{"id":1142,"date":"2024-06-03T01:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T01:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/298-jonno-nutter-exhortation-trying-to-appreciate-the-sacrifice-of-christ-more\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T04:42:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:42:37","slug":"298-jonno-nutter-exhortation-trying-to-appreciate-the-sacrifice-of-christ-more","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/298-jonno-nutter-exhortation-trying-to-appreciate-the-sacrifice-of-christ-more\/","title":{"rendered":"298: Jonno Nutter – Exhortation: Trying to Appreciate the Sacrifice of Christ More"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an Exhortation that was given by Brother Jonno Nutter at the Wamuran Ecclesia Ecclesia in Australia titled \u201cTrying to Appreciate the Sacrifice of Christ More”.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Good Chris selfie and
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\nabout to listen to.
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\nthis week’s talk.
\nThis week’s talk was an <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation presented at the
\nWhamaran Ecclesia in Australia <\/p>\n

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\non April 14th of this year by
\nbrother John O Nutter. <\/p>\n

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\nThe title is trying to
\nappreciate the sacrifice of <\/p>\n

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\nChrist more.
\nVery much enjoyed this talk. <\/p>\n

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\nAs far as I thought this was a
\nreally great balance of kind of <\/p>\n

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\nclearly something John O has
\nbeen dealing with, kind of <\/p>\n

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\nstruggling with thinking about
\nfor a long time. <\/p>\n

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\nSomething he has a passion
\nabout. <\/p>\n

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\nMatched with a lot of really
\ninteresting study points that I <\/p>\n

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\nhad never heard of, things I
\nhadn’t kind of thought of about <\/p>\n

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\nspecifically the death of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is a really powerful
\nexecution. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m excited.
\nI think it’s been good that <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ve kind of called out
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\ntalks in our descriptions,
\nbecause this would be an awesome<\/p>\n

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\none to use if you were in a
\nsituation occlusionally. <\/p>\n

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\nWe needed to have a recorded
\nexhortation. <\/p>\n

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\nSo yeah, very, very excited to
\nshare this one. <\/p>\n

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\nJohn and I are trying to
\nappreciate the sacrifice of <\/p>\n

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\nChrist more.
\nThere’s a purpose for us coming <\/p>\n

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\nhere this morning, and that
\npurpose is the same purpose that<\/p>\n

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\nwe come here every Sunday to
\ntake the bread and the wine and <\/p>\n

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\nto remember what Christ has done
\nfor us. <\/p>\n

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\nNow we do this every week, and
\nevery week turns into every <\/p>\n

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\nmonth, and then every month
\nturns into every year. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd some of us have been doing
\nthis for literally decades, <\/p>\n

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\ndecades and decades.
\nSome of us have been doing it <\/p>\n

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\nfor just a few short months.
\nI was baptized in January 2008. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I’ve gone through this
\nprocess of taking the bread and <\/p>\n

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\nthe wine 800 odd times, more
\nthan 800 times. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in doing this so often and
\nso many times, I think it’s easy<\/p>\n

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\nto lose the power behind it.
\nDo you ever feel like that? <\/p>\n

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\nDo you ever feel like you don’t
\nhave maybe the appreciation that<\/p>\n

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\nyou should have?
\nMaybe you don’t have the <\/p>\n

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\nappreciation that you had when
\nyou were baptized, that maybe <\/p>\n

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\nthis activity, this process of
\ntaking the bread and the wine <\/p>\n

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\nand remembering Jesus has become
\na little bit ritualistic. <\/p>\n

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\nMaybe it’s become a little bit
\nordinary, mundane and all. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve felt like that.
\nAnd I’ve felt that I don’t have <\/p>\n

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\nthe appreciation for what Christ
\nhas done for me in the past. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s something that I’ve
\nreally thought about, something <\/p>\n

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\nthat I’ve, I’ve pursued, I’ve
\ntried to pursue that <\/p>\n

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\nappreciation and something that
\nI’ve been thinking about a lot <\/p>\n

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\nover the last sort of 12 months.
\nYou know, I take especially <\/p>\n

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\nsomething I think about when I
\ntake the bread and the wine, <\/p>\n

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\nI’ll take a sip from the wine.
\nI’ll close my eyes and I’ll say <\/p>\n

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\na prayer for a minute and I’ll
\nopen my eyes and I sort of think<\/p>\n

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\nthat Christ died for me.
\nAnd I’ll go, oh, I feel like I <\/p>\n

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\nneed to appreciate this more.
\nSo that’s what I want to focus <\/p>\n

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\non this morning.
\nIs this appreciation for what <\/p>\n

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\nChrist has done.
\nNow, if you aren’t like me, if, <\/p>\n

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\nif your heart is bursting with
\ngratitude every time you take <\/p>\n

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\nthe bread and the wine and, and
\nyou are overwhelmed with <\/p>\n

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\nappreciation, then my hat off to
\nyou, good Sir, good man. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re a step ahead of me.
\nAnd you can kick back and sort <\/p>\n

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\nof zone out now because this
\nexhort isn’t for you. <\/p>\n

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\nFor the rest of us, however, I
\nwant to consider the antidote to<\/p>\n

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\nthe state that I’ve just
\nmentioned. <\/p>\n

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\nCome with me, please.
\nTo Hebrews chapter 12. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re going to look at the
\nverses that our opening song <\/p>\n

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\nwere based on Hebrews chapter 12
\nverse two and three. <\/p>\n

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\nThe verses where we all know
\nwell. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m going to read these from the
\nNRV. <\/p>\n

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\nLet us fix our eyes on Jesus,
\nthe author and perfecter of <\/p>\n

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\nfaith, who for the joy set
\nbefore him endured the cross, <\/p>\n

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\nscorning it shame and sat down
\nat the right hand of the throne <\/p>\n

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\nof God.
\nConsider him who endured such <\/p>\n

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\nhostility from sinful men so
\nthat you will not grow weary or <\/p>\n

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\nlose heart.
\nNow that’s exactly what I want <\/p>\n

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\nto do this morning is I want to
\nconsider the hostility that was <\/p>\n

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\nshown to Christ and as an
\nantidote to this feeling of of <\/p>\n

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\ntaking the bread and the wine
\nbeing ordinary or mundane. <\/p>\n

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\nThis, considering these, this
\nhostility that was shown to <\/p>\n

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\nChrist makes us appreciate the
\nbread and the wine more. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd and as a spinoff or as a bit
\nof a byproduct of doing this, I <\/p>\n

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\nwant to better understand the
\nwords we just read in first <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians chapter one.
\nSo just before I start to <\/p>\n

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\nconsider this hostility with
\nyou, I wanted to say that my <\/p>\n

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\nthoughts this morning were
\nreally kick started by a <\/p>\n

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\nChristopher podcast that I, I
\nlisten to from time to time <\/p>\n

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\ncalled wilderness conversations.
\nAnd, and this particular episode<\/p>\n

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\nwas two brothers who were
\ntalking about the cross, you <\/p>\n

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\nknow, a crucified saviour and
\nthe implications of that. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if you want to think about
\nthis subject a little bit more, <\/p>\n

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\nI’d encourage you to find that
\npodcast. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you don’t know where it is,
\ncome see me after the meeting. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m happy to, to try and
\nhelp you with that. <\/p>\n

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\nThat podcast really struck a
\nchord with me and I wanted to <\/p>\n

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\nshare what I learned from that
\nand, and the other things that <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve sort of learnt along the
\nway. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s the other thing I, I
\nwanted to, to say is I feel like<\/p>\n

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\nconsidering the trials and the
\ncrucifixion of Christ is, is <\/p>\n

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\nreally hallowed ground.
\nI know this is something that is<\/p>\n

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\ndeeply personal to all of us.
\nAnd so I’m trying to approach <\/p>\n

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\nthis subject respectfully and,
\nand sensitively. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve never spent so much time
\npreparing for an exhort as I’ve <\/p>\n

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\nspent preparing for this exhort.
\nNever spent so much time reading<\/p>\n

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\nand, and listening and, and
\ntalking to people about these <\/p>\n

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\nparticular things that we’re
\ngoing to talk about this <\/p>\n

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\nmorning.
\nBut I think it is something that<\/p>\n

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\nwe need to talk about.
\nAnd I think it’s, I think we <\/p>\n

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\nfind it a little bit distasteful
\nto consider the hostilities <\/p>\n

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\nshown to Christ.
\nAnd I think it’s hard for us to <\/p>\n

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\nthink about this sometimes, but
\nthe Gospels, between the four <\/p>\n

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\ngospels, 8 chapters are
\ndedicated to this time from when<\/p>\n

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\nJudas portrays Jesus to the time
\nthat Jesus, Jesus dies on the <\/p>\n

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\ncross.
\nIt’s not common that all four <\/p>\n

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\ngospels record one, you know, an
\nevent, often two or three <\/p>\n

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\ngospels will record an event,
\nbut it’s not common that all <\/p>\n

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\nfour do.
\nAnd yet all four gospels record <\/p>\n

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\nthis, this event thoroughly.
\nThey all have different angles <\/p>\n

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\non it, but they all record the
\ntrials and the crucifixion of <\/p>\n

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\nChrist in great detail.
\nIn fact, I think this is the <\/p>\n

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\nmost witnessed, most detailed
\ncrucifixion there has ever been.<\/p>\n

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\nRight?
\nSo the hostility that was shown <\/p>\n

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\nto Christ didn’t actually begin
\nstarted the moment he was born. <\/p>\n

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\nReally.
\nWe know that when Jesus was <\/p>\n

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\nborn, Herod wanted to take his
\nlife as a baby. <\/p>\n

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\nSo right from the very, very
\nbeginning, Christ faced <\/p>\n

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\nhostility.
\nWe know that through his <\/p>\n

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\nministry he was shown hostility
\nby members of his family, from <\/p>\n

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\nhis townsfolk, they wanted to
\nkill him and a lot of hostility <\/p>\n

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\nfrom the Jewish leaders, the
\nreligious leaders of the day. <\/p>\n

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\nAziah 53 verse two says it was
\nthe will of the Lord that his <\/p>\n

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\nservant grow like a plant taking
\nroot in dry ground. <\/p>\n

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\nHe had no dignity or beauty to
\nmake us take notice of him. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was nothing attractive
\nabout him, nothing that would <\/p>\n

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\ndraw us to Him.
\nThe climax of the hostility <\/p>\n

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\ntowards Christ is encapsulated
\nin his death on the cross. <\/p>\n

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\nBut it really started well
\nbefore then. <\/p>\n

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\nI want to start in the Garden of
\nGethsemane today. <\/p>\n

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\nSo in the Garden of Gethsemane,
\nhe was portrayed by one of his <\/p>\n

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\nclosest friends, a man who had
\ntravelled and lived with him for<\/p>\n

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\nthe past 3 1\/2 years and and
\nJudas. <\/p>\n

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\nThis man betrayed him to a
\nviolent group of thugs, men who <\/p>\n

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\ncame to Jesus and beyond him
\ncarrying staves and carrying <\/p>\n

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\nclubs.
\nAll of his other friends, all of<\/p>\n

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\nhis best friends, abandoned him.
\nThey all fled into the night and<\/p>\n

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\nthese thugs dragged him off to
\nthe local courts. <\/p>\n

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\nThe local court was corrupt.
\nHis fate was decided before he <\/p>\n

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\nstepped into it.
\nThere’s false witnesses that <\/p>\n

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\ntestified against him and the
\nodds were stacked against him. <\/p>\n

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\nIt wasn’t a it wasn’t a fair
\ncourt at all. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was here that it was decided
\nhe should die here. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says they beat him.
\nThe record speaks of them <\/p>\n

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\nspitting in his face, hitting
\nhim with their hands and <\/p>\n

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\nscorning him.
\nAs I 53 Seven says, he was <\/p>\n

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\ntreated harshly but endured it
\nhumbly. <\/p>\n

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\nHe never said a word.
\nLike a lamb about to be <\/p>\n

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\nslaughtered, like a sheep about
\nto be sheared. <\/p>\n

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\nHe never said a word.
\nHe was then denied by Peter, one<\/p>\n

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\nof his best friends denied that
\nhe ever knew him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:23,720 –> 00:10:28,720
\nHe was dragged by the local
\nleaders to Pilot, where he was <\/p>\n

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\naccused of all sorts of terrible
\nthings that were untrue. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:32,520 –> 00:10:33,920
\nPilot doesn’t want to know about
\nit. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:33,960 –> 00:10:38,040
\nPilot palms him off to Herod.
\nHerod wanted to see Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:38,240 –> 00:10:41,880
\nHerod wanted Jesus to perform
\nmiracles for his entertainment. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:43,280 –> 00:10:47,600
\nBut Jesus is silent.
\nJesus didn’t comply and so Herod<\/p>\n

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\n00:10:47,600 –> 00:10:49,000
\nlet his soldiers make fun of
\nhim. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:50,400 –> 00:10:54,160
\nThey mocked him, put a robe on
\nhim, and they laughed at him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:55,360 –> 00:10:58,760
\nIn the ESV, it says he was
\ntreated with contempt. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:59,840 –> 00:11:02,000
\nThe King James says he was
\ntreated as naughty. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:02,080 –> 00:11:03,400
\nHe was treated as if he was
\nnothing. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:04,480 –> 00:11:09,800
\nHe’s probably beaten again.
\nJesus was sent back to Pilate, <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:10,400 –> 00:11:13,560
\nwho found him guiltless and
\nwanted to release him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:13,560 –> 00:11:17,760
\nHe could find no justification
\nfor for an arrest. <\/p>\n

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\nMark 15 says these words.
\nAnd Pilate answered and said <\/p>\n

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\nunto again unto them, What will
\nye then, that I shall do unto <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:27,760 –> 00:11:30,440
\nhim whom ye call King of the
\nJews? <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:31,200 –> 00:11:33,640
\nAnd they cried out against him,
\nCrucify him. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Pilate said unto them, Why?
\nWhat evil hath he done? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd they cried out all the more
\nexceedingly, Crucify him, <\/p>\n

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\ncrucify him.
\nThe people cried out against <\/p>\n

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\nJesus, asking Pilate to release
\na vile murderer, a person who <\/p>\n

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\nwas involved in an uprising.
\nAnd they crucified Jesus who had<\/p>\n

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\ndone nothing wrong.
\nIt says their voices prevailed <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:03,360 –> 00:12:07,640
\nas I 53 verse three.
\nWe despised him and rejected <\/p>\n

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\nhim.
\nYou can imagine how Jesus is <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:11,040 –> 00:12:15,360
\nfeeling.
\nDo you think he felt rejected <\/p>\n

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\nwhen all of his closest friends
\nran away into the night when <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:22,600 –> 00:12:23,960
\nPeter denied that he even knew
\nhim? <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:23,960 –> 00:12:30,080
\nDo you think Jesus felt despised
\nwhen all the people had no <\/p>\n

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\njustification, just yell, kept
\nyelling out crucify him <\/p>\n

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\ncrucified?
\nWhen the Roman leaders were <\/p>\n

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\nready to release him, His own
\npeople wanted him crucified. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus was scourged by Pilate.
\nThe whip that they used for <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:48,600 –> 00:12:54,760
\nscourging had multiple leather
\nthongs coming off it and each <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:54,760 –> 00:12:59,360
\none had a piece of bone or or
\nmetal tied to the end of it and <\/p>\n

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\nhis clothing would have been
\nremoved and he was whipped <\/p>\n

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\nacross the back by a Roman
\nsoldier. <\/p>\n

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\nNow this whip didn’t just cause
\ndamage to the surface of the <\/p>\n

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\nback it it ripped into the flesh
\nexposing muscle tissue and bone.<\/p>\n

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\nJosephus tells us that it had
\nexposed, there were cases were <\/p>\n

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\nexposed internal organs and
\nthere are people that died just <\/p>\n

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\nfrom the scourging.
\nAnd it’s here that I really <\/p>\n

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\nstart to struggle to comprehend
\nwhat Christ is going through. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve had small injuries, you
\nknow, I’ve, I’ve had, you know, <\/p>\n

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\nminor injuries where I’ve
\nexposed tendon and bone. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when that happened to me, I
\nfelt nauseous and I felt <\/p>\n

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\nshocked.
\nBut to try and to comprehend <\/p>\n

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\nthis scourging and to comprehend
\nthe violence that continues to <\/p>\n

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\nhappen to Jesus from here is
\nreally hard. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:00,200 –> 00:14:03,960
\nAs I 53 verse three says, He
\nendured pain and suffering. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Roman soldiers took Jesus
\nagain and they took him into <\/p>\n

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\ntheir battalion.
\nThey stripped him down and put <\/p>\n

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\nup a kingly robe on him.
\nThey made-up this cruel crown of<\/p>\n

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\nof thorns that they twisted
\ntogether and they pushed it onto<\/p>\n

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\nHis head and then they put a
\nstick in his right hand and they<\/p>\n

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\nbowed down to him and mocked
\nhim. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:35,920 –> 00:14:41,880
\nAnd then the record says that
\nthey spat on him and they took <\/p>\n

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\nthe stick and they hit him over
\nthe head and around the face <\/p>\n

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\nwith it.
\nWhen they had finished <\/p>\n

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\ntormenting him, they put his
\nclothes back on, as I 53 verse <\/p>\n

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\nfive says.
\nBut because of our sins he was <\/p>\n

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\nwounded, beaten because of the
\nevil we did. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:10,320 –> 00:15:15,480
\nWe are healed by the punishment
\nHe suffered, made whole by the <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:15,480 –> 00:15:22,680
\nblows He received.
\nThey put the cross member of the<\/p>\n

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\ncross on him and they made him
\ncarry it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:25,920 –> 00:15:29,880
\nNow Jesus with the punishment
\nthat it already received, was <\/p>\n

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\nnot able to do this, so they
\nfound someone else to carry it <\/p>\n

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\nfor him.
\nWhen they arrived at the <\/p>\n

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\ncrucifixion site, His robe was
\ntaken off of again and he was <\/p>\n

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\ncrucified.
\nAs I 53 verse eight says, he was<\/p>\n

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\narrested and sentenced and LED
\noff to die and no one cared <\/p>\n

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\nabout his fate.
\nHe was put to death for the sins<\/p>\n

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\nof our people.
\nNow the Bible says simply that <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:01,080 –> 00:16:04,520
\nhe was crucified.
\nIt doesn’t describe the anguish <\/p>\n

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\nof it.
\nIt doesn’t describe exactly how <\/p>\n

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\nhe died.
\nWhen we look at a cross today, <\/p>\n

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\nit means something very
\ndifferent to what it meant in <\/p>\n

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\nthe time of Jesus.
\nYeah, the cross is is a bit of a<\/p>\n

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\nthrowaway item these days, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

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\nPeople from all walks of life
\nwhere non Christian gangsters <\/p>\n

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\nwalk around with a, a cross
\naround their neck. <\/p>\n

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\nIt doesn’t really mean anything.
\nIt certainly doesn’t mean the <\/p>\n

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\nsame thing to our generation as
\nit what it meant in the days of <\/p>\n

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\nJesus, because and, and, and we
\ndon’t see crucifixions like <\/p>\n

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\npeople at the time of Jesus saw
\nthem. <\/p>\n

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\nSo it’s, it’s good for us to
\nunderstand how this was viewed <\/p>\n

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\nand, and, and what people
\nthought of it, what connotations<\/p>\n

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\nit had.
\nWe have an English word that <\/p>\n

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\nliterally comes out of the word
\ncrucifixion. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:55,680 –> 00:17:00,720
\nExcruciating.
\nAnd the Romans didn’t actually <\/p>\n

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\ninvent crucifixion, but they
\nperfected it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:04,800 –> 00:17:08,079
\nIt’s it was invented or at least
\nmade popular by the by the <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:08,079 –> 00:17:13,319
\nPersian Empire now, because
\nsorry, crucifixion was a <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:14,319 –> 00:17:17,880
\ndistasteful subject, a shameful
\nsubject. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:18,359 –> 00:17:22,280
\nIt was almost a Boo in in Rome.
\nSo we don’t have loads of <\/p>\n

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\ndocumentation about it.
\nAnd I guess you don’t make <\/p>\n

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\nhistory books about something
\nthat you’re ashamed of. <\/p>\n

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\nAn example of this is when
\nJerusalem was invaded in 8070. <\/p>\n

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\nAfter the siege of Jerusalem,
\nthe Roman military crucified a a<\/p>\n

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\nlarge number of men.
\nAnd no Roman records indicate <\/p>\n

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\nthat this happened.
\nThe the records of the general, <\/p>\n

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\nno Roman historians record it,
\nyet Josephus records it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:49,640 –> 00:17:51,200
\nAnd that’s how we know that it
\nit did happen. <\/p>\n

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\nSo again, you don’t write
\nhistory books about something <\/p>\n

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\nthat you’re ashamed of.
\nThe Alexis Minos graffito, also <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:59,480 –> 00:18:02,720
\nknown as the blasphemous
\ngraffiti, is the earliest <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:02,720 –> 00:18:05,040
\ndepiction of Christ crucified
\nthat we know of. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:07,240 –> 00:18:11,720
\nIt and and other depictions of
\ncrucifixions in the same era <\/p>\n

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\nshow a cross that probably isn’t
\ntypically represented by the <\/p>\n

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\nmainstream Christians.
\nThe the the the cross that’s <\/p>\n

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\nshown in the Alexis Minos
\ngraffito is Tower Cross, also <\/p>\n

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\nknown as a low cross, and it has
\na figure of a capital T It’s <\/p>\n

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\nlikely that the post of the
\ncross stayed upright in the <\/p>\n

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\nground.
\nIt was a permanent fixture and <\/p>\n

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\nthat the the part that Jesus
\ncarried was the cross member for<\/p>\n

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\nthis cross.
\nAnd and when a victim was <\/p>\n

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\ncrucified, the Roman soldiers
\nwould lift the cross member up <\/p>\n

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\nand onto a joint on the top of
\nthe post. <\/p>\n

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\nSeneca, a Roman philosopher,
\nrights of people starving to <\/p>\n

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\ndeath when crucified.
\nIt was by design A slow and <\/p>\n

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\npainful way of death, so slow
\nthat that people have survived <\/p>\n

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\ncrucifixion.
\nA crucifixion was considered <\/p>\n

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\nbarbaric and repulsive and
\nconsidered as an evil by many, <\/p>\n

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\nof many, many Romans.
\nIt was, it was the worst way to <\/p>\n

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\ndie in the Roman Empire.
\nNow, crucifixions didn’t happen <\/p>\n

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\nin Rome.
\nThey weren’t a part of the <\/p>\n

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\narena.
\nIn fact, if somebody was <\/p>\n

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\ncrucified in Rome, they were
\ntaken outside the city to a, to <\/p>\n

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\na designated place.
\nThat’s how distasteful it was to<\/p>\n

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\nthe Roman citizens.
\nAnd these are people who watched<\/p>\n

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\nthe gladiators for sport.
\nRoman citizens were protected by<\/p>\n

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\nlaw against crucifixion.
\nIt was. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was reserved for foreigners
\nand for slaves. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:58,680 –> 00:20:03,920
\nFor people of a of a low class.
\nThey could use other forms of <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:03,920 –> 00:20:06,720
\ncapital punishment for Roman
\ncitizens, but not crucifixion. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:07,680 –> 00:20:11,160
\nIt’s interesting that church
\nhistory has Peter crucified and <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:11,160 –> 00:20:15,480
\nPaul beheaded because Paul was a
\nRoman citizen. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:18,320 –> 00:20:22,160
\nCiceroy, a philosopher and a
\npolitician of Rome, calls <\/p>\n

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\ncrucifixion the most cruel and
\ndisgusting punishment. <\/p>\n

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\nCrucifixion was all about
\npublicly humiliating, <\/p>\n

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\nembarrassing, debasing,
\ndisgracing and discrediting the <\/p>\n

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\nvictim, stripping them down and
\nhanging them up to slowly die a <\/p>\n

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\nhorrible and painful death in
\nfront of a crowd. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:44,720 –> 00:20:47,680
\nThis whole affair was very
\npublic by design. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was very public.
\nNow, the Alexis Minos graffito, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich is the depiction of cross
\ncrucified that I mentioned <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:55,360 –> 00:20:59,200
\nearlier, was found in 1857 and
\nit gives us some insight into <\/p>\n

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\nthe way that Romans viewed
\nvictims of crucifixion. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the Alexis Minos graffito is
\na a graffiti. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s literally a graffiti found
\non a Roman wall buried under <\/p>\n

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\nunder Rome.
\nAnd it’s a scroll by someone <\/p>\n

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\nabout Alexis Minos, who appeared
\nto be a young Christian in an <\/p>\n

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\nact of supplication towards a
\nman on a cross presumably <\/p>\n

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\ncrossed.
\nBut the twist is that the person<\/p>\n

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\nthat the artist swapped cross’s
\nhead from the head of a man to <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:33,240 –> 00:21:37,840
\nthe head of a donkey.
\nNow this is insightful because <\/p>\n

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\nit shows us what the Romans
\nthought of a crucified Saviour. <\/p>\n

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\nNext to the next to the scroll
\nwas written some words Alexis <\/p>\n

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\nMinos worships is God, so so
\nthey thought, they looked across<\/p>\n

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\nand they made fun of him.
\nEven in the in the early 1st <\/p>\n

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\ncentury, the Romans thought
\ncrucifixion was a shameful way <\/p>\n

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\nto die.
\nNo one with any honour or any <\/p>\n

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\nrespect died by crucifixion.
\nWith crucifixion, death wasn’t <\/p>\n

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\njust the penalty, it wasn’t just
\nan execution, but it was the <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:13,960 –> 00:22:16,080
\nshame that was associated with
\nit. <\/p>\n

327
\n00:22:16,360 –> 00:22:19,200
\nIt was the shame on your name
\nand it was the shame on your <\/p>\n

328
\n00:22:19,200 –> 00:22:21,520
\nfamily name.
\nIt was a double penalty. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:22:22,080 –> 00:22:26,360
\nIt was a humiliation by making
\nthe victim as vulnerable as <\/p>\n

330
\n00:22:26,360 –> 00:22:32,360
\npossible.
\nAnd as Jesus hung there on the <\/p>\n

331
\n00:22:32,360 –> 00:22:37,600
\ncross in complete agony, the
\nrecord continues to give us <\/p>\n

332
\n00:22:37,600 –> 00:22:40,720
\ndetails on what he said and did
\nand what was said and done to <\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:40,720 –> 00:22:45,720
\nHim.
\nJesus said roughly 50 words on <\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:45,720 –> 00:22:49,560
\nthe cross and we don’t have time
\nto go into detail in all of <\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:49,560 –> 00:22:52,120
\nthem.
\nThe cross said these words. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:54,480 –> 00:22:58,000
\nFather, forgive them.
\nThey know not what they do. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:23:01,360 –> 00:23:03,000
\nHe said this about the Roman
\nsoldiers. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:23:03,280 –> 00:23:07,000
\nThat and that displays my marks
\nare the most cruel people that <\/p>\n

339
\n00:23:07,440 –> 00:23:12,520
\nyou could think of.
\nHe said truly I say to you today<\/p>\n

340
\n00:23:13,320 –> 00:23:17,160
\nyou’ll be with me in paradise.
\nWoman. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:23:17,160 –> 00:23:20,240
\nBehold your son, behold your
\nmother. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:23:21,880 –> 00:23:24,240
\nI thirst.
\nEli. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:23:24,240 –> 00:23:30,080
\nEli Lima Sabaktoni.
\nIt is finished, Father. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:30,080 –> 00:23:32,000
\nInto your hands I commit my
\nspirit. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:33,160 –> 00:23:35,480
\nAnd as we think about those
\nwords, as we reflect on those <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:35,480 –> 00:23:39,520
\nwords, most of the things that
\nJesus said when he was on the <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:39,520 –> 00:23:41,800
\ncross were for the benefit of
\nothers. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:44,160 –> 00:23:49,640
\nEven then, when he was in that
\nterrible pain, he was still <\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:49,640 –> 00:23:51,200
\nthinking about others and not
\nhimself. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:53,080 –> 00:23:55,400
\nAnd as he was stretched out
\nthere on the cross in pain, <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:55,920 –> 00:24:01,760
\nevery class of people despised
\nChrist, from the lowliest thief,<\/p>\n

352
\n00:24:02,520 –> 00:24:05,400
\nthe lowliest thief hanging next
\nto him, that absolute scum of <\/p>\n

353
\n00:24:05,400 –> 00:24:10,000
\nsociety, right up to the local
\nand religious rulers. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:24:12,080 –> 00:24:15,320
\nThe chief priests and the
\nscribes mocked him, saying he <\/p>\n

355
\n00:24:15,320 –> 00:24:18,240
\nsaved others, he cannot save
\nhimself. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:24:19,320 –> 00:24:22,880
\nLet Christ, King of Israel, come
\ndown from the cross so that we <\/p>\n

357
\n00:24:22,880 –> 00:24:26,000
\nmay see, so we may see and
\nbelieve. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:24:27,800 –> 00:24:30,400
\nWhat absolute fools.
\nWhat idiots. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:24:31,000 –> 00:24:35,440
\nYou know, they looked at Christ
\nup there in absolute agony and <\/p>\n

360
\n00:24:35,440 –> 00:24:38,320
\nthere’s no remorse.
\nThey didn’t, they didn’t feel <\/p>\n

361
\n00:24:38,320 –> 00:24:41,440
\nany pity for him at all.
\nThey were just trying to <\/p>\n

362
\n00:24:41,440 –> 00:24:45,120
\ncontinue disgracing him.
\nThey were trying to disgrace him<\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:45,880 –> 00:24:48,520
\nculturally and religiously,
\ntrying to disgrace him <\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:48,520 –> 00:24:51,320
\npolitically.
\nAnd in their mind, Christ was <\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:51,320 –> 00:24:52,520
\nfinished.
\nThey could say these things <\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:52,520 –> 00:24:55,360
\nbecause Christ was never coming
\nback, not coming back from a <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:55,360 –> 00:24:57,080
\ncrucifixion.
\nHe was too disgraced. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:25:02,200 –> 00:25:05,280
\nDo you know how many angels it
\ntook to all but destroy that <\/p>\n

369
\n00:25:05,280 –> 00:25:11,440
\ngreat civilization of Egypt?
\nAnd Moses time one Angel, and in<\/p>\n

370
\n00:25:11,440 –> 00:25:16,080
\nthe time of Hezekiah it took one
\nAngel to destroy Snack Rib’s <\/p>\n

371
\n00:25:16,080 –> 00:25:20,880
\narmy 185,000 men.
\nChrist says that he had 12 <\/p>\n

372
\n00:25:20,880 –> 00:25:24,400
\nlegions, 60,000 angels in his
\ncommand. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:25:25,880 –> 00:25:31,160
\nChrist was the one who was in
\ncontrol, and I don’t know how <\/p>\n

374
\n00:25:31,160 –> 00:25:32,480
\nmany of us would be able to do
\nwhat He did. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:25:32,920 –> 00:25:35,680
\nHe turned the other cheek.
\nAnd that would have been the <\/p>\n

376
\n00:25:35,680 –> 00:25:38,280
\nhardest thing to do in this case
\nbecause these evil, twisted, <\/p>\n

377
\n00:25:38,640 –> 00:25:45,040
\npower hungry men who are leading
\nIsrael astray were torturing and<\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:45,040 –> 00:25:49,600
\nkilling the most pure, honest
\nand gentle person to ever live. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:51,600 –> 00:25:53,520
\nAnd if Christ was to come down
\nfrom that cross, He could have <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:53,520 –> 00:25:56,880
\npoured judgment down on society.
\nHe could have got rid of those <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:56,880 –> 00:25:59,840
\ncorrupt systems, could have
\nremoved those evil men. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:26:01,760 –> 00:26:04,200
\nHe could have proven once and
\nfor all who he really was and <\/p>\n

383
\n00:26:04,200 –> 00:26:06,360
\nshown him this ultimate power
\nthat he had. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:26:07,960 –> 00:26:10,560
\nAnd here they were just sneering
\nat him while there’s most <\/p>\n

385
\n00:26:10,560 –> 00:26:17,000
\nvulnerable.
\nChrist was in control the whole <\/p>\n

386
\n00:26:17,000 –> 00:26:18,360
\ntime, wasn’t he?
\nRight? <\/p>\n

387
\n00:26:18,360 –> 00:26:22,640
\nThrough the trial, through the
\ninjustices, through the torment,<\/p>\n

388
\n00:26:22,640 –> 00:26:25,320
\nthrough the flogging, through
\nthe insults, through all the <\/p>\n

389
\n00:26:25,320 –> 00:26:29,240
\ndespisement, through the
\nrejections, even through the <\/p>\n

390
\n00:26:29,240 –> 00:26:33,160
\nnails going through his flesh at
\na click of his fingers. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:33,280 –> 00:26:37,400
\nAnytime he could have turned the
\ntables, he could have been the <\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:37,400 –> 00:26:40,280
\none who was in power, and he
\ncould have made those oppressing<\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:40,280 –> 00:26:44,920
\nhim the vulnerable ones.
\nBut he chose not to. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:26:46,280 –> 00:26:49,440
\nHe suffered through it like a
\nlittle lamb going to be <\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:49,440 –> 00:26:54,920
\nslaughtered.
\nAnd even while the thief on the <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:54,920 –> 00:26:58,640
\ncross was sneering at him, it
\nwasn’t about Jesus. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:58,640 –> 00:27:02,600
\nHe wasn’t thinking of himself.
\nYou know, all these events that <\/p>\n

398
\n00:27:02,600 –> 00:27:05,800
\nhappened in the trial and the
\ncrucifixion of Jesus were <\/p>\n

399
\n00:27:06,080 –> 00:27:07,760
\nprophetic.
\nSo many of these things were <\/p>\n

400
\n00:27:07,760 –> 00:27:10,800
\nprophesied and they all happened
\nbang, bang, bang, all in a row <\/p>\n

401
\n00:27:11,440 –> 00:27:12,800
\nexcept for the thief on the
\ncross. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:27:13,160 –> 00:27:17,640
\nIt wasn’t prophesied.
\nThe salvation of the second <\/p>\n

403
\n00:27:17,640 –> 00:27:22,400
\nthief was, I think,
\nencouragement from God to Jesus.<\/p>\n

404
\n00:27:22,600 –> 00:27:26,840
\nJesus could just save one more.
\nYou’re still thinking about <\/p>\n

405
\n00:27:26,840 –> 00:27:31,920
\nothers.
\nAnd finally, blissfully, Jesus <\/p>\n

406
\n00:27:31,920 –> 00:27:35,720
\nsaid, Father, into your hands I
\ncommit my spirit. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:37,360 –> 00:27:41,080
\nAnd he died hanging there for
\nthe whole world to see. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:27:42,680 –> 00:27:46,400
\nAnd all of history from the
\ncreation of this world had LED <\/p>\n

409
\n00:27:46,400 –> 00:27:50,840
\nup to this point, and all of
\ntime since has pointed back to <\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:50,840 –> 00:27:52,720
\nit.
\nThe most important minute of <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:52,720 –> 00:27:56,360
\nworld history was there when
\nJesus died on that cross. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:57,680 –> 00:27:59,000
\nWe don’t.
\nKnow the cause of death. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:59,880 –> 00:28:04,120
\nThe Journal of American Medical
\nAssociation wrote an article <\/p>\n

414
\n00:28:04,120 –> 00:28:07,760
\nabout this in the mid 80s.
\nAnd it’s it’s wildly. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:28:07,760 –> 00:28:10,200
\nAvailable online if you ever do
\nwant to read it, but it states <\/p>\n

416
\n00:28:10,200 –> 00:28:14,000
\nthat the prominent causes of
\ndeath were probably hypovolemic <\/p>\n

417
\n00:28:14,000 –> 00:28:18,480
\nshock, exhaustion, asphyxia, or
\na or a catastrophic terminal and<\/p>\n

418
\n00:28:18,480 –> 00:28:22,880
\nlike cardiac rupture.
\nWe know Jesus. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:28:23,240 –> 00:28:26,160
\nSuffered on the cross between
\n3:00 and 6:00 hours. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:28:31,360 –> 00:28:32,840
\nBut even.
\nTo the Jews, it was all about <\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:32,840 –> 00:28:36,760
\nhumiliation of Christ.
\nThere’s an old law in. <\/p>\n

422
\n00:28:36,760 –> 00:28:41,360
\nDeuteronomy 2123 where it says
\nhe that is hanged on a tree is <\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:41,360 –> 00:28:45,560
\ncursed by God.
\nThe Jews wanted Jesus crucified.<\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:45,560 –> 00:28:47,440
\nThey don’t want they didn’t want
\nhim to die another way. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:47,440 –> 00:28:50,800
\nThey specifically wanted him
\ncrucified because they wanted <\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:51,440 –> 00:28:53,720
\nthe Old Testament to condemn
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:55,640 –> 00:28:58,200
\nHow despicable.
\nWere these men? <\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:58,200 –> 00:29:03,680
\nHow twisted were these men?
\nThey didn’t just want him dead, <\/p>\n

429
\n00:29:05,600 –> 00:29:09,120
\nthey wanted him to die the most
\nbarbaric way that they knew. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:29:09,920 –> 00:29:13,520
\nAnd they wanted to have the Law
\nof Moses condemn him, while <\/p>\n

431
\n00:29:14,400 –> 00:29:19,520
\nwhile they did it, they
\ncynically used the power of the <\/p>\n

432
\n00:29:19,520 –> 00:29:23,040
\ncruel Romans, totally
\nhumiliating and disgracing <\/p>\n

433
\n00:29:23,040 –> 00:29:26,960
\nChrist in the eyes of everyone.
\nWhile simultaneously. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:29:26,960 –> 00:29:29,960
\nLeveraging death on the cross to
\nhave him cursed under the law of<\/p>\n

435
\n00:29:29,960 –> 00:29:33,640
\nMoses and I think in First
\nCorinthians one where it says <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:33,640 –> 00:29:35,360
\nthat he was a stumbling block to
\nthe Jews. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:35,880 –> 00:29:39,680
\nI think this is probably why.
\nBut a foolishness to the. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:39,680 –> 00:29:42,360
\nGreeks.
\nAs I said earlier, no. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:29:42,360 –> 00:29:44,760
\nOne who was anyone ended up
\ncrucified. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:29:44,760 –> 00:29:47,840
\nYou know the the Romans and the
\nGreeks, They didn’t have a <\/p>\n

441
\n00:29:47,840 –> 00:29:49,720
\nproblem with a mortal becoming
\nimmortal. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:29:50,080 –> 00:29:53,360
\nIf you look at their mythology,
\nthey have heroes and demigods. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:29:53,360 –> 00:29:57,000
\nIt’s full of mortals who have
\ndone these great feats and have <\/p>\n

444
\n00:29:57,000 –> 00:30:00,880
\nbecome immortal.
\nBut they’re all about honour and<\/p>\n

445
\n00:30:00,880 –> 00:30:05,040
\nand and power and pride.
\nAnd this story. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:30:05,880 –> 00:30:09,520
\nOf a poor tradesman from the
\nbackwater state of Israel who <\/p>\n

447
\n00:30:09,520 –> 00:30:14,320
\ndied the most shameful and
\nabhorrent way just didn’t gel <\/p>\n

448
\n00:30:14,320 –> 00:30:15,600
\nwith them.
\nThey couldn’t get on board with <\/p>\n

449
\n00:30:15,600 –> 00:30:18,080
\nthat story.
\nIf if we were writing the story,<\/p>\n

450
\n00:30:18,080 –> 00:30:22,120
\nwe wouldn’t use the cross.
\nWe wouldn’t use the story of the<\/p>\n

451
\n00:30:22,120 –> 00:30:24,560
\ncrucifixion because it’s, it’s
\ncounter intuitive. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:24,560 –> 00:30:28,640
\nIt’s actually counter cultural.
\nPeople struggle to buy into <\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:28,640 –> 00:30:30,840
\nthat.
\nCan you imagine? <\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:31,200 –> 00:30:32,840
\nI want to tell you about the
\nsaviour of the world. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:33,080 –> 00:30:34,760
\nOh, who is it?
\nIs it someone who knows? <\/p>\n

456
\n00:30:34,760 –> 00:30:37,720
\nIs it a Caesar or a hero?
\nNo, no, no, no. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:30:37,720 –> 00:30:42,080
\nIt’s it’s a Jew who was a poor
\ntradesman who was crucified. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:30:43,800 –> 00:30:45,360
\nThey’re not.
\nNot off to a good start. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:30:49,920 –> 00:30:53,680
\nPhilippians 2 verse.
\nEight says He humbled himself by<\/p>\n

460
\n00:30:53,680 –> 00:30:58,400
\nbecoming obedient to the point
\nof death, even death on a cross.<\/p>\n

461
\n00:30:59,040 –> 00:31:02,280
\nTherefore, God has highly
\nexalted him and bestowed on him <\/p>\n

462
\n00:31:02,280 –> 00:31:04,440
\nthe name that is above every
\nname. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:31:05,200 –> 00:31:07,240
\nNow this is not a humanistic way
\nof thinking. <\/p>\n

464
\n00:31:07,600 –> 00:31:10,800
\nIn fact, it was foolishness to
\nthe Greeks. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:31:11,360 –> 00:31:14,720
\nBut you would elevate someone
\nbecause they humbled themselves <\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:14,720 –> 00:31:18,040
\ndidn’t make sense to the Greeks.
\nThey elevated someone because <\/p>\n

467
\n00:31:18,040 –> 00:31:21,600
\nthey were powerful.
\nBut Jesus was. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:31:21,600 –> 00:31:25,160
\nElevated by God.
\nFor his humility. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:25,160 –> 00:31:30,640
\nDespite his power.
\nNow no crucifixion. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:31:30,640 –> 00:31:32,600
\nWas ever witnessed like this
\ncrucifixion? <\/p>\n

471
\n00:31:33,320 –> 00:31:37,600
\nThis tiny group of people
\nmade-up of of tax collectors and<\/p>\n

472
\n00:31:37,880 –> 00:31:42,000
\nunschooled fishermen who were
\ntasked with giving the message <\/p>\n

473
\n00:31:42,000 –> 00:31:44,280
\nof salvation of a crucified
\ncross to the world. <\/p>\n

474
\n00:31:45,640 –> 00:31:47,320
\nAnd they faced.
\nOpposition. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:31:47,320 –> 00:31:50,080
\nEverywhere they looked, they
\nfaced religious opposition. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:31:50,400 –> 00:31:53,760
\nThey faced opposition from the
\nRoman Empire, from the <\/p>\n

477
\n00:31:53,760 –> 00:31:57,560
\nauthorities.
\nThey they, they didn’t need any <\/p>\n

478
\n00:31:57,560 –> 00:32:01,360
\nmore opposition.
\nAnd yet they never. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:32:01,360 –> 00:32:04,320
\nShield away from the fact that
\nChrist was crucified. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:32:05,320 –> 00:32:07,320
\nIn fact, it was a prominent part
\nof their message. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:32:10,240 –> 00:32:13,600
\nPeople had to decide, they had
\nto make a choice that either <\/p>\n

482
\n00:32:13,600 –> 00:32:18,720
\nJesus was just a no one who was
\ncrucified and died and didn’t <\/p>\n

483
\n00:32:18,720 –> 00:32:21,360
\nget raised and that is just what
\nit is, or. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:32:22,520 –> 00:32:26,080
\nThat he was, in fact.
\nThe Son of God, and that he’d <\/p>\n

485
\n00:32:26,080 –> 00:32:30,200
\nbeen subjected to the most
\nbarbaric execution in the known <\/p>\n

486
\n00:32:30,200 –> 00:32:32,600
\nworld.
\nAnd if you can establish that <\/p>\n

487
\n00:32:32,720 –> 00:32:37,000
\nJesus was indeed the Son of God
\nand not a common criminal, and <\/p>\n

488
\n00:32:37,000 –> 00:32:40,480
\nthat he was in fact righteously
\nresurrected, it suddenly it <\/p>\n

489
\n00:32:40,480 –> 00:32:43,880
\nflips the disgrace and the
\nhumiliation of the cross away <\/p>\n

490
\n00:32:43,880 –> 00:32:49,920
\nfrom Jesus and back on mankind,
\nrepresented by the Romans at the<\/p>\n

491
\n00:32:49,920 –> 00:32:54,320
\npeak of ancient civilization and
\nthe prominent Jewish religious <\/p>\n

492
\n00:32:54,440 –> 00:32:57,160
\nelders.
\nThose are now the. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:32:57,160 –> 00:32:59,400
\nCriminals.
\nThey are now the disgraced ones.<\/p>\n

494
\n00:33:00,720 –> 00:33:02,400
\nAnd all of the Gospels.
\nWhen they record the <\/p>\n

495
\n00:33:02,400 –> 00:33:04,520
\ncrucifixion, they all take their
\nown angle on it. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:33:05,320 –> 00:33:08,000
\nMark talks about the horrors of
\nthe crucifixion and and Matthew <\/p>\n

497
\n00:33:08,000 –> 00:33:10,520
\ntalks about the supernatural
\nelements of the crucifixion. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:33:11,360 –> 00:33:14,560
\nJohn is almost poetic in his
\napproach, but Luke shows Christ <\/p>\n

499
\n00:33:14,560 –> 00:33:18,560
\nin command of the crucifixion.
\nJesus in control. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:33:18,560 –> 00:33:22,840
\nOf himself and the situation.
\nHe asks for forgiveness of his <\/p>\n

501
\n00:33:22,840 –> 00:33:26,120
\ncrucifiers.
\nHe is converting other men while<\/p>\n

502
\n00:33:26,120 –> 00:33:29,760
\nbeing crucified.
\nHe asks for for he says I’m <\/p>\n

503
\n00:33:29,760 –> 00:33:31,200
\nthirsty.
\nHe asks for a drink. <\/p>\n

504
\n00:33:31,480 –> 00:33:32,960
\nAnd he commits his spirit to
\nGod. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:33:33,160 –> 00:33:35,960
\nJesus is in control.
\nThere’s all this, this, this <\/p>\n

506
\n00:33:35,960 –> 00:33:39,280
\nchaos and this violence and this
\ndarkness that’s happening around<\/p>\n

507
\n00:33:39,280 –> 00:33:41,360
\nthis event.
\nAnd here’s Jesus right in the <\/p>\n

508
\n00:33:41,360 –> 00:33:44,360
\nvery centre of it.
\nAnd there’s this calmness. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:33:44,360 –> 00:33:49,880
\nAnd the stillness about him.
\nHe even tells the high. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:33:49,880 –> 00:33:52,520
\nPriest.
\nThat he the high. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:33:52,520 –> 00:33:55,080
\nPriest would see Jesus sitting
\non the right hand of God in the <\/p>\n

512
\n00:33:55,080 –> 00:33:58,840
\nposition of a judge.
\nThis is Jesus judging humankind.<\/p>\n

513
\n00:34:01,000 –> 00:34:03,600
\nAnd here is Jesus who?
\nHas been condemned with all the <\/p>\n

514
\n00:34:03,600 –> 00:34:08,480
\npower of the non world to be the
\nmost humiliating and degrading <\/p>\n

515
\n00:34:08,480 –> 00:34:11,800
\nand annihilating execution as
\npossible. <\/p>\n

516
\n00:34:12,760 –> 00:34:14,679
\nAnd all of that is just turned
\non its head. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:34:15,560 –> 00:34:19,040
\nChrist’s righteousness is
\nmaintained and he rose more <\/p>\n

518
\n00:34:19,040 –> 00:34:21,920
\nglorious to ascend to the right
\nhand of God. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:34:23,840 –> 00:34:29,000
\nHumankind flesh had given Jesus
\ntheir best shot, their ugliest, <\/p>\n

520
\n00:34:29,000 –> 00:34:33,040
\ntheir most barbaric best shot,
\nand cross had risen above. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:34:33,679 –> 00:34:35,520
\nAnd that is the message of the
\napostles. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:34:35,719 –> 00:34:38,080
\nThat’s the message they took out
\ninto the world after Jesus was <\/p>\n

523
\n00:34:38,080 –> 00:34:40,600
\nraised.
\nIt says that the apostles turned<\/p>\n

524
\n00:34:40,600 –> 00:34:43,960
\nthe ancient world upside down,
\nand that is exactly what this <\/p>\n

525
\n00:34:43,960 –> 00:34:46,199
\nteaching of a crucified Christ
\nis doing. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:34:48,040 –> 00:34:51,159
\nThat this crucified.
\nJesus of Nazareth, just a humble<\/p>\n

527
\n00:34:51,159 –> 00:34:56,280
\nCarpenter, had for all intents
\nand purposes been overpowered by<\/p>\n

528
\n00:34:56,280 –> 00:35:00,360
\nthe by the established powers of
\nthe world, and he had just <\/p>\n

529
\n00:35:00,360 –> 00:35:04,360
\nreversed all of that, and he had
\ncalled others to follow him. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:35:05,560 –> 00:35:06,600
\nAnd I think this is.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n

531
\n00:35:06,600 –> 00:35:10,320
\nPaul proudly says in First
\nCorinthians chapter one we <\/p>\n

532
\n00:35:10,320 –> 00:35:14,080
\npreach Christ crucified, a
\nstumbling block to the Jews and <\/p>\n

533
\n00:35:14,080 –> 00:35:17,200
\nfolly to the Gentiles.
\nAnd again he says, Let the one <\/p>\n

534
\n00:35:17,200 –> 00:35:23,760
\nwho boast, boast in the Lord.
\nSo we know that the story. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:35:23,760 –> 00:35:25,720
\nDidn’t end with Jesus on the
\ncross. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:35:26,840 –> 00:35:31,160
\nWe know that God’s laws about
\nsin and death are absolute, and <\/p>\n

537
\n00:35:31,160 –> 00:35:36,320
\nso the grave couldn’t hold him.
\nJesus was miraculously raised <\/p>\n

538
\n00:35:36,320 –> 00:35:39,760
\nback to life as an immortal
\nbeing, the first fruits of more <\/p>\n

539
\n00:35:39,760 –> 00:35:42,560
\nto come, the first of us who
\nwill live and reign in that <\/p>\n

540
\n00:35:42,560 –> 00:35:45,400
\nKingdom with him.
\nAnd as we bring our. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:35:45,400 –> 00:35:48,560
\nMind forward to the present 2000
\nodd years later. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:35:50,560 –> 00:35:51,600
\nSince.
\nSince Jesus. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:35:51,600 –> 00:35:54,080
\nWas raised immortal with his
\npromise to the return. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:35:55,720 –> 00:35:59,480
\nThe faithful have waited.
\nAnd they’ve waited, and they’ve.<\/p>\n

545
\n00:35:59,480 –> 00:36:01,960
\nWaited for the fulfillment of
\nhis promise that he would return<\/p>\n

546
\n00:36:03,160 –> 00:36:04,040
\nand that.
\nHe would come back. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:36:04,040 –> 00:36:05,920
\nHe.
\nWould abolish the evil of <\/p>\n

548
\n00:36:05,920 –> 00:36:09,200
\nmankind.
\nAnd now we look at. <\/p>\n

549
\n00:36:09,200 –> 00:36:12,480
\nIsrael and we see that the world
\nis at their throat again. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:36:14,840 –> 00:36:17,120
\nYou know Benjamin Netanyahu.
\nHas received phone calls over <\/p>\n

551
\n00:36:17,120 –> 00:36:21,560
\nthe past week or two from all of
\nhis strongest allies, from the <\/p>\n

552
\n00:36:22,160 –> 00:36:25,360
\nthe president of the US, from
\nfrom the Prime Minister of from <\/p>\n

553
\n00:36:25,360 –> 00:36:27,640
\nthe UK.
\nThe Prime Minister of Australia <\/p>\n

554
\n00:36:27,640 –> 00:36:31,160
\nhas called him and they’ve all
\nreached out to him to express <\/p>\n

555
\n00:36:31,160 –> 00:36:34,080
\ntheir dissatisfaction with what
\nhe’s doing in Gaza. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:36:35,800 –> 00:36:39,280
\nThe US has all.
\nBut threatened to pull support <\/p>\n

557
\n00:36:41,560 –> 00:36:43,400
\nif he if he goes into the Rafah
\ncrossing. <\/p>\n

558
\n00:36:44,640 –> 00:36:47,160
\nNow the world’s media.
\nIs is really quite stacked <\/p>\n

559
\n00:36:47,360 –> 00:36:51,520
\nagainst Israel and the public
\nhate of Israel is has <\/p>\n

560
\n00:36:51,520 –> 00:36:54,480
\ndramatically increased.
\nIt’s probably at at a <\/p>\n

561
\n00:36:54,480 –> 00:36:59,280
\nunprecedented high in Australia.
\nI mean no conflicts in. <\/p>\n

562
\n00:36:59,280 –> 00:37:02,400
\nIsrael must come before Jesus
\nreturns. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:37:02,960 –> 00:37:05,280
\nAnd so we’ve been waiting and
\nwaiting our whole lives. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:37:05,840 –> 00:37:09,120
\nBut this could be it.
\nJesus could come back. <\/p>\n

565
\n00:37:09,120 –> 00:37:13,400
\nAt any time it could be 1159 and
\nthe clock’s just about to tick <\/p>\n

566
\n00:37:13,400 –> 00:37:18,440
\nover to the return of Christ.
\nAs we watch Israel. <\/p>\n

567
\n00:37:18,440 –> 00:37:20,880
\nWe become excited to witness and
\nto participate. <\/p>\n

568
\n00:37:21,640 –> 00:37:24,840
\nAnd the biggest changed the
\nworld since its creation. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:37:25,440 –> 00:37:27,680
\nThat time when Jesus will come
\nback and he’ll be able to judge <\/p>\n

570
\n00:37:27,680 –> 00:37:29,280
\nmankind for the evil that’s in
\nthem. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:37:31,000 –> 00:37:34,320
\nAnd that stone will.
\nStrike the image and a new world<\/p>\n

572
\n00:37:34,320 –> 00:37:39,040
\norder will arise.
\nAnd so the day draws. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:37:39,040 –> 00:37:41,760
\nCloser and closer when he will
\nreturn. <\/p>\n

574
\n00:37:41,880 –> 00:37:45,480
\nAnd we don’t know the day and we
\ndon’t know the hour, but. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:37:45,560 –> 00:37:47,400
\nJesus did tell us.
\nTo watch and pray and. <\/p>\n

576
\n00:37:48,960 –> 00:37:52,400
\nWhile we wait.
\nWe are told by Jesus to take up <\/p>\n

577
\n00:37:52,400 –> 00:37:54,560
\nour cross daily and to follow
\nHim. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:37:59,680 –> 00:38:02,480
\nTo put on Christ.
\nAnd to lead a life like him. <\/p>\n

579
\n00:38:04,960 –> 00:38:06,920
\nTo hold.
\nHim and our Heavenly Father in <\/p>\n

580
\n00:38:06,920 –> 00:38:10,680
\nthe highest esteem, no matter
\nwhere we are or who we are with <\/p>\n

581
\n00:38:11,880 –> 00:38:14,400
\nand at the end of the day, from
\nthe external viewpoint. <\/p>\n

582
\n00:38:15,800 –> 00:38:18,880
\nThe difference between being.
\nFaithful and being crazy is non <\/p>\n

583
\n00:38:18,880 –> 00:38:23,040
\nexistent.
\nJesus told his. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:38:23,040 –> 00:38:26,280
\nApostles that he was going up to
\nJerusalem to die over and over <\/p>\n

585
\n00:38:26,280 –> 00:38:27,920
\nand over and they still didn’t
\nget it. <\/p>\n

586
\n00:38:27,920 –> 00:38:30,360
\nLet’s.
\nJust have another look at. <\/p>\n

587
\n00:38:30,360 –> 00:38:32,720
\nHebrews 12 verse two.
\nI’m going to finish here. <\/p>\n

588
\n00:38:41,120 –> 00:38:43,840
\nLet us fix our eyes.
\nOn Jesus, the author and <\/p>\n

589
\n00:38:43,840 –> 00:38:47,160
\nperfecter of faith, who for the
\njoy set before him, endured the <\/p>\n

590
\n00:38:47,160 –> 00:38:51,560
\ncross, scorning at shame, and
\nsat down on the right hand of <\/p>\n

591
\n00:38:51,560 –> 00:38:59,760
\nthe throne of God.
\nIt tells. <\/p>\n

592
\n00:38:59,760 –> 00:39:03,400
\nUs to look at Jesus.
\nThat’s our target, that’s our <\/p>\n

593
\n00:39:03,400 –> 00:39:08,680
\naim, to follow him and we’ve got
\nfaith to pick up our own cross <\/p>\n

594
\n00:39:08,680 –> 00:39:12,160
\nand follow him.
\nTo put up with being. <\/p>\n

595
\n00:39:12,160 –> 00:39:17,240
\nDespised or rejected by our
\nworkmates by. <\/p>\n

596
\n00:39:17,240 –> 00:39:20,160
\nOur school friends.
\nBy our associates. <\/p>\n

597
\n00:39:21,320 –> 00:39:23,920
\nBecause of we, of our.
\nFaith because of our conviction <\/p>\n

598
\n00:39:24,320 –> 00:39:30,520
\nand a crucified Saviour.
\nAnd when we look at. <\/p>\n

599
\n00:39:30,520 –> 00:39:33,880
\nChrist, it’s not really too much
\nto ask, is it? <\/p>\n

600
\n00:39:35,200 –> 00:39:37,880
\nYou know we look at.
\nWhat Christ has done, and we’ve <\/p>\n

601
\n00:39:37,880 –> 00:39:40,800
\nkind of summarized that this
\nmorning and he’s done all the <\/p>\n

602
\n00:39:40,800 –> 00:39:43,960
\nhard work.
\nHe’s not asking us to. <\/p>\n

603
\n00:39:43,960 –> 00:39:46,920
\nDo any more than him.
\nHe’s not even asking us to do <\/p>\n

604
\n00:39:46,920 –> 00:39:49,760
\nwhat he did.
\nAnd so as we look to the bread <\/p>\n

605
\n00:39:49,760 –> 00:39:52,520
\nand the wine here this morning,
\nwe see the body and the blood of<\/p>\n

606
\n00:39:52,520 –> 00:39:56,480
\nJesus.
\nAnd as we eat. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:39:56,480 –> 00:40:00,280
\nThis body today, it should
\nbecome a part of who we are, <\/p>\n

608
\n00:40:00,280 –> 00:40:02,320
\nthis bread.
\nBecomes part of our physical <\/p>\n

609
\n00:40:02,320 –> 00:40:05,120
\nbeing, part of our physical
\nmakeup, and it should become <\/p>\n

610
\n00:40:05,120 –> 00:40:08,080
\npart of who we are.
\nShould be like Christ. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:40:08,080 –> 00:40:14,280
\nAnd as we drink this wine.
\nRepresenting Jesus. <\/p>\n

612
\n00:40:14,280 –> 00:40:17,880
\nLife is blood.
\nIt is processed and absorbed <\/p>\n

613
\n00:40:17,880 –> 00:40:21,320
\ninto our our own bloodstream.
\nAnd so our. <\/p>\n

614
\n00:40:21,320 –> 00:40:25,400
\nLife should represent the life
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n

615
\n00:40:29,760 –> 00:40:31,960
\nJesus says in the Gospel.
\nAccounts that he will drink this<\/p>\n

616
\n00:40:31,960 –> 00:40:34,920
\nwine anew with us in that
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

617
\n00:40:35,200 –> 00:40:38,040
\nAnd if you need a joy set before
\nyou, like Jesus had a joy set <\/p>\n

618
\n00:40:38,040 –> 00:40:40,720
\nbefore him.
\nMake it that. <\/p>\n

619
\n00:40:41,440 –> 00:40:46,600
\nCan you imagine imagine being
\nable to meet Jesus in the <\/p>\n

620
\n00:40:46,600 –> 00:40:49,520
\nKingdom, being able to look him
\nin the eye and say thank you for<\/p>\n

621
\n00:40:49,520 –> 00:40:51,480
\nwhat you’ve done for me?
\nYou’ve been able to reach out <\/p>\n

622
\n00:40:51,800 –> 00:40:54,760
\nand give him a hug for going
\nthrough all that suffering and <\/p>\n

623
\n00:40:54,760 –> 00:41:01,960
\nanguish, for our sakes.
\nWhat is it that? <\/p>\n

624
\n00:41:01,960 –> 00:41:06,600
\nCould inspire Jesus to do this.
\nWhat was this joy that he went <\/p>\n

625
\n00:41:06,600 –> 00:41:09,680
\nto such great lengths for that
\nthat he that he went through <\/p>\n

626
\n00:41:09,680 –> 00:41:13,360
\nsuch bitter sufferings for?
\nWhat was the joy? <\/p>\n

627
\n00:41:13,520 –> 00:41:18,160
\nSet before him that stopped
\nJesus from clicking his fingers <\/p>\n

628
\n00:41:18,520 –> 00:41:22,040
\nand coming down from all the
\nhumility and pain of the cross. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:41:24,080 –> 00:41:25,480
\nJesus himself.
\nTells us. <\/p>\n

630
\n00:41:27,160 –> 00:41:30,320
\nThe word joy.
\nIn Hebrews 12 verse two is also <\/p>\n

631
\n00:41:30,320 –> 00:41:33,560
\nused by Jesus.
\nIn Matthew 25, verse 21 and <\/p>\n

632
\n00:41:33,560 –> 00:41:44,520
\nverse 23 it says this well done,
\ngood and faithful servant, you <\/p>\n

633
\n00:41:44,520 –> 00:41:45,960
\nhave been faithful over a
\nlittle. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:41:48,440 –> 00:41:49,720
\nI will set you over.
\nMarch. <\/p>\n

635
\n00:41:50,920 –> 00:41:52,960
\nEnter into the joy.
\nOf your master. <\/p>\n

636
\n00:41:56,320 –> 00:41:59,920
\nThe joy that said.
\nThat was set before Jesus was <\/p>\n

637
\n00:41:59,920 –> 00:42:03,400
\nhim giving us the Kingdom.
\nThe joy that. <\/p>\n

638
\n00:42:04,320 –> 00:42:08,760
\nMotivated him to endure the
\ntrials and the suffering, the <\/p>\n

639
\n00:42:08,760 –> 00:42:12,760
\ntaunts and the humiliation, the
\nbeatings and the scourgings and <\/p>\n

640
\n00:42:12,760 –> 00:42:16,640
\nthe crucifixion and death.
\nWas the. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:42:16,640 –> 00:42:18,280
\nJoy of him being able to give
\nthe Kingdom. <\/p>\n

642
\n00:42:19,960 –> 00:42:25,560
\nTo you and I so now it.
\nIs time for us to take this <\/p>\n

643
\n00:42:25,560 –> 00:42:29,560
\nbread and the wine again?
\nThe purpose of US meeting. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:42:29,560 –> 00:42:34,720
\nHere, together today, let’s
\nappreciate what Christ has done <\/p>\n

645
\n00:42:34,720 –> 00:42:37,600
\nfor us.
\nLet’s try to understand the. <\/p>\n

646
\n00:42:37,600 –> 00:42:42,360
\nHostility that was shown towards
\nhim and let us realize the <\/p>\n

647
\n00:42:42,360 –> 00:42:46,880
\nextraordinary world changing
\nevent that happened when he <\/p>\n

648
\n00:42:46,880 –> 00:42:51,880
\nwillingly endured the cross,
\ndespising the shape for you and <\/p>\n

649
\n00:42:51,880 –> 00:42:55,720
\nme.
\nEven say, come Lord. <\/p>\n

650
\n00:42:55,760 –> 00:43:11,360
\nJesus.
\nThank you for listening to. <\/p>\n

651
\n00:43:11,360 –> 00:43:14,880
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\n00:43:14,880 –> 00:43:16,600
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298: Jonno Nutter – Exhortation: Trying to Appreciate the Sacrifice of Christ More<\/a><\/blockquote>