Series B – Good Friday – Friday, April 3, 2015 | Pr. Chris Rosebrough
| Welcome to the Teaching Ministry of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church. Kongsvinger is a beacon for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is located on the plains of Northwestern Minnesota. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified for our sins and salvation by grace through faith alone, and now, here’s a message from Pastor Chris Rosebrough: |
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| 0:27 | When he had finished praying Jesus left with his disciples |
| 0:32 | and crossed the Kidron Valley on the other side there was an Olive Grove and he and his disciples went into |
| 0:39 | it now Judas who betrayed him knew the place because Jesus had often met there |
| 0:44 | with his disciples so Judas came to the Grove guiding a Detachment of soldiers |
| 0:49 | and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees they were carrying torches lanterns and |
| 0:55 | wept and weapons Jesus knowing all that was going to happen to him went out and asked them |
| 1:02 | who is it that you want Jesus of Nazareth they replied |
| 1:07 | I am he Jesus said and Judas the traitor was standing there with them and when |
| 1:12 | Jesus said I am he they drew back and fell to the ground again he asked them |
| 1:18 | who is it that you want and they said Jesus of Nazareth I told |
| 1:23 | you I am he Jesus answered if you are looking for me |
| 1:28 | then let these men go this happens so that the words that he had spoken would be fulfilled I have not lost one of |
| 1:35 | those you gave me then Simon Peter who had a sword drew it and struck the |
| 1:41 | high priest’s servant cutting off his right ear the servant’s name was malcus |
| 1:47 | Jesus commanded Peter put away your sword shall I not drink the cup the |
| 1:52 | father has given me then the Detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus they |
| 1:58 | bound him and brought him first to Annis who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas |
| 2:04 | the high priest that year Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it |
| 2:09 | would be good if one man died for the people Simon Peter and another disciple were |
| 2:15 | following Jesus because his disciple was known to the high priest he went with Jesus into the high priest Courtyard but |
| 2:22 | Peter had to wait outside at the door the other disciple who was known to the high priest came back spoke to the girl |
| 2:29 | on duty there and brought Peter in you are not one of his disciples are you |
| 2:35 | the girl at the door asked Peter he replied I am not it was cold and the |
| 2:41 | servants and the officials stood around a fire that they had made to keep warm Peter also was standing with them |
| 2:46 | warming himself meanwhile the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciple and his |
| 2:53 | teaching I have spoken openly to the world Jesus replied I always taught in synagogues or |
| 3:01 | at the temple where all the Jews come together I said nothing in secret why question me ask those who heard me |
| 3:08 | surely they know what I said when Jesus said this one of the officials nearby struck him in the face |
| 3:15 | is this the way you answer the high priest he demanded if I said something wrong Jesus replied |
| 3:23 | testify as to what is wrong but if I spoke the truth why did you strike me |
| 3:30 | then Anna sent him still bound to Caiaphas the high priest |
| 3:35 | as Simon Peter stood warming himself he was asked you are not one of his |
| 3:40 | disciples are you he denied it saying I am not one of the high priest servants a |
| 3:46 | relative of the man who Peter who’s Peter Peter had cut off challenged him didn’t I see you with him in the Olive |
| 3:53 | Grove again Peter denied it and at that moment a rooster began to Crow |
| 3:59 | then the Jews LED Jesus from Caiaphas to the Palace of the Roman Governor by now |
| 4:04 | it was early morning and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness the Jews did not |
| 4:10 | enter the palace they wanted to be able to eat the Passover so pilate came out |
| 4:15 | to them and asked what charges are you bringing against this man if if he were not a criminal they |
| 4:21 | replied we would not have handed him over to you pilate said take him |
| 4:27 | yourselves and judge him by your own law but we have no right to execute anyone the Jews objected objected this happened |
| 4:34 | so that the words Jesus had spoken indicating the kind of death he was going to die would be fulfilled |
| 4:40 | pilot then went back inside the palace summoned Jesus and asked him are you the |
| 4:46 | king of the Jews is that your own idea Jesus asked or did others talk to you about me |
| 4:53 | am I a Jew pilate replied it was your people and your Chief |
| 4:59 | priests who handed you over to me what is it that you’ve done Jesus said |
| 5:04 | my kingdom is not of this world if it were my servants would fight to prevent |
| 5:10 | my arrest by the Jews but now my kingdom is from another place |
| 5:16 | you are a king then said Pilate Jesus answered you are right in saying I am a |
| 5:21 | king in fact for this reason I was born and for this I came into the world to testify to the truth everyone on the |
| 5:28 | side of Truth listens to me what is truth pilate asked |
| 5:34 | with this he went out again to the Jews and said I find no basis for a charge against him but it is your custom for me |
| 5:42 | to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover do you want me to |
| 5:48 | release the king of the Jews they shouted back no not him give us Barabbas |
| 5:53 | now Barabbas had taken part in a rebellion then pilate took Jesus and had |
| 5:59 | him flogged the soldiers Twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head they clothed him in purple robe |
| 6:05 | and went up to him again and again saying Hell King of the Jews and they struck him in the face once more pilate |
| 6:12 | came out and said to the Jews look I’m bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge |
| 6:18 | against him when Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns in the purple robe |
| 6:24 | pilate said to them here is the man as soon as the chief priests and their |
| 6:29 | officials saw him they shouted crucify crucify the pilate answered you take him and |
| 6:37 | crucify him as for me I find no basis for a charge against him the Jews insisted we have a law and according to |
| 6:44 | that law he must die because he claimed to be the son of God when pilate heard this he was even more |
| 6:50 | afraid and he went back inside the palace where do you come from he asked Jesus |
| 6:56 | but Jesus gave him no answer do you refuse to speak to me |
| 7:02 | pilate said don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you |
| 7:08 | Jesus answered you would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above |
| 7:14 | therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin from then on pilate tried to set Jesus |
| 7:21 | free but the Jews kept shouting if you let this man go you are no friend of |
| 7:27 | Caesar anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar when pilate heard this |
| 7:33 | he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat with a at the palate Place known as the stone pavement which in |
| 7:40 | Aramaic is gabitha it was the day of the preparation of the Passover about the sixth hour |
| 7:47 | here is your king pilate said to the Jews but they shouted take him away take |
| 7:52 | him away crucify him shall I crucify your king pilate asked we have no King but Caesar the chief |
| 8:00 | priest answered finally pilate handed him over to them to be crucified so the soldiers took |
| 8:07 | charge of Jesus carrying his own cross he went out to the place of the skull which in Aramaic is called Golgotha here |
| 8:15 | they crucified him and with him two others one on each side and Jesus in the |
| 8:20 | middle pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross it read Jesus of |
| 8:25 | Nazareth the king of the Jews many of the Jews read this sign for the |
| 8:31 | place where Jesus was crucified was near the city and the sign was written Aramaic Latin and Greek the chief |
| 8:38 | Priests of the Jews protested to pilate do not write the king of the Jews but that this man claimed to be the king of |
| 8:43 | the Jews pilate answered what I have written I have written |
| 8:49 | when the soldiers crucified Jesus they took his clothes divided them up into |
| 8:54 | four shares one for each of them with his undergarment remaining this garment was seamless woven in one piece from top |
| 9:00 | to bottom let’s not tear it they said to one another let’s decide by lot who will get |
| 9:07 | it this happened that the scripture might be fulfilled which said they divided my garments among them and cast |
| 9:12 | lots for my clothing so this is what the soldiers did near the cross of Jesus stood his mother |
| 9:19 | his mother’s Sister Mary the wife of clopus and Mary Magdalene when Jesus saw |
| 9:25 | his mother there and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby he said to his mother dear woman here is your son and |
| 9:32 | to the disciple here is your mother from that time on this disciple took her into |
| 9:38 | his home later knowing that all was now completed and so that the scripture would be |
| 9:44 | fulfilled Jesus said I am thirsty a jar of wine vinegar was there so they soaked |
| 9:50 | a sponge in it put the sponge on a stalk of hyssop and lifted it up to Jesus’s |
| 9:56 | lips when he had received the drink Jesus said it is finished with that he bowed his head and gave up |
| 10:03 | his spirit that was the day before preparation and the next day was to be a special Sabbath |
| 10:09 | because the Jews did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath they asked pilate to have the legs |
| 10:15 | broken and the bodies taken down the soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been |
| 10:21 | crucified with Jesus and then those of the other but when they came to Jesus and found |
| 10:27 | that he was already dead they did not break his legs instead one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’s side with a |
| 10:33 | spear bringing a sudden flow of blood and water the man who saw it has given testimony and his testimony is true he |
| 10:41 | knows that he tells the truth and he testifies so that you may believe these things happen so that the scripture |
| 10:48 | would be fulfilled not one of his bones will be broken and as another scripture |
| 10:53 | says they will look on the one that they have pierced later Joseph of Arimathea asked pilate |
| 10:59 | for the body of Jesus now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus but secretly because he feared the Jews with |
| 11:06 | pilate’s permission he came and took the body away he was accompanied by Nicodemus the man who earlier had |
| 11:13 | visited Jesus At Night Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloe about 75 |
| 11:18 | pounds taking Jesus’s body the two of them wrapped it with the spices and strips of linen this was in accordance |
| 11:25 | with the Jewish burial custom at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden and in the garden a new |
| 11:32 | Tomb in which no one had ever been laid because it was the Jewish Day of preparation and since the tomb was |
| 11:38 | nearby they laid Jesus there in the name of Jesus |
| 11:45 | movies it’s a weird word to start a good Friday sermon |
| 11:52 | but I want you to think if you would the best movies you’ve ever watched the best |
| 11:57 | movies that are in your collection that you don’t mind watching over and over again I have a few of those |
| 12:04 | such as The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe the Lord of the Rings |
| 12:09 | The Karate Kid The Matrix but you know what they all have something in common |
| 12:16 | and the thing that they all have in common is the that epic final scene when |
| 12:22 | good has its Showdown with evil you think about the Karate Kid in Daniel’s son beating Cobra Kai with his |
| 12:29 | you know crane maneuver and I look awful doing that think of Neo |
| 12:36 | you know in The Matrix dying and then Rising again you think of Maximus from the uh the story of the uh of the |
| 12:43 | Gladiator right the epic showdown this is what’s happening in our text |
| 12:49 | tonight this is what all of those movies are actually pointing to and telling the |
| 12:55 | story of is what we just read in our text tonight Jesus is the son of God in human flesh |
| 13:03 | the Virgin born Incarnate Word come to set us free and then set us free from |
| 13:10 | slavery to sin death in the devil and this is The Ultimate Showdown now in the |
| 13:16 | Gospel of John just immediately preceding what we just read it actually says that Satan entered into Judas so |
| 13:24 | there it is Satan versus Jesus this is the epic battle this is the |
| 13:31 | final conclusion who’s going to come out on top and you know the whole air is just |
| 13:36 | crackling with well energy but the story doesn’t quite end the way |
| 13:43 | we would expect it to but don’t think for a second that evil one |
| 13:50 | you know if you think of the movie Gladiator I remember when my son watched that for the first time and of course you know |
| 13:57 | I’d seen it several times and so he was like 11 or 12. and so he was really |
| 14:04 | getting into it and loved the fact that Maximus was so good and that Commodus was so evil and then the final |
| 14:11 | showdown’s about to happen between Maximus and Commodus and of course communist cheats and he stabs maximus in |
| 14:18 | his kidney and he’s starting to bleed out right and so Maximus finally defeats commitus and no |
| 14:25 | sooner does he win than he dies and I remember Josh was saying no |
| 14:31 | Maximus isn’t supposed to die he’s the good guy |
| 14:38 | yeah and so that’s kind of what happens in our text today more than kind of this is |
| 14:43 | exactly what happens the good guy wins by dying |
| 14:49 | no one ever saw it coming the devil didn’t see it coming if he had seen it coming he wouldn’t have done what he did |
| 14:57 | but Jesus conquers by dying and so we look back actually I want to |
| 15:03 | look forward a little bit I want to look at a text that I think will help frame this tonight |
| 15:08 | Hebrews 12 verse 2 says this looking to Jesus |
| 15:13 | the author and the Perfecter of our faith who for the joy that was set before him |
| 15:19 | endured the cross despising the shame and is seated at the |
| 15:25 | right hand of the Throne of God Jesus did everything he did out of joy |
| 15:30 | in fact when we heard those words from Jesus just as he’s about ready to to |
| 15:36 | breathe his last where he says it is finished in Greek to tell us die |
| 15:41 | you can almost picture him having a little bit of a smile on his face |
| 15:47 | all the movies portray him as kind of spent at this point you know he’s thirsty he says I thirst and you know |
| 15:54 | they go to give him something to drink but he doesn’t really drink it and so you know you just see Jesus parched on |
| 16:00 | the cross but he’s at this point he has been roasted under God’s Wrath for our sins |
| 16:05 | God’s Wrath is spent every last sin that Humanity has committed has been atoned |
| 16:12 | for and Jesus says it is finished and it says he said this with a loud cry |
| 16:18 | if Jesus’s arms hadn’t been pinned to the Cross he would have did this it’s finished |
| 16:25 | he did it he conquered he won and so |
| 16:30 | when we look back in our text you can kind of see traces of this idea of Jesus in this ultimate battle and so |
| 16:40 | when you think when you think back to when Jesus was arrested and remember that part in our text where they they |
| 16:48 | asked him are you Jesus and he said I am he the NIV this is just |
| 16:55 | the lame translation this is awful okay are you Jesus Nazareth yes I am he no |
| 17:02 | that’s not what’s going on here in the Greek this is an emphatic way of talking |
| 17:08 | keep in mind Greek is a an inflected language which means a verb itself can carry the noun in it so if Jesus were to |
| 17:16 | just say yeah I’m him he just would have said Amy but the Greek says ego you mean I I am |
| 17:24 | him and this hearkens back to the Divine name of God remember when Moses was speaking to God |
| 17:32 | in the burning bush yeah Moses The Reluctant one right |
| 17:38 | God is commissioning him to go to pharaoh and say Let My People Go and |
| 17:43 | Moses says I really don’t want to go but if I go who shall I say sent me what is |
| 17:48 | your name that I should tell them and he says tell them I am has sent you |
| 17:55 | I am that’s the Divine name the self-existing one if you would |
| 18:01 | so they come to arrest Jesus and there he is in the Mount of Olives |
| 18:07 | and the ace they said he asked them who is it you want Jesus |
| 18:12 | of Nazareth they replied and he says I am |
| 18:20 | and when he had said I am they drew back and fell to the ground |
| 18:27 | you can almost hear in the distance peels of thunder and Rumblings right something is going on here |
| 18:35 | so you ask them again who is it you won they said Jesus of Nazareth I told you I am |
| 18:42 | this is The Ultimate Showdown so The Ultimate Showdown has Jesus arrested has him beaten and flogged has |
| 18:50 | him standing before Pilate has his own best friends his most |
| 18:55 | trusted disciples Peter disowning him all of them scattering |
| 19:02 | nobody there to speak on his behalf false Witnesses coming up giving false testimony about him Kangaroo Court he’s |
| 19:09 | up all night they take him to pilate in Pilate who is not known in history by the way |
| 19:18 | pilate is not known to be like the just he’s never referred to as pilate the |
| 19:24 | just in fact pilate is actually quite known in history as being somewhat murderous very brutal |
| 19:33 | and hear this brutal Judean Roman procureate |
| 19:40 | even he realizes there’s more to this Jesus than meets the eye and he doesn’t |
| 19:45 | believe that he’s done anything wrong and pilate does something totally out of |
| 19:50 | character for Pilate if you know his historical character he does something totally out of character |
| 19:56 | he has fear he’s afraid |
| 20:02 | how is it that the Roman procure it Pontius Pilate |
| 20:09 | is if he’s afraid of the Jews so much so that he lets them have their way with |
| 20:16 | Jesus against his better judgment in another gospel we learn that his wife |
| 20:21 | had a dream about Jesus and said do nothing to that that holy man I’ve had a |
| 20:27 | dream about him let him go there’s a lot more going on here and |
| 20:33 | he’s so close to getting it so close he asks almost the right |
| 20:39 | question when Jesus says all who side with the truth listen to me those are |
| 20:44 | Jesus’s words pilate’s question was what is truth |
| 20:50 | almost a good question the right question would have been who is truth |
| 20:55 | because Jesus says I am this way the truth and the life truth isn’t a what truth is a Who |
| 21:03 | and there he is standing trial the truth versus nothing but a bunch of |
| 21:11 | lies and remember Jesus did all this for the joy set before him |
| 21:17 | he’s enduring all of this ignity all of this nonsense all of these lies all of |
| 21:24 | these beatings for the joy set for before him why because he considered a |
| 21:30 | sheer Joy to go through all of this suffering for you |
| 21:36 | for me he bled and died for us so that we might live |
| 21:43 | this was the cost this was the only way and Jesus who for the joy Shall Set |
| 21:48 | before him endured all of this and he did it for us so there they are crying crucify him |
| 21:55 | crucify him a moment of |
| 22:01 | Injustice has never existed like this or ever since you can think across time times when |
| 22:07 | there have been injustices that recorded in history but none even comes close to this |
| 22:14 | so Pilots afraid he gives in to them and then |
| 22:20 | the suffering begins so the soldiers took charge of Jesus carrying his own cross he went out to |
| 22:27 | the place of the skull and he did that for you They Crucified him |
| 22:33 | and he did that for you the charge written against him said |
| 22:38 | Jesus of Nazareth the king of the Jews and that was true |
| 22:44 | there were people who were mocking him telling him to come down from the cross and all of that he suffered for you |
| 22:52 | they screamed at him save yourself but he wasn’t about to save himself because he was saving you |
| 23:00 | they complained about what was written on the What’s called the titulus that’s the name of that that written charge the |
| 23:06 | titulus a pilot says I’ve written what I’ve written because what he wrote was true |
| 23:13 | so they divided his clothes cast lots for his undergarments which is |
| 23:19 | actually prophesied by David read the 22nd psalm |
| 23:24 | near The Cross were some of the Women Marry the wife of clopus Mary Magdalene |
| 23:33 | and when Jesus saw his mother there the disciple whom he loved standing nearby he said to his mother dear woman |
| 23:39 | here is your son and to the disciple here is your mother Jesus fulfilling the law |
| 23:45 | even down to his dying breath because as the firstborn son it is his |
| 23:52 | responsibility to care for his mother who is widowed and now that he is dying |
| 23:58 | he’s taking care of his duties under the law to care for his mother and puts him |
| 24:04 | in the care or puts her in the care of the Apostle John and church history tells us that Mary traveled with John |
| 24:11 | after Jesus death and Resurrection in fact church history and tradition tells |
| 24:17 | us that John ended up in Ephesus and was a bishop of Ephesus to caring for the |
| 24:23 | churches that the Apostle Paul had planted and that Mary was with him and that she probably died in Ephesus |
| 24:32 | so it was the day of preparation and because the Jews did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the |
| 24:39 | Sabbath they asked pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down this is one of those little details that |
| 24:45 | tells you that this is not mythology scientists who’ve actually done studies on crucifixion and the effects that it |
| 24:51 | has on the body it’s a terrible terrible torturous way to die and you don’t die |
| 24:59 | from exhaustion you die from asphyxia in order to breathe while you’re on the |
| 25:05 | cross you have to muster up the strength to pull yourself up to get to grasp a |
| 25:11 | breath and then when you release you’re in a position where you cannot even |
| 25:16 | breathe and so the ones who are stronger they can last for a while |
| 25:22 | and continue to do the task necessary to in order to breathe |
| 25:28 | by breaking the legs it ensures that the victims on the cross cannot continue |
| 25:34 | breathing and that’s how the two criminals died |
| 25:41 | and they died quickly but you remember last night I read to you that verse Christ Our |
| 25:47 | Passover Lamb is slain that’s First Corinthians chapter five do you remember |
| 25:54 | that when we read last night in Exodus 12 that you cannot break any of the |
| 26:00 | bones of the Passover Lamb you can’t and so Jesus’s bones could not be broken |
| 26:06 | either and so this all took place in order to fulfill those prophecies and |
| 26:12 | that type and Shadow regarding Christ being our Passover Lamb so Jesus’s bones |
| 26:17 | were not broken and then we come to this |
| 26:23 | part of it |
| 26:28 | Jesus cried out it is finished he breathed his last and Joseph of Arimathea asked pilate for |
| 26:36 | the body of Jesus Joseph was a disciple of Jesus but |
| 26:41 | secretly because he feared the Jews this is an important thing for us to take note of today |
| 26:48 | because if you really believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God |
| 26:54 | there’s a really good chance in our day and age you’re going to suffer persecution |
| 26:59 | I would just point you to what’s happening in Indiana right now |
| 27:05 | all of you here tonight to hear and to meditate on Christ’s death you in the |
| 27:10 | world’s eyes are a bunch of religious fundamentalist fanatics |
| 27:16 | and don’t think for a second that your confession of Jesus will go unnoticed forever especially in a world that’s |
| 27:23 | getting worse by the day but that persecution of Christ’s followers |
| 27:29 | always already happening at the time of Jesus because listen to what it says Joseph of |
| 27:36 | Arimathea asked pilate for the body of Jesus Joseph was a disciple of Jesus but |
| 27:41 | secretly for fear of the Jews secretly |
| 27:48 | what does that tell you about those who confess Christ even at the time of Christ Christ |
| 27:54 | promised persecution so with Pilot’s permission he took the |
| 28:01 | body away he was accompanied by Nicodemus the man who earlier had visited Jesus At Night |
| 28:08 | Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes about 75 pounds taking Jesus body the two of them wrapped it with the |
| 28:15 | spices and strips of linen and this was accordance with the Jewish burial custom at that place where Jesus was crucified |
| 28:22 | there was a garden and in the place a new Tomb in which no one had ever laid because it was the Jewish Day of |
| 28:28 | preparation since the tomb was nearby they laid Jesus there |
| 28:34 | Jesus is crucified for your sins on a Saturday and it is finished he has accomplished the word scripture says |
| 28:40 | that he descended into hell this is what we confess in the Nicene Creed although the Creed we use in our |
| 28:47 | Hymnal has Hades which is actually probably a little bit of a better translation oddly enough so he descends |
| 28:54 | into Hades why is Jesus in Hell it’s not to suffer for your sins |
| 29:00 | he’s there to Proclaim his victory it’s exactly what he’s there for |
| 29:06 | and so tomorrow when we recognize Jesus’s Sabbath rest in the Tomb think |
| 29:12 | about that that phrase he descended into Hades he’s there to Proclaim his victory |
| 29:20 | and now here’s the cash value of all of this I kept saying this is all for you |
| 29:25 | let me read to you from the Apostle Paul in Colossians chapter 2 he writes for in |
| 29:32 | Christ all the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form you have been given |
| 29:37 | fullness in Christ who is the head over every power and authority in him you were circumcised in the putting off of |
| 29:44 | your sinful nature not with the circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision that was done |
| 29:49 | by Christ having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him |
| 29:55 | from the dead when you when you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature God |
| 30:03 | Made You Alive together with Christ he forgave us all of our sins having |
| 30:08 | canceled the written code with its regulations that stood against us and opposed to us and he took it away |
| 30:15 | nailing it to the Cross having disarmed the powers and authorities he made a public spectacle of them triumphing over |
| 30:23 | them by the cross so here’s how this all plays out we’re |
| 30:28 | familiar with the suffering and I said at the beginning of the sermon that this is the epic showdown |
| 30:34 | this is it this is the ultimate battle between good and evil and it looks like good lost |
| 30:41 | wrong good totally won evil lost and here’s the reason why |
| 30:48 | Satan what does the word mean |
| 30:54 | it’s not his name by the way his name is Lucifer |
| 31:00 | Satan is a title in fact when you read every time Satan |
| 31:06 | is mentioned in the Old Testament it is always the Satan not Satan it’s the Satan and what is the |
| 31:16 | Satan he’s the Accuser |
| 31:21 | he’s the accuser that’s what the Satan means he’s the Accuser |
| 31:26 | so if Satan’s power is his ability to accuse uh you did that you broke God’s |
| 31:32 | law you’re guilty you’re a sinner you you deserve hell |
| 31:37 | he plays the role of the prosecuting attorney in God’s Court |
| 31:42 | that’s the job of the Satan and because |
| 31:47 | it says this that he God forgave all our sins having |
| 31:54 | canceled the written code with its regulations that was against us and stood opposed to us |
| 32:01 | see there it is God’s law has all of these regulations we haven’t |
| 32:08 | kept them we’ve earned hell and all of these things stood against us |
| 32:13 | and you can almost say that Satan himself who’s writing all the record of debt |
| 32:19 | oh this well this one here he owes you this much God oh that’s going to be he’s got to go to the hottest regions of hell |
| 32:25 | for this for these sins that’s the job of the Satan right |
| 32:30 | but Christ by dying on the cross and bleeding for our sins because |
| 32:37 | remember what Isaiah said the lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all |
| 32:44 | if Christ has fully propitiated the wrath of God drunken to the dregs the |
| 32:49 | bitter cup of God’s Wrath he’s done it all for us then every single jot and Tittle and |
| 32:58 | infraction of God’s law that stood against us that Satan is so quick to |
| 33:03 | point out and accuse us with this text says that is all canceled |
| 33:12 | you can take Jesus’s blood get one of those dip pens take those |
| 33:17 | pages out and you can write in Jesus’s blood across them paid in full and then |
| 33:24 | take that and nail it to the cross there’s not a single thing you owe God |
| 33:31 | now Christ has paid your debt in full and that is why it says this having |
| 33:38 | disarmed the powers and authorities these are demonic Powers having disarmed |
| 33:43 | the Demonic powers and authorities Christ made a public spectacle of them |
| 33:50 | triumphing over them by the cross |
| 33:57 | the ultimate battle between good and evil is not a story written in Legend and |
| 34:05 | myth this is recorded in human history this |
| 34:10 | really took place this really took place for you and Jesus really did conquer the |
| 34:17 | Satan he really disarmed him and he truly made a public spectacle of him and |
| 34:22 | triumphed over him by doing the unexpected by dying |
| 34:29 | because by dying he was suffering the wrath of God and dying in your place because Jesus was sinless |
| 34:37 | the wages of sin is death |
| 34:42 | so how did Jesus end up dying because God laid on him the iniquity of |
| 34:47 | us all the debt is paid Satan is silenced he’s |
| 34:53 | been made a spectacle of good has defeated evil definitively |
| 34:59 | and it was all for you for your salvation for your Freedom From Slavery |
| 35:06 | to Sith sin death and the devil and now we have good news to tell the whole world that this Christ has bled and died |
| 35:13 | for them as well tell them to come to church to hear the good news to be |
| 35:19 | forgiven to receive eternal life |
| 35:24 | and someday we will see him face to face our Conquering Hero the one who truly |
| 35:30 | did win the day win the battle and win it for us and who for the joy set before |
| 35:36 | him endured the cross despising its shame in the name of Jesus |
| 35:42 | amen [Music] |
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