1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:26,800 Oh, that rugged cross, my salvation, where your love poured out over me. Now my soul cries out, "Hallelujah." Please, and all who are unto me. 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:59,980 See the stone is rolled away. Behold the empty tomb. Hallelujah, God be praised. He's risen from the grave. Oh, that rugged cross, my chalet. 3 00:00:59,980 --> 00:01:29,960 Oh, that was a revelation. Where your love poured out over me. Now my soul cries out. Hallelujah. Praise and honor are to Thee. Praise and honor are to Thee. 4 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:59,940 Praise and honor are to Thee. 5 00:01:59,940 --> 00:02:29,920 Praise and honor are to Thee. 6 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:59,900 Praise and honor are to Thee. 7 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:59,860 Thank you. 8 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:29,860 Thank you. 9 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:59,860 Thank you. 10 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:51,560 And then zoom it in for this part because it captures the screen. It totally has the right 11 00:20:51,560 --> 00:21:17,640 date on it. It only will use slides by using Canva, by controlling Canva. Okay, let's make 12 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:43,720 sure all our technology is working. Yep. Just a quick announcement before we begin with prayer. We'll, at the end of our service, partake of communion together. So if you would like to participate in that, just feel free to grab the communion elements. And we're going to, the way to work 13 00:21:43,720 --> 00:22:09,800 is all pray. We're going to sing a few songs, and then we'll spend a little bit of time in some of the Old Testament and some of the New Testament as we gather to remember Christ standing in our place and dying on the cross. So let's go ahead and go to God in prayer. Father in heaven, 14 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:35,880 I ask that you would be with us this evening as we consider the work of redemption, as we consider the death of your Son, as we consider the weight of unbrokenness of our sin. May you help us to see grace and hope 15 00:22:35,880 --> 00:23:01,960 and peace. I ask that you would be with those who are here now, and you would be with those who are watching as we worship this evening. May you open their eyes to see the good news of the gospel, that we would be strengthened, and we would be hopeful, and we would be joyful in the redemption that has been given to us. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 16 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:08,960 Let's go ahead and stand as we sing "At the Cross." 17 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:57,960 There's a place where streams of grace flow deep and wide, where all the love I've ever found comes like a flood, comes flowing down. 18 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:29,960 At the cross, at the cross, I surrender my life. I'm in all of you, I'm in all of you. Where your love, my friend, my sin washed white. I owe all to you, I owe all to you, Jesus. 19 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:58,960 There's a place where sin and shame are powerless. Where my heart has peace with God and forgiveness. 20 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:27,960 Where all the love I've ever found comes like a flood, comes flowing down. At the cross, at the cross, I surrender my life. I'm in awe of You. I'm in awe of You. 21 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:56,960 Where Your love ran red, and my sin washed white. I owe to You. I owe to You. Here, my hope is found. Here, on holy ground. Here, I bow down. Here, I bow down. Here, arms open wide. 22 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:25,960 Here, You saved my life. Here, I bow down. Here, I bow. At the cross, at the cross, I surrender my life. I'm in awe of You. I'm in awe of You. Where Your love ran red, and my sin washed white. I owe to You. 23 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:42,960 I owe all to You. I owe all to You. I owe all to You. I owe all to You. Jesus. 24 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:54,960 As we move into our time of worship, I want to read together the 14th Psalm. It's what is prayed and sang and 25 00:26:54,960 --> 00:27:03,960 shouted to Jesus, "Save us," we pray, as He enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, but it's also for Jesus on the Thursday 26 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:10,960 night becoming a reality which we are remembering now. So would you read these verses with me? 27 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:23,960 "Save us," we pray, O Lord. O Lord, we pray, give us success. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. We bless you 28 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:33,960 from the house of the Lord. The Lord is God, and He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the 29 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:45,960 festal sacrifice with cords up to the horns of the altar. You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You 30 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:54,960 are my God, I will extol you. Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast 31 00:27:54,960 --> 00:28:00,960 love endures forever. This is the word of the Lord. 32 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:30,960 I hear the Savior say, "Thy strength indeed is small." Child of weakness, watch and pray, find in me thine all in all. 33 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:39,960 Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe. 34 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:51,960 Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow. 35 00:28:51,960 --> 00:29:08,960 Lord, now indeed I find, Thy power and thine alone can change the leper's spot. 36 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:37,960 And melt the heart of stone. Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow. 37 00:29:37,960 --> 00:30:06,960 For nothing good have I, whereby Thy grace to claim. I'll wash my garments white, in the blood of Calvary's Lamb. Jesus paid it all, all to Him. 38 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:35,960 To Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain. He washed it white as snow. And when before the throne, I stand in Him complete. 39 00:30:35,960 --> 00:31:04,960 Jesus died my soul to save. My lips shall still repeat. Jesus paid it all. All to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain. He washed it white as snow. 40 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:23,960 Oh, Jesus paid it all. All to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain. He washed it white as snow. 41 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:57,960 Man of sorrows, Lamb of God, by His own betrayed. The sin of man and broth of God, by His own betrayed. 42 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:08,960 The sin of man and broth of God, has been on Jesus' name. Silent as He stood accused, beaten, mocked, and scorned. 43 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:13,960 The sin of man and broth of God, has been on Jesus' name. Silent as He stood accused, beaten, mocked, and scorned. 44 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:26,960 Silent as He stood accused, beaten, mocked, and scorned. 45 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:40,960 Bowing to the Father's will, He took a crown of doors. 46 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:55,960 Oh, that rugged cross, my salvation, where your love poured out over me. 47 00:32:55,960 --> 00:33:11,960 Now my soul cries out, "Hallelujah!" Praise and honor unto Thee. 48 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:24,960 Send of heaven, God's own Son, to purchase and redeem. 49 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:36,960 And reconciled to the fairy hut who nailed him to that tree. 50 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:49,960 Oh, that rugged cross, my salvation, where your love poured out over me. 51 00:33:49,960 --> 00:34:03,960 Now my soul cries out, "Hallelujah!" Praise and honor unto thee. 52 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:18,960 Now my debt is paid, it is paid in full by the precious blood that my Jesus spilled. 53 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:30,960 Now the curse of sin has no hold on me. The Son sets free, O is free indeed. 54 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:47,960 Now my debt is paid, it is paid in full by the precious blood that my Jesus spilled. Now the curse of sin has no hold on me. 55 00:34:47,960 --> 00:35:16,960 The Son sets free, O is free indeed. O that rugged cross, my salvation, where your love poured out over me. Now my soul cries out, Hallelujah! 56 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:45,960 Praise and honor unto thee. O that rugged cross, my salvation, where your love poured out over me. Now my soul cries out, Hallelujah! 57 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:58,960 Praise and honor unto thee. Praise and honor unto thee. 58 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:12,960 Let's go ahead and have a word of prayer. 59 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:25,960 Father in heaven, we thank you for that cross. We thank you for your love and for your grace. 60 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:37,960 We ask for the ability to glimpse the height and the depth and the width and the breadth of this love that passes all understanding. 61 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:48,960 That in these moments, through your word and by the work of your spirit, you would direct us to the garden and to the cross. 62 00:36:48,960 --> 00:37:04,960 That you would help us to glimpse that love and that grace as Jesus stands, taking all of our sin, all of our shame and all of our brokenness upon himself. 63 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:12,960 As he picks up the cup that he did not have to choose, and he takes our sin into himself. 64 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:18,960 Be with us during this time. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 65 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:37,960 Amen. 66 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:07,960 Amen. 67 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:37,960 Amen. 68 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:35,940 In the past, that a man named Jesus came to a very well-known family in the town of Bethany. A man by the name of Lazarus had died, and the religious leaders were all there, and Jesus, calling for the stone to be rolled away, called Lazarus from the tomb in an amazing show of God's Word. 69 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:59,960 In the power, Lazarus walks out of the tomb, and everybody has heard it, and everybody knows it. And Jesus has changed, and the disciples have to feel this, because for a while he's been roaming the countryside, up and down, into Galilee, into the wilderness, teaching and preaching, and now all of a sudden he's focused and centered on Jerusalem. 70 00:39:59,960 --> 00:40:14,960 And then it changes even more, because on Sunday, as they print their way to Jerusalem, Jesus intentionally calls for a donkey, and enters the city in fulfillment of the prophecy made by the prophet Zechariah. 71 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:24,960 The crowds gather. They are rejoicing. They are calling out from the 118th Psalm. They're taking their cloaks and throwing them on the road. They're waving palm branches. 72 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:29,960 And the crowds rejoice and the religious leaders grumble. 73 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:35,960 Jesus will visit the temple and then return to Bethany. It's sort of his pattern for most of the week. 74 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:40,960 Into Jerusalem, back up the mountain to Bethany, back into Jerusalem. 75 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:51,960 On Monday, it's a strange scene because Jesus enters into the temple, and all of the things that had been done to separate people 76 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:58,960 from their money and from their sacrifices and ultimately from their ability to worship God. 77 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:05,960 Jesus comes, and He cleanses the temple. And it's a strange scene because He cleanses the temple, 78 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:11,960 but there's also a group of children who are acting out the events from the day before, running around Jesus. 79 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:18,960 And I kind of imagine them with used palm branches they pick up, singing what they heard the adults say the day before. 80 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:25,960 Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. And the religious leaders grumble about that as well. 81 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:29,960 And then back to Bethany, and Tuesday he's back in the temple, 82 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:34,960 where the religious leaders are simply asking this question, "Who do you think you are?" 83 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:41,960 Over and over, from different groups and different peoples and in different ways. 84 00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:47,960 Wednesday, for Jesus and the disciples, or for most of the disciples, it is quiet. 85 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:55,960 However, the religious leaders are plotting, betraying, and they're seeking an opportunity to harass Jesus. 86 00:41:55,960 --> 00:42:00,960 And it's been such a strange week, not just because of the excitement of Passover, 87 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:11,960 and the religious celebration, the reunion of friends and family, but because Jesus is there. 88 00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:16,960 And then it comes time on Thursday to prepare for the Passover, and it's almost like 89 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:23,960 some sort of covert operation. There's a man with a jar, there's a passphrase, 90 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:28,960 and then there is the meal itself, and it's remarkable that this Passover meal, 91 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:35,960 probably like a lot of our meals sometimes, especially with kids, begins with an argument. 92 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:39,960 And Luke records the beginning of the Passover meal like this: 93 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:45,960 "A dispute arose among them as to which of them was regarded as the greatest." 94 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:50,960 And so as they begin this meal, and as they come into this room, 95 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:54,960 and as they begin to recline around the table, they're arguing with each other, 96 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:58,960 "Who's the greatest? Who's more important? Who's going to have more power? 97 00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:00,960 Who's going to have a better place in the kingdom?" 98 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:07,960 And in that moment, Jesus takes off his robe, and he dresses like a servant, 99 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:12,960 and he begins to wash their feet. 100 00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:17,960 And they begin to celebrate Passover. 101 00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:22,960 And the question at the heart of Passover is simply this: 102 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,960 "Why is this night different from all the other nights?" 103 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:30,960 In fact, the Mishnah, which recorded the way the Passover would work 104 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:35,960 as sort of an extra commentary, extra bit of religious guidance, 105 00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:41,960 would instruct certain questions to be asked by the children. 106 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:47,960 And so as Jesus and his disciples gather around this Passover table, 107 00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:55,960 there are thousands of children in thousands of Jewish households asking this question: 108 00:43:55,960 --> 00:44:01,960 "Why is this night different from all other nights?" 109 00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:07,960 Because at the heart of Passover is the remembrance of how God has delivered his people from Egypt. 110 00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:12,960 And at the heart of Passover are these verses from the book of Exodus. 111 00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:19,960 "Say therefore to the people of Israel, 'I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burden of the Egyptians, 112 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:27,960 and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment, 113 00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:33,960 and I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, 114 00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:39,960 who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians." 115 00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:45,960 There are four promises found in these verses, which at the Passover meal, 116 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:50,960 as the questions are asked, "Why is the night different from all other nights?" 117 00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:55,960 Four promises symbolized by four cups. 118 00:44:55,960 --> 00:45:01,960 Beginning with this, "I will bring you out from under the burden of the Egyptians." 119 00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:10,960 And it pictures how God physically brings His people out from under the burdens of their slavery. 120 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:14,960 And then next is this, "I will deliver you." 121 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,960 So as the meal opens, they drink the first cup. 122 00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:20,960 Remember that they are brought out from the burden of the Egyptians. 123 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:28,960 And as the meal progresses, they then drink the second cup, which is, "I will deliver you from slavery to them." 124 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:45,960 And so after the Exodus story represents the rescue from slavery itself, not just the physical place, but the condition of being held in bondage, of not being able to be free. 125 00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:57,960 And there is a first century practice at Passover, still celebrated but a little differently in Passover meals today, 126 00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:09,960 where at the beginning of the meal a piece of the unleavened bread is taken and set to the side to be eaten at the close of the meal. 127 00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:17,960 And so they take this bread and set it aside. They would eat the bread and then they would drink of the third cup. 128 00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:26,960 The third cup that says this, "I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment." 129 00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:33,960 And there is a picture of redemption, of God's covenantal relationship being restored. 130 00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:43,960 And in the Bible, redemption means being bought back with a price, rescuing someone from bondage or from slavery or debt, often by paying for them. 131 00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:53,960 And the redemption in Egypt described in the book of Exodus was God's deliverance of the Israelites from slavery under Pharaoh, and he does it through miracles. 132 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:58,960 And he does it through plagues, culminating in the death of the firstborn. 133 00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:04,960 And he does it through the sacrifice of the Passover lamb. Do you remember the final, final plague? 134 00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:12,960 Egypt has been through a lot. It was turned to blood, there's been bugs, there's been boils, there's been darkness. 135 00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:18,960 And the final plague was this: the death of the firstborn sons. 136 00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:27,960 And God commands the Israelites to kill a lamb, and to place its blood around the doorposts of the house. 137 00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:37,960 So I want you to hear, in this third cup, when God says, "I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great acts of judgment." 138 00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:46,960 For the Passover meal, the great act of judgment, was the death of every firstborn male in Egypt. 139 00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:53,960 The redemption comes with a great judgment, and a great price. 140 00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:57,960 And the only hope is found under the blood of the lamb. 141 00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:12,960 And here at this meal, God is offering His Son as the price of redemption, and we who are saved are covered by the blood of the lamb. 142 00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:21,960 And so it's at this moment in this supper where Matthew says this, "Now as they were eating," Jesus took bread, that bread after supper. 143 00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:28,960 And after blessing it, He broke it and gave it to His disciples and said, "Take, eat. This is my body." 144 00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:33,960 And He took a cup. It's the cup of redemption, the third cup of Passover. 145 00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:39,960 And when He had given thanks, He gave it to them saying, "Drink of it, all of you, for this is the blood of the covenant, 146 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:51,960 which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins, the redemption that is purchased by blood." 147 00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:55,960 What is Jesus about to do? In a few moments, they're going to go to the garden. 148 00:48:55,960 --> 00:49:01,960 He's going to be arrested. He's going to be tried. He's going to be scourged. 149 00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:04,960 He's going to be mocked with a crown of thorns and a robe of purple. 150 00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:19,960 And eventually he is going to be stripped of all of those things and nailed to a cross where his blood is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 151 00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:21,960 That's the third cup. 152 00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:28,960 There's one more cup this evening, and it happens at the end of the meal. 153 00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:38,960 And it's this: "I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burden of the Egyptians." 154 00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:46,960 And notice that it's not just saved, not just freed, it's not just redeemed, but it's this: "There is a place for you." 155 00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:57,960 It's not just that God simply says, "I have saved you and I have pulled you out, and now good luck. Find your way home. I will take you to be your people." 156 00:49:57,960 --> 00:50:01,960 "You are coming home with me." 157 00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:13,960 And this fourth cup was drank as songs of praise echo through the Passover meal. 158 00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:16,960 We see this in Matthew 26. 159 00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:20,960 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 160 00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:26,960 The last hymn that Jesus sings is the one that we read this morning. 161 00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:28,960 Give us, O Lord, we pray. 162 00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:31,960 Give us success. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. 163 00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:37,960 We bless you from the house of the Lord. The Lord is God. He has made his light to shine on us. 164 00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:42,960 Bind the festal sacrifice with cords up to the horns of the altar. 165 00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:47,960 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God. I will extol you. 166 00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:54,960 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever." 167 00:50:54,960 --> 00:51:03,960 This is the hymn that they sing. These are the words that Jesus sings. 168 00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:13,960 His goodness, his steadfast love, nailed to the cross. 169 00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:22,960 The words we read at the beginning of our service this evening was the last song that our Savior sang before he went to the garden. 170 00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:31,960 We've talked about four cups and four promises, but there is another cup. 171 00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:39,960 Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I go over there and pray." 172 00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:47,960 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, that's James and John, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 173 00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:58,960 And he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful even to death. Remain here and watch with me." 174 00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:05,960 And listen to what happens next. 175 00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:16,960 Next, Jesus prays these words. Going a little farther, he fell on his face and saying, "My Father, if possible, 176 00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:26,960 let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but you will." And Jesus will pray this according to Matthew three times. 177 00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:37,960 And this is not a memorized prayer. It's not a prayer that was normally repeated. Notice what he says, "My soul is very sorrowful even to death. 178 00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:45,960 Remain here and watch with me. Don't leave me by myself." And going a little farther, he doesn't just kneel down, but he falls to his face, 179 00:52:45,960 --> 00:53:00,960 and he begs that the cup that is set before him be taken away. And being in agony, he prayed even more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling to the ground. 180 00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:14,960 That the emotion and the stress and the heartbreak that Jesus is feeling in these moments has a physical impact on his body. 181 00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:25,960 Likely, from what we know, the capillaries in his forehead burst, and blood begins to pour down his face. 182 00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:39,960 And he prays this prayer again. "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done." Matthew will say he'll pray the same prayer a third time. 183 00:53:39,960 --> 00:53:48,960 Every other cup on this Thursday night before Friday was remembering God's promises. 184 00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:57,960 Remembering what God would do for his people, that he would bring them out, that he would deliver them, that he would redeem them, that he would bring them home to be his people. 185 00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:09,960 But now here is a cup that is so terrible, that's set before Jesus, that in just contemplating the cup, drops of blood. 186 00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:12,960 You see, this cup is different. 187 00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:25,960 "For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to their dregs." 188 00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:35,960 From Psalm 75, a picture of the cup of the wrath of God poured out upon the wicked. 189 00:54:35,960 --> 00:54:53,960 Or in Isaiah 51, "And up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, who have drunk the dregs, the bowl, the cup of staggering." 190 00:54:53,960 --> 00:55:07,960 This is the cup that is laid before Jesus. Not the cup of deliverance, or the cup of rescue, or the cup of hope, but the cup of God's wrath poured out upon sinners. 191 00:55:07,960 --> 00:55:21,960 The cup that Jesus is about to drink is not simply about the pain that was about to occur, as horrific and shameful as that was. It's not even the fight, the spiritual battle 192 00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:37,960 that is raging in that moment. It's not the dread, but it is our sin. For our sake, He made Him to be sin, who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. 193 00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:49,960 Jesus, the one without any sin, picks up our sin, our brokenness, and our shame. The one who ultimately is righteous, never sinning, never doing what is wrong, always 194 00:55:49,960 --> 00:56:14,960 doing what is good, picks up the cup that is our sin, and the punishment for that sin. All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. 195 00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:39,960 So here's the question: Why? Why would Jesus pick up this cup, the cup of wrath? Why would the sinless Savior pick up the weight of our sin and shame and brokenness? Listen to what Luke says and how he describes this prayer. 196 00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:56,960 Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done. And I don't think those words were probably said as we read them easily and quickly, but with great suffering and emotion and emphasis. 197 00:56:56,960 --> 00:57:08,960 Hear those words again. Especially the end. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done. Do you know why Jesus drinks the cup? 198 00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:26,960 Because we've prayed a prayer very similar to Jesus. We've, in fact, prayed these same words of Jesus just in a bit of a different order. Not your will, but mine be done. 199 00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:37,960 From the garden and the tree, throughout human history, every single one of us have prayed this same prayer. Maybe not with our mouths, but with our lives. 200 00:57:37,960 --> 00:57:47,960 Not your will, but mine be done. And I want you to see what Jesus does. 201 00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:56,960 Isaiah 51:22, "Thus says the Lord, the Lord your God, who pleads the cause of his people. 202 00:57:56,960 --> 00:58:06,960 Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering, the bowl of my wrath. 203 00:58:06,960 --> 00:58:18,960 You shall drink no more." Two chapters later, "Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him, and he has put him to grief. 204 00:58:18,960 --> 00:58:26,960 When his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring. He shall prolong his days, and the will of the Lord shall prosper his hand." 205 00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:35,960 You see, Jesus takes the cup that is intended for us. We have prayed, "Not your will, but mine be done." 206 00:58:35,960 --> 00:58:48,960 And Jesus prays, "Not my will, but yours be done." And he takes the cup of wrath out of our hands, and he drinks it himself. 207 00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:53,960 And he drinks it down to the dregs. 208 00:58:53,960 --> 00:59:04,960 And here Jesus takes our brokenness, and for God's people, he imputes to them his righteousness. Let me show you the wonderful news. 209 00:59:04,960 --> 00:59:09,960 Of this reality. 210 00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:15,960 In one of the world's favorite Psalms, we all know how it goes, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." 211 00:59:15,960 --> 00:59:20,960 It talks about still waters and green pastures. 212 00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:25,960 It talks about walking through the valley of the shadow of death, and I will fear no evil, for you are with me. 213 00:59:25,960 --> 00:59:29,960 But there's a part at the end that sometimes I think we overlook. 214 00:59:29,960 --> 00:59:40,960 That in light of the cup that Jesus drinks in the garden, carries enormous weight. 215 00:59:40,960 --> 00:59:44,960 Would you read these words together with me? 216 00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:50,960 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. 217 00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:55,960 You anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows. 218 00:59:55,960 --> 01:00:07,960 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. 219 01:00:07,960 --> 01:00:13,960 Do you know why there's a table for you? Why there's a cup that overflows with goodness? 220 01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:20,960 Why goodness and mercy shall follow you all the days of your life, and why you are able to dwell in the house of the Lord forever? 221 01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:35,960 It's because of this. Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering, the bowl of wrath, and you shall drink of it no more, because Jesus drinks it down to the dregs. 222 01:00:35,960 --> 01:00:45,960 And there remains for us a cup of blessing, and a cup of promise, a cup of hope. 223 01:00:45,960 --> 01:01:01,960 And the promise starts like this. The Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, a feast of rich food full of marrow and of aged wine, well refined. 224 01:01:01,960 --> 01:01:10,960 There is a feast coming with food and with drink and with cups that overflow, a table that has been prepared before us. 225 01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:15,960 And listen to the reason why this is so joyful. 226 01:01:15,960 --> 01:01:23,960 He will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all people, the veil that is spread over all nations. 227 01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:29,960 He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all the faces. 228 01:01:29,960 --> 01:01:34,960 And the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. 229 01:01:34,960 --> 01:01:45,960 As Jesus ascended that mountain, we get to drink this cup of joy without tears on that mountain. 230 01:01:45,960 --> 01:01:52,960 Full plates, full cups, full of joy. This is joyful. 231 01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:57,960 I want to return for a moment to the Passover table. 232 01:01:57,960 --> 01:02:01,960 Because this is really a table for Jewish people, right? 233 01:02:01,960 --> 01:02:08,960 For God's people celebrating their return from Egypt, their salvation from Egypt. 234 01:02:08,960 --> 01:02:11,960 But there's good news about this table, too. 235 01:02:11,960 --> 01:02:13,960 Listen to Paul's words. 236 01:02:13,960 --> 01:02:18,960 Remember, you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel. 237 01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:20,960 He's speaking to us. 238 01:02:20,960 --> 01:02:29,960 And strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 239 01:02:29,960 --> 01:02:38,960 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were once far off, have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 240 01:02:38,960 --> 01:02:42,960 See, there is a table. 241 01:02:42,960 --> 01:02:48,960 And at the table is the bread of life, and at the table is a cup of redemption. 242 01:02:48,960 --> 01:02:51,960 A cup of remembrance. 243 01:02:51,960 --> 01:02:56,960 A cup of present strength. 244 01:02:56,960 --> 01:03:03,960 Of present forgiveness, of present hope, and a promise of future reality. 245 01:03:03,960 --> 01:03:06,960 I'm going to pray. 246 01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:10,960 I want to take that bread and that cup together. 247 01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:16,960 And as we do so, there's a couple things I want you to consider. 248 01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:21,960 One is I want you to consider the cost of this cup. 249 01:03:21,960 --> 01:03:25,960 Physical terms are expensive. 250 01:03:25,960 --> 01:03:31,960 But for those of us who are in Christ, 251 01:03:31,960 --> 01:03:38,960 I don't know that there is a value that can be placed on the bread and the cup 252 01:03:38,960 --> 01:03:42,960 that Jesus our Savior gives to us. 253 01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:50,960 The cost of his body and his blood that have been broken and have been poured out. 254 01:03:50,960 --> 01:03:54,960 For our forgiveness. 255 01:03:54,960 --> 01:04:05,960 But also this is a moment for God's people of repentance and of remembrance and of focusing and of looking forward. 256 01:04:05,960 --> 01:04:14,960 And so we look to the cross and to the gospel and to that unimaginable price paid in this bread and this cup. 257 01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:19,960 And Paul tells us we examine ourselves and we look at where we're focused. 258 01:04:19,960 --> 01:04:23,960 But he also says we proclaim this until Jesus comes again. 259 01:04:23,960 --> 01:04:31,960 So I'm going to pray and we'll partake of the bread and we'll read a verse that I think helps direct us toward that. 260 01:04:31,960 --> 01:04:37,960 And we'll partake of the cup and we'll look toward that future hope. 261 01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:42,960 Let's pray. 262 01:04:42,960 --> 01:04:46,960 Father in heaven, 263 01:04:46,960 --> 01:04:53,960 this meal contains 264 01:04:53,960 --> 01:04:56,960 so much depth 265 01:04:56,960 --> 01:05:00,960 and wonder and awe. 266 01:05:00,960 --> 01:05:04,960 You would send your son to stand in our place, 267 01:05:04,960 --> 01:05:07,960 that he would willingly pick up the cup 268 01:05:07,960 --> 01:05:10,960 that we deserved, 269 01:05:10,960 --> 01:05:15,960 so that in him we might drink the cup of redemption and partake of the bread of life. 270 01:05:16,960 --> 01:05:21,960 And as we look back, fill us 271 01:05:21,960 --> 01:05:25,960 with the deep and abiding 272 01:05:25,960 --> 01:05:29,960 gratefulness and joy and wonder. 273 01:05:29,960 --> 01:05:34,960 As we look to our lives in this moment, may you focus us 274 01:05:34,960 --> 01:05:38,960 on what it is we are chasing and what it is we are pursuing. 275 01:05:38,960 --> 01:05:41,960 May we look to you and to the gospel. 276 01:05:41,960 --> 01:05:45,960 May we look forward to the future with hope. 277 01:05:45,960 --> 01:05:50,960 A day when our faith shall be sight. 278 01:05:50,960 --> 01:05:54,960 So encourage us, strengthen us, forgive us. 279 01:05:54,960 --> 01:05:56,960 May you bless this bread and this cup. 280 01:05:56,960 --> 01:06:00,960 It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 281 01:06:00,960 --> 01:06:03,960 If you would, take the bread with me, and before you eat, would you 282 01:06:03,960 --> 01:06:07,960 read with me this prayer of Jesus. 283 01:06:07,960 --> 01:06:11,960 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 284 01:06:11,960 --> 01:06:18,960 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 285 01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:25,960 This bread directs us to our Savior, but also to the kingdom. 286 01:06:25,960 --> 01:06:29,960 We are seeking to do the will of God in. 287 01:06:29,960 --> 01:06:39,960 Paul says as we drink this cup, we eat this bread, we proclaim Jesus till he comes again. 288 01:06:39,960 --> 01:06:43,960 We read with me at the end of the book of Revelation. 289 01:06:43,960 --> 01:06:48,960 We'll read this last phrase from John, but Jesus says this. 290 01:06:48,960 --> 01:06:53,960 He who testifies to this says, "Surely I am coming soon." 291 01:06:53,960 --> 01:06:57,960 Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. 292 01:06:57,960 --> 01:07:03,960 Father in heaven, 293 01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:10,960 this is by Your grace, 294 01:07:10,960 --> 01:07:15,960 through the strength of Your Spirit, by the redemption of Your Son, for Your glory, 295 01:07:15,960 --> 01:07:18,960 that we look back 296 01:07:18,960 --> 01:07:22,960 to the suffering of Your Son, 297 01:07:22,960 --> 01:07:25,960 to see our Savior 298 01:07:25,960 --> 01:07:28,960 and the price that He paid 299 01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:30,960 in the garden, 300 01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:33,960 and then on this Friday on the cross. 301 01:07:33,960 --> 01:07:35,960 May You move our hearts in wonder. 302 01:07:35,960 --> 01:07:39,960 May You move us in anticipation and hope 303 01:07:39,960 --> 01:07:41,960 of what comes next. 304 01:07:41,960 --> 01:07:43,960 We pray, 305 01:07:43,960 --> 01:07:45,960 as John did, 306 01:07:45,960 --> 01:07:47,960 "Come, Lord Jesus." 307 01:07:47,960 --> 01:07:49,960 It's in His name we pray. 308 01:07:49,960 --> 01:07:50,960 Amen. 309 01:07:50,960 --> 01:07:53,960 We're going to stand, I think, as is our tradition, 310 01:07:53,960 --> 01:07:57,960 and we're going to sing, "Hallelujah, what a Savior." 311 01:08:03,960 --> 01:08:11,760 Man of sorrows, what a name 312 01:08:11,760 --> 01:08:17,100 For the Son of God to King 313 01:08:17,100 --> 01:08:22,100 Ruined sinners to reclaim 314 01:08:22,100 --> 01:08:27,100 Hallelujah, what a Savior 315 01:08:33,100 --> 01:08:38,640 Bearing shame and scoffing rue 316 01:08:38,640 --> 01:08:44,040 In my place condemned He stood 317 01:08:44,040 --> 01:08:49,000 Sealed my pardon with His blood 318 01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:54,940 Hallelujah, what a Savior 319 01:08:54,940 --> 01:09:02,240 Guilty, violent, 320 01:09:02,240 --> 01:09:05,240 Helpless we 321 01:09:05,240 --> 01:09:10,440 Spotless Lamb of God was He 322 01:09:10,440 --> 01:09:15,440 Full atonement, can it be? 323 01:09:15,440 --> 01:09:21,440 Hallelujah, what a Savior 324 01:09:21,440 --> 01:09:31,380 Gifted up was He to die 325 01:09:31,380 --> 01:09:36,380 It is finished was His cry 326 01:09:36,380 --> 01:09:41,380 Now in heaven, exalted high 327 01:09:41,380 --> 01:09:46,380 Hallelujah, what a Savior 328 01:09:46,380 --> 01:09:57,380 When He comes, our glorious King 329 01:09:57,380 --> 01:10:03,380 All His ransomed torn to bring 330 01:10:03,380 --> 01:10:08,380 Dead are near, this song will sing 331 01:10:08,380 --> 01:10:13,380 Hallelujah, what a Savior 332 01:10:13,380 --> 01:10:18,380 Hallelujah, what a Savior 333 01:10:26,380 --> 01:10:31,380 I'll end our service tonight with the words of the Apostle John 334 01:10:31,380 --> 01:10:35,380 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen. 335 01:10:55,380 --> 01:11:03,380 Oh, you can turn a light. Leave that there for now, Debbie. You can turn the light on if you want. 336 01:11:24,380 --> 01:11:25,380 Thank you. 337 01:11:54,380 --> 01:12:24,360 Thank you. 338 01:12:24,380 --> 01:12:54,360 Thank you.