In my moments of fear
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Through every pain every tear
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There's a God
who's been faithful to me
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When my strength was all gone
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When my heart had no song
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Still in love He's
proved faithful to me
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Every word He's promised is true
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What I thought was impossible
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I've seen my God do
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He's been faithful
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He's been so faithful to me
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Looking back His
love and mercy I see
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Though in my
heart I have questioned
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Even failed to believe
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He's been
faithful, faithful to me
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When my heart looked away
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There were many
times I could not pray
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Still my God He
was faithful to me
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My days were spent so selfishly
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Reaching out for what pleased me
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Even then God was faithful to me
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Every time when
I come back to Him
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He is waiting with open arms
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And I see once again
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That He's been so faithful
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He's been so faithful to me
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Looking back His
love and mercy I see
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Though in my
heart I have questioned
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Even failed to believe
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Yet He's been faithful, faithful
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Though in my
heart I have questioned
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Even failed to believe
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Yet He's been faithful, faithful
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And in my heart
I have questioned
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Even failed to believe
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Yet He's been faithful
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So faithful to me
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I trusted faithful
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Faithful to me
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Lord, the people praise You
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Lord, the people praise You
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Lift you up and raise You
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Lift you up and raise You
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You're the only One
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You're the only One
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Lord, the people love You
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Lord, the people love You
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Place nobody above You
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Place nobody above You
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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Bless Your name Lord Jesus
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Bless Your name Lord Jesus
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The only name that frees us
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The only name that frees us
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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We will praise You
right here right now
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We will praise You
right here right now
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Lest the hills and rocks cry out
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Lest the hills and rocks cry out
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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All the glory is due You
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All the glory is due You
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You're the One,
you're the only One
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You're the One,
you're the only One
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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All the glory is due You
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All the glory is due You
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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Say Holy, holy, holy
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Holy, holy, holy
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You all are not worthy
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You all are not worthy
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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Say, Holy, holy, holy
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Holy, holy, holy
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We think You're holy
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We think You're holy
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That You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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If we had ten thousand hands
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If we had ten thousand hands
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We would bless
You as You command
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We would bless
You as You command
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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If we had ten thousand tongues
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If we had ten thousand tongues
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We would bless
You with ev'ry one
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We would bless
You with ev'ry one
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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All the glory is due You
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All the glory is due You
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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Say Halle, halle, hallelu
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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All the glory is due You
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All the glory is due You
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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Say Halle, halle, hallelu
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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Say Halle, halle, hallelu
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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Halle, halle, hallelu
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All the glory is due You
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All the glory is due You
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You are the Holy One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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You're the One,
You're the only One
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We sing glory to Your name.
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You are the God
who has given us life.
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You are the God who died
for us to give us life eternal.
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And Father, in these
moments as we open Your word,
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we pray that You would transform
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whatever we hear into an
experience that we can move.
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Lord, that our testimony
and let our praise not be one
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that is full with
self gratification.
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Well, let it be one
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that will bring glory
and honor to Your name.
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Lord, we need You
in this hour of prayer.
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Lord, we need You on
this Your holy Sabbath day
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for without You we are nothing.
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And Lord, we pray that
You'll speak to our hearts,
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move through here
with Your Holy Spirit,
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transform this message into one
that will transform our lives.
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We pray these
things in Your name
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and let everyone say, amen.
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Amen.
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Happy Sabbath, everyone.
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Happy Sabbath.
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As we are looking at
these-- time of the passion.
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I want to bring
your attention to
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the text of
scripture that is found in Luke
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that was read for
our text this morning.
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Luke Chapter 23
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and I just want
to touch on verse 24.
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"So Pilate gave sentence
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that it should be
as they requested."
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Pilate gave sentence so that
it should be as they requested.
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In his book "Letters from Jesus"
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written on the
hearts of his people.
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Jim Montgomery
penned this vivid portrayal
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of the release of Barabbas.
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"He was notorious indeed.
A Roman cross awaited him.
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The nails lay
ready. The whip was coiled.
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Barabbas was a dead man.
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At dawn, the Roman guard came
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and wordlessly led
Barabbas from his cell.
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He felt little fear.
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So full of hatred and rebellion,
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he had little room
left for any other emotions.
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Suddenly, Barabbas
was thrust before the mob.
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They screamed his
name, 'Barabbas! Barabbas!'
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His chains were
removed and cast aside.
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A Roman soldier shoved him into
the courtyard into the street.
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And they left him there.
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He was free and unchained.
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Barabbas was alive."
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How can this be?
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How can a man who is accused
of murder and sedition be free?
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Pilate was a man that
had found Jesus innocent.
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No fault, warned by his wife
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the Bible tells
us in Matthew 27:19,
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not to touch the just Man.
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He was impressed
with His character.
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He was willing
to release the man,
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however he changed his course
and delivered Jesus to die.
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Why?
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What on earth would compel
a leader to do such a thing?
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Title of my message
is "Casting Your Vote."
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Casting Your Vote.
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We want Barabbas.
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What was the difference
between Jesus and Barabbas?
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You know, you can,
you can just alarmingly
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I can tell you
what Barabbas was like.
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I can just tell you that, I
can put Jesus against anyone.
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And only an insane,
crazy, deranged person
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that has been dropped
on his head a few times
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would choose
someone other than Jesus.
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Why did they choose
the sinner over the Satan?
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Why on earth would you do it?
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Who was Barabbas?
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Well, he was a
well known criminal.
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He was guilty of
sedition and murder.
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He was a thief and who is Jesus?
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Why did the Jewish
nation choose Jesus--
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I mean, choose
Barabbas instead of Jesus?
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That is a pondering question
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and it's a question
that you can ask today,
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because there are some
votes for Barabbas here today.
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The Bible says in
Luke 23:18, it says that,
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"And they all
cried at once, saying,
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'Away with this Man, and
release to us Barabbas.'"
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Away with him. Pilate
had given them a choice.
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He said, listen, cast your vote.
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Vote your conscience.
Vote your conscience.
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You know, we are
in an election year.
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Now, there's people that
are saying what they will do,
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but you know that's interesting
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'cause they're running
back when I was in high school
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and individuals
would run for classrooms.
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They made great promises.
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Oh, we will make
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a soda machine
in every classroom.
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We will, we will
have no more detention
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and you will have
recess all day long.
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And people go, "Vote
them in. Vote them in."
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And when they got into
office they forgot everything.
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Here is today that now you
can buy a vote and it's okay.
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Everybody is buying a vote.
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But here now Pilate
is telling the crowd,
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listen, I'm gonna leave this.
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I want you to cast a vote.
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Now you have to understand
that, wait, wait, wait, wait,
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when Pilate was making
this offer to the people,
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he knew that the
people would choose Jesus
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because they are
religious people.
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They would choose-- I
mean, no one, I mean listen,
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this guy is saying
that He has healed the sick,
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He has raised the dead,
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He has done all, He
has done everything.
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He has preached the world,
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people have come
to Him, they love Him,
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the people know He's
done all these things.
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There's no way they
would choose a terrorist.
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That's just crazy.
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So Jesus so--
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Now, Pilate puts Him before and
says listen, listen all right,
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choose who you want to be free.
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However the one thing
that Pilate had not expected.
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Now these were the leaders.
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These were the ones
that were, that had the,
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the-- on their
head and on the wrist
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they have scriptures in it.
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These are the ones that
are going to church on Sabbath,
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wouldn't miss it.
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Matter of fact if
they got you on the road
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and you were stuck in the ditch,
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you would just stuck.
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They were the holy of the holy.
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They were the, they
were the vegan of vegans.
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The vegans were admiring them.
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They didn't press the--
00:19:18.98\00:19:20.24
Their clothes were
always pressed and tight.
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They're always ready to,
00:19:22.27\00:19:23.39
they're fully
prepared on Thursday night
00:19:23.42\00:19:26.20
so they didn't want to
prepare on the preparation day,
00:19:26.23\00:19:29.00
they were ready.
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Everything was--
they were cleaning,
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they were sitting
near mirror and they would
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fix their eyebrows
and everything was clean.
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And as they walked past
00:19:35.08\00:19:36.11
the sinner who'd
ask them for money,
00:19:36.14\00:19:37.32
they would all
together start screaming,
00:19:37.35\00:19:38.96
they didn't want to vote.
00:19:38.99\00:19:40.02
These were the
religious leaders.
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They drove the nice cars but
they talk about being humble.
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These were the
individual who had nice homes
00:19:51.78\00:19:54.32
but talk about the poor
00:19:54.35\00:19:56.25
didn't we take
care of them but not us,
00:19:56.28\00:19:59.15
someone else will do it.
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And religious leaders here,
00:20:00.88\00:20:02.62
these were the
spiritual leaders,
00:20:02.65\00:20:04.21
Pilate knew he was, he
said this isn't done yet,
00:20:04.24\00:20:06.71
this is a hit, I'm gonna
knock this out of the park.
00:20:06.74\00:20:09.08
I'll be at dinner with my wife.
00:20:09.11\00:20:12.41
This is no problem.
00:20:12.44\00:20:13.63
They want to choose Jesus.
00:20:13.66\00:20:14.98
Now let's go ahead and
prepare Jesus to leave.
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Let's give Him a
robe, let's give Him a--
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That's the way we need to
do, prepare him to leave here
00:20:19.51\00:20:22.47
and there will not
be an execution day
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except for the other guys.
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Listen, Jesus is gonna
be free so Pilate thought.
00:20:25.49\00:20:30.23
As he looked over
the people and he said,
00:20:32.88\00:20:36.05
who you cast your vote for?
00:20:36.08\00:20:38.31
I'm pretty sure
he would back him,
00:20:38.34\00:20:40.61
he said this is
gonna be easy thing.
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Just sat down.
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All right, what's the next?
00:20:46.35\00:20:47.55
Barabbas. What?
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Did I hear you right?
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You want who?
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We want Barabbas.
00:21:01.80\00:21:04.43
See, what Pilate
did not understand
00:21:04.46\00:21:06.36
is that the people were not
looking for a spiritual leader.
00:21:06.39\00:21:11.59
They were looking for someone
00:21:11.62\00:21:13.18
that will look
like a spiritual leader.
00:21:13.21\00:21:16.47
So they chose Jesus Barabbas.
00:21:16.50\00:21:22.92
It's a good study
to read about his name.
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It was almost as though that
people were choosing a Jesus
00:21:26.32\00:21:29.33
but on their own terms.
00:21:29.36\00:21:31.30
See, Barabbas was
the freedom fighter,
00:21:31.33\00:21:32.83
they were looking
for a freedom fighter.
00:21:32.86\00:21:34.62
They weren't looking for savior.
00:21:34.65\00:21:36.12
They were
looking for a politician,
00:21:36.15\00:21:37.95
not a religious person.
00:21:37.98\00:21:40.17
They wanted someone that can
give them the bread, the cheese
00:21:40.20\00:21:43.84
and the four acres and the mule.
00:21:43.87\00:21:47.62
They weren't
looking for a saint.
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See, we have some individuals
00:21:50.38\00:21:51.96
who are looking for
Barabbas and calling him Jesus.
00:21:51.99\00:21:56.45
We are looking for individuals
that love the truth things,
00:21:56.48\00:21:59.61
they love to play thing, they
love to put spice on wounded,
00:21:59.64\00:22:03.27
they love to put
with agitation and pain.
00:22:03.30\00:22:05.57
They loved that.
00:22:05.60\00:22:06.63
They say I want
Barabbas, I like Barabbas.
00:22:06.66\00:22:09.44
He is a freedom fighter.
00:22:09.47\00:22:10.50
Always willing to
do things unspiritual
00:22:10.53\00:22:12.78
and then throwing
it the spiritual name.
00:22:12.81\00:22:16.33
The people voted for those
00:22:16.36\00:22:18.55
that they're
holding common values with.
00:22:18.58\00:22:21.69
Do you know when it
says vote your conscience?
00:22:21.72\00:22:24.02
In other words whoever
marries you thoughtfully.
00:22:24.05\00:22:31.44
I want someone to be like me.
00:22:31.47\00:22:34.63
See, Barabbas was
a political Jesus.
00:22:34.66\00:22:38.34
He was a terrorist.
00:22:38.37\00:22:41.13
Bible says that in
Luke 23:22 it says, it says,
00:22:41.16\00:22:47.60
"And the whole
multitude of them arose,
00:22:47.63\00:22:49.44
and led him to Pilate.
00:22:49.47\00:22:51.56
And they began to
accuse him, saying,
00:22:51.59\00:22:53.96
we found this fellow
perverting the nation,
00:22:53.99\00:22:57.75
and forbidding to" do what?
00:22:57.78\00:23:00.81
Forbidding to pay taxes.
00:23:00.84\00:23:02.82
Are you serious?
00:23:02.85\00:23:05.44
You bring this man
00:23:05.47\00:23:06.54
and now you have to
understand the irony of this.
00:23:06.57\00:23:09.31
They bring Jesus to
the person they hate
00:23:09.34\00:23:13.23
and say, look, He is
subverting the government
00:23:13.26\00:23:16.40
and he doesn't
want to contribute
00:23:16.43\00:23:17.93
but they didn't either.
00:23:17.96\00:23:20.56
They didn't want to pay to Rome.
00:23:23.49\00:23:26.35
They didn't like Rome,
00:23:26.38\00:23:28.17
but yet when the
devil gets into something,
00:23:28.20\00:23:32.03
enemies like Herod and Pilate
will become best of friends.
00:23:32.06\00:23:36.85
The people
brought Jesus before them,
00:23:36.88\00:23:39.59
accusing Jesus of not
following what the law said
00:23:39.62\00:23:43.33
of the law of the land
00:23:43.36\00:23:44.61
and but they were ready to
ask for a criminal of the land.
00:23:44.64\00:23:49.42
Jesus being charged
with not paying taxes
00:23:52.05\00:23:55.68
and perverting the government.
00:23:55.71\00:23:56.74
Look what it says
in Proverbs Chapter 6.
00:23:56.77\00:23:59.76
Very interesting what it
says in Proverbs Chapter 6.
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You will progress
with me with this.
00:24:03.46\00:24:05.50
The Bible says that
there are six things
00:24:05.53\00:24:07.11
that God, he hates that.
00:24:07.14\00:24:08.73
I like the sentence.
Yeah, I did forget one.
00:24:08.76\00:24:11.06
I think, you know, just
gets you think it was Satan.
00:24:11.09\00:24:13.57
It says there are six
things that I hate in verse--
00:24:13.60\00:24:16.84
excuse me in verse, in verse 16.
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Verse 16, starts with 16,
00:24:20.79\00:24:22.17
"There are six
things the Lord hate:
00:24:22.20\00:24:23.26
yea, seven are an
abomination to Him.
00:24:23.29\00:24:24.85
A proud look, a lying
tongue," wait a minute.
00:24:24.88\00:24:29.85
He's already getting
along to among the Pharisees.
00:24:29.88\00:24:33.80
He goes on to say that
he says "hands that" what?
00:24:33.83\00:24:38.60
"Hands that are ready
to shed innocent blood."
00:24:38.63\00:24:42.42
There are six things
that God hates, yea, seven.
00:24:42.45\00:24:45.48
It goes on to say "A heart
that deviseth wicked plans,
00:24:45.51\00:24:51.38
feet that are
swift in running to evil,
00:24:51.41\00:24:54.55
a false witness who speaks lies,
00:24:54.58\00:24:57.60
and one who sows
discord among brethren."
00:24:57.63\00:25:01.20
He was a terrorist and
they want the terrorist
00:25:01.23\00:25:03.53
because they were terrorists.
00:25:03.56\00:25:07.47
This-- it says one who sows
discords among the brethren.
00:25:07.50\00:25:13.98
It was interesting and
I don't know about this
00:25:14.01\00:25:15.48
when I was growing up my
dad had us work in the yard.
00:25:15.51\00:25:18.15
And I've told some of
you guys the story before.
00:25:18.18\00:25:20.61
I hated working in the yard.
00:25:20.64\00:25:22.09
My Sunday was dumped.
00:25:22.12\00:25:24.18
Six o'clock in the morning,
yard about full of weeds,
00:25:24.21\00:25:28.92
my friends
riding the bikes, hey.
00:25:28.95\00:25:33.33
Want to chase them, want
to hold them, just get them.
00:25:33.36\00:25:37.40
Every Sunday
morning you have to--
00:25:37.43\00:25:38.74
we'd be pulling out leaves
00:25:38.77\00:25:41.22
there was a time
in which there was,
00:25:41.25\00:25:43.22
I don't know if you
know about tenderloins.
00:25:43.25\00:25:45.22
The roots way big,
00:25:50.69\00:25:54.59
you're taken for
days because of roots.
00:25:54.62\00:25:58.56
You come down the
roots come back then.
00:25:58.59\00:26:02.47
That's what it means ones that
00:26:02.50\00:26:04.39
those are quick
to cause discourse.
00:26:04.42\00:26:07.74
You come down, you
think you got rid of them
00:26:07.77\00:26:09.43
and they just pop right up.
00:26:09.46\00:26:10.49
And you know,
before the day is even over
00:26:10.52\00:26:12.27
and you cut the
grass, there you are again.
00:26:12.30\00:26:15.54
This individual leads,
00:26:17.55\00:26:18.69
these individuals
were planning to kill Jesus
00:26:18.72\00:26:21.22
and they wanted
to plan discourse.
00:26:21.25\00:26:24.50
Barabbas was a murderer.
00:26:24.53\00:26:27.69
However look at
John, look at John 11.
00:26:27.72\00:26:32.44
John 11 the Bible says
something very interesting.
00:26:32.47\00:26:35.73
You are familiar with the story,
00:26:35.76\00:26:36.97
the story when Jesus
raised Lazarus from the grave.
00:26:37.00\00:26:40.57
And John 11:14,
00:26:43.60\00:26:48.72
this is after Lazarus
is raised from the dead.
00:26:48.75\00:26:52.03
So I'm gonna read
verse 48 the Bible says that
00:26:52.06\00:26:56.21
"If we let Him alone like this,"
00:26:56.24\00:26:58.30
in other words he is
saying, listen, listen,
00:26:58.33\00:26:59.66
he is saying that listen,
00:26:59.69\00:27:00.79
Jesus just raised
up a man from the dead.
00:27:00.82\00:27:03.21
That's impossible.
00:27:03.24\00:27:05.40
He just raised a
man from the dead.
00:27:05.43\00:27:06.72
They said that if we
let this man alone like this
00:27:06.75\00:27:09.22
"everyone will believe in Him,
00:27:09.25\00:27:11.21
and the Romans
will come and take away
00:27:11.24\00:27:13.95
both our place and" what?
00:27:13.98\00:27:15.97
"Nation."
00:27:16.00\00:27:18.05
Now delivering Romans
and the Romans and they say,
00:27:18.08\00:27:20.04
listen we can't
let this man continue
00:27:20.07\00:27:21.65
going what He is doing.
00:27:21.68\00:27:22.71
We got to get rid of him so
00:27:22.74\00:27:23.79
and he goes on to say
in verse 49 says that,
00:27:23.82\00:27:28.08
"And one of them, Caiaphas
00:27:28.11\00:27:29.64
being high priest
that year, said to them,
00:27:29.67\00:27:31.91
'You know nothing at all,
00:27:31.94\00:27:33.67
nor do you consider
that it is expedient for us
00:27:33.70\00:27:36.21
that one man
should die for the people,
00:27:36.24\00:27:41.06
not that the whole
nation should perish.'"
00:27:41.09\00:27:45.03
The court the planning of
the court discourse started
00:27:45.06\00:27:49.21
when Jesus started doing it.
00:27:49.24\00:27:52.95
How ironic it is in the church
00:27:52.98\00:27:56.17
when someone starts to do good.
00:27:56.20\00:27:58.21
What happens?
Oh, well, you know,
00:27:58.24\00:27:59.86
they didn't follow
the right protocol.
00:27:59.89\00:28:01.69
Oh, well, you like the trips.
00:28:06.39\00:28:10.29
"There are six
things that God hates,
00:28:14.09\00:28:15.51
yes, seven are an
abomination to Him."
00:28:15.54\00:28:18.52
And number seven
is planning discourse.
00:28:18.55\00:28:22.12
Oh, well, they
want to do that, no.
00:28:22.15\00:28:25.32
I wanted it probably.
00:28:25.35\00:28:26.83
Thinking my mom
wasn't going home.
00:28:26.86\00:28:28.41
Barabbas was a
thief, the Bible says that
00:28:33.92\00:28:38.34
when Jesus came into the
temple He turned over the table
00:28:38.37\00:28:42.99
and said that you've turned
00:28:43.02\00:28:45.40
my Father's home
into a den of thieves.
00:28:45.43\00:28:47.13
In other words what
Jesus was telling them
00:28:47.16\00:28:49.91
is that you are
gonna watch something
00:28:49.94\00:28:54.43
that you should not really have.
00:28:54.46\00:28:57.73
See you want Barabbas
but you really need Jesus.
00:28:57.76\00:29:01.68
But your heart is already
saying that we want Barabbas.
00:29:01.71\00:29:05.89
No matter what our
outward appearance seems,
00:29:05.92\00:29:08.61
we want Barabbas,
00:29:08.64\00:29:10.39
we want the
terrorist, we want the bad one.
00:29:10.42\00:29:14.21
The guys goes to
college, gets a degree,
00:29:14.24\00:29:17.12
graduates, gets a good
job, got nice little apartment,
00:29:17.15\00:29:21.74
house, a car
wherever case maybe,
00:29:21.77\00:29:23.98
doing very well, leads the one.
00:29:24.01\00:29:25.72
Guys wearing
pants way down here,
00:29:25.75\00:29:27.22
something stuck in
his nose, a--on his back,
00:29:27.25\00:29:29.61
some, you know,
hat turned to the side
00:29:29.64\00:29:31.27
didn't go to day school, one,
00:29:31.30\00:29:32.63
and all of a
sudden, you think, what?
00:29:32.66\00:29:34.01
I can help him.
00:29:45.14\00:29:46.68
Bringing home and
parents don't say anything.
00:29:51.92\00:29:56.40
He's got nice eyes.
Get out of my house.
00:29:56.43\00:30:01.21
The people wanted the bad
boy, they didn't want Jesus.
00:30:04.07\00:30:08.07
They wanted someone
that they can identify with,
00:30:08.10\00:30:09.93
someone that they may
have said, you know what?
00:30:09.96\00:30:13.05
If I wasn't a religious
person I would have done that.
00:30:13.08\00:30:16.02
So let me just vote
for the one that I want.
00:30:16.05\00:30:19.82
You know, sometime religion
carries through to our children
00:30:19.85\00:30:22.01
and things that we couldn't do.
00:30:22.04\00:30:24.77
That just scares me because our
kids don't want to be with us.
00:30:24.80\00:30:29.55
None of my children tell
me they want to be a pastor,
00:30:29.58\00:30:31.12
and I don't tell
them that they shouldn't.
00:30:31.15\00:30:33.08
It's a principle, principle.
00:30:33.11\00:30:35.77
You go if the
Lord called you to do.
00:30:35.80\00:30:37.90
Now Bible says, they
don't want to be like that,
00:30:37.93\00:30:39.69
praise the Lord.
00:30:39.72\00:30:40.90
Praise the Lord.
00:30:40.93\00:30:41.96
Now let me say what
people will do to you.
00:30:41.99\00:30:43.38
They will love you but they'll--
00:30:47.37\00:30:49.35
The reality of this
the people want someone
00:30:52.39\00:30:55.91
and they vote for
someone, they can identify with.
00:30:55.94\00:31:00.81
Someone that has
the same tricks as them,
00:31:00.84\00:31:04.39
the same murderer,
00:31:04.42\00:31:06.75
the same thing that I want
to return the faithful tithe
00:31:06.78\00:31:08.92
to the church maybe you won't.
00:31:08.95\00:31:10.22
I'm against the kingdo
of God, a spiritual text.
00:31:13.19\00:31:20.16
Everything the leaders wanted
Jesus could have given to them
00:31:20.19\00:31:23.95
but they didn't want Him.
00:31:23.98\00:31:25.79
The interesting thing is
that the people wanted power.
00:31:25.82\00:31:27.80
The Bible says
in Acts it says that
00:31:27.83\00:31:29.31
and you shall receive power.
00:31:29.34\00:31:33.19
We desire things
that God wants to give us
00:31:33.22\00:31:38.50
but He can't trust us yet.
00:31:38.53\00:31:42.45
They wanted robes, he says,
00:31:42.48\00:31:43.58
"In my Father's
house are many mansions"
00:31:43.61\00:31:45.96
but I want it now,
you don't want it now.
00:31:45.99\00:31:48.55
Yes, I want it now. Why?
00:31:48.58\00:31:51.25
They didn't want it now.
00:31:51.28\00:31:54.11
He was trying to give them life,
00:31:54.14\00:31:55.17
they didn't want life.
00:31:55.20\00:31:56.23
Nobody wants to die.
00:31:56.26\00:31:57.87
But they don't
want life through Him.
00:31:57.90\00:31:59.01
The Bible clearly says that
if you have, when you have--
00:31:59.04\00:32:02.01
somebody have life you
have it more abundantly.
00:32:02.04\00:32:04.61
They don't want it.
00:32:04.64\00:32:05.67
So the interesting thing is
that people want those things
00:32:05.70\00:32:08.57
but they don't want
how it looks right now.
00:32:08.60\00:32:12.88
Nobody in their
right mind wants to die.
00:32:12.91\00:32:15.12
Barabbas didn't want to
die but he didn't care so much.
00:32:15.15\00:32:20.42
There were
sleeping the Bible says,
00:32:20.45\00:32:21.78
that when the
Son of Man is coming
00:32:21.81\00:32:23.07
to set you're free indeed.
00:32:23.10\00:32:25.26
They didn't want
that. They didn't want--
00:32:25.29\00:32:26.76
they wanted freedom
from Rome's hand claw
00:32:26.79\00:32:31.70
when really their
bondage was in themselves.
00:32:31.73\00:32:39.19
Well, who did you
cast your vote for?
00:32:39.22\00:32:42.05
You know, many
people will choose
00:32:42.08\00:32:45.16
who they want
and will justify it.
00:32:45.19\00:32:51.04
Why do you want Barabbas?
00:32:51.07\00:32:53.80
Because he has caused
problems in the Roman government
00:32:53.83\00:33:00.05
and Rome said, we don't have
any problem with it, Pilate.
00:33:00.08\00:33:07.31
What as far as
problems can be religious
00:33:07.34\00:33:10.10
or the Jewish
government Herod said,
00:33:10.13\00:33:13.35
I don't find any
fault in him either.
00:33:13.38\00:33:17.48
So why did they
want to kill Him?
00:33:17.51\00:33:20.07
We don't like Him.
He has taken our role.
00:33:20.10\00:33:24.16
Pilate offered people a choice
00:33:28.03\00:33:29.57
between a self
styled political savior
00:33:29.60\00:33:31.95
who promised
salvation from tyranny of Rome
00:33:31.98\00:33:35.03
yet the Savior of the world
00:33:35.06\00:33:37.95
who would save men from
his sin they did not want Him.
00:33:37.98\00:33:41.97
Their preference for the mission
00:33:42.00\00:33:43.24
to the leadership of Barabbas
00:33:43.27\00:33:45.41
rather than the
leadership of Christ.
00:33:45.44\00:33:51.02
But you know something.
00:33:51.05\00:33:53.20
Even though Barabbas was free--
00:33:53.23\00:33:59.44
you know there's consequences
to every action that we do.
00:33:59.47\00:34:04.61
There is a consequence
00:34:04.64\00:34:06.09
because see
Barabbas was not the only one
00:34:06.12\00:34:08.48
that was to die that day.
00:34:08.51\00:34:10.87
Barabbas had an
influence over some individuals
00:34:10.90\00:34:15.82
and they were also want to die.
00:34:15.85\00:34:18.92
And one young man in particular
00:34:18.95\00:34:21.24
as he was presenting and
concentrating his own faith
00:34:21.27\00:34:24.98
probably had a light bulb
go off in his head realize that
00:34:25.01\00:34:29.43
I'm going to die.
00:34:29.46\00:34:31.66
The Bible says very
clearly that back to Luke 23...
00:34:31.69\00:34:35.55
that Jesus was beaten and now
He was taken to a cross to die.
00:34:41.47\00:34:48.83
The people said crucify Him
00:34:48.86\00:34:51.25
and Pilate
followed their wishes.
00:34:51.28\00:34:57.11
When He was take the Bible
says in verse 39 of Luke 23,
00:34:57.14\00:35:04.47
"Then one of the criminals
was hanged blasphemed Him,
00:35:04.50\00:35:09.63
saying, 'If You are the
Christ, save Yourself and us.'"
00:35:09.66\00:35:16.51
Here it was that
Jesus was on the cross,
00:35:16.54\00:35:20.94
the two men that
religiously followed Barabbas
00:35:20.97\00:35:24.00
were also on the cross.
00:35:24.03\00:35:25.72
Now look at
this, you can see this.
00:35:25.75\00:35:27.61
Both of them had a choice,
00:35:27.64\00:35:30.31
both of them
chose to follow Barabbas
00:35:30.34\00:35:32.12
and end up now about to die.
00:35:32.15\00:35:34.55
But one of them was
still asking for salvation
00:35:34.58\00:35:41.42
and so was the other one.
00:35:41.45\00:35:43.78
But look how both of them ask.
00:35:43.81\00:35:47.00
Save yourself, in
other words you are not God.
00:35:47.03\00:35:51.47
You are not
whom you claim to be,
00:35:51.50\00:35:53.96
because you are
supposed to come and die for us
00:35:53.99\00:35:56.90
but no, no, no,
no, save yourself
00:35:56.93\00:35:59.01
and by the way
don't forget about us.
00:35:59.04\00:36:02.84
That's what--blasphemy he
says, you don't believe Him.
00:36:02.87\00:36:06.23
You want salvation
00:36:06.26\00:36:08.02
but you don't want
necessarily him to die for you.
00:36:08.05\00:36:11.35
You want to get off the cross
and ask as he should have said,
00:36:11.38\00:36:14.07
hey, get me down of this
cross I don't want to die.
00:36:14.10\00:36:18.95
The Bible goes when it say that
00:36:18.98\00:36:21.42
"But the other answered
and rebuked him, saying,
00:36:21.45\00:36:24.63
'Do you not even fear God,
00:36:24.66\00:36:28.24
seeing you are under
the same condemnation?
00:36:28.27\00:36:33.79
And we indeed justly,
00:36:33.82\00:36:37.11
for we receive the
due reward of our deeds."
00:36:37.14\00:36:44.34
Two guys, the guy who
has gotten them into problem
00:36:44.37\00:36:47.93
is walking down the street,
00:36:47.96\00:36:50.67
see that's what the devil does.
00:36:50.70\00:36:54.45
Take you out for dinner,
00:36:54.48\00:36:59.06
will drive you home, he
won't get out of the car
00:36:59.09\00:37:03.58
and open door and
walk into the porch.
00:37:03.61\00:37:06.23
He will leave you ashore.
00:37:06.26\00:37:08.98
Now the sidewalk the guy
does that leave him ashore.
00:37:09.01\00:37:14.57
But he will leave you ashore,
00:37:14.60\00:37:15.63
the devil will always
puts you on other thing
00:37:15.66\00:37:18.44
and right when
you think that oh,
00:37:18.47\00:37:20.11
this is great, the devil
will step into the darkness
00:37:20.14\00:37:23.24
and walk way.
00:37:23.27\00:37:24.48
And you'll be left there saying,
00:37:24.51\00:37:26.08
oh, I didn't know I
was-- What happened?
00:37:26.11\00:37:27.50
The devil is gone and you are
sitting there holding the bag.
00:37:27.53\00:37:30.72
Barabbas is down
the street. Peace.
00:37:30.75\00:37:33.44
And these guys are
hanging on the cross
00:37:38.74\00:37:40.26
and Jesus is there
and one of them said,
00:37:40.29\00:37:42.13
listen, help us, save
me, save yourself, save me.
00:37:42.16\00:37:45.84
I don't care, get
me now off the cross.
00:37:45.87\00:37:47.68
And Jesus doesn't say a word.
00:37:47.71\00:37:49.67
The other one said listen
man, we did this to ourselves.
00:37:49.70\00:37:55.11
We wanted to be
who we wanted to be.
00:37:55.14\00:38:00.61
We wanted to do
what we wanted to do.
00:38:00.64\00:38:03.82
We accepted the
false christ of Barabbas.
00:38:03.85\00:38:07.03
We did that.
00:38:07.06\00:38:08.74
He didn't put us
on the cross, we did.
00:38:08.77\00:38:12.34
I'm pretty sure
this young man was one
00:38:12.37\00:38:16.09
that was familiar
with who Jesus was.
00:38:16.12\00:38:19.08
I'm very sure that he watching
this fleet of multitudes
00:38:19.11\00:38:21.97
and he probably even went
to there picking people pockets
00:38:22.00\00:38:26.08
as he was
feeding the multitudes.
00:38:26.11\00:38:28.02
I can imagine that
this is the same young man
00:38:28.05\00:38:30.04
that would come to
church every Sabbath.
00:38:30.07\00:38:32.58
I can see him
coming home every night.
00:38:32.61\00:38:34.28
I can see him-- he is probably,
00:38:34.31\00:38:36.34
he was from a Jewish home
so he understood certain thing.
00:38:36.37\00:38:39.04
So I can see him doing that.
00:38:39.07\00:38:41.10
I can see he's enjoying himself.
00:38:41.13\00:38:44.63
But somehow this bad boy or
want to be bad boy in Matthews,
00:38:44.66\00:38:50.75
I think he probably had--
00:38:50.78\00:38:57.21
because we like
to shy from the Word.
00:38:57.24\00:39:01.35
Nothing like a word, just shy.
00:39:01.38\00:39:04.34
We do the stuff
that is over the top.
00:39:04.37\00:39:08.03
The loudest ones,
00:39:08.06\00:39:10.34
hardest dancers,
hardest drinkers.
00:39:10.37\00:39:14.02
We just do things over the top.
00:39:14.05\00:39:15.29
I can imagine him just
doing this over the top,
00:39:15.32\00:39:18.65
just trying to be, to fit
in and trying to dull the sound
00:39:18.68\00:39:22.86
of the Holy
Spirit speaking to him.
00:39:22.89\00:39:24.39
I can say, amen, I
don't want to hear that.
00:39:24.42\00:39:27.22
Imagine sitting in
church and working on,
00:39:27.25\00:39:30.00
you know, playing
on Facebook and games,
00:39:30.03\00:39:31.71
texting people, say,
what are we gonna do tonight?
00:39:31.74\00:39:33.58
I see all that, I can
see them walk in the halls.
00:39:33.61\00:39:36.45
Walk in the halls.
00:39:36.48\00:39:38.87
I can imagine it being
that type of young person.
00:39:38.90\00:39:42.91
Was there in the
presence of the Holy Spirit
00:39:42.94\00:39:44.64
but did not have
the spirit fall on him.
00:39:44.67\00:39:47.56
Just willing to be in
the presence but not change.
00:39:47.59\00:39:51.09
Fallen and
hooked up with Barabbas
00:39:51.12\00:39:52.72
and now he was being
on the cross about to die.
00:39:52.75\00:39:56.16
See that's what sin do, nothing.
00:39:56.19\00:40:02.31
When sin walks up with
you will be holding the bag.
00:40:02.34\00:40:10.20
As soon as the
long arm of the law
00:40:10.23\00:40:12.30
caught up with this young man
00:40:12.33\00:40:14.18
he was tried, he
was jailed and tried
00:40:14.21\00:40:16.90
and found guilty
and nailed to die.
00:40:16.93\00:40:21.45
I see this man on a
cross looking out where am I.
00:40:21.48\00:40:27.64
Figuring to himself how
on earth did I get here.
00:40:27.67\00:40:30.48
Have you ever found
yourself in that situation?
00:40:30.51\00:40:33.29
How on earth did I get there?
00:40:33.32\00:40:35.83
What that I do wrong?
00:40:35.86\00:40:38.47
Start tracing back in your
life the missteps that you took.
00:40:38.50\00:40:45.26
I follow that person and yeah,
00:40:45.29\00:40:47.80
I watch daddy, now I understand.
00:40:47.83\00:40:51.83
At that point, both
of them had a choice
00:40:51.86\00:40:54.84
but one chose to
look to the Savior
00:40:54.87\00:40:57.32
and say to the Savior
until the other thief said,
00:40:57.35\00:41:00.44
listen man, you're foolish man.
00:41:00.47\00:41:03.48
We made this mistake, He
is innocent we are guilty.
00:41:03.51\00:41:09.59
We are guilty we should die.
00:41:09.62\00:41:13.74
Verse 42 says this
"Then he said to Jesus,
00:41:17.35\00:41:25.23
'Lord, remember me when
You come into Your kingdom."
00:41:25.26\00:41:31.98
Lord, remember me when
You come into Your kingdom.
00:41:32.01\00:41:36.98
Lord, remember me.
00:41:37.01\00:41:39.85
He didn't say Lord,
remember what I did.
00:41:39.88\00:41:43.09
Lord, you know what gotten here.
00:41:43.12\00:41:44.87
Let me explain to
you how I ended up here.
00:41:44.90\00:41:48.54
The law is wrong,
they did me wrongly,
00:41:48.57\00:41:51.05
they treated me wrong.
00:41:51.08\00:41:56.78
They profiled me.
00:41:56.81\00:42:00.50
They trapped me
down. They had stained it.
00:42:00.53\00:42:03.45
He didn't do anything, he said,
Lord remember me, remember me.
00:42:03.48\00:42:10.19
I remember I saw the
people asking for Barabbas.
00:42:10.22\00:42:13.59
I don't know of
the rest, I want you.
00:42:13.62\00:42:15.99
There are these
two men about to die
00:42:16.02\00:42:18.33
and one is asking
for salvation from a man
00:42:18.36\00:42:21.64
who is about to die.
00:42:21.67\00:42:23.85
Lord, remember me.
Want you to remember of me.
00:42:23.88\00:42:28.86
All you have to
remember is my name
00:42:28.89\00:42:32.08
because when You
come in the clouds
00:42:32.11\00:42:34.73
all you have to
do is call my name.
00:42:34.76\00:42:39.18
This young man didn't go
into the long dissertation
00:42:39.21\00:42:43.50
about salvation
and the steps forward
00:42:43.53\00:42:47.31
and what he would promise
if he got off this cross.
00:42:47.34\00:42:50.64
He didn't go for all of that.
00:42:50.67\00:42:51.70
He said simply Lord, remember me
00:42:51.73\00:42:56.58
when You come in Your kingdom.
00:42:56.61\00:42:59.03
The Bible says that
"And Jesus said to him,
00:42:59.06\00:43:02.28
'Assuredly, I say to you, today
00:43:02.31\00:43:08.49
when I come you
will be with Me."
00:43:08.52\00:43:13.26
Can you imagine that?
00:43:13.29\00:43:15.33
Jesus telling a man
who is dying on the cross,
00:43:15.36\00:43:17.81
who has no hope,
there is no hope.
00:43:17.84\00:43:19.29
He is not
getting off that cross.
00:43:19.32\00:43:20.57
There is no pardon,
no general or no governor
00:43:20.60\00:43:23.63
or no anyone is gonna
save him off that cross.
00:43:23.66\00:43:26.11
He knows that
he is going to die.
00:43:26.14\00:43:27.84
He knows that it's it.
00:43:27.87\00:43:30.97
But he reaches out for
the last glimmer of hope
00:43:31.00\00:43:33.72
and he says listen, I know
when Pilate said cast a vote
00:43:33.75\00:43:38.17
I didn't have a vote but I
got one now, I vote for you.
00:43:38.20\00:43:41.96
I vote you, Jesus.
00:43:41.99\00:43:44.11
I don't want Barabbas
anymore, I want You, Jesus.
00:43:44.14\00:43:46.99
You are the one I
want. You are the one I want.
00:43:47.02\00:43:50.43
And this man dying on
the cross found forgiveness
00:43:50.46\00:43:57.30
for everything he did.
00:43:57.33\00:43:59.98
I remember many years ago I
went into a gentleman's room
00:44:00.01\00:44:05.98
and this
gentleman I thought was--
00:44:06.01\00:44:07.29
this is at the University
of Michigan Medical Center
00:44:07.32\00:44:09.73
where I was
working as a chaplain
00:44:09.76\00:44:11.24
and I walked into
the gentleman's room
00:44:11.27\00:44:16.35
and I asked him,
sir, are you okay?
00:44:16.38\00:44:19.73
He said, I'm gonna die.
00:44:19.76\00:44:22.03
He didn't say, hello, he
didn't say I'm doing fine,
00:44:22.06\00:44:24.08
he said I'm going to die.
00:44:24.11\00:44:27.72
And I said, would you
like for me to pray for you?
00:44:27.75\00:44:31.29
He said, no I'm an atheist.
00:44:31.32\00:44:37.96
I have no one.
00:44:37.99\00:44:41.57
When I looked
at him I said this,
00:44:41.60\00:44:46.19
but I have to walk out of
the room feeling to myself
00:44:46.22\00:44:51.40
what more can I have
done, there was nothing.
00:44:51.43\00:44:55.79
But this is on the cross,
00:44:55.82\00:44:59.14
did not claim any other
belief except that in Jesus.
00:44:59.17\00:45:06.95
He knew that salvation
will only come from Jesus.
00:45:06.98\00:45:11.98
No matter what it
looked like to him
00:45:12.01\00:45:13.28
that Jesus was
gonna die Himself.
00:45:13.31\00:45:16.00
There was only hope in
Jesus and all he can possibly do
00:45:16.03\00:45:21.11
was to give Jesus
everything at that moment.
00:45:21.14\00:45:26.80
All this worldly
pleasures did not matter,
00:45:26.83\00:45:28.75
all of these worldly
possessions didn't matter.
00:45:28.78\00:45:31.33
All he could do at that moment
is to give Jesus everything.
00:45:31.36\00:45:34.61
What was every thing?
00:45:34.64\00:45:36.74
His desire to be with Him
00:45:36.77\00:45:41.48
and had he got on that
cross that day he will glorify.
00:45:41.51\00:45:47.92
But Jesus says to us today
who are you going to vote for?
00:45:47.95\00:45:54.09
You have time,
00:45:54.12\00:45:56.37
the Lord has given you
another day, another Sabbath.
00:45:56.40\00:45:58.27
Who are you going to vote for?
00:45:58.30\00:46:00.68
Barabbas, because
he is more like you
00:46:00.71\00:46:04.41
or Jesus who wants to
change you more like him.
00:46:04.44\00:46:10.35
Choose in this day
whom you gonna surrender.
00:46:10.38\00:46:13.16
Amen.
00:46:13.19\00:46:14.22
All to Jesus I surrender
00:46:16.36\00:46:24.36
All to Him I freely give
00:46:30.03\00:46:38.03
I will ever love and trust Him
00:46:44.29\00:46:52.29
In His daily
presence I will live
00:46:58.10\00:47:05.74
I surrender all
00:47:08.17\00:47:15.41
I surrender all
00:47:22.21\00:47:29.05
All to Thee,
00:47:34.53\00:47:38.87
my blessed Savior
00:47:38.90\00:47:46.76
I surrender all
00:47:46.79\00:47:52.99
All to Jesus I surrender
00:47:58.82\00:48:06.82
All to Him I freely give
00:48:11.18\00:48:19.18
I will always love and trust Him
00:48:24.24\00:48:32.24
In His daily presence live
00:48:37.49\00:48:45.49
I surrender all
00:48:47.62\00:48:54.76
I surrender all
00:48:59.03\00:49:06.88
All to Thee,
00:49:10.61\00:49:14.92
my blessed Savior
00:49:14.95\00:49:21.91
I surrender all
00:49:22.74\00:49:30.10
If you want to
surrender all to Jesus
00:49:33.02\00:49:35.94
I invite you to
stand for prayer.
00:49:35.97\00:49:38.23
The intimation came when I
was in the hospital that day
00:49:44.37\00:49:49.44
I came across, I was
called to another room
00:49:49.47\00:49:54.35
for another
individual who was dying.
00:49:54.38\00:49:58.58
His name was Monty Houston.
00:49:58.61\00:50:02.31
When I went to his bedside
and I was talking with him,
00:50:02.34\00:50:04.66
he had gone through
so many years of trouble
00:50:04.69\00:50:09.92
and sickness and ailments
00:50:09.95\00:50:12.16
and leaned at him and I started
read to him the scriptures
00:50:12.19\00:50:15.53
and he leaned
over to me with his,
00:50:15.56\00:50:18.98
with his oxygen on his face
00:50:19.01\00:50:20.45
and he leaned
over to me and he said,
00:50:20.48\00:50:23.01
I want to see Jesus.
00:50:23.04\00:50:28.23
I tell you something,
00:50:28.26\00:50:29.99
that thief on the cross is
going to come out of that tomb
00:50:30.02\00:50:36.57
that he is incased in that
00:50:36.60\00:50:38.67
and he is going
to hear something
00:50:38.70\00:50:41.70
that sounded very familiar.
00:50:41.73\00:50:43.76
It's gonna be Jesus
saying His name come forward.
00:50:43.79\00:50:48.51
Can you imagine when he
sees the crown oh Jesus' head?
00:50:48.54\00:50:55.95
The last time he saw so
got a crown he's got a Roman--
00:50:57.24\00:51:02.45
Can you imagine the
scene the armies of angels,
00:51:02.48\00:51:04.91
last time he saw
an army--soldiers.
00:51:04.94\00:51:11.88
All he is going to
say is this is my God,
00:51:11.91\00:51:15.90
I have waited for Him
and He has come to save me.
00:51:15.93\00:51:19.35
Do you wanted that to be you?
00:51:19.38\00:51:22.36
Do you want
Jesus to remember you?
00:51:22.39\00:51:25.49
Let me tell you something that
today, God still remember you.
00:51:25.52\00:51:29.51
He can write your
name in the Book of Life.
00:51:29.54\00:51:32.45
Today you can do that.
00:51:32.48\00:51:35.30
Well, He will not do it
unless you tell Him Lord,
00:51:35.33\00:51:39.83
remember me when You
come into Your kingdom.
00:51:39.86\00:51:44.07
There will be someone you
today that had not told Jesus,
00:51:44.10\00:51:48.27
remember me.
00:51:48.30\00:51:51.58
Well, guess what?
I've got good news for you.
00:51:51.61\00:51:55.04
Here's your time today.
00:51:55.07\00:51:57.93
You can tell Jesus
today, remember me.
00:51:57.96\00:52:02.06
Just lie on the
pew and say Lord,
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I want You to remember me.
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I want You to remember me
when You come in Your kingdom.
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Just come out.
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I made a problem--but guess
what I don't want any women,
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I want you to save you.
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If you are here just
come on out and say Lord,
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I want You to remember me.
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I want You to write my
name in that Book of Life.
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And to be here today just
come on out before we pray
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before we pray just come on
out here so that we can pray.
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Are you here today?
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Just say Lord, remember me.
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Is every head bow and every
eye closed Lord, remember me.
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Is there someone here that
is going to say to Jesus today
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I'm looking at Him on the cross
but I want You to remember me.
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I want you to remember me.
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Let's sing a
chorus with all saying,
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I want You to remember me.
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I want You to remember me.
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Remember me, amen.
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Someone else, Lord, remember me
when You come in Your kingdom.
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Just someone
else, who wants to say,
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oh, I was in an
old company before
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but now I want
You to remember me.
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Come, come.
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Can you hear,
there's someone else?
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Spirits are moving.
Listen to the spirit.
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If you hear so we
pray. Not too much long.
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Is there someone else?
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Even as I pray who
want to come forward
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just come on forward and tell,
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Lord, we have followed
Barabbas because we let him.
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We are familar with
him, he brings us for--
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We can continue on
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but we understand as the--
that is nailed to that cross
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looks to you and
said there is no hope,
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there is no salvation,
sin, in order to bring them
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and I want my life to be
free and I wanted You as Savior.
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I want You to be my Savior,
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I want You to save
me from this grave.
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Lord, we need You.
Father, we pray for.
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Young lady who has
come forward transform
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so transform
individuals into Your angels.
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Well, we know the devil is also
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in the business of transforming
individuals into his angel
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and it seems like he is
winning but Lord today we see
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that one more soul has
been added to your God.
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And one more soul that
is added to your kingdom
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makes the devil upset.
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Because he knows that
he has got a short time.
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He is pulling all--but
we, we have a vote to cast,
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the devil cast
his vote against us,
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the Lord cast His vote for us.
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We have the deciding
vote in this contest.
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We have the
deciding vote in this contest
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and today we say Jesus.
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We say crucified Him
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only because He is
dying for our sins.
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We don't want
Barabbas, we say we want Jesus.
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Lord, You took our sins
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and You nailed them to
the cross 2,000 years ago
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so that we can stand here
today and say salvation is ours.
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Thank You, Jesus.
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Lord, I ask now
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that You continue
to transform our lives.
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Give us the heart of Jesus.
Give us the mind of Jesus.
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Take away this
Barabbas the complex.
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Lord, we want to be one like You
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and we pray these things--amen.
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