1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: Let us pray. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: he said it is finished, and he bowed his head 3 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: and gave up the ghost. John nineteen thirty Thank you 4 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: Jesus for carrying your cross up the hill. When my 5 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: moment comes, I will be like Simon. Then I will 6 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: take the weight of your cross upon my life until 7 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: I complete my mission here on earth. Reflecting on the 8 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: most holy of moments, Like Jesus, I give my life 9 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: to you God as a living sacrifice. May you use 10 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: my life to bring your name glory as long as 11 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: I am breathing. In the same way that Jesus brought 12 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: hope to the thief on the cross in the midst 13 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: of his pain, so too will I bring hope to others. 14 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: Even when I feel the of life's challenges, I will 15 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: remember that the greatest act of devotion to you God 16 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: is to bring people into the knowledge of your saving 17 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: grace and forgiveness. Through your death and burial, Jesus, you 18 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: put into action the greatest chess play in all the cosmos. 19 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: Through your death and burial, you have given us the 20 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: ultimate checkmate over Satan and his plans. The best is 21 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: yet to come in Jesus name. Amen. Thank you for 22 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: praying with us today. Continue your time with God by 23 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: listening to today's Bible story, brought to you by Bible 24 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: in a Year dot. 25 00:01:47,800 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 2: Com Jesus's death and burial. In our last story, Jesus 26 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: was taken before Pilot and brutally beaten. The crowd demanded 27 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 2: Jesus be crucified. Pilot, who knew Jesus was innocent, washed 28 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 2: his hands clean and released Jesus to be crucified. In 29 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 2: this story, we will learn about the death and burial 30 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 2: of Jesus as inspired by the Gospels. 31 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 3: Hello. 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In our previous episode, 40 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 3: we heard how Jesus went before Pilot, the Roman ruler, 41 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 3: and though no fault was found in him. The religious 42 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 3: leaders clamored for his death, insisting that Pilot send him 43 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 3: to the cross and release a criminal named Barabbas. Jesus 44 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 3: was beaten, humiliated, mocked, tortured, yet he remained silent, willing 45 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,959 Speaker 3: to fulfill God's purpose for his life. Today, we'll hear 46 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 3: as Jesus goes to the cross and the final words 47 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 3: that he says, as the sin of the world bears 48 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 3: its full weight on his shoulders. So let's listen now 49 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 3: to the reading of God's word. 50 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 2: The day grew dim and clouds began filling the skies. 51 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 2: Jesus was given a cross to carry up the trail 52 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 2: of Calvary, one hundred pound piece of wood, carving a 53 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 2: deeper hole thanto his already exposed back. Jesus carried his 54 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 2: cross up the hill towards the place he would die. 55 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 2: After losing blood and oxygen, Jesus collapsed to the ground 56 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 2: with the cross, unable to carry it himself. A soldier 57 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 2: took a man named Simon from the crowd and had 58 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 2: him carry Christ's cross for him up the hill. Some 59 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 2: cried for his death, others cried to not have him die. 60 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 2: Thousands of people followed Jesus up that hill to watch 61 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 2: him be crucified. Many mourned for him that day, Yet 62 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 2: underneath the blood and sweat, Jesus walked with joy towards 63 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 2: the cross, knowing what it would accomplish. Legs trembling, blood dripping, 64 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 2: and lungs gasping for air, Jesus made his way to 65 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 2: the place of the skull where he would be crucified. 66 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 2: Soldiers grabbed him and laid him down on to the cross. 67 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 2: One by one, they hammered nails into his wrists and 68 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 2: feet and raised the cross up high for everyone to 69 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 2: behold his suffering. Crucifixion was designed to be a slow 70 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 2: and painful death. For hours, men would gasp for air 71 00:04:57,560 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 2: by pulling up on their feet and wrists that had 72 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 2: no nails driven through them. Slowly, Jesus began to breathe 73 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 2: and look upon the crowd. Then the people stood by watching, 74 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,799 Speaker 2: but the rulers scoffed at him, saying he saved others, 75 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 2: Let him save himself if he is truly Christ. The 76 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 2: soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour 77 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 2: wine and saying, if you are the king of the Jews, 78 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 2: save yourself, Jesus prayed, Father, forgive them. They do not 79 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 2: know what they are doing. The soldiers took his clothes 80 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 2: and divided it up between them by casting lots, which 81 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 2: fulfilled the prophecy that said that they would do so. 82 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 2: Pilot had a sign made in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek, 83 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 2: so that all the people can read it walking by 84 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: which says Jesus the King of Jews. This disturbed the Jews, 85 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 2: yet Pilot would not remove it. Jesus's cross was placed 86 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 2: beside two thieves. One marked Jesus, saying, are you not 87 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 2: the Christ? Save yourself and us if you are so powerful. 88 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 2: But the other thief swiftly rebuked him, saying, have you 89 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 2: no fear of God? We are getting what we deserve 90 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 2: hanging here. Yet this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus, 91 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 2: please remember me when you enter into your kingdom. Jesus 92 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 2: answered and said to him, truly to day you will 93 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 2: be with me in Paradise. Jesus then looked down toward 94 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 2: his mother, who was sobbing inconsolably. Jesus, in one of 95 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,359 Speaker 2: his final acts, turned to John, one of his most 96 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 2: beloved disciples, and said, son, behold your mother and he 97 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 2: charged John to look after his mother. Darkness had now 98 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 2: enveloped the skies completely, as if preparing for what was 99 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 2: about to occur. Nine hours had passed on the cross, 100 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 2: and Jesus looked up to heaven. Elloi halloi lemma sabatani, 101 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 2: he cried, which means my God, my God, why have 102 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 2: you forsaken me? For in that moment, the eternal bond 103 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 2: between the Father and the son was severed, and the 104 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 2: sins of all mankind were thrust onto Jesus as a 105 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 2: tsunami does to the shore. Then Jesus yelled out one 106 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 2: more time, Father, I give you my life. It is 107 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 2: now finished. Then he gave his spirit to the Lord. 108 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 2: The one who with a word spoke light and life 109 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 2: into existence, spoke his final word. The same lungs that 110 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 2: breathed life into mankind in the garden of Eden exhaled 111 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 2: their final breath. Immediately, the curtain that hung in the 112 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 2: temple was torn in half, symbolizing the tearing of Jesus's flesh, 113 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 2: removing separation from man and God forever. The ground began 114 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 2: to shake, and the skies poured forth. Rain rocks were 115 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 2: split in half, and for a moment the dead walked 116 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 2: among the earth in darkness. The earth itself was mourning 117 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 2: the death of its creator. A Roman commander saw these 118 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 2: things happen and gasped in awe. Truly this man was 119 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: the son of God, he said. After the chaos had passed, 120 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 2: they brought Jesus down from the cross. The Jewish leaders 121 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 2: did not want the bodies to be left up during 122 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 2: the Sabbath, so they asked Pilot to let the bodies 123 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 2: be taken down. They took the criminals down, broke their legs, 124 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 2: and then moved on to Jesus. It was obvious that 125 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 2: he was dead, so they instead pierced him with a spear, 126 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 2: and blood and water came out of his body. This 127 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 2: fulfilled the scripture that Jesus's bones would not be broken, 128 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 2: and another scripture states that his body be pierced. Joseph, 129 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 2: a wealthy follower of Jesus, asked Pilot for his body. 130 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 2: He feared the Jewish leaders, so when Pilot agreed, he 131 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 2: took the body quickly. Nicodemus brought mrrh and Aloes, and 132 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 2: they both wrapped his body with these elements and linen. 133 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 2: They then placed Jesus in a new tomb that no 134 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 2: one had ever been in near a garden. This was 135 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 2: the day of preparation, and because the tomb was close, 136 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 2: they placed Jesus there. In the darkness of the tomb, 137 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 2: the son of Man laid his head. His followers, the city, 138 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 2: and the whole earth were in mourning. Sadness script the 139 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 2: hearts of all who loved him, and grief overcame them. 140 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 2: For a short while, there was no knowledge of what 141 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:49,319 Speaker 2: was yet to come. 142 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 3: In today's reading, Jesus is walking the way of the 143 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 3: Cross it's known now as the Via Doloro, with the 144 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 3: beam of the cross on which he was to die 145 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 3: weighing heavily on his shoulders. Jesus walked towards Calvary. His 146 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 3: body was already beaten and blooded, and now he was 147 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 3: forced to carry the symbol of guilt and shame through 148 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 3: the city, with people yelling and screaming and spinning at him. Finally, 149 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 3: the Lord collapses under the weight of the cross, and 150 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 3: a man named Simon was pulled from the crowd and 151 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 3: made to carry the wooden beam the rest of the way. 152 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 3: Jesus knew what awaited him when he arrived at the 153 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 3: place called Galgatha, the place of the skull. Death would 154 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 3: not come quickly or without pain. A crucifixion could last 155 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:42,839 Speaker 3: for hours, even days. His body would endure indescribable pain, 156 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 3: but that would pale in comparison to the spiritual pain 157 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 3: that he experienced on the cross. And yet Jesus continued 158 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 3: step by step to accomplish God's plan of salvation for 159 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 3: the world. He came to die, to rise again that 160 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 3: we might have eternal life. When he finally arrived at 161 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 3: the hill called Calvary, Jesus, the perfect lamb of God, 162 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 3: was laid on the cross, arms opened wide, and nailed 163 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 3: down by his wrists and feet. The soldiers were experts 164 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:19,199 Speaker 3: in keeping people alive to expose them to the maximum 165 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 3: amount of suffering. This was all described as a deterrent 166 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 3: for other criminals. As Jesus was raised above the crowd, 167 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 3: his weight hung on the nails, His flayed back rubbed 168 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:34,079 Speaker 3: against the rough hewn wood of the cross, and he 169 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 3: struggled even to lift himself to take the next breath. 170 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 3: The way a person died on a Roman cross was 171 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 3: by suffocation, drowning in one's own fluids. Raised up above 172 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 3: the crowds, Jesus watched as the people mocked him even more, 173 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 3: telling him to draw up on the powers of God 174 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 3: and to save himself. The soldiers joined in the insults, 175 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 3: showing no regard for his suffering. This was cruel beyond imagination. 176 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 3: And yet as he looked on those who put him there, 177 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 3: the Roman soldiers, the crowds of people, even the religious 178 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 3: leaders who conspired to have him killed, his heart was 179 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 3: not filled with anger or rage or hate, but indescribable 180 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 3: and intense love and forgiveness. He praised, asking God to 181 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 3: forgive them, for they did not know what they were doing. 182 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 3: This was the end of the long road Jesus had walked, 183 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 3: the culmination of his earthly purpose. He had known all 184 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 3: along that many who once flocked to see him would 185 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 3: turn away, and that he would face death alone. Even 186 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 3: his disciples would leave him. Still, he went there willingly 187 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 3: to die for you and me. We heard how there 188 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 3: were two men next to him, two convicted thieves, criminals 189 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 3: who were not innocent. They were receiving their due penalty. 190 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 3: One joined the mockers, failing to see Jesus for who 191 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,319 Speaker 3: he truly was, but one of the thieves. One of 192 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 3: the men surrendered his life to Jesus, asking him to 193 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 3: remember him when he entered his kingdom. This man had 194 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 3: no time left, no works could earn him God's favor 195 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 3: or salvation. There was no church to join, there was 196 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 3: no religious rites to perform. He was moments away from death, 197 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 3: hopeless and helpless. And yet because he turned to Jesus 198 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 3: by faith, he heard Jesus reassured him of his eternal 199 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 3: hope and home in heaven. Today you will be with 200 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 3: me in paradise. What happened to this thief on the 201 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 3: cross reminds us that it's never too late for a 202 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 3: new beginning, and that there is nothing we can do 203 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 3: to earn or deserve our salvation but to put our 204 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 3: lives in the nailscarred hands of Jesus, that he and 205 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 3: he alone can pardon us from our sins. Even in 206 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 3: his moments of pain and suffering, Jesus, the Glorious Savior, 207 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 3: the Good Shepherd, continued to look upon those that he loved. 208 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 3: He charged his disciple John with the care of Mary, 209 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 3: his mother. As darkness descended on the land, Jesus knew 210 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 3: there was still an even greater pain to face, the 211 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 3: lamb of God who came to take away the sins 212 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 3: of the world felt the full weight of our sin 213 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 3: on his back, and in that moment, he who knew 214 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 3: no sin according to the Bible, became sin for us 215 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 3: that we might be made the righteousness of God. Every 216 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 3: wrong thought, every action, impulse, desire, sinful desire of every 217 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 3: man and woman who has ever lived and who will 218 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 3: ever live, was poured on Jesus that day. As he 219 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 3: hung upon the cross. His fellowship, perfect fellowship with the Father, 220 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 3: was broken in that moment, and he cried out these 221 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 3: words that we find in Mark fifteen, verse thirty four, 222 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 3: My God, My God, why have you forsaken me? He 223 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 3: was speaking the words of Psalm twenty two, and even 224 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 3: in those words, as Christ acknowledged God's holiness, as he 225 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 3: was professing his trust in his heavenly Father. Finally Jesus 226 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 3: gave up his spirit and breathed his last breath. It 227 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 3: was finally finished, he cried out. It is finished, which 228 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 3: means accomplished. Paid in full. To tell usty is the 229 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 3: word in the language of the Bible. Christ paid in 230 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 3: full the debt of sin that we owed so that 231 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 3: we could have eternal life. Our debt was paid in full. 232 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 3: Jesus paid it all at that moment, the curtain in 233 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 3: the temple, a symbol of the separation between man and God, 234 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 3: was torn from top to bottom. God himself had removed 235 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 3: the great chasm, the barrier between himself and those created 236 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 3: for himself. It was in that moment that Christ had come. 237 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 3: It was for this moment, this miracle, that Christ had come. 238 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 3: And now his purpose is fulfilled. The plan of salvation 239 00:15:54,640 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 3: is complete. Satan is defeated, and salvation is now offer 240 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 3: to all who believe and trust in Christ. As Jesus' 241 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 3: body was laid to rest by the few that had 242 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 3: remained to care for him, there was one great enemy 243 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 3: yet to be defeated, and that is death. He would 244 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 3: conquer death. There is grave sadness on that dark Friday 245 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 3: and on that silence Saturday, but a joyous day was 246 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 3: coming soon. A resurrection is promised. Dear God, we can 247 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 3: never get over your love for us and what you 248 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 3: endured for us that we might have your love and grace, 249 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 3: salvation and eternal life. We will praise you forever, dear 250 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 3: Lamb of God, for all that you have done for 251 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 3: us and continue to do for us. We remember that 252 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 3: it is by your blood that we have redemption, salvation, 253 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 3: and eternal life. So we trust in you. And just 254 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 3: let me say to all who are listening right now, 255 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 3: if there's never been a moment in your life when 256 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 3: you have Jesus to be your Lord and savior, this 257 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 3: is your moment. This can be your miracle. He died 258 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 3: for you, he rose again. The Bible says, believe on 259 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 3: the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, which 260 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 3: means that all your sins are forgiven, past, present and future. 261 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 3: That Christ is alive in you, and that you have 262 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 3: the hope of eternal life now and forever, that you 263 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,880 Speaker 3: will be with Him in heaven when he comes for you. 264 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 3: So place your faith and trust in Jesus now by 265 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 3: receiving him, repenting of your sin, turning to him, and 266 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 3: trusting in Him as your Lord and savior. 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