Let's bow our heads for prayer.
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Our Father and our
God, it is with reverence
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that we approach
Your throne this morning.
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We realize that human wisdom
cannot grasp the greatness
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of the plan of salvation.
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And so I ask this
morning that You will give me
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thoughts and words to
speak about this great theme.
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I also ask that You will
give those who are present
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clarity of thought and that
You will give us tender hearts
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to hear Your message, and
that it might make an impact
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in our lives.
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We ask, Lord, that You
will help us to concentrate upon
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what we're going to study.
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And we thank You
for hearing our prayer.
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For we ask it in
Jesus' name, amen.
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There are many
great Messianic prophecies
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in the Old Testament.
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I'd just like to mention
a few of them as we begin
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our study this morning.
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Who could forget that
great Messianic prophecy of
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Genesis 22, the
sacrifice of Isaac.
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Who could forget the
meaning of the Hebrew Sanctuary
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where the calendar
of the plan of salvation
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is presented
from beginning to end.
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Who could forget that
great chapter of Isaiah 53
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where we hear about
the suffering servant
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who bore our iniquities.
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Who could forget Daniel
chapter 9 where you have
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the exact chronology of when
the Messiah would be baptized
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and when the Messiah would die.
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But this morning we want
to study a certain Messianic
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prophecy, one of the
greatest Messianic prophecies
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in all of the Old
Testament over and above
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the ones that I've mentioned.
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And that is Psalm 22.
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And so I invite you to
open your Bibles with me
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to Psalm 22.
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Now as you're
searching for this chapter,
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I'd like to say that students
of the psalms, scholars,
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have studied the psalms
and they have grouped them
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by categories, by literary type.
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For example,
there are royal psalms.
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They are psalms that
have to do with kingship,
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with the coronation of kings.
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You have psalms of ascent.
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Those are psalms that were
sung as the Jews marched towards
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Jerusalem to
celebrate the Hebrew feasts.
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You have psalms of individual
praise where an individual
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is rendering
honor and glory to God.
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You have psalms of
congregational praise
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where you have a
whole congregation singing
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in the midst of the psalm.
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You also have psalms
which are called psalms of
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individual lament where
an individual is expressing
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anguish and pain and
suffering in their psalm to God.
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And of course, you have
psalms of national lament
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where the whole
nation of Israel is lamenting
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some calamity or some
problem which has come about
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in the congregation.
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Psalm 22 does not fit strictly
into any of these categories.
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It is a strange psalm.
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Because it's a mixture of
two different literary types.
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The first half of the
psalm from verses 1 through 21
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is actually a psalm
of individual lament.
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There's an individual
who is suffering anguish
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and suffering pain.
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And he's expressing
this anguish to God.
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In the second half of this
psalm we have a song of praise
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being raise up by
a whole congregation,
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by a whole assembly,
where this same individual
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who was in anguish
and who was in pain
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is now in the midst
of a great congregation.
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And the great
congregation is rendering him
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honor, glory, and praise.
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Now some scholars who
have studied the psalms
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have concluded that
these two sections of Psalm 22
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actually were
written by different authors,
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and then an editor came later
and he patched the two parts
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of the psalm together.
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Because the two parts
are so vastly different.
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But I would like to say
this morning that these two
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portions of Psalm 22
are very closely related
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one to another.
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They really
belong to the same psalm.
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Now another thing
which scholars have done
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is to try and determine
the historical occasion
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which led to the
writing of the particular psalm.
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For example, Psalm 41 is when
Achitophel, who was the enemy
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of David, sided with
Absalom in Absalom's rebellion
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against the king.
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It was written
for that particular
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historical circumstance.
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Psalm 2, scholars all agree
that this psalm was written
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to celebrate the coronation
of David as king of Israel.
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In other words,
scholars have studied the psalms
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to try and determine
what historical circumstances
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led to the writing of
the particular psalms.
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In the case of Psalm 22, we
know that the writer was David.
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Now as we look at the life
of David, we find many episodes
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where he's crying out to God.
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We find many places where
David is suffering anguish.
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For example, when he
was fleeing from Saul
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when Saul was coming after
him and trying to destroy him.
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We have many psalms
where David is describing
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that experience.
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But Psalm 22 expresses
an anguish, expresses such a
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deep suffering on the part
of the person who is actually
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uttering the words of
this psalm, that scholars have
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not been able to find
any particular episode of the
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life of David which fits
the experience that is described
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in this psalm.
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It appears that this particular
psalm, Psalm 22, is actually
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a direct Messianic prophecy.
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In other words, it did
not commemorate any historical
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event in the history of
Israel, but rather is a direct
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Messianic prophecy which
pointed forward to the future.
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As we examine the
psalm, in fact, we discover
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that David was allowed to look
forward through the corridors
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of time to experience
the thoughts and the feelings
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of Jesus the Messiah
when Jesus was going to go
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through His passion in
the garden of Gethsemane
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and on the cross of Calvary.
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As we examine the psalm,
there's no doubt whatsoever
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that this is describing directly
the experience of the Messiah.
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Now we're going to work through
this psalm and we're going to
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study the two
sections that we find of this
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particular passage of Scripture.
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Verses 1 through 21, the deep
anguish which is being suffered
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by this individual.
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Verses 22 to 31, this same
individual in the midst of a
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great congregation and He
is receiving honor and praise
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from a great multitude.
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Now let's go to Psalm
22 and read verses 1 and 2.
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And you're going to recognize
immediately at the beginning
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of verse 1 something that you've
read in the gospel of Matthew.
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It says there...
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Immediately, we
remember the words of Jesus
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when He was hanging
on the cross of Calvary
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close to a thousand years later.
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"My God, My God, why
hast Thou forsaken Me?"
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And it's interesting
that the gospel writers,
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when they register these
words, they actually write them
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in Aramaic, which is
the language which Jesus
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most likely spoke in.
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And in the Aramaic language,
you can sense the anguish
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that Jesus was going through.
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The words, "Eli,
Eli, lama sabachthani?"
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"My God, My God, why
hast Thou forsaken Me?"
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In the gospels, Jesus is
claiming this psalm as His own.
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He's saying, "This
psalm is about Me."
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You see, Jesus had
memorized Scripture.
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And as we've studied in
other venues, we've noticed
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that the life of Jesus
was actually choreographed
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from eternity.
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Jesus knew on the cross
that these were the words
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which He was to proclaim.
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He had committed
them deeply in His memory,
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deep in His psyche.
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Now you notice in
these first two verses
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that a mention is made
of Jesus, or the Messiah,
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crying out day and night.
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Now undoubtedly, the
night that is referred to here
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is the experience of Jesus
in the garden of Gethsemane,
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where we're told in the
gospel of Matthew that He held
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a mysterious cup in His hand.
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And He begged His
Father if it be possible
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to remove this cup of suffering,
this cup of God's wrath,
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from His hand.
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In other words, this
anguish was experienced
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by Jesus in the
garden of Gethsemane.
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In fact, we're told in
the spirit of prophecy that
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His anguish was so intense
and so great, His suffering
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was so intense that
Jesus would have died in the
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garden of Gethsemane
had it not been for an angel
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that came and strengthened Him.
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So deep was His anguish.
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You know, you've
probably watched the movie that
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Mel Gibson directed,
The Passion of the Christ,
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and you see how
Jesus was beaten.
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But have you ever realized that
Jesus was at the point of death
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before anyone
laid one finger on Him?
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Because of the
spiritual anguish which He was
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suffering intensely.
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And up to this point,
we're told in John 8 verse 29
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that Jesus said, "My
Father has not left Me alone.
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He is always with Me.
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Because I do the things
that are pleasing in His sight."
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But now Jesus cries
out, "My God, My God,
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why hast Thou forsaken Me?"
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And the cup of God's
wrath trembles in His hand,
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and He begs His Father to remove
the cup if it be possible.
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And the only answer of His
Father is a deafening silence.
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Apparently He has been forsaken.
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Now let's move on
to verses 3 through 5.
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It's interesting that
here the holiness of God
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is brought into view.
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"You are holy."
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You see, Jesus was
suffering under the holy wrath
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of His Father.
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That's why His Father apparently
was not there, though He was.
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Because the Father
withdrew His presence, His face,
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from Jesus because
Jesus was bearing upon Himself
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the sins of the world.
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And you'll notice in
these verses that Jesus says,
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"Our fathers cried out to You
and You listened to Our fathers.
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You delivered Our fathers."
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Now the question is, what
event was Jesus referring to
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when He said that, "You
heard the cries of Our fathers
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and You delivered them."
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There can be no doubt
that Jesus here is referring
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to what happened in Egypt when
Israel was captive to Pharaoh
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and to his hosts.
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In fact, notice Exodus
chapter 2 and verses 23 to 25.
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Save your place
there in Psalm 22.
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Exodus chapter 2
and verses 23 to 25.
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It says there...
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Notice the terminology.
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So Israel cried out to God.
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And God delivered
them from bondage.
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But here Jesus is
saying, "Our fathers cried out.
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You delivered them.
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But I cry out and
there is no deliverance.
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You don't listen
to what I'm saying.
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You don't answer."
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Now it's interesting to
notice the particular occasion
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in which Israel cried
out and Israel was delivered.
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Do you remember in
Exodus chapter 12 that Israel
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celebrated the
Passover when they were about
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to be delivered from Egypt?
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Have you also noticed
that Jesus, according to the
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apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians
chapter 5 verses 7 and 8,
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tells us that Jesus,
our Passover, has been
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sacrificed for us?
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So Jesus is saying,
"Your people, the fathers,
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cried out to You at Passover,
and through the blood of
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the lamb You delivered them.
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But now I am the
Passover and I cry out,
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and there is no
answer from You."
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Deafening silence.
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Let's move on to verses 6 and 7.
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Jesus is expressing
His innermost feelings.
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This is a thousand years before
the events are taking place.
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This is a Messianic prophecy.
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Notice the perspective that
Jesus has of His sufferings.
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He says...
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Kind of reminds us of Isaiah 53.
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He was despised
and He was rejected.
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Verse 7...
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Do you know that these are
the very words which were spoken
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by the enemies of Jesus
as Jesus hung on the cross?
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No doubt, as Jesus was
on the cross crying out,
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"My God, My God, why
hast Thou forsaken Me,"
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Psalm 22 was coming to His mind.
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When He saw His enemies
gathered around the cross
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ridiculing Him,
Jesus undoubtedly thought
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about the words of this psalm,
"Prophecy is being fulfilled
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before My very eyes."
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Notice Matthew 27
and verses 39 to 43.
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Matthew 27 and verse 39.
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It says there, "And those
who passed by blasphemed Him
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wagging their heads..."
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Remember Psalm 22
where we just read?
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"...and saying, 'You
who destroy the temple
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and build it in
three days, save Yourself.
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If You are the Son of
God, come down from the cross.'
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Likewise the chief priests
also, mocking with the scribes
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and elders, said, 'He saved
others; Himself He cannot save.
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If He is the King of
Israel, let Him now come down
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from the cross and we
will believe in Him.'"
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And now comes the
direct quotation from Psalm 22.
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"He trusted in God;
let Him deliver Him now
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if He will have Him.
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For He said, 'I
am the Son of God.'"
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And so as Jesus is hanging on
the cross, He's thinking about
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the words of this psalm.
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And undoubtedly, He's saying,
"Prophecy is being fulfilled
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before My very eyes in
My very own experience."
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Let's go to verses 9 through 11.
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Psalm 22 verses 9 through 11.
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He's speaking to His Father.
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"You took Me out of the womb."
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In other words, "You
delivered Me when I was born."
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He's saying, "You
delivered the fathers when they
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cried out to You.
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You delivered
Me when I was born.
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But now I cry out to You
and there is no one to help.
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I am by Myself. I am alone.
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Why have You forsaken Me?
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Why can't You remove this cup
of suffering and of anguish?"
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Up till verse 11, we
have a description of the
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psychological
suffering of Jesus.
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The spiritual
suffering of Jesus.
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Not much has been said
about His physical suffering.
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But now beginning with
verse 12 through verse 21,
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We're going to find
a description of His
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physical sufferings.
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Notice verses 12 and 13.
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By the way, bulls represent
great leaders in Israel.
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You know, animals were
used to represent leaders.
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He goats and bulls represented,
and rams, represented
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great leaders.
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And so it says...
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You notice here that we have a
reference to the bulls of Bashan
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and to a roaring lion.
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Of course, the
roaring lion represents Satan
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who goes about as a
roaring lion seeking whom
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he may devour.
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Now Bashan was an area
east of the Jordon River
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that was very, very
rich in pasture land.
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And it was famous in
biblical times for their bulls.
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The bulls were huge
and they were ferocious.
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In other words, Jesus is
saying, "My enemies are standing
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next to Me, the devil
is standing next to Me
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like a roaring lion.
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And they're ready to
pounce on Me and to destroy Me
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and to extinguish My life."
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And then notice verse 14.
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Another fulfillment of
prophecy later on in the
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ministry of Jesus.
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In fact, when Jesus
hung on the cross, He says...
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You know, in 1968 they
discovered in the Kidron Valley
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the body of an individual
who had been crucified
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by the Romans.
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And it helped us
understand a little bit better
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the method of crucifixion
which the Romans used.
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You know, they did not
put the nails through the hand
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of the criminal, but
rather through the wrists,
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it was discovered.
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It was also discovered
that the nails were not placed
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through the feet, but
the feet were actually placed
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side by side, and then
a spike was nailed through
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both of the
ankles into the cross.
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This is the type of anguish and
pain which Jesus was suffering.
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You see, crucifixion
was not only an execution.
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Crucifixion was
actually suffering with torture.
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It was a method of torture.
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You know, Jesus had
been beaten several times
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before He
actually got to the cross.
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And as He was hanging there,
you know how the story goes,
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He had been on the
cross about six hours.
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And the Sabbath drew on.
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And so they felt that
they needed to take the bodies
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off of the crosses.
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And so the soldier
comes and he breaks the legs
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of the two thieves.
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And when he comes to
Jesus to break His legs,
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suddenly he's surprised.
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Because this individual
who has been on the cross
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only six hours is dead.
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You see, it was known in
antiquity for individuals
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to live on
crosses for up to a week.
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And here, this Man had died
only in a period of six hours
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of being on the cross.
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And so this soldier,
surprised by what he has seen,
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the centurion, he takes the
spear and he thrusts the spear
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through the side of Jesus.
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And suddenly, out of the
side of Jesus comes water
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mixed with what?
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With blood.
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Now, physicians know that this
is a sign that Jesus actually
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died probably of a heart attack.
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You know, when an
individual is in severe anguish,
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severe stress, the
water sack around the heart
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grows larger and it
pressures the heart.
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And in some instances it
can cause a heart attack.
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And that's the reason why when
this centurion thrust his spear,
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Jesus was actually poured
out, as it says in Psalm 22,
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poured out like water.
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His heart melted like what?
00:24:24.26\00:24:27.30
His heart melted like wax.
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And so out of His side
came water mixed with blood.
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Notice verse 15 of Psalm 22.
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Jesus is expressing
His experience, He says...
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Have you ever seen a
potsherd, a piece of pottery?
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Very, very dry.
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Of course, Jesus at
this point has lost a great
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amount of blood.
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And so He says...
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You know,
that's a sign of shock.
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For those of you who
know the symptoms of shock,
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an individual
who goes into shock,
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you know, their
mouth becomes dry.
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And that's why Jesus said
on the cross, "I..." What?
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"I thirst."
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And then I want you to notice
the last part of verse 15,
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"My strength is
dried up like a potsherd,
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and my tongue
clings to My Jaws."
00:25:23.32\00:25:26.25
And now notice,
"You have brought Me
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to the dust of death."
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Let me ask you, did this
suffering individual die?
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Yes.
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He says, "You have brought
Me to the dust of..." What?
00:25:38.16\00:25:41.68
"You have brought Me
to the dust of death."
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In other words,
this individual died.
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That is a very,
very important detail.
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Now notice verses 16 through 18.
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Here Jesus says, "For dogs..."
00:25:53.61\00:25:55.74
A sign of the unconverted.
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Those who have not
committed their lives to God.
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And now notice the clear
references to the Messiah.
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Was Jesus really at
this point emaciated
00:26:17.98\00:26:22.37
that they could
count all His bones?
00:26:22.81\00:26:25.58
He continues saying,
"They look and stare at Me."
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Because at this
point, Jesus was stark naked.
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We're going to notice that
in the next verse, verse 18.
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So Jesus is
hanging naked on the cross.
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You know, usually the artist
will depict Him as covered
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with loincloth.
00:26:49.15\00:26:51.08
That's not what
Scripture teaches.
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That's not what the Romans did.
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The Romans would hang
the criminal stark naked,
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and people would look at
them and make fun of them.
00:26:58.26\00:27:01.36
And so the garments
of Jesus are removed.
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They cast lots over Him.
00:27:04.29\00:27:06.20
They pierced His
hands and His feet.
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And His enemies
have surrounded Him.
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All of this is in Psalm
22, a thousand years before
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it occurred to Jesus.
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And then notice
verses 19 through 21.
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We reach the
climax of His sufferings.
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It says there in
verse 19, "But You, O Lord,
00:27:23.54\00:27:27.04
do not be far from Me.
00:27:27.51\00:27:29.47
O My Strength,
hasten to help Me!"
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Notice, He's crying out
to His Father, "Help Me."
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"Deliver Me from the
sword, My precious life from the
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power of the dog.
00:27:41.34\00:27:43.46
Save Me from
the lion's mouth..."
00:27:43.83\00:27:45.78
Notice, He's using
all these metaphors.
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He's using this
symbolic language to describe
00:27:47.95\00:27:50.71
His experience.
00:27:50.74\00:27:51.77
He says, "Save Me
from the lion's mouth
00:27:51.80\00:27:54.13
and from the
horns of the wild oxen!"
00:27:54.16\00:27:57.29
Very sharp horns.
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And then the person who
is suffering in this psalm
00:28:00.95\00:28:05.07
says some very significant words
in the midst of this suffering.
00:28:05.10\00:28:08.67
Notice what He
says, "You have..." What?
00:28:08.81\00:28:13.02
"You have answered Me."
00:28:13.22\00:28:16.77
And so the first part of
this psalm ends by Him saying,
00:28:18.00\00:28:21.05
"You have answered Me."
00:28:21.08\00:28:22.69
Here He's hanging on the cross.
00:28:23.48\00:28:25.31
He has His hands, or His wrists,
and His feet that have been
00:28:26.18\00:28:34.77
pierced by these spikes.
00:28:34.80\00:28:38.14
He feels
abandoned by His Father.
00:28:38.48\00:28:40.70
And yet He says here,
"You have answered Me."
00:28:42.74\00:28:48.25
You know, you sense this,
when Jesus is on the cross,
00:28:48.78\00:28:51.59
you sense this ambivalence
of Jesus where He feels
00:28:52.26\00:28:55.35
forsaken, but He
knows He's not forsaken.
00:28:55.38\00:28:57.67
Because Jesus did not
guide His life by circumstances
00:28:58.14\00:29:01.12
and feelings and by emotions.
00:29:01.15\00:29:03.61
He depended on the
promises of His Father.
00:29:04.07\00:29:06.52
It's interesting that
Jesus says, "My God, My God,
00:29:07.68\00:29:10.78
why hast Thou forsaken Me,"
but then the last thing He says
00:29:10.81\00:29:15.07
on the cross is, "Father, into
Your hands I commend My spirit."
00:29:15.10\00:29:19.81
Even though He felt
separated from His Father,
00:29:20.35\00:29:22.82
He says, "I know that You
have not separated from Me.
00:29:22.85\00:29:26.24
Because You promised
that if I was faithful to You,
00:29:26.27\00:29:28.76
You would come and You would
resurrect Me on the third day.
00:29:28.79\00:29:32.45
I feel terrible, but
I believe Your promise."
00:29:32.62\00:29:37.24
You know, that has
a great lesson for us.
00:29:37.27\00:29:39.41
Because we usually have the
tendency of guiding our lives
00:29:39.44\00:29:42.47
by feelings and by
emotions, how we feel.
00:29:42.50\00:29:44.83
Or by circumstances.
00:29:44.86\00:29:46.42
Jesus did not do that.
00:29:46.52\00:29:48.35
He felt forsaken, and yet He
says, "You have answered Me."
00:29:48.38\00:29:55.54
And then we come to the
second half of this psalm.
00:29:56.34\00:29:58.80
This same individual
is standing in the midst
00:30:00.41\00:30:05.05
of a great congregation.
00:30:05.08\00:30:08.00
And this congregation
is rendering Him honor
00:30:09.20\00:30:12.53
and glory and praise.
00:30:12.56\00:30:15.13
Now immediately you
say, "Now wait a minute.
00:30:15.91\00:30:18.30
Didn't we just read
that this individual died?"
00:30:18.92\00:30:24.57
Did we read that He died?
00:30:25.02\00:30:26.47
That God laid Him in
the dust of the earth?
00:30:26.79\00:30:29.24
Absolutely.
00:30:29.27\00:30:30.38
And so you say, "How
can you see Him in the midst
00:30:30.84\00:30:34.50
of a great
congregation if He died?"
00:30:34.53\00:30:38.27
It must mean that He what?
00:30:39.30\00:30:41.59
It must mean
that He resurrected.
00:30:42.73\00:30:44.99
Now the psalm doesn't say so.
00:30:45.68\00:30:47.54
But by implication, if He's
going through this suffering,
00:30:48.47\00:30:51.80
if He's laid in
the dust of the earth,
00:30:51.95\00:30:54.02
and then afterwards He's
standing in the midst of a
00:30:54.29\00:30:57.18
great congregation that is
rendering Him honor and glory
00:30:57.21\00:31:01.10
and praise, it must be
that after His death He, what?
00:31:01.13\00:31:06.28
After His death He resurrected.
00:31:06.38\00:31:08.95
Notice verses 22 and 23.
00:31:09.05\00:31:11.79
He says this...
00:31:12.84\00:31:14.30
And remember that He has
just said, "You have heard Me."
00:31:14.33\00:31:18.16
He dies knowing that
the Father has heard Him.
00:31:18.74\00:31:21.36
Even though He doesn't feel
like the Father has heard Him.
00:31:21.39\00:31:24.67
"For He has not despised
nor abhorred the affliction
00:31:48.25\00:31:51.60
of the afflicted, nor has
He hidden His face from Him;
00:31:51.63\00:31:56.61
but when He cried
to Him, He..." What?
00:31:57.11\00:32:00.03
"...He heard."
00:32:00.39\00:32:01.75
In other words, the question is,
was the prayer of this suffering
00:32:02.38\00:32:06.35
servant heard by His Father?"
00:32:06.38\00:32:08.70
Yes, He now stands in the
midst of a great congregation
00:32:08.73\00:32:12.45
and He describes those
who are there as His brethren.
00:32:12.48\00:32:18.47
By the way, do you know
that this portion of Psalm 22
00:32:19.12\00:32:22.98
is actually quoted
in Hebrews chapter 2
00:32:23.01\00:32:26.60
and verses 10 through 13?
00:32:26.63\00:32:28.70
Where we're told in
short that Jesus is not ashamed
00:32:29.73\00:32:34.33
to call us what?
00:32:34.36\00:32:36.05
Is not ashamed
to call us brethren.
00:32:36.08\00:32:38.88
In other words, He sees
Himself, after His suffering...
00:32:39.45\00:32:43.28
And undoubtedly, this
strengthened the mind of Jesus
00:32:43.49\00:32:46.17
as He was going
through this experience.
00:32:46.20\00:32:47.87
He sees Himself in the
midst of this great congregation
00:32:47.90\00:32:51.80
with His brethren.
00:32:51.83\00:32:54.05
Notice verse 25.
00:32:54.79\00:32:56.65
Notice, "The poor
shall eat and be satisfied.
00:33:06.98\00:33:10.53
Those who seek Him
will praise the Lord.
00:33:10.56\00:33:12.97
Let your heart live forever."
00:33:13.00\00:33:15.24
So you have the sons of
Jacob, Israel, praising Him.
00:33:16.25\00:33:19.69
According to verse 25, you
have the poor and the destitute
00:33:19.72\00:33:23.63
praising Him in the
midst of the congregation.
00:33:23.66\00:33:26.68
Then it goes broader.
00:33:27.09\00:33:28.57
Notice verse 27, it says...
00:33:28.60\00:33:30.90
"For the kingdom is the Lord's,
and He rules over the nations."
00:33:39.72\00:33:44.07
And so it begins with Israel,
with Jacob, that small circle
00:33:44.17\00:33:48.18
of the Israelites.
00:33:48.21\00:33:50.21
And then it moves to the
poor and to the afflicted.
00:33:50.24\00:33:53.46
Then it moves to every
nation on planet earth.
00:33:53.49\00:33:57.70
In other word, the praise and
the honor is growing globally.
00:33:57.73\00:34:02.75
Notice verse 29,
"All the prosperous..."
00:34:03.41\00:34:06.75
Now the rich come into view.
00:34:06.78\00:34:08.44
The consecrated rich, that is.
00:34:08.47\00:34:10.56
"All the prosperous of the
earth shall eat and worship.
00:34:10.59\00:34:14.55
All those who go down to
the dust shall bow before Him."
00:34:14.89\00:34:19.57
Notice that, "...shall
bow before Him, even he
00:34:19.60\00:34:22.65
who cannot keep himself alive."
00:34:22.68\00:34:25.56
What does that mean?
00:34:26.20\00:34:27.23
Even he who
cannot keep himself alive
00:34:27.26\00:34:29.69
is going to praise the Lord?
00:34:29.72\00:34:31.10
It must be that they, what?
00:34:31.22\00:34:32.77
That they died
and they resurrected.
00:34:32.80\00:34:36.03
Because those who were not
able to keep themselves alive
00:34:36.78\00:34:40.23
will also come and praise
Him, according to verse 29.
00:34:40.26\00:34:44.96
So not only the
living, but also those who die
00:34:44.99\00:34:48.60
and are resurrected.
00:34:48.63\00:34:50.32
Notice verses 30 and 31.
00:34:51.10\00:34:53.14
In other words, those
who as yet had not been born
00:35:09.06\00:35:12.84
when Jesus performed
this work on the cross
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were going to hear about this.
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And they were going to
be present to render Him
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honor and glory and praise.
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Now the question is, when
is this going to be fulfilled?
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When is it that
all of God's people;
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the people of the
Messiah, the sons of Jacob,
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the people from every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people,
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the rich and the poor,
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those who died and
those who resurrected,
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when is it that the entire
universe is going to render
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Jesus honor and
glory and praise?
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Well you know, it's when
all of His people are together
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in the kingdom.
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Notice Philippians chapter 2.
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Which we've read
many times before,
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and I want to read it again.
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Philippians 2
verses 5 through 11.
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Because we're talking
about the law of life and death.
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The law of death
is to exalt yourself.
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God says, "I'll humble you."
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The law of life is
to humble yourself.
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And God will what? Exalt you.
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Do we find a clear reference
to humbling in this psalm?
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Sure.
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Death of a cross? Yes.
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Sub-human level? Yes.
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But then do we
find Jesus being exalted
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and praised by
the whole universe?
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Absolutely.
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Notice how this is
developed in Philippians 2.
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A better translation,
as I've mentioned before,
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is, "did not
consider equality with God
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and something to be grasped."
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Notice that even
when He was a Man already,
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"He humbled Himself..."
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There's the first
part of the psalm.
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And now notice the
second half of the psalm.
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By the way, that
hasn't happened yet.
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The ones under the
earth have not done it yet.
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Those are the
people who have died.
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And not everybody on
earth who is alive is doing that
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at present either.
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And so it says...
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There you have the
second part of Psalm 22,
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the exaltation of Jesus.
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He who humbled
Himself will be what?
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Will be exalted and placed
on the throne of the universe.
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We find another scene similar
to this in Revelation 5:11-13.
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If you'll go with me.
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Revelation chapter
5 and verses 11 to 13
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speaks about this
explosion of praise.
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By the way, here
you have all the angels,
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you have the living
creatures who are the cherubim
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and the seraphim, and
you have the 24 elders,
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the representatives
of all the worlds.
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"...who was slain..." See, past.
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That's the first
part of the psalm.
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And now notice,
"And every creature..."
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This hasn't happened yet.
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The big question is, am I going
to be in that congregation?
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Did Jesus, on the cross, see
me in that great congregation?
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You know, we're told
in Isaiah 53 that Jesus
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had this trying experience.
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And then He what?
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He shall see the travail of
His soul, and shall be what?
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Satisfied.
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Why?
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Because He's going
to see present there
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all of the redeemed.
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All those who received
Him as Savior and Lord.
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The question is, have we
received Him as our Savior
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and as our Lord?
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You know, when Jesus was
on the cross, according to
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the spirit of prophecy,
Jesus could actually see
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every person who
was going to be redeemed
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in His kingdom individually.
00:40:51.94\00:40:55.08
He wants us there.
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"He shall see the travail of His
soul and shall be satisfied."
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Because He's going to
have His people there.
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But folks, if we're going
to be there, we have to have
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the same spirit that Jesus had.
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"He who humbles
himself will be exalted.
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And he who exalts
himself will be..." What?
00:41:15.39\00:41:18.27
"...humbled."
00:41:18.30\00:41:19.33
Two mysteries.
00:41:19.36\00:41:20.44
Lucifer said, "I'm going up."
00:41:20.70\00:41:22.28
God cast him down,
he's going to be destroyed.
00:41:23.50\00:41:26.00
Jesus said, "I'll come down."
00:41:26.31\00:41:28.13
The Father has highly exalted
Him, and is going to exalt Him.
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And all those who have the
mind and the spirit of Jesus
00:41:31.51\00:41:34.68
will have the same experience
of Jesus and will be present
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in that great congregation.
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I pray to the Lord that
none of us in that great day
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are missing.
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Let us pray.
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Father in heaven, we
thank You for this marvelous
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Messianic psalm.
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We're thankful that You
were willing to send Your Son,
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Your beloved Son, the most
precious thing in the universe,
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the most precious
being in the universe,
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to come to this world to
suffer the anguish and the agony
00:42:04.21\00:42:07.21
and the pain that we
studied about in this psalm.
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We'll never be able
to fully understand,
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not only the physical suffering,
but the mental torture,
00:42:13.58\00:42:16.72
the spiritual
anguish that Jesus felt.
00:42:16.75\00:42:19.06
We thank You that You
were willing to send Jesus,
00:42:20.13\00:42:22.13
and we're thankful that
Jesus was willing to come
00:42:22.16\00:42:24.45
and suffer this for us.
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And Father, I ask this morning
that You will come and You will
00:42:27.00\00:42:30.44
touch each heart and each
mind in this congregation.
00:42:30.47\00:42:33.51
Father, instill in
us the spirit of Jesus
00:42:34.00\00:42:37.68
who is meek and lowly of heart.
00:42:37.98\00:42:39.89
I ask, Father, that You will
help us always to be willing
00:42:40.63\00:42:43.64
to occupy second or
third or fourth place.
00:42:43.67\00:42:46.43
That we will be willing to
occupy the place of service
00:42:46.77\00:42:50.38
that You have
established for us.
00:42:50.41\00:42:52.41
So that someday You will
exalt us and we will have the
00:42:52.87\00:42:56.88
privilege of being in
that great congregation.
00:42:56.91\00:42:59.76
I pray, Father, that on
that great day not one of those
00:43:00.19\00:43:03.01
who are gathered
here will be missing.
00:43:03.04\00:43:04.79
I thank You, Father,
for hearing my prayer.
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For I ask it in the precious
name of Your Son, Jesus.
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Amen.
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