Open your Bibles, if you would,
to the same chapter that Brother Tom read, Matthew 27. I had Brother Tom read that portion
of scripture, because we're going to continue from verse 45 and
read the section about our Lord's crucifixion. The name of the
message is the death of Christ. Now, the death of Christ is like
no other death. It's like no other death. And today we'll look at the death
of our wonderful, merciful Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. And remember
that this is why our Lord left glory. The scripture said he had his
face set like a flint to Jerusalem, and this is why. This is his mission, to save his people from their
sins. And how must he do that? By his
death. The only way you and I could
be saved from all our sins, and I mean all of them, past, present,
and future, is by the death of a righteous one. And we are in
no way righteous, are we? The scripture says there's none
righteous, no not one. The scripture says there's none
that understandeth, speaking of mankind, speaking of us, in
our brothers and sisters in Adam. There's none that seeketh after
God. There's none that understandeth the things of God, no one. Unless you're born again. Oh my. But here before us is the
agonizing suffering of the obedient servant of God. Remember, he's
the absolute sinless one. Remember, as we read these words,
he's hanging upon those crosses. His hands are nailed and his
feet are nailed and he's bleeding from his head. He's bleeding
from his hands. There's blood everywhere. And that blood's being shed for
our sins, beloved. He's offering himself up to God for the sins of his people, the
sinless one, the righteous one. With that in our minds, let us
read. Starting in verse 45 of Matthew
chapter 27, it says, now from the sixth hour, there was darkness
over all the land until the ninth hour. Look at that. For three hours,
he's hanging on that cross. Actually, some commentators say
he's hung there for six hours, hanging on that cross. The agony.
He's going through. He's a man too. Remember, He's
God, but He's fully man. And I was thinking as Brother
Tom read those words of those Pharisees. Mocking Him. That was me to my shame before
the Lord saved me. Mocking believers in Christ.
not wanting to have anything to do with the word. Would you
like that too? It says there, it says, look
at the words they cast in him. And remember who he is. This
is the sovereign king of the universe. This is the one who
could call five legions of angels, enough angels to destroy the
whole world. Do you know he could have just
got down from that cross? He's God. But he hung there. to save us from our sins. And it says here, look, it says
he saved others. He cannot save. Little do they
know he's saving a multitude that no man can number as he
hangs on that cross, beloved. They have no idea. And there he is, bleeding and dying
for us. And it says here, He saved others, He cannot save
Himself, He cannot save. If He be King of Israel, let
Him come down from the cross and we will believe Him. He's
hanging on that cross, He's not coming down because He's saving
His people from their sins. If He comes down, none of us
is redeemed. Oh my. And then it says, He trusted
in God, let Him deliver Him now. He's still trusting in God, isn't
He? He's trusting in God even when he cries, my God, my God,
why has thou forsaken me? He's still trusting God, beloved. And he said, I am the son of
God, and he was, and he is. That's who's hanging on that
cross. The word of God incarnates. See, they just think he's just
like everybody else. They just think he's just like
them thieves. He's blasphemed. No, he hasn't blasphemed. He
never sinned in his life. He's the sinless, spotless Lamb
of God. And he's hanging on that cross. The Word of God, the second person
of the Trinity, God incarnate in the flesh that says, now from
the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth
hour. In about the ninth hour, Jesus
cried with a loud voice saying, that is to say, my God, my God,
why has thou forsaken me? Some of those that stood there,
when they heard that, they said, this man calls for Elias. And
straight away, one of them ran and took a sponge and filled
it with vinegar and put it on a reed and gave him the drink.
They didn't even give him water, did they? He's in agony, and they give
him vinegar. Why? Well, because of scripture,
right? So the scripture would be fulfilled.
The rest said, let be, let us see whether Eliza will come to
save him. They didn't even want, a group of them didn't even want
him giving them that. That's, see, oh, how depraved
we are in our natural state. Oh my. And it says, Jesus, when
he cried again with a loud voice, he yielded up the ghost. And
we know he cried, Father, forgive them, for they know not what
they do, as they cast lots for his garments. And we know he
cried, it is finished. And it says here, when he cried again with a loud
voice, he yielded up the ghost. And behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain. Now this veil was thick, beloved,
and it was torn from the top all the way to the bottom. And
this veil separated the holy of holies from the rest of the
temple. Only the high priest went behind
that veil. And look what it says. The veil
of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and
the earth did quake, and the rocks rent. So there'd be darkness
all of a sudden out of nowhere. My, the prince of life is dying
upon the cross and God veils it in darkness. When he's working out our salvation,
those mysterious things of God, he veils it in darkness. And now when the Lord gives up
his life, And notice he gave it up. He gave up the ghost.
He willingly gave up his life. Spurgeon said he could have hung
there for as long as he wanted to, because he had no sin in him. But it says he gave up his life.
And immediately when he gave up his life, the veil of the
temple was rent in twain, and then there was an earthquake.
And the graves were open. Look at that. Graves popped open. And many bodies of the saints
which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection,
and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Oh, my gosh. And it says, now
when the centurion and they that were with him, watching Jesus,
saw the earthquake and those things which were done, they
feared greatly, saying, truly, this was the Son of God. And many women which were beholding
him afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering
unto him, among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother
of James, and Jos, and the mother of Zebedee's children." What
a past description. The death of our great king.
Now this is part of the resurrection story, a series, so we know that
it doesn't end here. Next week we'll look at our Lord's
triumphant rising from the grave. Now, there's three points in
this text I'd like us to consider, which I believe demand our attention
as believers, and be good for us to look at, and good for us
to consider. The first point is this. The remarkable words which Christ
uttered shortly before his death, my God, my God, in verse 46,
my God, my God, Why has thou forsaken me? These words, beloved, are a deep
mystery. They were not because of mere
bodily pain, no. That explanation would be dishonoring
to our great King, our Lord, our Savior. And let us remember
that our Lord, while he was on this earth, he enjoyed constant
fellowship with the Father. Turn, if you would, to John 17.
Now let's go to the passage which we're studying on Wednesday nights,
and we'll look at the first five verses, because this is talking,
the first five verses is a prayer of Christ to the Father concerning
himself. And we will see here the intimate
relationship that our great save your head with God the Father.
And this is fellowship that he's had with the Father actually
from eternity. Because when he laid aside his
glory and became a man, he's still God, isn't he? And he has
intimate fellowship with the Father. There's never been a
time when he didn't have fellowship with him. Except for the words we just
saw uttered. My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me? So as we look at this high priestly
prayer and we look at the words, think about those words which
we just looked at in Matthew and think of what they mean in
light of what we see here in John 17 verses one to five. Here's the sweet fellowship that
the father has with the son. These words spake Jesus and lifted
up his eyes to heaven and said, father, the hours come glorify
thy son, that thy son also may glorify thee. So Christ came
to glorify the father and in the saving of we who are his
people, he glorifies God greatly. And then what happens? Those
whom he saves glorify God. We glorify God in turn, too,
don't we? We're in Christ. He's the head and we're the body.
We're going to glorify God right along with him. And then look
what he says. As thou has given him power over
all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou
has given him. Look at that. There's those words,
as many as thou has given him. I told you on Wednesday night
that those are key words right there. And as you go through
John 17 on your own, even at home reading it, take note of
how many times Christ mentions the people that God gave him.
It'll warm your soul. If you're down, you read that,
I guarantee it'll warm your soul. Because in the latter part of
John 17, he's speaking of the church. He's speaking of his
elect. First, in these five verses, he's praying to the Father about
himself. Then he prays about the apostles. And then lastly,
he prays about the church, the elect of God, in the last portions
of John 17. It's absolutely wonderful. Look
what he says, as thou has given him power over all flesh. Who
has all power? Who's sovereign over all? The
Lord Jesus Christ. So remember too, when we start
to doubt, when we start to get down, remember who our King is. Like Brother Neil said, I asked
him, how'd your week go? He goes, week went great. And I know how he's saying that,
because the day before, or I asked him how his day went, and he
said, every day is a good day. It's true. You're right, brother.
We need to look at it like that. Every day is a good day, as long
as we're in Christ, right? And we're in Christ for eternity,
aren't we? I was humming myself a little
tune on the way here. How'd that one go? This is the day that the Lord
hath made. We will rejoice and be glad in
it. I need to just keep singing that to myself. And I was singing,
of course, because I walked out, the birds were singing, and it's
like, oh, my. But even on a rainy day, I should be singing that,
right? Because this is the day that the Lord hath made. We will
rejoice as believers. It doesn't mean we have to be
fake mountaintop Christians. I'm not talking about that. I'm
talking about just rejoicing in the Lord, just rejoicing in
what he's done for us. Look at that though. The one
who holds our soul has all power over all flesh. That's including
us, right? Oh, it's wonderful. That he should
give eternal life to as many as thou has given him. Oh, there
again, there's eternal security, right? Eternal life given to
God's people who were chosen in Christ. There's election.
Oh my, see the scriptures are just wonderful, aren't they?
And this is life eternal. What's life eternal? That they
might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou
hast sent. Did we really know who God was
before the Lord saved us? Do we know who he is now? Oh,
yeah. We know a little bit, don't we?
And that little bit, we're like, oh, my. Oh, goodness, it's wonderful.
Rejoice, beloved, you know God now. God's always known us, but
now we know him. He's revealed himself to us.
Look at this, he says, I've glorified thee on the earth, I've finished
the work which thou gavest me to do. Now, I looked at that
verse, and I was like, wow. I've glorified thee on the earth,
I've finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And I was
thinking, okay, he's finished the work, look at that. on earth.
John Gill brings out, when he says, I finished the work which
thou gavest me to do, he says, on earth, he says, then he was
raised up from the earth. I was like, oh my, that's amazing. Isn't that incredible? Oh my
goodness. Just a little thing, you know,
sometimes you read a commentator and they put something in there,
it just blows your mind away. But look at that, the work's
done. He's finished the work which God gave him to do, and
that was weaving the perfect code of righteousness for you
and I, beloved. He's fulfilled the law to the letter, and now
he's gonna go and die on the cross. Now consider the words
again of verse 46. With that in mind, as we see,
oh, and then he finishes with verse five. And now, O Father,
glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I
had with thee before the world was. He's speaking of his eternality
now. And several commentators said
most of the time he probably prayed on his own where the disciples
couldn't hear him. But here he's praying where the
disciples can actually hear him. They can actually hear him pray.
And so this prayer is recorded for you and I, beloved, as believers. Isn't that wonderful? We get
a glimpse of the fellowship that the father had with the son while
he was here on this earth. And look what he says. Glorify
thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee
before the world was. See, he's laid aside his glory,
hasn't he? Just for a little bit, beloved. Just for a little bit. Oh my,
now look at verse 46. So with that in mind, that intimacy
we see there between the father and the son. Now let's read verse
46 again. My God, my God, why has thou
forsaken me? The father has never forsook
him. Never. His whole life he said,
Before, in eternity, he's had intimate communion with the Father,
and now here on earth, he's had intimate communion with the Father,
and now he's crying, my God, my God, why has thou forsaken
me? These words express the real
pressure on his soul because of the enormous burden of the
sin of all his people upon him. Remember, he's the Passover lamb. He's offering himself up as a
sacrifice to God, a sin offering to God. You remember when we
studied on the day of atonement and the priest laid his hands,
he pressed down on that sheep. Now that sheep didn't become
a sinner, did he? But by imputation, the sins of Israel were transferred
to that sheep, and then that sheep was slaughtered. Here's
our sinless sacrifice dying upon the cross, and our sins are laid
upon Him. Oh my. What a Savior. And these are the words of our
Savior. These are the words of the God-man
mediator. These are the words of one who
had constant fellowship with the Father while he was here
upon this earth. Unbroken fellowship. Now, beloved,
we see the sinfulness of our sin. We see the sinfulness of sin,
period, don't we? The Father forsakes our blessed
Savior. And he bleeds, and he dies in
our place, ransoming our eternal souls by the shedding of his
blood. And he cries, my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
me? And God forsook him, so he'd
never forsake you and I. Right? What did he tell us? I'll
never leave you, nor forsake you. We will never ever be forsaken
by God because of these words and because
of what Christ done on the cross for us. Oh, what a great cost. Could
you imagine that? He's sinless. The whole weight
of our sin is upon him. And then on top of that, God
cannot look upon him. Because He's sin. Our sins are
laid upon Him. He's the perfect sinless Lamb
of God. Spotless, and yet our sin is
laid upon Him. What a Savior. What a Redeemer
is Jesus Christ our Lord. And remember, He remained sinless
in His death, just as He was in His life. How do we know that? How do we know that? Well, at
the Day of Atonement, two sheeps were bought before the high priest.
Two sheeps, both spotless, totally unblemished. And the
high priest would cast a lot. One would be the sacrifice, and
one would be the scapegoat. And the high priest had no clue
which one the lot would fall upon. So they both had to be
perfect. They both had to be unblemished. And the lot would fall on the
one to be the sacrifice, and therefore making the other one
the scapegoat. And they would lead the sacrifice,
the one that was the sacrifice, and he would place his hands
upon them. And again, that sheep is still unblemished, that sheep
is still perfect. And the laying on of hands pictured
the imputation of our sins to Christ. And he's still a perfect
lamb and he slit his throat. And then the other one would
be taken out by a fit man, which pictured Christ, he's the only
fit man. You see, he's the high priest,
he's the sacrifice, he's the fit man, and he's the scapegoat. And what would that scapegoat
do? It represented carrying away the sins of all the people of
Israel. And he was released in the wilderness,
never to be seen again. And the fit man would come back
alone. As far as the east is from the
west, I'll remember your sins no more, right? They're gone,
beloved. The scapegoat has carried them
away. The sacrifice paid the ransom,
and the scapegoats carried them away. Hallelujah. What a Savior. What a Savior. Let's consider the second point
found in these verses. It's found in verse 50 of Matthew
chapter 27. It says, Jesus, when he cried
again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. Now we know that Christ was a
willing sacrifice. He went to that cross willingly,
didn't he? He said to those ladies, weep
not for me, but weep for yourself as he's on the way to the cross.
Do you imagine that? He knows exactly what's going
to happen. Think of the love He has for
us, beloved. Think of the love that He has for us that caused
Him to go willingly to the cross. Think of the love for each one
of His sheep He has as He goes there to pay the price for all
my sins, and if you're a believer, for all your sins. And he's willingly
going there. It's the love he had for us that
drove him there. Eternal love. Never was there a last breath
like this. Never was there a last breath
drawn like this. No one gathered there saw anything
remarkable. They just saw a man give his
last breath. They only saw a person dying
as any other person would when they're being crucified. And the eternal interests that
were going on at that time never even entered into their minds.
How do we know that? Well, because we saw how they
mocked him. He's there saving a people that
no man can number. And they said, well, he saved
others. He can't even save himself. Well, praise God he hung on that
cross because he saved my soul. And if you're a believer, he
saved yours too. And think of this, that death,
the death of Christ, The death of Christ solved the difficult
problem of how God could be perfectly just and yet justify sinners. How his perfect law, his perfect
holy law could be satisfied. His perfect justice could be
satisfied. Because none of us could ever
satisfy it. None of us could even pay for
one of our sins, could we? Not one, yet alone the millions
that we commit in a lifetime. Again, think of that burden,
the sins of all the elect of all the ages, the number that
no man can number. How many sins do we commit in
our lifetime? We can't even pay for one, and
he's paying the price that God demands for this multitude of
people that the Father's given him. Is there ever any greater love
that's being manifest than what we're seeing right here? This is the greatest manifestation
of love the world has ever seen. And what's opened up? A fountain
for sin and uncleanness is now open. You know, some are dying
for salvation, and they don't know where to find the answer.
Here's a little story I read about. I wanted to share it with
you guys. Some years ago, there was a vessel sailing on the northern
coast of South America, and they were making a signal of distress. And another ship asked what they
needed, and they said, we're dying for water. We're dying
for water. And the other ship said, drop
the bucket over. You're in the Amazon River. They had all the water that they
wanted. It was all around them. All they
had to do was drop the bucket and pull it up. See, they thought
they were surrounded by sea, and yet they were surrounded
by fresh water. They had wandered up a portion
of the Amazon River. You know, Christ's blood is set
before all in the preaching of the gospel. It's set before all
in the preaching of the gospel. And our cry as gospel preachers,
and our cry as the people of God, the people we love and care
about, and people who will hear our messages, flee to Christ.
He's the only hope for sinners. Don't say, well, I'll wait for
tomorrow. What if tomorrow never comes?
Today is the accepted day of salvation. Now is the time to
flee to Christ. I'll tell you what, there's complete
victory over sin in Christ. Now we still, as believers, struggle
with sin, don't we? But you know what? The guilt
of our sin's been taken care of. The penalty of our sin's
been taken care of. That which God demands for our
sins, which is death, has been taken care of, because we see
the death of the sinless one in our place. The soul that sinneth
it must die. So what does Christ do? He dies
in the place of sinners. Oh my, what a Savior. Turn, if you would, to Daniel
chapter nine. that Christ made an end of sins? He made an end of our sins. Now
we're still sinners, we still struggle with sin, but as far
as the power of sin, it doesn't have the power it once had over
us. And again, the penalty of sin has been taken care of, so
we can as sinners rejoice in this wondrous salvation that
we have in Christ Jesus our Lord. Look at this, Daniel 9.24. Daniel 9.24, 70 weeks are determined
upon thy people and upon the holy city to finish the transgression
and to make an end of sins. When was the end of sins made? When Christ died on the cross
for his people. And then look what it says too,
to make reconciliation for iniquity. How are we reconciled to God?
Through the precious blood of Christ. And to bring in what? Everlasting righteousness. What
are we clothed in, beloved? The everlasting righteousness
of Christ. The perfect, spotless righteousness
of Christ. It's wonderful. And to seal up
the vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy. He gets
all the glory, all the honor, and all the praise. And Christ
made the end of the sins of his people. God's law and justice
no longer have a claim upon us. Jesus has fully satisfied both
of them. How do we know that? Well, Isaiah
53.11 proclaims, he shall see the travail of his soul, that's
God the Father seeing the travail of the Son, and shall be satisfied. Two words of the gospel preaching
that I hope you leave with rejoicing. Substitution and satisfaction. Christ is the great substitute
of his people, and God is absolutely satisfied with the sacrifice
of Christ. Hallelujah! What a Savior! Some say, well, my sin's so black.
Flee to Christ. My sin's so deep. Oh, it's so
ugly. Flee to Christ. My sin's just
as ugly. And God saved me. Oh my, what
a Savior. How sinful is sin? So sinful
that the Son of God had to die in our room and place to save
us. How sinful is sin? So sinful
that only a perfect, sinless man, the God-man, the Lord Jesus
Christ, could pay the penalty that God demanded for our eternal
souls. And he did it, beloved. He said,
it is finished. Is there anything left for us? Nope. Remember in the Greek that
means to be brought to perfection. It's a perfect work. It's a complete
work, beloved. Oh my. And look at these words
here. Look at this though. Jesus, when
he cried, cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost,
willingly gave his life for us. And what did this prayer of it
prove? God's love for sinners, didn't it? Oh my, because that's
what we are. It proved God's love for us when
he sent his own son, the word of God, the second person of
eternity, to die for our eternal souls, to ransom our eternal
souls by the shedding of his blood. And we know the giving
of his life. Because it says right here, he
yielded up the ghost. He gave his life for us. No wonder
the earth quaked when the son of God made an offering for sin
when he gave himself as an offering for sin. No wonder the earth
quaked. No wonder the graves burst open.
No wonder the veil was rent from the top to the bottom. The prince of life has given
his life that we might have eternal life. Now for the third point from
our text. which is a remarkable miracle
which occurred at the hour of our Lord's death in the very
midst of the Jewish people. The veil of the temple was rent
in two." Rent in two. Now this, from what I heard,
this veil is supposed to be really thick. No man could, you know,
you see guys, I remember when I was a kid, guys used to get
telephone books and try to show off how tough they were and rip
the telephone book in half. Some guys could do it. This was a whole great big veil
that covered the Holy of Holies. Let's read verses 50 to 53. Jesus, when he had cried again
with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And behold, the veil
of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. Now
men would rip it from the bottom to the top, right? Now this is
ripped from the top to the bottom. and the earth did quake, so there
was an earthquake, and the rocks rent, and the graves were opened,
and many of the bodies of the saints which slept arose, and
came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into
the holy city, and appeared unto many." Marvel at this wondrous
event here before us. What a sign is set here before
us. Remember, that curtain covered
the Holy of Holies. It separated the rest of the
temple from the Holy of Holies. Only the high priest went in
there. Only he was allowed in there. And it was suddenly split from
top to bottom. Split right in half. No sign was more important than
this. No doubt the other things were
starling. The three hours of darkness.
That was probably startling to a lot of people. The earthquake,
no doubt, was a shock. But this rendering of the temple
veil, it would have bothered any intelligent Jew. It would
have bothered them. They would have looked at that
and thought, what in the world happened? And the conscience of Caiaphas,
the high priest, must have been filled with dismay at this. What
just happened? You know what it proclaimed,
beloved? It proclaimed the end of the ceremonial law. It was a sign of the old dispensation
of sacrifices and ordinances was no longer needed. The final
sacrifice was here. The moment that Christ died,
there was no more need for an earthly High Priest. There was no more need. There
was no more need for the mercy seat because Christ is our mercy
seat. There was no more need for the sprinkling of blood because,
see, all those were types and shadows, right? And here's the
substance. There's no more need for that.
You hear people now saying, They have to find the red heifer and
they have to find all this stuff to reinstate the ordinances at
the Temple Mount. That would be an abomination
to God. If they did that, that would
be spitting in God's eye. That would be an abomination,
beloved. We do not need outward symbols
now. The rendering of the veil proclaimed
this, that the way of salvation is now opened. It's opened. We can now enter into the holy
of holies because of our high priest, beloved. He went in there
for us. See, all of them high priests,
they were They were sinners, but they were just a picture
of the great high priest who would come who was sinless. All
of those sacrifices were but types and shadows of the great
sacrifice who would come and give his life. There's no need
for that anymore. There's no need for the mercy
seat. There's no need for the sprinkling of blood. There's
no need for the offering of incense. There's no more need for a day
of atonement. The great Passover Lamb of God. has been slain. The true high priest had appeared.
The true lamb of God had been slain. And again, the figures
and shadows were no longer needed and no longer wanted because
they were shadows in the substances here. He just died on Calvary's cross.
He just gave his life. The great sin bearer just gave
his life. The great substitute of God's
people just gave his life. And right after he died, that
happened right away. The way into the Holy of Holies
is now open, beloved. My, oh my, he had finished the
work that God had sent him to do. Because we know he cried,
it is finished. He's redeemed his people from
their sins. And what do we say? Hallelujah,
what a Savior. And the way into the presence
of God is now open for you and I as believers. How do we know
that? Well, Hebrews 4, 16 says, let
us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace. We can come to the throne of
grace in prayer now. It says that we may obtain mercy. I need
mercy. I need mercy every day, do you?
I need it every day. I need it more and more. And
to find grace to help in time of need, I need help. Now I'm a believer, and each
day as I spend in this world, I know each day I need more help
and more mercy from my King. So that's why we go to the throne
of grace, beloved. You know, a way of life is set
forth before the whole world here in the death of Christ.
There is a fountain for sin and uncleanness. Zechariah says,
in that day there shall be a fountain open to the house of David and
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and uncleanness. Are
you a sinner? I'm a sinner. Every believer
will tell you we're sinners. Save sinners. Are you a sinner? Do you see a sin and grieve over
it? You see that you have no way
to pay for your sin? Flee to Christ. He's the only
hope. Don't let your sinfulness hold
you back. Christ died for sinners. You know when people say, well,
you don't know how much of a sinner I am. I always want to say to
them, you're so proud and full of self-righteousness. Because
I was the same way. People use excuses all the time. Flee to Christ. He's the Savior
of sinners. He's the Savior of sinners. And
our sins may be great, but think of this, the payment made by
our Savior, made by the Savior, is greater than our sins. Oh my, our sin may be many, but
the payment made by our great subsidy far outweighs all our
sins. So let us praise God. Every time
we who are the people of God hear about this crucifixion,
the death of our Savior in our place, in our world, let us praise
our King. Let us give Him all the glory
for what He's done. Let us come with hearts full
of praise for Him. Our Savior can be touched with
the feeling of our infirmities for He knows what suffering is,
doesn't He? Don't ever feel like my suffering's
too small, my thing is too small to bring to God. Don't ever feel
that way, beloved. Nothing's too small. Our Lord
understands suffering. He went through it, didn't He?
He knows what suffering is. He's bone of our bone and flesh
of our flesh, beloved. That's a real man dying on the
cross there. He's the God man, but he's a
real man. He's 100% man and 100% God. Oh my. He's a just savior. He's a just savior. One old saint
of God came to die and he said, my belief can be reduced to this
narrow compass. Jesus Christ came to save sinners. Amen, brother.