Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER
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WITH WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
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(theme music)
Announcer: JOIN US NOW AS
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PASTOR PEARSON
CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE ENTITLED
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"THEY CRUCIFIED MY LORD."
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(theme music)
Walter Pearson: JESUS COMES
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NOW TO THE FEET OF JUDAS
AND TAKES HIS FOOT IN HIS HAND.
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AND THAT WRITER--FAVORITE
OF MINE--SAYS THAT A
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SHOCK WENT UP HIS LEG.
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THERE HE FELT
THE LOVE OF CHRIST.
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NOT AN ELECTRIC SHOCK.
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IT WAS A LOVE SHOCK, AND WHEN
IT CAME TO HIS HEART AND TO HIS
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HEAD, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
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AND SO HE FOUGHT, BECAUSE
HAD HE NOT FOUGHT, HE WOULD HAVE
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SURRENDERED AND HIS PLANS WOULD
HAVE CHANGED, BECAUSE WHEN JESUS
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TOUCHES YOU, EVEN YOUR FEET,
SOMETHING CHANGES INSIDE OF YOU.
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HE HAD TO FIGHT IT OFF.
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AND HE WAS IN DANGER OF BEING
SAVED UNTIL HE GOT UP, AND LET
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ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I
WANT TO BE STRAIGHT WITH YOU.
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JESUS WILL COME AND
TOUCH EVERY ONE OF YOU.
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HE'LL DO IT BEFORE
THIS SERMON IS OVER, AND
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YOU'VE GOT A CHOICE.
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YOU CAN LET HIM KEEP
HIS HANDS ON YOU, AND HIS
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TOUCH WILL CHANGE YOU.
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OR YOU CAN PULL AWAY.
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THE ONLY WAY YOU'LL BE ABLE
TO RESIST HIM IS TO GET UP AND
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WALK AWAY, BECAUSE IF YOU STAY
WHERE JESUS IS, I PROMISE YOU
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THAT NOTHING WILL BE THE SAME.
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HE HAS THAT POWER.
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SO JESUS IS IN GETHSEMANE.
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THE DISCIPLES LOOK AT
HIM AND HE FRIGHTENS THEM.
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THEY HAVE NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
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THERE ARE DOTS OF BLOOD
ON HIS FACE, THAT FACE THAT
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THEY LOVED TO BEHOLD, AND
THEY WONDER WHAT'S WRONG, BUT
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PRESENTLY, YOU KNOW THERE WASN'T
MUCH TIME BETWEEN THOSE MOMENTS
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AND WHEN THE GUARDS CAME.
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AND THEY CAME AND
JUDAS WENT TO PUT A, A KISS,
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WHAT A TERRIBLE KISS.
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THERE ARE
CHRISTIANS WHO KISS LIKE THAT.
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AND AS JESUS WENT UP
AND ALLOWED HIM TO KISS, THE
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SOLDIERS CAME AND TOOK HIM.
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PETER TAKES OUT HIS SWORD.
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SOMETIMES PETER DOES EXACTLY
WHAT I THINK I WOULD HAVE DONE.
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AND IF YOU THINK THAT PETER
WAS AIMING AT THAT GUARD'S EAR,
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YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND PETER.
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PETER MISSED.
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I THINK HE WAS
HEADED FOR RIGHT ABOUT HERE.
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HE MISSED AND GOT AN EAR.
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AND EVEN IN THE MIDST OF HIS
TRIAL, JESUS PUTS THE EAR BACK.
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NOBODY PAYS MUCH ATTENTION
TO THAT, BUT EVEN WHEN YOU ARE
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AGAINST HIM, EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE
SOLD HIM OUT, EVEN WHEN YOU COME
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TO ARREST HIM, EVEN WHEN YOU ARE
ABOUT TO ACCOMPLISH HIS DEATH,
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JESUS IS STILL IN HEALING MODE.
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HE DOES IT THAT WAY.
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NOW HERE IS WHAT HAPPENS.
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LET'S, LET'S LOOK CAREFULLY.
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THE FACT IS THAT JESUS GOES FROM
ONE FROM ONE JUDGE TO ANOTHER.
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HE WENT FIRST TO THE
JEWISH JUDGES: ANNAS, CAIAPHAS;
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THEN THE RELIGIOUS SANHEDRIN,
FROM ONE O'CLOCK IN THE
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MORNING TO SUNRISE.
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HE WALKS FROM ONE COURTHOUSE
TO ANOTHER, BUT THERE'S NOT
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ONE RIGHT SENTENCE ISSUED.
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IN FACT, AT SUNRISE HE
IS PROBABLY AT THE POLITICAL
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SANHEDRIN, WHERE THEY CONVICT
HIM, AGAIN, OF BLASPHEMY.
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WHEN HE WAS CONVICTED
BY THE RELIGIOUS SANHEDRIN,
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HERE IS WHAT THE LEADERS
OF THE JEWISH CHURCH DID.
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THEY PUT ON HIM SYMBOLS
THAT REPRESENTED KINGSHIP.
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THEN THEY BLINDFOLDED HIM.
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THEY FILLED THEIR MOUTHS
WITH SALIVA AND SPAT ON HIM.
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THEN WITH THEIR FISTS, THEY
BEAT HIS FACE, TRYING THEIR BEST
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TO DISFIGURE HIM BECAUSE EVEN
WITH ALL OF THEIR POWER, THEY
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COULDN'T TAKE ANYTHING FROM HIM.
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HE WAS MORE POWERFUL UNDER THEIR
PRESUMED POWER THAN HE EVER WAS.
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SO HE ALREADY HAD ONE BEATING
WHEN THEY TURNED HIM LOOSE,
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AND WHEN HE WENT TO THE
POLITICAL SANHEDRIN THEY
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CONVICTED HIM AGAIN.
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NOW, HE COMES TO
THOSE ROMAN JUDGES.
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HE GOES FIRST TO
PONTIUS PILATE, WHO SAYS, THOUGH
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THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HIM.
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THEY TAKE HIM TO HEROD,
THE TETRARCH OF GALILEE, AND
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THIS MAN SAYS, WELL I
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
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AND FINALLY, WHEN THE
CROWD CONTINUES TO SCREAM, AND
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YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME,
NEVER, NEVER TRUST THE MAJORITY.
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YOU'VE GOT TO FIND OUT
WHAT THE MAJORITY IS DOING.
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THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO
SPEND THEIR LIVES FOLLOWING
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THE MAJORITY.
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EVERYTHING THEY DO THEY
CHECK THE WIND TO SEE WHICH
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WAY THE MAJORITY IS GOING.
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TOO MANY POLITICIANS CHECK THE
WIND TO SEE WHICH WAY THE WIND
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IS BLOWING, WHEN RIGHT OUGHT
TO BE THE SIGN THAT YOU FOLLOW.
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BUT WHEN HE COULD FIND NOTHING
WRONG, THE PEOPLE IN THAT
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CROWD BEGAN TO CHANT,
"CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM."
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THERE IS EVERY REASON TO
BELIEVE THAT THE DEVIL MINGLED
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IMPS IN THE CROWD, DISTRIBUTED
DEVILS, DEMONS IN THE CROWD
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AND THEY WERE THE ONES
WHO PRECIPITATED THE CHANT.
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CAN YOU SEE SOME WRINKLED
FACED IMP STARTING QUIETLY,
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"CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM."
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AND HERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
CLAIM TO KNOW GOD, WHO BEGIN
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TO CHANT WHAT THEY HEAR,
INSTEAD OF WHAT THEY KNOW.
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THE CURSE OF GOD'S PEOPLE
IS NOT SO MUCH THE DEVIL !
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WE KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO.
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IT'S PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO
BE GOD'S PEOPLE, WHO CHANT
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THINGS BECAUSE THEY HEAR IT.
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SO THE CHANT BEGINS TO SPREAD,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN EVEN THE
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LEADERS OF THE JEWISH CHURCH
ARE CRYING OUT, "CRUCIFY HIM,
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CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM !"
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AND IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PEOPLE
GO AWAY, THIS TERRIBLE ROMAN
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JUDGE SAYS, "DO WHAT YOU WILL.
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I WASH MY HANDS
OF HIM, BUT TAKE HIM.
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NOW, COMES THE PROBLEM.
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THE SCOURGING WAS DEATH.
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IT WAS NOT THE
CROSS, IT WAS THE SCOURGING.
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THE FACT IS THAT THIS WAS
ACCOMPLISHED BY PEOPLE WHO
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WERE KNOWN AS LICTORS.
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THEY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT
HAD A HANDLE AND UNEQUAL LENGTHS
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OF LEATHER, SOMETIMES TWINED
OR BRAIDED, SOMETIMES JUST
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SIMPLY HANGING ON THEIR OWN.
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IN THE ENDS OF SOME OF THOSE
LEATHER LENGTHS WERE IRON BALLS
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TO GIVE WEIGHT TO THAT SCOURGE.
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THEN THERE WERE BROKEN
TEETH OF SHEEP IN OTHER LENGTHS,
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SO THAT WHEN THE IRON
BALLS GAVE WEIGHT, THE TEETH
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WOULD CUT INTO THE SKIN.
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THEY WOULD HANG THE PERSON
WHO WAS ABOUT TO BE SCOURGED,
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TIE HIM AT THE TOP OF A
LONG WOODEN DISTANCE, AND STRIP
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HIM OF ALL OF HIS CLOTHES.
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THEN EITHER ONE OR TWO LICTORS
WOULD TAKE TURNS MAKING AN
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INVERTED "V" ON HIS BACK.
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SO ONE WOULD COME DOWN THIS
WAY ON THIS SIDE OF HIS BACK
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GOING DOWN; THE OTHER WOULD
COME DOWN THIS WAY ON THE OTHER
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SIDE OF HIS BACK GOING DOWN.
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THEY WOULD START AT THE NAPE
OF THE NECK AND COME ALL THE WAY
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PAST THE BUTTOCKS, CUTTING
OPEN THE SKIN WITH THE SCOURGE.
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THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO ONLY
DO IT 39 TIMES, BUT EVEN THE
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BIBLE SAYS THAT THEY WOULD GO
FURTHER THAN THIS BECAUSE THEY
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WANTED THE LIFE OF THIS
MAN WHO CLAIMED SO MUCH POWER,
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CLAIMED TO BE THE SON OF GOD.
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SO ON THE SECOND TIME THAT
THEY CAME BY, THESE TERRIBLE
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LEATHER LENGTHS WENT UNDERNEATH
THE SKIN THAT HAD BEEN CUT,
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AND THEY STARTED GOING
INTO THE SKELETAL MUSCLES.
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THEY WOULD PULL FLESH FROM
UNDERNEATH THE CUT SKIN, SO THAT
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WHEN THEY CAME DOWN THE SECOND
TIME, COMING DOWN THE SAME WAY
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IN THE SAME WOUNDS, THE FLESH OF
THE SON OF GOD WAS TORN AWAY !
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AND THEN HE WAS LEFT AT A
MOMENT WHEN HE WAS ALMOST DEAD!
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BUT HERE'S MY
"EXPERIENCE THE POWER" MOMENT.
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THE BIBLE SAYS WITH HIS STRIPES.
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OH, HOW I LOVE JESUS, FOR
HE STOOD THERE AND LET THEM DO
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IT BECAUSE HE KNEW EVERY
TIME THEY HIT HIM THERE WAS A
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FOUNTAIN FILLED WITH BLOOD WITH
A RESERVOIR OF HEALING POWER SO
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THAT NO MATTER HOW DEEP MY SIN
MAY BE, EVERY TIME THEY PUT A
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SCAR ON HIS BACK, THEY
GAVE MORE POWER TO SAVE ME FROM
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MY SINS WITH HIS STRIPES !
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I AM HEALED.
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I'M SORRY THAT THEY BEAT
MY JESUS LIKE THAT, BUT I'M
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GLAD I AM HEALED BY THE
STRIPES THEY PUT ON HIS BACK.
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EVERY TIME THE DEVIL
SAYS THAT I CAN'T MAKE IT, I
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POINT BACK TO THE STRIPES.
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I SAY I'M HEALED BY THE STRIPES
YOU PUT ON HIM, SO YOU ARE
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DUMB TO DO WHAT YOU DID BECAUSE
YOU FILLED UP A FOUNTAIN, AND
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TODAY I'M SAVED BY HIS
BLOOD AND BY HIS STRIPES.
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WHAT THEY HAD DONE BEFORE,
THEY HAD TAKEN THOSE TWO TO
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FOUR INCH THORNS, TWINED THEM
TOGETHER, PUT THEM ON HIS HEAD.
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REMEMBER THAT HIS SKIN WAS
ALREADY FRAGILE AND THIN, BLOOD
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HAD ALREADY OOZED THROUGH IT.
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THEY PRESSED IT
DOWN ON HIS HEAD.
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AND THEN THEY TOOK THE STICK
THAT THEY PUT IN HIS HAND AS
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A SCEPTER AND BEAT IT ON
HIS THORNS, DROVE THEM DEEPER
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INTO THE SKIN OF HIS FACE.
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IT WAS ALREADY STAINED BY
BLOOD THAT HAD OOZED THROUGH
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HIS SKIN BECAUSE OF THE
TRAUMA OF THE SUFFERING.
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AND NOW THE
THORNS DIG INTO HIS SKIN.
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AND THEN THEY TAKE HIM FROM
THAT PLACE, WRAPPED A GARMENT
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AROUND HIM, TAUNT
HIM, SPIT ON HIM, BEAT HIM.
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DOGS RAN BESIDE HIM,
AND AS THEY RAN THEY TALKED
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ABOUT HIS PARENTAGE.
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SOMEBODY MADE A CRUEL JOKE
ABOUT HIS MOTHER, WHO CLAIMED
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THAT SHE HAD A VIRGIN BIRTH.
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I DON'T KNOW THE NAMES THAT THEY
MIGHT HAVE CALLED HIM IN THEIR
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LANGUAGE, BUT WHAT THEY SAID WAS
YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE A DADDY.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE
WHAT GOD MUST HAVE FELT ?
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THEY'RE TELLING HIS SON
THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE A DADDY.
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GOD COULD HAVE GRABBED THE
EARTH AND HURLED IT, BUT BECAUSE
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GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD,
HE ALLOWED IT TO CONTINUE.
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SO NOW, HAVING
WRAPPED JESUS AGAIN, THEY PUT
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UPON HIM THE CROSS.
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THERE IS DISSENSION, NOW, I KNOW
MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE,
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I FINALLY SAW IT, AND I
KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A TALL CROSS
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COMPLETELY ON THE BACK OF JESUS.
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THE AMERICAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION DISAGREES.
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THEY SAY THAT THE VERTICAL PART
OF THE CROSS WAS IN PLACE, AND
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THAT IT WAS THE PATIBULUM,
THE HORIZONTAL PART OF THE CROSS
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THAT WEIGHED FROM 75 TO 125
POUNDS THAT THEY BENT HIM OVER
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AND PUT IT ACROSS HIS NECK
AND THEN TIED HIS HANDS TO IT.
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LET ME TELL YOU, IF
JESUS COULD HAVE STOPPED BEING
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HUMAN, HE WOULD HAVE
WALKED THAT THING FOREVER.
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HE'D ASK WHERE'S
THE REST OF THE CROSS ?
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THIS ALL YOU GOT ?
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BUT HE COULD NOT
CARRY THE CROSS AS GOD.
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HE HAD TO CARRY IT AS A MAN.
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HE HAD HAD A MINISTRY THAT
INVOLVED WALKING, SO JESUS WAS
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IN GREAT PHYSICAL CONDITION.
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EVERYWHERE HE WENT, HE WALKED.
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IN FACT, FROM NINE O'CLOCK
ON THURSDAY NIGHT TO NINE
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O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY MORNING,
HE HAD GONE WITHOUT FOOD,
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WITHOUT WATER, WITHOUT
SUSTENANCE, AND HE HAD ONLY
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BEEN BETRAYED AND BEATEN AND
EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE
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HAD HAPPENED TO HIM AND THIS IS
THE HUMAN BEING UPON WHOM THEY
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PUT THIS, THIS, THIS PATIBULUM.
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AND HUMANITY CARRIES IT
FOR A LONG TIME, ATTESTING TO
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HIS PHYSICAL FITNESS.
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THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
WHO SEE JESUS AS SOME WISPY
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LITTLE, GENDERLESS FIGURE.
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IT'S NOT MY JESUS.
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I BELIEVE THAT WHEN THEY PUT
IT ON HIM, HIS MUSCLES RIPPLED.
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HE HAD WORKED WITH HIS
FATHER IN A CARPENTER'S SHOP.
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HE DID NOT MAKE BIRD HOUSES.
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THEY CARRIED THE WOOD
FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
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SOMETIMES OVER TWO
HOURS JUST TO GET TO THE PLACE
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WHERE THEY WORKED, AND
THEN THEY BUILT HOUSES.
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SO WHEN YOU SAW JESUS WALK,
YOU DID NOT SEE SOMEBODY WHO
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LOOKED LIKE HE WAS VULNERABLE.
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IN FACT, EVERY MAN WHO
COULD HAVE SEEN JESUS, IF IT HAD
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NOT BEEN THAT GOD DID NOT WANT
HIS PHYSICAL APPEARANCE TO DRAW
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US, IF GOD HAD NOT MADE IT
SO THAT WE DID NOT BECOME DRAWN
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BY HIS PHYSICAL APPEARANCE,
JESUS WOULD HAVE BEEN SO
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MUSCULAR THAT EVERY MAN WOULD
HAVE WANTED TO BE LIKE HIM.
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HE WOULD HAVE BEEN SO HANDSOME
THAT EVERY WOMAN WOULD HAVE
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SWOONED WHEN SHE SAW HIM.
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BUT IN ISAIAH IT SAYS THAT
HE HAD NO FORM OR COMELINESS.
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GOD DIDN'T WANT YOU TO
FOLLOW JESUS BECAUSE OF
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WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE.
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HE WANTED YOU TO FOLLOW
HIM BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE.
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SO HE WAS BUILT SO
THAT YOU DIDN'T FOLLOW HIM
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BECAUSE OF THAT.
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HOWEVER, I'M TELLING YOU
THAT HE CARRIED THAT THING UNTIL
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HUMAN POWER COULD DO NO MORE.
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THERE WAS THIS BLACK
MAN--I APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE WHO
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CANNOT TAKE IMMEDIATE PRIDE
IN THE FACT THAT HE'S BLACK.
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JUST COME ON AND
EXPERIENCE THE POWER ANYWAY.
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I POSIT TO YOU THAT IF SIMON
HAD LOOKED WEAK, THEY WOULD
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NEVER HAVE CHOSEN HIM.
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SO HE MUST HAVE
BEEN A REAL BLACK MAN.
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LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN,
IT TAKES A REAL MAN TO BE
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ABLE TO EXPRESS SENSITIVITY.
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IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT YOUR GENDER, YOU
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CAN NEVER SHED A TEAR.
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YOU CAN NEVER BE TOUCHED.
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YOU'VE GOT TO
ALWAYS BE STRONG AND MACHO.
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BUT IF YOU'RE A REAL MAN,
IF YOU CRY, YOU'RE STILL A MAN.
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A MAN, RIGHT ?
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IF YOU SHOW
SYMPATHY, YOU'RE STILL A MAN.
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SO THIS MAN SHOWED SYMPATHY
AND THE ROMAN SOLDIERS SAW IT,
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AND THEY SAW HE WAS POWERFULLY
BUILT, NO DOUBT, AND SAW
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THAT HE WAS IN SYMPATHY.
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"SAY YOU, COME HERE !"
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HE DIDN'T VOLUNTEER.
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LET'S DON'T MAKE
IT BETTER THAN IT IS.
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BUT THEY CALLED HIM AND
SIMON CARRIES THE CROSS.
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AND WHEN HE
CARRIES IT, IT CHANGES HIM.
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YOU CAN'T CARRY THE
CROSS AND STAY THE SAME !
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THERE'S REASON TO BELIEVE
THAT HIS WHOLE FAMILY WAS
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CHANGED BECAUSE HE BORE
THE CROSS, AND JESUS IS TAKEN
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TO THE PLACE CALLED GOLGOTHA.
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THEY TAKE HIS
GARMENTS, RIP THEM OFF HIS BACK.
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THE BLOOD HAS
CEMENTED THE CLOTH TO HIS BACK,
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SO THEY TEAR IT OFF.
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THEY THROW HIM DOWN ON
THE GROUND SO THAT NOW THE
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DIRT, THE BLOOD STAINED DIRT
OF GOLGOTHA, WHERE MANY HAVE
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DIED, AND THEIR DRIED
BLOOD IS CAKED IN THE EARTH.
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SO THERE'S NO REASON TO THINK
THAT EVERY DISEASED PARTICLE,
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EVERY THING THAT COULD BRING
HIM ILLNESS IS THERE AND THEY
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PRESS HIM DOWN AND STRETCH HIM.
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HIS HANDS, THOSE HANDS
THAT HAD TOUCHED FEVERED BROWS
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AND THE FEVER DISAPPEARED.
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THOSE HANDS THAT HAD MINGLED
SPITTLE WITH CLAY AND JUST
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PUT IT ON SOMEBODY'S EYE.
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AND THE MAN SAID I CAN
SEE BUT IT'S NOT REAL CLEAR.
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HE SAID, LET ME
GET IT ONE MORE TIME.
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HE PUTS IT ON AGAIN.
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I SEE, I SEE CLEARLY NOW.
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THOSE HANDS THAT HAD
TOUCH THAT FUNERAL PYRE.
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YOU REMEMBER THAT WIDOW
THAT CAME OUT WITH HER SON ?
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JESUS AND HIS CROWD MET THEM.
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ONE CROWD SHOUTING FOR JOY; ONE
CROWD MOURNING OF SADNESS, AND
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ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CACOPHONY
OF SOUND COMES TOGETHER.
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JESUS STOPS ALL THE NOISE !
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THOSE SAME HANDS GO
OVER AND SAY, LADY, LET ME
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TAKE CARE OF THIS.
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AND HE TOUCHES THAT DEAD BOY.
00:19:31.70\00:19:33.90
AND HE GETS UP.
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SO NOW THE TWO CROWDS ARE
MAKING THE SAME NOISE BECAUSE
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THE FUNERAL HAS BEEN TURNED
INTO A SHOUTING BRIGADE AND
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THEY ALL SING THE
PRAISES OF JESUS TOGETHER.
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THOSE HANDS, THOSE
HANDS, THEY STRETCH NOW.
00:19:47.36\00:19:51.23
THERE'S EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE
THAT THE ROMANS HAD PHYSICIANS
00:19:51.23\00:19:54.03
TO FIND THE PLACE, IT WAS NOT,
ACCORDING THE AMERICAN MEDICAL
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ASSOCIATION, IN THE PALM.
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I REALLY, I
DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
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IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHERE THEY PUT THE NAIL, IT
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JUST MATTERS THAT HE DIED.
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THEY SAY IT WAS HERE--THEY
SAY THAT THE PHYSICIANS
00:20:09.70\00:20:13.06
FROM THE ROMANS WOULD
FIND THE EXACT PLACE WHERE
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THE MEDIAN NERVE WAS.
00:20:18.10\00:20:23.43
THE MEDIAN NERVE, WHEN TOUCHED
AND TRAUMATIZED, RADIATES
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A BURNING SENSATION UP
THE ARM AND INTO THE CHEST.
00:20:30.03\00:20:37.13
AND THEY PUT IT THERE, A FIVE
TO SEVEN INCH SQUARE CUT SPIKE.
00:20:37.13\00:20:44.06
AND THEY BEAT IT
NEXT TO THE MEDIAN NERVE.
00:20:44.06\00:20:46.96
IF IT SEVERS THE MEDIAN NERVE,
THE HAND WILL BE FORCED INTO
00:20:46.96\00:20:50.50
PARALYSIS LIKE A CLAW.
00:20:50.50\00:20:53.40
SO IT COULD BE THAT THE
HAND OF JESUS, THAT MEDIAN NERVE
00:20:53.40\00:20:58.00
BEING SEVERED, WAS PARALYZED
INTO A CLAW LIKE PLACE.
00:20:58.00\00:21:03.13
BUT THEY STRETCHED THEM THERE.
00:21:03.13\00:21:04.76
THEN THEY TAKE HIS FEET AND
PUT THEM TOGETHER ON TOP OF EACH
00:21:04.76\00:21:07.96
OTHER AND POUND THE SPIKE THERE.
00:21:07.96\00:21:10.86
THEY GO TO A NERVE IN THE FEET
AND THEN THEY PULLED THAT THING
00:21:10.86\00:21:17.83
UP AND DROP HIM AND THERE HE IS.
00:21:17.83\00:21:21.40
THE DOCTORS SAY THAT HANGING ON
THAT CROSS, INSECTS WOULD FIND
00:21:21.40\00:21:25.76
THE PLACES IN THE BACK
THAT WERE CUT OPEN, AND BEGIN TO
00:21:25.76\00:21:30.83
BURROW INTO THE WOUNDS.
00:21:30.83\00:21:32.63
THEY WOULD GET AROUND HIS
EYES AND BURROW INTO HIS EYES.
00:21:32.63\00:21:36.80
HE COULD FEEL THE PAIN OF
INSECTS THAT HAD BEEN MADE BY
00:21:36.80\00:21:39.70
HIS OWN HAND BURROWING,
NOW, INTO HIS OWN FLESH, BUT HE
00:21:39.70\00:21:44.10
COULD NOT WIPE THEM AWAY.
00:21:44.10\00:21:46.73
IN FACT, EVEN WHEN THEY OFFERED
HIM AN ANALGESIC, WINE, AND
00:21:46.73\00:21:51.16
GAUL, HE PUT IT AWAY BECAUSE
HE KNEW THAT UNLESS HE DRANK
00:21:51.16\00:21:54.83
THE DREGS OF SUFFERING HE
COULD NOT SAVE WALTER PEARSON.
00:21:54.83\00:21:59.80
AND SO HE WOULD NOT
ACCEPT THE PAIN KILLER BECAUSE
00:21:59.80\00:22:04.33
HE HAD TO SAVE ME.
00:22:04.33\00:22:06.20
NOW, LET ME MOVE QUICKLY
BECAUSE HERE IS, I THINK,
00:22:06.20\00:22:09.90
THE WORST PART.
00:22:09.90\00:22:11.23
NOW MANY, MANY THINGS
SAID ABOUT HOW HE DIED.
00:22:11.23\00:22:15.93
BUT HERE'S WHAT I BELIEVE.
00:22:15.93\00:22:17.73
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED
WAS WHEN HE WAS HUNG ON THE
00:22:17.73\00:22:20.46
CROSS, LEGS TWISTED, WEIGHT
ON HIS HANDS, HIS DIAPHRAGM
00:22:20.46\00:22:28.63
IS PULLED UP, SO THE PROBLEM
WITH BREATHING IS THAT HE
00:22:28.63\00:22:34.10
CAN'T EXHALE EASILY.
00:22:34.10\00:22:36.93
SO HIS BREATHING IS SHALLOW.
00:22:36.93\00:22:40.03
(breathing sounds)
IN ORDER TO EXHALE, HE'S
00:22:40.03\00:22:46.60
GOT TO PUSH UP.
00:22:46.60\00:22:52.36
IN FACT, SOME PEOPLE
DIED ON THE CROSS BECAUSE THEY
00:22:52.36\00:22:55.23
COULD NEVER EXHALE.
00:22:55.23\00:22:58.20
SO THEY WERE ASPHYXIATED,
ASPHYXIATED BY NOT BEING
00:22:58.20\00:23:03.03
ABLE TO BREATHE.
00:23:03.03\00:23:05.16
AND IF JESUS SAID
ANYTHING FROM THE CROSS LIKE,
00:23:05.16\00:23:09.66
"FATHER, FORGIVE
THEM, (breathing sounds)
00:23:09.66\00:23:18.46
FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO."
00:23:18.46\00:23:26.06
EVEN WHEN HE CAME TO THE
VERY END, "INTO THY HANDS
00:23:26.06\00:23:40.06
I COMMEND MY SPIRIT."
00:23:40.06\00:23:44.80
AND AT THREE IN THE
AFTERNOON, ON AN UGLY FRIDAY,
00:23:44.80\00:23:49.93
HIS HEAD FELL.
00:23:49.93\00:23:52.40
AND THE ROMAN GUARDS
CAME TO BREAK HIS LEGS TO MAKE
00:23:52.40\00:23:54.86
SURE HE WAS DEAD,
THEY SAW THAT HE WAS GONE.
00:23:54.86\00:23:59.66
A SIX-FOOT SPEAR WAS
PLUNGED INTO HIS SIDE, WATER
00:23:59.66\00:24:03.86
AND BLOOD CAME OUT.
00:24:03.86\00:24:06.03
AND HERE'S WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY:
IT WAS EITHER FROM HYPOVOLEMIC
00:24:06.03\00:24:11.10
SHOCK, WHICH MEANS YOU
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BLOOD.
00:24:11.10\00:24:14.33
BLOOD !
00:24:14.33\00:24:16.06
IT'S TOO LOW, AND YOUR
HEART STRUGGLES TO FIND
00:24:16.06\00:24:20.33
ENOUGH BLOOD TO PUMP.
00:24:20.33\00:24:23.20
OR IT'S SOME STRANGE ARRHYTHMIA
THAT IS THE HEART'S REACTION
00:24:23.20\00:24:29.30
TRYING TO SAVE YOU.
00:24:29.30\00:24:31.03
SO IT'S EITHER THAT HE HAS
HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK OR EXHAUSTION
00:24:31.03\00:24:34.83
ASPHYXIA, BUT THE BLOOD AND
THE WATER SAY THAT IT COULD HAVE
00:24:34.83\00:24:40.10
BEEN SOME INTERVENING INSTANT
EVENT THAT CAUSED HIM TO DIE IN
00:24:40.10\00:24:45.56
THREE TO SIX HOURS INSTEAD
OF THE DAYS THAT HE COULD HAVE
00:24:45.56\00:24:48.90
STAYED THERE BECAUSE THE JEWISH
LEADERS WANTED TO TAKE HIM DOWN
00:24:48.90\00:24:51.90
BEFORE THE SABBATH CAME, SO SOME
PHYSICIANS SAY THAT IT MAY HAVE
00:24:51.90\00:24:55.86
BEEN A RUPTURE OF THE HEART.
00:24:55.86\00:25:01.43
A HEART RUPTURE THAT WOULD
HAVE ALLOWED PLURAL FLUID FROM
00:25:01.43\00:25:05.66
THE LUNGS TO SEEP INTO THE
PERICARDIAL SAC OR THAT THE
00:25:05.66\00:25:09.76
HEART ITSELF PRODUCED
WATER BECAUSE OF ITS TRAUMA AND
00:25:09.76\00:25:13.76
WHEN THAT SPEAR WENT
IN, BLOOD AND WATER CAME OUT
00:25:13.76\00:25:17.06
SIGNIFYING THAT IT WAS
HIS HEART THAT BROKE FOR YOU.
00:25:17.06\00:25:33.36
IF I WERE GOD AND I SAW MY
DAUGHTER, MY FIRST BORN, IN AN
00:25:33.36\00:25:45.53
ELECTRIC CHAIR IN A GAS CHAMBER,
LYING ON A GURNEY WHERE YOU
00:25:45.53\00:25:51.30
WOULD PUT INTO HER VEINS
SOME POISON THAT WOULD KILL HER,
00:25:51.30\00:25:54.96
IF I HAD THE POWER TO SAVE
HER, EVEN IF YOU WOULD DIE, MY
00:25:54.96\00:25:59.56
DAUGHTER WOULD GET UP,
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I LOVE HER.
00:25:59.56\00:26:06.06
IF MY SON WERE ABOUT TO BE
EXECUTED, EVEN IF YOU WERE TO
00:26:06.06\00:26:09.46
DYE, MY SON WOULD BE
SAVED BECAUSE THAT'S MY SON.
00:26:09.46\00:26:15.70
BUT GOD LOVED YOU SO MUCH THAT
GOD AND ALL THE HOLY ANGELS PUT
00:26:15.70\00:26:24.40
ON DARKNESS LIKE OVERCOATS,
GATHERED DARKNESS TO THEM
00:26:24.40\00:26:31.10
AND MET DOWN AT THE CROSS.
00:26:31.10\00:26:36.43
SO GOD, THE FATHER, AND ALL THE
HOLY ANGELS DRESSED IN DARKNESS
00:26:36.43\00:26:41.53
CAME NOT TO TAKE JESUS DOWN.
00:26:41.53\00:26:44.23
HE HAD TO DIE IN MY PLACE !
00:26:44.23\00:26:48.03
SO GOD DIDN'T COME TO SNATCH HIM
FROM THE CROSS, HE JUST CAME TO
00:26:48.03\00:26:51.46
STAND WITH HIM AS HE DIED IN
MY PLACE, BECAUSE IT WAS GOD'S
00:26:51.46\00:26:57.00
INTENT, ALSO, THAT I DIE.
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Announcer: THANKS FOR WATCHING.
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JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR
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