147 00:21:45.195 --> 00:21:46.295 Hey, how are y'all doing? 148 00:21:50.095 --> 00:21:51.455 I wanna start off by asking a question. 149 00:21:52.235 --> 00:21:54.775 Do you remember how old you were when you realized 150 00:21:54.925 --> 00:21:56.095 that life isn't fair? 151 00:21:58.195 --> 00:22:02.255 Uh, my wife and I, we are going on five years of marriage 152 00:22:02.275 --> 00:22:04.695 and for the last five years my wife has been learning 153 00:22:04.695 --> 00:22:08.015 that lesson, uh, by watching our lives side by side. 154 00:22:08.275 --> 00:22:11.215 Um, lemme just explain to you a little bit, paint a picture 155 00:22:11.475 --> 00:22:12.535 of of who we are. 156 00:22:12.605 --> 00:22:15.095 Okay. Uh, my wife and I are totally different. 157 00:22:15.565 --> 00:22:17.775 Meaning, uh, my wife is a planner. 158 00:22:18.915 --> 00:22:21.175 Uh, I never started using a calendar until I met her. 159 00:22:21.955 --> 00:22:25.935 Uh, she is meticulous about things. She loves spreadsheets. 160 00:22:26.015 --> 00:22:27.295 I didn't know that was like a 161 00:22:27.495 --> 00:22:28.575 spiritual gift that some people had. 162 00:22:28.695 --> 00:22:31.055 I don't have that bone anywhere in my body, 163 00:22:31.075 --> 00:22:33.615 but she loves planning and logistics 164 00:22:33.615 --> 00:22:35.135 and details and all this sort of stuff. 165 00:22:35.155 --> 00:22:37.015 And she's the type of person who's super ambitious. 166 00:22:37.315 --> 00:22:39.855 Uh, she focuses on what she wants and she chases after it. 167 00:22:39.955 --> 00:22:43.495 For example, when my wife was seven years old, uh, 168 00:22:43.795 --> 00:22:45.255 she was in the car with her parents 169 00:22:45.555 --> 00:22:48.535 and she saw a sign on the side of the road, like a stop sign 170 00:22:48.535 --> 00:22:49.535 or a speed limit sign. 171 00:22:49.755 --> 00:22:53.055 And she goes, mom, how did that sign get there? 172 00:22:53.355 --> 00:22:54.815 And so her parents explained 173 00:22:54.815 --> 00:22:57.375 to her all these things about civil engineering 174 00:22:57.875 --> 00:23:00.095 and, uh, the Department of Transportation 175 00:23:00.475 --> 00:23:02.335 and construction crews and all that sort of stuff. 176 00:23:02.335 --> 00:23:05.935 And my mom's, uh, my mom, my wife said to her mom, 177 00:23:06.315 --> 00:23:09.095 to her dad, she said, that's what I wanna do one day. 178 00:23:09.755 --> 00:23:11.175 And that's exactly what she did. 179 00:23:11.275 --> 00:23:12.935 She went to school, she got good grades, 180 00:23:12.955 --> 00:23:14.135 she got accepted into the civil 181 00:23:14.375 --> 00:23:15.615 engineering program at NC State. 182 00:23:15.615 --> 00:23:16.975 She graduated on time. 183 00:23:17.355 --> 00:23:19.455 Uh, she started doing some internship programs 184 00:23:19.475 --> 00:23:23.015 and now, uh, full-time, her job is designing roads 185 00:23:23.015 --> 00:23:24.135 for the state of North Carolina. 186 00:23:25.315 --> 00:23:28.455 Me on the other hand, uh, when I was 14 years old, 187 00:23:28.615 --> 00:23:30.695 I felt God say, Hey, I want you 188 00:23:30.755 --> 00:23:32.175 to go into full-time ministry. 189 00:23:33.235 --> 00:23:34.535 And then about a minute 190 00:23:34.555 --> 00:23:36.375 and a half ago I walked out on this stage. 191 00:23:37.035 --> 00:23:38.655 And that's just kind of how everything played out. 192 00:23:38.815 --> 00:23:41.375 I can't tell you the path that I took to get here. 193 00:23:41.575 --> 00:23:44.455 I wasn't a big planner. I didn't follow 1, 2, 3 steps. 194 00:23:44.515 --> 00:23:47.205 It just seemed like things just kind of worked out. 195 00:23:47.225 --> 00:23:48.725 And that frustrates my wife. 196 00:23:49.265 --> 00:23:51.525 My wife is the type of person who, uh, when we go 197 00:23:51.525 --> 00:23:54.525 to a restaurant, she will spend the entire drive there 198 00:23:54.675 --> 00:23:58.525 looking at the menu, trying to figure out exactly what it is 199 00:23:58.525 --> 00:23:59.645 that she wants because she wants 200 00:23:59.645 --> 00:24:01.325 to make sure she doesn't make the wrong decision. 201 00:24:01.325 --> 00:24:03.485 She wants the perfect menu item. 202 00:24:03.905 --> 00:24:05.285 And she goes to hand it over to me. 203 00:24:05.285 --> 00:24:06.285 She's like, Hey, do you wanna look at it? I 204 00:24:06.285 --> 00:24:07.325 said, no, I think I'll just figure it out. 205 00:24:07.325 --> 00:24:10.245 When I get there. And we sit down at the restaurant, 206 00:24:11.125 --> 00:24:13.045 I take like 20 minutes to look over the menu. 207 00:24:13.825 --> 00:24:15.285 She already knows what she wants. 208 00:24:15.825 --> 00:24:17.005 So the server row will come over 209 00:24:17.225 --> 00:24:18.365 and they'll be like, Hey, 210 00:24:18.435 --> 00:24:19.605 have you decided what you want yet? 211 00:24:19.605 --> 00:24:21.085 No, we need some more time, but do you 212 00:24:21.085 --> 00:24:22.125 guys have any specials? 213 00:24:22.125 --> 00:24:23.925 And they will describe like, 214 00:24:23.995 --> 00:24:25.685 exactly the thing I've been craving 215 00:24:25.785 --> 00:24:27.685 for the last three weeks, and they're gonna bring it out 216 00:24:27.685 --> 00:24:29.045 and it's gonna be the best version of that thing. 217 00:24:29.195 --> 00:24:32.245 Meanwhile, my wife is like, Hey, can I get this thing 218 00:24:32.245 --> 00:24:34.405 that I made my decision on like an hour ago? 219 00:24:34.405 --> 00:24:35.285 And they'll go, we're sorry. 220 00:24:35.285 --> 00:24:36.165 We're all out of that thing tonight. 221 00:24:36.225 --> 00:24:39.405 It happens like clockwork every single time. 222 00:24:39.465 --> 00:24:41.725 And she thinks, man, life isn't fair. 223 00:24:41.835 --> 00:24:44.805 When she was in college, she got a boot on her car 224 00:24:45.235 --> 00:24:46.725 because she parked in the wrong spot. 225 00:24:46.725 --> 00:24:48.125 So now she obsesses over parking. 226 00:24:48.335 --> 00:24:49.565 Lemme tell you what happened to me. 227 00:24:49.635 --> 00:24:51.605 This is before we met, but I was in college 228 00:24:52.265 --> 00:24:55.605 and, uh, I was at UNO, uh, the University of New Orleans, 229 00:24:55.785 --> 00:24:57.765 or as it's known among locals, 230 00:24:57.765 --> 00:24:59.365 the university of no opportunity. 231 00:25:00.665 --> 00:25:04.125 And, uh, I didn't do college well, like I didn't drop out. 232 00:25:04.205 --> 00:25:06.565 I just stopped showing up. Like I'm, I'm not a planner. 233 00:25:06.725 --> 00:25:08.725 I didn't take the formal pathways or any of that stuff, 234 00:25:08.825 --> 00:25:11.725 but when I was in college, uh, I didn't have a car. 235 00:25:12.265 --> 00:25:14.205 And my friend David, his parents agreed 236 00:25:14.205 --> 00:25:16.005 to buy him a new car, but the rule was he had 237 00:25:16.005 --> 00:25:17.085 to find somebody else to give it to. 238 00:25:17.345 --> 00:25:19.525 So David gave me a car call that just a case 239 00:25:19.525 --> 00:25:21.205 of things working out, if you will, right? 240 00:25:21.495 --> 00:25:22.565 David gives me a car 241 00:25:22.565 --> 00:25:25.445 and he says, Hey, listen, um, I know you need this, like 242 00:25:25.445 --> 00:25:28.285 to get back and forth to school right away, so just go ahead 243 00:25:28.285 --> 00:25:31.525 and leave my license plates on it, um, until you can get all 244 00:25:31.525 --> 00:25:32.885 of your sort of stuff figured out, right? 245 00:25:32.905 --> 00:25:34.645 So, dude, thank you so much. That's so generous. 246 00:25:34.725 --> 00:25:38.965 I appreciate that. So I go to to to school, school one day 247 00:25:39.465 --> 00:25:42.005 and I go to park, but there's like an opportunity for a pull 248 00:25:42.005 --> 00:25:43.285 through, you know, when like the spot in front 249 00:25:43.285 --> 00:25:45.125 of you is open, so you just go all the way through. 250 00:25:45.305 --> 00:25:47.365 So I do that, but what I didn't realize was, is 251 00:25:47.365 --> 00:25:49.565 that the first spot I was in was a student spot. 252 00:25:49.985 --> 00:25:52.005 The spot in front of that was for teachers only. 253 00:25:52.185 --> 00:25:54.445 So I go to class, when I come back out, 254 00:25:54.685 --> 00:25:57.445 there's a nice fat juicy ticket sitting on my windshield. 255 00:25:58.945 --> 00:26:01.965 Now I have to pay this ticket within 30 days, 256 00:26:02.385 --> 00:26:03.525 but I'm not a planner. 257 00:26:03.785 --> 00:26:08.525 So on day 28, I log into the online portal to go ahead and, 258 00:26:08.525 --> 00:26:10.405 and pay off this ticket, and I go to do it 259 00:26:10.405 --> 00:26:11.725 and something goes wrong, it doesn't work. 260 00:26:11.905 --> 00:26:14.005 So the next day I go to school 261 00:26:14.105 --> 00:26:16.445 and I head over to the like campus police station 262 00:26:17.025 --> 00:26:18.165 and I walk in there 263 00:26:18.745 --> 00:26:20.445 and I know I joked about like me just 264 00:26:20.445 --> 00:26:21.965 stumbling onto this stage. 265 00:26:22.625 --> 00:26:24.205 Uh, the guy who worked there, 266 00:26:26.285 --> 00:26:28.565 I genuinely think he like walked into the office looking 267 00:26:28.565 --> 00:26:29.765 for the bathroom and they're like, Hey, 268 00:26:29.765 --> 00:26:31.845 can you put this uniform on and just sit here for a minute? 269 00:26:31.845 --> 00:26:33.645 Like, he did not want to be there. 270 00:26:33.665 --> 00:26:35.845 He was not interested in anything that was going on. 271 00:26:35.845 --> 00:26:37.445 So I walk up to him and I say, Hey man, I'm, 272 00:26:37.445 --> 00:26:38.525 you know, I'm here to pay a ticket. 273 00:26:38.905 --> 00:26:40.885 And so he just doesn't look up from his computer, 274 00:26:40.885 --> 00:26:42.125 sticks his hand out, he takes the, 275 00:26:42.145 --> 00:26:44.205 the ticket from me and he starts looking at it. 276 00:26:44.205 --> 00:26:47.365 He works on his computer and uh, he goes, Hey, 277 00:26:47.405 --> 00:26:48.525 I, I, I can't find anything. 278 00:26:48.525 --> 00:26:49.845 He goes, what's your license plate number? 279 00:26:50.505 --> 00:26:51.925 So I give him the license plate number 280 00:26:52.225 --> 00:26:53.685 and still nothing is coming up. 281 00:26:53.685 --> 00:26:55.485 And he's like, Hey, I don't know what's going on, man, 282 00:26:55.485 --> 00:26:56.805 but your, your stuff isn't in the system. 283 00:26:56.835 --> 00:26:57.845 It's, it's not showing up. 284 00:26:57.845 --> 00:26:59.285 And I go, oh, well it could be 285 00:26:59.285 --> 00:27:02.045 because like, that's my new license plate number. 286 00:27:02.805 --> 00:27:04.845 I used to have my friend's plates on there. 287 00:27:04.985 --> 00:27:07.005 But, um, we swapped those out. 288 00:27:07.005 --> 00:27:09.285 And he goes, so what happened to the old plates? 289 00:27:09.645 --> 00:27:11.445 I go, oh, well, you know, we turned 'em into the DMV. 290 00:27:11.445 --> 00:27:12.605 We're, we're done with it. We finished the 291 00:27:12.605 --> 00:27:13.685 car swap and all that other stuff. 292 00:27:13.685 --> 00:27:15.765 And he, he gets really weird on me. 293 00:27:16.435 --> 00:27:18.645 He's sitting at the desk and he leans forward 294 00:27:19.305 --> 00:27:22.445 and he just goes, the walls have ears. 295 00:27:25.065 --> 00:27:26.645 And then he rolls away from the table 296 00:27:27.545 --> 00:27:30.085 and walks through a door that's behind him. 297 00:27:30.905 --> 00:27:31.885 And I'm standing there 298 00:27:31.915 --> 00:27:36.485 like, What just happened? 299 00:27:38.005 --> 00:27:40.565 A few seconds later, this guy pops up behind me. 300 00:27:40.585 --> 00:27:42.445 He walks through this door, he walks around a hallway 301 00:27:42.585 --> 00:27:43.725 and he comes and gets me 302 00:27:43.725 --> 00:27:45.125 through the door that I came in through. 303 00:27:45.125 --> 00:27:46.605 And so he, he's standing back there 304 00:27:46.605 --> 00:27:47.885 and he kind of motions me to him. 305 00:27:48.505 --> 00:27:51.005 So I walk over there, he has a ticket in his hand, 306 00:27:51.345 --> 00:27:54.245 he crumples it up, he grabs me by the wrist, 307 00:27:54.265 --> 00:27:55.965 he puts the crumpled up ticket in my hand, 308 00:27:55.965 --> 00:27:59.445 and he goes line the bird cage with it 309 00:28:00.785 --> 00:28:01.845 and then walks away. 310 00:28:01.865 --> 00:28:04.165 And I have never seen this man another day in my life. 311 00:28:04.225 --> 00:28:06.165 He just disappeared into the shadows. 312 00:28:06.165 --> 00:28:07.525 And it wasn't until the next day 313 00:28:07.675 --> 00:28:09.405 that I realized what that phrase meant. 314 00:28:09.405 --> 00:28:10.485 He was like, it's garbage. Now. 315 00:28:10.485 --> 00:28:12.125 You might as well if you have a bird, go ahead 316 00:28:12.125 --> 00:28:13.605 and stick it in the bottom of the bird cage. 317 00:28:13.665 --> 00:28:15.005 Let the bird poop on it. This is it. 318 00:28:15.025 --> 00:28:16.685 You don't have to worry about paying this ticket anymore. 319 00:28:16.945 --> 00:28:18.805 And I told that story to my wife 320 00:28:18.865 --> 00:28:21.245 and she said, that's not fair. 321 00:28:23.945 --> 00:28:27.045 Let me ask you, do you have things in your life 322 00:28:27.075 --> 00:28:28.445 that you think are not fair? 323 00:28:29.285 --> 00:28:30.645 I think we all do because if we're honest, 324 00:28:30.745 --> 00:28:34.725 we are all our own purveyors of what is right 325 00:28:34.785 --> 00:28:36.205 and what is wrong in the world. 326 00:28:36.265 --> 00:28:39.565 We all have this, uh, sense of what is fair or not. 327 00:28:39.565 --> 00:28:41.685 And usually it's based on what we think we deserve. 328 00:28:42.265 --> 00:28:43.845 So for example, when you're a kid 329 00:28:43.945 --> 00:28:46.645 and someone else gets a prize that you think you earned, 330 00:28:46.745 --> 00:28:49.325 you think that's not fair, or you get a little bit older 331 00:28:49.345 --> 00:28:52.325 and you get a job and you see someone else who doesn't work 332 00:28:52.325 --> 00:28:53.925 as hard as you do, get the promotion, 333 00:28:53.945 --> 00:28:55.485 you think that's not fair. 334 00:28:55.545 --> 00:28:57.805 You're a part of a group project at school, 335 00:28:57.905 --> 00:29:01.405 and the kid who didn't do any work somehow gets the same a 336 00:29:01.435 --> 00:29:04.125 that you got, even though you put in all the effort. 337 00:29:04.145 --> 00:29:06.805 That's not fair. When you feel like you're doing all the 338 00:29:06.805 --> 00:29:11.725 heavy lifting in a relationship that doesn't feel fair 339 00:29:12.835 --> 00:29:15.405 because our idea of fairness is based on 340 00:29:15.405 --> 00:29:16.685 what we think we deserve. 341 00:29:16.705 --> 00:29:17.725 But here's the truth, y'all. 342 00:29:17.745 --> 00:29:20.085 We all have a broken scale of fairness. 343 00:29:21.225 --> 00:29:24.685 You know how I know that? Because as quick as we are 344 00:29:24.685 --> 00:29:25.885 to shout, that's not fair. 345 00:29:26.945 --> 00:29:31.005 Uh, we never do that. When things work out for us, do we? 346 00:29:31.915 --> 00:29:33.965 Like you've never had your boss call you into the office 347 00:29:33.985 --> 00:29:36.165 and say, Hey, we're gonna give you a big fat juicy raises 348 00:29:36.165 --> 00:29:37.205 and you don't go, hell no. 349 00:29:37.565 --> 00:29:41.325 I, I, you know, that is not fair. You never do that. 350 00:29:41.325 --> 00:29:43.045 You've never had a cop pull you over 351 00:29:43.385 --> 00:29:44.645 and then lean down to your window 352 00:29:44.665 --> 00:29:46.765 and say, Hey, we're, I'm gonna let you off with a warning. 353 00:29:46.785 --> 00:29:47.885 You never stick your head out the window 354 00:29:47.885 --> 00:29:49.165 and say, sir, get back here. 355 00:29:50.635 --> 00:29:53.765 That is not fair. I was speeding. I deserve this ticket. 356 00:29:53.765 --> 00:29:54.925 You give it to me right now. No. 357 00:29:54.925 --> 00:29:56.445 Instead we think, yeah, that's right. I deserve this. 358 00:29:57.885 --> 00:30:01.245 I deserve this because we all think we're somehow better 359 00:30:01.315 --> 00:30:03.325 than we actually are. 360 00:30:03.505 --> 00:30:04.605 But you see, the thing is 361 00:30:04.605 --> 00:30:09.325 that the gospel flips this merit-based moralistic society on 362 00:30:09.345 --> 00:30:11.805 its head by teaching us, Hey, guess what? 363 00:30:11.825 --> 00:30:13.045 You do deserve something. 364 00:30:13.225 --> 00:30:18.195 And it's not good because Romans 6 23 tells 365 00:30:18.195 --> 00:30:19.755 us that none of us is good. 366 00:30:20.175 --> 00:30:22.835 And like we talked about last week, Romans, 367 00:30:22.835 --> 00:30:23.875 oh, I'm sorry I had these flip. 368 00:30:23.895 --> 00:30:27.155 But, uh, Romans 6 23 tells us that we all deserve death 369 00:30:27.215 --> 00:30:29.555 as a punishment for our sins. 370 00:30:30.695 --> 00:30:33.715 And this is what makes the good news, good news 371 00:30:33.895 --> 00:30:38.835 for sinners like all of us, that the gospel isn't fair. 372 00:30:41.145 --> 00:30:43.885 And you hear that maybe it makes you a little uncomfortable 373 00:30:44.635 --> 00:30:47.925 because in our mind we're thinking it means, well, if I know 374 00:30:47.925 --> 00:30:50.005 what fair means, then I know what right is. 375 00:30:50.965 --> 00:30:52.485 I know what should be done. 376 00:30:52.625 --> 00:30:56.245 But I want us to explore this a little bit more together. 377 00:30:56.265 --> 00:30:57.445 If you have your Bibles, go ahead 378 00:30:57.445 --> 00:31:00.485 and meet me in Luke chapter 23 in this series, 379 00:31:00.905 --> 00:31:03.765 we are following Jesus on his way to the cross. 380 00:31:04.795 --> 00:31:08.205 Last week, we looked at Jesus as he leaves the last supper, 381 00:31:08.205 --> 00:31:09.685 he goes into the garden of Gethsemane. 382 00:31:09.685 --> 00:31:10.925 He's, uh, crying 383 00:31:11.025 --> 00:31:12.405 and he has brought to a place 384 00:31:12.405 --> 00:31:15.365 of overwhelming sorrow over the weight of our sin 385 00:31:15.365 --> 00:31:17.285 that is about to be placed on him. 386 00:31:17.305 --> 00:31:20.805 And as he lifts his head up off of the ground, he's met 387 00:31:20.805 --> 00:31:24.405 by some Roman officers who are sent on behalf of the Roman 388 00:31:24.965 --> 00:31:28.605 Emperor to arrest Jesus along with some Jewish leaders 389 00:31:28.705 --> 00:31:31.325 of the day who wanted this man dead. 390 00:31:33.425 --> 00:31:34.525 And so they pick him up 391 00:31:34.525 --> 00:31:36.925 and they bring him over to a man named Pontius Pilate, 392 00:31:36.925 --> 00:31:40.165 who was the governor of the region of Judea in Jerusalem. 393 00:31:40.585 --> 00:31:42.645 And that's what we're gonna pick up our story here. 394 00:31:42.665 --> 00:31:44.605 Now we're gonna read a chunk together, okay? 395 00:31:44.975 --> 00:31:47.365 We're gonna read about 25 verses together. 396 00:31:47.585 --> 00:31:49.925 But um, man, you know what, 397 00:31:49.925 --> 00:31:52.165 before we even get into this, lemme just go ahead and, and, 398 00:31:52.165 --> 00:31:54.245 and pray right now that the Holy Spirit would help us 399 00:31:54.245 --> 00:31:55.645 to lean in to this Father, 400 00:31:55.875 --> 00:31:57.565 your word is good and your word is true. 401 00:31:58.265 --> 00:32:00.925 And Lord, what we're about to read, it is a reminder to us 402 00:32:01.345 --> 00:32:02.765 of your goodness and of your grace. 403 00:32:03.305 --> 00:32:06.045 And I just pray that that goodness leaps off of the page. 404 00:32:06.665 --> 00:32:09.005 Um, God, I pray that as we walk through this, 405 00:32:09.005 --> 00:32:10.645 that you would hold our hand 406 00:32:10.665 --> 00:32:12.765 and that you would illuminate things to us 407 00:32:12.765 --> 00:32:14.365 that maybe we've never even noticed before. 408 00:32:14.825 --> 00:32:16.245 God, speak to us through your word today. 409 00:32:16.245 --> 00:32:19.405 It's in your son's name, we pray. We all say amen. 410 00:32:20.875 --> 00:32:22.605 Luke chapter 23, starting in verse one. 411 00:32:22.605 --> 00:32:24.725 It says, then the entire council took Jesus 412 00:32:24.825 --> 00:32:26.605 to Pilate, the Roman governor. 413 00:32:27.315 --> 00:32:28.765 They began to state their case. 414 00:32:28.915 --> 00:32:31.885 This man has been leading our people astray 415 00:32:31.985 --> 00:32:33.245 by telling them not 416 00:32:33.245 --> 00:32:35.045 to pay their taxes to the Roman government. 417 00:32:35.045 --> 00:32:37.245 Which by the way was not true. 418 00:32:38.145 --> 00:32:39.725 Jesus, just a few chapters earlier, 419 00:32:39.835 --> 00:32:41.485 told people, Hey, pay your taxes. 420 00:32:43.585 --> 00:32:46.645 And by claiming that he is the Messiah, a king. 421 00:32:46.745 --> 00:32:49.965 So Pilate asked him, are you the king of the Jews? 422 00:32:50.585 --> 00:32:52.805 And Jesus replied, you have said it. 423 00:32:54.745 --> 00:32:56.425 Pilate turned to the leading priest and into the crowd 424 00:32:56.445 --> 00:32:59.625 and said, I, I find nothing wrong with this man. 425 00:33:00.455 --> 00:33:01.945 Then they became insistent. 426 00:33:03.045 --> 00:33:06.025 But he's causing riots by his teaching wherever he goes, 427 00:33:06.205 --> 00:33:08.745 all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem. 428 00:33:08.765 --> 00:33:11.425 And Pilate goes, wait a minute, did you say Galilee? 429 00:33:12.215 --> 00:33:17.175 He's a Galilean. When they said that he was, Pilate sent him 430 00:33:17.315 --> 00:33:21.815 to Herod Anus because Galilee was under Herod's jurisdiction 431 00:33:22.275 --> 00:33:24.695 and Herod happened to be in Jerusalem at the time. 432 00:33:24.755 --> 00:33:26.175 So Pilate goes, this is great. 433 00:33:26.675 --> 00:33:28.575 Not my circus, not my monkeys. 434 00:33:28.575 --> 00:33:29.335 I don't have to deal with this. 435 00:33:29.405 --> 00:33:30.495 Pass him off to the next guy. 436 00:33:31.835 --> 00:33:34.615 Now Herod was delighted at the opportunity to see Jesus 437 00:33:34.615 --> 00:33:35.975 because he had heard about him 438 00:33:36.275 --> 00:33:37.975 and had been hoping for a long time 439 00:33:37.975 --> 00:33:39.175 to see him perform a miracle. 440 00:33:39.445 --> 00:33:40.575 He's like, oh man, Jesus is here. 441 00:33:40.575 --> 00:33:41.295 He gets to do one of those. 442 00:33:41.475 --> 00:33:42.615 Can you do the water to wine one? 443 00:33:42.615 --> 00:33:43.655 That's my favorite, right? Like, 444 00:33:43.655 --> 00:33:45.695 that's the approach he comes to Jesus with. 445 00:33:46.515 --> 00:33:48.735 He asked Jesus question after question, 446 00:33:48.755 --> 00:33:50.455 but Jesus refused to answer. 447 00:33:50.605 --> 00:33:52.535 Meanwhile, the leading priest 448 00:33:52.535 --> 00:33:54.575 and the teachers of religious law stood there 449 00:33:54.855 --> 00:33:55.935 shouting their accusations. 450 00:33:57.085 --> 00:33:59.535 Then Herod and his soldiers began mocking 451 00:33:59.535 --> 00:34:00.735 and ridiculing Jesus. 452 00:34:00.805 --> 00:34:03.535 Finally, they put a royal robe on him 453 00:34:03.595 --> 00:34:05.095 and sent him back to Pilate. 454 00:34:06.065 --> 00:34:08.095 Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies 455 00:34:08.095 --> 00:34:09.215 before, became friends that day. 456 00:34:10.045 --> 00:34:12.335 Then Pilate called together the leading priest 457 00:34:12.395 --> 00:34:14.295 and other religious leaders along with the people, 458 00:34:14.315 --> 00:34:15.815 and he announced his verdict. 459 00:34:16.355 --> 00:34:18.295 So he goes out to the people 460 00:34:18.435 --> 00:34:20.975 and he says, you brought this man to me, accusing him 461 00:34:20.975 --> 00:34:22.375 of leading a revolt. 462 00:34:22.435 --> 00:34:25.295 But I've examined him thoroughly on this point in 463 00:34:25.295 --> 00:34:26.615 your presence and find him innocent. 464 00:34:28.545 --> 00:34:29.895 Herod came to the same conclusion 465 00:34:29.915 --> 00:34:31.055 and he sent him back to us. 466 00:34:31.685 --> 00:34:34.695 Nothing. This man has done calls for the death penalty. 467 00:34:34.915 --> 00:34:37.295 So I'll have him flogged, I'll have him beaten, 468 00:34:37.435 --> 00:34:38.735 and then I'll release him. 469 00:34:39.085 --> 00:34:41.655 Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd 470 00:34:41.675 --> 00:34:43.655 and with one voice they shouted, kill him 471 00:34:44.795 --> 00:34:46.775 and release barabis to us. 472 00:34:48.825 --> 00:34:50.325 Now, Baris was in prison 473 00:34:50.505 --> 00:34:52.405 for taking part in an insurrection in 474 00:34:52.405 --> 00:34:53.685 Jerusalem against the government. 475 00:34:53.785 --> 00:34:54.845 And for murder. 476 00:34:56.005 --> 00:34:58.685 Pilate argued with them because he wanted to release Jesus, 477 00:34:58.825 --> 00:35:02.565 but they kept shouting, crucify him, crucify him 478 00:35:03.785 --> 00:35:05.965 for the third time he demanded, why? 479 00:35:07.115 --> 00:35:08.725 What crime has he committed? 480 00:35:08.965 --> 00:35:11.365 I have found no reason to sentence him to death, 481 00:35:11.425 --> 00:35:15.565 so I will have him beaten, then I will release him to you. 482 00:35:16.465 --> 00:35:18.205 But the mob shouted louder 483 00:35:18.345 --> 00:35:21.205 and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified 484 00:35:21.225 --> 00:35:22.805 and their voices prevailed. 485 00:35:22.825 --> 00:35:26.885 So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die 486 00:35:27.105 --> 00:35:30.445 as they demanded, as they requested, 487 00:35:32.245 --> 00:35:35.225 he released Baras, a man in prison for insurrection 488 00:35:35.225 --> 00:35:38.605 and murder, but he turned Jesus over to them to do 489 00:35:38.865 --> 00:35:39.925 as they wished. 490 00:35:41.665 --> 00:35:43.285 So here's Jesus and he's on trial, 491 00:35:44.345 --> 00:35:46.365 but the problem is, is that he's not guilty of any 492 00:35:46.365 --> 00:35:48.405 of the things that he has been accused of. 493 00:35:49.185 --> 00:35:52.285 But in this long story, like in these 25 verses 494 00:35:52.285 --> 00:35:55.685 that we just read through, there's one small detail. 495 00:35:57.155 --> 00:36:00.085 There's a man, and he almost seems 496 00:36:00.085 --> 00:36:02.885 insignificant in Luke's account. 497 00:36:02.905 --> 00:36:05.525 In this translation, he's parenthetical like he's not. 498 00:36:05.665 --> 00:36:07.765 He only gets a mention in parentheses. 499 00:36:07.825 --> 00:36:10.205 He appears to be nothing more than a footnote. 500 00:36:10.205 --> 00:36:14.645 We don't get a quote from this man And his name is Barbi. 501 00:36:16.195 --> 00:36:20.365 He's seemingly irrelevant Under 502 00:36:20.545 --> 00:36:21.565 any other circumstances. 503 00:36:21.635 --> 00:36:24.085 This man is nothing more than an obscure answer 504 00:36:24.305 --> 00:36:25.485 to a trivia question. 505 00:36:26.985 --> 00:36:28.885 Who was Jesus on trial against? 506 00:36:30.035 --> 00:36:32.685 Very little is made of barbi throughout the Bible. 507 00:36:32.745 --> 00:36:35.765 As a matter of fact. Uh, all four gospel accounts, uh, 508 00:36:35.765 --> 00:36:38.445 mention that he was there on trial with Jesus. 509 00:36:38.585 --> 00:36:40.965 But even collectively, when we compile all the information, 510 00:36:40.965 --> 00:36:45.245 we don't get a ton of, uh, of detail about, um, Barabbas, 511 00:36:45.245 --> 00:36:46.885 what we do learn is Matthew describes him 512 00:36:46.885 --> 00:36:48.005 as a notorious prisoner. 513 00:36:48.005 --> 00:36:49.645 So he is a well-known criminal. 514 00:36:50.195 --> 00:36:52.045 Like you go down to the post office, 515 00:36:52.145 --> 00:36:53.285 his wanted poster is there. 516 00:36:54.115 --> 00:36:56.365 Mark and Luke tell us that he was a part of some sort 517 00:36:56.365 --> 00:36:58.565 of insurrection that happened against the Roman government, 518 00:36:58.585 --> 00:36:59.645 and he was a murderer. 519 00:37:00.235 --> 00:37:02.005 John describes him as a robber. 520 00:37:02.065 --> 00:37:04.405 And that Greek word for robber, the Greek word 521 00:37:04.405 --> 00:37:05.925 that's used there could be translated either 522 00:37:05.925 --> 00:37:07.045 as like a bandit 523 00:37:07.045 --> 00:37:09.845 or as some sort of domestic terrorist, essentially. 524 00:37:10.225 --> 00:37:15.205 Either way, all of these gospel accounts combined. 525 00:37:15.945 --> 00:37:19.405 The only thing that we know about Baris is his rap sheet. 526 00:37:22.385 --> 00:37:24.645 The only thing that we know about Baris is 527 00:37:24.645 --> 00:37:26.445 how terrible of a person he is. 528 00:37:28.345 --> 00:37:30.845 And for all of us here in the room as the beholders 529 00:37:30.945 --> 00:37:33.685 of justice that we are, man, this seems like an open 530 00:37:33.745 --> 00:37:34.765 and shot case, right? 531 00:37:34.875 --> 00:37:37.805 Barabis is a nasty dude. He's a threat to society. 532 00:37:39.185 --> 00:37:41.205 But then in the blue corner, there's Jesus, 533 00:37:42.905 --> 00:37:45.285 and we're gonna see what happens when we're given 534 00:37:45.305 --> 00:37:46.325 the gavel, right? 535 00:37:48.035 --> 00:37:50.365 When we're given the opportunity to choose 536 00:37:50.365 --> 00:37:52.125 between righteousness and rebellion. 537 00:37:52.125 --> 00:37:55.975 What do the people choose? You see, 538 00:37:55.975 --> 00:37:59.455 Jesus was falsely accused of plotting to insight 539 00:37:59.475 --> 00:38:01.455 and insurrection, but Barabbas was seen 540 00:38:01.815 --> 00:38:02.895 actively participating in one. 541 00:38:03.855 --> 00:38:08.135 Barabbas was a thief. And Jesus came to give, not take. 542 00:38:08.975 --> 00:38:12.095 Barabbas was a murderer. And Jesus came to give life. 543 00:38:12.195 --> 00:38:16.495 He is on paper the exact antithesis of this Barabbas guy. 544 00:38:17.325 --> 00:38:19.935 This case is open and shut, but there's a loophole. 545 00:38:20.915 --> 00:38:22.775 See, the other three gospel accounts, Matthew, mark, 546 00:38:22.775 --> 00:38:25.575 and John, they all mention this, uh, ritual 547 00:38:25.845 --> 00:38:27.415 that would take place every year. 548 00:38:28.595 --> 00:38:30.215 Uh, there would be an act of good faith 549 00:38:30.215 --> 00:38:31.455 between the Roman government 550 00:38:31.795 --> 00:38:32.815 and the Jewish people 551 00:38:32.835 --> 00:38:34.455 who lived in the cities that they governed. 552 00:38:35.075 --> 00:38:37.605 What they would do is every year they would elect one 553 00:38:37.925 --> 00:38:38.965 prisoner to go free 554 00:38:39.785 --> 00:38:41.805 and the other one would face the punishment. 555 00:38:41.825 --> 00:38:44.325 Now, what's fascinating about this is that this happens 556 00:38:44.325 --> 00:38:47.205 during the most significant week of the Jewish ca calendar. 557 00:38:48.515 --> 00:38:50.045 This happens during the Passover. 558 00:38:51.505 --> 00:38:53.285 And the Passover was important 559 00:38:53.285 --> 00:38:56.445 because it was a reminder to the Jewish people of 560 00:38:56.445 --> 00:38:58.725 how God rescued them out of their slavery 561 00:38:58.825 --> 00:39:00.725 and their captivity to Egypt. 562 00:39:00.745 --> 00:39:03.805 And how on one terrifying night judgment would come 563 00:39:04.025 --> 00:39:07.765 to every house unless there was the blood 564 00:39:07.785 --> 00:39:09.685 of a spotless lamb on the door. 565 00:39:11.575 --> 00:39:14.955 And the rule was, is that as the presence of the Lord passed 566 00:39:14.985 --> 00:39:17.675 through this town, the firstborn son 567 00:39:17.675 --> 00:39:18.955 of every household would die 568 00:39:19.095 --> 00:39:22.715 unless that blood was on the doorposts, then the people 569 00:39:22.935 --> 00:39:24.475 inside would be spared. 570 00:39:24.475 --> 00:39:26.555 You see, this week when this thing is happening, 571 00:39:26.555 --> 00:39:28.035 when Jesus is about to go to the cross, 572 00:39:28.035 --> 00:39:31.795 when he stands on trial with Barba, this week is a reminder 573 00:39:31.815 --> 00:39:33.555 of the fact that God has the power 574 00:39:34.375 --> 00:39:38.115 and every right to punish selfish, defiant, 575 00:39:38.475 --> 00:39:39.675 rebellious, sinful people. 576 00:39:40.845 --> 00:39:43.065 But he gave them something to take their place 577 00:39:44.085 --> 00:39:45.425 to assume their punishment. 578 00:39:46.045 --> 00:39:47.905 And in the middle of the Passover Festival, 579 00:39:49.145 --> 00:39:52.145 Barabbas looks over into the eyes of the man 580 00:39:52.145 --> 00:39:55.615 that he's on trial with, and he sees innocent Jesus. 581 00:39:58.985 --> 00:40:00.545 Barabbas is sitting before this crowd 582 00:40:00.605 --> 00:40:03.105 and they're about to make a determination on who's gonna be 583 00:40:03.105 --> 00:40:04.225 the one that's able to be set free. 584 00:40:04.245 --> 00:40:08.145 And I can only imagine Barabbas is thinking to himself, man, 585 00:40:08.345 --> 00:40:13.055 I don't know what Jesus did, but I know what I did. 586 00:40:15.475 --> 00:40:16.475 I know that I've killed people. 587 00:40:16.475 --> 00:40:17.755 There's there's people in the crowd 588 00:40:17.895 --> 00:40:20.355 who maybe he killed their relatives. 589 00:40:20.355 --> 00:40:21.555 There are people in the crowd 590 00:40:21.615 --> 00:40:23.595 who maybe he stole things from them. 591 00:40:23.745 --> 00:40:25.795 He's started riots among these people. 592 00:40:25.905 --> 00:40:27.755 He's murdered and attacked government officials. 593 00:40:27.865 --> 00:40:29.995 He's, uh, a boastfully, sinned 594 00:40:30.055 --> 00:40:31.795 and probably invited other people 595 00:40:31.855 --> 00:40:33.555 to join in on the sending with him. 596 00:40:34.535 --> 00:40:36.075 And everybody in the crowd knows it. 597 00:40:37.175 --> 00:40:39.995 And then three times over as he's standing there, 598 00:40:40.415 --> 00:40:42.715 he hears Pilates say over and over 599 00:40:42.815 --> 00:40:44.955 and over again, Hey, the competition, Jesus, 600 00:40:45.095 --> 00:40:46.195 he hasn't done anything wrong. 601 00:40:47.995 --> 00:40:52.975 So here's Baras thinking that he's dead to rights. 602 00:40:53.275 --> 00:40:56.175 And he hears the people cry. We want baras. 603 00:40:57.755 --> 00:40:59.535 He hears them yell, crucify him, 604 00:40:59.535 --> 00:41:01.735 and realizes, oh wait, they're not talking about me. 605 00:41:02.125 --> 00:41:04.855 They're talking about the innocent guy named Jesus. 606 00:41:09.275 --> 00:41:10.975 So Pilate gives the people what they want. 607 00:41:10.975 --> 00:41:13.335 They take the shackles off, they let Barabbas go. 608 00:41:14.755 --> 00:41:18.825 And I wonder if as Barabbas sitting there rubbing his wrist 609 00:41:18.885 --> 00:41:20.985 at the, the spot where those shackles just 610 00:41:20.985 --> 00:41:22.145 were just a few seconds earlier. 611 00:41:24.545 --> 00:41:27.945 I wonder if when he looked over at Jesus, if he realized 612 00:41:27.975 --> 00:41:29.905 that he was looking into the eyes of the true 613 00:41:29.925 --> 00:41:34.245 and better Passover lamb, The one 614 00:41:34.245 --> 00:41:37.245 who is truly innocent, who would be, who would allow himself 615 00:41:37.245 --> 00:41:39.685 to be murdered so that Barabbas could go free. 616 00:41:39.695 --> 00:41:41.685 Maybe not, maybe he didn't realize that, 617 00:41:41.705 --> 00:41:44.005 but there has to at least be a part of Barabbas his heart 618 00:41:44.005 --> 00:41:46.805 that thinks, man, this isn't fair to this Jesus guy. 619 00:41:48.665 --> 00:41:52.765 And he would be right. Nothing about this is fair. 620 00:41:54.345 --> 00:41:56.565 And as I've been reading about this story this week, I, 621 00:41:56.845 --> 00:41:57.965 I can't shake this truth 622 00:41:57.965 --> 00:42:00.685 that we are all barabbas, every single one of us. 623 00:42:00.745 --> 00:42:04.125 We are all guilty ones standing in the place of shame 624 00:42:04.125 --> 00:42:05.525 where Jesus steps in 625 00:42:05.525 --> 00:42:07.965 and chooses to take on the punishment that we deserve. 626 00:42:09.345 --> 00:42:11.445 And we leave Jesus to walk 627 00:42:11.445 --> 00:42:13.285 to the cross while we get to walk free. 628 00:42:13.305 --> 00:42:15.005 But you know what's even more gut wrenching? 629 00:42:15.625 --> 00:42:19.245 As I was reading this story this week, I started to notice, 630 00:42:20.025 --> 00:42:22.405 man, barabis isn't the only one that I see myself in. 631 00:42:24.205 --> 00:42:25.405 I see myself in Pilate. 632 00:42:26.955 --> 00:42:29.485 When I'm given the opportunity to stand for Jesus, 633 00:42:29.665 --> 00:42:33.085 to speak truth, to live boldly, I hesitate 634 00:42:34.065 --> 00:42:38.605 and allow the opinions of others to overcome 635 00:42:38.605 --> 00:42:40.565 what I know to be true and what I know to be right. 636 00:42:42.635 --> 00:42:44.435 I see myself from the religious leaders that try 637 00:42:44.435 --> 00:42:46.995 to frame Jesus when I think about all the ways I allow 638 00:42:46.995 --> 00:42:49.515 myself to make up lies about his character, 639 00:42:49.535 --> 00:42:52.595 to convince myself that God isn't as good as I think he is, 640 00:42:52.595 --> 00:42:55.715 to believe that Jesus is somehow, uh, uh, uh, trying 641 00:42:55.735 --> 00:42:57.875 to affect or attack my kingdom. 642 00:43:00.045 --> 00:43:03.485 I see myself in the crowd who just a few days 643 00:43:03.485 --> 00:43:07.445 before this on Palm Sunday, what we celebrate this weekend, 644 00:43:10.185 --> 00:43:13.075 they call him into town and they, they worship him. 645 00:43:13.695 --> 00:43:15.835 And now they're saying, crucify him. Crucify him. 646 00:43:15.835 --> 00:43:18.275 And I know that there are Sundays when I stand in rooms just 647 00:43:18.275 --> 00:43:19.995 like this with my hands lifted high 648 00:43:19.995 --> 00:43:21.915 and I sing all hail king Jesus. 649 00:43:21.975 --> 00:43:26.915 And then by Sunday afternoon, maybe I make it to Tuesday, 650 00:43:28.715 --> 00:43:31.375 my choices and my sin, man, 651 00:43:31.375 --> 00:43:33.055 they shout out something that's far from worship. 652 00:43:35.595 --> 00:43:38.175 See, just like everyone in this story, when given the chance 653 00:43:38.175 --> 00:43:39.255 to choose righteousness 654 00:43:39.275 --> 00:43:42.895 or rebellion, I make the wrong decision almost every time. 655 00:43:45.135 --> 00:43:46.955 So while it's easy for us to read a story like this 656 00:43:46.955 --> 00:43:49.155 and look at the crowd and think, man, how could they, 657 00:43:49.285 --> 00:43:52.115 maybe the better question is, is how often do I, 658 00:43:53.895 --> 00:43:56.035 How often do I stand in that same place? 659 00:43:56.095 --> 00:43:58.275 Here's the harsh reality church, 660 00:43:58.295 --> 00:44:00.315 but the thing that makes the good news such good news, 661 00:44:00.345 --> 00:44:02.395 when I read this story, I relate 662 00:44:02.395 --> 00:44:06.035 to everyone accept Jesus. 663 00:44:08.365 --> 00:44:12.465 And yet I don't receive the punishment that any 664 00:44:12.485 --> 00:44:14.625 of these people, myself included, deserves. 665 00:44:16.365 --> 00:44:18.065 The good news of the gospel is that the gospel 666 00:44:18.595 --> 00:44:21.105 isn't fair, it's grace. 667 00:44:22.965 --> 00:44:25.065 God doesn't give us what we deserve 668 00:44:25.065 --> 00:44:27.465 because if that were the case, we would all experience the 669 00:44:27.465 --> 00:44:30.225 same separation that our sin has earned for us. 670 00:44:31.385 --> 00:44:34.245 But instead, we get to look into the eyes 671 00:44:34.245 --> 00:44:36.165 of Jesus at the actions of Jesus 672 00:44:36.345 --> 00:44:37.965 and recognize what he's done 673 00:44:38.025 --> 00:44:39.965 and not just what he's done, but who he is. 674 00:44:40.375 --> 00:44:43.085 Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God. 675 00:44:43.085 --> 00:44:45.165 He came to this earth to show us what the heart 676 00:44:45.165 --> 00:44:47.125 of the Father was like for us. 677 00:44:47.225 --> 00:44:51.205 And so Jesus, he stands up there willingly saying, Hey, 678 00:44:51.365 --> 00:44:52.685 I see what you've done. 679 00:44:53.125 --> 00:44:54.485 I know your rap sheet. 680 00:44:54.685 --> 00:44:56.725 I know you're guilty of everything in the book. 681 00:44:56.905 --> 00:44:59.405 No matter how good you think you are, you're not. 682 00:44:59.425 --> 00:45:01.605 But you know what, I see all of your sin. Give it here. 683 00:45:01.605 --> 00:45:02.765 You know what? Lemme crump it up, 684 00:45:02.955 --> 00:45:04.165 line the bird, cage with it. 685 00:45:04.395 --> 00:45:08.525 It's garbage. It can't do anything to hold you back anymore. 686 00:45:08.765 --> 00:45:10.885 I am offering you something brand new, 687 00:45:10.945 --> 00:45:12.525 the plates, I switched 'em out. 688 00:45:13.385 --> 00:45:16.285 The thing that you should have gotten, I get instead. 689 00:45:16.385 --> 00:45:19.685 And this is called Grace and I love Bob Goff. 690 00:45:19.715 --> 00:45:21.165 He's an author. He writes this about it. 691 00:45:21.165 --> 00:45:24.765 He says, grace never feels fair until you need a little. 692 00:45:26.945 --> 00:45:28.205 And man, did we need it. 693 00:45:29.865 --> 00:45:34.135 Grace is the undeserved, unearned, un 694 00:45:34.645 --> 00:45:37.135 repayable kindness of God. 695 00:45:38.645 --> 00:45:40.255 There's nothing we can do to deserve it. 696 00:45:40.925 --> 00:45:42.295 There's nothing we can do to earn it. 697 00:45:42.835 --> 00:45:45.895 And I don't care how hard you try, there is nothing 698 00:45:46.435 --> 00:45:51.015 you can do to repay back the sacrifice that he made for us. 699 00:45:53.225 --> 00:45:54.855 Grace says, you don't get what you deserve 700 00:45:54.855 --> 00:45:56.295 because Jesus took it on for you. 701 00:45:57.715 --> 00:45:59.175 And I, I think we do a decent 702 00:45:59.315 --> 00:46:00.455 job of celebrating that, right? 703 00:46:00.455 --> 00:46:03.055 Like I think we do a decent job of, of telling people 704 00:46:03.115 --> 00:46:06.095 and reminding people and celebrating alongside people that, 705 00:46:06.275 --> 00:46:08.655 uh, uh, uh, Jesus died for your sins. 706 00:46:09.235 --> 00:46:11.455 And that's true. But honestly, 707 00:46:11.455 --> 00:46:12.975 that's more in line with mercy. 708 00:46:13.915 --> 00:46:15.575 The fact that you don't get what you deserve. 709 00:46:15.635 --> 00:46:17.615 See, here's the thing that's so beautiful about grace, 710 00:46:17.915 --> 00:46:21.015 is grace is us getting what we could never earn on our own. 711 00:46:21.635 --> 00:46:24.735 So not only did Jesus say, Hey, Baras, 712 00:46:25.515 --> 00:46:26.615 insert your name here. 713 00:46:26.955 --> 00:46:28.055 You don't have to go to the cross. 714 00:46:28.115 --> 00:46:30.735 But instead, not only did he take on what we deserve, 715 00:46:30.995 --> 00:46:33.495 but we now inherit what he deserved. 716 00:46:35.795 --> 00:46:39.025 Jesus didn't just die to take away your sin, he also died 717 00:46:39.025 --> 00:46:40.465 to give you his righteousness. 718 00:46:42.695 --> 00:46:45.705 This is what makes the gospel unlike any other story. 719 00:46:46.765 --> 00:46:49.865 He didn't just pay our debt. He gave us a gift. 720 00:46:51.525 --> 00:46:54.785 In the following gospels, following the gospels, excuse me, 721 00:46:54.785 --> 00:46:57.465 the New Testament authors, they do an exhaustive job 722 00:46:57.565 --> 00:47:00.105 of trying to paint a picture for us of what it is 723 00:47:00.105 --> 00:47:03.265 that Jesus is sacrificed on the cross earns for us. 724 00:47:03.325 --> 00:47:05.545 And I don't know, this is personally speaking, 725 00:47:05.545 --> 00:47:08.105 like I know there's a lot of really rich stuff in there. 726 00:47:08.185 --> 00:47:10.865 I don't know if there's a single passage of text that has, 727 00:47:11.005 --> 00:47:14.145 um, uh, more beautifully encapsulated the gospel 728 00:47:14.365 --> 00:47:18.465 for me than second Corinthians five 17 through 21. 729 00:47:19.285 --> 00:47:21.305 And uh, this is actually something that man, as we go 730 00:47:21.305 --> 00:47:22.625 through holy week, I wanna encourage you, 731 00:47:22.625 --> 00:47:23.785 like try to memorize this. 732 00:47:25.235 --> 00:47:27.385 There are a lot of people who if we're out, 733 00:47:27.385 --> 00:47:29.025 like if somebody came to you said, Hey, what do you believe? 734 00:47:29.635 --> 00:47:31.885 What is the gospel? I think sometimes we 735 00:47:31.885 --> 00:47:32.925 would stumble over our words. 736 00:47:33.185 --> 00:47:36.605 Second Corinthians five 17 through 21 is the gospel 737 00:47:36.955 --> 00:47:38.285 with a nice little bow on it. 738 00:47:38.625 --> 00:47:41.805 It says, therefore, if anyone is in Christ, 739 00:47:41.945 --> 00:47:43.445 he is a new creation. 740 00:47:44.185 --> 00:47:47.125 The old has passed away. Behold the new has come. 741 00:47:47.985 --> 00:47:52.365 All of this is from God who through Christ reconciled us 742 00:47:52.365 --> 00:47:55.485 to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation 743 00:47:55.635 --> 00:47:56.925 that is in Christ. 744 00:47:57.385 --> 00:48:00.205 God was reconciling the world to himself, 745 00:48:00.465 --> 00:48:02.605 not counting their trespasses against them 746 00:48:02.945 --> 00:48:05.885 and entrusting to us the uh, um, yeah 747 00:48:05.885 --> 00:48:08.205 and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 748 00:48:08.205 --> 00:48:11.205 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ. 749 00:48:12.105 --> 00:48:14.805 God is making his appeal through us. 750 00:48:15.025 --> 00:48:18.805 We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled 751 00:48:19.065 --> 00:48:20.805 to God for our sake. 752 00:48:22.225 --> 00:48:25.165 God made him who knew no sin 753 00:48:26.325 --> 00:48:28.985 to become sin for us so 754 00:48:28.985 --> 00:48:33.265 that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 755 00:48:34.725 --> 00:48:36.305 That's the beauty of what Jesus won 756 00:48:36.305 --> 00:48:37.465 for us on the cross that day. 757 00:48:38.765 --> 00:48:42.265 He took the curse for us and we receive a blessing from him. 758 00:48:42.405 --> 00:48:43.985 We are now new creations. 759 00:48:44.005 --> 00:48:46.385 We are reconciled to God through Christ. 760 00:48:46.485 --> 00:48:49.185 We are beneficiaries of Christ's rescue mission. 761 00:48:49.185 --> 00:48:52.225 But now we have been invited onto that mission with him. 762 00:48:52.605 --> 00:48:57.025 We, we are uh, um, uh, God made him who knew no sin 763 00:48:57.025 --> 00:48:58.985 to become sin for us so 764 00:48:58.985 --> 00:49:02.185 that we might become the righteousness of God. 765 00:49:02.325 --> 00:49:03.385 We are no longer dead. 766 00:49:03.405 --> 00:49:07.265 We can truly live and we can stand before God boldly 767 00:49:07.535 --> 00:49:11.385 because when God looks at us, we have been clothed 768 00:49:11.485 --> 00:49:14.505 and hidden in Christ in his righteousness. 769 00:49:15.765 --> 00:49:18.105 He doesn't just dust us off and pat us on the butt butt 770 00:49:18.105 --> 00:49:19.625 and say, Hey, go try again 771 00:49:20.735 --> 00:49:22.945 because he knows we're just gonna go 772 00:49:23.125 --> 00:49:24.625 and just mess it up all over 773 00:49:24.625 --> 00:49:25.745 again if we were given the chance. 774 00:49:27.415 --> 00:49:32.065 Instead he's like, let me fix it. Let me heal it. 775 00:49:32.085 --> 00:49:35.185 Let me repair it. Let me restore your relationship with God. 776 00:49:36.205 --> 00:49:37.945 Here's the beauty of the gospel Church. 777 00:49:38.635 --> 00:49:41.825 Jesus made his way to the cross so 778 00:49:41.825 --> 00:49:44.385 that we could have a way back to the Father 779 00:49:46.245 --> 00:49:48.025 he took on the way that we deserved. 780 00:49:49.285 --> 00:49:51.385 And that is good news. 781 00:49:53.885 --> 00:49:54.905 As we get ready to close, 782 00:49:55.895 --> 00:49:57.585 just one more thing that I wanna think about. 783 00:50:00.495 --> 00:50:04.975 Whatever happened to Barba, you know, it's fascinating. 784 00:50:05.915 --> 00:50:09.655 The Bible does not tell us, it just says he was set free 785 00:50:10.315 --> 00:50:11.655 and that we don't know what comes next. 786 00:50:11.655 --> 00:50:13.335 And I just wonder if God 787 00:50:13.355 --> 00:50:17.295 and his sovereignty while inspiring Matthew, mark, Luke, 788 00:50:17.295 --> 00:50:19.095 and John to write out these gospels. 789 00:50:19.255 --> 00:50:21.215 I wonder if he had this moment 790 00:50:21.225 --> 00:50:22.695 where he said, Hey, you know what? 791 00:50:22.725 --> 00:50:23.735 It's not that important. 792 00:50:25.925 --> 00:50:27.765 Don't, don't circle back on that. 793 00:50:27.855 --> 00:50:30.525 Don't give us the details about what happened to Barbi. 794 00:50:31.225 --> 00:50:32.965 And even on a practical level, this is kind 795 00:50:32.965 --> 00:50:34.085 of astounding, isn't it? 796 00:50:34.085 --> 00:50:37.325 Like this guy who it seems like his story would be 797 00:50:37.325 --> 00:50:40.005 significant, it feels like it would put a nice pretty bow on 798 00:50:40.005 --> 00:50:42.485 the gospel message if we learned about what Barbi did. 799 00:50:42.485 --> 00:50:44.765 I mean Luke, he was writing this book 800 00:50:44.985 --> 00:50:47.445 as an investigative journalist who was uh, uh, 801 00:50:47.595 --> 00:50:49.205 compiling the story of what happened. 802 00:50:49.205 --> 00:50:51.605 And a good journalist wants to chase down every lead, right? 803 00:50:53.465 --> 00:50:54.885 But what if that wasn't God's will? 804 00:50:56.785 --> 00:50:57.845 Do you think it could be 805 00:50:57.845 --> 00:50:59.525 that God wanted to leave the story open? 806 00:51:01.905 --> 00:51:03.845 Do you think that God intended for us 807 00:51:03.845 --> 00:51:05.765 to see Barabbas in ourselves 808 00:51:05.985 --> 00:51:07.485 and then start asking some questions? 809 00:51:09.585 --> 00:51:13.205 Let me ask you, what would you do if you were rabba? 810 00:51:14.545 --> 00:51:18.075 How would you respond? Would you go 811 00:51:18.075 --> 00:51:19.235 back to the life of crime? 812 00:51:20.905 --> 00:51:23.795 What about when he heard that Jesus not only went 813 00:51:23.795 --> 00:51:27.515 to the cross but he made it through and resurrected again? 814 00:51:29.035 --> 00:51:31.425 Maybe the reason why the Bible doesn't include the details 815 00:51:31.425 --> 00:51:33.185 of what happened to Vis is 816 00:51:33.185 --> 00:51:35.425 because it invites us to ask a question. 817 00:51:36.165 --> 00:51:40.145 How should someone who received the grace of Jesus respond? 818 00:51:44.125 --> 00:51:45.625 Or maybe it's 819 00:51:45.625 --> 00:51:47.585 because this story is more about the love of Jesus 820 00:51:48.135 --> 00:51:50.025 than it is the behavior of Barabbas. 821 00:51:51.705 --> 00:51:53.995 There's a chance that Barabbas walked away from this 822 00:51:53.995 --> 00:51:55.755 and went right back to his life of crime. 823 00:51:56.415 --> 00:51:57.915 And you know what we would say if we saw that? 824 00:51:58.065 --> 00:52:00.955 Well, that's not fair. And I think 825 00:52:00.955 --> 00:52:03.235 what Jesus would say is, I don't care. 826 00:52:04.475 --> 00:52:06.235 I still would've gone to the cross for him. 827 00:52:06.785 --> 00:52:09.795 I've seen the way you continually run back to your sin over 828 00:52:09.855 --> 00:52:12.355 and over and over as the book of Proverbs says it, 829 00:52:12.355 --> 00:52:13.795 as a dog returns to its vomit. 830 00:52:13.855 --> 00:52:16.355 And guess what? Jesus says, I love you that much. 831 00:52:17.575 --> 00:52:20.655 I would still do it over and over and over again. 832 00:52:20.655 --> 00:52:22.375 Listen, barba is life 833 00:52:22.705 --> 00:52:25.655 after this moment doesn't justify the gospel. 834 00:52:27.085 --> 00:52:28.295 Jesus's obedience does. 835 00:52:30.145 --> 00:52:32.285 And that's the same thing of our lives as well, man, 836 00:52:33.505 --> 00:52:35.765 the way you live after responding to the gospel, 837 00:52:35.985 --> 00:52:37.045 it is so important. 838 00:52:37.225 --> 00:52:39.525 But it is not the thing that gives the gospel its power. 839 00:52:39.835 --> 00:52:43.485 What Jesus did for us is what gives the gospel its power. 840 00:52:43.625 --> 00:52:45.645 Now if you think that sounds unfair, it's 841 00:52:45.645 --> 00:52:47.445 because grace often feels unfair 842 00:52:47.445 --> 00:52:48.765 to those of us who are trying to earn it. 843 00:52:50.565 --> 00:52:52.525 I can work harder, I can figure it out. 844 00:52:52.525 --> 00:52:55.405 Jesus, give me another shot, man, 845 00:52:55.405 --> 00:52:56.965 don't undermine his grace that way. 846 00:53:01.235 --> 00:53:05.175 So how will we respond? That question comes down to us. 847 00:53:07.035 --> 00:53:08.135 Listen, maybe you're here 848 00:53:08.135 --> 00:53:09.695 and for the first time it's hitting you 849 00:53:09.695 --> 00:53:13.095 that you are Barabbas, you are a Pilate. 850 00:53:13.155 --> 00:53:16.095 You are the one who was in the crowd chanting for 851 00:53:16.155 --> 00:53:18.455 and cheering for Jesus to head to the cross. 852 00:53:18.635 --> 00:53:21.415 And maybe you believe the lie that you have 853 00:53:21.415 --> 00:53:22.615 to clean yourself up first. 854 00:53:23.355 --> 00:53:24.655 Listen, Barabbas, didn't 855 00:53:27.405 --> 00:53:30.525 everyone in the crowd that day knew bar's rap sheet 856 00:53:30.715 --> 00:53:33.805 including Jesus And he still said, I'll step in, 857 00:53:35.225 --> 00:53:36.675 I'll still take it on for myself. 858 00:53:38.975 --> 00:53:40.755 And if you've never said yes to that grace, 859 00:53:40.815 --> 00:53:42.755 if you've never responded to the love of Jesus, 860 00:53:42.835 --> 00:53:44.275 I just wanna invite you to do that. 861 00:53:45.775 --> 00:53:47.555 So here's what I ask. If everybody at all 862 00:53:47.555 --> 00:53:50.195 of our campuses can close their eyes and bow their heads, 863 00:53:55.425 --> 00:53:56.455 today can be your moment. 864 00:53:59.775 --> 00:54:02.725 Today can be the moment when you decide, 865 00:54:04.895 --> 00:54:06.555 man, if I was in Barabbas position, 866 00:54:06.895 --> 00:54:08.355 I'm gonna accept that gift of freedom. 867 00:54:10.375 --> 00:54:11.715 And so if that's you, I just want you 868 00:54:11.715 --> 00:54:13.435 to simply pray this in your heart. 869 00:54:13.455 --> 00:54:16.155 Say, Jesus, I believe you took my place, 870 00:54:17.355 --> 00:54:20.275 I receive your grace and I give you my life. 871 00:54:22.175 --> 00:54:23.995 And if that is your prayer, I just want you 872 00:54:23.995 --> 00:54:28.835 to lift your hand boldly, raise your hand like 873 00:54:29.475 --> 00:54:31.795 a prisoner who just got chains taken off of them 874 00:54:31.795 --> 00:54:33.115 and was told you're free to go 875 00:54:33.115 --> 00:54:34.755 because of what that man did for you. 876 00:54:36.815 --> 00:54:40.635 And if that is you, I encourage you, please find somebody. 877 00:54:42.345 --> 00:54:45.515 Come find myself or a pastor that's at your campus 878 00:54:45.695 --> 00:54:47.955 or someone at one of our next steps, volunteers 879 00:54:47.975 --> 00:54:50.435 and just let them know because we wanna walk with you. 880 00:54:50.855 --> 00:54:52.155 We wanna celebrate with you 881 00:54:52.535 --> 00:54:55.875 and we wanna help you take your next step of faith. 882 00:54:55.875 --> 00:54:57.715 And, and I just want to have a moment to talk to the people 883 00:54:57.715 --> 00:55:00.595 who are here who man you, you've heard this story, 884 00:55:01.695 --> 00:55:05.065 it doesn't feel new to you, But man 885 00:55:06.045 --> 00:55:08.465 it feels like there are times when you're still living life. 886 00:55:08.465 --> 00:55:09.825 Like it all depends on you. 887 00:55:12.065 --> 00:55:13.245 You're striving to earn 888 00:55:13.245 --> 00:55:15.205 what Jesus has already died to give you. 889 00:55:16.895 --> 00:55:18.925 Maybe you're wearing the shame of a sentence 890 00:55:18.925 --> 00:55:20.445 that Jesus already served. 891 00:55:22.315 --> 00:55:24.955 I wanna remind you that you are not who you used to be. 892 00:55:27.805 --> 00:55:31.505 Two Corinthians five 17, you are a new creation. 893 00:55:32.125 --> 00:55:35.585 And the greatest challenge isn't effort, it's trust. 894 00:55:39.385 --> 00:55:41.585 A few years ago when I was in, in high school, there was a 895 00:55:42.305 --> 00:55:43.345 a sermon that went viral. 896 00:55:43.605 --> 00:55:45.185 My pastor, his name was Judah Smith 897 00:55:45.185 --> 00:55:47.025 and it was about the story of Barabbas. 898 00:55:48.125 --> 00:55:49.945 And in preparation for this sermon, I went back 899 00:55:49.945 --> 00:55:51.305 and listened to that clip because I remember 900 00:55:51.305 --> 00:55:52.345 how impactful it was for me. 901 00:55:52.345 --> 00:55:54.345 And there was one line that stood out to me the most. 902 00:55:54.565 --> 00:55:57.505 He says, our greatest challenge as followers 903 00:55:57.505 --> 00:56:01.545 of Jesus is not our discipline, our devotion or our focus. 904 00:56:02.685 --> 00:56:05.305 Our greatest challenge is believing 905 00:56:05.645 --> 00:56:07.345 and trusting in the gospel. 906 00:56:09.165 --> 00:56:10.465 And man, that's just where some of us are. 907 00:56:11.155 --> 00:56:12.265 We've Heard the gospel, 908 00:56:13.595 --> 00:56:15.655 but man, we've gotta do a trust fall on that thing 909 00:56:16.275 --> 00:56:18.375 and say, God, I believe that if you don't catch me, 910 00:56:18.435 --> 00:56:20.975 I'm hitting the ground and I know that you're good enough 911 00:56:20.975 --> 00:56:22.175 that you will never let me fall. 912 00:56:22.195 --> 00:56:24.620 So here's the invitation to you, man. Come back to grace. 913 00:56:25.955 --> 00:56:27.725 Stop striving and start resting. 914 00:56:27.835 --> 00:56:30.085 Stop earning and start receiving. 915 00:56:32.835 --> 00:56:37.135 So we come up on holy week here, so week 916 00:56:37.135 --> 00:56:39.215 of remembering Jesus on his way to the cross 917 00:56:39.875 --> 00:56:42.295 and ultimately his way out of the tomb. 918 00:56:44.635 --> 00:56:46.855 And as a church, we just want to be a people 919 00:56:46.875 --> 00:56:48.615 who remembers well together. 920 00:56:50.635 --> 00:56:52.335 And so we have a couple of opportunities to do that. 921 00:56:52.335 --> 00:56:54.175 The first one I just wanna remind you man, 922 00:56:54.515 --> 00:56:56.535 try spend this week trying 923 00:56:56.535 --> 00:57:00.375 to memorize second Corinthians five 17 through 21. 924 00:57:00.915 --> 00:57:03.615 It is a beautiful, rich passage of scripture. 925 00:57:03.675 --> 00:57:05.055 And don't just try to get it up here. 926 00:57:05.315 --> 00:57:07.455 Let it deeply internalize into your heart so 927 00:57:07.455 --> 00:57:10.535 that when Satan lies to you that you're not good enough, 928 00:57:11.315 --> 00:57:14.275 you say, nah, man, line the bird cage with it. 929 00:57:14.515 --> 00:57:16.075 I don't want that. That's garbage. 930 00:57:17.235 --> 00:57:18.595 I trust in the truth of the gospel. 931 00:57:19.735 --> 00:57:21.315 And the other thing is that on Good Friday, 932 00:57:22.335 --> 00:57:24.835 we have an opportunity to remember together. 933 00:57:24.835 --> 00:57:27.275 There's gonna be an opportunity online for you 934 00:57:27.275 --> 00:57:29.235 to participate in our Good Friday service. 935 00:57:29.335 --> 00:57:31.635 And a part of that participation is in communion. 936 00:57:31.635 --> 00:57:32.875 This act of remembrance. 937 00:57:33.815 --> 00:57:35.995 So at all of our campuses is you get ready to head out. 938 00:57:37.075 --> 00:57:39.255 We have some communion that you can take home with you. 939 00:57:39.255 --> 00:57:41.815 And I just want you to grab that and to hold onto it 940 00:57:42.235 --> 00:57:43.535 and to bring it home with you so 941 00:57:43.535 --> 00:57:44.615 that you can participate in that. 942 00:57:44.675 --> 00:57:47.295 Man, what a beautiful moment for all of us all 943 00:57:47.295 --> 00:57:49.855 around the triangle to pause and reflect 944 00:57:49.955 --> 00:57:53.415 and remember The goodness 945 00:57:53.475 --> 00:57:55.495 and the grace of our God. 946 00:57:56.955 --> 00:57:57.975 Father, we thank you. 947 00:57:59.355 --> 00:58:01.215 We thank you that you don't give us what we deserve. 948 00:58:03.635 --> 00:58:06.055 God thank you that you have sent Jesus to stand in our place 949 00:58:06.055 --> 00:58:09.695 and to take on the punishment that was rightfully ours, all 950 00:58:09.695 --> 00:58:13.015 because you were desperate to have a relationship 951 00:58:13.015 --> 00:58:14.095 with your kids again. 952 00:58:15.635 --> 00:58:17.455 Father, help us to lean into that grace 953 00:58:17.455 --> 00:58:18.535 and to appreciate it. 954 00:58:19.645 --> 00:58:21.335 Lord, when Easter has come 955 00:58:21.355 --> 00:58:23.375 and gone, I pray that we wake up every day 956 00:58:23.375 --> 00:58:24.695 with a heart of remembrance. 957 00:58:24.715 --> 00:58:29.135 God, when Baras walked away, the one thing we know 958 00:58:29.135 --> 00:58:30.775 for sure is he never forgot that day 959 00:58:30.775 --> 00:58:32.415 with Jesus when he was standing on that podium. 960 00:58:33.475 --> 00:58:35.215 And I pray that the same thing is true for us. 961 00:58:35.215 --> 00:58:38.535 That we would never forget that when we were dead to rights, 962 00:58:39.225 --> 00:58:40.815 Jesus took our place. 963 00:58:40.845 --> 00:58:42.935 Lord, we love you and we're so thankful 964 00:58:42.935 --> 00:58:44.535 for clothing us in your righteousness. 965 00:58:45.845 --> 00:58:48.095 It's in your son's name we pray. Amen. 966 00:59:07.165 --> 00:59:07.655 Sitting 967 00:59:12.715 --> 00:59:15.855 the of suffering 968 00:59:17.075 --> 00:59:18.075 And shame. 969 00:59:21.465 --> 00:59:24.525 And I love that old cross 970 00:59:25.915 --> 00:59:28.125 with the dearest 971 00:59:30.265 --> 00:59:33.485 for a world lost sin. 972 00:59:38.785 --> 00:59:41.565 So the 973 00:59:43.735 --> 00:59:48.365 cross till my trophies 974 00:59:49.665 --> 00:59:52.245 and last I lay down, 975 00:59:55.405 --> 00:59:57.845 I will clean to the 976 01:00:03.785 --> 01:00:05.285 and exchange it. 977 01:00:15.545 --> 01:00:18.765 Oh that olde cross, 978 01:00:20.025 --> 01:00:22.805 so des by the world 979 01:00:24.105 --> 01:00:28.805 has a wondrous attraction for me. 980 01:00:31.945 --> 01:00:35.165 For that de lamb of God, 981 01:00:36.735 --> 01:00:40.685 glory to 982 01:00:50.545 --> 01:00:50.765 the 983 01:00:58.665 --> 01:01:01.205 and lay down, 984 01:01:04.405 --> 01:01:06.685 I cling to the 985 01:01:28.265 --> 01:01:33.075 in that old rugged cross, cross stained 986 01:01:33.075 --> 01:01:35.595 with blood so divine. 987 01:01:37.275 --> 01:01:41.635 I wonder, beauty I see 988 01:01:44.375 --> 01:01:47.195 for was on that whole cross. 989 01:01:48.445 --> 01:01:49.675 Jesus suffered 990 01:01:50.735 --> 01:01:55.515 and died to pardon, sant 991 01:01:56.895 --> 01:01:57.115 me 992 01:02:08.015 --> 01:02:10.375 my trophies and 993 01:02:16.355 --> 01:02:16.575 cl 994 01:02:23.465 --> 01:02:26.845 and exchange it someday for 995 01:02:31.205 --> 01:02:33.245 I will cling to the 996 01:02:39.225 --> 01:02:40.765 and exchange it. 997 01:02:57.995 --> 01:03:02.165 Holy week, may we spend this week remembering the way 998 01:03:02.195 --> 01:03:04.205 that Christ took to the cross. 999 01:03:04.745 --> 01:03:07.765 And next week, next Sunday, we gather together 1000 01:03:07.865 --> 01:03:12.285 to celebrate the resurrection of our king and savior Jesus. 1001 01:03:12.425 --> 01:03:13.925 If that doesn't excite somebody in this room, 1002 01:03:13.945 --> 01:03:15.165 I'm talking to the wrong room. 1003 01:03:15.515 --> 01:03:17.685 Come online, put up a a, a thumbs up. 1004 01:03:17.685 --> 01:03:19.805 If you're excited about Easter Sunday here at 1005 01:03:19.805 --> 01:03:21.045 Hope Community Church. 1006 01:03:21.185 --> 01:03:22.325 Invite your neighbors, 1007 01:03:22.325 --> 01:03:24.205 your coworkers, your gym buddies, whoever. 1008 01:03:24.315 --> 01:03:26.405 There's someone in your life that needs to hear the gospel. 1009 01:03:26.905 --> 01:03:29.565 And this is a great easy way to introduce him 1010 01:03:29.565 --> 01:03:31.965 to this guy We love name Jesus. 1011 01:03:32.065 --> 01:03:33.725 Now we wanna know who's coming it it. 1012 01:03:33.725 --> 01:03:36.405 There's no need for like tickets don't cost anything. 1013 01:03:36.555 --> 01:03:40.005 This is about us being prepared to serve those you bring 1014 01:03:40.025 --> 01:03:41.885 and invite, we wanna serve them well. 1015 01:03:41.885 --> 01:03:44.445 So if you go to get hope.net/easter, 1016 01:03:44.445 --> 01:03:46.605 you can reserve your seat just so we can be prepared 1017 01:03:46.945 --> 01:03:50.245 for everyone who is coming for Easter Sunday. 1018 01:03:51.235 --> 01:03:54.485 Last thing I got for you is Good Friday service. 1019 01:03:54.665 --> 01:03:58.805 We have a special at home worship experience for you 1020 01:03:58.865 --> 01:04:00.405 and your family to gather together 1021 01:04:00.865 --> 01:04:03.325 to remember the most sacred time in the history 1022 01:04:03.325 --> 01:04:04.845 of Good Friday, the night 1023 01:04:04.845 --> 01:04:06.965 that Christ was betrayed and crucified. 1024 01:04:06.985 --> 01:04:08.125 And like Aaron said, we want you 1025 01:04:08.125 --> 01:04:10.485 to grab communion on the way out so that you 1026 01:04:10.585 --> 01:04:12.965 as a family can gather together on that good Friday. 1027 01:04:13.235 --> 01:04:17.245 It's gonna be on Get Hope TV at six 30 on Friday. 1028 01:04:17.385 --> 01:04:20.165 I'm telling you right now, you're not gonna wanna miss it. 1029 01:04:20.965 --> 01:04:25.065 We are a family who loves God follows Jesus shares hope. 1030 01:04:25.195 --> 01:04:26.825 Let's go live it out. Hope community to church. 1031 01:04:26.825 --> 01:04:27.385 We'll see you next week.