1 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:07,920 Hey, guys. How are you doing? 2 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,040 Someone stole my table. Thank you, 3 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:18,240 dear. Thanks, honey. 4 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:23,360 Oopsie. God is so faithful. Whoa. This 5 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:24,080 got high. 6 00:00:31,450 --> 00:00:35,250 I'm not going to ask who was standing next to it. I'm 7 00:00:35,250 --> 00:00:38,890 so excited about this week. I'm so encouraged as the Lord has been taking 8 00:00:38,890 --> 00:00:42,650 me down this pathway headed toward Easter. Hey, 9 00:00:42,650 --> 00:00:45,770 I have an announcement. I want to share something with you. In 10 00:00:46,810 --> 00:00:50,610 April, we set aside just for the month, Pursuit. 11 00:00:50,610 --> 00:00:54,220 Men's ministry rests and bloom. Women's ministry 12 00:00:54,220 --> 00:00:58,020 rests for a little bit. We love that the ladies can get ministered 13 00:00:58,020 --> 00:01:01,580 to and that the men can, but we take April, and we want to 14 00:01:01,740 --> 00:01:05,340 offer an opportunity for the couples in the house. So, 15 00:01:05,660 --> 00:01:09,180 couples in the house. Do you like to play crazy bridge? 16 00:01:10,460 --> 00:01:14,140 Do you know what crazy bridge is? It doesn't matter 17 00:01:14,140 --> 00:01:16,940 because half the people who played last time didn't know either. 18 00:01:18,660 --> 00:01:22,420 So marriage crazy bridge night. Saturday, April 18. 19 00:01:22,740 --> 00:01:26,260 It'll be over in the fellowship hall. You will have 20 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:30,060 a blast. You just will. Last time, 21 00:01:30,060 --> 00:01:33,899 it was packed out, and there was definite demand to do this 22 00:01:33,899 --> 00:01:36,700 again. So I invite the couples to be a part of that. It's gonna be 23 00:01:36,700 --> 00:01:40,260 really good. And if I'm not mistaken, what I just heard 24 00:01:40,260 --> 00:01:43,890 Krista say is that I. I have 25 00:01:43,890 --> 00:01:47,730 two opportunities next week to get candy. Is that what you 26 00:01:47,730 --> 00:01:51,410 guys heard? I'm pretty sure I didn't hear an age limit. Did you guys hear 27 00:01:51,410 --> 00:01:55,170 an age limit? I didn't hear one. Mm. Mm. No. I see all the 28 00:01:55,170 --> 00:01:57,170 kids standing on the side going, why? 29 00:02:00,050 --> 00:02:03,250 This week, the Lord has taken me some of the coolest places. 30 00:02:04,370 --> 00:02:08,130 Pastor Kevin texted me this week, and he said, how are you doing? And I 31 00:02:08,130 --> 00:02:10,780 said, you know what? I feel like I am 32 00:02:11,420 --> 00:02:14,940 completely broken, but so happy to be so. 33 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:19,060 Because of where the Lord has taken me, I feel like what he's given us 34 00:02:19,060 --> 00:02:22,540 this week. You know what? I have been through a lot of palm 35 00:02:22,540 --> 00:02:26,180 Sundays in my life, and I have walked through 36 00:02:26,180 --> 00:02:29,780 this a lot. But for some reason, man, 37 00:02:29,780 --> 00:02:33,580 this year just hits different. This year just 38 00:02:33,580 --> 00:02:37,320 hits different. As I began to study out said, lord, what do you want? 39 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,880 How do you want to do this? What do you want to share? And 40 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,880 I felt like he just. The Holy Spirit just said, I want to take you. 41 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,800 I want you to walk it with me. This is the last week. 42 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,200 We are commemorating the last week of Jesus 43 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,600 walking on planet Earth before his resurrection. 44 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,680 And we are commemorating everything that he walked through. 45 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,800 And I think sometimes we just skip over it and we don't think 46 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,440 about everything that he actually did. Did I just lose 47 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:06,760 that? 48 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,480 My lovely Assistant. Thank you, honey. 49 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,120 You know, I've been driving him nuts for what, 43 years now. 50 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,920 See how resilient he is? Such a 51 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:28,680 good guy. But we are going to. I felt like this is where the Lord 52 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:32,200 would have us go. I had written down eight days that changed the world 53 00:03:32,620 --> 00:03:36,180 from shouts to silence. Because I 54 00:03:36,180 --> 00:03:39,820 can't do this in just seven days or in just 55 00:03:39,820 --> 00:03:43,620 six days because of what happened on that 56 00:03:43,620 --> 00:03:47,420 one day. And so 57 00:03:47,420 --> 00:03:50,340 we're going to dive into that today, all right? We're going to jump up and 58 00:03:50,340 --> 00:03:53,860 we're going to sing. We're going to sing this passage of 59 00:03:53,860 --> 00:03:57,700 scripture. Everybody just pick your own key. Would you stand with 60 00:03:57,700 --> 00:03:57,980 me? 61 00:04:01,810 --> 00:04:05,530 Oh, my goodness. Pastor Kevin, if he were here, he would tell you 62 00:04:05,530 --> 00:04:09,370 all to sing with gusto. I'm just saying, take every bit of caffeine in your 63 00:04:09,370 --> 00:04:13,090 system and let's go. Six days before the 64 00:04:13,090 --> 00:04:16,490 Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where 65 00:04:16,490 --> 00:04:20,290 Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 66 00:04:20,850 --> 00:04:23,730 Here, a dinner was given in Jesus honor. 67 00:04:24,260 --> 00:04:28,020 Martha served while Lazarus was among those reclining 68 00:04:28,020 --> 00:04:31,540 at the table with him. Then Mary took about a 69 00:04:31,540 --> 00:04:35,060 pint of Pure Nard, an expensive perfume. 70 00:04:35,300 --> 00:04:39,060 She poured it on Jesus feet and wiped his feet with 71 00:04:39,060 --> 00:04:42,860 her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of 72 00:04:42,860 --> 00:04:46,540 the perfume. Now we're going to skip down to. I think it is verse 73 00:04:46,540 --> 00:04:50,260 12. The next day, the great crowd that 74 00:04:50,260 --> 00:04:53,300 had come for the festival heard that Jesus. 75 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,000 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, 76 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,920 shouting hosanna. Blessed is he who comes 77 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,480 in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the King of 78 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,320 Israel. Father God, I thank you so much for your word. Oh, my 79 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,560 goodness. Lord, I thank you so much for your word. 80 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,560 Thank you for sending your Word, sending your 81 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,400 son. Thank you for leaving this written word that we can grab hold of. 82 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:25,120 And Holy Spirit, I'm asking that you would just pervade this spirit. 83 00:05:25,990 --> 00:05:29,830 I pray for teachable hearts. I pray, Lord, that we would lean in to 84 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:33,550 everything. Let us take this journey with you through 85 00:05:33,550 --> 00:05:37,350 this week. Father God, I thank you for your faithfulness. Let my 86 00:05:37,350 --> 00:05:41,030 stuff fall in your stand in Jesus name. Amen. 87 00:05:41,510 --> 00:05:44,990 Amen. So here's what I believe the Lord would have me do. And so what 88 00:05:44,990 --> 00:05:48,750 I would like to do with you today, if you would. I'm going to take 89 00:05:48,750 --> 00:05:52,310 you into the rooms. I'm going to take you into the spaces. 90 00:05:52,470 --> 00:05:56,190 I want us to take each day, and I want us to see. Now 91 00:05:56,190 --> 00:05:59,810 here's the thing, guys. When I was young, if I 92 00:06:00,370 --> 00:06:03,970 had a dental appointment. Let's just put that out there. My 93 00:06:03,970 --> 00:06:07,610 mother would not tell me until the day of my dental 94 00:06:07,610 --> 00:06:11,410 appointment, because I was a miserable human. I was 95 00:06:11,410 --> 00:06:14,970 not kind to my siblings. I was shut down. 96 00:06:14,970 --> 00:06:18,610 And I would struggle with anxiety and fear and all of these 97 00:06:18,610 --> 00:06:21,090 things. So my mother got to where 98 00:06:22,450 --> 00:06:26,080 she would pick me up at school the day of 99 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,920 getting. Having a dental appointment, and she would not tell me where we 100 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,200 were going until we pulled into that office. 101 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:37,200 I know that's because 102 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:41,040 I could not handle what was impending. In her 103 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,760 wisdom, she removed from me the fear, the anxiety, 104 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,520 the dread of knowing what was coming. Guys, Jesus didn't have 105 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,410 a buffer. He knew what was coming 106 00:06:52,050 --> 00:06:55,810 the whole time. He knew what was coming. He knew what 107 00:06:55,810 --> 00:06:59,410 his mission was. He knew what was going to be asked of him, 108 00:06:59,410 --> 00:07:03,130 and he knew what it would cost to complete it. And so as we 109 00:07:03,130 --> 00:07:06,449 enter in to this week with him, understand 110 00:07:07,330 --> 00:07:10,050 that he went in knowing full well, 111 00:07:10,690 --> 00:07:14,050 knowing full well what the cost would be. 112 00:07:14,370 --> 00:07:17,730 And I could not start with the triumphal entry. 113 00:07:17,970 --> 00:07:21,450 As much as I would have liked to have started with the triumphal entry, I 114 00:07:21,450 --> 00:07:23,810 couldn't because on Saturday, 115 00:07:25,090 --> 00:07:28,450 which would have been marked by yesterday, he was 116 00:07:28,450 --> 00:07:32,250 anointed. He was anointed because God 117 00:07:32,250 --> 00:07:36,090 leaves nothing undone. And so yesterday we would 118 00:07:36,090 --> 00:07:39,730 have marked the anointing in that upper room. In 119 00:07:39,730 --> 00:07:43,530 that upper room when Mary. Let's just. Just go there with me 120 00:07:43,530 --> 00:07:47,340 for just a minute, okay? And I know that a thousand dances 121 00:07:47,420 --> 00:07:50,980 have been done to this. I know that skits have been done to this, but 122 00:07:50,980 --> 00:07:53,660 I just want you to go for a moment with me into that room, 123 00:07:54,780 --> 00:07:57,500 starting out. Scripture says 124 00:07:57,980 --> 00:08:01,820 Lazarus was sitting at that table. That would have been 125 00:08:01,820 --> 00:08:05,180 enough. That would have been enough. Days before, 126 00:08:05,340 --> 00:08:09,140 Lazarus had been raised from the dead. And Jesus walks into this room, and 127 00:08:09,140 --> 00:08:12,660 there's his friend Mary and his friend Martha, and 128 00:08:12,660 --> 00:08:16,510 there's Lazarus sitting at the table and. And the disciples 129 00:08:16,510 --> 00:08:19,590 are there. And, you know, it had to, like, 130 00:08:20,150 --> 00:08:23,590 smell like food because we know Martha's been doing what Martha does. 131 00:08:23,990 --> 00:08:27,790 And so bread was probably baking, and there was probably lamb that was 132 00:08:27,790 --> 00:08:31,550 cooking, and the fragrances were in the air. And the rooms 133 00:08:31,550 --> 00:08:35,110 would have been dimmed because they would have probably had the clay pots and 134 00:08:35,270 --> 00:08:38,990 the lights, and the table would have been low, and the cushions would have 135 00:08:38,990 --> 00:08:41,190 been for them to recline while they ate. 136 00:08:42,809 --> 00:08:46,289 And the conversations would have been going on. The 137 00:08:46,289 --> 00:08:49,609 disciples would have probably been arguing over who was the greatest. 138 00:08:49,849 --> 00:08:53,569 And the people were probably going, did you see when he 139 00:08:53,569 --> 00:08:57,248 did that? Did you. Can you believe that Lazarus is here? There's probably so 140 00:08:57,248 --> 00:09:00,969 many conversations taking place in the room, and they've settled. 141 00:09:01,689 --> 00:09:05,089 And in comes Mary. And Mary's 142 00:09:05,089 --> 00:09:08,420 carrying this jar of fragrant oil. 143 00:09:09,460 --> 00:09:13,220 And she walks in and she goes to 144 00:09:13,220 --> 00:09:17,060 Jesus. And I mean, honestly, I'm sure they didn't know what Mary was gonna 145 00:09:17,060 --> 00:09:20,780 do because they didn't know what she was gonna do last time when 146 00:09:20,780 --> 00:09:24,340 she sat at his feet, which was only something a disciple 147 00:09:24,660 --> 00:09:28,420 could do when she sat at his feet. But this time she 148 00:09:28,420 --> 00:09:31,940 goes over and she takes this jar and she 149 00:09:31,940 --> 00:09:35,540 shatters it. And this nard, this nard that probably came from 150 00:09:35,540 --> 00:09:38,420 India, it was probably about 300 denarii. It wasn't. 151 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,880 It was a treasure. And she breaks 152 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:47,680 it. She breaks it and she pours it on him, and 153 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:51,280 she pours it on his feet. And Scripture says that the 154 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,639 fragrance filled the room. The 155 00:09:54,639 --> 00:09:57,440 fragrance filled the room. 156 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:02,080 And then she leans over and she does the most unheard 157 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,880 of thing. She takes her hair 158 00:10:05,860 --> 00:10:09,620 and she begins to dry his feet. She begins to 159 00:10:09,620 --> 00:10:12,740 wipe his feet. Guys, there had to be 160 00:10:12,980 --> 00:10:16,100 silence for just a moment. 161 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:20,580 Mouths had to hang open for just a moment. On this 162 00:10:20,580 --> 00:10:24,420 Saturday. On this Saturday is this anointing. But you know 163 00:10:24,420 --> 00:10:28,060 what? Just like with any other form of worship, when somebody does 164 00:10:28,060 --> 00:10:31,540 something unexpected, you're going to have two kinds of people in the room. You're going 165 00:10:31,540 --> 00:10:35,020 to have people who get it, and you're going to have people who judge it. 166 00:10:36,620 --> 00:10:40,460 May we be the former, not the latter. She 167 00:10:40,460 --> 00:10:43,420 did something extravagant. She did something 168 00:10:43,740 --> 00:10:46,140 extravagant for him. And 169 00:10:47,420 --> 00:10:50,780 Judas, the only one in the room that says, oh, 170 00:10:51,180 --> 00:10:54,540 that could have been sold and the money given to the poor. 171 00:10:55,260 --> 00:10:57,660 Do we really think that that's what Judas wanted? 172 00:11:01,030 --> 00:11:04,710 But the fragrance filled the room. Because 173 00:11:04,710 --> 00:11:08,310 you know what? I don't think Mary knew. I don't think 174 00:11:08,310 --> 00:11:11,990 Mary knew what was getting ready to happen, but Mary 175 00:11:11,990 --> 00:11:15,710 knew that something was getting ready to happen. And there 176 00:11:15,710 --> 00:11:19,110 are times in your life where you may not know why God is asking you 177 00:11:19,110 --> 00:11:22,670 to do something. Do it. Do it. When that 178 00:11:22,670 --> 00:11:26,350 unction comes up in your spirit and you sense the Holy Spirit saying, 179 00:11:26,350 --> 00:11:29,800 do this, and you don't really know why, be a Mary. 180 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:34,280 Break the jar. Do what he called you to do. And 181 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,120 Jesus says, no, no, keep. It's fine, stop. 182 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:40,600 What she has done, she has done for my burial. 183 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,240 And, guys, can I tell you what I believe? I believe the 184 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,840 fragrance of that oil. The fragrance. See, you don't just rub 185 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:52,520 oil off. Oil gets in your pores, it 186 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:56,320 gets in your skin, it gets in your clothes, it gets in the cells 187 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:00,160 in your hair. And there's every possibility that when Jesus 188 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,780 was the road headed Toward Golgotha. There's 189 00:12:03,780 --> 00:12:07,380 every possibility that the fragrance of worship still 190 00:12:07,620 --> 00:12:10,740 cling to him. There's every 191 00:12:11,060 --> 00:12:14,860 possibility. Because, see, I don't believe that God 192 00:12:14,860 --> 00:12:18,420 left the scent of death on his Son. I believe he 193 00:12:18,420 --> 00:12:21,860 anointed him for the days that were coming, 194 00:12:22,100 --> 00:12:24,980 the days that Jesus knew were coming. 195 00:12:25,300 --> 00:12:28,700 Anointed on that Saturday. And see, that's the thing about 196 00:12:28,700 --> 00:12:32,550 worship, guys. Worship is rarely convenient. It 197 00:12:32,550 --> 00:12:35,790 is often misunderstood, and it is always 198 00:12:36,190 --> 00:12:39,710 costly. Take your treasure and 199 00:12:39,870 --> 00:12:43,550 pour it out. That was yesterday, guys. That what yesterday 200 00:12:43,550 --> 00:12:47,390 would have commemorated. So Jesus has been anointed to 201 00:12:47,390 --> 00:12:50,830 head into the week that has been ordained for him 202 00:12:50,990 --> 00:12:52,910 that he knew was coming. 203 00:12:54,590 --> 00:12:57,710 And so we are going to enter now into today. 204 00:12:59,410 --> 00:13:02,210 Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday. 205 00:13:03,010 --> 00:13:06,770 I love this. I love this. My favorite part of this. I mean, all of 206 00:13:06,770 --> 00:13:10,130 it's beautiful. But you gotta picture it. Now. We're in 207 00:13:10,130 --> 00:13:13,930 Jerusalem, and the crowd is probably masked 208 00:13:13,930 --> 00:13:17,730 out three or four times, at least the number of people that are normally there, 209 00:13:17,730 --> 00:13:20,050 because they are coming for Passover. 210 00:13:21,810 --> 00:13:25,620 The people are selling things. The stalls are open. The 211 00:13:25,620 --> 00:13:29,420 streets are full. It is busy. It is busy 212 00:13:29,420 --> 00:13:33,060 in the streets of Jerusalem. And then this noise starts. But we're not going to 213 00:13:33,060 --> 00:13:36,780 get to the noise just yet. We see this picture taking place, and 214 00:13:36,780 --> 00:13:40,540 it's Jesus talking to two of his disciples. And he tells 215 00:13:40,540 --> 00:13:44,300 them, he says, guys, I need you to go get this donkey. You're going to 216 00:13:44,300 --> 00:13:47,860 find this donkey on the outskirts of town. You're going to tell that guy you're 217 00:13:47,860 --> 00:13:51,430 going to bring me that donkey. And the 218 00:13:51,430 --> 00:13:55,230 disciples go, and they get that donkey and they bring it to Jesus. 219 00:13:55,870 --> 00:13:59,470 They bring it to him. It wasn't a small thing, guys. 220 00:13:59,470 --> 00:14:03,190 There was a reason. Because Palm Sunday was 221 00:14:03,190 --> 00:14:06,990 not just a celebration. Palm Sunday was 222 00:14:06,990 --> 00:14:10,670 a declaration. It was a declaration because look 223 00:14:10,670 --> 00:14:14,230 here, they brought the colt to Jesus and put their cloaks on it, and he 224 00:14:14,230 --> 00:14:17,230 sat on it. And many of the people spread their cloaks on the road. 225 00:14:17,890 --> 00:14:21,610 Before that happened. Before that happened, when 226 00:14:21,610 --> 00:14:24,850 they brought their. The donkey to Jesus, 227 00:14:25,410 --> 00:14:29,170 the disciples. I don't know how many times I've read this 228 00:14:29,170 --> 00:14:32,450 and just not paid attention. The disciples 229 00:14:33,170 --> 00:14:36,970 took off their cloaks, took off their robes, and 230 00:14:36,970 --> 00:14:40,570 they put it on the donkey to create a place for 231 00:14:40,570 --> 00:14:44,150 Jesus to sit. They saddled the donkey 232 00:14:44,150 --> 00:14:47,870 with their own robes. Why is that important? Why is that important or 233 00:14:47,870 --> 00:14:51,670 why is this important that they would throw cloaks? Because that's what they 234 00:14:51,670 --> 00:14:54,310 did when a new king was crowned. 235 00:14:55,350 --> 00:14:59,110 When a new king was crowned and they would parade him in on his 236 00:14:59,269 --> 00:15:02,910 horses, with his chariots, with Everything. The people would line 237 00:15:02,910 --> 00:15:06,310 the streets and they would take off their cloaks because the 238 00:15:06,310 --> 00:15:09,830 cloaks were, in essence, they spoke to who you were, 239 00:15:09,990 --> 00:15:13,430 what you did. The covering that you had, some of the cloaks were 240 00:15:13,430 --> 00:15:17,090 marked. And so when they took off their cloaks and threw it down, they were 241 00:15:17,090 --> 00:15:19,970 saying, this is not my covering anymore. You are. 242 00:15:21,010 --> 00:15:23,170 This is not who I am anymore 243 00:15:25,410 --> 00:15:28,970 because of who you are. And the people 244 00:15:28,970 --> 00:15:32,770 began to shout Hosanna. Do you know what that means? Lord, 245 00:15:32,770 --> 00:15:35,810 save us, Lord, save us. 246 00:15:36,370 --> 00:15:40,170 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. He's sitting on 247 00:15:40,170 --> 00:15:43,610 this colt. Why? Why? Because he was fulfilling, 248 00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:47,060 purposely fulfilling prophecy. Zechariah, 249 00:15:47,060 --> 00:15:50,900 Rejoice greatly, daughter Zion. Shout, daughter Jerusalem. 250 00:15:51,140 --> 00:15:54,660 See, your king comes to you righteous and victorious, 251 00:15:54,660 --> 00:15:58,500 lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal 252 00:15:58,500 --> 00:16:01,620 of a donkey. Hundreds of years before, 253 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:05,780 the prophecy had gone forth. This king that we're talking about, 254 00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:09,940 this king that we're talking about, when you see him coming in, 255 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:13,460 when you see him riding in on a lowly colt, you can know, 256 00:16:13,990 --> 00:16:17,470 daughter of Zion, your king has arrived. And so there was a 257 00:16:17,470 --> 00:16:21,190 declaration in this. And the people shouting, blessed is he 258 00:16:21,510 --> 00:16:25,310 who comes in the name of the Lord. Can 259 00:16:25,310 --> 00:16:28,990 you even imagine what that felt like? Can you 260 00:16:28,990 --> 00:16:32,550 even imagine Saturday, anointed, 261 00:16:33,190 --> 00:16:36,870 covered with oil, blessed, prepared, second 262 00:16:36,870 --> 00:16:40,230 day, the shouts, the people celebrating, 263 00:16:41,010 --> 00:16:44,650 declaring, I'm no longer who I was because you are now 264 00:16:44,650 --> 00:16:47,810 king. Sad part 265 00:16:48,850 --> 00:16:52,130 is that same city that would cry out, 266 00:16:52,130 --> 00:16:55,250 hosanna, save us, Lord, save us. 267 00:16:55,490 --> 00:16:59,050 Blessed is this king of Israel. That same city would 268 00:16:59,050 --> 00:17:02,890 soon, within days, within hours, begin to cry, give us 269 00:17:02,890 --> 00:17:06,690 Barabbas. Crucify him. 270 00:17:09,340 --> 00:17:12,540 Holy Monday. Coming off of 271 00:17:13,660 --> 00:17:17,260 the triumphal entry. Listen, guys, 272 00:17:17,260 --> 00:17:19,180 when I've got something impending, 273 00:17:20,860 --> 00:17:24,300 I can make all the excuses in the world to go hide somewhere. 274 00:17:25,100 --> 00:17:28,940 I can decide. I just really need to rest up so that I can face 275 00:17:28,940 --> 00:17:32,700 what this is. Nope. Jesus went in. Jesus went 276 00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:36,420 in. He had one week to finish what had been started, and he wasn't going 277 00:17:36,420 --> 00:17:40,200 to leave anything undone. And so what we're getting ready to see is that 278 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,600 he goes in to. He sees the fig 279 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,960 tree. He and the disciples are leaving, and they're going into town. And 280 00:17:47,360 --> 00:17:51,000 he sees the fig tree, and he's hungry. And it's a beautiful fig 281 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,759 tree. It has lots of leaves. And he goes over and he reaches in 282 00:17:54,759 --> 00:17:58,280 to get something to eat, and there's no fruit on the fig 283 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:02,120 tree. And then he does this thing that sometimes you can stand back and 284 00:18:02,120 --> 00:18:05,760 go, well, that was a little bit harsh because he curses the Fig tree. 285 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,680 We are done, done with this fig tree. But see, 286 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:14,360 what we don't understand is that the fig tree represented Israel. The 287 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:17,600 fig tree was about a place that Jesus loved. 288 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,920 A people that Jesus loved that had the appearance of fruit. 289 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,880 They had the Pharisees and the Sadducees and the robes and the temples 290 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,640 and the things that they had. It looked like they had everything together. 291 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,710 But the fruit or the lack of thereof was on Jesus 292 00:18:34,790 --> 00:18:38,630 heart. Even in this last day when he's walking this out, 293 00:18:38,790 --> 00:18:42,630 he is drawing people back to God. He is pointing them back 294 00:18:42,630 --> 00:18:46,430 and going, listen, it doesn't matter what it looks like. It matters if there is 295 00:18:46,430 --> 00:18:49,910 fruit. And so 296 00:18:50,070 --> 00:18:53,870 he goes a little further. It's already one of those days. You ever 297 00:18:53,870 --> 00:18:56,510 just had one of those days? And he goes further and he goes into the 298 00:18:56,510 --> 00:19:00,230 temple. He goes into the temple. And guys, this is the passage of 299 00:19:00,230 --> 00:19:04,030 scripture that everyone loves to talk about. It's like, well, Jesus flipped the 300 00:19:04,030 --> 00:19:07,650 tables. Jesus was righteous. 301 00:19:09,410 --> 00:19:13,250 And isn't it funny how the one instance he can 302 00:19:13,250 --> 00:19:16,450 talk about love and love one another and you are the most amazing 303 00:19:16,770 --> 00:19:20,250 everything for 66 books we know about the love of 304 00:19:20,250 --> 00:19:23,850 Jesus. And the same people who want to tell us he turned the 305 00:19:23,850 --> 00:19:27,570 table can't quote John 3:16. So for God 306 00:19:27,570 --> 00:19:31,170 so loved the world that he gave his only begotten 307 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:34,850 Son, that whosoever believeth in him would not perish, 308 00:19:35,090 --> 00:19:38,750 but would have everlasting. God didn't send his son 309 00:19:38,750 --> 00:19:42,390 into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him 310 00:19:42,390 --> 00:19:46,190 might be saved. If you want to quote one, quote that 311 00:19:46,190 --> 00:19:49,790 one, quote that one. But he goes in and here's the 312 00:19:49,790 --> 00:19:53,430 thing. We get mad because our rights are violated. We get 313 00:19:53,430 --> 00:19:57,230 upset cause somebody does something and we don't deserve it. Jesus didn't turn the 314 00:19:57,230 --> 00:20:00,790 tables because he was upset that they did something to him. This was not about 315 00:20:00,790 --> 00:20:04,590 Jesus. This was about his father. This was about his father. 316 00:20:06,110 --> 00:20:09,750 And so when he flipped the tables, he didn't go, oh, I 317 00:20:09,750 --> 00:20:13,070 am so upset. I'm so offended at you. It was 318 00:20:13,710 --> 00:20:17,390 my Father's house will be a house of prayer, 319 00:20:17,870 --> 00:20:21,630 but you've made it a den of thieves and robbers. He 320 00:20:21,630 --> 00:20:24,870 wasn't indignant on his own behalf. He was 321 00:20:24,870 --> 00:20:28,550 indignant because his father and the mission of the 322 00:20:28,550 --> 00:20:31,210 house of his Father had been violated. 323 00:20:32,650 --> 00:20:36,450 On Monday, tomorrow. This is the question I 324 00:20:36,450 --> 00:20:39,850 want you to ponder now, guys, I have a handout for you in the back 325 00:20:39,850 --> 00:20:42,970 as you leave. If you want to know what Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, just 326 00:20:42,970 --> 00:20:46,730 focuses. I have it for you. I'm not Expecting you to actually 327 00:20:46,730 --> 00:20:50,370 remember everything, because I don't. Anyway, on 328 00:20:50,370 --> 00:20:53,370 Monday, are we fruitful 329 00:20:54,090 --> 00:20:57,470 or are we simply managing the appearance of 330 00:20:57,470 --> 00:21:00,510 fruitfulness? Are we fruitful? 331 00:21:00,750 --> 00:21:04,110 Tomorrow, when you wake up, let the Lord check your fruit 332 00:21:04,830 --> 00:21:08,590 to see. Lord, am I just walking around with a bunch of leaves, or 333 00:21:08,670 --> 00:21:12,150 am I providing something by your help that will 334 00:21:12,150 --> 00:21:15,710 nourish people in the kingdom? And the 335 00:21:15,710 --> 00:21:19,510 second, do we carry in our hearts a deep reverence for what 336 00:21:19,510 --> 00:21:22,590 is holy and sacred to the Lord? Because 337 00:21:23,450 --> 00:21:26,730 the first question I asked you had everything to do with the fig tree. 338 00:21:28,170 --> 00:21:31,970 Do we have fruit that is consistent with righteousness? That's what we're looking at on 339 00:21:31,970 --> 00:21:35,690 Monday. And the second thing, do we carry in our hearts a deep reverence? 340 00:21:36,170 --> 00:21:39,930 Is there enough love for what is holy and 341 00:21:39,930 --> 00:21:43,770 sacred to the Lord that you would be indignant 342 00:21:43,770 --> 00:21:46,970 on his behalf or just on your own? 343 00:21:50,020 --> 00:21:53,860 Holy and sacred to the Lord? Do you even know what is holy 344 00:21:53,860 --> 00:21:57,620 and sacred to the Lord any more? We have dumbed down in. 345 00:21:58,180 --> 00:22:01,900 I feel like we have dumbed down in our churches sometimes some of the 346 00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:05,300 things. We stop talking about holiness. We stop talking about 347 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:09,020 sacred things. And there are still things that are sacred, and there are still 348 00:22:09,020 --> 00:22:11,940 things that are holy. And you want to know what the big one is? 349 00:22:12,500 --> 00:22:16,110 You. You are a holy 350 00:22:16,110 --> 00:22:19,150 nation. You are a priesthood. 351 00:22:20,030 --> 00:22:23,750 And according to the Bible that I read, you are 352 00:22:23,750 --> 00:22:27,470 holy to the Lord. You are holy to the 353 00:22:27,470 --> 00:22:30,590 Lord. Are you living a life that has the 354 00:22:30,590 --> 00:22:34,190 testimony that would show forth that you know 355 00:22:34,190 --> 00:22:37,990 that you are holy to the Lord? You don't take holy 356 00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:41,130 things in some places, you 357 00:22:41,850 --> 00:22:44,650 yourself are holy to the Lord. 358 00:22:46,890 --> 00:22:50,330 On Monday, do we carry in our hearts a deep reverence for what is 359 00:22:50,330 --> 00:22:54,090 holy and sacred to the Lord. And now we're going to move to Pastor 360 00:22:54,090 --> 00:22:56,569 Justin's favorite day, Holy Tuesday. 361 00:23:00,090 --> 00:23:02,330 Holy Tuesday, guys. 362 00:23:04,970 --> 00:23:08,330 Jesus would have been completely justified to go, I'm going to go sit 363 00:23:08,650 --> 00:23:11,450 under that cursed fig tree for the next few days, and I'm just going to 364 00:23:11,450 --> 00:23:14,910 rest up for the weekend that is coming. But no, he was gonna finish the 365 00:23:14,910 --> 00:23:18,110 work. And what we see in this is that Jesus 366 00:23:18,110 --> 00:23:21,350 begins to teach. He begins to teach 367 00:23:21,670 --> 00:23:25,150 everything. He begins to. He confronts the Pharisees. The 368 00:23:25,150 --> 00:23:27,990 Pharisees and Sadducees try to trip him up. 369 00:23:29,670 --> 00:23:33,470 If I'm married to a woman and I die, if my brother 370 00:23:33,470 --> 00:23:36,630 marries this woman and then somebody 371 00:23:36,950 --> 00:23:40,690 who's gonna be her husband in heaven, do you 372 00:23:40,690 --> 00:23:44,410 really care? But anyway, they were trying to trip him up, and 373 00:23:44,410 --> 00:23:47,930 he just goes, he's so wise. And he says, 374 00:23:48,250 --> 00:23:51,850 God is the God of the Living, not of the dead. 375 00:23:52,490 --> 00:23:56,090 God is the God of the living. Let's focus here. And then, 376 00:23:56,330 --> 00:24:00,050 you know, they come in and they go, okay, what about we 377 00:24:00,050 --> 00:24:03,290 give this to Caesar? Or do we give this to God? Or do we do 378 00:24:03,290 --> 00:24:05,850 this or do this? And he says, whose picture is on the coin? 379 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,880 He says, give to Caesar what is Caesar? And unto God what is God's? Over 380 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,480 and over and over, on this Tuesday, Jesus the 381 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:18,120 teacher, arises. Everything he wanted to tell them, he tells 382 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:21,880 them. He tells the leaders. He tells the crowds. He tells everyone. 383 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:26,040 And then we see him move into this intimate time with just the 384 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,680 disciples. Jesus left the temple and was 385 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:33,320 walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its 386 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,660 buildings. Do you see all these things? He asked. 387 00:24:37,060 --> 00:24:40,340 Truly, I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another. 388 00:24:40,740 --> 00:24:44,300 Every one will be thrown down. As 389 00:24:44,300 --> 00:24:47,540 Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him 390 00:24:47,540 --> 00:24:50,740 privately. Tell us, they said. 391 00:24:51,940 --> 00:24:55,300 Tell us, they said. Can you imagine this 392 00:24:55,300 --> 00:24:58,820 moment? Jesus is right there. They've listened to him teach 393 00:24:58,980 --> 00:25:02,180 to everyone. They've listened to him confront the leaders. 394 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:05,810 They've listened to everything over these days. Saturday, 395 00:25:06,450 --> 00:25:09,010 Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. 396 00:25:09,970 --> 00:25:13,570 There's this moment between him and these guys 397 00:25:13,890 --> 00:25:17,650 that he loves. And he says. They say, tell us. 398 00:25:18,050 --> 00:25:21,890 And you know what Jesus begins to do? He begins to tell them about 399 00:25:21,890 --> 00:25:25,570 the end times. And he says, don't let yourself be deceived. 400 00:25:26,210 --> 00:25:30,010 Don't let yourself be deceived. And he begins to charge them. He says, when you 401 00:25:30,010 --> 00:25:33,860 see this, when you see that, he says, there will be wars, and there 402 00:25:33,860 --> 00:25:36,860 will be rumors of wars. Sound familiar? 403 00:25:37,660 --> 00:25:41,300 But the end does not yet come. If you want to know what 404 00:25:41,300 --> 00:25:45,060 Jesus says about these days, the days you're living in right 405 00:25:45,060 --> 00:25:48,660 now. Matthew 24. Get in there and stay there for a while. Because 406 00:25:48,660 --> 00:25:51,580 wouldn't you want to know what he told his disciples to look for? 407 00:25:52,060 --> 00:25:55,580 Matthew 24. It's on the sheet of paper. Get in there. 408 00:25:56,300 --> 00:26:00,140 It will alleviate some of the stresses and the anxieties that the world 409 00:26:00,140 --> 00:26:03,720 and the news and the things you see, it will alleviate some of 410 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,520 that. Because we need to shift our hope into knowing that it is God 411 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,320 who is in control. And Jesus sitting on that Mount of Olives. 412 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:15,120 It's called the Olivet Discourse. Read it. It is so good 413 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:18,800 and it is so rich. But on that Tuesday, on that 414 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,240 ordinary Tuesday, during the week leading up to his 415 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,200 crucifixion, he taught the parable of the tenants. He 416 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,840 taught them on stewardship, what belongs to who. 417 00:26:30,470 --> 00:26:34,190 Accountability, spiritual readiness. And then the discourse, teaching 418 00:26:34,190 --> 00:26:37,750 the disciples on the end times. The clock was 419 00:26:37,750 --> 00:26:41,270 ticking. The clock was ticking and he was 420 00:26:41,270 --> 00:26:45,030 moving forward. He knew the time was short and everything important 421 00:26:45,030 --> 00:26:48,710 that was in his spirit was being poured out. Everything. 422 00:26:49,110 --> 00:26:52,830 He wasn't going to leave one thing on the field. He was 423 00:26:52,830 --> 00:26:56,620 going to leave everything out there. He wasn't going to walk away. Not 424 00:26:56,620 --> 00:27:00,380 leaving it all there. And then what? We move out of 425 00:27:00,380 --> 00:27:03,980 the teaching with the disciples and we move into Spy Wednesday. 426 00:27:05,420 --> 00:27:06,780 Spy Wednesday. 427 00:27:11,020 --> 00:27:14,820 Then One of the 12, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 428 00:27:14,820 --> 00:27:18,380 and asked, what are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to 429 00:27:18,380 --> 00:27:21,820 you? So they counted out for him 30 pieces of 430 00:27:21,820 --> 00:27:22,300 silver. 431 00:27:25,780 --> 00:27:29,540 From then on, Judas watched for an opportunity 432 00:27:30,420 --> 00:27:33,780 to hand him over. Can you even 433 00:27:33,780 --> 00:27:37,580 imagine he's one that's walked with you. 434 00:27:37,580 --> 00:27:40,900 You ever been betrayed by a friend? You ever been 435 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:44,700 hurt and let down by a 436 00:27:44,700 --> 00:27:47,100 friend? But 437 00:27:49,070 --> 00:27:52,870 wasn't even an accident. They didn't even come to him and ask him. It says 438 00:27:53,270 --> 00:27:56,470 he went to them. He 439 00:27:56,470 --> 00:28:00,310 purposely went to them to sell Jesus out for 440 00:28:00,310 --> 00:28:03,750 30 pieces of silverware. And you're thinking, oh, how could somebody, 441 00:28:03,989 --> 00:28:07,510 how could anybody disregard Jesus 442 00:28:07,670 --> 00:28:11,190 for money, for temporary. 443 00:28:12,470 --> 00:28:15,780 But guys, we do it. We do it. 444 00:28:16,660 --> 00:28:20,460 We chase everything except him sometimes. And 445 00:28:20,460 --> 00:28:24,180 even when the conviction of the Lord is there, or God's going, quit working 446 00:28:24,180 --> 00:28:27,940 seven days a week, quit doing this. Spend some time with your family, come 447 00:28:27,940 --> 00:28:31,780 to church. I know you'd rather be. And we go, yeah, 448 00:28:31,780 --> 00:28:34,020 but. Yeah, but 449 00:28:35,620 --> 00:28:39,300 next time that happens, here are the 30 pieces of silver. 450 00:28:40,670 --> 00:28:44,510 Just hear him rattling away over there. Because sometimes 451 00:28:44,910 --> 00:28:48,470 we trade the temporal for the divine and it is not worth. 452 00:28:49,670 --> 00:28:53,470 Is not worth it. He looked for a way. And 453 00:28:53,470 --> 00:28:57,070 then we get to the day. So we've gone. Saturday, the anointing. 454 00:28:57,710 --> 00:29:01,070 Sunday, hallelujah. Monday, the 455 00:29:01,070 --> 00:29:04,750 tables. Tuesday, the teachings. Wednesday, 456 00:29:05,310 --> 00:29:08,990 betrayed by a friend. And then we enter into Thursday, which is 457 00:29:08,990 --> 00:29:12,770 probably the most talked about passage of scripture. It 458 00:29:12,770 --> 00:29:15,690 is where we get the Lord's Supper. And that's where we're going to go right 459 00:29:15,690 --> 00:29:19,370 now. We're going to go into the room with our Lord's Supper. Jesus 460 00:29:19,370 --> 00:29:23,010 knowing full well what was coming. And so they go into that 461 00:29:23,010 --> 00:29:25,610 upper room once again, once again, 462 00:29:26,330 --> 00:29:30,130 expecting one thing. But they go in and Jesus gets 463 00:29:30,130 --> 00:29:33,610 up from the table and he wraps a towel around his waist. 464 00:29:34,490 --> 00:29:38,280 He wraps a towel around his waist and 465 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,400 he begins to go to the disciples one by one, 466 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:46,120 and he begins to wash their feet. Guys, 467 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,880 that was reserved for the lowest of the low in a servant's house. 468 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,960 That was the Person who was. Had just been hired and was just having to 469 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,520 work their way up the ranks. You got feet today. Anyway, 470 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,960 that's basically what it was. And Jesus 471 00:30:03,170 --> 00:30:06,930 the king who came in riding on a donkey, 472 00:30:08,050 --> 00:30:11,730 wraps a towel around his waist and starts washing the 473 00:30:11,730 --> 00:30:15,010 feet of his disciples. And he 474 00:30:15,010 --> 00:30:18,650 demonstrated to them, this, my brothers, is 475 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:22,450 what servanthood looks like. It's what 476 00:30:22,450 --> 00:30:26,170 servanthood looks like. And Peter says, no, don't 477 00:30:26,170 --> 00:30:30,010 wash my feet. Don't wash my feet. And Jesus says, 478 00:30:30,010 --> 00:30:33,240 if you will not allow me to serve, then you have no part of me. 479 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:36,200 And he said, not only my feet, but my head 480 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:40,600 and my hands. Guys, sometimes 481 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,760 we just need to get in the presence of God and go, all, Lord, all. 482 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,920 My head, my hands, my feet, everything. 483 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,560 God, let it be sanctified and set apart for your 484 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:56,320 purposes. And so what we see him do is he serves them 485 00:30:56,320 --> 00:31:00,130 food. He serves them the wine and the bread, 486 00:31:00,210 --> 00:31:03,850 knowing full well that one sitting at the table with him 487 00:31:03,850 --> 00:31:07,650 will betray him. He tells them about how they should love one another 488 00:31:07,730 --> 00:31:11,370 and how they should serve one another, because these are his closest, 489 00:31:11,370 --> 00:31:15,090 and this is going to be really his last teaching time. And 490 00:31:15,090 --> 00:31:17,890 so he's telling them the most important things. 491 00:31:21,010 --> 00:31:24,690 He says, one, that here will betray me. And of course, they all start 492 00:31:24,690 --> 00:31:28,330 saying, lord, is it I? Lord, is it I? And he says, the one who's 493 00:31:28,330 --> 00:31:29,970 just dipped the bread in the cup. 494 00:31:32,690 --> 00:31:35,650 And then he looks and he says, go and do what you need to do. 495 00:31:39,730 --> 00:31:43,490 Go and do what you need to do. And we see 496 00:31:44,130 --> 00:31:47,650 the rolling 497 00:31:47,650 --> 00:31:51,450 of time speeding up as Jesus heads into the garden of 498 00:31:51,450 --> 00:31:54,690 Gethsemane. And he begins to travail before 499 00:31:55,310 --> 00:31:59,110 he begins to call out, father, if 500 00:31:59,110 --> 00:32:01,950 it be your will, let this cup pass from me. 501 00:32:03,230 --> 00:32:07,030 Yet not my will, but yours be done. And he 502 00:32:07,030 --> 00:32:10,709 goes out to see if his disciples, if his disciples are waiting 503 00:32:10,709 --> 00:32:14,550 with him and they're asleep. And he says, could you 504 00:32:14,550 --> 00:32:18,190 not tarry one hour? Could you not 505 00:32:18,190 --> 00:32:21,870 tarry one hour? Can you even imagine the anguish he 506 00:32:21,870 --> 00:32:25,230 had to be in in that season? How hard it had to be 507 00:32:26,950 --> 00:32:30,790 that his sweat would become as drops of blood? And, 508 00:32:30,790 --> 00:32:34,590 guys, that's a literal thing. That can actually happen when someone 509 00:32:34,590 --> 00:32:37,830 is in the deepest of distress and grief. 510 00:32:38,070 --> 00:32:41,749 And it happens. They've noted, 511 00:32:41,750 --> 00:32:45,350 doctors have seen it. I've never heard of it before 512 00:32:45,350 --> 00:32:49,070 him. And then we see 513 00:32:49,070 --> 00:32:50,790 the scene. Here comes Judas, 514 00:32:53,450 --> 00:32:57,050 money jangling in his pocket with the 515 00:32:57,050 --> 00:33:00,450 soldiers, and he goes over and he kisses 516 00:33:00,450 --> 00:33:03,970 Jesus, and he betrays him with a 517 00:33:03,970 --> 00:33:04,330 kiss. 518 00:33:08,170 --> 00:33:11,210 Peter takes a sword, 519 00:33:13,210 --> 00:33:16,810 takes off someone's ear, and Jesus 520 00:33:18,510 --> 00:33:21,910 takes it and he puts it back, says 521 00:33:21,910 --> 00:33:25,510 Peter, if you're going to live by the sword, you're going to die by the 522 00:33:25,510 --> 00:33:29,310 sword. He was just. He had to teach him. He had to 523 00:33:29,310 --> 00:33:30,990 teach him because he loved him. 524 00:33:33,550 --> 00:33:37,390 And then we know. We know, but we 525 00:33:37,390 --> 00:33:40,950 don't know what happened. In the next 526 00:33:40,950 --> 00:33:43,400 time, skip here. 527 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:48,120 Good Friday. Good Friday. 528 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,640 It is the culmination of Jesus earthly ministry. 529 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:57,640 He's getting ready to finish his course in 530 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:01,080 that. And they take him before 531 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,440 Pilate. Jesus said, my 532 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:09,040 kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent 533 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:12,680 my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is 534 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:16,220 from another place. You are a king then, said 535 00:34:16,220 --> 00:34:19,820 Pilate. Jesus answered, you say that I am a king. 536 00:34:20,780 --> 00:34:24,340 In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to 537 00:34:24,340 --> 00:34:27,980 testify of the truth. Everyone on the side of the truth listens to me. 538 00:34:28,140 --> 00:34:31,900 What is truth? Retorted Pilate. With 539 00:34:31,900 --> 00:34:35,740 this, he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, I find 540 00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:39,540 no basis for a charge against him. But it is 541 00:34:39,540 --> 00:34:43,289 your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at 542 00:34:43,289 --> 00:34:46,889 the time of the Passover. Do you want me to 543 00:34:46,889 --> 00:34:50,729 release the King of the Jews? And they shouted back, no, 544 00:34:50,729 --> 00:34:53,969 not him. No, not him. 545 00:34:55,169 --> 00:34:58,689 Give us Barabbas. Here is your 546 00:34:58,689 --> 00:35:02,449 king, Pilate said to the Jews. But they shouted, take him away. 547 00:35:02,449 --> 00:35:06,249 Take him away. Crucify him. Shall I crucify your 548 00:35:06,249 --> 00:35:09,420 king? Pilate asked. 549 00:35:09,980 --> 00:35:13,740 We have no king but Caesar, the chief priests answered. And 550 00:35:13,740 --> 00:35:17,420 finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. 551 00:35:18,300 --> 00:35:22,060 So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying his own 552 00:35:22,060 --> 00:35:25,100 cross. He went out to the place of the skull. 553 00:35:26,140 --> 00:35:29,740 There they crucified him. And with him two others. 554 00:35:30,460 --> 00:35:33,180 One on each side and Jesus 555 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:38,200 the middle. One 556 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:42,040 on each side and Jesus in the middle. They crucified him, 557 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,720 guys. The veil in the temple 558 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:51,920 ripped from top to bottom. Ripped from top 559 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:55,360 to bottom. The ground began to shake. The earthquake. The 560 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:59,000 skies darkened. Stones began to crack in 561 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,720 half. It says that that tombs opened and those 562 00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:06,560 who were asleep in the Lord began to rise. You think we didn't hear 563 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:10,280 the voice of God that day? You think we didn't hear the rumbling 564 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:13,760 of the Father in that moment when his Son was crucified? 565 00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:18,440 All of the voices that had shouted, hosanna, blessed 566 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:22,000 is he who comes in the name of the Lord. And then had shouted, crucify 567 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:25,760 him. Now went silent. Now 568 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:29,550 went silent. And we enter into what 569 00:36:29,550 --> 00:36:32,750 is called Silent Saturday. 570 00:36:34,670 --> 00:36:38,510 Holy Saturday. It is a time between times. 571 00:36:38,750 --> 00:36:42,510 It is interstitial. Living in the space between. 572 00:36:43,550 --> 00:36:45,790 Living in the space between. 573 00:36:48,030 --> 00:36:49,230 Oh, Jesus, 574 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:56,240 at evening approached, there came a rich man from Armathea named Joseph, who 575 00:36:56,240 --> 00:37:00,080 had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked 576 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,840 for Jesus body. He wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and he 577 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,560 placed it in his own new tomb that he had. He had 578 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:11,400 cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance 579 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,120 to the tomb and he went away. 580 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,850 And he went away. And 581 00:37:19,850 --> 00:37:23,570 now we see the disciples hidden 582 00:37:24,690 --> 00:37:27,810 and afraid and silent. 583 00:37:29,090 --> 00:37:32,930 Because, see, we have the privilege of knowing on 584 00:37:32,930 --> 00:37:36,770 this side of it while it's taking place. All they knew was 585 00:37:36,770 --> 00:37:40,490 that this Jesus, that they had followed this Jesus had now been 586 00:37:40,490 --> 00:37:44,290 crucified. And they had watched him be placed in a tomb 587 00:37:44,710 --> 00:37:48,470 and a stone had been rolled in and their hope got buried with 588 00:37:48,470 --> 00:37:51,830 him. They didn't know, 589 00:37:53,510 --> 00:37:57,310 they couldn't see it yet on the earth it was 590 00:37:57,310 --> 00:38:00,390 silent. They didn't know 591 00:38:01,990 --> 00:38:05,790 that in the depths that the keys to death, hell and 592 00:38:05,790 --> 00:38:09,550 the grave were being taken. They didn't understand that something 593 00:38:09,550 --> 00:38:13,070 was happening and unto unseen realms that they had no clue. 594 00:38:13,550 --> 00:38:17,190 But they're. They were getting ready to know and see. So 595 00:38:17,190 --> 00:38:20,830 often in life we stand in this place. We stand in this 596 00:38:20,830 --> 00:38:24,270 place in our lives, and we are, every single one of us, 597 00:38:24,430 --> 00:38:28,190 in this season of a silent Saturday where we have the 598 00:38:28,190 --> 00:38:31,790 first coming and the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus 599 00:38:31,790 --> 00:38:35,550 Christ and then we have the second coming of Jesus Christ 600 00:38:35,630 --> 00:38:39,150 and we are still standing in the middle of this waiting space. 601 00:38:40,350 --> 00:38:43,870 And we have the opportunity in these moments of 602 00:38:44,110 --> 00:38:47,790 silent Saturday, we get to. We get 603 00:38:47,790 --> 00:38:50,590 to sit with our grief. 604 00:38:52,430 --> 00:38:55,990 We get to take a moment and not rush past the 605 00:38:55,990 --> 00:38:59,830 suffering and dismiss what Jesus did. We get to sit 606 00:38:59,830 --> 00:39:02,830 here and we get to anticipate 607 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:07,360 knowing what's coming and to sit in that silence. I read 608 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:10,840 this. It said, silence is the final and most pronounced 609 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:14,520 expression of what the Bible calls lament. It can 610 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:18,280 often be loud, particularly at first, but eventually 611 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:22,120 words will fail, as do our voices, and 612 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:25,160 then there is only silence. 613 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:30,400 We experience Holy Saturday, Silent Saturday, knowing how 614 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,890 the story ends and knowing that death will lose its sting. 615 00:39:34,050 --> 00:39:37,770 But it is precisely this knowledge of resurrection that makes 616 00:39:37,770 --> 00:39:41,170 Holy Saturday so important. You see, 617 00:39:41,170 --> 00:39:44,570 biblical hope is not cheery optimism, nor is it Pollyanna ish 618 00:39:44,570 --> 00:39:47,650 ignorance, Biblical hope, resurrection. Hope 619 00:39:47,810 --> 00:39:51,650 flourishes in a Holy Saturday world. 620 00:39:52,530 --> 00:39:56,170 We are in a Holy Saturday world in a Holy 621 00:39:56,170 --> 00:39:59,570 Saturday moment as we lean in anticipation 622 00:39:59,890 --> 00:40:03,530 of what is coming. And so as I was 623 00:40:03,530 --> 00:40:07,130 praying, I said, lord, I don't want to leave with 624 00:40:07,130 --> 00:40:10,810 Holy Saturday. I want the silent Saturday. I want the Holy Saturday in 625 00:40:10,810 --> 00:40:14,250 their spirits, Lord, But What I want is something that the 626 00:40:14,250 --> 00:40:17,330 disciples did not have in that moment because they couldn't see. 627 00:40:17,970 --> 00:40:21,010 We have the hope. We have the promise. 628 00:40:22,940 --> 00:40:25,900 When in the silent Saturday season, we must continually 629 00:40:26,300 --> 00:40:30,060 remind our hearts that Sunday is coming. 630 00:40:31,020 --> 00:40:34,460 Sunday is coming. And Jesus will finish the work. 631 00:40:34,620 --> 00:40:38,220 He will do what he came to do. And so we are going to take 632 00:40:38,220 --> 00:40:41,740 just a moment. I've asked the worship team if you would stand. 633 00:40:42,380 --> 00:40:45,260 Jonathan, take the lights down as low as you can get them, 634 00:40:46,140 --> 00:40:49,590 because I want you to go here with me. Silent Saturday. 635 00:40:50,630 --> 00:40:54,310 Jesus has been placed in the tomb and they've walked away. 636 00:40:54,710 --> 00:40:55,910 I want you to go there.