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[3820.84 --> 3822.48] He was flogged,
[3823.76 --> 3824.08] beaten,
[3824.74 --> 3825.32] stripped,
[3826.10 --> 3826.74] stabbed,
[3827.00 --> 3827.34] pierced.
[3827.40 --> 3828.72] He was hung on a cross.
[3829.42 --> 3830.34] He suffocated.
[3831.54 --> 3832.78] He was forsaken.
[3835.44 --> 3838.40] Jesus knew suffering.
[3838.40 --> 3842.74] But he also knows
[3842.74 --> 3843.50] victory.
[3844.68 --> 3845.80] Because three days later
[3845.80 --> 3847.46] he rose triumphantly
[3847.46 --> 3848.06] from the grave
[3848.06 --> 3848.68] and now through
[3848.68 --> 3849.50] the Holy Spirit
[3849.50 --> 3851.78] Jesus is with us
[3851.78 --> 3853.56] in our suffering too.
[3853.98 --> 3854.92] Jesus reigns
[3854.92 --> 3855.76] on the throne
[3855.76 --> 3856.88] over all creation
[3856.88 --> 3858.64] and yet he sits with us
[3858.64 --> 3859.64] when we suffer
[3859.64 --> 3861.40] knowing what pain
[3861.40 --> 3862.22] and suffering
[3862.22 --> 3863.08] and loneliness
[3863.08 --> 3863.84] feels like
[3863.84 --> 3865.12] because he lived it too.
[3866.36 --> 3867.36] He understands
[3867.36 --> 3869.00] what we're going through
[3869.00 --> 3872.08] and he is constantly present.
[3874.24 --> 3875.20] Taking delight
[3875.20 --> 3875.84] in our suffering
[3875.84 --> 3876.78] means to choose
[3876.78 --> 3877.98] to see Jesus
[3877.98 --> 3879.06] in the midst
[3879.06 --> 3879.82] of hard times
[3879.82 --> 3881.72] because he is there.
[3882.64 --> 3883.64] It's not that we have
[3883.64 --> 3884.30] to rejoice
[3884.30 --> 3885.12] in our suffering
[3885.12 --> 3887.94] but we sure can persevere
[3887.94 --> 3889.16] knowing that we are not alone.
[3890.46 --> 3891.82] God is present
[3891.82 --> 3892.62] just like he was
[3892.62 --> 3893.18] with Joseph.
[3893.18 --> 3897.60] One of the ways
[3897.60 --> 3898.72] that God is present
[3898.72 --> 3899.70] in our lives
[3899.70 --> 3901.04] is through his people
[3901.04 --> 3901.86] through the church.
[3903.54 --> 3904.40] If the church
[3904.40 --> 3905.38] is Christ's body
[3905.38 --> 3906.78] and if we have
[3906.78 --> 3907.60] the Holy Spirit
[3907.60 --> 3908.66] in us
[3908.66 --> 3910.68] we are a means
[3910.68 --> 3911.88] or we are a picture
[3911.88 --> 3913.30] of God's presence
[3913.30 --> 3914.10] here in this world.
[3914.86 --> 3915.56] The church
[3915.56 --> 3916.46] is a way
[3916.46 --> 3918.60] that God's presence
[3918.60 --> 3919.12] is revealed
[3919.12 --> 3919.74] in this world.
[3920.34 --> 3921.56] On a macro level
[3921.56 --> 3922.26] if you look
[3922.26 --> 3922.82] throughout history
[3922.82 --> 3923.44] you can see this.
[3923.54 --> 3924.16] God's presence
[3924.16 --> 3925.36] is evident
[3925.36 --> 3926.38] everywhere
[3926.38 --> 3927.26] because of the work
[3927.26 --> 3928.26] of his people
[3928.26 --> 3929.58] or sorry
[3929.58 --> 3930.58] because of his work
[3930.58 --> 3931.46] through his people.
[3932.28 --> 3933.02] God's people
[3933.02 --> 3933.42] Christians
[3933.42 --> 3934.14] they've initiated
[3934.14 --> 3934.94] so many things.
[3935.34 --> 3935.82] Orphanages
[3935.82 --> 3936.40] hospitals
[3936.40 --> 3937.22] medical systems
[3937.22 --> 3937.78] universities
[3937.78 --> 3938.36] crisis
[3938.36 --> 3939.84] intervention agencies
[3939.84 --> 3941.82] refugee initiatives
[3941.82 --> 3942.62] homeless shelters
[3942.62 --> 3943.48] rehab centers
[3943.48 --> 3944.92] so many things
[3944.92 --> 3945.60] in this world
[3945.60 --> 3947.72] God initiated
[3947.72 --> 3948.40] through his people.
[3948.80 --> 3949.18] We see them
[3949.18 --> 3949.60] every day
[3949.60 --> 3950.44] we use them
[3950.44 --> 3951.02] every day.
[3951.02 --> 3953.82] God's presence
[3953.82 --> 3954.96] visible in the midst