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 Luke chapter 22, verses 39 to 53.

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 Let me read it out loud for us.

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 And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples

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 followed him.

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 And when he came to the place, he said to them, pray that you may not enter into temptation.

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 And he withdrew from the stone's throw and knelt down and prayed, saying, Father, if

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 you are willing, remove this cup from me.

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 Nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done.

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 And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.

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 And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood

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 falling down to the ground.

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 And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow.

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 And he said to them, why are you sleeping?

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 Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.

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 While he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve,

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 was leading them.

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 He drew near to Jesus to kiss him.

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 But Jesus said to him, Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?

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 And when those who were around him saw what would follow, they said, Lord, shall we strike

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 with the sword?

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 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and coughed his right ear.

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 But Jesus said, no more of this.

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 And he touched his ear and healed him.

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 Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders who had come out against

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 him, have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs?

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 When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me.

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 But this is your hour and the power of darkness.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 In our tireless effort to put together a good life, we fill our schedules with activities

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 to enhance our quality of life, improve the prospects of our children.

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 We plan meticulously for emergencies and also come up with contingency plans, take every precaution

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 to ensure a healthy and wealthy family, successful career, and a carefully curated group of friends.

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 But something or someone without fail interferes with our plans.

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 This is the nature of living in a fallen world full of unpredictable events and sinful people.

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 Suffering is inextricably woven into the very fabric of life.

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 But the prevailing worldview tells us that suffering is essentially meaningless and unnecessary.

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 That it's an interruption to life as usual and to be avoided at all costs.

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 It teaches us that a life full of suffering is not worth living.

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 That we should devote all of our human creativity and ingenuity to alleviate suffering, to eliminate suffering at all levels.

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 But that approach does nothing to help us make sense of and deal with the suffering that is there.

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 The Bible takes a different view.

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 Instead of emptying suffering of meaning and seeking to uproot it altogether,

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 it imbues suffering with meaning.

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 Helps us to endure it.

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 That's what this passage is about.

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 It particularly teaches us that in the midst of our suffering,

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 we can entrust ourselves to the strengthening, sovereign, and sin-bearing God.

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 And that's the outline I will follow as we go through this passage.

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 First, let's talk about how God calls us to entrust ourselves to Him in the midst of our suffering.

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 It says in verse 39 that Jesus came out and went, as was His custom, to the Mount of Olives,

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 and the disciples followed Him.

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 He has just concluded, as we saw last week,

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 His last supper with His disciples, His last Passover.

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 With them.

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 And now they go out to the Mount of Olives with the intention to pray.

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 And Luke tells us that this was something that Jesus did habitually.

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 He says that it was His custom to do this.

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 Luke, more than any of the other authors of the Gospel,

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 emphasized Jesus' constant prayer and communion with God.

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 And then they come to the place,

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 which we know is called Gethsemane from the other Gospels.

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 And here Jesus tells His disciples,

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 pray that you may not enter into temptation.

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 But what temptation or trial is Jesus speaking of here?

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 And that reference is likely to what we spoke of last week from Luke 22, verse 31,

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 where Jesus warns Peter, Simon Peter,

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 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you,

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 that he might sift you like wheat.

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 I noted last week that the word, the pronoun you, in verse 31,

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 is not singular, referring to Simon Peter alone,

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 but it's actually plural, referring to all the apostles.

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 And so even though Simon is singled out as the leader and representative among the apostles,

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 Satan intends to test all the apostles

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 to see if they would abandon Jesus.

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 Jesus, he's sifting them to see if he can filter them out like debris,

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 than to pick them out and discard them,

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 expose them as fraud, unfaithful disciples.

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 Jesus himself faces an even greater trial,

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 so he withdraws a stone's length, stone's throw,

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 from the disciples in order to pray himself.

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 There's a touch of emotion in the word withdrew, in verse 41,

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 because he's literally pulling away from the disciples

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 to engage in this prayer struggle by himself.

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 He knows that this is a trial he must face alone,

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 that his disciples cannot suffer with him or for him.

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 And then it tells us that he knelt down to pray.

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 This is also striking because Jews typically pray standing up.

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 We saw this earlier in Luke chapter 18, verses 9 to 14,

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 where the Pharisee and the tax collector are compared to praying to God side by side,

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 and they're both praying, standing up and looking up,

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 standing up to God, standing up before God.

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 But the fact that Jesus kneels here expresses his desperation.

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 He's desperate.

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 He's crying out to God.

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 He's humbling himself before his Father.

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 And this is typically reserved for cases of desperate pleas.

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 For example, in Acts 7, verse 60, which is also written by Luke,

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 Stephen falls to his knee to pray while being stoned to death

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 as the first Christian martyr.

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 So you could sense the kind of desperation that's characterizing Jesus' prayer here.

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 And then he prays in verse 42,

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 Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me.

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 Nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done.

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 This prayer really shows us the reality of Jesus' incarnation,

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 that he took on human flesh.

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 Because he was fully God, but he was also fully man.

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 And every fiber of his humanity resists,

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 militates against this impending death, his suffering.

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 This is a genuine request.

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 It's not an abstracted request.

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 It says, if you are willing, Father, remove this cup from me.

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 Of course, Jesus knew with certainty that this was his Father's will.

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 But his prayer, by articulating that he's expressing his inner turmoil,

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 could there be any other way, Father?

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 Is there any other way?

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 Father, remove this cup from me.

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 It's a cry of desperation.

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 I'll unpack in detail later why Jesus has such a hard time with this.

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 But it suffices to observe for now that he's in great distress.

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 It's described in verse 4.

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 He says,

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 He prayed even more earnestly so that he was sweating profusely.

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 It doesn't say that he was literally sweating blood,

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 which some people take this to mean.

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 It says that his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

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 It's a simile that portrays Jesus' intense anguish.

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 Blood is about four times as viscous as water.

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 Some of you are interested in these kinds of things.

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 I didn't.

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 And so it doesn't flow.

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 That means it doesn't flow as easily as water does.

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 And so it drips much more heavily, right?

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 So if you can picture it, Jesus was sweating so much,

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 it's like collecting and accumulating on his body,

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 and then it drips like thick blood, like congealed liquid.

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 That's how much he's sweating because he's praying so earnestly before the Father.

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 And he recognizes that he's not praying to a powerless God,

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 but to the all-powerful God.

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 So he doesn't say,

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 if you can, Father.

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 He says,

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 if you are willing,

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 remove this cup from me.

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 He also knows that he's praying not to a detached overlord,

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 but to an intimate, loving Father.

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 So Jesus doesn't bury his questions,

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 his pain.

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 He expresses the fullness of emotions

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 in complete transparency and honesty.

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 And this is what it looks like to entrust ourselves to God, our Father.

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 Prayer is the most tangible expression of that trust

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 because in prayer, we do not, strictly speaking,

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 do anything or get anything done, right?

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 If you think about it,

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 that's in fact precisely why sometimes we don't pray.

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 We feel like we're not getting anything done.

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 I could be using this time to be getting things done,

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 doing things,

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 solving my problems.

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 We consider prayer a perfunctory preamble to our activities,

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 but prayer is not a preamble to something else we do.

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 It's a relational conversation

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 and a transaction between God and man.

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 It can bring the power of heaven down to earth.

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 So before his greatest undertaking,

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 when facing his most difficult trial yet,

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 we find Jesus not busying about with activities,

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 trying to get something done.

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 Rather, he's praying,

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 agonizing in prayer,

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 asking God to do something.

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 That's what it means to entrust ourselves to God.

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 Now, God the Father does not grant his son's request,

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 but he does answer his prayer

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 by sending an angel from heaven

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 to strengthen him,

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 as it says in verse 43.

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 This is an important point in this passage,

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 although it's easy to overlook it

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 in the midst of all these great verses.

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 Verses 40 to 46 are structured symmetrically,

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 if you look at it closely,

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 so that each verse in the first half of those verses

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 mirror the second half.

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 So in verse 40,

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 Jesus tells his disciples

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 to pray that they may not enter into temptation.

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 And then in verse 46,

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 he again tells his disciples to pray

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 that they may not enter into temptation.

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 And in verse 41,

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 Jesus pulls away from his disciples

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 to kneel down and pray.

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 And in verse 45,

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 Jesus rises from prayer

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 to return to his disciples.

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 And then in both verse 42 and verse 44,

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 Jesus is praying to God the Father.

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 It's the content of his prayer.

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 And that leaves verse 43 alone in the middle,

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 which by itself does not have a matching part

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 in the symmetrical structure.

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 This kind of symmetrical structure

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 is called a chiasm.

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 And it's ancient literature

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 often employs this rhetorical device.

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 And the purpose of it is to bring

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 focused attention to the element in the middle

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 that alone doesn't have a matching element.

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 And so the focal point is actually verse 43.

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 The Father does not deliver Jesus

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 from his suffering,

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 but he does strengthen him

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 in his suffering.

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 And this is why we can entrust ourselves to God

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 in our suffering,

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 because we know that he will strengthen us

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 in our suffering.

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 When you pray to God for something

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 and he answers you with a no,

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 you pray earnestly for something,

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 God, please take this,

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 seek this from me,

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 please give me a child,

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 please save my family.

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 When he gives you all these things,

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 when you don't get a yes for an answer,

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 but instead get a no from God,

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 don't assume that God, therefore,

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 has abandoned you.

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 That God doesn't care for you.

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 Because in the midst of your suffering,

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 God is with you,

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 in the midst of you,

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 to strengthen you.

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 Now, Jesus is receiving this strength

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 from God the Father,

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 but the disciples are a study in contrast.

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 After his prayer,

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 Jesus finds the disciples

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 sleeping for sorrow,

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 he says,

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 and he tells them,

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 why are you sleeping?

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 Rise and pray

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 that you may not enter into temptation.

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 He had told them to pray

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 that they may not enter into temptation,

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 so it's no wonder then

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 that the disciples are unprepared

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 for the events that follow.

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 When Judas, the betrayer,

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 comes with his arm bent

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 to arrest Jesus.

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 They fumble about

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 trying to figure out what to do,

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 and one of them impulsively

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 slices off the ear

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 of the servant of the high priest.

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 And Jesus, however,

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 in contrast to the disciples,

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 is poised

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 and in total control

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 because he

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 had already risen

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 from an intense

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 spiritual struggle in prayer.

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 So then,

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 this is intended to teach us

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 that prayerful waiting

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 and prayerful watching

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 is a secret

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 to not succumbing

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 to trials

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 and temptations.

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 I want to ask you,

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 are you

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 always falling

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 to the same temptations

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 in your life?

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 Does it seem like

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 you have the same trial

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 that you never seem

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 to be able to overcome?

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 Find the strength

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 to endure through.

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 Then let me ask you,

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 have you been

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 prayerful and watchful?

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 Ephesians 6,

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 18-19,

00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:07.300
 which we referenced

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 last week as well,

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 teaches us

00:16:08.940 --> 00:16:09.940
 we are to put on

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 the full armor of God

00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:12.620
 in our spiritual warfare

00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:14.660
 by praying

00:16:14.660 --> 00:16:16.220
 at all times

00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:16.820
 in the Spirit

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 with all prayer

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 and supplication,

00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:22.000
 keeping alert

00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:23.540
 with all perseverance,

00:16:24.060 --> 00:16:25.580
 making supplication

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 for all the saints.

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 Prayer is the

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 often enjoined

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 but seldom employed

00:16:32.300 --> 00:16:34.040
 key to victory

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 in Christian life.

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 Are you praying?

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 Are you watchful?

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 of course,

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 when overcome

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 with great sorrow

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 and encumbered

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 by the relentless

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 pace of our lives,

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 it's easy

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 to get lost.

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 It's really difficult

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 in those situations

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 to pray

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 and consciously

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 entrust ourselves

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 to God

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 and that's the same

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 reason why

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 the disciples

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 fell asleep.

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 It says that

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 they were sleeping

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 for sorrow.

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 verse 45,

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 they were physically

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 and emotionally

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 exhausted

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 from a hectic

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 week in Jerusalem

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 and a troubling

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 day they had just

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 spent speculating

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 and discussing

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 about which

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 of the twelve

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 apostles

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 would betray

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 their Lord

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 and all the more

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 in our wariness

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 and grief,

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 however,

00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.340
 when we're

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 particularly vulnerable,

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 that's when most

00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:34.080
 we should be

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 leaning on God

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 and entrusting

00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.600
 ourselves to Him

00:17:36.600 --> 00:17:37.039
 in prayer

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 because when we do

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 that,

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 He strengthens us.

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 So when you are

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 struggling with

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 severe depression,

00:17:45.820 --> 00:17:46.180
 some of you

00:17:46.180 --> 00:17:46.680
 struggle with

00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:47.440
 seasonal depression

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 as you approach

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 winter.

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 I guess winter

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 is here.

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 Is it technically here?

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 No,

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 it's still not here.

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 When you're struggling

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 with severe depression

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 or when you ask

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 God to take it away

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 and He doesn't,

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 know with certainty

00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:06.039
 that He is with you

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 to strengthen you.

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 When you come down

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 with the flu

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 just before a big

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 project

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 or before your

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 exams at school,

00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.440
 midterms that are

00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:19.279
 going on right now,

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 pray to God to heal

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 you and entrust

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 yourself to Him.

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 But if He doesn't

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 heal you,

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 know with certainty

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 that He is with you

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 to strengthen you

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 through it.

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 when you have a long

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 and stressful day

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 at work

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.480
 and you're returning

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 home,

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 looking forward

00:18:37.580 --> 00:18:38.759
 to finally

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 getting some quiet,

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 enjoying a restful

00:18:42.060 --> 00:18:42.440
 evening,

00:18:42.580 --> 00:18:43.259
 stretched out on the

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 couch with your

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 legs on the coffee

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 table.

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 But then instead

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 when you come home,

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 you come home

00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:51.000
 to a house

00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:51.900
 in disarray

00:18:51.900 --> 00:18:52.680
 with your children

00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:53.840
 throwing tantrums

00:18:53.840 --> 00:18:54.640
 and your spouse

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 frazzled

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.819
 and seeking

00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:57.599
 your help.

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 Cry out to God

00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.640
 for help.

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:03.319
 Know that God

00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:04.200
 will be in the

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.619
 midst

00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:06.859
 to strengthen you

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 so that you can

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 care for and

00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:09.819
 strengthen

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 and serve your

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 family.

00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:13.619
 As Charles Spurgeon

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:14.079
 once said,

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 the refiner is never

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:16.339
 very far from the

00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:17.200
 mouth of the furnace

00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:18.859
 when his gold

00:19:18.859 --> 00:19:20.259
 is in the fire.

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 In suffering,

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 rather than giving

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 us his good

00:19:24.619 --> 00:19:25.720
 gifts to

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 relieve us,

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 God often

00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:29.099
 gives us

00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.779
 himself

00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:31.039
 to sustain

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 us.

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 That's what he

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 did here.

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 He does not

00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:35.319
 take the cup

00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:36.400
 of his God's

00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:36.819
 wrath away

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.440
 from Jesus,

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 but he sends

00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:39.660
 an angel,

00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.440
 his representative

00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:41.799
 to be his

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:43.539
 presence

00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:45.000
 for Jesus.

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 And it's only

00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:48.799
 in our suffering

00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.559
 at times

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.679
 when we feel

00:19:50.679 --> 00:19:51.220
 that God

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.879
 is all we

00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:52.419
 have.

00:19:53.159 --> 00:19:53.740
 That's when we

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.379
 truly know

00:19:54.379 --> 00:19:54.839
 that God

00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:55.519
 is all we

00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:55.879
 need.

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 It makes

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.440
 suffering so

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:00.839
 much more

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.299
 bearable

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:02.019
 when you

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.500
 remember that

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.339
 God is

00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:05.099
 with us.

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.659
 That's the

00:20:10.659 --> 00:20:11.139
 strengthening

00:20:11.139 --> 00:20:11.539
 God.

00:20:12.659 --> 00:20:13.059
 And this

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.859
 narrative ensues

00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.859
 in verse 47.

00:20:15.679 --> 00:20:16.319
 And let me

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:16.819
 read verses

00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:18.419
 47 to 53

00:20:18.419 --> 00:20:19.419
 just one more

00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:20.140
 time to jog

00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:20.539
 your memory.

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:20.860
 It says,

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.380
 While he was

00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:22.019
 still speaking,

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:22.560
 there came a

00:20:22.560 --> 00:20:22.960
 crowd,

00:20:23.380 --> 00:20:24.039
 and the man

00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.880
 called Judas,

00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.320
 one of the

00:20:25.320 --> 00:20:25.680
 twelve,

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.240
 was leading

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:26.560
 them.

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.519
 He drew

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.039
 near to

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.720
 Jesus to

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.380
 kiss him,

00:20:29.840 --> 00:20:30.340
 but Jesus

00:20:30.340 --> 00:20:31.080
 said to him,

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.519
 Judas,

00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:31.920
 would you

00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:32.660
 betray the

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.259
 Son of Man

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.960
 with a kiss?

00:20:34.800 --> 00:20:35.320
 And when

00:20:35.320 --> 00:20:35.900
 those who

00:20:35.900 --> 00:20:36.400
 were around

00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:37.039
 him saw

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.519
 what would

00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:37.920
 follow,

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.480
 they said,

00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.120
 Lord,

00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:39.600
 shall we

00:20:39.600 --> 00:20:40.180
 strike with

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.560
 the sword?

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:41.720
 And one

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:41.940
 of them

00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:42.460
 struck the

00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:42.800
 servant of

00:20:42.800 --> 00:20:43.100
 the high

00:20:43.100 --> 00:20:43.539
 priest and

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.000
 cut off

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.360
 his right

00:20:44.360 --> 00:20:44.720
 ear,

00:20:44.800 --> 00:20:45.220
 but Jesus

00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:45.640
 said,

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.220
 no more

00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.640
 of this,

00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:47.519
 and he

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.019
 touched his

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.400
 ear and

00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:49.039
 healed him.

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.000
 And then

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.600
 Jesus said

00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:50.900
 to the

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.620
 chief priests

00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:52.240
 and officers

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.600
 of the

00:20:52.600 --> 00:20:53.100
 temple and

00:20:53.100 --> 00:20:53.900
 elders who

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:54.200
 had come

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.819
 out against

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.100
 him,

00:20:55.100 --> 00:20:55.640
 have you

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.079
 come out

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.579
 as against

00:20:56.579 --> 00:20:57.160
 a robber

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.900
 with swords

00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:58.400
 and clubs?

00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:59.120
 When I

00:20:59.120 --> 00:20:59.460
 was with

00:20:59.460 --> 00:20:59.880
 you day

00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:00.480
 after day

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:00.740
 in the

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.019
 temple,

00:21:01.140 --> 00:21:01.340
 you did

00:21:01.340 --> 00:21:01.740
 not lay

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.280
 hands on

00:21:02.280 --> 00:21:02.480
 me,

00:21:02.800 --> 00:21:03.460
 but this

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.120
 is your

00:21:04.120 --> 00:21:04.880
 hour and

00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:05.400
 the power

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:06.040
 of darkness.

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.560
 There's so

00:21:07.560 --> 00:21:09.160
 much injustice

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:10.019
 and corruption

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:11.400
 in this

00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:11.940
 account of

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.200
 Jesus'

00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:12.800
 betrayal.

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.480
 First look

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:14.280
 at verse

00:21:14.280 --> 00:21:14.860
 47,

00:21:15.320 --> 00:21:15.920
 it says,

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.560
 there came

00:21:16.560 --> 00:21:17.340
 a crowd.

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.280
 Generally

00:21:20.280 --> 00:21:20.620
 in the

00:21:20.620 --> 00:21:21.080
 Gospel of

00:21:21.080 --> 00:21:21.340
 Luke,

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:22.100
 a crowd

00:21:22.100 --> 00:21:22.960
 is depicted

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.840
 as being

00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:24.400
 favorable

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:25.180
 toward Jesus.

00:21:25.860 --> 00:21:26.240
 It's the

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:27.000
 crowds that

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.780
 just days

00:21:27.780 --> 00:21:28.259
 earlier

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.680
 greeted

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.339
 Jesus as

00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:29.579
 he was

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.019
 entering

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.279
 into

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:30.700
 Jerusalem

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:30.900
 and

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:31.140
 seated

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:31.460
 on a

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:31.900
 donkey,

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:32.920
 hailing

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.539
 him as

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:33.920
 king.

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.839
 But now

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.700
 Jesus was

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.680
 on top of

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.019
 the world

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.579
 just a few

00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:40.180
 days ago.

00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.420
 Now

00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:41.940
 everything

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:43.160
 starts to

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.559
 turn on

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:43.779
 him.

00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:44.759
 And first

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.059
 thing we

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:45.440
 see here

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:45.680
 is the

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.019
 crowd.

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.240
 The crowd

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.900
 has turned

00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:48.359
 on him.

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.059
 It's a

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.460
 crowd that

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:49.779
 has not

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:50.379
 come to

00:21:50.379 --> 00:21:51.160
 enthrone

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.559
 him,

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.819
 but to

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.220
 arrest

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.599
 him,

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.319
 to kill

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:54.539
 him.

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.779
 And not

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.119
 only the

00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:57.480
 crowd,

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.059
 Luke's,

00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:58.859
 it says

00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.259
 that

00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.480
 Judas,

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:01.940
 whom Luke

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.599
 makes sure

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.039
 to know,

00:22:03.139 --> 00:22:03.759
 was one

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 of the

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 twelve.

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 Think about

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.279
 the horror

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:08.839
 of that.

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.559
 He spent

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.339
 years with

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.759
 Jesus.

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.179
 He's seen

00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:14.679
 Jesus'

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.379
 life.

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.599
 He has

00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:17.059
 benefited

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.579
 from his

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 teaching.

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 He has

00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.059
 served

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.720
 alongside

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.240
 him.

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.299
 He has

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.639
 been

00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:23.079
 Jesus'

00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:23.659
 most

00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.379
 trusted

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:25.059
 of

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.679
 companions.

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:27.000
 one of

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.120
 the

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:27.560
 twelve.

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.539
 He

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:29.799
 ate

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.019
 with

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.420
 Jesus.

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.460
 And it

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.039
 is he,

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.220
 one of

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.700
 the twelve,

00:22:34.580 --> 00:22:34.820
 that

00:22:34.820 --> 00:22:35.620
 betrays

00:22:35.620 --> 00:22:36.620
 Jesus.

00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:38.860
 It gets

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.200
 worse.

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.500
 It says

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:39.779
 that he

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.779
 draws near.

00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:41.160
 He drew

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.860
 near to

00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:42.259
 Jesus.

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.279
 The phrase

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.980
 draw near

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.920
 used in

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.560
 other parts

00:22:45.560 --> 00:22:46.060
 of Luke's

00:22:46.060 --> 00:22:46.440
 gospel

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.680
 convey a

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.299
 posture of

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:49.019
 longing and

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.700
 receptivity

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.000
 toward

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.460
 Jesus.

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.640
 You

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:51.900
 know who

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.259
 always

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.840
 draws near

00:22:52.840 --> 00:22:53.019
 to

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.319
 Jesus

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:53.539
 throughout

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:53.680
 the

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:53.960
 gospel

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.140
 of

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.360
 Luke?

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 It's

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.059
 the

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.340
 tax

00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:55.720
 collectors

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:55.980
 and

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.400
 sinners.

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.299
 They're

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.579
 always

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.000
 described

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.180
 as

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 drawing

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:58.900
 near

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.100
 to

00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.440
 Jesus.

00:22:59.579 --> 00:22:59.720
 Luke

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 15.

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:00.460
 1.

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.100
 Blind

00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:01.480
 beggar

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.840
 draws

00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.259
 near

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.440
 to

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:02.740
 Jesus

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:02.920
 for

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.200
 healing.

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:03.480
 Luke

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:03.960
 18.

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.180
 Verse

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.559
 40.

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.420
 But here

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:05.860
 someone

00:23:05.860 --> 00:23:06.559
 once again

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.019
 draws

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.440
 near,

00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:08.420
 but not

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.680
 for

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.140
 healing,

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.600
 not to

00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:10.720
 be

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.259
 ministered

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.579
 to by

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:11.980
 Jesus,

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.440
 but to

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:13.880
 betray

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.480
 Jesus.

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.759
 With

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.400
 the gesture

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:17.900
 of

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.840
 friendship,

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.000
 a kiss,

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.299
 that

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:21.660
 phrase

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:21.920
 with

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.380
 a kiss

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:22.700
 is

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.340
 fronted

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:23.600
 in the

00:23:23.600 --> 00:23:23.779
 Greek

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:23.980
 for

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.420
 emphasis.

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.279
 With

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.960
 a kiss,

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.059
 Judas,

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.480
 do you

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.900
 betray

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.140
 the

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:28.299
 Son

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.440
 of

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:28.720
 Man?

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.059
 And

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.180
 the

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.720
 same

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.200
 word

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.400
 for

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:33.799
 love.

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.579
 It's

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.039
 a sign

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.220
 of

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.579
 love.

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:36.900
 It's

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.160
 a sign

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.279
 of

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.680
 strong

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.160
 affection

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.440
 among

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:38.840
 family

00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:39.180
 members

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.360
 and

00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:39.640
 close

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.220
 friends.

00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:40.960
 And

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.360
 what

00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:42.640
 shamelessness

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.120
 for

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.480
 Judas

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:43.680
 to

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.220
 betray

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:44.500
 his

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:44.920
 teacher

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.180
 with

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.519
 this

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.880
 intimate

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:48.059
 gesture.

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:49.579
 And

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:49.759
 then

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.100
 Jesus

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.819
 disciples

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.779
 finally

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.359
 recognizing

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:52.639
 what's

00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:52.980
 happening

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.399
 asks,

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:53.659
 Lord,

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.019
 shall we

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.379
 strike

00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:54.579
 with

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:54.719
 the

00:23:54.719 --> 00:23:55.000
 sword,

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.939
 but an

00:23:55.939 --> 00:23:56.519
 impulsive

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:56.919
 one,

00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:57.539
 we know

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:57.899
 that this

00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:58.119
 is,

00:23:58.459 --> 00:23:58.759
 you could

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.379
 guess it's

00:23:59.379 --> 00:23:59.719
 Peter,

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.299
 we know

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.559
 that it's

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:01.939
 Peter from

00:24:01.939 --> 00:24:02.539
 John's

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:02.919
 gospel,

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:03.559
 chapter

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:03.879
 18,

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.119
 verse

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:04.299
 10.

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:05.779
 Jesus

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.039
 to

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.419
 actually

00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:06.819
 answer

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:06.980
 the

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.399
 question,

00:24:08.459 --> 00:24:09.000
 and

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.199
 then he

00:24:09.199 --> 00:24:09.399
 just

00:24:09.399 --> 00:24:09.799
 cuts

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.139
 off the

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:11.359
 right ear

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.139
 of the

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:12.379
 servant

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:12.599
 of the

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:12.779
 high

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.159
 priest,

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.419
 which

00:24:14.419 --> 00:24:14.579
 could

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:14.779
 have been

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.039
 really

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.419
 bad.

00:24:16.419 --> 00:24:16.959
 But

00:24:16.959 --> 00:24:17.259
 Jesus

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.819
 stops

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:19.099
 them saying,

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.519
 no more

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:19.899
 of this,

00:24:19.959 --> 00:24:20.179
 and then

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:20.819
 he heals

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.399
 the injured

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:21.740
 man,

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.799
 even at

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.059
 this

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.599
 critical,

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.240
 desperate

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.740
 hour,

00:24:25.459 --> 00:24:26.119
 when he

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:26.599
 could have,

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.759
 he of all

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.279
 people had

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:28.559
 the right

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:28.839
 to say,

00:24:28.919 --> 00:24:29.000
 well,

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.279
 I don't

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:29.959
 have the

00:24:29.959 --> 00:24:30.279
 time,

00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:30.959
 I don't

00:24:30.959 --> 00:24:32.000
 have the

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.419
 emotional

00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:32.779
 energy,

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.059
 I don't

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.539
 have the

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.339
 strength to

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:34.879
 deal with

00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:35.740
 somebody else's

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.379
 problems right

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:36.719
 now,

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.740
 about to go to

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.179
 the cross

00:24:38.179 --> 00:24:38.740
 to die,

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.480
 but in the

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.000
 midst of that,

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.639
 Jesus has

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.219
 compassion,

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.379
 he heals

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:44.860
 even this

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.300
 man who

00:24:45.300 --> 00:24:45.620
 has come

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.100
 to arrest

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.340
 him,

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:49.660
 and

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.500
 consider the

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.960
 iron of

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.160
 this,

00:24:51.260 --> 00:24:51.500
 his

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.180
 apprehenders

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.760
 have come

00:24:52.760 --> 00:24:53.880
 with swords

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.580
 and clubs,

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.300
 fully prepared

00:24:56.300 --> 00:24:56.860
 to use

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.920
 violent force,

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.240
 they're

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.720
 treating

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.620
 Jesus like

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.180
 a robber,

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:05.040
 but they're

00:25:05.040 --> 00:25:05.480
 the ones

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:05.760
 that are

00:25:05.760 --> 00:25:06.340
 acting like

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:06.860
 robbers,

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.260
 so Jesus

00:25:08.260 --> 00:25:08.760
 tells them,

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:09.380
 do you like

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.020
 robbers have

00:25:10.020 --> 00:25:10.460
 you come

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:12.240
 with swords

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:13.440
 and clubs,

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.519
 and

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:19.100
 let's

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.500
 look at

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.600
 what this

00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:21.480
 crowd consists

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.220
 of further

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:23.259
 in verse 52,

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.400
 Luke specifies

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:24.819
 that they were

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.240
 the chief

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.640
 priests and

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.519
 officers of

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.000
 the temple,

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.440
 and elders

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.120
 that have

00:25:30.120 --> 00:25:30.460
 come out

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.259
 against Jesus,

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.700
 this means

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.420
 Jewish

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.160
 religious

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.880
 authorities,

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:37.819
 their military

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.380
 authority,

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.700
 and their

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.640
 civil authorities,

00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:42.519
 all of

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.259
 them have

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.759
 come out

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:45.140
 in concert

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:45.779
 to address

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.340
 Jesus,

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.700
 in other

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.100
 words,

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.200
 the crowd

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.680
 has turned

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.220
 on Jesus,

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.900
 and the

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.519
 entire

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.120
 Jewish

00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:52.660
 people

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:54.019
 have turned

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:55.140
 on Jesus,

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.840
 the people,

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.680
 the chosen

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.259
 people of

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.580
 God,

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.140
 that God

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.700
 has set

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.240
 his name

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.680
 upon,

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.340
 they have

00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:00.860
 all turned

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.220
 against

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.660
 Jesus,

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.400
 and not

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.220
 only them,

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:03.960
 one of

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.700
 his own,

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.319
 not just

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.799
 the larger

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.460
 group of

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:07.819
 disciples,

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.439
 but one

00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:08.679
 of the

00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:09.159
 twelve

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:10.299
 has turned

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.700
 against

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.200
 Jesus,

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:13.720
 and Jesus

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.700
 exposes their

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.339
 treachery in

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:16.000
 verse 53,

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.539
 when I was

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.200
 with you day

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.879
 after day in

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.279
 the temple,

00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:18.899
 you did not

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:19.639
 lay hands

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.099
 on me,

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.439
 Jesus

00:26:21.439 --> 00:26:22.539
 ministered out

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.099
 in the open

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:24.059
 with total

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:25.099
 transparency and

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.619
 integrity,

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:26.740
 if he had

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.359
 really done

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:28.319
 something wrong

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.259
 that warranted

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.720
 arrest,

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.139
 then they could

00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:31.559
 have done it

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.119
 right there,

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.539
 but of course,

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.939
 they're scheming,

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.279
 they're seeking

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.960
 to do something

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.220
 that is

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.940
 unlawful,

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.639
 they knew

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.200
 Jesus was

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.680
 innocent,

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.599
 yet they have

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:42.079
 come in the

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.819
 cover of night

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.460
 with swords

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.099
 and clubs

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:45.240
 to carry out

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.940
 their lawless

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.279
 deed,

00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:47.460
 and that leaves

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.980
 only one

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.559
 conclusion,

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.299
 Jesus says,

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:50.200
 this is your

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.599
 hour,

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.019
 and the power

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.099
 of darkness,

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.519
 referring to

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:56.240
 spiritual evil

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.799
 authority,

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.319
 power that

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.819
 Judas and

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.460
 Jewish leaders

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.839
 are serving,

00:27:01.399 --> 00:27:02.399
 have become

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:03.079
 agents of,

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.799
 so note how

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.220
 Jesus,

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:06.899
 everything has

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:07.339
 turned against

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:07.659
 Jesus,

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.740
 he was just

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.399
 a few days

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:09.839
 ago at the

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.259
 top of the

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.500
 world,

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.539
 but now all

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.079
 have turned,

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:14.119
 and even

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.799
 though everything

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.680
 seems to be

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.419
 going awry

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:17.039
 for Jesus,

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.539
 surprisingly,

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:20.079
 he's the one

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.759
 that appears

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.299
 to be in

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.759
 charge of

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.480
 this entire

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:22.940
 narrative,

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.579
 in fact,

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.619
 neither Judas

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.539
 nor the

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.419
 Jewish leaders

00:27:27.419 --> 00:27:28.740
 say a single

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.740
 word in this

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.839
 entire passage,

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.899
 look at it

00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:33.180
 again,

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:35.980
 it's Jesus

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.759
 who highlights

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.440
 the hypocrisy

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.120
 of Judas,

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.420
 it's Jesus

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.420
 who restrains

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.080
 his disciples

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.740
 saying no more

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.120
 of this,

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:43.019
 it's Jesus

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.860
 who exposes

00:27:43.860 --> 00:27:44.600
 the treachery

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.100
 of the Jewish

00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:45.539
 leaders,

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:47.440
 all of this

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:47.960
 is there to

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.500
 show us that

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.000
 even in the

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.640
 midst of his

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.220
 crisis,

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:52.100
 Jesus is in

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:53.080
 total control

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:53.820
 of his situation

00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.240
 as we have

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.799
 seen over and

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.340
 over again

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:56.080
 throughout the

00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:56.560
 gospel of

00:27:56.560 --> 00:27:56.799
 Luke,

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:58.480
 this is the

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.500
 hour and

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.639
 power of

00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:01.379
 darkness,

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.759
 yet,

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:04.159
 in this

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.960
 moment of

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.919
 seeming

00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:07.119
 triumph of

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.000
 the devil,

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.500
 Jesus is not

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.139
 succumbing to

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:11.740
 the power of

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.079
 darkness,

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.859
 he is in

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.299
 control,

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.779
 he's submitting

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.139
 to his

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.940
 father's will,

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:19.680
 this reminds

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.399
 me of Acts

00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:20.720
 2,

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.960
 23 to 24,

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.839
 where Peter

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:24.220
 charges the

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.799
 Jewish people,

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.740
 this Jesus

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:27.200
 handed over

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.700
 to you

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.680
 according to

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.799
 the definite

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.620
 plan and

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:31.480
 foreknowledge of

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.779
 God,

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.279
 you crucified

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.960
 and killed

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.700
 by the hands

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.220
 of lawless

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.519
 men,

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.480
 God raised

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.839
 him up,

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.440
 losing the

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.920
 pangs of

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.339
 death because

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.720
 it was not

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.420
 possible for

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:40.740
 him to be

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.759
 held by it,

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:42.779
 Jesus,

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.480
 though it

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.259
 seems like

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:45.240
 the devil's

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.900
 triumphing,

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.539
 though it

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.220
 seems like

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.180
 evildoers are

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.579
 getting the

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.059
 best of

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.359
 him,

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.799
 Jesus was

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.359
 handed over

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.299
 not by

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.859
 hands of

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.380
 men,

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.120
 but according

00:28:54.120 --> 00:28:54.480
 to the

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.359
 definite plan

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.119
 and foreknowledge

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.639
 of God,

00:28:57.639 --> 00:29:01.099
 this is

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.579
 helpful for

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:01.939
 us because

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.619
 even in

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.839
 the midst

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.240
 of the

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.959
 cruelest

00:29:04.959 --> 00:29:05.859
 injustices

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.779
 and the

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.339
 most gut

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.899
 wrenching

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.379
 betrayal,

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.899
 even something

00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.719
 as tragic

00:29:10.719 --> 00:29:11.319
 as the

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.859
 death of

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.519
 the Messiah,

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:14.079
 the perfect

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.699
 sinless

00:29:14.699 --> 00:29:15.019
 son of

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.339
 God,

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:17.099
 even this

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.699
 is not

00:29:17.699 --> 00:29:18.539
 outside of

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:18.839
 God's

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.279
 plan and

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.579
 power,

00:29:20.459 --> 00:29:20.959
 he was

00:29:20.959 --> 00:29:21.359
 sovereign

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:21.859
 through it

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.119
 all,

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:25.839
 God vindicates

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.319
 Jesus in

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:26.779
 the end by

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.259
 raising him

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.619
 from the

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:27.859
 dead,

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.599
 and that

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.259
 means we

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.239
 as God's

00:29:30.239 --> 00:29:30.739
 people,

00:29:31.239 --> 00:29:31.819
 we can

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:33.459
 submit ourselves

00:29:33.459 --> 00:29:34.139
 and entrust

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:34.659
 ourselves to

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.059
 God in the

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.519
 midst of our

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.000
 suffering,

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.979
 because we

00:29:36.979 --> 00:29:37.439
 know that

00:29:37.439 --> 00:29:38.379
 God too is

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:40.099
 sovereign in

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.479
 the midst of

00:29:40.479 --> 00:29:41.039
 our suffering.

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:43.039
 when you

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.500
 lose a

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.000
 promotion,

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:47.000
 perhaps when

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.259
 you lose

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.920
 your job

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:49.079
 due to the

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.619
 cruelty of

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.379
 your colleagues

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:51.940
 or unfairness

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.200
 of your

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.659
 boss,

00:29:53.659 --> 00:29:54.319
 when you

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.139
 suffer gross

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:56.180
 injustices and

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:57.119
 discrimination on

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.819
 the basis of

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.619
 your ethnicity,

00:29:59.480 --> 00:29:59.940
 race,

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:00.859
 gender,

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:03.759
 when your

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:05.139
 spouse is

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:06.240
 killed in a

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.980
 car accident

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:08.220
 by a

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.099
 distracted and

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.559
 grossly

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.099
 negligent

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:10.519
 driver,

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:12.359
 when you

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.339
 incur great

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:14.420
 financial loss

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.139
 because of

00:30:15.139 --> 00:30:16.460
 a dishonest

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.139
 neighbor.

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:20.159
 In short,

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.899
 when things

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.619
 don't make

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.259
 any sense,

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.420
 God's

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:24.799
 sovereign

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:26.059
 through it

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.339
 all.

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:28.879
 That means

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:29.740
 no suffering

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.579
 that befalls

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:31.940
 you has

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:33.139
 ever escaped

00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:33.859
 God's

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.759
 oversight and

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.379
 care for

00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:35.639
 you.

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:37.099
 Every loss,

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:38.099
 every sorrow,

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.680
 every

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.740
 disappointment

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:43.180
 is measured

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.839
 out by

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:45.700
 our all

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.599
 powerful and

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.000
 loving,

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.359
 sovereign God.

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:51.039
 So then we

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.880
 don't have to,

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.380
 like the

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.220
 disciples try to

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.720
 do here,

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.900
 panic and

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.480
 try to seize

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.319
 control of the

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.819
 situation.

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:58.279
 We can simply

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:59.279
 entrust ourselves

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.779
 to God,

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:03.039
 pray to God

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.500
 that He might

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.200
 strengthen us

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.700
 through it,

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.500
 trusting that He

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.059
 sovereign.

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.359
 And maybe

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.480
 you're kind

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:14.920
 of like me

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.619
 and you've

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:16.500
 probably already

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.700
 done things

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.160
 to bumble

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.859
 your situation.

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.920
 You don't

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.440
 naturally

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.619
 entrust yourself

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.039
 to God.

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.460
 Take heart in

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.119
 this fact too

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:26.180
 because obviously

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.859
 the disciples

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.539
 mess it up.

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.000
 Peter kind of

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.579
 messes up big

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.059
 time, right?

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.640
 He cuts off

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.220
 the guy's right

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.940
 ear, the

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.400
 servant's right

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:32.579
 ear.

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.079
 But even

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.680
 through it all,

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.359
 God's sovereign.

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.500
 Even through

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:36.200
 your mistakes.

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.960
 Even through

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.680
 your faithless

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:38.960
 deeds.

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.700
 The often

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.319
 quoted verse

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.319
 Romans 8, 28

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.299
 really is true

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.819
 for us.

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:44.859
 We know that

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.519
 for those who

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.259
 love God,

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:47.140
 all things work

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.960
 together for good.

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.779
 For those who

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.339
 are called

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.079
 according to

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.640
 His purpose,

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.839
 what is this

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.660
 good that God

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.480
 does for us?

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.980
 It's definitely

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.700
 not earthly

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.180
 comfort.

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.480
 Since the only

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.240
 innocent and

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.200
 deserving man of

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.859
 this kind of

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.400
 comfort and

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.099
 peace, that was

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.740
 Jesus, and He

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.640
 suffered a lot.

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.059
 The answer

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.880
 then lies in the

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.600
 following verses

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.900
 in Romans 8, 29

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.720
 to 30.

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.780
 For those whom

00:32:08.780 --> 00:32:09.740
 He foreknew, He

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:11.220
 also predestined to

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:13.800
 be conformed to

00:32:13.800 --> 00:32:14.720
 the image of His

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:16.000
 Son, in order that

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.660
 He might be the

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.440
 firstborn among

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.160
 many brothers.

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.320
 And those whom

00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:20.280
 He predestined, He

00:32:20.280 --> 00:32:20.960
 also called.

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:21.380
 And those whom

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:22.020
 He called, He

00:32:22.020 --> 00:32:22.820
 also justified.

00:32:23.280 --> 00:32:23.800
 And those whom

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:24.780
 He justified, He

00:32:24.780 --> 00:32:25.860
 also glorified.

00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:27.740
 The good that God

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:29.200
 guarantees for us

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.580
 is not earthly

00:32:30.580 --> 00:32:31.580
 comforts, but it's

00:32:31.580 --> 00:32:32.440
 the comfort of

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.400
 knowing that we

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:34.420
 will in the end

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:35.559
 be conformed to

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.539
 the image of

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.120
 His Son.

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.900
 That we will in

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:40.039
 the end be saved

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:41.600
 and glorified with

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:41.980
 Jesus.

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:44.240
 It's coming when

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.440
 we will receive

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.779
 full vindication for

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.320
 all of our

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:48.620
 suffering, all the

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:49.440
 injustices we

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.900
 endure, and we

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.820
 will be restored to

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:52.220
 God, our Father,

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.620
 and all of our

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.519
 tears will be wiped

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:54.840
 away.

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:56.420
 That's the good

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.460
 that God promises

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.799
 us, that all

00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:00.039
 things will work

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.880
 out for our good.

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:04.580
 In a book

00:33:04.580 --> 00:33:06.260
 entitled, After

00:33:06.260 --> 00:33:08.580
 Auschwitz, Richard

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:09.440
 Rubenstein, a

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.300
 respected Jewish

00:33:10.300 --> 00:33:12.280
 rabbi, reflects on

00:33:12.280 --> 00:33:13.100
 the aftermath of

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.580
 the Holocaust.

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:16.300
 He says this,

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:17.400
 We stand in a

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:18.460
 cold, silent,

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.840
 unfeeling cosmos,

00:33:20.600 --> 00:33:21.960
 uneided by any

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:23.060
 purposeful power

00:33:23.060 --> 00:33:23.760
 beyond our

00:33:23.760 --> 00:33:24.260
 resources.

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:26.240
 After Auschwitz,

00:33:26.580 --> 00:33:27.540
 what else can a

00:33:27.540 --> 00:33:28.380
 Jew say about

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.720
 God?

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:31.100
 Thomas Hobbes

00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:31.819
 was right after

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.079
 all.

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.460
 In a world where

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:34.140
 there is no

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:35.339
 evidence that what

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:36.579
 is true and right

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:37.500
 would ultimately be

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:38.720
 vindicated, and

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.680
 what is false and

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.640
 wrong will ultimately

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:41.400
 be punished and

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:42.100
 eradicated.

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.680
 In such a world,

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:45.120
 life is at best

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:48.039
 short, nasty, and

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.579
 brutish.

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:48.639
 church.

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:52.480
 But let me ask

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:55.659
 you, after

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:57.980
 Gethsemane, what

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.519
 else can a

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.480
 Christian say about

00:33:59.480 --> 00:33:59.839
 God?

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:05.819
 After Golgotha, the

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.659
 hill upon which

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:07.779
 Jesus bore the

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:09.099
 cross for us, what

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.799
 else can a

00:34:09.799 --> 00:34:11.400
 Christian say about

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.960
 God?

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:14.119
 That even in the

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.900
 coldest and darkest

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:17.059
 corners of human

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:19.119
 history, that God

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:20.559
 is sovereign, that

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:22.099
 He is the God who

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:24.079
 brings justice, that

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:25.739
 He will vindicate, that

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:28.179
 He will save, that

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:29.279
 ultimately what is

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:30.980
 false and wrong will

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:32.159
 be punished, that

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:33.000
 ultimately what is

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:34.719
 true and good and

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:36.039
 right will prevail.

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:38.380
 What else can we

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:40.239
 say after Gethsemane?

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:46.219
 So 2 Corinthians 4, 16

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:47.879
 to 18 says this, so

00:34:47.879 --> 00:34:48.899
 we do not lose

00:34:48.899 --> 00:34:49.399
 heart.

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.399
 Though our

00:34:50.399 --> 00:34:51.439
 outer self is

00:34:51.439 --> 00:34:53.059
 wasting away, our

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:54.419
 inner self is being

00:34:54.419 --> 00:34:56.579
 renewed day by day,

00:34:56.839 --> 00:34:58.179
 for this light,

00:34:58.539 --> 00:35:00.039
 momentary affliction

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:02.039
 is preparing for us

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:04.179
 an eternal weight of

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:05.979
 glory beyond all

00:35:05.979 --> 00:35:06.599
 comparison.

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:10.079
 that's the true

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:11.219
 reality for us in

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.699
 our suffering.

00:35:14.839 --> 00:35:16.299
 And for my final

00:35:16.299 --> 00:35:17.420
 point, sin-bearing

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.559
 God, return with me

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:20.360
 to verse 42 and

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:21.619
 revisit Jesus' prayer

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.279
 on the Mount of

00:35:22.279 --> 00:35:22.500
 Olive.

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:25.799
 I asked earlier why

00:35:25.799 --> 00:35:27.339
 Jesus is so desperate

00:35:27.339 --> 00:35:27.980
 and troubled.

00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:31.259
 Why couldn't He, like

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:31.860
 some of the other

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.759
 martyrs, Christian

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.519
 martyrs in human

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:35.519
 history, just face

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.579
 His death with total

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.079
 peace?

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.799
 Why was Jesus in

00:35:39.799 --> 00:35:40.659
 such anguish?

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:45.139
 The cup that He

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:46.319
 asks the Father to

00:35:46.319 --> 00:35:47.639
 remove from Him is

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:49.059
 an allusion to an

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:50.380
 Old Testament motif

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:52.420
 that represents God's

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.739
 wrath and judgment.

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.960
 For example, in

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:57.239
 Isaiah chapter 51,

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:59.119
 verse 17, it says,

00:35:59.239 --> 00:35:59.920
 Stand up, O

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:01.420
 Jerusalem, you who

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.480
 have drunk from the

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:04.119
 hand of the Lord the

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:05.840
 cup of His wrath.

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.860
 who have drunk to the

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:09.579
 dregs, the bowl, the

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:11.340
 cup of staggering.

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:16.119
 It's a fearful image, a

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.559
 cup.

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:18.539
 Imagine, against your

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.840
 will, being forced to

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:21.159
 drink again and again

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:22.460
 and again until you are

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:24.579
 totally witless, out of

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:25.000
 control.

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:30.460
 that's the picture of the

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:32.119
 wrath, of cup of God's

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.539
 wrath.

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:34.420
 So in other words,

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:36.000
 Jesus is not

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:38.280
 dreading physical death

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:39.159
 in and of itself.

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:42.480
 He's dreading here what

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:44.159
 His death entails.

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:46.219
 Namely, that for our

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:48.480
 sake, He who knew no

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:50.139
 sin would be made

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:52.639
 sin for us, that He,

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:54.079
 the righteous one, would

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:56.619
 endure the wrath and

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:58.940
 punishment of God that

00:36:58.940 --> 00:37:00.799
 we sinners deserved.

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:03.539
 It's the weight of it all

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.960
 that Jesus dreads.

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:08.059
 Yeah, the whipping is

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.480
 terrible.

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.719
 The crucifixion is

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:11.299
 painful.

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:16.140
 But this, it's tough, it's

00:37:16.140 --> 00:37:17.480
 really impossible for us to

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.640
 grasp the enormity of

00:37:18.640 --> 00:37:19.460
 Jesus' suffering.

00:37:20.060 --> 00:37:20.820
 Think about it this way.

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:22.260
 A person who is rejected

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:23.740
 and shunned by an

00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:25.620
 acquaintance of one or two

00:37:25.620 --> 00:37:27.900
 days is not going to be

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.500
 devastated.

00:37:29.620 --> 00:37:30.640
 When I try to make

00:37:30.640 --> 00:37:31.480
 conversation on the

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.280
 airplane with the person

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:33.560
 next to me and they don't

00:37:33.560 --> 00:37:34.580
 seem interested at all,

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:35.560
 hey, I'm not bothered.

00:37:35.640 --> 00:37:36.880
 My ego's not hurt, right?

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.420
 It's just a stranger.

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:42.860
 But imagine a person who

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:44.140
 is rejected by someone he

00:37:44.140 --> 00:37:45.400
 or she has been dating for

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:46.160
 a few months.

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:48.720
 Now, that's going to hurt a

00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:49.120
 little bit.

00:37:49.680 --> 00:37:50.780
 A person that you thought

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.340
 liked you.

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:52.620
 A person that you thought

00:37:52.620 --> 00:37:54.580
 you could maybe get into a

00:37:54.580 --> 00:37:55.560
 more serious relationship

00:37:55.560 --> 00:37:55.940
 with.

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:59.539
 Now, imagine that you have

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.720
 been married to someone for

00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:03.960
 several decades and then

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:05.740
 your spouse rejects you.

00:38:08.140 --> 00:38:09.539
 Now, that painful

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.980
 experience will scar you for

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.820
 the rest of your life.

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:14.360
 To be rejected by someone

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.460
 you had given all to,

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:17.179
 trusted and completely,

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:19.519
 to be rejected by that

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:19.880
 person.

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:25.199
 But to an infinitely greater

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:27.780
 degree, the Son of God,

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:30.240
 who has enjoyed a perfect,

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:32.920
 loving relationship with His

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:35.619
 Father for eternity past,

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:40.539
 must now endure the wrath and

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:43.139
 judgment and alienation from the

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:44.559
 Father He has never known.

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:48.059
 He's always had His favor,

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:49.159
 His love,

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.359
 His kindness.

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:53.319
 There was nothing to come,

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:54.859
 nothing could ever come between.

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:58.279
 Yet, He has taken up our sin

00:38:58.279 --> 00:38:59.920
 upon His shoulders.

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:05.579
 And no wonder Jesus dreads this cup

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.119
 of wrath.

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:09.099
 Father, is there any other way?

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:11.159
 Can you remove this from me?

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:16.679
 We all know that

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:17.759
 truism,

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:20.399
 that what doesn't kill us only

00:39:20.399 --> 00:39:21.559
 makes us stronger.

00:39:23.859 --> 00:39:25.019
 But I want to tell you,

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:26.219
 especially if you're not yet a

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:27.279
 follower of Jesus Christ,

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:31.299
 there is one suffering in the

00:39:31.299 --> 00:39:31.599
 world

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:34.279
 that doesn't make you stronger,

00:39:34.359 --> 00:39:35.639
 it actually will kill you.

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:39.920
 And that's sin.

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:44.480
 Because sin separates us from God.

00:39:45.259 --> 00:39:46.799
 It alienates us from God,

00:39:46.839 --> 00:39:47.460
 our Creator,

00:39:47.819 --> 00:39:48.759
 our Heavenly Father.

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:51.659
 Romans 6, 23 says,

00:39:51.759 --> 00:39:53.279
 The wages of sin is death,

00:39:53.379 --> 00:39:54.699
 but the free gift of God

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:57.339
 is eternal life in Christ Jesus,

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:58.000
 our Lord.

00:39:58.699 --> 00:40:00.379
 All the suffering that we

00:40:00.379 --> 00:40:01.839
 experience in this life,

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:03.519
 all the suffering we experience

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:04.619
 in our own lives,

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:05.819
 within ourselves,

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:07.579
 within our friends and

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.980
 neighbors and family members,

00:40:09.219 --> 00:40:10.659
 in all of creation.

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:13.099
 All of these are but symptoms

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:16.000
 of the underlying root of sin.

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:19.119
 And unless that sin is dealt with,

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:21.400
 we cannot be restored to God.

00:40:26.179 --> 00:40:28.759
 Jesus is your only remedy for sin.

00:40:30.339 --> 00:40:32.299
 That's why He's suffering here

00:40:32.299 --> 00:40:33.119
 in this passage.

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:35.420
 That's why He's going to the cross,

00:40:35.759 --> 00:40:38.099
 so that He can bear that suffering

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:39.380
 for your sake,

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:41.079
 so that if you repent of your sins

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:42.179
 and believe in Jesus,

00:40:42.299 --> 00:40:43.500
 you might be saved

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:45.519
 and have eternal life with Him.

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:50.179
 If you're a believer,

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:52.519
 this means you can rest assured,

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:57.119
 Christ bore your sins,

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:59.820
 every last one of them,

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:02.179
 once and for all.

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:09.519
 now all suffering that you experience,

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:13.059
 there are trials that will make you stronger,

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:14.739
 that will refine you,

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:17.239
 just like a lump of coal

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:19.399
 that under pressure becomes a diamond.

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:20.920
 anyone else?

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:24.180
 Charles Spurgeon writes about this

00:41:24.180 --> 00:41:25.039
 in one of his sermons.

00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:26.000
 He says,

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:33.480
 in all this that I am called to suffer, there is not even a single particle of punishment for my sin.

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:44.860
 God has punished Christ. Consequently, He cannot punish me. To punish two for one offense would be

00:41:44.860 --> 00:41:52.940
 unjust. Therefore, there is nothing penal in all that I am suffering. I do not know of any reflection

00:41:52.940 --> 00:42:00.079
 more consoling than this, that my sorrow is not laid on me by a judge, nor inflicted on me as the

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:06.679
 result of divine anger. There is not a drop of wrath in a river full of a believer's grief.

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:12.880
 Does not that take the bitterness out of affliction and make it sweet?

00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:21.360
 Are you with me? Are you following this? Because Christ has suffered and died on our behalf.

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:30.780
 He drank the cup of God's wrath Himself down to the dregs. We are now heirs with Christ and adopted as

00:42:30.780 --> 00:42:37.860
 sons and daughters of God. Therefore, we can be assured that all of our sufferings and afflictions

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:45.180
 that we experience in this life, they don't come from a wrathful judge. They come from the hands of

00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:53.019
 our loving Father to discipline us, to refine us, not to break us or destroy us.

00:42:55.319 --> 00:43:05.539
 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also, along with Him, give us all things?

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 So if you're experiencing infertility, recurring miscarriages,

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 don't think that God is punishing you for your past sins.

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 Christ has already been punished for you.

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 If you develop a rare form of malignant cancer, don't you believe that God is punishing you for anything you've done?

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 It does not come from a vengeful God. It comes from the hands of a loving Father.

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 If you have a chronic illness that does not seem to go away, don't think for a moment that God is punishing you for something you have done.

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 Jesus has been punished for you. He drank the cup of God's wrath down to the dregs.

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 Jesus has been punished for you for something you have done.

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 Only the sin-bearing God who suffered in our place can help us make sense of and persevere through our suffering.

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 Only the sin-bearing God who once for all proved His love for us can fully entrust ourselves to Him.

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 So I urge you this morning, come as you are to God in your suffering.

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 Pray, entrust yourself to Him, the strengthening, sovereign, and sin-bearing God.