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This is the hour. He was wounded for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. And this is the work, this is the doing, and this is what is accomplished. For what is laid upon Him is not only what they do; it is what you—your sin and your guilt and your death, all of it—lay upon Him. He does not set it aside or hold it away or leave it unnamed and untouched; He takes it up and carries

One by one, He washes their feet; each moment more humiliating than the last. Until, finally, Jesus, with water in hand and a towel wrapped around Him, is right there. “No!” cries Peter. “This is not proper, this is not right; this is not what You, Lord, should do. You shall never wash my feet! ” Jesus, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. You are God of God, the eternal Word, begotten of the Father before all worlds. You are holy and righteous. To You belongs all

“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD.” So they spoke, rightly and better than they knew, for He does come. He comes in the name of the LORD , and He comes to save. Yet the salvation He brings is not the salvation they expect. For this is the day that the LORD has made. And so, this is the day when the King enters His city, saying, “The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified.” This is the day the One stronger than the strong man comes to bind him

Six hours upon the Cross: from nine in the morning until three in the afternoon, Jesus does the full work of our redemption. God did this work; God alone, in the flesh. And these numbers leave no room to say otherwise. They practically shout it from the crucifixion scene: “Behold,” they say, “ the Author and Finisher of your faith, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, Christ Jesus—alone—has done this.” Not you. Even while your fallen nature takes up stones,

They took up stones to throw at Him because they judged Him to be a blasphemer, because they would not receive His word, because they would not have Him as He is. They take up stones against the One who does not give stones, who instead opens His hand, giving and sustaining all things. They took up stones : to kill the One who is the Life of the world, to bury the One who lays down His life freely for the sins of the world. He is not overcome by their rejection, nor undone

Due to technical issues, the sermon video did not record. The sermon is printed below. Readings: Old Testament: Isaiah 52:13–53:12...

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March 29, 2024 -- Chief Service