Well, good morning. It is a privilege for me to be able to open the Word of God with you this morning.
And we will read the passage out of chapter 13 in just a minute, but to tie it to what we talked about last week,
and to tie it to where we are in the Gospel, let me just say a couple of things.
One is in early part of chapter 13, it says this,
Jesus knew that His hour had come.
You know, throughout the Gospel, He says,
My hour has not come. My hour has not come.
And now He says here in chapter 13, My hour has come.
What hour is He referring to?
It's the hour that He would give up His life, where He would be willing to go to the cross.
He'd be willing to die on behalf of His people.
That's the hour He's referring to.
Where we are in the Gospel of John is we're in chapter 13.
We're looking at the very day that He would be arrested.
This evening, chapter 13, going forward, He will be arrested.
He will be tried. He will be convicted.
He will be elevated on the cross the next day.
So we're very close to the last day of Christ's earthly life.
And I would just remind us of a couple of things He said in the early part of chapter 13
that's really going to speak to what we're going to read this morning,
starting in verse 18, where we're going to read.
But He says this in verse 2.
He said,
This morning we're going to read about a great betrayal.
And this great betrayal is at the hands of Judas Iscariot.
And we see here that Christ is telling us before it happens that this is going to come to pass.
He says this to Peter as he is washing the feet of the apostles and disciples.
And Peter says to Him,
You shall never wash my feet.
And Jesus says this,
If I don't wash your feet, you have no part with me.
And He says,
Not only my feet, but my hands and my head also.
Wash all of me, Peter would say.
And Jesus says that I only need to wash your feet.
It is enough.
What He is symbolically saying is that the washing of His sacrifice,
the sacrifice of His life is sufficient for salvation.
But I want us to catch this in verse 11.
He says,
He knew who was going to betray Him.
That was why He said,
Not all of you are clean.
There's this truth in the Scripture in John that says that there's this one
who is a part of my close friends,
who is one of the apostles,
who is going to betray Him.
He's telling them this ahead of time.
And He says,
Not all of you are clean.
In essence, He's saying that the covering of my blood has not covered Judas.
And we'll talk more about that as we look at his betrayal.
And as we step into verse 18,
I would ask if you're able to stand in honor of God's Word,
I would ask you to do that.
If you're not physically able, we understand.
Please remain seated.
As we read chapter 13, starting in verse 18,
reading through the end of the chapter.
I hope you brought your Bible with you.
I would encourage you to open it and read with us.
As we read, starting in verse 18.
I am not speaking of all of you.
I know whom I have chosen.
But the Scripture will be fulfilled.
He who ate my bread has lifted up his heel against me.
I am telling you this now before it takes place,
that when it does take place,
you may believe that I am He.
Truly, truly, I say to you,
whoever receives the one I send receives me,
and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
After saying these things,
Jesus was troubled in His spirit and testified,
Truly, truly, I say to you,
one of you will betray me.
The disciples looked at one another,
uncertain of whom He spoke.
One of His disciples, whom Jesus loved,
was reclining at the table at Jesus' side.
So Simon Peter motioned to Him
to ask Jesus of whom He was speaking.
So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus,
said to Him,
Lord, who is it?
Jesus answered,
It is He to whom I will give this morsel of bread
when I have dipped it.
So when He had dipped the morsel,
He gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
Then after He had taken the morsel,
Satan entered into Him.
Jesus said to him,
What you are doing, do quickly.
Now no one at the table knew
why He had said this to Him.
Some thought that because Judas had the money bag,
Jesus was telling him,
Buy what we need for the feast,
or that He should give something to the poor.
So after receiving the morsel of bread,
He immediately went out,
and it was night.
When He had gone out,
Jesus said,
Now is the Son of Man glorified,
and God is glorified in Him.
If God is glorified in Him,
God will also glorify Him in Himself,
and glorify Him at once,
little children.
Yet a little while I am with you.
You will seek Me,
and just as I said to the Jews,
so now I also say to you,
where I am going,
you cannot come.
A new commandment I give you,
that you love one another,
just as I have loved you.
You also are to love one another.
By this all people will know,
that you are My disciples,
if you have love for one another.
Simon Peter said to Him,
Lord, where are you going?
Jesus answered him,
Where I am going,
you cannot follow Me now,
but you will follow afterwards.
Peter said to Him,
Lord, why can I not follow you now?
I will lay down My life for you.
Jesus answered,
Will you lay down your life for Me?
Truly, truly, I say to you,
the rooster will not crow,
till you have denied Me three times.
Let's pray.
Father,
I recognize even this morning,
my weakness,
and my inability to accurately share Your Word,
unless You do it through me.
So God, I ask that You would lead our time together,
as we open Your Word.
I pray that You would speak to our hearts,
not just our ears,
not just our head.
I pray that You speak to our hearts.
Father, I pray that You would open our eyes,
and our ears to see the depth of Your Word this morning,
and You would move us to obedience,
I pray in Your name.
Amen.
You can have a seat.
So this morning, I want to talk about,
and I see four things we really want to look at in this passage.
One is a great betrayal.
We see, and we know that in the life,
in the example of Judas Iscariot,
we'll talk about that.
And also, we see a great love in this passage,
in the person of Christ.
We also see a new commandment,
and we'll talk about what that means for you and I.
And then lastly,
there's a great need that each of us has.
A great betrayal,
great love,
a new commandment,
and a great need is what we'll talk about.
First, a great betrayal.
Consider this.
How is it possible
that Judas Iscariot would live with Christ for three years,
be one of the disciples that was with Him,
that ate bread with Him,
that watched all the miracles that He did,
watched how He loved people and cared for people,
not just the elite of the society,
but the down and out.
How He loved them,
how He healed those who had limbs that didn't work,
how He opened the eyes of blind men,
how He fed 5,000 in the wilderness.
He saw all of this.
How could He see that?
And how could He see how selfless Christ was,
how much He loved and cared for people,
and even Judas himself received care from Jesus?
They sat at the table together.
They lived together.
And yet,
how is it that He'd be willing to kill the Lord Jesus?
We look at that and we can't fathom
why He would get to this place,
or how is it possible He'd get to this place?
Let me just share this.
It's not just that He betrayed Jesus as a friend,
and He said,
oh, He's not my friend anymore.
anymore.
That's not what is being shared by Christ here.
This betrayal is greater than just turning and walking away.
We will remember what He did,
that He sought out an opportunity to betray Him.
Remember, as Christ was doing ministry,
especially in Jerusalem,
that the chief priest and the council
were seeking to arrest Him and kill Him, right?
Many times they sent people to go arrest Him,
and one time they came back and said,
never man spake like this.
We couldn't take Him.
Oftentimes, the people were so amazed
at the words of Christ
that the leaders of the Jews
didn't want to take Him at those moments
for fear that they would be attacked.
But know this,
that they were trying all along
to find an opportunity
to take Jesus
so that they could kill Him.
Judas knew that.
And one time when they left town
and they were getting ready to come back,
he says,
Lord, what are you doing?
Don't you know they're seeking to kill you?
Why would you go right back to Jerusalem?
There's a strong probability
they'll find you and arrest you.
Judas was part of that.
Judas heard those conversations.
Judas knew that they wanted to kill Him.
And so what did Judas do?
In his betrayal,
he went to those very men
and said,
what will you give me
if I hand Him to you?
What will you give me
if I take you to Him
and I put Him in your hands
so that you can arrest Him
and you can kill Him?
Understand that the betrayal of Judas
was a willingness to kill Jesus.
Doesn't that amaze you?
How is it possible
being around Him and seeing Him
that He would get to this place
where He'd be willing
to hand Him over
in a manner of speaking
to those who sought to kill Him?
Well, there's two sides to this story.
That is the betrayal of Judas.
One side is the side of Judas.
The other side is the sovereign side.
That is from God's perspective.
How is it possible
that God would even foreknow
or foretell or prophesy
or let us know that this is coming?
Look with me, if you will,
in verse 18.
Christ is speaking and He says,
He quotes the Scripture.
He quotes Psalm 41
and He says this.
He says,
He who ate my bread
has lifted His heel against me.
He who ate my bread
has lifted His heel against me.
Who is He referring to?
He's referring to the betrayer.
You know,
this is prophesied
that there's coming a time
when one who is part of His inner circle,
if you will,
the twelve,
is going to betray Him,
is going to hand Him over
to be killed.
God knew ahead of time.
God told us ahead of time.
And Christ is doing the same.
Christ is saying that
He is going to
lift His heel against me.
He is going to
betray me.
We saw it as I
talked about it early
in verse 11.
The one who is going to betray
is Judas.
And we could look at other places
in Scripture.
And we would
see that
Judas is
the one
who is going to betray.
Christ talks about this
more than once.
For sake of time,
I'll not turn
to all those passages.
But it begs a question,
how is it possible?
How is it possible
that He would be willing
to do that?
And the passage this morning,
it answers that question.
Look at this.
It says in verse 18,
I am not speaking
to all of you.
Speaking about what,
Jesus?
It would go back
to verse 12.
He was washing the feet
and He's saying,
do you understand
what I'm doing for you?
Do you understand
as I wash your feet?
This is a demonstration
of the forgiveness
that I give you.
That my death
on the cross,
my sacrifice
in my life
is sufficient
for you
that you would be
cleaned,
cleansed.
But there's one
who is not cleansed.
It's this one
that was foretold.
It's this one
that never received Christ,
never understood
Him to be the Messiah.
And we see here
in verse 18,
I'm not speaking
to all of you.
I know whom
I have chosen.
Christ,
what are you saying?
Is there one
whom you have not chosen?
That's exactly
what He's saying.
Of the twelve,
one is not chosen.
One is not cleansed.
John 17 says this.
It says,
While I was with them,
this is a high priestly prayer,
this is Christ.
We get an inside view
of Christ speaking
directly to the Father.
And here's what He's saying.
While I was with them,
that is the twelve,
the disciples,
I kept them.
In your name,
which you have given me,
I have guarded them.
Isn't it a beautiful picture
that Christ has kept
and guarded
His apostles,
His disciples?
And none of them
has been lost
except the Son of Destruction.
In His prayer
to the Father,
He acknowledges
that Psalm 41,
the fulfillment
of Psalm 41
happens in the person
of Judas.
Does that mean
that Judas was forced
to betray Him?
No, not at all.
Judas did it
of His own will.
So we see two sides
of this great betrayal.
It's the side
of Judas choosing
to betray Him,
choosing to go
to the priest
and say,
What will you give me
if I betray Him,
if I hand Him to you?
What will you give me?
And they agreed
to give Him
thirty pieces of silver.
Listen,
for the sake of money,
He was willing
to betray Jesus.
You know,
the Scripture does indicate
that He had the money bag.
Even in our passage,
He was the one
that carried the money bag
so when they had
a need for food,
they would go to Judas,
Can you go and get us
the food we need
for our group?
Or go give money
to the poor,
whatever was the purpose
of the moment.
But the Scripture indicates
that often He would
pilfer out of the bag.
He would reach
His hand in.
He would grab the money.
He would use it
for Himself.
You know what we see
in Judas
is an extreme selfishness.
That He would be willing
to betray another,
someone that had loved Him
and cared for Him.
He was willing
to betray Him.
Why?
Because of His selfishness.
That He,
we see in His life
this picture
of Him living for Himself.
This great betrayal.
how is it possible
He could live
and not understand
that Jesus is the Messiah?
And then I want you
to look at
the second point
is great love.
So we see great betrayal
in the life of Judas.
Something that we can't understand.
And I'm reminded of
an illustration
I want to share with you
in reference
before we look at
this great love of Christ.
I want to remind you of,
I want to just share with you
a little quick story.
So I'm sitting recently,
within the last year
I'm sitting in a restaurant
and I got a guy
that's a friend of mine
who's in his 30s
and he's sharing with me,
he's opened his heart to me,
he's saying,
man, I think I've finally found
the girl that I want to marry.
He said,
here I am in my 30s,
mid-30s,
and I've just not been
the type of guy
that wanted to settle down.
I wanted to do my own thing,
but I think I've found the girl.
I really believe I have.
And he was sharing with me
that he was,
the very weekend
we were sitting
at a restaurant together
and he was sharing with me
that he was intending
to ask her to marry him
that very weekend.
And I'm sitting on the past tense.
He's sharing with me
the story of his intention.
He said,
but this weekend
after I got home from a trip,
I came back
and she didn't return my call.
I texted,
she didn't return my text.
We were supposed to meet
and she didn't show up.
It's like,
what is going on?
And it turns out
that he found out
that she was with another guy,
hugging on another guy,
kissing on another guy,
spending time with another guy
after they had talked about marriage
over an extended period of time.
And that very weekend,
he was intending
to ask her to marry him
and it all fell apart.
You can imagine the pain
that he was carrying
as we sat at the table together.
It's a betrayal,
isn't it?
It's a picture of a betrayal.
One whom indicated
that yes,
I love you,
yes,
I'm willing to marry you
and was heading down that road
only the very weekend
he was intending
that she turned
to another guy
and left him.
It's painful.
I walk with him
through that process.
The picture of betrayal
in the life of Judas
is painful.
It's hard to understand.
But let me just say this.
You know we're all capable
of that same thing?
Do you realize that
in a manner of speaking,
that's us?
Lest we think that we're not capable of that,
I would caution you
to consider who we really are,
to really look deep
and see who we really are,
what we're really capable of
apart from Christ.
Now let's look at Christ,
this incredible great love
that we see pictured in Christ.
We've seen this through the book
as we've walked through John.
I won't spend a ton of time here,
but I do want to highlight
the beauty of what Christ
is willing to do for us.
We see here in verse 31,
when he had gone out,
Jesus said,
now is the Son of Man glorified.
What does he mean?
Now is the Son of Man glorified.
You know what he's saying?
Is that it is time,
now is time.
And I will be betrayed
this very night.
And I will be taken captive
this very night.
And I will be killed
and crucified tomorrow.
Now is the time
when the Son of Man
is going to be glorified.
God is going to be glorified
in and through the Son
as he gives his life away.
For our sakes, right?
We understand what he did here.
We understand what his death meant.
Listen to what John 15 says.
It says this,
greater love has no one than this
that someone would lay down
his life for his friends.
Greater love has no one than this
that he would lay down his life
for his friends.
You know that's what Christ
has done for you and me.
He has laid down his life
for you and me
that we might have life.
You realize,
and I'm confident
that most if not all of you
understand that
we can't ever earn
eternal life.
We can't ever earn
salvation
apart from one who is perfect
that would die on our behalf.
We had no hope
and that perfect one
was Jesus.
And he was willing to die
a cruel, painful death
that you and I
might have life.
We look in the Word
at some powerful passages
in 1 Peter 2.
It says this,
it's that he, Jesus,
bore our sins in his body
on the tree,
meaning the cross,
the wooden cross,
that we might die to sin
and live to righteousness.
It says, listen,
this is an echo
of Isaiah 53.
By his wounds
you have been healed.
By the spear
that pierced his side,
by the hanging on the cross,
the death,
the grueling death,
the agony of death
that Christ experienced.
By his wounds
we have been healed.
By his death
we have been made righteous.
It's the great exchange, right?
Our sins were placed on him
and his righteousness
was placed on us
that we might be accepted
by the Father.
He was willing to die
on our behalf.
Romans 5 says it this way,
but God shows his love for us.
Do you realize
that our salvation
is an expression
of God's love?
He shows his love for us
in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for you and me.
This great love,
one who would be willing
to go to the cross
for you and I.
Do you see the extremes here?
This incredible betrayal
that is self-focused.
It's hard to imagine
someone who is more selfish
than he'd be willing
to cause another man
to be put to death.
He would betray one
who he is in friendship with.
It just is crazy to think
that he'd be willing
to go to that level
of selfishness
that is all about him,
all about what he can get,
the money that he would receive,
and yet you look
at the selflessness of Christ.
You see the extremes?
The selfishness of Judah
and the selflessness of Christ,
that he would be willing to die.
The beautiful picture of love,
what does it look like,
a willingness to die?
Now let me ask us this question.
And it gets real
as I ask this question.
Do you see yourself
as more like Judas
or more like Jesus?
Do you see yourself
as more like Judas
or more like Jesus?
You know,
until we recognize
that we're capable
of doing exactly
what Judas does,
until we recognize
that we don't have
the capacity
to honor God.
You know,
the truth is
that the Word of God
says we're enslaved
to sin
in our natural state
before we're redeemed,
before we're born again,
that we don't have
the genuine capacity
to love selflessly.
You know that all of us
are selfish by nature?
Romans 6 said it this way,
we're enslaved to sin.
Brothers and sisters,
I want us to see
that we,
in our natural state,
are a whole lot more
like Judas
than we are Jesus.
Jesus.
We don't want
to believe that.
We want to believe
there's a lot of good
in us.
And there's no way
we would ever go
to that extreme.
You know,
perhaps we never would
betray someone
to their death.
Perhaps we wouldn't
be as bad
as we could be,
but you know what
the Word of God
says about us
in our natural state?
There's nothing good
in us.
We're slaves to sin.
All we do is sin.
It might have
a different picture
than betrayal,
but nonetheless,
it's offensive
to a holy God.
And until God
does a work
in our life
and changes us,
we will never
be like Jesus.
That we're
like Judas.
And until we
understand
the depth
of our sin,
we don't need
a Savior.
At least we think
we don't need
a Savior.
If we feel like
we're mostly good,
then our mostly
goodness might
earn our way
into heaven.
You know that's
not biblical.
There's nothing
you can do
that has any
spiritual value,
that has any
credit to your
account,
that has any
effect in God
accepting you
as His child.
Apart from the
gift of salvation
on our behalf,
we would never
be in His kingdom.
We're just like
in many ways,
Judas.
Brothers and
sisters,
I hope that we
will acknowledge
the depth of
our sin as God
continues to reveal
it.
In Sunday school
this morning,
we talked about,
you know,
we know a lot
because God's
revealed it,
but you know
it's a whole lot
deeper than we
think.
Paul even said,
I'm the chief
of sinners.
As I've
sought Him
and I've
pursued Him,
I've recognized
in comparison
to His holiness,
I've seen my
sin now that
it's darker
than I ever
thought,
it's deeper
than I ever
thought.
So,
this,
the third
point I want
to share.
First point is
great betrayal,
the second is
the great love
of Christ.
The third is
a new commandment.
Read with me
if you will.
In verse 34,
this is Christ
speaking to His
disciples and He
says this,
a new commandment
I give to you
that you love
one another
just as I have
loved you.
A new commandment
I give you.
What is that
commandment,
Christ?
What are you
asking us to do?
And Christ says,
to love one another.
But I want you
to notice the
phrase here,
just as.
Don't miss
the just as.
Bill,
He wants you
to love
just as He
loved.
The same way
that He loved,
His commandment
is that you
would love
the same way.
All of us.
I'm not picking
on Bill.
I just happened
to look back
there and see
him in the
corner.
He was almost
going to sleep
and I had
to wake him
up.
So,
I got his
attention.
He's awake
now.
Bill,
He's called
us all to do
that.
To love
just as Christ
loved.
Let me ask
this,
what did that
love look
like?
You know
what's selfless?
Do you
find that in
your life
that you're
crucifying self?
Do you
find that you
treat people
in a selfless
way?
You know,
if we were to
read 1 Corinthians
13 about love
and what it
looks like,
it's not
self-focused,
is it?
It's others
focused.
Genuine love
is selfless.
And apart
from being
in the
kingdom,
apart from
receiving the
new life
that he
gives us,
apart from
being born
again,
apart from
genuinely having
the Holy Spirit
indwelling us,
you know what
chance we have
of being
selfless?
None.
You think
about the
high call
that he's
given us
here.
Dick,
he's calling
you to be
selfless.
He's calling
us to love
in this way.
And what
does that
love look
like?
It looks
just like
Jesus.
He was
fully
selfless.
And what
did he
do?
He died
on our
behalf.
He died
on the
behalf of
others.
He never
did a
selfless
act.
Now let
me ask
this,
can we
live
perfectly
and live
like
Jesus?
You know
what we
think with
this,
we think
in these
ways is
that I
know my
history,
I know
the way
I've
lived,
I know
more sins
than I've
ever told
anybody.
I know
God knows
them,
but I'm
not able
to do
that.
Why is
he asking
me to
do
something
that I
know
from
history
in my
life that
I can't
do?
God,
what are
you saying?
That I need
to live
just like
Jesus?
That's the
command to
love in
this way,
to have a
life of
selflessness,
to love and
care for
others.
God,
that's too
high.
We can't
do it.
God,
that this
is not
something
possible?
Praise God,
as the
natural man,
it's not
possible.
Left to
your own
ability,
it's not
possible.
We can't
do it.
You know
what God
did?
He transformed
us when
he made
us new.
it's
interesting,
if we
turn,
I'll
turn,
you'll
have to
turn,
but going
back to
John 15,
where he
said,
greater love
has no
man than
this,
that a
man lay
down his
life for
his friends.
You know
what verse
is before
it?
Listen to
the verse.
This is my
commandment,
that you
love one
another as
I have
loved you.
And he
says,
you know
what that
looks like?
It looks
like this.
that a
man would
lay down
his life
for his
friends.
You know
what he's
saying to
that inner
circle,
to the
apostles?
He's
saying,
this is
my
commandment
for you,
that you
love one
another like
I have
loved you,
that you
love in a
selfless way,
that you
lay down
your life
for others.
How is it
possible that
he would ask
us to lay
down our
life?
Is he
asking us
to jump
in front of
the bullet
and take
it?
For another
person?
Is that
what he's
asking us
to do?
Perhaps?
You know,
we've seen
movies where
there's one
lifeboat and
too many people
defend in the
lifeboat and
the decision
has to be
made who
goes in the
lifeboat.
And the
honorable man
would be the
man that
takes his
wife and
puts his
wife in
the boat
and he
perishes
because there's
not room
enough in
the boat.
That would
be a picture
in a sense
of taking
the bullet
or really
being willing
to give
our lives
away at
that moment
for another
person.
Is that
honorable?
Amen.
Yes,
it's
honorable.
It's
selfless if
we genuinely
do that
because we
care for
the other.
But you
know what
Christ did?
He gave
his life
away every
single day.
Every moment
of every day
he chose not
to sin.
He didn't
do selfish
things.
He was
selfless every
minute of
every day.
So Christ,
are you giving
us this
commandment to
be selfless
every single
day?
Yes and
amen.
If you
want to
hear the
high call
of God
you just
heard it.
A new
commandment
I give
you to
love like
I love
that means
to die
every single
day to
self and
to live
for me.
Matter of
fact,
Paul says
I crucify
my flesh
and I
make it
my slave.
He talks
about taking
every thought
captive that
we might
walk in
this obedient
life.
That we
would not
live according
to the
flesh but
we live
according
to the
spirit.
That we
would walk
in step
with the
spirit.
That we
would abide
in Christ.
John 15.
Abide in
me and
I and
you.
You can't
do anything
with any
spiritual benefit
unless I
do it
through you.
Apart from
me you
can do
nothing.
Do you
hear the
high call?
Paul says
the high
call of
God in
Christ
Jesus.
The high
call of
God in
Christ
Jesus as
we trust
in him
to do
through us
what we
can't do.
The Holy
Spirit is
willing to
live through
us in
this way
that's
amazing.
Philippians
3 even
talks about
it like
this.
If I
can get
there.
Paul says
these things
I used
to count
no no
Philippians
2 sorry
it said
I'm doing
this by
memory because
my tab was
in the wrong
place.
You know
when you
put these
tabs in
it's a
quick way
to turn
but I
messed up.
He talked
about
Christ
he says
Christ
even though
he was
very
God
did not
consider
equality
with
God
something
to be
grasped
but he
humbled
himself
and he
made
himself
a
servant
for the
sake of
others.
He lived
selflessly
and in
that same
passage
he said
that we
should
count
others
as more
important
than
ourselves.
Do we
live like
that?
Do we
count
others
as more
important
than
ourselves?
Do we
have the
life of
a servant?
You know
that's the
call the
high call
of God
but I
want you
to see
where we
really are.
you know
it's
interesting
as this
passage
goes on
he gives
us this
example
of
Peter
so
John
shows us
an inside
view of
what went
down
with
Peter
and here's
what he
says
in 36
Lord where
are you
going
that I
can't
go?
He says
where I'm
going
you can't
go now
wait a
minute
I'm
willing
to go
anywhere
with
you
he says
I'll
even lay
down
my life
for you
and Jesus
says
really?
Peter
the heart
is willing
but the
flesh
is weak
and he
says here
I will
lay down
my life
for you
and Jesus
says
truly
I say
to you
this
night
the rooster
won't
crow
before you
deny me
three times
you know
what Peter
was relying
on?
he was relying
on his own
ability
you know
what he
needed?
you know
what Peter
needed?
truly needed?
he needed
what Luke
22
talks about
this is
another
view
that we
have
through the
eyes of
Luke
and he
says this
Simon
behold
Satan
demanded
to have
you
that he
might
sift
you
like
weak
but I
have
prayed
for you
that your
faith
may not
fail
notice
what he
says
here
Simon
the enemy
is in
pursuit
of you
to destroy
you
he didn't
say
I've
rescued
you
out of
his
hand
I've
kept
him
from
doing
what
he
wanted
to
do
you
know
what
he
said
I
prayed
for
you
that
when
this
thing
happens
that
you
might
not
fall
away
that
your
faith
may
not
fail
what
is
happening
here
this
is
a
pruning
process
did
Peter
need
to
be
pruned
Peter
in
his
pride
said
I
can
do
this
Peter
thinks
he's
capable
of
loving
in
this
way
I'm
willing
to
die
for
you
but
was
he
what
did
he
do
in
the
moment
of
crisis
what
did
he
do
he
ran
he
protected
self
and
if
we
read
in
the
passage
in
Mark
and
we
would
read
for
sake
of
time
I
won't
read
but
in
Mark
it
goes
through
exactly
the
process
he
follows
at
a
distance
he
sees
Christ
being
taken
into
the
courtyard
of
the
high
priest
Caiaphas
place
and
he's
outside
the
gate
and
he's
looking
and
John
had
a
relationship
so
John
allowed
him
to
get
in
so
he's
inside
the
gate
and
as
he's
walking
inside
the
gate
there's
this
servant
girl
saying
wait a
minute
weren't
you
with
him
and
she's
pointing
to
Jesus
you're
one
of
his
right
and
he
goes
no
I
don't
know
what
you're
talking
about
listen
left
to
ourselves
you
guess
what
we
do
the
same
thing
and
he
goes
on
and
he
walks
up
to
the
circle
where
they're
warming
themselves
around
the
fire
and
somebody
says
hey
you're
one
of
them
you're
his
you're
a
Galilean
right
no
and
finally
says
he
curses
and
says
curses
me
in a
sense
he
said
no
I
don't
know
the
man
shut
up
why
you
keep
talking
about
this
left
to
ourselves
guess
what
we
do
we
protect
you
know
the
beautiful
thing
that
happened
afterwards
is
that
after
Christ
had been
resurrected
and he
spent
40 days
appearing
in various
scenarios
he appeared
to Peter
and he
said
to Peter
Peter
do you
love me
how
powerful
is this
that in
our weakness
and in
our failure
he still
loves us
and he
ministers
to Peter
when Peter
has been
broken
because of
his own
sin
his own
self
protection
his own
denial of
the words
he said
he would
never do
I'm
willing to
die for
you
in the
very
night
he
didn't
do
it
you
know
we
need
the
power
of
the
Holy
Spirit
to be
faithful
he
went
to
him
and said
do you
love
me
do you
love
me
do you
love
me
yes
Lord
you
know
I
love
you
know
I
love
you
know
I
love
you
he
says
feed
my
sheep
you
know
what
each
of
us
needs
we
need
to
be
broken
if
we're
not
broken
you
know
what
happens
is
we
live
for
self
we
protect
self
you
know
James
talks
about
this
way
that
we're
to
be
thankful
for
the
trials
that
come
in
our
life
why
because
you
know
what
the
trials
do
they're
pruning
us
you
know
the
silversmith
when
he's
when
he's
taking
the
ore
and
he's
refining
the
silver
you
know
what
he
does
he
continues
to scrape
off
the
dross
and
he
heats
it
hotter
and
he
scrapes
off
the
dross
and
he
heats
it
just
right
and
what
happens
all
the
impurities
rise
to
the
surface
and
what
does
he
do
he
scrapes
off
the
impurities
and
when
is
he
through
refining
the
silver
y'all
probably
all
heard
this
when
he
looks
at
and
he
can
see
his
perfect
reflection
in
the
silver
then
the
refining
process
is
done
you
know
what
he
is
doing
that
in
our
lives
you
realize
that
he
is
he
is
he
is
causing
the
dross
to
rise
through
trials
that
come
in
our
life
he's
doing
it
on
purpose
in
order
that
we
might
be
purified
in
order
that
we
might
know
him
in
this
deep
intimate
way
and
Peter
went
through
a
process
of
brokenness
brothers
and
sisters
you
know
we
need
to
be
broken
so
that
we
wouldn't
continue
to
live
for
self
Oswald
Chambers
many
of y'all
know
his
name
he
has
this
phrase
that
has
become
well
known
and
the
phrase
says
this
before
God
can
use
a
man
greatly
he
must
wound
him
deeply
and
that
resonates
with
me
there's
a need
for us
to be
wounded
that
is
our
self
to
be
broken
in
order
that
we
quit
living
in
our
own
strength
and
we
begin
living
in
Christ
we
begin
living
through
his
power
you
know
what
he
told
the
apostles
he
says
don't
leave
Jerusalem
but
wait
here
until
when
until
Acts
1
8
until
Pentecost
you
know
what
happened
in
Pentecost
the
Holy
Spirit
came
and
empowered
them
in
an
amazing
way
brothers
and
sisters
we
need
to
be
broken
in
order
that
we
won't
be
living
like
we
can't
live
like
Jesus
you
know
the
only
way
to
live
like
Jesus
to
be
broken
and
to
quit
living
for
self
empowered
by
self
with
our
own
ability
but
to
say
God
I'm
not
able
I'm
weak
and
I
finally
see
my
weakness
I
ask
you
to
use
me
in
any
way
you
want
to
I
offer
myself
as
a
living
sacrifice
to
you
use
me
for
your
glory
and
your
weakness
are
you
at
a
place
in
your
life
where
you
would
say
to
him
God
I
know
I
recognize
I
see
my
weakness
I
know
there's
more
show
it
to
me
I
don't
want
to
live
that
way
I
want
to
live
for
your
kingdom
and
your
righteousness
God
do
a
work
in
my
life
that
brings
you
glory
let's
pray
father
apart
from
your
power
in
our
lives
we
continue
to
our
lives
it
would
take
us
to
this
deeper
place
father
we
hear
your
high
call
to
love
lord
jesus
to
love
like
you
love
to
be
willing
to
die
daily
to
self
lord
I
pray
that
you
would
do
that
work
in
each
of
our
lives
that
father
we
would
as
a
church
as
individuals
in
this
church
we
want
to
god
we
desire
to
offer
ourselves
as
a
living
sacrifice
but
even
then
we
were
scared
about
what
that
might
look
like
god
i
pray
that
you
would
take
away
the
fear
and
replace
it
with
this
reverent
all
of
you
and
that
we
would
not
fear
to
protect
ourselves
but
father
we
would
be
willing
to
surrender
ourselves
we
be
willing
to
die
for
your
kingdom
god
do
that
incredible
work
that
we
can't
do
i
ask
that
you
do
it
in
each
of
our
lives
and
i
ask
in
jesus
name
amen