{"id":1184,"date":"2024-09-03T00:26:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T00:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/311-anthony-oosthuizen-exhortation-crucifixion-cameos\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:38:11","slug":"311-anthony-oosthuizen-exhortation-crucifixion-cameos","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/311-anthony-oosthuizen-exhortation-crucifixion-cameos\/","title":{"rendered":"311: Anthony Oosthuizen – Exhortation: Crucifixion Cameos"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening an exhortation by Bro. Anthony Oosthuizen titled “Crucifixion Cameos” that was given at the Cumberland Ecclesia in Australia on August 18, 2024. <\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Delphian
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nI’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Jason.
\nAnd I’m Brian, thank you for <\/p>\n

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\njoining us this week.
\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n

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\ntalk a week to help us get the
\nBible in our Daily News feed. <\/p>\n

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\nEach week we post a talk that we
\npreviewed from suggestions sent <\/p>\n

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\nin by listeners from around the
\nworld. <\/p>\n

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\nThen we record a short intro
\nbeforehand as a personalized <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendation to you on why we
\nare sharing the talk. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week’s talk is an
\nexhortation by Brother Anthony <\/p>\n

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\nUstaisen that was given just a
\ncouple weeks ago on August 18th <\/p>\n

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\nof this year at the Cumberland
\nEcclesia in Australia. <\/p>\n

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\nI really enjoyed this
\nexhortation. <\/p>\n

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\nI hadn’t heard Brother Anthony
\nin a while and it was great to <\/p>\n

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\nkind of hear his voice again and
\nhear his style very well thought<\/p>\n

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\nout.
\nI think he does a great job kind<\/p>\n

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\nof painting the picture of the
\ncrucifixion and explaining kind <\/p>\n

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\nof all some of the different
\nviewpoints there. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then routinely kind of each
\nlesson that’s you’ll you’ll hear<\/p>\n

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\nit’s kind of like a multi part
\nexcitation with some pretty <\/p>\n

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\nclear chapters.
\nHe kind of applies each lesson <\/p>\n

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\nto our lives.
\nSo I thought this was a really <\/p>\n

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\nhelpful excitation.
\nIt would be perfect if you were <\/p>\n

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\nto use this as an excitation.
\nI think it’s a very good kind of<\/p>\n

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\nexample of the form of the
\nformat. <\/p>\n

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\nThank you to the person who sent
\nthis suggestion in and all of <\/p>\n

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\nyou who continue to send us
\nsuggestions. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is so very helpful for us and
\nwe really appreciate the <\/p>\n

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\ncontribution.
\nSo thank you for that. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd here is Crucifixion Cameos
\nby Anthony Eustaisen. <\/p>\n

32
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\nWell, good morning brethren,
\nsisters and young people. <\/p>\n

33
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\nThank you for the warm welcome
\nthat Sister Pat and I received <\/p>\n

34
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\nand the greetings that you gave
\nus. <\/p>\n

35
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\nAnd we bring with us the
\ngreetings from Castle Hill. <\/p>\n

36
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\nNow I wonder whether you’ll
\nrecognize the source of the <\/p>\n

37
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\nfollowing quotation.
\nPerhaps many of you will, <\/p>\n

38
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\nbecause you’re well instructed
\nin this house. <\/p>\n

39
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\nThe kings of the earth stood up,
\nand the rulers were gathered <\/p>\n

40
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\ntogether against the Lord and
\nagainst his Christ. <\/p>\n

41
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\nFor of a truth against thy holy
\nchild Jesus, whom thou hast <\/p>\n

42
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\nanointed, both Herod and Pontius
\nPilate with the Gentiles and the<\/p>\n

43
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\npeople of Israel were gathered
\ntogether for to do whatsoever <\/p>\n

44
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\nthy hand and thy counsel
\ndetermined before to be done. <\/p>\n

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\nYes, it was part of the
\ndisciples prayer in Acts chapter<\/p>\n

46
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\n4.
\nAnd in so saying, in framing <\/p>\n

47
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\ntheir prayer in that particular
\nway, they’re careful to bring to<\/p>\n

48
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\nour attention, brothers and
\nsisters, the fact that all <\/p>\n

49
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\nmankind was represented at the
\ncrucifixion. <\/p>\n

50
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\nNobody was left out.
\nDid you notice that both Herod <\/p>\n

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\nand Pontius Pilate with the
\nGentiles and the people of <\/p>\n

52
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\nIsrael were gathered together to
\ndo whatsoever God’s hand had <\/p>\n

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\ndetermined before to be done?
\nThe whole world crucified Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nof Nazareth.
\nThat means, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, that in a sense we were
\nthere because, as we’ve just <\/p>\n

56
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\nread in Isaiah, he was wounded
\nfor our transgressions. <\/p>\n

57
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\nHe was bruised for our
\niniquities, and the chastisement<\/p>\n

58
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\nof our peace was upon him.
\nWe had our part in the <\/p>\n

59
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\ncrucifixion of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist with His stripes. <\/p>\n

60
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\nWe are healed.
\nHe died for you and for me. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so in a way, you see, the
\ntrauma of the crucifixion is not<\/p>\n

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\nyet over.
\nIt’s an ongoing event because it<\/p>\n

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\ncondemns each and every
\ngeneration. <\/p>\n

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\nThe things that happened then
\nare as relevant today as they <\/p>\n

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\nwere 2000 years ago, because
\nthey constitute an exposition of<\/p>\n

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\nhuman nature and human
\nbehaviour. <\/p>\n

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\nAll the weakness and the
\nselfishness, the pettiness and <\/p>\n

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\nthe lovelessness, the darkness
\nand the treachery, the cruelty, <\/p>\n

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\nthe villainy, these things are
\nall held up for us to see and <\/p>\n

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\nrecognize.
\nAnd as has been said many times,<\/p>\n

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\nwhen we read the gospel records,
\nwe’re reading about ourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s why they were recorded.
\nThey’re reading about ourselves.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd we do well to take careful
\nnotes from some of the lessons <\/p>\n

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\nwhich emerge from the
\ncrucifixion of the Son of God. <\/p>\n

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\nNow we can’t look at them all,
\nbut we certainly can look at <\/p>\n

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\nsome of them together.
\nThis morning I invite you in <\/p>\n

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\nyour minds to consider, first of
\nall, the Jewish elders in solemn<\/p>\n

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\nassembly taking counsel against
\nJesus to put him to death. <\/p>\n

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\nThis wasn’t an enquiry or a
\ntrial, was it? <\/p>\n

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\nBrothers and sisters, this was a
\nconspiracy and a murder. <\/p>\n

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\nThey knew perfectly well what
\nthey were going to do long <\/p>\n

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\nbefore they went through the
\ncharade of holding a debate <\/p>\n

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\nabout it.
\nThey were going to preserve the <\/p>\n

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\nestablishment, the old boy
\nnetwork. <\/p>\n

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\nThey were going to stand by the
\nrules of their club. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd because this man whom we
\nremember this morning threatened<\/p>\n

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\ntheir position and their power
\nand their self importance, well,<\/p>\n

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\nhe’d have to be eliminated.
\nYou know nothing at all, said <\/p>\n

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\nthe proud and the arrogant
\nCaiaphas. <\/p>\n

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\nNor consider that it’s expedient
\nfor us that one man should die <\/p>\n

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\nfor the nation, that the whole
\nnation perish. <\/p>\n

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\nNot if we let him.
\nThus alone the Romans will come <\/p>\n

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\nand take away both our place and
\nour nation. <\/p>\n

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\nNotice that our place and our
\nnation we’ll lose our influence <\/p>\n

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\nand our power and authority.
\nSo it’s expedient for us that <\/p>\n

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\nthe Nazarene should die.
\nOh, there’s such a warning here,<\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters, for all
\nwho hold office in the ecclesia,<\/p>\n

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\nfor all who work in Sunday
\nschool and youth classes, or who<\/p>\n

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\nhave influence in the place
\nwhere they work. <\/p>\n

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\nWe can always be in danger of
\nputting our place and our <\/p>\n

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\nnation, our self importance
\nbefore Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd every time that right is
\nsacrificed to expediency, every <\/p>\n

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\ntime we left, let self-interest
\ngovern our motives, we join the <\/p>\n

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\nmembers of the Jewish Sanhedrin,
\ncrucifying the Son of God afresh<\/p>\n

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\nand putting him to an open
\nshame. <\/p>\n

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\nSo be careful, brothers and
\nsisters, how you use your <\/p>\n

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\ninfluence.
\nMake sure that all your urgings <\/p>\n

108
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\nand promptings are in a godly
\ndirection. <\/p>\n

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\nThe rest is disaster.
\nWe think next of Peter in the <\/p>\n

110
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\ncourtyard of the high priest’s
\npalace. <\/p>\n

111
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\nApparently he’d got in there
\nthrough the influence of John, <\/p>\n

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\nwho seems to have known some of
\nthe members of the high priest’s<\/p>\n

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\nhousehold.
\nAnd some commentators have <\/p>\n

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\nsuggested it was because John
\nsupplied dried fish from Galilee<\/p>\n

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\nto the high priest’s household,
\nand that’s how he was known. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, that may be so.
\nWe don’t know, but Peter wanted <\/p>\n

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\nto follow his Lord and at a safe
\ndistance to see what would <\/p>\n

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\nbecome of him.
\nAnd now he’s warming himself in <\/p>\n

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\nfront of the fire in the
\ncourtyard. <\/p>\n

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\nAs he does so, a servant girl
\ncomes along and begins to <\/p>\n

121
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\nquestion him and says, aren’t
\nyou What are that man’s <\/p>\n

122
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\ndisciples?
\nIt says, I don’t know what <\/p>\n

123
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\nyou’re talking about.
\nHe has started the downward <\/p>\n

124
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\nslide of disowning Jesus.
\nPerhaps it had been a Roman <\/p>\n

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\nsoldier who had caught him by
\nthe garment, put a spear to his <\/p>\n

126
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\nthroat and said, rely you.
\nAren’t you one of that man’s <\/p>\n

127
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\ndisciples?
\nHe would have said, yes, I am. <\/p>\n

128
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\nBut coming from a servant girl
\nfrom a totally unexpected <\/p>\n

129
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\nquarter, the question caught
\nPeter completely off guard, and <\/p>\n

130
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\nhe denied all association with
\nthe master. <\/p>\n

131
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\nAnd you know the tragic sequel
\nwell enough, do you not? <\/p>\n

132
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\nThe accusation and the denial
\nare repeated, and eventually <\/p>\n

133
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\nthose standing around began to
\nsay, But you must be one of <\/p>\n

134
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\nthose, that man’s disciples,
\nbecause you’re a Galilean. <\/p>\n

135
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\nWe can tell by the way you
\nspeak. <\/p>\n

136
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\nAnd Peter began to curse him, to
\nswear, saying, I know not the <\/p>\n

137
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\nman of whom you speak.
\nOh, once you started the <\/p>\n

138
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\ndownward slide of disowning
\nJesus, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

139
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\nit’s very difficult to call a
\nhalt. <\/p>\n

140
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\nAnd Jesus turned and looked upon
\nPeter, the record says, and the <\/p>\n

141
\n00:10:03,240 –> 00:10:09,040
\nGreek expression implies that he
\nlooked right into Peter, gave <\/p>\n

142
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\nhim such a look, such a
\npenetrating look. <\/p>\n

143
\n00:10:13,160 –> 00:10:16,240
\nAnd Peter went out into the
\ndarkness and wept bitterly, <\/p>\n

144
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\nunable to restrain his sobbing
\nas the full realisation of what <\/p>\n

145
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\nhe had done came home to him.
\nWould we have fared any better, <\/p>\n

146
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\nbrothers and sisters, had we
\nbeen in Peter’s shoes? <\/p>\n

147
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\nI very much doubted, very much
\ndoubted. <\/p>\n

148
\n00:10:49,080 –> 00:10:52,040
\nEvery time we fail to
\nacknowledge our discipleship, <\/p>\n

149
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\nwhatever the circumstances,
\nevery time we hideaway from any <\/p>\n

150
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\nkind of taunt or the
\nunpleasantness sometimes <\/p>\n

151
\n00:11:00,120 –> 00:11:08,200
\nassociated with the confession
\nof our faith before men, we join<\/p>\n

152
\n00:11:08,200 –> 00:11:13,200
\nPeter in that courtyard saying,
\nI know not the man of whom you <\/p>\n

153
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\nspeak.
\nAnd if you’ve never done it, <\/p>\n

154
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\nbrothers and sisters, if you’ve
\nnever done it, can I say I envy <\/p>\n

155
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\nyou?
\nWhether we have the same broken <\/p>\n

156
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\nheart and the same rebuilding of
\nour lives afterwards depends on <\/p>\n

157
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\nthe quality of our repentance
\nand the mercy of our God. <\/p>\n

158
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\nThe great thing about Peter was
\nthat he knew what he had done. <\/p>\n

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\nHe repented, and the Master was
\nmerciful. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve prayed for thee, Peter,
\nthat thy faith fail not. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:49,960 –> 00:11:53,680
\nAnd when thou art converted,
\nstrengthen thy brethren, the <\/p>\n

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\nrecord says.
\nAnd we know that prayer was <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:57,160 –> 00:12:00,360
\nanswered, don’t we?
\nPeter later became a pillar in <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:00,360 –> 00:12:04,000
\nthe early ecclesia and helped
\nthem considerably with the <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:04,000 –> 00:12:10,240
\nspread of the gospel.
\nIt may be that, or may it be <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:10,240 –> 00:12:14,240
\nthat our Master will deal gently
\nwith us in the same way. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:14,240 –> 00:12:17,480
\nWhen we fail him, we pray it
\nwill. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:19,000 –> 00:12:24,080
\nWe pray he will.
\nNext we consider the <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:24,160 –> 00:12:27,000
\ndisintegration of Judas
\nIscariot. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:28,640 –> 00:12:32,320
\nWe know, of course, that he sold
\nJesus down the river for 30 <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:32,320 –> 00:12:36,360
\npieces of silver, which is the
\nprice of a slave in New <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:36,360 –> 00:12:40,760
\nTestament times where we are
\ntold so just for the price of a <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:40,760 –> 00:12:45,040
\nslave, he sold his master down
\nthe river, so to speak. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:46,440 –> 00:12:50,520
\nExactly what led him to do this
\nis difficult to say with any <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:50,520 –> 00:12:53,640
\ncertainty.
\nLots of ideas have been put <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:53,640 –> 00:12:59,520
\nforward, may have been sheer
\ngreed or avarice, the love of <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:59,520 –> 00:13:04,560
\nmoney.
\nPerhaps, as the some have <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:04,560 –> 00:13:08,600
\nsuggested, the 30 pieces of
\nsilver was merely a down payment<\/p>\n

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\non what he would receive later
\nwhen Jesus was condemned. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:12,800 –> 00:13:15,920
\nAnd I think this is very likely
\nbecause if you compare the <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:15,920 –> 00:13:21,080
\nrecords in Mark in Matthew’s
\nGospel, it says they paid him 30<\/p>\n

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\npieces of silver, so they gave
\nit to him there. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:24,160 –> 00:13:27,640
\nAnd then.
\nThe other records, Mark and Luke<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:27,640 –> 00:13:31,120
\nsay that they promised to give
\nhim money at a time not yet <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:31,120 –> 00:13:36,840
\nspecified when he’d done what
\nthey wanted him to do in being a<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:36,840 –> 00:13:41,400
\nwitness against Jesus at the
\nopen trial before the Sanhedrin.<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:42,640 –> 00:13:45,840
\nI think all that’s very likely.
\nThere may have been other <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:45,840 –> 00:13:48,600
\nmotives at work in this man’s
\nbreast. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:49,440 –> 00:13:55,680
\nAll we can be sure of is that
\nJudas sold Jesus to his enemies <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:56,960 –> 00:14:01,120
\nand then realising what he had
\ndone, he rushed back to the <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:01,120 –> 00:14:03,920
\ntemple court, threw the money
\ndown at the feet of the high <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:03,920 –> 00:14:06,520
\npriest, saying I’ve betrayed
\ninnocent blood. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:07,560 –> 00:14:09,600
\nHe said that’s your problem,
\nyour business. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:10,000 –> 00:14:11,920
\nWe don’t want to know.
\nWe’re finished with you. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:13,280 –> 00:14:17,600
\nAnd so Judas went out and
\nignominiously committed suicide.<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:19,720 –> 00:14:22,680
\nI think we need to realise from
\nthis, brothers and sisters, that<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:23,480 –> 00:14:28,200
\nhuman character isn’t cut in
\nmarble, never to be altered. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:29,160 –> 00:14:33,520
\nWe’re made of the dust of the
\nearth, we’re told, frail <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:33,520 –> 00:14:39,400
\ncreatures, every one of us.
\nAnd character can become <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:39,400 –> 00:14:45,240
\ndiseased and human personality
\ncan disintegrate. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:46,680 –> 00:14:48,920
\nWe’ve got an example here before
\nus. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:50,760 –> 00:14:54,080
\nI’m sure Judas had it in him to
\nbe a good and faithful disciple <\/p>\n

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\nif he had wanted to.
\nI don’t think for a moment that <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:56,880 –> 00:14:59,520
\nJesus simply called him and
\nturned him into the betrayal, <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:59,520 –> 00:15:01,520
\nbecause somebody had to do that
\njob. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:01,840 –> 00:15:07,200
\nNo, didn’t work like that.
\nBut Judas took a wrong turn <\/p>\n

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\nsomewhere, and it ended in a
\nshattered corpse in an open <\/p>\n

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\nfield.
\nPerhaps the disintegration had <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:16,600 –> 00:15:20,560
\nbegun when he first put his hand
\ninto the bag, and we would never<\/p>\n

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\nhave known about that if John
\nand his gospel hadn’t told us <\/p>\n

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\nthat.
\nJudas used to help himself to <\/p>\n

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\nthe finances of the little group
\nfrom time to time. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:30,680 –> 00:15:35,880
\nHe was probably the treasurer.
\nBrother looked after the money. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:36,520 –> 00:15:40,520
\nNow and then he would look after
\nhimself as well, until <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:40,520 –> 00:15:46,000
\neventually it sunk so low that
\nhe sold his master for 30 pieces<\/p>\n

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\nof silver.
\nNo doubt, brothers, sisters, no <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:50,520 –> 00:15:52,880
\ndoubt he tried to rationalize
\nhis behaviour. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m sure he would have done so,
\nbecause we all do this sort of <\/p>\n

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\nthing.
\nThe most unworthy acts are <\/p>\n

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\ncommitted after we’ve convinced
\nourselves of the correctness or <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:05,880 –> 00:16:09,480
\nthe necessity of our proposed
\ncourse of action. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:11,040 –> 00:16:16,280
\nBut every little betrayal of
\nChrist is a step towards the <\/p>\n

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\nultimate disintegration of our
\ndiscipleship. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:22,040 –> 00:16:27,800
\nSo let us pray, brothers and
\nsisters, and pray earnestly that<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:27,800 –> 00:16:32,080
\nour Lord and Master will keep us
\nfrom blundering on with our <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:32,080 –> 00:16:37,480
\nrationalizing of sin, lest we
\nfind ourselves cast in the role <\/p>\n

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\nof Judas Iscariot, who also
\nbetrayed him and went to <\/p>\n

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\nperdition.
\nYou move away from the Jewish <\/p>\n

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\nscene and think for a moment of
\nPontius Pilate, the Roman <\/p>\n

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\ngovernor, and his ineffectual
\nefforts to exculpate himself or <\/p>\n

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\nfree himself from the blame and
\nresponsibility for the <\/p>\n

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\ncrucifixion.
\nIt’s an interesting matter that,<\/p>\n

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\nas in the case of Judas, so too
\nwith Pilate, that earlier events<\/p>\n

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\nhad paved their way for his role
\nin this affair. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:32,040 –> 00:17:36,600
\nLuke tells us in his 13th
\nchapter of the occasion when <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:36,600 –> 00:17:39,880
\nPilate had mingled the blood of
\nthe Galileans with their <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:39,880 –> 00:17:49,120
\nsacrifices, and Josephus, in his
\nhistorical records, gives us a <\/p>\n

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\nnumber of unsavoury incidents
\nwhich took place during the <\/p>\n

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\ncourse of his governorship.
\nHis haughty contempt and his <\/p>\n

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\ninsensitive cruelty towards the
\nJews had now placed him in the <\/p>\n

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\npower of the Jewish elders.
\nBecause they said to Pilate, if <\/p>\n

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\nyou let this man go, we shall
\nreport you to Caesar and see <\/p>\n

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\nwhat happens to you then.
\nWe’ve got plenty. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:18,880 –> 00:18:21,400
\nWe could tell Caesar about you,
\nPilate. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:22,600 –> 00:18:25,480
\nAnd if we report that you let a
\nman go who claimed to be the <\/p>\n

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\nking of the Jews, see how long
\nyour governorship will last, or <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:30,840 –> 00:18:37,320
\neven your life.
\nIf thou let this man go, thou <\/p>\n

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\nart not Caesar’s friend and
\nbrothers and sisters, no <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:42,840 –> 00:18:46,920
\nofficial holding high office in
\nthe Roman Empire at that time in<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:46,920 –> 00:18:50,480
\nhistory could afford to go
\naround with that label pinned to<\/p>\n

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\nhis chest.
\nNot Caesar’s friend. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:55,680 –> 00:18:59,800
\nAnd so the Roman governor
\ncapitulated and he said, well <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:00,440 –> 00:19:03,200
\nthen I’ll just wash my hands of
\nthe whole affair. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:04,680 –> 00:19:09,120
\nAs far as I can see, he is
\ninnocent, but it’s not my <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:09,120 –> 00:19:12,920
\nresponsibility any longer.
\nTake him and do what you will <\/p>\n

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\nwith him.
\nI’m innocent, it’s not my fault.<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:16,000 –> 00:19:19,400
\nAnd the record tells us that he
\ntook water and ceremoniously <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:19,400 –> 00:19:22,520
\nwashed his hands before the
\nwhole multitude. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:23,880 –> 00:19:28,480
\nWhy did he do that?
\nWell, back in Deuteronomy, the <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:28,480 –> 00:19:32,960
\nrecord tells us about a
\nprocedure to be observed in the <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:32,960 –> 00:19:35,560
\nexpiation of an uncertain
\nmurder. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we don’t want to go there
\nand follow through the details <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:42,160 –> 00:19:49,200
\nin any way this morning.
\nBut provision was made for the <\/p>\n

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\nelders of the village then to
\nwash their hands and say we are <\/p>\n

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\ninnocent of this blood that has
\nbeen shed. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:59,840 –> 00:20:03,160
\nAnd of course, brothers and
\nsisters, we all try to do this <\/p>\n

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\nfrom time to time.
\nDon’t we wash our hands? <\/p>\n

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\nOf the whole thing and say it’s
\nnot my fault, I’m innocent. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s the other members of the
\ncliche that are actually the <\/p>\n

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\nproblem.
\nA brother goes back into the <\/p>\n

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\nworld and loses his faith, loses
\nhis hold on Christ for whatever <\/p>\n

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\nreason.
\nNot my fault, not my fault. <\/p>\n

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\nWe all try to say that a young
\nperson drifts into an immoral <\/p>\n

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\nsituation and we tut, tut over
\nhim or her and possible kinds of<\/p>\n

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\nvalue judgements and say how
\nawful the young people are <\/p>\n

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\ntoday.
\nIt’s not my fault. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m not responsible.
\nAn ecclesia is guilty of a gross<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:52,840 –> 00:20:58,280
\ninjustice can happen, has
\nhappened, will probably happen <\/p>\n

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\nagain before the Lord comes.
\nA majority vote doesn’t <\/p>\n

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\nnecessarily mean that justice is
\ndone. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not my fault, you see, It’s
\ntheirs. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:11,360 –> 00:21:13,320
\nBecause I didn’t vote for that
\nresolution. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:13,320 –> 00:21:17,920
\nThey did.
\nAnd I bring my bowl of water to <\/p>\n

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\nthe Ecclesia and metaphorically
\ndisclaim all responsibility. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:24,720 –> 00:21:28,840
\nAm I my brother’s keeper?
\nOh yes. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:29,240 –> 00:21:34,400
\nAsk Cain if you ever get the
\nopportunity. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:35,760 –> 00:21:39,400
\nCan I ever wash my hands of that
\nresponsibility? <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:40,720 –> 00:21:45,560
\nNo, you can’t, ask Pilot on the
\nDay of Judgement. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:50,040 –> 00:21:54,360
\nThere were, however, three
\ngroups of people who seem to <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:54,360 –> 00:21:57,320
\nemerge from the record of the
\ncrucifixion with the character <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:57,320 –> 00:22:00,640
\nrecord, which I would suggest to
\nyou is above average. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:03,000 –> 00:22:08,280
\nThe centurion on guard and the
\nsoldiers who were with him when <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:08,280 –> 00:22:15,080
\nthey observed all that had taken
\nplace, said certainly this was a<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:15,080 –> 00:22:19,840
\nrighteous man.
\nTruly this was the Son of God. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:19,840 –> 00:22:23,960
\nThey said.
\nThese Roman soldiers who were <\/p>\n

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\njust there to carry out orders
\nsaw more on the crucified <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:27,640 –> 00:22:31,760
\nNazarene than all the learner
\ndoctors of the law, the <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:31,760 –> 00:22:36,640
\nprofessors of religion, the
\nJewish elders, all standing <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:36,640 –> 00:22:42,240
\naround mocking and reviling him.
\nAnd there’s surely a lesson in <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:42,240 –> 00:22:44,480
\nthat for all of us, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:46,280 –> 00:22:49,480
\nThose who seem to be furthest
\nfrom the Kingdom of God are <\/p>\n

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\noften at its very doors.
\nAnd we’re not to be dismissive <\/p>\n

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\nof people deciding in advance
\nwho are and who are not worthy <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:00,080 –> 00:23:03,320
\nof our attentions.
\nOh, we’re not going to waste our<\/p>\n

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\n00:23:03,320 –> 00:23:07,040
\ntime preaching in that suburb
\nbecause they’re mostly Muslims <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:07,040 –> 00:23:12,960
\nand not one of them will listen.
\nSometimes those who might seem <\/p>\n

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\nfurthest from the Kingdom of God
\nare at its very doors, as the <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:16,600 –> 00:23:22,360
\nrecord shows us here not to be
\ndismissive of people. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:24,960 –> 00:23:27,360
\nThen there were the women
\ngrouped around the cross who <\/p>\n

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\nstayed and suffered with our
\nLord right to the end. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:32,560 –> 00:23:35,760
\nNow I I think it’s true to say
\nthat they weren’t exposed to the<\/p>\n

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\nsame dangers as their men folk.
\nPerhaps their lives weren’t at <\/p>\n

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\nrisk to the same extent as the
\napostles, but they were <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:46,360 –> 00:23:48,680
\nnevertheless loyal to Jesus,
\nweren’t they? <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:52,000 –> 00:23:55,720
\nAnd their love for him kept them
\ntheir right to the end. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:57,160 –> 00:24:01,680
\nAnd we can thank God that there
\nare still women like that in our<\/p>\n

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\n00:24:01,680 –> 00:24:05,600
\necclesias today.
\nSisters who are the salt of the <\/p>\n

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\nearth.
\nSisters who remain loyal to <\/p>\n

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\nChrist come what may.
\nSisters who minister in love and<\/p>\n

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\n00:24:14,440 –> 00:24:18,960
\ncompassion and faithfulness
\nthroughout all circumstances. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:20,480 –> 00:24:22,920
\nAnd it’s a sobering thought,
\nbrethren. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:23,520 –> 00:24:28,480
\nAnd I emphasize, brethren, it’s
\na sobering thought that the <\/p>\n

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\nmenfolk, the apostles, all said
\nto a man, we will go to prison <\/p>\n

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\nand to death with you, Lord, if
\nneed be. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:36,160 –> 00:24:42,120
\nWe will never forsake you.
\nThey did to a man. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:44,120 –> 00:24:46,720
\nAnd it was the women who were
\nthere right to the end. <\/p>\n

327
\n00:24:48,800 –> 00:24:52,680
\nAnd actions always speak louder
\nthan words, don’t they? <\/p>\n

328
\n00:24:54,760 –> 00:24:57,760
\nYou’ve probably all heard that
\npoem about I’d rather see a <\/p>\n

329
\n00:24:57,760 –> 00:25:02,480
\nsermon than hear one any day.
\nAnd there’s a great truth in <\/p>\n

330
\n00:25:02,480 –> 00:25:09,440
\nthat.
\nAnd yet there were two men, 2 <\/p>\n

331
\n00:25:09,440 –> 00:25:13,600
\ntimid disciples, who perhaps
\nunexpectedly came clean in the <\/p>\n

332
\n00:25:13,600 –> 00:25:17,560
\ncrisis.
\nAnd this sometimes happens, <\/p>\n

333
\n00:25:17,560 –> 00:25:21,480
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nAnd if a time of persecution and<\/p>\n

334
\n00:25:21,480 –> 00:25:24,520
\nsuffering were to come to the
\necclesias of Christ in the days <\/p>\n

335
\n00:25:24,520 –> 00:25:29,960
\nbefore his coming, and we really
\nhave to go through it as they <\/p>\n

336
\n00:25:29,960 –> 00:25:35,560
\ndid in the 1st century, we may
\nbe very surprised to see who <\/p>\n

337
\n00:25:35,560 –> 00:25:38,080
\nwill be there in the last ditch
\nstand. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:25:38,680 –> 00:25:42,360
\nIt may not be the people we
\nwould expect to be there at all.<\/p>\n

339
\n00:25:44,600 –> 00:25:47,400
\nThe crucifixion certainly
\nproduced some surprises. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:25:48,480 –> 00:25:53,760
\nIt was Joseph of Arimathea who
\nwent in boldly to Pilate and <\/p>\n

341
\n00:25:53,760 –> 00:26:00,120
\nbegged the body of Jesus, and it
\nwas Nicodemus who assisted him <\/p>\n

342
\n00:26:00,120 –> 00:26:04,880
\nwith the burial.
\nNow Joseph of Arimathea, we’re <\/p>\n

343
\n00:26:04,880 –> 00:26:10,240
\ntold, was a secret disciple, but
\nfor fear of the Jews, he also <\/p>\n

344
\n00:26:10,240 –> 00:26:14,480
\nwaited for the Kingdom of God.
\nHonourable man who had not <\/p>\n

345
\n00:26:14,480 –> 00:26:20,920
\nconsented to the council and
\ndeed of the Sanhedrin, but by <\/p>\n

346
\n00:26:20,920 –> 00:26:23,600
\nthe same token he doesn’t seem
\nto have made much protest <\/p>\n

347
\n00:26:23,600 –> 00:26:27,560
\nagainst it either.
\nBut to give him his due, he may <\/p>\n

348
\n00:26:27,560 –> 00:26:33,640
\nnot have been there at the time
\nwhen the decision was made and <\/p>\n

349
\n00:26:33,640 –> 00:26:37,760
\nhe probably wasn’t because they
\nonly needed a third of the <\/p>\n

350
\n00:26:37,760 –> 00:26:40,720
\nSanhedrin for a quorum and you
\ncan be sure there have been a <\/p>\n

351
\n00:26:40,720 –> 00:26:44,480
\nhand picked 3rd that met in the
\nmiddle of the night to decide <\/p>\n

352
\n00:26:44,480 –> 00:26:49,760
\nJesus fate.
\nBut at all events Joseph of <\/p>\n

353
\n00:26:49,760 –> 00:26:53,280
\nArimathea had not yet openly
\navowed his discipleship. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:26:55,840 –> 00:27:00,040
\nNicodemus also seems to have
\nbeen a secret disciple in a <\/p>\n

355
\n00:27:00,040 –> 00:27:05,400
\nsense because he that came to
\nJesus by night is a description <\/p>\n

356
\n00:27:05,400 –> 00:27:07,560
\nin three places in John’s
\ngospel. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:27:09,200 –> 00:27:13,800
\nOn one occasion, however, he did
\nput up a little defence when <\/p>\n

358
\n00:27:13,880 –> 00:27:18,040
\nJesus faith was being discussed
\nby the council, mildly saying, <\/p>\n

359
\n00:27:18,440 –> 00:27:22,200
\nDoth our Lord judge any man
\nbefore it, hear him and know <\/p>\n

360
\n00:27:22,200 –> 00:27:26,760
\nwhat he doeth?
\nAnd that’s a good question, <\/p>\n

361
\n00:27:26,760 –> 00:27:30,800
\nisn’t it, brothers and sisters?
\nAnd we might well ask ourselves <\/p>\n

362
\n00:27:30,800 –> 00:27:37,920
\nthe same thing, that our law
\njudge any man before it, hear <\/p>\n

363
\n00:27:37,920 –> 00:27:42,280
\nhim and know what he doeth,
\nbecause we so often jump to <\/p>\n

364
\n00:27:42,280 –> 00:27:47,720
\nhasty conclusions on inadequate
\ninformation. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:27:50,320 –> 00:27:55,320
\nAnyway.
\nIn this case, the inquiry earned<\/p>\n

366
\n00:27:55,320 –> 00:27:59,280
\nNicodemus such a crushing
\nrebuke, but he doesn’t seem to <\/p>\n

367
\n00:27:59,280 –> 00:28:03,640
\nhave ever tried it again.
\nArt thou also of Galilee? <\/p>\n

368
\n00:28:03,640 –> 00:28:07,200
\nThey said to him, Search and
\nlook for out of Galilee ariseth <\/p>\n

369
\n00:28:07,200 –> 00:28:09,920
\nno prophet.
\nYou don’t know your Scriptures, <\/p>\n

370
\n00:28:09,920 –> 00:28:12,440
\nbrother.
\nAnd the meeting broke up, and <\/p>\n

371
\n00:28:12,880 –> 00:28:15,240
\nevery man went to his own home.
\nAnd of course they were wrong <\/p>\n

372
\n00:28:15,240 –> 00:28:21,480
\nabout that too, because they did
\nhave a prophet in Galilee, Jonah<\/p>\n

373
\n00:28:22,560 –> 00:28:27,440
\nfrom Ghat Heifa.
\nSo both of them were wrong. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:28:30,600 –> 00:28:35,720
\nBut now the crisis had arrived
\nand the dark deed had been done,<\/p>\n

375
\n00:28:37,800 –> 00:28:40,920
\nand these two timid disciples
\ndecided that the time had come <\/p>\n

376
\n00:28:40,920 –> 00:28:44,920
\nto stand up and be counted.
\nSo they took courage to go <\/p>\n

377
\n00:28:44,920 –> 00:28:48,760
\nboldly to pilots, beg the body
\nof Jesus, and arrange for a <\/p>\n

378
\n00:28:48,760 –> 00:28:52,000
\ndecent burial, as the records
\nshow. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:28:54,680 –> 00:28:58,200
\nAnd we may often feel weak and
\ntimid in our discipleship, <\/p>\n

380
\n00:28:58,200 –> 00:29:02,160
\nbrothers and sisters, but let us
\npray that our God will give us <\/p>\n

381
\n00:29:02,160 –> 00:29:06,760
\nthe strength and the courage
\nwhen any crisis of decision <\/p>\n

382
\n00:29:06,760 –> 00:29:11,840
\ncomes upon us, that we shall
\nstand for Christ and not be <\/p>\n

383
\n00:29:12,000 –> 00:29:21,880
\nashamed.
\nAnd now, finally, we consider <\/p>\n

384
\n00:29:21,880 –> 00:29:26,640
\nthe man himself whom we’ve come
\nto remember this morning. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:29:28,760 –> 00:29:36,080
\nJesus of Nazareth, the King of
\nthe Jews, apparently an abject <\/p>\n

386
\n00:29:36,080 –> 00:29:44,960
\nfigure, standing alone, deserted
\nby his followers, spat upon and <\/p>\n

387
\n00:29:44,960 –> 00:29:54,120
\nreviled on three separate
\noccasions by the Sanhedrin, by <\/p>\n

388
\n00:29:54,120 –> 00:29:58,720
\nHerod’s courtiers, by the Roman
\nsoldiers. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:29:59,320 –> 00:30:08,160
\nHe had to endure being spat upon
\nand reviled 3 times, yet amidst <\/p>\n

390
\n00:30:08,160 –> 00:30:13,400
\nthe panorama of human weakness
\nand wickedness and guilt, <\/p>\n

391
\n00:30:14,640 –> 00:30:20,880
\nsupremely sane, completely
\nselfless master of the <\/p>\n

392
\n00:30:20,880 –> 00:30:28,040
\nsituation, a giant in his
\nspiritual stature, Jesus of <\/p>\n

393
\n00:30:28,040 –> 00:30:36,200
\nNazareth and him crucified.
\nAnd most of us, I’m sure, feel <\/p>\n

394
\n00:30:36,200 –> 00:30:39,720
\nthat our tiny little lives can
\nnever reproduce, not even in <\/p>\n

395
\n00:30:39,720 –> 00:30:44,000
\nminiature, the stature of the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:30:44,920 –> 00:30:48,480
\nAnd yet, brothers and sisters,
\nand yet in these emblems which <\/p>\n

397
\n00:30:48,520 –> 00:30:53,000
\nwe’re going to share together
\nshortly, we claim identification<\/p>\n

398
\n00:30:53,000 –> 00:30:56,120
\nwith Him, don’t we?
\nThe bread which we break, is it <\/p>\n

399
\n00:30:56,120 –> 00:31:01,320
\nnot the communion of the body of
\nChrist that means having a share<\/p>\n

400
\n00:31:01,320 –> 00:31:08,160
\nin a joint participation in the
\nvery body of Christ to be part <\/p>\n

401
\n00:31:08,160 –> 00:31:11,640
\nof it?
\nAnd the cup which we pass from <\/p>\n

402
\n00:31:11,640 –> 00:31:15,760
\nhand to hand, is it not the
\ncommunion of the blood of Christ<\/p>\n

403
\n00:31:17,000 –> 00:31:22,720
\nthat means having a share in the
\nvery sacrifice and death of our <\/p>\n

404
\n00:31:22,720 –> 00:31:27,880
\nLord and Saviour?
\nThis is our hold on Christ, <\/p>\n

405
\n00:31:27,880 –> 00:31:31,000
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nIt’s our fellowship in His <\/p>\n

406
\n00:31:31,000 –> 00:31:36,560
\nsufferings and His cross.
\nAnd leaving aside all those <\/p>\n

407
\n00:31:36,560 –> 00:31:39,880
\ncharacters who denied him and
\nput Him to death, we say with <\/p>\n

408
\n00:31:39,880 –> 00:31:45,880
\none united voice, I want to
\nparticipate in his sacrifice and<\/p>\n

409
\n00:31:45,880 –> 00:31:51,600
\nI want to be crucified with Him.
\nIn the words of one of our <\/p>\n

410
\n00:31:51,600 –> 00:31:56,320
\nhymns, we too would bring our
\noffering obedience full and <\/p>\n

411
\n00:31:56,320 –> 00:32:02,160
\nfree, would share the shame and
\nsorrow to share the victory. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:32:04,760 –> 00:32:08,560
\nAnd so, as we said at the
\nbeginning, in a sense we were <\/p>\n

413
\n00:32:08,560 –> 00:32:11,440
\nthere when they crucified the
\nLord of life and were partly <\/p>\n

414
\n00:32:11,440 –> 00:32:16,040
\nresponsible for his sufferings.
\nWe’ve moved over now, brothers <\/p>\n

415
\n00:32:16,040 –> 00:32:21,120
\nand sisters, and we say with
\nPaul I am crucified, With <\/p>\n

416
\n00:32:21,120 –> 00:32:27,400
\nChrist, nevertheless I live yet
\nnot I, but Christ liveth in me <\/p>\n

417
\n00:32:27,400 –> 00:32:29,960
\nand the life which I now live in
\nthe flesh. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:32:30,440 –> 00:32:35,480
\nI live by the faith of the Son
\nof God who loved me and gave <\/p>\n

419
\n00:32:35,480 –> 00:32:39,280
\nhimself for me.
\nThat’s what we say with all our <\/p>\n

420
\n00:32:39,280 –> 00:32:43,840
\nhearts this morning.
\nWe stand with Christ who loved <\/p>\n

421
\n00:32:43,840 –> 00:32:50,480
\nus and gave himself for us.
\nAmen and Amen. <\/p>\n

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