want to carry that? 341 00:14:25,694 --> 00:14:26,864 Would you be able to carry that? 342 00:14:27,675 --> 00:14:31,305 So Jesus needs help and they want to carry it, but also they don't want Jesus to die. 343 00:14:32,175 --> 00:14:33,285 'cause they wanna torture him more. 344 00:14:33,734 --> 00:14:35,415 So they get Simon and carry Jesus cross. 345 00:14:35,415 --> 00:14:39,015 Verse 33, they came to a place called Go Gotha, which means place of the skull. 346 00:14:39,104 --> 00:14:41,745 And they offered him wine to drink mixed with gall. 347 00:14:41,895 --> 00:14:43,035 When he tasted it, he wouldn't drink it. 348 00:14:43,064 --> 00:14:46,875 Now what some people say is that this is probably a painkiller and 349 00:14:46,875 --> 00:14:49,214 Jesus is saying No painkiller for me. 350 00:14:51,375 --> 00:14:55,185 Also, it's an illusion to a Psalm, which is connecting Jesus to David. 351 00:14:55,334 --> 00:14:57,555 That's another reason Matthew includes this detail. 352 00:14:57,795 --> 00:14:58,665 Verse 35. 353 00:14:58,844 --> 00:14:59,805 They crucified him. 354 00:15:00,884 --> 00:15:05,204 Which by the way, the fact that that's just like a throwaway statement when 355 00:15:05,204 --> 00:15:06,435 they crucified him just happened. 356 00:15:06,435 --> 00:15:08,175 Like think about that, right? 357 00:15:08,175 --> 00:15:12,915 That they crucified him, and then they divided his garments 358 00:15:12,915 --> 00:15:14,264 among them by casting lots. 359 00:15:14,295 --> 00:15:18,555 That's actually a quote from Psalm 22, which talks about Jesus' death 360 00:15:18,555 --> 00:15:23,055 too, before Jesus was even born, verse 36, they sat down, they kept watch 361 00:15:23,055 --> 00:15:26,025 over him and over his head they put the charge against him, which read. 362 00:15:26,175 --> 00:15:28,785 This is Jesus the king of the Jews. 363 00:15:29,685 --> 00:15:31,365 Jesus who said he was king of the Jews. 364 00:15:31,875 --> 00:15:33,704 Jesus, the king of the Jews. 365 00:15:34,125 --> 00:15:38,145 And I think that's another note of irony, right? 366 00:15:39,344 --> 00:15:40,755 Is Jesus really the king of the Jews? 367 00:15:41,685 --> 00:15:42,045 Yeah. 368 00:15:43,214 --> 00:15:43,995 So Jesus died. 369 00:15:44,084 --> 00:15:48,704 And by the way, about crucifixion, when you, when someone was crucified, 370 00:15:48,885 --> 00:15:53,204 they usually suffocated to death because to breathe you have to pull 371 00:15:53,204 --> 00:15:58,155 yourself up because you're, you're hanging so your lungs are collapsed. 372 00:15:58,890 --> 00:16:00,360 So you have to pull yourself up. 373 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,300 Now what's holding you up a nail. 374 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,900 So you're pulling yourself up on a nail that's in your hand or your arm. 375 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,890 And also do you think they like varnished the cross and made it 376 00:16:10,890 --> 00:16:12,180 nice and smooth and all that? 377 00:16:12,719 --> 00:16:12,900 Right? 378 00:16:12,900 --> 00:16:15,329 It's probably just like splintery and all that and that. 379 00:16:15,329 --> 00:16:19,230 And remember Jesus' back is already all whipped and destroyed, so he's pulling 380 00:16:19,230 --> 00:16:25,380 himself up against this beam to breathe and then probably suffocates to death. 381 00:16:27,705 --> 00:16:31,124 Meanwhile on the cross, the two robbers that were crucified with him, one 382 00:16:31,124 --> 00:16:36,374 on the right, one on the left, and they passed by, or sorry, and those 383 00:16:36,374 --> 00:16:39,015 who passed by him, they made fun of him, and they're wagging their heads. 384 00:16:39,015 --> 00:16:40,604 That just means they're, they're making fun of him. 385 00:16:40,874 --> 00:16:42,555 They're saying bad things about him. 386 00:16:42,555 --> 00:16:44,924 You, you know, you said you destroyed the temple and rebuild it. 387 00:16:44,924 --> 00:16:45,914 Can't you save yourself? 388 00:16:45,914 --> 00:16:47,564 Jesus, you said you were so powerful. 389 00:16:48,285 --> 00:16:52,364 Why don't you do something if you're the son of God, come down from the cross. 390 00:16:52,934 --> 00:16:53,955 Could Jesus have done that? 391 00:16:54,795 --> 00:16:58,425 Yeah, if you are the son of God, so they're saying, if you 392 00:16:58,425 --> 00:17:00,255 are really, what do we know? 393 00:17:00,255 --> 00:17:01,035 Jesus is right. 394 00:17:01,155 --> 00:17:04,035 Verse 41, the chief priest with scribes and elder, they mock him. 395 00:17:04,035 --> 00:17:04,665 They make fun of him. 396 00:17:04,875 --> 00:17:05,625 He saved others. 397 00:17:05,625 --> 00:17:06,555 He can't save himself. 398 00:17:07,065 --> 00:17:08,444 He's the king of Israel. 399 00:17:08,984 --> 00:17:11,115 Let him come down from the cross and we'll believe in him. 400 00:17:11,444 --> 00:17:12,405 He trusts in God. 401 00:17:12,405 --> 00:17:16,935 Let God save him for he said, I am the son of God. 402 00:17:17,714 --> 00:17:20,204 So the Jewish leaders know that Jesus said this, right? 403 00:17:20,204 --> 00:17:22,545 If, if someone ever tells you, Hey, Jesus never claimed to be God. 404 00:17:24,105 --> 00:17:25,650 Let's go to this passage, right? 405 00:17:25,770 --> 00:17:28,440 The Jewish leaders are saying, Jesus said this right? 406 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,470 The people who dislike Jesus the most, and the two robbers, even the 407 00:17:31,470 --> 00:17:35,880 robbers who are crucified with him, they're in between, I guess, breaths. 408 00:17:36,450 --> 00:17:40,740 They're making fun of Jesus, and they're saying, why couldn't you save yourself? 409 00:17:41,820 --> 00:17:45,240 So then verse 45, from the sixth hour, that's about noon. 410 00:17:45,660 --> 00:17:48,330 There was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 411 00:17:49,410 --> 00:17:50,160 Not a storm, right? 412 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:50,550 Darkness. 413 00:17:50,940 --> 00:17:54,990 Uh, verse 46, and then about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud 414 00:17:54,990 --> 00:17:56,610 voice saying, and this is Aramaic. 415 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:58,080 So that's the language at the time. 416 00:17:58,830 --> 00:18:02,970 Eli, Eli Ani, which that is my God, my God. 417 00:18:03,030 --> 00:18:04,740 Why have you forsaken me? 418 00:18:06,420 --> 00:18:08,220 All the stuff that Jesus endured up to this point. 419 00:18:09,570 --> 00:18:10,650 This is the worst thing. 420 00:18:11,490 --> 00:18:16,920 Here's why Jesus isn't just dying a physical death. 421 00:18:17,910 --> 00:18:25,590 He's suffering God's wrath against every sin that for 422 00:18:25,590 --> 00:18:26,940 anyone who would trust in him. 423 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:33,030 So Jesus is essentially suffering all that people normally would 424 00:18:33,030 --> 00:18:36,510 suffer in hell from God on the cross. 425 00:18:36,690 --> 00:18:38,640 He's suffering God's wrath on the cross too. 426 00:18:38,910 --> 00:18:41,430 Not just people beating him up, not just nails in his hands. 427 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:44,310 Not just whipped on his back, not just splinters, crown of 428 00:18:44,310 --> 00:18:45,690 thorns, all that he's suffering. 429 00:18:45,690 --> 00:18:49,230 God's wrath, God's punishment for for sin. 430 00:18:49,230 --> 00:18:51,750 For my sin, maybe for your sin. 431 00:18:53,010 --> 00:18:55,230 And so he's separated from God. 432 00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:57,960 Verse 47. 433 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,960 Some of the bystanders, they heard it and they say, oh, he's calling for Elijah. 434 00:19:01,530 --> 00:19:02,101 Verse 48. 435 00:19:02,106 --> 00:19:05,190 One of them at once took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a a 436 00:19:05,190 --> 00:19:08,730 stick, gave it to him, and they're like, wait, let's see if Elijah's gonna come. 437 00:19:08,790 --> 00:19:10,920 And then Jesus cried out. 438 00:19:11,700 --> 00:19:14,280 With a loud voice yielded up his spirit. 439 00:19:15,030 --> 00:19:18,690 Now, what some people think, who's the one giving up the spirit here? 440 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:20,880 His spirit, Jesus is right. 441 00:19:21,270 --> 00:19:23,370 So some people think Matthew is actually showing. 442 00:19:23,370 --> 00:19:27,540 Look, Jesus chose when to die because Jesus is in control, right? 443 00:19:27,540 --> 00:19:29,790 This whole time, Jesus is the one in control. 444 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,570 Jesus wouldn't die unless he let himself die. 445 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,110 So then when Jesus died, this is what happens. 446 00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:40,200 Verse 51, the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 447 00:19:40,995 --> 00:19:42,014 From top to bottom. 448 00:19:42,885 --> 00:19:46,845 Now the curtain in the temple separates the holy place. 449 00:19:47,010 --> 00:19:50,535 If you, if you think back at the tabernacle, separates the place 450 00:19:50,535 --> 00:19:52,275 where God is from everyone else. 451 00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:54,405 So this is symbolizing. 452 00:19:54,735 --> 00:19:59,055 Now that barrier between you and God is gone because Jesus 453 00:19:59,055 --> 00:20:01,275 took God's wrath, right? 454 00:20:01,275 --> 00:20:08,475 So now you can come to God because God can put all your sin on Jesus Now, right? 455 00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:09,525 Also, top to bottom. 456 00:20:09,945 --> 00:20:10,635 Why does that matter? 457 00:20:11,115 --> 00:20:12,735 Well, how tall is this thing? 458 00:20:12,735 --> 00:20:13,335 It's huge. 459 00:20:13,815 --> 00:20:16,095 So could you reach the top and, and tear it all the way down? 460 00:20:16,635 --> 00:20:16,995 No. 461 00:20:16,995 --> 00:20:17,235 Right? 462 00:20:17,235 --> 00:20:19,875 So someone had to fly up there and do it right? 463 00:20:19,875 --> 00:20:20,385 God did it. 464 00:20:21,045 --> 00:20:24,915 So the earth shook, the rocks were split and the tombs were open. 465 00:20:24,915 --> 00:20:27,165 So all these dead people are, are coming outta their graves. 466 00:20:27,165 --> 00:20:28,905 And after the resurrection, they're walking around 467 00:20:28,905 --> 00:20:30,225 Jerusalem, which is wild, right? 468 00:20:30,225 --> 00:20:30,375 Like. 469 00:20:30,690 --> 00:20:31,980 Who like saints. 470 00:20:31,980 --> 00:20:34,320 I mean, maybe what, like Abraham, David, I don't know. 471 00:20:34,620 --> 00:20:37,260 They're walking around Jerusalem after Jesus comes back from the dead. 472 00:20:37,860 --> 00:20:41,670 Verse 54, when the centurion, so the Roman general and those who 473 00:20:41,670 --> 00:20:44,070 are with him, they're keeping watch over Jesus while he is dying. 474 00:20:44,460 --> 00:20:47,220 They see the earthquake and they see everything, all this stuff, 475 00:20:47,220 --> 00:20:48,480 this crazy stuff that's happening. 476 00:20:48,990 --> 00:20:50,820 They're filled with awe, right? 477 00:20:50,820 --> 00:20:52,590 They're, they're, they're essentially amazed. 478 00:20:52,590 --> 00:20:56,940 They're worshiping and they said, truly, this was the son of God. 479 00:20:58,185 --> 00:21:00,285 So look who's recognizing that Jesus, the son of God? 480 00:21:00,405 --> 00:21:02,295 Is it the Jews who know their Bibles really well? 481 00:21:03,285 --> 00:21:06,915 It's the Roman general who's probably never heard of the Old Testament in his 482 00:21:06,915 --> 00:21:11,985 life, and he's the one who says, you know what I think, I think this guy was legit. 483 00:21:12,075 --> 00:21:15,585 I think this was Guy was everything he said he would be. 484 00:21:15,855 --> 00:21:19,125 So you see how Matthew was showing us this picture of, of Jesus' 485 00:21:19,125 --> 00:21:26,385 death that is actually telling us everything Jesus said he was was true. 486 00:21:28,785 --> 00:21:31,245 This is the last couple verses, verse 55. 487 00:21:31,245 --> 00:21:33,855 There are also, there's many women there looking on from a distance who'd 488 00:21:33,855 --> 00:21:38,085 followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering him, among whom were Mary Magdalene, 489 00:21:38,145 --> 00:21:40,875 married the mother of James Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zedi. 490 00:21:40,875 --> 00:21:44,295 Now, I think those details are there because Matthew's telling 491 00:21:44,295 --> 00:21:46,460 like, Hey, if you know these people, you could go ask them. 492 00:21:47,745 --> 00:21:48,285 They were there. 493 00:21:48,735 --> 00:21:49,545 They saw it happen. 494 00:21:50,565 --> 00:21:54,645 So what Matthew's doing in this whole section. 495 00:21:54,660 --> 00:21:58,920 Of of Jesus' death is he's showing us that Jesus really is 496 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,200 everything he said he would be. 497 00:22:01,650 --> 00:22:05,010 He really is innocent, righteous, perfect. 498 00:22:05,130 --> 00:22:10,530 He really is the Son of God, divine, the king, the king of the Jews, 499 00:22:10,530 --> 00:22:13,080 but also the promised King from the Old Testament who would do 500 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:15,360 everything God said he was gonna do. 501 00:22:16,500 --> 00:22:19,320 And also that he's really showing us that Jesus is conquering. 502 00:22:19,350 --> 00:22:20,070 Jesus is winning. 503 00:22:20,550 --> 00:22:21,540 Jesus isn't a victim. 504 00:22:22,245 --> 00:22:22,965 Jesus is winning. 505 00:22:23,205 --> 00:22:24,885 He's he's doing something big here. 506 00:22:25,275 --> 00:22:26,625 He's conquering sin. 507 00:22:26,625 --> 00:22:27,705 He's conquering death. 508 00:22:27,945 --> 00:22:29,985 He's making a, a way to God. 509 00:22:29,985 --> 00:22:31,035 And Jesus is the one. 510 00:22:31,275 --> 00:22:32,295 He's doing this on purpose. 511 00:22:32,775 --> 00:22:37,545 He is, he's the king here, even in his death. 512 00:22:37,695 --> 00:22:40,845 But also, Matthew puts a lot of details in there, right? 513 00:22:40,845 --> 00:22:45,375 Like, if, if this was a movie, it would be rated R it would be a, a horror movie. 514 00:22:46,065 --> 00:22:48,705 'cause there's 'cause of the amount of bad stuff that's happening. 515 00:22:48,705 --> 00:22:51,285 Like, you guys would not be allowed to watch this if this was a movie. 516 00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:56,130 Matthew wants us to see that Jesus is, is suffering God's wrath. 517 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,840 Jesus is being treated terribly because that's what sinners deserve. 518 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,720 Sinners deserve God's wrath. 519 00:23:04,290 --> 00:23:07,470 Matthew wants us to see how big a deal that our sin is. 520 00:23:07,590 --> 00:23:11,730 So for our first point tonight, I want you to remember that Jesus suffered 521 00:23:12,150 --> 00:23:16,050 because of you, because of me. 522 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:26,880 Everything that Jesus went through was because we sinned. 523 00:23:28,110 --> 00:23:28,290 Right? 524 00:23:28,290 --> 00:23:31,380 If, if we didn't sin, Jesus wouldn't have had to do this. 525 00:23:31,710 --> 00:23:31,950 Right? 526 00:23:31,950 --> 00:23:38,940 Essentially, it's kind of our fault all that is because I 527 00:23:38,940 --> 00:23:41,970 did, I broke God's law, right? 528 00:23:41,970 --> 00:23:42,540 I lied. 529 00:23:43,275 --> 00:23:44,535 I lusted, I cheated. 530 00:23:44,565 --> 00:23:45,105 I stole. 531 00:23:45,285 --> 00:23:46,065 I was selfish. 532 00:23:46,095 --> 00:23:46,815 I was prideful. 533 00:23:46,875 --> 00:23:47,565 I was arrogant. 534 00:23:50,145 --> 00:23:52,035 That's why this happened, right? 535 00:23:52,035 --> 00:23:53,505 Not just, oh, Jesus died for sin. 536 00:23:53,625 --> 00:23:55,725 Yes, but like my sin. 537 00:23:56,895 --> 00:23:57,435 Your sin. 538 00:23:58,965 --> 00:23:59,745 That's why. 539 00:23:59,775 --> 00:24:00,765 Why all of this happened. 540 00:24:02,655 --> 00:24:06,015 God wants you to see how big of a deal your sin is, and actually God's been 541 00:24:06,015 --> 00:24:07,905 doing this throughout all of history. 542 00:24:08,055 --> 00:24:09,195 Think back to the Old Testament. 543 00:24:09,195 --> 00:24:10,065 Think back to. 544 00:24:10,695 --> 00:24:11,595 Your favorite book of the Bible. 545 00:24:11,595 --> 00:24:12,915 Think back to Leviticus, right? 546 00:24:13,665 --> 00:24:19,695 When, when you lived in the wilderness in the tabernacle, there were, think 547 00:24:19,695 --> 00:24:23,685 about how many animals were dying every single day because of sin. 548 00:24:25,305 --> 00:24:30,750 Think about how many animals were killed every single day because 549 00:24:31,965 --> 00:24:34,245 you broke God's law, right? 550 00:24:34,245 --> 00:24:38,265 Because you didn't honor your father and mother because you worshiped 551 00:24:38,265 --> 00:24:39,435 another God instead of God. 552 00:24:39,765 --> 00:24:45,675 Because you were selfish, because you gossiped, right? 553 00:24:45,795 --> 00:24:47,655 The, that's why all these animals are dying. 554 00:24:47,655 --> 00:24:50,535 So imagine you lived in this camp and every day you're going to the 555 00:24:50,535 --> 00:24:52,485 temple, you're coming up to the priest. 556 00:24:52,485 --> 00:24:55,065 You put your hand on the, on the animal, you kill the animal. 557 00:24:55,155 --> 00:24:59,985 The blood gets everywhere, every day, you're doing that to show 558 00:25:00,075 --> 00:25:02,265 you your sin has consequences. 559 00:25:03,285 --> 00:25:05,475 Your sin deserves death. 560 00:25:05,895 --> 00:25:09,195 That's the whole point of, of the Old Testament sacrifices, and that's the 561 00:25:09,195 --> 00:25:11,625 whole point of what Jesus is doing. 562 00:25:11,625 --> 00:25:15,045 God wants you to see how big of a deal your sin is. 563 00:25:16,125 --> 00:25:22,305 So remember that Jesus suffered because of you, because of my sin. 564 00:25:23,895 --> 00:25:27,855 Now, even if you're a Christian, it's still good for you to think 565 00:25:27,855 --> 00:25:31,635 about that because you can use that to help you fight temptation. 566 00:25:31,695 --> 00:25:32,295 You ever thought about that? 567 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,820 Maybe when you're tempted to be selfish or you're tempted to lie, or you're tempted 568 00:25:35,970 --> 00:25:38,670 to watch something, you shouldn't, you're tempted to say something you shouldn't. 569 00:25:38,670 --> 00:25:41,130 Or you're tempted to be disrespectful to someone. 570 00:25:41,190 --> 00:25:42,990 Think about, you know, Jesus died because of that. 571 00:25:44,790 --> 00:25:47,610 Think about someone driving nails into Jesus' hands. 572 00:25:48,150 --> 00:25:52,650 Think about someone whipping Jesus on the back, right? 573 00:25:52,650 --> 00:25:54,900 If you're struggling with sin, you're actually fighting it. 574 00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:55,620 You're a Christian. 575 00:25:55,770 --> 00:25:57,990 You, you've been saved and, and you don't wanna sit anymore. 576 00:25:57,990 --> 00:25:58,770 Think about that. 577 00:25:58,920 --> 00:25:59,610 It'll help you. 578 00:25:59,700 --> 00:26:01,140 You'll be like, man, Jesus died for that. 579 00:26:01,140 --> 00:26:01,770 I don't wanna do that. 580 00:26:02,385 --> 00:26:06,045 Because sometimes when you're, when in your everyday life, you know, on Tuesday 581 00:26:06,045 --> 00:26:11,925 afternoon, you need something to, to shake you awake, to be like, this matters God. 582 00:26:12,015 --> 00:26:12,675 God matters. 583 00:26:12,675 --> 00:26:13,305 Sin matters. 584 00:26:13,305 --> 00:26:14,025 Jesus matters. 585 00:26:14,355 --> 00:26:15,285 How I live matters. 586 00:26:15,525 --> 00:26:16,305 So think about it. 587 00:26:16,305 --> 00:26:17,445 Use it to help you. 588 00:26:18,075 --> 00:26:20,445 That's why there's all these details in the Bible about the 589 00:26:20,445 --> 00:26:23,475 consequences of sin, right? 590 00:26:23,475 --> 00:26:23,955 Maybe. 591 00:26:24,540 --> 00:26:26,820 Maybe you're a Christian, but you take forgiveness for granted. 592 00:26:26,850 --> 00:26:29,370 You've been, you've been saved, but you're just like, oh, well now, now 593 00:26:29,370 --> 00:26:31,980 I'm not that bad, so I don't, you don't feel your need for forgiveness. 594 00:26:32,970 --> 00:26:36,480 That's why passages like this are in the Bible, so you can think about, 595 00:26:36,510 --> 00:26:41,880 you know what, I still need that, that still should be me on the cross. 596 00:26:44,250 --> 00:26:47,550 That's to help you think about, you know what, I maybe not as as 597 00:26:47,550 --> 00:26:48,660 righteous as I thought I should be. 598 00:26:48,660 --> 00:26:50,760 I still need God's forgiveness every day. 599 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,379 That still should be me based on how I live today. 600 00:26:56,250 --> 00:26:57,690 I deserve that even as a Christian. 601 00:27:00,060 --> 00:27:02,490 But maybe you're, you're not a Christian and your sin is 602 00:27:02,490 --> 00:27:03,330 just not a big deal to you. 603 00:27:03,390 --> 00:27:04,020 You're just like, whatever. 604 00:27:04,020 --> 00:27:04,590 It doesn't matter. 605 00:27:05,010 --> 00:27:08,520 Maybe you are a Christian and you've got some little sins that 606 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:09,480 you don't think are a big deal. 607 00:27:09,660 --> 00:27:12,870 Maybe you don't want to forgive someone, or maybe you don't really 608 00:27:12,870 --> 00:27:14,430 talk to your parents very respectfully. 609 00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:16,379 Those are still big deal. 610 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:17,340 A big deal. 611 00:27:17,340 --> 00:27:17,610 God. 612 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,070 God says bitterness is a sin. 613 00:27:20,460 --> 00:27:21,870 God says gossip is a sin. 614 00:27:22,410 --> 00:27:25,080 God says, not honoring your father and mother is a sin. 615 00:27:26,970 --> 00:27:30,630 If, if you don't think those sins are a big deal, look at Jesus. 616 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,120 Remember what he did on the cross. 617 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,520 So this is something for, for you to do as a Christian on a regular basis. 618 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:43,080 Think about it when you, when you need to feel the right way about something. 619 00:27:44,070 --> 00:27:47,580 That's why there's all these details about it in God's word. 620 00:27:49,125 --> 00:27:51,645 Also, God wants you to see how much he loves you. 621 00:27:52,665 --> 00:27:57,795 That's also why he, he gave you all of all of these descriptions about Jesus' death. 622 00:27:58,005 --> 00:28:02,145 Because not only does it, is it supposed to help us see our sin and how serious 623 00:28:02,145 --> 00:28:05,955 our sin is, but it's also supposed to help us see how serious God's love for us is. 624 00:28:06,495 --> 00:28:06,795 Right? 625 00:28:07,275 --> 00:28:09,285 Would you do what Jesus did for anyone? 626 00:28:09,945 --> 00:28:12,105 Would you go through all that for anyone else? 627 00:28:13,665 --> 00:28:15,285 You'd have to love someone a lot to do that. 628 00:28:15,465 --> 00:28:17,805 It made me think about Abraham and Isaac, right? 629 00:28:17,805 --> 00:28:18,075 God. 630 00:28:18,135 --> 00:28:22,515 God said, Hey Abraham, I want you to, to take Isaac up the mountain to show me that 631 00:28:22,515 --> 00:28:25,515 you love me more than you love your son. 632 00:28:27,465 --> 00:28:28,275 Well, ultimately, 633 00:28:30,705 --> 00:28:35,175 can you think of a father who gave away his son because of 634 00:28:35,175 --> 00:28:36,705 his love for other people? 635 00:28:37,875 --> 00:28:39,135 That's what the, the cross is about. 636 00:28:39,135 --> 00:28:41,415 The cross, which by the way, happened on this same mountain. 637 00:28:42,750 --> 00:28:44,520 Is to show you God's love. 638 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:52,830 The Father giving away his son for you, his only son, the son he loved for you. 639 00:28:52,830 --> 00:28:56,100 That's how much God loves you. 640 00:28:56,100 --> 00:29:00,030 So use the cross to think about how much God loves you. 641 00:29:00,030 --> 00:29:02,820 Maybe you're, you're a Christian, you doubt God loves you. 642 00:29:03,510 --> 00:29:05,190 You're not sure if God forgives you. 643 00:29:05,430 --> 00:29:07,110 You're not sure if your sins really paid for. 644 00:29:07,650 --> 00:29:09,300 Think about Jesus on the cross. 645 00:29:10,710 --> 00:29:12,900 Is that enough to pay for your sin? 646 00:29:14,010 --> 00:29:14,490 I hope. 647 00:29:14,610 --> 00:29:16,110 I hope so, right? 648 00:29:16,110 --> 00:29:19,350 Because if that's not enough, what is So When you don't feel forgiven by God, 649 00:29:19,350 --> 00:29:24,030 when you don't feel good enough for God, think about what Jesus did and 650 00:29:24,030 --> 00:29:26,370 remember, that's the payment for my sin. 651 00:29:26,670 --> 00:29:28,080 I'm, I can't add anything to that. 652 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:29,280 I can't take anything away from it. 653 00:29:29,730 --> 00:29:32,490 So if, if you're a Christian, you're not sure if you're forgiven, you're, you're 654 00:29:32,550 --> 00:29:35,790 having doubts about your salvation, think about God's love at the cross. 655 00:29:37,365 --> 00:29:38,535 Maybe you aren't a Christian. 656 00:29:38,535 --> 00:29:40,995 You feel like, you feel like maybe you can't come to God. 657 00:29:41,175 --> 00:29:43,005 Uh, you know, God doesn't love me. 658 00:29:43,305 --> 00:29:44,115 I'm too dirty. 659 00:29:44,115 --> 00:29:44,985 I'm too sinful. 660 00:29:44,985 --> 00:29:45,585 I can't do it. 661 00:29:46,755 --> 00:29:47,475 God wouldn't want me. 662 00:29:49,005 --> 00:29:50,595 God gave Jesus right? 663 00:29:50,595 --> 00:29:50,980 For, for. 664 00:29:51,135 --> 00:29:52,125 That's John three 16. 665 00:29:52,125 --> 00:29:53,445 For God so loved the world. 666 00:29:54,285 --> 00:29:56,025 Are you, are you part of the world? 667 00:29:58,365 --> 00:29:59,355 Crosses for you. 668 00:30:01,035 --> 00:30:02,475 God gave his son for you. 669 00:30:02,475 --> 00:30:03,225 You're, you're not. 670 00:30:03,570 --> 00:30:05,910 Left out of God's love. 671 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,130 So think about Jesus'. 672 00:30:11,130 --> 00:30:11,310 Death. 673 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:11,940 Remember it. 674 00:30:12,090 --> 00:30:14,550 Call it to mind when you, when you're tempted, when you're, when you're 675 00:30:14,550 --> 00:30:16,770 struggling with sin, when you're fighting against it, when you're 676 00:30:16,770 --> 00:30:20,460 apathetic, you're not feeling the way you should about Jesus or your sin. 677 00:30:20,460 --> 00:30:22,410 You're not convicted by something the way you should be. 678 00:30:23,010 --> 00:30:24,510 Or maybe you're doubting God's love. 679 00:30:24,510 --> 00:30:26,550 Think about how much God loves you to do that. 680 00:30:27,990 --> 00:30:31,920 But if all you do is feel bad for your sin. 681 00:30:33,045 --> 00:30:34,725 You never, there's, that's all you do. 682 00:30:34,725 --> 00:30:36,405 You just feel bad for your sin all the time. 683 00:30:36,405 --> 00:30:36,945 All the time. 684 00:30:37,545 --> 00:30:39,735 You might end up like Judas, right? 685 00:30:39,735 --> 00:30:41,205 Judas felt really bad for his sin. 686 00:30:41,565 --> 00:30:42,795 We talked about that in our baseball game. 687 00:30:42,855 --> 00:30:47,355 Judas felt bad for his sin, but that's a good starting point. 688 00:30:47,355 --> 00:30:49,515 But we need to take our sin to Jesus, right? 689 00:30:49,515 --> 00:30:52,125 Judas ran away from from Jesus with his sin. 690 00:30:52,545 --> 00:30:55,695 We need to take our sin and our conviction to Jesus. 691 00:30:55,695 --> 00:31:00,885 So our second point tonight is only depend on Jesus to take away your sin. 692 00:31:04,380 --> 00:31:08,160 There's only one way that you can get your guilt taken away. 693 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:12,210 Feeling bad. 694 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,310 Doesn't get rid of your guilt. 695 00:31:14,850 --> 00:31:15,450 Feeling bad. 696 00:31:15,450 --> 00:31:16,470 Doesn't get rid of your sin. 697 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,120 Hiding from God doesn't get rid of your sin. 698 00:31:21,900 --> 00:31:26,310 Sitting on it and, and just feeling terrible and saying how horrible you are. 699 00:31:26,340 --> 00:31:28,080 That doesn't take away your sin. 700 00:31:28,350 --> 00:31:30,480 Only Jesus can take away. 701 00:31:31,005 --> 00:31:33,675 You're a sin and you can't make up for it either. 702 00:31:33,945 --> 00:31:34,095 Right. 703 00:31:34,095 --> 00:31:40,335 It reminded me, I was thinking about, about Jesus and his sacrifice, and 704 00:31:40,335 --> 00:31:43,995 I was thinking about, about the Chronicles of Narnia, if you've ever 705 00:31:43,995 --> 00:31:45,795 seen this movie or read the book, right? 706 00:31:47,205 --> 00:31:50,505 Who's this guy, Edmond? 707 00:31:50,865 --> 00:31:54,075 What does Edmond, what does Edmond do in the line in which, in the 708 00:31:54,075 --> 00:31:55,065 wardrobe, what does Edmund do? 709 00:31:57,795 --> 00:32:02,235 So Edmond in the story, he betrays all the good guys. 710 00:32:03,045 --> 00:32:09,405 So Edmond, this, this kid, he betrays all the good guys and he, right, 711 00:32:09,405 --> 00:32:10,815 he's, he's a bad person, right? 712 00:32:10,815 --> 00:32:12,105 He's, he's Judas, right? 713 00:32:12,105 --> 00:32:15,045 He betrays all the good guys. 714 00:32:16,035 --> 00:32:22,065 And then what happens is Aslan the lion talks to Edmund and he says, Hey, look. 715 00:32:22,860 --> 00:32:25,170 By the way, like, I'm not gonna explain that. 716 00:32:25,170 --> 00:32:26,730 There's a talking lion and, and all that stuff. 717 00:32:26,730 --> 00:32:27,060 All right. 718 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:31,560 You can watch the movie, but Aslan the Lion talks to Edmond and, and he 719 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,950 says, Hey, they had this conversation and you don't see the, you don't 720 00:32:34,950 --> 00:32:35,910 see the conversation in the movie. 721 00:32:35,910 --> 00:32:36,570 You don't know what happened. 722 00:32:36,810 --> 00:32:39,090 And they come out and the lion looks really sad. 723 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:45,600 And then what happens later that night, the lion goes to this scary looking 724 00:32:46,110 --> 00:32:50,220 rock and gives himself up to die. 725 00:32:51,915 --> 00:32:54,165 All the, all the bad guys kill the lion. 726 00:32:54,765 --> 00:32:55,635 They tie him up. 727 00:32:55,635 --> 00:32:58,725 They, they cut all his, his mane off and they kill him. 728 00:33:00,165 --> 00:33:03,075 And this is what he, they kill him and they leave him on this rock. 729 00:33:05,325 --> 00:33:13,305 And later what you find out is that what happened was when you, when 730 00:33:13,305 --> 00:33:16,635 you go back and put all the pieces together, what you realize is that, that 731 00:33:16,635 --> 00:33:19,785 Edmond here, Edmond should have died. 732 00:33:21,270 --> 00:33:26,430 When, when the bad guy came to get rid of Edmund Aslan said, here, take me instead. 733 00:33:27,270 --> 00:33:29,760 That's because there's these laws that in, in the land, there's 734 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:34,710 these deep magic whatever, that you can't just let Edmund go free. 735 00:33:35,190 --> 00:33:37,410 Someone has to die for what Edmund did. 736 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,470 And so the lion says, take me instead. 737 00:33:41,670 --> 00:33:44,730 And so the lion dies and Edmund lives. 738 00:33:46,230 --> 00:33:47,310 So Lan dies. 739 00:33:47,940 --> 00:33:48,780 Edmund lives. 740 00:33:50,070 --> 00:33:56,520 That's what it took for Edmond to be free to be forgiven, someone had to die. 741 00:33:59,730 --> 00:34:02,610 That's how God gets rid of your guilt for your sin. 742 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:04,800 Someone had to die. 743 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:06,330 Jesus had to die. 744 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,570 He had to suffer the, the punishment that you deserve. 745 00:34:09,989 --> 00:34:13,259 God, if we want God to be a good judge, you don't want God just being 746 00:34:13,259 --> 00:34:14,610 like, oh, your sin is not a big deal. 747 00:34:14,969 --> 00:34:16,199 'cause what if God did that to other people? 748 00:34:16,529 --> 00:34:16,739 Right. 749 00:34:16,739 --> 00:34:17,190 Someone. 750 00:34:17,684 --> 00:34:22,364 Beats you up and takes all your money, and the judge is like, cool. 751 00:34:22,393 --> 00:34:22,873 No worries. 752 00:34:23,143 --> 00:34:23,714 I'm nice. 753 00:34:23,714 --> 00:34:24,313 I forgive you. 754 00:34:24,643 --> 00:34:25,454 You don't want that God. 755 00:34:26,714 --> 00:34:29,954 So you want a God who's gonna do something about sin. 756 00:34:29,954 --> 00:34:31,214 But the problem is, is we've all sinned. 757 00:34:31,904 --> 00:34:33,464 We all deserve God to do something about us. 758 00:34:34,634 --> 00:34:40,574 And so Jesus says, take me instead I'll die so he can live. 759 00:34:41,850 --> 00:34:44,279 But you have to trust Jesus to take away your sin. 760 00:34:44,279 --> 00:34:47,009 You can't look for other ways to get rid of your sin. 761 00:34:47,009 --> 00:34:50,309 I think sometimes we look for other things that can take our, take away our sin. 762 00:34:50,309 --> 00:34:53,458 We think, oh, maybe if I start doing good things, maybe if I start 763 00:34:53,458 --> 00:34:57,390 repenting, or maybe if I read my Bible more, or once I stop doing this sin, 764 00:34:57,629 --> 00:35:00,959 maybe then I'll be okay with God. 765 00:35:00,990 --> 00:35:02,220 Maybe then God will love me. 766 00:35:04,109 --> 00:35:06,089 You can never do enough good things for God to love you. 767 00:35:07,169 --> 00:35:08,729 Jesus can take away your sin. 768 00:35:11,624 --> 00:35:14,984 You can't earn your way to heaven. 769 00:35:15,285 --> 00:35:19,154 Or maybe you think if I just wait long enough, or maybe if I hide my sin and 770 00:35:19,184 --> 00:35:21,944 no one else knows about it, or maybe if I hide from God, I don't really 771 00:35:21,944 --> 00:35:24,974 talk to God, I just try to do the the church thing that'll get rid of my sin. 772 00:35:24,974 --> 00:35:25,814 That's not gonna work. 773 00:35:27,644 --> 00:35:31,754 You have to go to Jesus to get your sin to away. 774 00:35:33,270 --> 00:35:35,430 Another thing I think we might do to get rid of our sin is 775 00:35:35,430 --> 00:35:36,689 we try to make excuses for it. 776 00:35:36,899 --> 00:35:37,080 You know? 777 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:41,939 Well, I was, I, I, I get really upset, but you know, my siblings are really annoying. 778 00:35:43,049 --> 00:35:47,160 Or, uh, well, you know, I, my friends at school, just, they, they use 779 00:35:47,220 --> 00:35:51,180 those words and, and say those jokes and, and so I just, I can't help it. 780 00:35:52,109 --> 00:35:53,370 Or, well, this is how I'm wired. 781 00:35:53,370 --> 00:35:56,160 This is the way, this is the way I am, this is my personality, or this 782 00:35:56,160 --> 00:36:00,120 is, this is the way, God, this is the way my body works, or whatever. 783 00:36:00,690 --> 00:36:02,580 We use our excuses to say, well, it's not really that bad. 784 00:36:02,580 --> 00:36:03,330 It's not my fault. 785 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:04,830 Still sin. 786 00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:09,150 The only thing that can take away your sin is when you go to Jesus 787 00:36:09,150 --> 00:36:11,640 with it and ask him to pay for it. 788 00:36:12,540 --> 00:36:14,370 God punishes sin. 789 00:36:15,150 --> 00:36:18,029 He's either gonna punish Jesus for it or he's gonna punish you for it. 790 00:36:18,569 --> 00:36:20,009 So trust Jesus. 791 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,400 Say, God, I need you to take away my sin. 792 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:24,930 I can't get rid of it any other way. 793 00:36:25,170 --> 00:36:27,330 Please forgive me because of what Jesus did. 794 00:36:29,730 --> 00:36:31,650 That's what gets you into heaven. 795 00:36:31,650 --> 00:36:34,110 That's how God forgives sin. 796 00:36:36,060 --> 00:36:38,549 But Matthew doesn't also just, he doesn't want you to see that 797 00:36:38,790 --> 00:36:40,380 Jesus is just a sacrificial lamb. 798 00:36:40,380 --> 00:36:44,130 He also wants you to see that Jesus is the king. 799 00:36:44,250 --> 00:36:44,430 Right? 800 00:36:44,430 --> 00:36:47,790 That was a big theme in, in that chapter, right? 801 00:36:47,790 --> 00:36:50,009 The high school boys are right now, all the, all the times that, that 802 00:36:50,009 --> 00:36:52,710 Jesus was painted out to be a king. 803 00:36:53,220 --> 00:36:56,910 And so Matthew also wants you to see that Jesus conquers through. 804 00:36:57,255 --> 00:36:58,634 Suffering and death. 805 00:36:58,815 --> 00:37:03,315 So our last point tonight is to give King Jesus your allegiance. 806 00:37:04,755 --> 00:37:05,715 Give him your loyalty. 807 00:37:07,305 --> 00:37:08,415 Give him your life. 808 00:37:10,515 --> 00:37:14,745 He deserves everything and anything you can do. 809 00:37:18,330 --> 00:37:20,865 So we've talked a lot about Jesus upside down kingdom, right? 810 00:37:20,865 --> 00:37:23,865 We've talked about how greatness is, is through humility and serving 811 00:37:23,865 --> 00:37:24,944 others and laying your life down. 812 00:37:27,450 --> 00:37:35,910 Jesus becomes king the same way Jesus becomes king through suffering and death. 813 00:37:36,540 --> 00:37:41,820 That's how, that's how God chooses to make Jesus the king, 814 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:43,740 to show that Jesus is the king. 815 00:37:44,190 --> 00:37:45,120 Jesus at the cross. 816 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:48,180 He, he actually accomplished a lot, right? 817 00:37:48,180 --> 00:37:49,920 He accomplished the salvation of his people. 818 00:37:50,970 --> 00:37:54,180 In the New Testament talks about how Jesus disarmed Satan. 819 00:37:54,330 --> 00:37:57,779 Satan can't do anything to you 'cause the only thing Satan can do to get you to 820 00:37:57,779 --> 00:38:01,080 hell is to not let your sins be forgiven. 821 00:38:01,890 --> 00:38:02,520 But guess what? 822 00:38:02,879 --> 00:38:06,150 You all could get your sins forgiven if you trust Jesus. 823 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,430 No one can stop you from doing that except you. 824 00:38:08,714 --> 00:38:12,120 So Jesus won the salvation of his people. 825 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:13,410 He defeated Satan. 826 00:38:13,410 --> 00:38:14,400 He defeated death. 827 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,710 He rose from the grave three days later. 828 00:38:18,660 --> 00:38:21,900 We see that Jesus is glorified by his father. 829 00:38:21,900 --> 00:38:24,960 You ever remember that from John 17 when, when we were in John in main 830 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:28,560 service, that in that prayer that Jesus does right before when in the upper 831 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:35,250 room, he says, father, glorify me, Jesus is, he's lifted up on the cross. 832 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,100 It's says, if the cross is his throne, he's the king. 833 00:38:38,670 --> 00:38:40,470 He's a, he's conquering. 834 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:42,960 He's winning at the cross. 835 00:38:44,310 --> 00:38:46,020 So he's living out all of his. 836 00:38:46,590 --> 00:38:47,250 His teaching. 837 00:38:47,250 --> 00:38:50,310 So this is, this is God's picture of a king. 838 00:38:51,270 --> 00:38:52,440 This is what God wants you to see. 839 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:53,460 This is King Jesus. 840 00:38:54,690 --> 00:39:02,250 King Jesus beaten, bloody dying, but conquering victorious. 841 00:39:02,700 --> 00:39:03,930 That's God's king. 842 00:39:06,685 --> 00:39:10,350 And so Jesus has, he has authority over everything. 843 00:39:11,069 --> 00:39:14,279 He's, he's, if he's really the king, he has authority over everything. 844 00:39:14,279 --> 00:39:15,930 He has authority over your relationships. 845 00:39:15,930 --> 00:39:17,279 He has authority over your free time. 846 00:39:17,490 --> 00:39:19,589 He has authority over your future. 847 00:39:19,589 --> 00:39:23,040 He has authority over your homework, your body, what you like, all your 848 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,200 stuff, your feelings, your words. 849 00:39:25,410 --> 00:39:30,029 Jesus needs your obedience. 850 00:39:30,029 --> 00:39:30,750 He's your king. 851 00:39:30,870 --> 00:39:31,620 He's your Lord. 852 00:39:33,630 --> 00:39:36,180 And I think sometimes even as Christians, maybe we hold onto something. 853 00:39:36,180 --> 00:39:38,190 Say, well, God, you can have everything else but not this. 854 00:39:39,689 --> 00:39:43,620 I really, you know, God, I really wanted to do these things in 855 00:39:43,620 --> 00:39:46,410 college, and if I don't get to do these things, then I'm out. 856 00:39:46,799 --> 00:39:49,680 Or, oh, God, as long as you keep me relatively safe and 857 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:50,729 healthy, then I'll follow you. 858 00:39:51,329 --> 00:39:52,470 We come up with all these conditions. 859 00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:54,990 There's no conditions with the king. 860 00:39:55,620 --> 00:39:56,789 He's either the king or he is not. 861 00:39:58,709 --> 00:40:02,579 So tonight, I, I wanna ask you, is Jesus your king? 862 00:40:04,529 --> 00:40:07,169 Are you giving your allegiance to King Jesus? 863 00:40:08,310 --> 00:40:10,290 Are you trying to give him part of your allegiance or 864 00:40:10,290 --> 00:40:11,220 are you giving him everything? 865 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:14,009 Because if he's really your king, he deserves everything. 866 00:40:14,009 --> 00:40:17,370 You can't say, well, I'll give you this part of my life and, and not this part. 867 00:40:17,609 --> 00:40:19,560 Or I'll give you maybe these things. 868 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:21,210 But, but not that. 869 00:40:22,140 --> 00:40:24,629 If he's the king, he deserves everything. 870 00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:28,440 And, and if you're here and you've never trusted Jesus, or maybe you're 871 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,049 here and you've only wanted to give Jesus a little part of your life. 872 00:40:32,850 --> 00:40:36,630 You, you could change that tonight and, and follow the king who 873 00:40:36,630 --> 00:40:40,860 loves you so much that he would be crucified for you and die for you. 874 00:40:41,759 --> 00:40:43,140 He gave everything for you. 875 00:40:44,850 --> 00:40:48,030 It's not too big of an ask for you to give everything for him. 876 00:40:48,420 --> 00:40:49,830 Let's pray and we'll go to small groups.