Good evening. Tonight we are going to spend some time focusing on Jesus, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. We're going to see in God's Word a few different places tonight some passages that point to Jesus as the Lamb who was slain on our behalf. After each reading, we're going to have some time and some space to sing together as a church. Time to remember how God has provided for us. As we remember our Savior's death. Now during that time, feel free as we worship to stand or stay seated as you feel led. But to prepare our hearts for worship. I want to read what the leader has to say in First Peter, starting in verse seventeen. And if you call on him who judges impartially according to each one's deeds. Conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your. Not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and your hope are in God. The first place we're going to fix our eyes together in Scripture is in Genesis twenty two, where it's clear that Jesus is the Lamb that takes our place. Starting in verse one. After these things, God tested Abraham and said to him, Abraham. And he said, here I am. He said, take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, of which I shall tell you. So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering, and rose, and went to the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place from afar. Then Abraham said to his young men, stay here with the donkey. I and the boy. We will go over there and worship and come again to you. The wood of the burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went, both of them together. And Isaac said to his father, my father. And he said, here I am, my son. He said, behold the fire in the wood. But where is the lamb for a burnt offering? Abraham said, God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son. So they went. When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham! Here I am. He said, do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me. And Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of that place the Lord will provide, as it is said to this day on the mount of the Lord, it shall be provided. All throughout this passage we see Abraham's obedience to and trust in God time and time again. He didn't know the specifics of how it was all going to work out, but we have the benefit of clearly seeing how God provided. He made a way where it looked like there was no way Abraham trusted and had faith in God to provide. He provided the ram to take Isaac's place on that sacrificial altar, and Abraham responds rightly in worship and calls the name of the place the Lord will provide. Almost two thousand years later, another sacrificial lamb was provided by God in those very same mountains to take our place upon a cross. And his name is Jesus. As we sing these next two songs. Church, we have a father who provides for us. Come to him in confession. Lay down your burdens. He will provide. Confess your sins and worship the Lord God Almighty. For the times that I missed, used your name and leveraged it for my own fame. For the kingdom's. I've been building on my own. For the times I chose to play it safe. When you said give it all away. For the idols that I let into my heart. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit. And renew a right spirit within me. Create in me a clean heart, O God. And renew a right spirit. And renew a right spirit within me. For the times I chose the counterfeit. Dismissed your voice like Jonah did. When I leaned into fear instead of faith. For the narrow path I didn't take when I fell short in my own strength. You're still looking? I just looked away. Well, I'm looking now. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit. And renew a right spirit within me. Create in me a clean heart, O God. And renew a right spirit. And renew a right spirit within me. Renew a right spirit, our spirit within me. We sing about how the Lord has provided how he has given us a new heart. The kindness of God. Leads to repentance. The arms of the father are full of forgiveness. You gave me a clean heart, a place where your glory can raise. You made me a temple. A place where your praises can hear the kindness of God. Leads to repentance. The arms of the father are full of forgiveness. You gave me a clean heart. A place where your glory can rest. You made me a It's. A place where your presence can live. You gave me a clean heart. A place where your glory can rest. You made me a temple. A place where your presence is killing us. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit. And renew a right spirit within me. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit. And renew a right spirit within me. We come before the Lord right now, confessing our sins, reminding ourselves of why Jesus had to be the land that took our place, that we deserve death. That we deserve to be slain. But we remember why Jesus took our place. And let's thank him for that. Thank him for the deep love of the father who sent Jesus on our behalf to die for us. How deep the father's love for us. How vast beyond all measure. Measure. That he should give his only son to make a registration. How great the pain of hearing loss. The father turns his face away as wounds which more the chosen one bring many sons to glory. Behold the man upon the cross, my sin upon his shoulders. Ashamed. I hear my mocking voice call out among the sky. In words, my sin that held him back until it was accomplished. His dying breath has brought me right. I know that his faith. In his face shows. It is faith. So. I will not boast in anything. No gifts, no power, no is earned. But I will boast in Jesus Christ, his death and resurrection. What should I gain from his reward? I cannot give an answer. But this I know with all my heart. His wounds have paid my soul. I should I keep from his reward. I cannot give it an answer. I know with all my heart is what I feel. I. Guess this I know with all my heart is what I've been. I hope. You guys can grab a seat. You know, after God tested Abraham's faith, God continues to fulfill this incredible promise that he made to Abraham to make his family into a great nation. And through the story of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, we get to Joseph and the people of God grow in great number, and they grow in such great number in Egypt that the Egyptians become fearful of them. And when the Egyptians become fearful of them, they take them into captivity, and they take them into captivity for four hundred years. And finally, when I'm sure that the people of God were like, where is our God? What is he doing? He calls out this man named Moses, and he says, hey, Moses, I want you to go to Pharaoh and say, let my people go. Well, Pharaoh refuses, so God does some things to get his attention, quite drastic things to get his attention. He sends multiple plagues to capture Pharaoh's attention and to show off his power as God Almighty. And the first nine plagues didn't really significantly capture Pharaoh's attention. So God promises that he's going to send a final tenth plague, where he's going to strike down the firstborn of everyone in the land of Egypt. And you may begin to wonder, like, wait a second, like God's supposed to preserve his people, but now he's going to strike down the firstborn. Why would he do that? In Exodus chapter twelve, verse twelve says this, for I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments. I am the Lord. Why would God do such a horrible thing? To execute his wrathful judgment as a proper response to sin and as a proper response for people who had failed to recognize him for who he was and who he is. So how could the people of God avoid that? The instructions that they were given were this take a lamb, kill the lamb, eat all of it, and take some of the blood of the lamb and wipe it around the entry door to your homes. And then verse thirteen and twenty three says this the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. Verse twenty three for the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians. And when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter houses to strike you. God will pass over you. No plague will befall you. No plague will destroy you, and the destroyer will not be allowed to strike you because of the blood of the Lamb. Now God gave some instructions to future generations, because for the people of God, their. Their children were going to ask a lot of questions about this Passover thing. And this is what God says to to tell your children. And when your children say to you, what do you mean by this service? You shall say, it is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover. For he passed over the houses of the people of Israel and Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, but spared our houses. What were the children of God to remember? What are we to remember? The sacrifice of the Lamb. The wrath of God. And the sparing of God's people. So what about us? Guys? The blood of the sacrificed lamb covered and protected God's people from God's wrath. And you and I, in our sins, maybe sins that you just confessed as you declared. Create in me a clean heart, O God. Those sins are covered. Those sins are protected from God's wrath because of the blood of the Lamb, Jesus. So church. Hide in it. Hide in it. For safety, for security. Just as the Israelites hid behind the entrances of their blood covered homes. You child of God. Hide behind a blood covered Savior. That allows entrance into the kingdom of God. So what should our response be to such wonderful news of covering and protection? At the end of that chapter, verse twenty seven, it says this and the people bowed their heads and worshipped. The only appropriate response for sinners covered and protected from the wrath of God by the blood of the Lamb, is to bow our heads humbly before God and respond in great worship. So that's what we're going to do. Pray with me. God, thank you so much for your covering, for your protection. Because of the blood of the Lamb. Thank you Jesus. Rock of ages, cleft for me. Let me hide myself in thee. Let the water and the blood from thy womb his side which flowed be of sin the double cure save from heaven. That make me pure. Not the labors of my hands can fulfill the Lord's demands. Could my zeal or sp know. Could my tears forever flow all for sin? Could not at all. Thou must save thou alone. While I draw this fleeting breath. When my eyes shall close in death. When I saw two worlds unknown. See thee. All thy judgment. Throne. Rock of ages, cleft for me. Let me hide myself in thee. Rock of ages. Cleft for me. I will find my rest in thee. Why would I ever want to Lee. I'm right where I was meant to be. A rock of ages cleft for me. I will find my resting place. Why would I ever want to leave? I'm right where I was made to be. Rock of ages, cleft for me. I will find my recipe. Why would I ever want to leave? I'm right where I was made to be. Right where I was made to be. Hey. Rock of ages. Cleft for me. Let me hide. Myself in thee. Let me hide. Myself in thee. Under the blood of the Lamb. Let me hide. Myself in thee. When I surveyed the one. Cross. On which the Prince of Glory. Died. My richest gain I count but loss. And spoil and tempts us all. My bride. For bearded Lord, that I should boast. In the death of Christ, my God. All the vain things that charm. Most. I sacrifice them to his blood. See from His head is. And his peace. Joy and love flow me go down. Till there's such love and song. Me. Or thorns compose so. Shall I. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Worth the effort. Oh. I'm. At work. And all three are too small. Now. So a b c. D. E is my I love my Lord. Oh. Oh. Oh. Love so amazing. So deep. Deep in my soul. My life, my all. You guys can have a seat again. A wonderful cross. Amen. A wonderful cross, but a horrific cross. Or the wrath of God was poured out on his own son. Now, what kind of person would willingly endure the wrath of God Almighty? What kind of person would willingly spill his own unblemished blood for the sins of others? What kind of person sacrificially suffers for the sins of others when there's no sin in him. What kind of person? A humble lamb, a humble lamb. Not one trying to preserve his own life. Not one looking out for his own self. Not one of pride or arrogance. And what I want to do is I want to use the words, God's words from Isaiah chapter fifty three for you to hear what was prophesied about Jesus hundreds of years before he would even come on the scene. As you hear these words, I want you to think of this type of humility. This is God. God that would willingly give up his life, the life of his own son. For us sinful people. And this is what Isaiah says. for he grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground. He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, and as one from whom men hide their faces, he, the humble Lamb, was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. Yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace. And with his wounds we are healed. 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. He was oppressed and he was afflicted. Yet he opened not his mouth. Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter. And like a sheep that before its shearers is silent. So he opened not his mouth. By oppression and judgment he was taken away. And as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken from the transgression of my people. And they made his grave with the wicked and with the rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Yet. Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him. He has put him to grief. When his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring. He shall prolong his days. The will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied. By his knowledge shall the righteous One, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many. And he shall divide the spoil with the strong. Because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors. Yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors. The humble Lamb willing to lay it all down. for the sake of the father. And because of our sin. My hope as it as we sing these next couple songs, that you would be overwhelmed and blown away by the humility of Jesus Christ. And I'm going to encourage you to stay seated during this next song and meditate on the truth of this song, and consider the humility of the Lamb. And then after that song, stand up. And praise God that he suffered for our sake. Let's pray. God. Overwhelm us with the truth of your humility and love. Up, please, God. Amen. Troubled Messiah. We prayed through the night. Unbearable song. The world on your mind. Betrayed by the kiss of a friend. You would say it. By your own free will. Rejected and disowned by those who came to you. Stripped of your clothes, you were mocked. You were being. Made a king of fools. A crown of swords driven deep into your brow. Yet you made no sound. When you went through to save me. I never understood what blows my mind away. You chose me as I. They called for Barabbas, a king for a thief parading your kindness like rags through the streets. Draped with the weight of the world on your shoulders. As you climb the hills of earth. Far too great for fashion to bear. You stay. Saw your arms as you welcome those running in your vast frame. The veil has the shape the world. Hung up to me. They crucified him who knew no sin. The name of. The son of man, the Lamb of God. He made you well. Giving to dogs. What you went through to save me. I'll never understand what blows my mind away. You chose me as I am. Precious Redeemer. Lamb that was slain. Oh, for the holy place they. Pray to the same. Grace to my soul. That is to face. My sin is gone. Away. By the way, the world that you can. Trust. Rape is all. Around. You. I cried as you gave your life. Oh lie lie, lie. Wash up all night. Oh my Jesus Christ. Were you went through to save me. I'll never understand what blows my mind away. You do it all again. Stand as we continue to sing. Oh, the perfect Son of God in all his innocence. Walking in the dirt with you and me. He knows we're living in. He's acquainted with our grief. And when a sorrow song. A song for me. Oh, blood and tears. How can it be. There's a God who. There's a God who created. Oh, praise the Lord who will reach for me. Hallelujah. To the Son of sun. Imagine you are distilling. But you trace this down and merciful. Soon. To visit your grave in the broken you embrace until the end. The proof is in your home. You see the end. The proof is in your. Blood. How can you believe there's a God? There's a God who needs all praise. So who would reach for me? Hallelujah! Your cross. My freedom, your stripes, my healing. All praise, King Jesus. Glory to God in heaven. Your blood still speaking. Your love still reaching all praise. King Jesus. Glory to God forever. Your cross, my freedom. Your stripes. My healer. All praise King Jesus. Glory to God in heaven. Your blood is still speaking. Your love is still reaching. All praise, King Jesus. Glory to God. Glory to God forever. Be to God forever. We to God forever. We to God forever. My freedom. Your time. My. all praise King Jesus to God. You're still sleeping? Your son. Oh, praise him, Jesus to God. Amen. You guys can have a seat. Well, as we prepare our hearts for something really special. Really? For me, the highlight of these Good Friday services. Taking the Lord's Supper together. We get another description of what kind of lamb Jesus was in John one twenty nine where it says this. The next day he. This is John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. And I love that language. Behold, John is saying, don't just look. Look intently. Look, with everything you have, something is here. Someone is here that you need to give all your attention to. But what was so incredible about this lamb, about Jesus? Well, John says he takes away the sin of the world. Jesus is the Lamb of lambs, the ultimate lamb, the lamb that every sacrifice in the Old Testament pointed to. We see this in Hebrews ten four where it says, it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Day by day, year by year, Israel would offer sacrifices so they could enter the presence of a holy God. But they had to keep presenting them because ultimately, it was not these sacrifices that could take away their sin. And having to do it over and over stood for them as a picture and reminder that they needed a greater sacrifice to take away the weight of their sin against the holy God. And so for thousands of years, they waited and they wondered, who or what is this going to be? And when John the Baptist sees Jesus, he says he is here. He is in front of you. This is the Lamb of Lambs who is finally here to take away the sins of the world. Which is why later on in Hebrews ten, verse twelve, it says, but when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until the enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. See, when Jesus hung on the cross, his last words were, it is finished. It is done. I am the last sacrifice. Look no further. Look for no one else. I am here and I have taken away your sin. The hymn is true. What can wash away our sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. But here's what I want us to remember. Church. And as we prepare our hearts to take communion, what we have to remember is just because the forgiveness of sins is offered freely to us, does not mean it was cheap. It was free to us because it cost the Son of God everything. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor in the twentieth century, said it well when he said, Grace is not cheap, it is costly. It is costly because it cost the life of the Son of God. We were bought with a price and what cost God much can never be cheap to us. So church, may the grace of God never be cheap to us. May it never be a cheap, easy thing to see that our sins were taken away because it required the Son of God taking on flesh. It required him being born in a manger in humiliation. It required him being betrayed by his friends. It required him being mocked, beaten and scorned, and ultimately drinking the cup of the wrath of God so our cups could overflow with his grace and blessing. And I fear that if you're anything like me, it is so easy for us to go day by day and make the forgiveness of sins cheap. But it is not cheap. It required the Lamb of lambs who takes away the sins of the world. So as we take the bread and the cup, we remember this is a sign and symbol of a horrific death. In many ways, the broken body of Jesus and His shed blood. And when we take it, may we remember that love, so amazing and divine demands our soul, our lives, and our all. How do we respond to the costly love of Jesus, to the costly grace to have our sins freely taken away because it cost him everything. We respond in remembering and worship. And so if you are here and you realize grace was costly, but it is freely offered to you if you flee to Jesus Christ, and if you've flown to him to cover your sins, if you can say like John, behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, then let's take the Lord's Supper together. The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, this is my body which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Let's take the bread now. In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, this cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup for as often as you do. You proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. Let's proclaim the Lord's death now and take the cup together. Pray with me, church father, forgive me. Forgive us for how often we make the forgiveness of our sins. The fact that they have been taken away. A cheap and easy thing. Forgive us for how we glance over the costly life and death of your son, who didn't just bear the weight of the scorn of the world and the whip and the brokenness of his physical body, but he endured the wrath of God that we deserve the just judgment for sins in a way that is more deeply painful than we can ever imagine. But Lord, we praise you that the Lamb of Lambs has come and we can look and have to look to no one else for final salvation. We don't have to offer sacrifices year by year, day by day, because the Lamb of Lambs has come. He has taken away the sins of the world. He has borne them on his body, and he has declared, it is finished. They are gone. So, Lord, now may we worship you and praise you. May we praise you for the costly grace that has freed us. Amen. Come in. Come and see. Christ the Lord upon a tree. See the crown of thorns adorn the king who labors Breathe in. I could leave. Come on in. Come and see what our God became to set us free. Come on, sinner, come and mourn. For he calls us his own. Do you feel the weight of justice served? He suffers aright. You deserve. Call all sin and come and mourn. For he bears the curse of all we've done. Oh, the wonders! Of this awesome see where I say oh please. Oh the path. Of the love of God. Come and stay warm. Come on sinner, come rejoice. Mercy fills this place of scorn. For he dies to save his enemies. That all draw me. Come on, sinner, call me joy. Through the death of Christ, death is destroyed. Oh the word. Of this awesome scene where our Savior pleased. Oh the power. Of the love of God come. And standing all over the word. Of this awesome scene where I say, oh please. Oh the power. Of the love of money. Come and stay with me more. I was a wreck. I remember who I was. I was lost, I was blind, I was running out of time. Sin separate. The breach was far too wide. But from the far side of the cards. You held me in your side. So you made a way across the great divide. Left behind heaven's door. To build it here, inside and there at the cross. You paid the debt I owe. Broke my chains freed my soul for the first time, I hope. Thank you Jesus for the love apart. Thank you Jesus. It has worn me. Why thank you Jesus. You have saved my life. Brought me from the dark into your light. You took my place inside my tomb of sin. You were buried for three days. But then you walked right out again. And now death has no sting. And life has a way. For I have been transformed by the blood of the Lamb. Thank you Jesus. The blood of. Jesus. It has warmed me. Thank you Jesus. You have saved my life. Brought me from the darkness into glory. Ride. And there is nothing stronger than the one who How much. Does. That cost? We are by far the. Through the. Love. There is nothing stronger than the one who was behind the. Door. We all ran to my father through the. Love. Thank you. Jesus. The blood of. Jesus. I once. Brought me from. Home. And you can stay standing. Actually. Uh. Switching it up on you. Um. We're near the end of the night here. We have talked about a lamb who takes our place. We talked about a lamb who covers us. A lamb who is humble, a lamb who takes away sins. But we didn't want to end tonight before remembering that that same lamb is the Lamb who reigns. And in fact, in revelation five, we get one of the richest descriptions you could imagine about the glory of Christ, which is why I actually wanted us. Still, if we're able to stand to talk about, to just symbolize the authority of this word being read over us. So here, revelation five, as it talks about this risen lamb, it says, then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne, a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals? And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it. And I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look into it. And one of the elders said to me, weep no more. Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered so he can open the scroll and its seven seals. And between the throne. Amen and the four living creatures and among the elders. What did John see? He says, I saw a lamb standing as though it had been slain, with seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty four elders fell down before the lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying, worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals. For you were slain, and by your blood you ransom people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth. Then I looked, and I heard around the throne, and the living creatures and the elders, the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and wealth, and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing. And I heard every creature. Every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying to him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor, and glory and might forever and ever. And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the elders fell down and worshiped. Amen. Church. Do you. Do you ever wonder why the cross, this Roman symbol of shame and torture, somehow became the symbol of Christian victory? Look, on the face of it, that doesn't make sense. Why would a cross were this supposed king was slain? Why would that be our symbol of hope and victory? Well, it's because of this. The very moment that Jesus was on the cross. It was also the beginning of his enthronement. And the moment that those nails were pierced through his feet. Those feet were crushing Satan's head forever. So when Satan and death defeated and the people around who mocked him and put a crown of thorns on his head and said, King of Kings, they spoke better than they knew. Because on that moment he was actually displaying. He was King of kings and Lord of lords, and he was reigning, crushing sin forever. Like Paul says in Colossians two. On the cross he disarmed the rulers and authorities, and he put them to open shame by triumphing over them in him. The cross is a symbol of victory. So what can we do? I think we have to imitate Paul in Galatians six. When he says this in Galatians six, he says, I will choose to boast in nothing else, save for the cross of Christ. So church, that is where we're going to do. Now for these last two songs, we are going to glory and boast in the cross, because the cross is our hope and it is on the cross that Jesus is. Victory began. We worship a slain lamb, but we also worship a Lamb who reigns. So let's stand and worship him now. Do you feel the world is broken? We do? Do you feel the shadows deepen? We do. Do you know that all the dark won't stop the light from getting through? We do. Do you wish that you could see it all made new? We do. Is all creation groaning? It. Is a new creation coming? It. Is the glory of the Lord to be the light within our midst. It is. Is it good that we remind ourselves of this. Is anyone worthy? Is anyone home? Is anyone able to break the seal and open the scroll? The lion of Judah who conquered the grave. He is David's root. And the Lamb who died to raise up the slave. Is he worthy? Is he worthy? Of all blessing and honor and glory. Is he worthy of this? He is. Does the father truly love him? Does the spirit move among us? He died. Does Jesus hold forever those he loves? He does. Does our God intend to dwell again with us? He does. Is anyone home? Is anyone able to break the seal and open the scroll? The lion of Judah, who conquered the grave. He saved through him who died to ransom the same from every people and. Every nation and tongue. He has made us a kingdom and priests to God. To live with the son is the word. Is he worthy? Of all blessing and honor and glory. Is he worthy? Is he worthy? Is he worthy of praise? For. He is. He. Is worthy. He. Word. For. Word. There was a moment when the lights went out. When death had claimed his victory. The king of. The darkness. There are across the major cities. For every curse is blood atone? Or find the breath in me. But not the end. We could have known. For the earth began to shake. And the veil was torn. With sacrifice with me as the head grown. I am Jesus. Oh, Lord. Oh. Jesus. Oh, it's the same for. Me. When the sky lit up. I was breaking through. When all was lost across the desert. In. The king of I was on the moon. I mean, it's up to. Where I work. I can. Wear forever changed. We sing to the. Lord. Even across his King. Oh. Jesus our crucify King. O m o. N o n g. O m. You say you're on the. Phone. Right now. We see that everything compiled before the King of Kings. That every tongue confess the Lord. Lift up your child that is strong with all singing. All. Sing it home. We. Sing it home. Oh. Oh, oh. Oh. Oh. Say around the world. All hail King Jesus church. Amen. Amen. Uh, man. Guys, it's such a blessing to my own heart and soul to be here with this church family and remember the crucifixion with you. And yet, uh, the reason we leave this room tonight on Friday with a different posture and heart than the disciples on that Friday two thousand years ago, is because we're blessed to know what's coming on Sunday. Amen. We're blessed to know that on that day, the tomb was empty, and our Lord stood as a proclamation that death was defeated for good, and sin was defeated for good. And so we are excited to see you here in two days to celebrate our risen Savior and Lamb. Amen. Amen. Church, we love you. We're anxious to see you on Sunday and we will see you then.