WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.740 Good morning, everyone. The reading is from Matthew 26, starting at verse 57, reading to 27, verse 2. 00:00:10.140 --> 00:00:10.679 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.719 That they might put him to death. 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:37.399 But they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. 00:00:38.620 --> 00:00:40.380 At last, two came forward and said, 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:47.079 This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days. 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:49.579 And the high priest stood up and said, 00:00:50.299 --> 00:00:54.719 Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you? 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:56.579 But Jesus remained silent. 00:00:56.579 --> 00:00:59.280 And the high priest said to him, 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:01.519 I adjure you by the living God. 00:01:02.060 --> 00:01:04.359 Tell us, if you are the Christ, the Son of God. 00:01:05.039 --> 00:01:06.099 Jesus said to him, 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:10.060 You have said so, but I tell you, from now on, 00:01:10.539 --> 00:01:15.319 you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven. 00:01:16.680 --> 00:01:19.259 Then the high priest tore his robes and said, 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:23.219 He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? 00:01:23.219 --> 00:01:26.599 You have now heard his blasphemy. 00:01:26.900 --> 00:01:27.819 What is your judgment? 00:01:28.679 --> 00:01:30.760 They answered, He deserves death. 00:01:31.500 --> 00:01:33.799 Then they spit in his face and struck him. 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:35.400 And some slapped him, saying, 00:01:35.579 --> 00:01:37.000 Prophesy to us, you Christ. 00:01:37.099 --> 00:01:38.340 Who is it that struck you? 00:01:39.700 --> 00:01:42.200 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. 00:01:42.539 --> 00:01:44.640 And a servant girl came up to him and said, 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:47.500 You also were with Jesus, a Galilean. 00:01:47.500 --> 00:01:50.060 But he denied it before them all, saying, 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:51.700 I do not know what you mean. 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:54.319 And when he went out to the entrance, 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:56.439 another servant girl saw him, 00:01:56.739 --> 00:01:58.640 and she said to the bystanders, 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:01.420 This man was with Jesus of Nazareth. 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.000 And again he denied it with an oath, 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:07.519 I do not know the man. 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:09.539 After a little while, 00:02:09.620 --> 00:02:11.780 the bystanders came up and said to Peter, 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:14.199 Certainly you too are one of them, 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:15.780 for your accent betrays you. 00:02:15.780 --> 00:02:19.879 Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:21.140 I do not know the man. 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:24.000 And immediately the rooster crowed. 00:02:24.500 --> 00:02:26.460 And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, 00:02:27.259 --> 00:02:28.479 Before the rooster crows, 00:02:28.539 --> 00:02:30.039 you will deny me three times. 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:32.099 And he went out and wept bitterly. 00:02:33.259 --> 00:02:34.300 When morning came, 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:36.620 all the chief priests and the elders of the people 00:02:36.620 --> 00:02:39.240 took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:41.520 And they bound him and led him away 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:43.680 and delivered him over to Pilate, the governor. 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:48.580 Well, good morning everyone. 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:52.200 Will you pray with me as we come to God's word? 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:56.260 Father, we always need your help 00:02:56.260 --> 00:02:59.920 to understand your word and believe and obey 00:02:59.920 --> 00:03:03.260 and be full of your son and your grace. 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:05.780 And so I ask that you be with us now in Jesus' name. 00:03:06.260 --> 00:03:06.540 Amen. 00:03:06.539 --> 00:03:09.579 Just a show of hands. 00:03:09.679 --> 00:03:11.259 Who knows what TED Talks are? 00:03:12.060 --> 00:03:13.139 How much do I have to explain? 00:03:13.219 --> 00:03:13.359 Okay. 00:03:13.539 --> 00:03:17.180 TED Talks are just experts in their field 00:03:17.180 --> 00:03:19.899 give really short talks, 00:03:19.979 --> 00:03:21.079 probably shorter than mine today. 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:21.379 I'm sorry. 00:03:21.899 --> 00:03:22.959 15 minutes or so. 00:03:23.519 --> 00:03:25.219 They're experts in their field. 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:27.819 Hopefully I pronounced her name right. 00:03:28.500 --> 00:03:29.719 Brené Brown. 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:34.699 Her TED Talk is the fourth most watched. 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:39.060 After two decades of her research, 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:41.560 I just want to share a few of her insights. 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:43.780 So let me quote. 00:03:45.780 --> 00:03:48.099 Connection is why we're here. 00:03:48.819 --> 00:03:51.939 It's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives. 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:55.280 Neurobiologically, that's how we're wired. 00:03:56.139 --> 00:03:57.240 It's why we're here. 00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:01.659 But when you ask people about love, 00:04:02.540 --> 00:04:04.200 they tell you about heartbreak. 00:04:05.480 --> 00:04:07.900 When you ask people about belonging, 00:04:09.180 --> 00:04:13.240 they'll tell you their most excruciating experiences 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:14.240 of being excluded. 00:04:15.600 --> 00:04:17.199 When you ask people about connection, 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:20.960 the stories they told me were about disconnection. 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:24.859 I ran into this unnamed thing 00:04:24.859 --> 00:04:28.180 that absolutely unraveled connection. 00:04:29.979 --> 00:04:30.620 Shame. 00:04:32.779 --> 00:04:35.240 Is there something about me 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:38.599 that if other people know it or see it, 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:42.939 that I won't be worthy of connection? 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:45.659 I'm not good enough. 00:04:45.859 --> 00:04:48.379 I'm not rich enough, beautiful enough, 00:04:48.459 --> 00:04:49.539 smart enough, whatever. 00:04:49.540 --> 00:04:57.740 I'm guessing this is hitting a nerve 00:04:57.740 --> 00:05:00.080 because a lot of eyes have stopped looking at me here. 00:05:01.540 --> 00:05:05.420 Only one variable, I'm still quoting, 00:05:06.300 --> 00:05:07.780 that separated the people 00:05:07.780 --> 00:05:10.180 who have a strong sense of love and belonging 00:05:10.180 --> 00:05:12.080 and the people who really struggle for it, 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:16.680 and that was the people who have a strong sense of love and belonging 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:20.839 believe they're worthy of love and belonging. 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:22.560 That's it. 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:24.959 They believe they're worthy. 00:05:27.459 --> 00:05:28.299 End quote. 00:05:28.300 --> 00:05:35.340 Now, Genesis 1-3 has said this for millennia, 00:05:36.400 --> 00:05:37.400 but it helps. 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:42.280 It helps to have an expert in people confirm it. 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:45.360 Connection. 00:05:47.420 --> 00:05:48.620 We're made for it. 00:05:48.620 --> 00:05:54.620 But that shame, that fear of being unworthy is in all of us. 00:05:54.699 --> 00:05:55.319 It's not some. 00:05:55.420 --> 00:05:56.420 It's in all of us. 00:05:58.840 --> 00:06:00.500 I think in our passage today, 00:06:00.660 --> 00:06:02.780 we're going to see the only reason 00:06:02.780 --> 00:06:05.579 you and I can know for certain 00:06:05.579 --> 00:06:08.399 we are worthy of connection. 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:11.060 And it is so strong 00:06:11.060 --> 00:06:15.399 that we can even move towards people 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:16.599 who treat us as unworthy. 00:06:20.359 --> 00:06:21.219 So please, 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:23.239 have your Bibles open 00:06:23.239 --> 00:06:24.839 or on your phones, whatever. 00:06:26.479 --> 00:06:28.060 We're in Matthew 26. 00:06:33.299 --> 00:06:35.519 We're in the courtroom. 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:40.139 Well, I'll describe the setting in a moment, 00:06:40.299 --> 00:06:42.240 but first I want to illustrate 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:46.699 the injustice of this scene we're entering. 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:50.899 Okay, illustration. 00:06:52.779 --> 00:06:55.199 The elders here at Grace have decided 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:57.819 to excommunicate Andrew Wilkinson. 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:01.579 Now, this is the first he's hearing about it. 00:07:03.180 --> 00:07:05.039 Now, we don't have a reason yet 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:09.620 just to quote Hunt for the Wilder People. 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:11.379 He's a real bad egg. 00:07:13.400 --> 00:07:14.120 Now, I'm just wondering, 00:07:14.200 --> 00:07:16.340 would anyone like to come up to the microphone 00:07:16.340 --> 00:07:19.280 and just provide some reasons 00:07:19.280 --> 00:07:20.860 that we should excommunicate him? 00:07:20.960 --> 00:07:21.540 Anyone want to? 00:07:21.540 --> 00:07:21.640 Okay. 00:07:31.220 --> 00:07:32.420 We love you, Andrew. 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:33.560 We love you. 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:38.879 Now, I'm also aware that that illustration 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:40.360 is going to be a bit triggering 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:41.819 for some in this room 00:07:41.819 --> 00:07:45.040 who have experienced rejection from the church, 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:46.800 but I want us to feel just, 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:47.700 not just, 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:49.080 how unjust 00:07:49.080 --> 00:07:52.200 this trial is. 00:07:53.320 --> 00:07:55.379 He's standing there as the accused. 00:07:55.960 --> 00:07:58.420 They've decided the sentence already 00:07:58.420 --> 00:07:59.259 in verse 59. 00:07:59.259 --> 00:08:01.019 Now, the chief priests 00:08:01.019 --> 00:08:01.800 and the whole council 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:03.240 were seeking false testimony 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:04.039 against Jesus 00:08:04.039 --> 00:08:05.659 that they might put him to death, 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:07.159 and there's no charge yet. 00:08:10.099 --> 00:08:11.639 They're spending the night 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:14.079 bringing in witness after witness 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:16.039 to find some mud 00:08:16.039 --> 00:08:17.000 that's going to stick. 00:08:18.659 --> 00:08:20.319 There's so many breaches 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:23.219 of Jewish law in this scene 00:08:23.220 --> 00:08:27.540 that later writings of the Mishnah 00:08:27.540 --> 00:08:29.080 required. 00:08:29.080 --> 00:08:31.760 It was taking place in Caiaphas' home, 00:08:32.660 --> 00:08:34.800 not in the temple precinct. 00:08:35.660 --> 00:08:37.500 Capital cases required, 00:08:37.860 --> 00:08:39.740 you could not do those at night time. 00:08:40.620 --> 00:08:41.980 Here we are in the middle of the night, 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:42.720 through the night. 00:08:43.540 --> 00:08:46.300 There was supposed to be a minimum of two days 00:08:46.299 --> 00:08:47.740 for a trial, 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:50.899 and blasphemy charged. 00:08:51.259 --> 00:08:54.219 The accused had to technically 00:08:54.219 --> 00:08:56.199 use the name of God 00:08:56.199 --> 00:09:00.279 for it to be a legal sense 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:02.079 with Leviticus 24. 00:09:04.279 --> 00:09:06.399 But justice can be put aside, 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:07.599 is their thinking. 00:09:07.899 --> 00:09:08.939 The hour demands it. 00:09:08.979 --> 00:09:09.620 They've got to hurry. 00:09:11.459 --> 00:09:12.939 They're afraid of the crowds. 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:14.979 If they don't hurry this night, 00:09:14.980 --> 00:09:16.460 there's going to be mob violence 00:09:16.460 --> 00:09:17.159 the next day. 00:09:17.340 --> 00:09:18.860 He's arrested Thursday night. 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:22.060 Sabbath begins Friday at sunset. 00:09:22.220 --> 00:09:23.940 He needs to be dead by then. 00:09:25.420 --> 00:09:29.860 Pilate sees cases brought to him 00:09:29.860 --> 00:09:30.500 in the morning. 00:09:30.620 --> 00:09:32.980 They've got to get it done by dawn 00:09:32.980 --> 00:09:35.500 so that he's dead by dusk. 00:09:38.019 --> 00:09:40.159 And they need a charge against him 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:42.100 that will satisfy the Jewish crowds. 00:09:44.980 --> 00:09:46.779 It is so unjust. 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:54.420 If anyone's wondering, 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:58.659 if you want a picture of all the Gospels 00:09:58.659 --> 00:10:00.960 in terms of the flow of events here, 00:10:01.560 --> 00:10:06.420 the most likely harmonisation 00:10:06.420 --> 00:10:07.480 of the four Gospels 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:10.620 is that first he's examined by Annas, 00:10:10.620 --> 00:10:14.779 seems to be a more private examination. 00:10:15.179 --> 00:10:16.720 Then, while the Sanhedrin 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:17.639 is getting together, 00:10:18.620 --> 00:10:21.899 you only needed 23 of the 70 council 00:10:21.899 --> 00:10:22.820 to make a quorum. 00:10:22.940 --> 00:10:24.360 So while they'll get together, 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:25.919 we shouldn't see the whole 70. 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:29.080 But then we've got this scene 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:31.179 before the courtroom. 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:33.320 And then you'll notice 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:34.779 in chapter 27, verse 1, 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:35.620 when morning came, 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:36.940 all the chief priests 00:10:36.940 --> 00:10:38.039 and the elders turned up 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:40.419 and they confirmed the decision, 00:10:41.219 --> 00:10:43.099 probably in the temple court, 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:44.959 and then they take him off to Pilate. 00:10:48.899 --> 00:10:50.179 Now, can I quickly pause 00:10:50.179 --> 00:10:50.779 and just say, 00:10:51.199 --> 00:10:52.539 there's no grounds here 00:10:52.539 --> 00:10:53.439 for anti-Semitism. 00:10:54.199 --> 00:10:57.419 There's some awful anti-Semitism 00:10:57.419 --> 00:10:58.480 going on in Australia. 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:00.000 This is not grounds for it. 00:11:01.299 --> 00:11:02.279 Jesus is a Jew. 00:11:02.819 --> 00:11:04.439 His first followers were Jewish. 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:10.260 So getting back to the story. 00:11:10.580 --> 00:11:12.240 They need a charge against him 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:14.520 that will satisfy Jewish opinion. 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:16.300 So verse 60, 00:11:16.620 --> 00:11:18.860 at last, two came forward and said, 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:19.920 this man said, 00:11:20.060 --> 00:11:22.700 I am able to destroy the temple of God 00:11:22.700 --> 00:11:24.880 and to rebuild it in three days. 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:30.360 Finally, finally, 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:32.280 they've got something 00:11:32.280 --> 00:11:33.960 approaching blasphemy here. 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:37.220 The temple is where God put his name. 00:11:37.340 --> 00:11:39.560 His reputation is bound up in the temple. 00:11:41.780 --> 00:11:44.280 He did drive out the money changers, 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:44.960 as we've heard. 00:11:45.880 --> 00:11:47.780 He did rearrange the furniture, 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:49.580 claiming it's his own house. 00:11:50.260 --> 00:11:51.880 You can only rearrange furniture 00:11:51.880 --> 00:11:52.760 in your own house. 00:11:52.920 --> 00:11:53.020 He said, 00:11:53.140 --> 00:11:54.440 my father's house 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:56.320 will be called a house of prayer. 00:11:59.280 --> 00:12:01.800 Now, is the charge true? 00:12:02.380 --> 00:12:03.100 Is it accurate? 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:07.060 When he prophesied the destruction 00:12:07.060 --> 00:12:08.460 of the temple in 70 AD, 00:12:08.620 --> 00:12:12.320 that was to his disciples in private. 00:12:12.880 --> 00:12:13.860 What he said in public 00:12:13.860 --> 00:12:15.060 is in John chapter 2. 00:12:16.220 --> 00:12:17.760 Destroy this temple 00:12:17.760 --> 00:12:20.720 and in three days I will raise it up. 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:21.920 And John adds, 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:24.560 he was speaking about the temple of his body. 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:26.239 He didn't actually, 00:12:26.479 --> 00:12:28.139 the charge is close, 00:12:28.479 --> 00:12:29.279 but it's not accurate. 00:12:30.479 --> 00:12:32.479 He didn't say he will destroy the temple. 00:12:32.819 --> 00:12:34.519 He said he would be destroyed. 00:12:36.259 --> 00:12:37.559 He will be the temple. 00:12:39.779 --> 00:12:42.699 He will be that high priest 00:12:42.699 --> 00:12:43.779 who connects us to God. 00:12:43.859 --> 00:12:45.479 He will be that final sacrifice 00:12:45.479 --> 00:12:46.379 that deals with sin. 00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:48.779 He will be the meeting place of God. 00:12:48.779 --> 00:12:50.980 So the charge isn't true. 00:12:53.620 --> 00:12:57.539 And I bet every fibre of his being 00:12:57.539 --> 00:12:58.939 wants to defend himself. 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:05.179 How do you go 00:13:05.179 --> 00:13:06.860 when someone says something untrue 00:13:06.860 --> 00:13:08.100 about what you said or did? 00:13:08.100 --> 00:13:14.320 How do you like the thought 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:16.180 that people you care about 00:13:16.180 --> 00:13:17.980 have a false view of you? 00:13:21.980 --> 00:13:23.420 I remember being hit 00:13:23.420 --> 00:13:26.620 by a rubber in class at school 00:13:26.620 --> 00:13:29.300 and the teacher saw my reaction 00:13:29.300 --> 00:13:31.899 being hit by this projectile 00:13:31.899 --> 00:13:33.460 and I got put on detention. 00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:40.759 You teenagers at school 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:42.860 know the destructive power 00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:45.780 of gossip. 00:13:50.780 --> 00:13:51.900 Or at work 00:13:51.900 --> 00:13:54.120 and you're treated as a scapegoat 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:54.920 for some error, 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:55.700 the company made. 00:13:57.180 --> 00:13:58.060 How do you go? 00:13:58.059 --> 00:14:03.719 What many people have found 00:14:03.719 --> 00:14:05.000 so unique about Jesus 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:05.419 is 00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:07.959 like a lamb 00:14:07.959 --> 00:14:09.259 that is led to the slaughter 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:11.359 and like a sheep 00:14:11.359 --> 00:14:12.399 for its shearers 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:13.039 is silent 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:14.459 so he opened not 00:14:14.459 --> 00:14:15.439 his mouth. 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:19.739 His silence 00:14:19.739 --> 00:14:19.959 is 00:14:19.959 --> 00:14:22.059 its incredible strength. 00:14:26.059 --> 00:14:26.259 His silence 00:14:28.059 --> 00:14:30.939 but it frustrates 00:14:30.939 --> 00:14:31.819 Caiaphas 00:14:31.819 --> 00:14:35.139 almost got him 00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:39.539 but he doesn't 00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:40.479 incriminate himself 00:14:40.479 --> 00:14:41.479 and so he puts him 00:14:41.479 --> 00:14:42.319 under oath 00:14:42.319 --> 00:14:43.719 before God. 00:14:44.119 --> 00:14:44.339 Now 00:14:44.339 --> 00:14:46.539 he's trying to force 00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:47.059 the situation. 00:14:47.239 --> 00:14:48.719 If you remain silent 00:14:48.719 --> 00:14:49.559 under oath 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:50.379 you're breaking 00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:51.799 the law. 00:14:53.059 --> 00:14:53.639 If you 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:55.739 retreat 00:14:55.739 --> 00:14:56.339 and say 00:14:56.339 --> 00:14:57.179 you're not the Messiah 00:14:57.179 --> 00:14:58.259 crisis over 00:14:58.259 --> 00:14:59.559 because word will spread 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:01.659 if you affirm it 00:15:01.659 --> 00:15:02.779 well 00:15:02.779 --> 00:15:04.479 you have to be guilty 00:15:04.479 --> 00:15:04.919 and 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:06.679 so he's forcing 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:07.259 the issue. 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:12.639 I adjure you 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:13.399 by the living God 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:13.959 tell us 00:15:13.959 --> 00:15:14.939 if you are the Christ 00:15:14.939 --> 00:15:15.759 the son 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:17.179 of God. 00:15:17.179 --> 00:15:22.939 have you ever 00:15:22.939 --> 00:15:23.419 thought about 00:15:23.419 --> 00:15:24.339 how unusual 00:15:24.339 --> 00:15:25.399 that question is? 00:15:26.199 --> 00:15:26.659 Have you ever 00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:27.339 been asked that 00:15:27.339 --> 00:15:27.679 before? 00:15:31.199 --> 00:15:32.139 You are 00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:34.759 your words 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:35.699 and your life 00:15:35.699 --> 00:15:36.379 there's something 00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:37.079 about you 00:15:37.079 --> 00:15:38.559 tell me 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:39.899 are you 00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:41.159 the Christ? 00:15:41.699 --> 00:15:42.459 This is such 00:15:42.459 --> 00:15:43.359 a strange 00:15:43.359 --> 00:15:44.019 question 00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:46.120 in history 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:47.639 it's remarkable 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:48.620 that 00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:51.159 this learned 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:52.779 high priest 00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:53.360 even asked 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:53.840 this question 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:56.019 but then 00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:56.679 knowing the 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:57.320 hatred and 00:15:57.320 --> 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00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.359 any 00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.119 religion 00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:06.939 any 00:25:06.939 --> 00:25:07.359 belief 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:07.859 system 00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:09.539 any 00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:09.959 friendship 00:25:09.959 --> 00:25:10.299 group 00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.559 any 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.119 family 00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.500 any 00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.639 political 00:25:12.639 --> 00:25:13.059 party 00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.319 any 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.719 club 00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.220 do 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.220 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:39.660 ! 00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:47.500 Not even his closest followers are loyal as he deserves. 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:51.700 Every single person is unworthy of connection with God. 00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:56.740 Enemies and friends rejected him. 00:25:56.740 --> 00:26:10.220 I think Peter illustrates the primary cause for Jesus being killed. 00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:16.120 See if you can agree with Don Carson when he says this. 00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:25.859 Every Christian is as guilty of putting Jesus on the cross as Caiaphas. 00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:36.960 But thoughtful believers will surely admit that their own guilt is what drove Jesus to the cross. 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:43.480 I think Peter's here so that we go, I put Jesus on the cross. 00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:52.319 Which is the true Dave Bott, the one who preaches on a Sunday, hopefully sometimes confidently and passionately, 00:26:52.319 --> 00:27:02.259 or the one who in conversation in private has an opportunity to say he loves Jesus and keeps his mouth shut in fear and shame. 00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.899 Which is the true Dave Bott? 00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:10.220 Now I could pick heaps of other inconsistencies. 00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:16.740 Caiaphas wasn't the primary cause. 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:25.360 What drove Jesus to the cross was his desire to do the Father's will in moving in love towards our unworthiness, 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:30.580 in our rejection of him, to unite us to him forever. 00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:34.399 He moves in love towards our faithlessness. 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:46.399 I think Peter is like the Apostle Paul. 00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:51.740 Do you remember where Apostle Paul, he counts himself as the chief of sinners 00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:57.859 so that the rest of us might know God's amazing patience and mercy? 00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.859 I think Peter is like that. 00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:04.900 When we look at Peter, you and I can be assured, 00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:09.299 as we see Jesus' commitment to Peter, 00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:14.359 he tells Peter ahead of time, 00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:19.879 you will fail me. 00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:25.099 Within hours, you will fail me. 00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.799 And Luke's Gospel says, 00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:30.319 at this moment he looked Jesus in the eyes. 00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:34.279 What piercing shame, 00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:36.759 but I think also connection. 00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:44.559 I think in Peter, 00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:48.920 we see the only way you and I can know for certain we're worthy of connection. 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:52.259 It's not the Peter who believed in himself. 00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:56.720 Even if I must die with you, 00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.819 I will not deny you. 00:28:58.599 --> 00:29:00.519 Here's how you can be worthy of connection. 00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.180 Be broken. 00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:05.859 Weeping. 00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:10.759 Ashamed. 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:12.299 Spiritually bankrupt. 00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.400 Unworthy. 00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:16.819 And then seeing your God move toward you 00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:19.220 in love and commitment, 00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.859 taking your shame to the cross. 00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:27.640 I think saying, in effect, 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.960 I am committed to you. 00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:30.759 Even to death, 00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:33.440 knowing full well you won't treat me 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:35.160 with the worth I deserve. 00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.339 I am committed to you. 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:44.559 To quote Tim Keller again, 00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.940 you are absolutely 00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:48.480 and totally adopted, 00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.599 accepted, 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.599 loved, 00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.480 treasured, 00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.400 and delighted in 00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:54.740 by the only person in the whole universe 00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.980 whose opinion counts 00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:58.480 and whose opinion will last. 00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.539 will last. 00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:11.539 Well, speaking to someone this week, 00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:17.720 they've experienced unjust gossip 00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:25.940 in the workplace and mocked and excluded. 00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:34.500 It sounded like a kind of personal death to their identity. 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:37.839 It made them not want to go to work, of course, 00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:41.759 if maybe you've experienced something like it. 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:46.319 But their testimony was that in that agony, 00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:49.500 in that helplessness of the injustice of the situation, 00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:51.000 that they found a friend. 00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:56.859 They had a friend in Jesus that sticks closer than a brother. 00:30:58.059 --> 00:31:04.460 They found a deeper place of personal worth. 00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:09.259 In what they already believed, 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:13.920 they just now know it in a deeper, personal way. 00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:19.720 And it turned that situation into an opportunity 00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:22.119 to share in the sufferings of Christ, 00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:24.519 the injustice, 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:28.819 and to enter that darkness 00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:32.779 and show this world the grace of God 00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:35.680 who moves towards our rejection in loving commitment. 00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:40.120 I was really encouraged by it. 00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:44.500 So can I finish just by asking, 00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.220 brothers and sisters, 00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:49.680 what opportunities has God given you at the moment 00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:55.200 to find your worthiness of connection 00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:58.680 in your one true heavenly friend? 00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.680 friend. 00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:04.720 Whatever sense of unworthiness 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:07.799 you're hearing in your own mind, 00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:09.220 stop listening to yourself 00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:12.039 and preach this passage to yourself. 00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:18.740 It may be in your marriage. 00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:22.660 You can't even reach out 00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:25.259 and take their hand at the moment. 00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:29.359 It may be with school friends. 00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:31.539 It may be with your parents or with your kids. 00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:35.059 Maybe all of the above. 00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:38.259 But what opportunities has God given you 00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:41.900 that you can go deeper in knowing 00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:45.720 that your Lord is committed to you. 00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:53.599 That you are absolutely and totally adopted 00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:55.920 and accepted and loved and treasured 00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.779 and delighted in 00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:59.660 by the only person in the whole universe 00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.720 whose opinion counts 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:02.160 and whose opinion will last. 00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.300 and then 00:33:03.300 --> 00:33:07.259 to willingly enter that situation 00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:11.700 sharing in Jesus' death, 00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:13.400 in the injustice of it, 00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:17.019 but sharing in his resurrection life 00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.900 and showing 00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:21.680 showing those people the love of God. 00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:26.759 Our God who moved towards us 00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:28.019 when we rejected him. 00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:35.060 that they too might know connection with Christ. 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.600 But what opportunities 00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:41.920 has he given us at the moment? 00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.779 Will you pray with me? 00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.220 Let's pray. 00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.800 Lord Jesus, 00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:53.620 we have only scratched the surface 00:33:53.620 --> 00:33:54.680 in terms of 00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:58.120 how worthy you are 00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.500 of 00:33:58.500 --> 00:34:01.559 of all our heart, 00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:01.940 soul, 00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.960 mind and strength 00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.660 and 00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:07.259 seeing the awfulness 00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.720 of 00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:10.920 when we're not faithful to you. 00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:12.219 We've only scratched the surface 00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.639 but 00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:15.139 I pray you might fill each one of us 00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.719 with 00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:19.000 how deep your commitment to us is. 00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:21.320 Your grace 00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:23.860 knowing full well 00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:25.500 we can't 00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:27.940 treat you as you deserve. 00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:30.400 but you took the shame 00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:31.219 we deserve. 00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.659 Lord, 00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.699 fill our hearts 00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:34.880 so that we might have peace 00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.860 and joy 00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.699 and hope 00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:37.320 in you 00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:39.900 and so that we might honour you 00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:42.440 in whatever situation 00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.780 you have us in at the moment. 00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.800 That we might trust 00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:46.340 that the situation 00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:47.159 you've got us in 00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:48.139 is an opportunity 00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:49.519 to display 00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:51.260 this Christ. 00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:55.639 Pray this in Jesus' name. 00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.139 Amen. 00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.239 Amen.