WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.120 Father, we come before you as people, even the best of us, are frail and minuscule compared to you. 00:00:07.679 --> 00:00:10.679 What can we bring to you as if you have need? 00:00:11.460 --> 00:00:16.980 So Lord, help us, by your Holy Spirit, come to you with arms open to receive. 00:00:18.100 --> 00:00:22.199 Lord, help us bring to you the only thing that we can truly bring to you, 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:27.980 a humility before you, saying that you are God and we are man. 00:00:27.980 --> 00:00:34.520 And Lord, as we open your word, help us to be people that are underneath your word, 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:40.539 that submit to your word, that trust that your word is from you and that your word is good. 00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:46.799 So Lord, we ask that you open our eyes, open our ears, prepare our hearts this morning. 00:00:46.900 --> 00:00:48.799 In Christ's name, amen. 00:00:51.900 --> 00:00:57.200 One of the best things I've watched, maybe, I don't want to say ever, that seems rather dramatic, 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:02.040 but, I mean, say top five, is the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. 00:01:02.859 --> 00:01:05.180 I really, I don't know, it gripped me. 00:01:05.520 --> 00:01:07.320 It was a fantastic miniseries. 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:15.800 It's, as you could guess, about the nuclear meltdown in May of 86 in Chernobyl, what is now in Ukraine. 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:28.079 A nuclear reactor exploded and the Chernobyl recounts the explosion, but really the aftermath of the official investigation. 00:01:29.019 --> 00:01:35.219 After all the secrets and cover-ups and passing the blame on an institutional level, 00:01:35.219 --> 00:01:42.679 the lead character, a man named Valery Legazov, a true person, he really lived, 00:01:43.539 --> 00:01:46.000 he was standing in front of a tribunal. 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:53.259 After already lying to kind of an official UN-style delegation in Austria, 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:56.340 he kind of towed the party line, but in front of this tribunal, 00:01:56.879 --> 00:01:59.480 he decides to tell the truth. 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:05.300 When asked why the nuclear reactor exploded, he boldly says this, 00:02:05.800 --> 00:02:08.599 because of our secrets and our lies. 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:11.580 They are practically what define us. 00:02:12.180 --> 00:02:16.640 When the truth offends us, we lie and lie until we can no longer remember it. 00:02:17.900 --> 00:02:20.560 Remember it is there, but it is still there. 00:02:21.140 --> 00:02:23.840 Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:26.300 Sooner or later, that debt is paid. 00:02:26.300 --> 00:02:31.380 That is how an RBMK reactor explodes by lies. 00:02:31.860 --> 00:02:35.580 Very powerful scene, like, really powerful scene. 00:02:36.980 --> 00:02:42.720 Lies, deceit, delusion, willful misrepresentation, betrayal. 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:47.040 All enemies of the truth. 00:02:48.820 --> 00:02:51.939 We come to the fateful passage of Mark. 00:02:51.939 --> 00:02:58.000 Mark, it seems like it's been leading up to it week after week. 00:02:58.139 --> 00:02:59.300 We're going to get there, we're going to get there. 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:01.740 Jesus finally is betrayed. 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:04.159 His passion finally begins. 00:03:05.300 --> 00:03:08.699 Mark chapter 14, starting in verse 43. 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.379 Jesus is betrayed by Judas 00:03:11.379 --> 00:03:14.659 into the hands of the religious establishment 00:03:14.659 --> 00:03:19.199 who will try to drum up some kind of accusation 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:21.379 to then hand him over to the Romans 00:03:21.379 --> 00:03:25.259 who will eventually nail him to a crucifix 00:03:25.259 --> 00:03:27.240 and he is left to die. 00:03:29.019 --> 00:03:32.859 We will see how the entirety of Jesus' betrayal and arrest, 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:33.979 everything that follows, 00:03:34.859 --> 00:03:36.859 was built upon lies and deceit. 00:03:36.860 --> 00:03:43.020 None of the people that act against Jesus 00:03:43.020 --> 00:03:44.420 are doing so in a truthful way. 00:03:44.740 --> 00:03:50.600 In any, by, I mean, you could try to see it in a charitable way. 00:03:50.700 --> 00:03:51.900 There's just no chance you can. 00:03:52.920 --> 00:03:54.580 Lies and deceit, betrayal. 00:03:54.580 --> 00:04:00.380 Be they the personal lies that we tell others, 00:04:00.980 --> 00:04:04.200 ourselves, or big cultural lies 00:04:04.200 --> 00:04:07.439 that are perpetuated by trusted institutions. 00:04:08.320 --> 00:04:10.860 Lies seem to be the most expedient way 00:04:10.860 --> 00:04:13.380 to deal with unwanted situations 00:04:13.380 --> 00:04:16.960 or unwanted people or unwanted issues. 00:04:17.939 --> 00:04:19.680 But the problem is, 00:04:20.400 --> 00:04:23.400 those lies can never keep the truth covered up indefinitely. 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:25.379 For a season, for a time, 00:04:25.659 --> 00:04:27.539 for maybe even a generation. 00:04:27.739 --> 00:04:31.419 But the truth will always have victory over the lies. 00:04:32.459 --> 00:04:34.000 Lies perpetuate and grow 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:36.959 until the facade that is built up 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:38.719 comes tumbling down. 00:04:39.819 --> 00:04:41.439 Truth cannot be denied forever. 00:04:41.659 --> 00:04:42.120 It can't be. 00:04:43.419 --> 00:04:45.299 So we're going to look at the betrayal of Jesus. 00:04:47.060 --> 00:04:49.000 We're going to look at it hopefully in depth, 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:51.579 focusing on the actors involved. 00:04:51.679 --> 00:04:52.339 We're going to look at Judas. 00:04:52.339 --> 00:04:53.899 We're going to look at the religious leaders. 00:04:54.419 --> 00:04:55.539 We're going to look at the disciples. 00:04:55.679 --> 00:04:58.519 We're also going to look at you and I in all of this. 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:00.879 So let's take a look at Judas. 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:02.419 We'll get right into it. 00:05:02.479 --> 00:05:03.500 Verses 43. 00:05:03.619 --> 00:05:05.359 By the way, if you want to grab a Bible, 00:05:05.500 --> 00:05:06.399 there's still a few back there. 00:05:06.719 --> 00:05:08.299 If you can follow along, that'd be great. 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:10.500 If not, just listen. 00:05:11.559 --> 00:05:12.219 Verse 43. 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:14.279 Oh, a bit of a background. 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:15.479 Jesus, he... 00:05:15.479 --> 00:05:20.899 The Last Supper is instituted. 00:05:21.899 --> 00:05:23.500 Jesus foretells the denial of Peter. 00:05:23.779 --> 00:05:25.819 Everybody swears they're going to follow him to their grave. 00:05:26.899 --> 00:05:28.299 Jesus prays in Gethsemane. 00:05:28.659 --> 00:05:30.879 The disciples that just swore up and down, 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:32.539 they're going to be with him to the end, fall asleep. 00:05:33.259 --> 00:05:36.319 And Jesus, in verse 42, says, 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:38.000 Rise, let us be going. 00:05:38.139 --> 00:05:39.500 See my betrayers at hand. 00:05:39.500 --> 00:05:41.199 And this is that immediately. 00:05:41.459 --> 00:05:44.639 So this is like boom, boom, boom, subsequent events, 00:05:45.180 --> 00:05:46.079 kind of one after another. 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:47.540 Verse 43. 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:50.120 And immediately when he was still speaking, 00:05:50.220 --> 00:05:53.279 that is Jesus, Judas came, one of the twelve, 00:05:53.819 --> 00:05:56.180 and with him a crowd with swords and clubs 00:05:56.180 --> 00:05:59.899 from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 00:06:01.180 --> 00:06:02.079 Verse 44. 00:06:02.339 --> 00:06:05.160 Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:07.560 The one I will kiss is the man. 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:10.000 Seize him and lead him away under guard. 00:06:11.220 --> 00:06:14.300 Judas is called Judas in verse 43, 00:06:14.500 --> 00:06:15.959 and then the betrayer in 44. 00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:19.019 And after this section, we don't hear from him again. 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:24.139 In other gospel accounts, in Matthews, for instance, 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:29.439 I mean, we, in Luke's, I think in John's as well, 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:31.160 there's a bit of an aftermath, 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:34.620 kind of like the backstory of what happens with Judas after the fact. 00:06:34.620 --> 00:06:36.699 Here, Judas, he disappears. 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:38.759 He is on the scene. 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:40.040 He betrays. 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:41.139 He's called the betrayer. 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:42.300 And then he is gone. 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:46.360 Notice here that Mark makes it very clear that Judas, 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:48.899 one of the twelve, he is described. 00:06:51.220 --> 00:06:53.939 Judas, I mean, up until this point, 00:06:54.180 --> 00:06:55.279 was still a disciple, 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:58.120 a part of Jesus' inner circle. 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:03.680 And a part of that inner circle meant that Judas had journeyed with Jesus for, 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:05.040 I mean, three years, 00:07:05.660 --> 00:07:06.980 had been in the Galilee, 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:10.579 had seen Jesus raise a paralytic from the grave, 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:12.040 calm a storm, 00:07:12.259 --> 00:07:13.220 cast out demons, 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:14.060 teach. 00:07:14.420 --> 00:07:16.300 He also commissioned his twelve, 00:07:16.420 --> 00:07:18.180 which Judas would have been one of, 00:07:18.579 --> 00:07:21.220 to go and do ministry in Jesus' name. 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:26.860 Judas was an intimate part of Jesus' very group, 00:07:26.860 --> 00:07:28.580 and would have, at the very least, 00:07:29.500 --> 00:07:31.319 maybe he was a bit thick-skulled, 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:35.400 and he didn't quite understand that Jesus was saying that he was the Messiah, 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:36.720 fully man and fully God. 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:38.160 But at the very least, my guess, 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:41.000 Judas knew that this was a special man, 00:07:41.420 --> 00:07:42.160 maybe a prophet. 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:46.200 So it is very, very remarkable 00:07:46.200 --> 00:07:49.640 that twice Jesus warns the group, 00:07:49.960 --> 00:07:52.040 with Judas in earshot, 00:07:52.780 --> 00:07:55.920 and warns them that the one who will betray him 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:58.040 will become a son of perdition, 00:07:58.120 --> 00:07:58.700 will be damned. 00:07:59.840 --> 00:08:02.620 That there will be no redemption for the one who betrays 00:08:02.620 --> 00:08:04.340 the Son of God. 00:08:04.339 --> 00:08:08.199 You'd think that he would 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:11.000 maybe, 00:08:11.339 --> 00:08:12.599 maybe 00:08:12.599 --> 00:08:14.259 repent, 00:08:14.699 --> 00:08:16.179 have a dark night of the soul, 00:08:16.699 --> 00:08:18.120 and come to Jesus' aid, 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.659 or maybe use now his position 00:08:20.659 --> 00:08:22.620 as a betrayer 00:08:22.620 --> 00:08:25.319 to upend the Pharisees, 00:08:25.579 --> 00:08:26.819 and the chief priests, 00:08:26.899 --> 00:08:27.699 and the scribes. 00:08:27.919 --> 00:08:30.079 Like, if this was a mini-series, 00:08:30.259 --> 00:08:31.739 we didn't know the end from the beginning, 00:08:31.740 --> 00:08:33.899 we were just kind of watching it episode by episode. 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:36.639 Verse 42 ends, 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:37.960 Jesus says, 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:40.200 Rise, let us be going, 00:08:40.379 --> 00:08:41.680 see my betrayers at hand. 00:08:42.779 --> 00:08:43.500 End scene, 00:08:43.779 --> 00:08:44.460 roll credits, 00:08:44.680 --> 00:08:46.080 what's going to happen in the next episode? 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:48.000 Is Judas going to follow through with it? 00:08:48.299 --> 00:08:50.159 Or will he kind of come to his senses, 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:53.340 and be the guy to figure things out, 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:54.120 and save the day? 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:55.639 But no. 00:08:56.419 --> 00:08:57.200 Time and again, 00:08:57.320 --> 00:08:58.519 he has opportunities 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:01.840 to fix what he has done, 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:02.439 to repent, 00:09:02.659 --> 00:09:04.220 but he does not do it. 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:05.860 Judas 00:09:05.860 --> 00:09:07.779 did not want to believe the truth 00:09:07.779 --> 00:09:09.340 that Jesus was heading to the cross, 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:10.559 and was worthy 00:09:10.559 --> 00:09:13.059 of having expensive ointment 00:09:13.059 --> 00:09:14.000 poured over him 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:15.460 in preparation for burial. 00:09:15.539 --> 00:09:15.919 Do you remember, 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:17.199 a few weeks back, 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:18.679 Jesus is reclining 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:21.379 at Simon the leper's house, 00:09:21.860 --> 00:09:23.179 and this woman comes, 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:23.980 she's unnamed, 00:09:23.980 --> 00:09:25.779 but she breaks open 00:09:25.779 --> 00:09:26.700 this bottle 00:09:26.700 --> 00:09:29.320 of expensive ointment, 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:30.360 a year's wages, 00:09:30.560 --> 00:09:31.420 and pours it over him, 00:09:31.779 --> 00:09:32.680 and the disciples 00:09:32.680 --> 00:09:33.740 become indignant. 00:09:34.220 --> 00:09:35.620 What a waste of money. 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:36.759 And it's clear that 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:37.820 Judas here 00:09:37.820 --> 00:09:38.879 didn't hear 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:40.000 what Jesus was saying. 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:42.300 I'm going to the cross, 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:43.539 I'm worthy of this, 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:44.580 because I'm going to die 00:09:44.580 --> 00:09:45.720 for the sins of many. 00:09:46.620 --> 00:09:47.159 This woman, 00:09:47.259 --> 00:09:48.480 she's doing a beautiful thing, 00:09:48.580 --> 00:09:49.560 don't scold her. 00:09:51.019 --> 00:09:51.460 Judas 00:09:51.460 --> 00:09:52.860 becomes entrenched 00:09:52.860 --> 00:09:54.220 in the lies that he believes. 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:55.060 We're not sure 00:09:55.060 --> 00:09:56.080 what the lies are, 00:09:56.180 --> 00:09:57.240 but they're not the truth. 00:09:58.419 --> 00:09:59.399 He doesn't believe Jesus, 00:09:59.519 --> 00:10:01.019 doesn't take Jesus 00:10:01.019 --> 00:10:02.000 at his word, 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:04.620 and he becomes entrenched 00:10:04.620 --> 00:10:06.639 in his beliefs. 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:09.139 He believes the lie. 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:12.360 He allows the offense 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:15.519 that he feels 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:18.019 at the act of this 00:10:18.019 --> 00:10:19.500 kind of huge, 00:10:19.620 --> 00:10:20.680 huge blessing 00:10:20.680 --> 00:10:21.779 of this unnamed woman 00:10:21.779 --> 00:10:22.439 to Jesus, 00:10:23.179 --> 00:10:24.399 trump all of the good 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:25.019 and the true 00:10:25.019 --> 00:10:25.659 and the beautiful 00:10:25.659 --> 00:10:26.779 that he saw Jesus 00:10:26.779 --> 00:10:30.039 do during his ministry. 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:31.639 And he continued on 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:32.519 in his plan of betrayal. 00:10:33.439 --> 00:10:35.240 He's nursing the lie. 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:37.259 Nursing the lie. 00:10:38.959 --> 00:10:39.620 Notice here 00:10:39.620 --> 00:10:42.720 that Judas also mocks Jesus. 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:44.360 He says, 00:10:44.819 --> 00:10:45.879 the one that I'm going to kiss, 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:47.299 verse 45, 00:10:47.939 --> 00:10:48.919 and he went up to Jesus 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:49.699 at once and said, 00:10:49.860 --> 00:10:50.240 Rabbi, 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:50.340 Rabbi, 00:10:50.460 --> 00:10:51.100 and he kissed him. 00:10:51.820 --> 00:10:52.159 I mean, 00:10:52.500 --> 00:10:53.240 we could say 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:54.820 in our minds, 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:55.580 maybe Rabbi, 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:56.919 like a handshake 00:10:56.919 --> 00:10:58.419 or like a greeting, 00:10:58.600 --> 00:10:59.500 but this is, 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:01.460 this is 2,000 years ago 00:11:01.460 --> 00:11:02.180 in the Middle East. 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:03.860 This is a man 00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:04.419 who is showing, 00:11:05.180 --> 00:11:05.919 trying to show, 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:06.820 pretending to show 00:11:06.820 --> 00:11:07.940 great love 00:11:07.940 --> 00:11:08.600 and affection 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:09.279 and deference 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:10.240 to his leader. 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:11.899 This is a sign 00:11:11.899 --> 00:11:13.440 of just love, 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:14.680 but it's empty, 00:11:15.100 --> 00:11:15.879 and he is doing it 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:16.759 in a mocking way. 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:17.639 Rabbi, 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:19.600 how are you? 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:20.879 The best rabbi, 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:21.879 the best teacher, 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:23.139 embraces him, 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:24.120 touches him, 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:24.860 kisses him, 00:11:25.299 --> 00:11:26.159 a sign of intimacy, 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:27.799 a sign of affection. 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:29.879 But there's a mob behind him 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:31.000 with clubs and swords 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:31.759 at night. 00:11:32.439 --> 00:11:33.799 He doesn't believe 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:34.899 anything he is saying. 00:11:34.980 --> 00:11:36.120 He is mocking Jesus. 00:11:39.319 --> 00:11:40.519 Another example 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:44.059 of an embracing 00:11:44.059 --> 00:11:45.000 of the lies 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:46.699 because you don't mock 00:11:46.699 --> 00:11:48.539 the rabbi of rabbis, 00:11:48.659 --> 00:11:49.679 the teacher of teachers, 00:11:50.439 --> 00:11:51.460 the leader of leaders, 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:52.579 the king of kings. 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:54.360 If you do that, 00:11:54.419 --> 00:11:54.899 you believe 00:11:54.899 --> 00:11:55.799 in something different, 00:11:55.899 --> 00:11:56.500 a falsehood, 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:57.059 a lie. 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:00.179 What we see with Judas 00:12:00.179 --> 00:12:01.120 is a man 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:02.179 who is a betrayer 00:12:02.179 --> 00:12:03.100 and he is a mocker 00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:05.340 and who is eyeballs deep 00:12:05.340 --> 00:12:06.059 in deceit 00:12:06.059 --> 00:12:07.100 and self-deception. 00:12:08.179 --> 00:12:08.439 I mean, 00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:09.259 quite the character. 00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:10.340 Let's take a look 00:12:10.340 --> 00:12:11.179 at the religious leaders. 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:14.460 Notice verse 43 as well. 00:12:16.980 --> 00:12:18.159 The second part of it. 00:12:18.319 --> 00:12:19.019 And Judas came, 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:20.439 one of the twelve, 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:21.919 and with him a crowd 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:23.519 with swords and clubs 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:25.179 from the chief priests, 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:26.539 the scribes, 00:12:26.779 --> 00:12:27.500 and the elders. 00:12:28.439 --> 00:12:29.600 These religious leaders, 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:30.580 they were kind of 00:12:30.580 --> 00:12:33.299 the top tier of society. 00:12:33.860 --> 00:12:34.539 The people that 00:12:34.539 --> 00:12:37.039 were the trusted authority 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:37.740 on religion, 00:12:37.740 --> 00:12:39.379 on civil life, 00:12:40.440 --> 00:12:41.659 on social life, 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:44.680 everything that it was 00:12:44.680 --> 00:12:47.399 to be an upstanding Israelite 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:48.460 in the first century. 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:50.220 These were the ones 00:12:50.220 --> 00:12:51.659 that were supposed 00:12:51.659 --> 00:12:52.360 to lead the people, 00:12:52.500 --> 00:12:53.600 to know the truth, 00:12:54.060 --> 00:12:55.019 and to lead the people 00:12:55.019 --> 00:12:56.200 into truth. 00:12:56.980 --> 00:12:57.580 Except, 00:12:57.899 --> 00:12:58.759 from the beginning, 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:00.720 they too have been 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:01.980 nursing a hatred 00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:03.600 towards the truth, 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:05.540 that Jesus is 00:13:05.540 --> 00:13:06.740 the one who 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:08.840 is the Messiah, 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:10.240 that he has come 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:11.180 to upend 00:13:11.180 --> 00:13:12.019 false religion, 00:13:12.980 --> 00:13:13.920 and at least, 00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:15.920 just turn this down. 00:13:23.920 --> 00:13:24.440 Anyways, 00:13:24.500 --> 00:13:24.940 there's a buzzing. 00:13:25.060 --> 00:13:25.560 I don't know if it's 00:13:25.560 --> 00:13:26.200 distracting, folks. 00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:26.879 Sorry about that. 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:28.360 But at least 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:29.220 since chapter 3, 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:29.799 they have been 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:30.840 colluding with one another 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:32.200 to destroy Jesus. 00:13:33.059 --> 00:13:34.539 At least since chapter 3. 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:36.320 And it's not like 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:37.299 Jesus did stuff 00:13:37.299 --> 00:13:38.259 or claimed things 00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:39.500 in private. 00:13:39.659 --> 00:13:40.639 He was very public 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:41.480 about his ministry. 00:13:42.580 --> 00:13:43.539 They had many opportunities 00:13:43.539 --> 00:13:44.259 to have their 00:13:44.259 --> 00:13:45.439 false piety, 00:13:45.659 --> 00:13:46.299 false religion, 00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:47.139 false beliefs 00:13:47.139 --> 00:13:48.100 be confronted 00:13:48.100 --> 00:13:48.820 with the truth. 00:13:49.659 --> 00:13:51.220 But time and again, 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:52.120 they chose to believe 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:52.679 the lie. 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:54.379 They entrenched 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:54.960 themselves. 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:56.120 This is the thing 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:56.759 with the truth. 00:13:57.220 --> 00:13:57.960 The truth 00:13:57.960 --> 00:13:58.940 is the truth. 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:01.540 The truth 00:14:01.540 --> 00:14:02.840 stands alone. 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:04.000 It is on a foundation 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:04.800 that can't be moved. 00:14:04.920 --> 00:14:05.720 But lies 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:06.639 require 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:07.639 this 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:09.400 web 00:14:09.400 --> 00:14:10.100 of 00:14:10.100 --> 00:14:11.680 other lies 00:14:11.680 --> 00:14:12.360 and other 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:13.320 deceits 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:13.920 and 00:14:13.920 --> 00:14:15.160 falsities 00:14:15.160 --> 00:14:15.920 and 00:14:15.920 --> 00:14:16.960 cover-ups 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:17.460 and 00:14:17.460 --> 00:14:18.780 dust under the carpets 00:14:18.780 --> 00:14:19.660 and all of a sudden 00:14:19.660 --> 00:14:21.360 this big structure 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:21.840 emerges 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:23.480 and you take 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:24.040 one away 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:24.759 and the whole 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:25.639 thing begins 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:26.399 to topple. 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:28.899 Jesus is the truth 00:14:28.899 --> 00:14:29.879 and he is proclaiming 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:30.279 the truth 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:31.579 and it is 00:14:31.579 --> 00:14:32.399 offensive 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:33.559 and it is 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:33.939 threatening 00:14:33.939 --> 00:14:35.579 to the lie 00:14:35.579 --> 00:14:36.759 of the 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:38.599 religious 00:14:38.599 --> 00:14:39.740 and social 00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:40.259 leaders. 00:14:41.439 --> 00:14:41.959 The thing is 00:14:41.959 --> 00:14:42.919 truth by virtue 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:43.919 of being the truth 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:45.620 always exposes 00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:46.299 lies. 00:14:46.419 --> 00:14:47.339 It just always does. 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.539 It has to. 00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:50.360 There is no 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:51.500 idea of 00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:53.679 your truth 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:54.679 versus my truth 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:55.620 if the truths 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:58.980 are incongruent. 00:14:59.299 --> 00:14:59.639 You can't 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:01.500 it's silly 00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:02.000 to somehow 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:02.599 think that 00:15:02.599 --> 00:15:03.500 two opposing 00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:04.599 views can be 00:15:04.599 --> 00:15:05.799 somehow 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:06.500 congruent 00:15:06.500 --> 00:15:07.000 when they are 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:07.579 opposite. 00:15:07.959 --> 00:15:08.639 There's truth 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.299 and there's not 00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:09.559 truth. 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:10.379 There's lies 00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:12.939 and then there's lies 00:15:12.939 --> 00:15:13.599 and then there's lies 00:15:13.599 --> 00:15:14.339 and lies and lies 00:15:14.339 --> 00:15:15.240 but only one truth. 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:18.620 You remember 00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.120 when Jesus 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:20.299 goes to the temple 00:15:20.299 --> 00:15:21.080 he pronounces 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:22.080 these indictments 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:22.840 against it 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:23.519 but really 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:24.159 to the religious 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:24.860 establishment. 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:26.700 He says that 00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:27.840 the temple 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:28.460 has been made 00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:29.700 a den of robbers. 00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:30.279 This is back 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:31.039 in chapter 11 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:32.480 and he exposes 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:33.539 false religion. 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:34.539 Why? 00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.720 Because it is 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:36.960 rooted in lies. 00:15:38.060 --> 00:15:38.940 So how are these 00:15:38.940 --> 00:15:40.220 religious leaders 00:15:40.220 --> 00:15:41.200 trying to suppress 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:41.600 the truth? 00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:42.299 On one hand 00:15:42.299 --> 00:15:43.799 they treat Jesus 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:44.620 as a revolutionary 00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:46.320 coming with swords 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:47.120 and clubs. 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:49.220 They're treating him 00:15:49.220 --> 00:15:50.200 the same way 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:52.639 as the Romans 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:53.560 would treat 00:15:53.560 --> 00:15:56.120 a zealot 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:57.860 an insurrectionist 00:15:57.860 --> 00:15:58.600 a revolutionary. 00:15:59.440 --> 00:15:59.659 I mean 00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:00.759 in our translation 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:02.759 it's used as robbers 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:03.720 that can work as well 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.360 but there's more 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:05.060 to it than that. 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:06.299 They are treating him 00:16:06.299 --> 00:16:07.240 as though 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:07.980 the kingdom 00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:08.820 that he has proclaimed 00:16:08.820 --> 00:16:09.620 is going to be 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.399 instituted 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:11.740 by sword and club 00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:12.860 like every other 00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:13.259 kingdom 00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:14.600 that has come before it. 00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:16.940 but not the kingdom 00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:17.960 of God. 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.820 And just on an aside 00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:20.779 this isn't 00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:21.460 this isn't 00:16:21.460 --> 00:16:22.580 this is bonus material 00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:23.039 I guess 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:24.240 on an aside 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:25.480 the kingdom of God 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:26.379 never comes 00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:27.360 by way of force. 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:29.620 And whenever 00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:30.899 there is a show 00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:31.419 of force 00:16:31.419 --> 00:16:32.500 in the name of God 00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:33.759 by whatever 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:35.060 official sources 00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:36.019 you know 00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:36.740 proclaim it 00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:37.899 it isn't 00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:38.779 the way of God 00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:39.720 because the way of God 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:40.500 is always 00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:41.500 to bring 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.180 his kingdom 00:16:42.180 --> 00:16:42.659 on earth 00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:43.019 as it is 00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.439 in heaven 00:16:43.439 --> 00:16:44.100 where there 00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:44.719 is perfect 00:16:44.719 --> 00:16:45.100 peace. 00:16:45.699 --> 00:16:46.659 That's not to say 00:16:46.659 --> 00:16:47.039 that God 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:48.019 can't use 00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:49.980 horrendous 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:50.699 decisions 00:16:50.699 --> 00:16:51.259 by 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:52.860 by really 00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:53.799 really bad 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:54.719 people 00:16:54.719 --> 00:16:55.500 and leaders 00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:56.539 to somehow 00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:57.120 achieve his 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:57.399 ends 00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:58.019 but it's never 00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:58.819 God's will 00:16:58.819 --> 00:16:59.799 to have 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:00.759 some kind of 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.600 holy war 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:03.179 against evil 00:17:03.179 --> 00:17:03.480 people 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:04.619 as a way 00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:05.379 of extending 00:17:05.379 --> 00:17:05.920 his kingdom. 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:08.860 So 00:17:08.860 --> 00:17:09.779 we'll 00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.580 get back 00:17:10.580 --> 00:17:10.779 I mean 00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.360 we got off 00:17:11.360 --> 00:17:12.400 on an exit 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:12.980 let's get back 00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.440 on the highway 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:13.759 here. 00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:15.720 So 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.259 Jesus 00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:18.019 he 00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:19.320 sorry 00:17:19.320 --> 00:17:20.220 the religious 00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:20.519 leaders 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:20.820 are trying 00:17:20.820 --> 00:17:21.200 to suppress 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.539 the truth 00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:22.000 by treating 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.480 Jesus 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:23.380 as 00:17:23.380 --> 00:17:24.100 a 00:17:24.100 --> 00:17:25.100 insurrectionist 00:17:25.100 --> 00:17:25.400 as a 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:25.860 revolutionary 00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:28.120 in essence 00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:28.920 perpetuating 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:29.420 this false 00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:29.720 narrative 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:30.180 that Jesus 00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:30.720 is violent 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:31.360 and he's not. 00:17:32.560 --> 00:17:33.360 On the other 00:17:33.360 --> 00:17:33.640 hand 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.360 they oppose him 00:17:34.360 --> 00:17:34.820 at night 00:17:34.820 --> 00:17:35.440 while the city 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:35.880 sleeps 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:36.960 because their 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.580 accusations 00:17:37.580 --> 00:17:38.279 aren't rooted 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.740 in truth 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.340 and can't 00:17:39.340 --> 00:17:40.380 hold up 00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:41.500 under 00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.200 any kind 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:42.680 of scrutiny. 00:17:43.580 --> 00:17:44.160 Notice that 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:44.500 Jesus 00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:46.259 in next 00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:47.059 week's text 00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:48.140 will be 00:17:48.140 --> 00:17:49.059 in front 00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:49.480 of the 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:49.900 council 00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:50.279 of the 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.799 high priest 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.400 and they 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:52.519 are scrambling 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:52.960 trying to 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:53.500 figure out 00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:54.940 some kind 00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:55.299 of 00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:56.740 charge 00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.019 to lay 00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.440 upon him 00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:57.680 that will 00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:57.940 stick 00:17:57.940 --> 00:17:58.180 and they 00:17:58.180 --> 00:17:58.380 can't 00:17:58.380 --> 00:17:58.820 find any. 00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:01.580 But consider 00:18:01.580 --> 00:18:01.900 Jesus' 00:18:02.100 --> 00:18:02.600 words here 00:18:02.600 --> 00:18:03.480 starting in 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.160 verse 46 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:05.680 this is what 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:06.259 Jesus says 00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:07.200 they laid 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.640 hands on 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:07.980 him and 00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:08.560 seized him 00:18:08.560 --> 00:18:09.300 but one 00:18:09.300 --> 00:18:09.600 of those 00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:09.900 who stood 00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:10.400 by drew 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:10.860 his sword 00:18:10.860 --> 00:18:11.259 and struck 00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:11.759 his servant 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.220 of the high 00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:12.580 priest and 00:18:12.580 --> 00:18:12.860 cut off 00:18:12.860 --> 00:18:13.160 his ear 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:14.519 and Jesus 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:14.920 said to 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:15.120 them 00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:15.620 have you 00:18:15.620 --> 00:18:16.120 come out 00:18:16.120 --> 00:18:17.460 as against 00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:18.040 a robber 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.640 or as 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.000 against a 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:19.400 revolutionary 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:20.300 with swords 00:18:20.300 --> 00:18:21.040 and clubs 00:18:21.040 --> 00:18:21.500 to capture 00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:21.740 me 00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:23.060 day after 00:18:23.060 --> 00:18:23.540 day I 00:18:23.540 --> 00:18:23.940 was with 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.200 you in 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:24.700 the temple 00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:25.200 teaching 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:26.120 and you 00:18:26.120 --> 00:18:26.500 did not 00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:27.100 seize me 00:18:27.100 --> 00:18:27.580 but let 00:18:27.580 --> 00:18:28.220 the scriptures 00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:29.560 be fulfilled 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:31.000 let the 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.279 scriptures 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.799 be fulfilled 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:32.099 Jesus 00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:33.220 confronted 00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:33.679 them with 00:18:33.679 --> 00:18:34.000 truth 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:35.139 all day 00:18:35.139 --> 00:18:35.779 for a 00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.419 long period 00:18:36.419 --> 00:18:36.960 of time 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:38.879 he confronts 00:18:38.879 --> 00:18:39.079 them in 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:39.579 day in 00:18:39.579 --> 00:18:40.039 public 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:41.079 they confront 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:41.519 him with 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.059 lies 00:18:42.059 --> 00:18:43.059 in private 00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:43.639 at night 00:18:43.639 --> 00:18:45.339 it's a big 00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:46.099 difference between 00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:46.500 these two 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:46.879 parties 00:18:46.879 --> 00:18:49.179 Judas 00:18:49.179 --> 00:18:50.700 given to 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.220 lies 00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:52.559 entrenched 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:53.099 in lies 00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:53.639 the religious 00:18:53.639 --> 00:18:54.119 leaders 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:54.980 they were 00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.259 supposed to 00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:56.139 be in a 00:18:56.139 --> 00:18:56.579 sense the 00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.119 stewards of 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:57.440 truth 00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:58.000 entrenched 00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:58.519 in lies 00:18:58.519 --> 00:19:00.160 how about 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:00.480 you and 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:00.639 I 00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:02.900 we have 00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.319 considered 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:04.099 Judas and 00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.940 the religious 00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:05.400 leaders 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:05.859 we've looked 00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:06.460 at betrayal 00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:07.299 and mockery 00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:08.059 deceit 00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:08.700 lies 00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:10.440 but how 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:10.839 about us 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:11.139 I mean 00:19:11.139 --> 00:19:11.579 think of an 00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:12.339 experience that 00:19:12.339 --> 00:19:12.859 you have had 00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:13.440 with betrayal 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.099 and mockery 00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:14.500 and lying 00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:16.579 I mean 00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.279 we live in a 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.920 broken world 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:18.660 you've 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00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.300 expander 00:25:28.320 --> 00:25:28.440 is 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.520 doing 00:25:28.520 --> 00:25:30.840 this 00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:31.360 this 00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:34.340 this 00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:34.720 morning 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.460 for us 00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.100 what I 00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.400 want us 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:36.860 to see 00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.600 along 00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:37.860 with 00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.280 all 00:25:38.280 --> 00:25:38.480 of 00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:38.720 Jesus' 00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.800 followers 00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:44.180 is this young man, everybody all fled. 00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.720 Everybody fled. 00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:48.619 Everybody ran, all of them. 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:50.379 It's emphatic in the original language. 00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:54.740 And it's emphasized because they all drank the cup 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:56.680 at the Last Supper, the disciples did. 00:25:57.440 --> 00:26:00.639 They all pledged unwavering allegiance to Jesus 00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:03.180 and yet they all fled. 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:06.500 And I think it's very instructive for us to see 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:09.579 that even the most seasoned Christians can compromise. 00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.579 I can run from Christ. 00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:17.680 It's really hard to live a life year after year, 00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:19.919 moment after moment, day after day, 00:26:20.159 --> 00:26:21.039 like year after year, continue. 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:24.960 Your whole life in truth, you're bound to slip up. 00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:26.240 You're bound to flee. 00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:30.839 I think we see the emphatic all 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:33.779 because Mark and really God wants us to see 00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.839 that that includes us. 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:37.519 We are bound to sin. 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:40.019 We are bound to fall back into our old citizenship. 00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:43.440 We are tempted to embrace a false savior 00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:45.519 after we have encountered the true one. 00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:48.779 We are all susceptible to believing lies 00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:50.619 even though we have known the truth. 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.940 And the fact is, 00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:55.400 we are citizens of the kingdom of God, 00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.740 the kingdom of truth, 00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:59.460 but that kingdom has yet to come in its fulfillment. 00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:03.539 And this is a wonderful kind of insight into the scriptures 00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:05.400 is that the kingdom is now, 00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:07.180 in the moment, 00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:07.980 it is here, 00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.840 Jesus has come, 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:10.299 but it's also yet to come, 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.899 in its fullness. 00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:14.720 So we live in this kind of in-between time 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:17.659 where we are citizens of heaven, 00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:19.079 the kingdom of God, 00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:20.879 but here on earth, 00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:24.059 where we're still also part of the kingdom of this world. 00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:26.019 So we struggle. 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.559 That's the reality of it. 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.099 We struggle. 00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:30.859 So when, 00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:31.799 not if, 00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:33.939 but when we fail, 00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.879 when we flee, 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.299 we can, 00:27:36.419 --> 00:27:37.219 by God's spirit, 00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.799 run back to him 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.639 for help, 00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.559 to turn back to him, 00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:42.099 to flee the other way, 00:27:42.219 --> 00:27:43.819 to flee the lie into the truth, 00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:46.199 to truth himself, 00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.839 and trust that he will forgive 00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:49.759 and that he won't revoke our citizenship. 00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:54.019 Jesus says in the second part of verse 49, 00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:54.699 what does he say? 00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.919 But let the scriptures be fulfilled. 00:27:56.920 --> 00:28:01.360 And it's specifically there talking about him being taken away 00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:02.600 as essentially a robber, 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.600 even though he is innocent. 00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:07.640 It's a reference to Zechariah 13, 00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:08.860 verse 7. 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.580 It says this, 00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:12.019 Awake, O sword, 00:28:12.100 --> 00:28:12.940 against my shepherd, 00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:15.120 against the man who stands next to me, 00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.960 declares the Lord of hosts, 00:28:16.060 --> 00:28:17.880 strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered. 00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.360 Jesus quotes this earlier. 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:21.519 I will turn my hand against the little ones. 00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:25.519 It also is a reference to the end of Isaiah, 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:27.859 Isaiah chapter 53, 00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.019 verse 12. 00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.680 And it says, 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:31.079 I'll just read the one part, 00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.019 And he, 00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.480 that is the servant of the Lord, 00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:33.859 Jesus, 00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:37.339 was numbered with the transgressors. 00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:37.599 So, 00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.799 when Jesus says, 00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:41.559 let the scriptures be fulfilled, 00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.359 he's specifically, 00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.279 in the context, 00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.059 talking about 00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:45.480 his arrest. 00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:48.220 They're both fulfilled in his arrest. 00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:50.519 But in a sense, 00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:53.400 it's a statement that God's word is always true. 00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:56.940 That it always comes to pass. 00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.900 It is always right. 00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:00.500 It is always trustworthy. 00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:04.920 We can trust in God and in his promises. 00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:10.819 We can trust that he can use even the most heinous of lies to achieve his truth. 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:12.980 We can trust in his ultimate victory. 00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:16.860 We can trust that he will not leave us or forsake us. 00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:19.319 We can trust that if we confess our sins, 00:29:19.439 --> 00:29:24.319 he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us of all unrighteousness. 00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:25.359 That when we turn to him, 00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:30.839 he is more willing to forgive us than we are to run to him. 00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:31.019 Like, 00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:33.039 all of these promises in God's word, 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:36.979 if it's fulfilled in just this little bit in verse 49b, 00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:39.879 we can be sure that all of his word is true. 00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:41.559 Because he is a source of truth. 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.839 He knows our weakness. 00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:47.199 And yet he welcomes us all the same. 00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:51.799 I'll end with a couple thoughts. 00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.879 Lies cannot continue indefinitely. 00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:56.319 Because God created the cosmos, 00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:56.919 the earth, 00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:58.339 everything and all of creation 00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.740 on truth. 00:30:00.699 --> 00:30:03.419 And eventually lies crumble under themselves 00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:04.759 because they have no foundation. 00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.779 But God's foundation is, 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.879 in a sense, 00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:09.980 baked right into our very existence. 00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:14.240 Truth is how he created everything. 00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:22.140 Chernobyl ends with Valery Legazov defying the gag order 00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:25.680 by recording his experiences so that the world can know what happens. 00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:27.039 And he says this at the end. 00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.880 What is the cost of lies? 00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:33.180 It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. 00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:36.880 The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, 00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:39.280 then we no longer recognize the truth at all. 00:30:40.280 --> 00:30:41.140 What can we do then? 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:45.420 What else is left but to abandon even the hope of truth 00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:48.440 and content ourselves instead with stories? 00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:51.220 He emphasizes that, stories. 00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:55.680 In these stories, it doesn't matter who the heroes are. 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:58.700 All we want to know is who is to blame. 00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:02.259 Really powerful ending to this mini-series. 00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:06.279 Jesus Christ, truth himself, 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:09.400 he frees us from the prison of fear 00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:13.140 that leads to the lies 00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:15.360 and the life of lies 00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:18.420 and our default setting of lies. 00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.680 He frees us from there. 00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:23.900 He frees us so that we can live in the truth. 00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:29.960 And what can stop someone who is truly free, 00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:33.360 who is not afraid of the consequences of telling the truth? 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.480 Who can stop that person? 00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:38.040 I mean, you could physically stop them, 00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:39.620 arrest them, throw them into jail. 00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:42.340 They can rot and die. 00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:45.720 But the truth, in the end, is what they have 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:47.019 and it can't be taken from them. 00:31:47.540 --> 00:31:50.600 There is a boldness that comes with being a truth teller 00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:54.079 because we are empowered by the very one 00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:55.339 who is truth himself. 00:31:57.579 --> 00:32:00.559 Friends, let us trust that Christ himself 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.740 is the greater truth teller. 00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:05.779 That there isn't a better version of a self-help, 00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:06.679 this or that, 00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:12.099 or a narrative that just seems like it would work better for us. 00:32:12.179 --> 00:32:14.299 Let us not fall into that kind of lie. 00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:16.700 It might present that way, 00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:20.180 but truly, it is not that way. 00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:24.000 Let us trust in the incorruptible one, 00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.879 the one that knows all, 00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:28.680 even the web of lies that we may find ourselves in today. 00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.899 And we might be in a web of lies. 00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:36.240 We might have done a really good job of lying 00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:39.119 for the last, I don't know, 15, 20 years. 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:41.419 Lying since high school, 00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.460 something that happened, 00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:43.539 whatever it may be, 00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.579 and you're carrying that. 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.180 You don't think about it every day, 00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.980 but it's back there. 00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:48.259 It gnaws on the back of your head. 00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:53.400 Christ has come to free us from that. 00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.319 Freedom. 00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:58.340 To live in truth. 00:32:58.620 --> 00:33:00.960 That is what Christ has done on the cross. 00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:02.019 That is what he has won. 00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:04.480 That is his victory that we get to share in. 00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.420 So I'll just say this. 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.620 Lent starts on Wednesday. 00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:12.579 Ash Wednesday is this upcoming Wednesday. 00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.839 It'll be here at 730. 00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:16.439 There's a shameless plug for coming to Ash Wednesday 00:33:16.439 --> 00:33:17.239 if you can make it. 00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:20.739 But Lent is a sweet season where we can be honest. 00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:23.719 Honest with ourselves before God 00:33:23.719 --> 00:33:30.679 and prepare as we journey towards the cross 00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.919 as Christ went to the cross. 00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:35.300 And Lent, in a sense, isn't easy 00:33:35.300 --> 00:33:38.960 because it causes us to take a look at ourselves 00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:42.080 and ask God to reveal the junk and the sin 00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:45.560 and the deceit and the lies in our own lives. 00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:47.380 But what's the result? 00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:49.360 I mean, hopefully, 00:33:49.820 --> 00:33:53.759 to look at Christ and to know his truth 00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:55.080 and to live in that, 00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:56.220 to be free people. 00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:58.700 To be free people. 00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:01.339 You don't have to come to Ash Wednesday 00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:04.059 to confess your sins to the Lord 00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:06.019 or to look to him for freedom. 00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:07.980 But it is a fine way to do it. 00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:10.300 But as we approach Lent, 00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.920 let us ask the Lord to help us 00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:13.099 to be honest with ourselves 00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:14.500 about our sin, 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:16.559 about our propensity to deceive. 00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:19.340 And then may we be free 00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:21.880 to live in truth, 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:24.320 to live towards truth, 00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:26.079 to embrace the true one. 00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.619 Let's pray. 00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.859 Heavenly Father, 00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:31.500 we thank you that your example here 00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:36.480 of how lies don't win 00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.480 and how truth wins 00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:41.319 and how even lies you use 00:34:41.319 --> 00:34:44.899 to upend lies. 00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:48.119 You use death to upend death. 00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:52.559 That the truth will always come to pass. 00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:54.959 Lord, let us be honest with ourselves. 00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:56.699 Let us first be truthful with ourselves 00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:58.240 about who we are 00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:59.099 and who you are. 00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:02.460 Lord, let us not deceive ourselves any longer. 00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.980 Help us by your Holy Spirit 00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:06.960 to not just know the truth 00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.960 but to act upon it. 00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:10.340 Lord, we thank you 00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:12.500 for the second chances 00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.820 and the 80th chances 00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:17.720 and the 1,042nd chances 00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:18.579 that you give us. 00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:22.219 and Lord, help us to embrace it. 00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:24.679 And Lord, as we continue on our service, 00:35:24.779 --> 00:35:25.579 we ask that you bless us, 00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:27.119 continue to bless the kids downstairs. 00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:29.159 We pray all these things in Christ's name. 00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.159 Amen.