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 Mark chapter 14, and we're going to read the first 26 verses.

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 Let's hear from God in his word.

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 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away,

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 and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him.

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 But not during the feast, they said, or the people may riot.

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 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of a man known as Simon the leper,

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 a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume made of pure nard.

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 She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

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 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, why this waste of perfume?

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 It could have been sold for more than a year's wages and the money given to the poor, and they rebuked her harshly.

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 Leave her alone, said Jesus.

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 Why are you bothering her?

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 She has done a beautiful thing to me.

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 The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them anytime you want.

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 But you will not always have me.

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 She did what she could.

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 She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.

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 I tell you the truth.

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 Wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.

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 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.

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 They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money.

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 So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

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 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb,

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 Jesus' disciples asked him,

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 Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?

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 So he sent two of his disciples, telling them,

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 Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you.

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 Follow him.

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 Say to the owner of the house he enters,

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 The teacher asks,

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 Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?

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 He will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready.

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 Make preparations for us there.

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 The disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as Jesus had told them.

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 So they prepared the Passover.

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 When evening came, Jesus arrived with the twelve.

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 While they were reclining at the table eating, he said,

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 I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.

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 They were saddened, and one by one they said to him,

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 Surely not I.

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 It is one of the twelve, he replied, one who dips bread into the bowl with me.

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 The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him,

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 but woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man.

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 It would be better for him if he had not been born.

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 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks, and broke it,

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 and gave it to his disciples, saying,

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 Take it, this is my body.

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 Then he took the cup, gave thanks, and offered it to them,

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 and they all drank from it.

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 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many, he said to them.

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 I tell you the truth, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine

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 until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.

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 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

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 Now, we're going to consider together Jesus' story of sacrifice

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 and our story within that.

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 I want to begin by recognizing that there are events and stories

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 that shape our lives.

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 So this week, on the 6th, is the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings,

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 the Allied invasion of German-occupied France via the Normandy beaches.

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 And that day is of huge significance,

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 and it reminds us that our freedom came at a significant and a violent cost.

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 So as a nation, every year it is right and proper

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 to have a day of remembrance,

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 to say we will remember them with gratitude.

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 And perhaps for some of us, and certainly for us still as a nation,

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 our stories are shaped by that great sacrifice

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 made during the Second World War.

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 And in a sense, that mirrors for us the central message of Christianity,

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 which tells us of Jesus, the Son of God,

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 who has come into the world that he created on his own rescue mission.

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 He is the one who comes to save us from our slavery to sin leading to death.

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 And again, he frees us through costly sacrifice.

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 We speak about salvation as a gift of God's grace.

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 To us, it comes free.

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 We receive it by faith in the Lord Jesus,

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 but it comes at great cost to God in the giving of his one and only Son, Jesus.

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 So here in Mark chapter 14,

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 we are being prepared for this, as it were,

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 decisive battle that's to take place on the cross.

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 Jesus is once again preparing his disciples for that moment.

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 So I want us this morning to consider together Jesus' sacrifice.

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 And to do that, asking whether his cost of the cross,

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 whether that shapes your life and mine,

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 whether the significance of that sacrifice impacts our life,

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 our day-to-day reality.

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 To ask ourselves, do we remember him?

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 Do we honor Jesus for his love and his sacrifice with our lives?

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 So we're going to do that by looking at three stories of sacrifice

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 that we find here in Mark 14,

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 beginning with Jesus' story of sacrifice and salvation.

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 If you look at verses 1 and 2, and then verse 12 as well,

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 we're reminded of the context where all this takes place.

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 The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread

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 are just a couple of days away,

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 reminding us that as we think about the journey theme

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 in the second half of Mark's gospel,

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 we're coming to the climax.

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 We're coming close to the cross.

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 But we need to think about what is this Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread?

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 Well, in history, as we find it in the Old Testament,

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 from the time of the Exodus,

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 it was a celebration of God's redemption of his people who were slaves,

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 setting them free so they might become the people of God.

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 And so every year, the people would gather together for a festival

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 to remember to have a sense of thanksgiving to God.

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 So at this moment, as we come to Mark 14,

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 this is a time when the population in Jerusalem expands and explodes

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 because so many people are coming to worship God for this festival.

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 We see this in Edinburgh with our own festivals

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 where the population swells hugely.

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 It's a time of joy and expectation.

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 It's also a time of asking the question,

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 will God deliver us once again?

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 Maybe this year.

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 Will this be the day he sets us free from our enemies

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 so we can become the people of God

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 and enjoy freedom in our own land?

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 Now, how does Jesus fit into this story?

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 And how does Jesus fit into those hopes that the people had?

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 Well, he makes clear that he comes to fulfill God's rescue.

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 He is the final act in God's great drama of redemption.

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 And he comes to reinterpret God's story

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 to make clear that he is central

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 in God's plan of salvation and rescue for his people.

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 So let's look at verse 13 to 15.

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 So the disciples have just asked,

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 where do you want us to go and make preparations?

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 And what becomes clear in that little section

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 is both that Jesus desires to share the Passover

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 with his disciples,

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 and also he's made plans, he's made preparations.

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 So there's the signal,

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 look for the man carrying the jar of water,

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 and the upper room is already ready for them.

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 Jesus has his timetable.

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 There is plots going on behind the scenes,

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 but Jesus is making sure that he can share this Passover

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 so he can explain the significance of the Passover

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 in light of the cross.

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 He's eager to fill in the blanks for the disciples

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 to see how he fits into God's great plan of salvation.

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 He is, in a sense, the last chapter.

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 I borrowed an Agatha Christie audiobook a few weeks ago

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 from the library.

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 And if you borrow a book, an audiobook from the library,

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 you get 21 days to listen and not a second more.

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 So those 21 days came and went

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 when I was literally just about to listen

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 to the last chapter.

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 So if you imagine, there's been really complex plot.

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 I also questioned who might have done it,

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 and all of a sudden,

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 the story's just got this big gap for me.

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 So I had to go and find a copy for resolution.

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 Without the last chapter,

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 it just didn't tie together.

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 It didn't make sense.

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 Well, Jesus is going to say to us

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 that he is God's final chapter

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 in the great story of rescue and salvation

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 that began in the Garden of Eden

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 through the Exodus all the way

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 to where we are here.

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 Jesus is how all the different threads,

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 all the different promises

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 that we find in the Old Testament come together.

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 He is the hero in this story

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 of God's story of sacrificial love.

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 How does he make that clear to his disciples

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 here two days before the cross?

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 He makes it clear by reinterpreting for them

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 the Passover meal.

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 So while families used to eat the Passover

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 and it would be a chance for them

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 to retell the story of the Exodus

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 and they would use the symbols of bread

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 and wine as a way to tell the story,

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 Jesus now uses that meal

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 to speak about the cross.

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 Those symbols that used to tell

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 of God's past saving grace

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 are now used to talk about

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 God's future saving act of grace

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 as Jesus will shortly die on the cross.

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 So let's read together

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 in verse 22 and following

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 where we read,

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 while they were eating,

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 Jesus took bread,

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 gave thanks and broke it

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 and gave it to his disciples saying,

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 take it,

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 this is my body.

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 Then he took the cup,

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 gave thanks and offered it to them

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 and they all drank from it.

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 This is my blood of the covenant

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 which is poured out for many,

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 he said to them.

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 I tell you the truth,

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 I will not drink again

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 of the fruit of the vine

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 until that day

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 when I drink it anew

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 in the kingdom of God.

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 Now I want to just draw our attention

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 to three things that Jesus is saying

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 about the cross in light of the Passover.

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 First, he's speaking,

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 looking forward to the costly sacrifice

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 of the cross.

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 So the bread and wine of the Passover meal

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 were a reminder of that first Passover lamb.

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 That lamb that was killed

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 and his blood sprinkled

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 so that the judgment of God

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 could pass over his people

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 so that they might be set free

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 to meet with God in Mount Sinai

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 to become the people of God.

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 And then you think about

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 John the Baptist's words

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 early in Jesus' ministry

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 when he said,

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 Jesus is the lamb of God

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 who takes away the sin of the world.

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 And Jesus is saying exactly that here.

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 He's saying,

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 the costly sacrifice of that lamb

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 points forward to the costly sacrifice

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 that I'm about to make

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 in dying on the cross,

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 in my body being broken,

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 and my blood being shed

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 so that the judgment of God

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 might pass from you

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 because it falls on me

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 so that you might be set free

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 because of my sacrifice.

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 Jesus is also reinterpreting

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 the Passover

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 to speak of covenant love to us.

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 So remember,

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 Israel was set free

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 to enter into that wonderful covenant

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 where God said,

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 I will be your God

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 and you will be my people.

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 But for that to happen,

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 whenever there was covenants made

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 in the Old Testament,

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 we'd be thinking about it

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 on Sunday evenings,

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 there needed to be sacrifice.

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 There needed to be sprinkling.

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 There needed to be washing from sin.

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 There needed to be cleansing

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 and forgiveness.

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 And that's what the cross

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 also speaks to us about.

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 Jesus says,

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 this is my blood of the covenant.

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 This is the blood of the new covenant.

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 And the new covenant that's promised

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 in Jeremiah 31

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 is again,

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 that I will be your God.

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 And it's a promise,

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 I will forgive your sin

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 and your wickedness

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 and remember them no more.

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 And Jesus is saying,

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 I'm going to die

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 so that can be true

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 for anybody

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 who puts their faith in me.

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 And he also uses the Passover

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 to speak of his complete salvation.

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 Especially we see that in verse 25.

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 So he's told them many times

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 he's about to die

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 and he said that he's going

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 to be given as a sacrifice.

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 But then he says,

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 I won't drink it again.

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 I won't drink again

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 of the fruit of vine

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 until the day when I drink it

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 anew in the kingdom of God.

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 What's he saying?

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 He's saying,

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 I'm going to die,

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 but that's not going to be

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 the end of the story.

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 Jesus approaches the cross

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 confident of victory

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 and vindication

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 and resurrection.

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 And here he is drawing on

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 this picture

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 that we find in the Bible

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 of the kingdom of God

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 as a great feast.

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 And Jesus is the one

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 who is the entry for us

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 into that feast,

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 the pathway into true joy.

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 And Jesus is saying,

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 just as I am assured

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 of victory and vindication

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 and new life beyond death,

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 so too for anybody

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 who puts their trust in Jesus,

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 we have that same confidence

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 of life beyond death.

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 This feast in the presence of God

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 can be ours

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 and it's secured for us

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 by the cross of Jesus.

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 So here is Jesus

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 and he's contemplating his death.

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 He knows it is close.

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 And he's going there

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 to conquer sin and death

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 by his death

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 and his resurrection.

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 And that reminds us

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 that in Jesus

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 we have a Savior

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 that we can trust.

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 It reminds us

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 that we have a Savior

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 who loves us

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 and loves us deeply.

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 It's a reminder

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 that we have someone

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 who we can trust

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 both in our life

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 and with our death.

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 Here is Jesus,

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 the one who's come

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 as Lord and King.

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 But notice

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 that he's never self-serving.

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 Notice that he's never

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 about his own interests.

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 Rather,

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 he is the servant king.

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 He is the loving king.

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 The king who saves

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 by sacrificing himself.

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 You know,

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 we admire,

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 don't we,

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 the self-sacrifice

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 of others.

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 We admire those soldiers

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 who gave their lives

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 for our peace

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 and for our freedom.

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 And those are incredible acts.

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 They're just small expressions

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 of Jesus

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 and his life

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 and his blood

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 poured out for many.

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 And what we need

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 today

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 is

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 to see

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 that loving sacrifice

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 and to receive it

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 and to let

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 that sacrifice

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 work itself

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 into our hearts

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 so that it would

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 transform

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 the story

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 of our lives.

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 So we've seen

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 Jesus' story

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 of salvation

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 by sacrifice.

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 Let's now look

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 at Judas' story

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 in this.

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 Judas' story

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 of tragic

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 sacrifice.

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 So in light

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 of what Jesus

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 is saying

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 he's about to do,

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 in light of his

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 supreme sacrifice,

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 the story of Judas

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 stands for us

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 as a tragic one,

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 doesn't it?

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 He wanted

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 treasure

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 but the treasure

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 that he pursued

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 turned out

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 to be fool's gold.

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 Let's think

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 about what Judas

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 had

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 at this point

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 in the story.

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 Verse 10,

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 we're told

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 Judas Iscariot

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 was one of the

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 twelve.

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 He was in

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 Jesus'

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 inner circle.

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 He had

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 friendship

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 with the

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 Son of God.

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 He had been

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 with Jesus

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 hearing his

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 teaching,

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 witnessing

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 his miracles,

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 being part

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 of

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 serving

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 alongside

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 Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 He heard

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 Jesus

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 predict

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 that he

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 would

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 go to

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 the

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 cross

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 to give

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 his life

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 as a

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 ransom

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 for many.

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 And then

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 look at

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 verses

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 18 and

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 19.

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 So here

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 they are

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 at the

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 Passover

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 and while

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 they're

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 reclining

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 at the

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 table

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 eating,

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 Jesus

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 said,

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 I tell

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 you the

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 truth,

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 one of

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 you will

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 betray

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 me,

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 one who

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 is eating

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 with me.

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 They were

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 saddened and

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 one by

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 one they

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 said to

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 him,

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 surely

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 not I.

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 Now here's

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 the remarkable

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 thing.

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 There is no

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 sense in

00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.119
 which Judas

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 stands out

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 as the

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 black sheep

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 among the

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 disciples.

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 There is no

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 sense that he

00:19:30.699 --> 00:19:31.219
 is the odd

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 one out,

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 treated

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 differently.

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 So when

00:19:33.179 --> 00:19:33.740
 Jesus said

00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:34.099
 someone's

00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:34.259
 going to

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.559
 betray

00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:34.740
 me,

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:35.299
 every eye

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:35.919
 turned to

00:19:35.919 --> 00:19:36.299
 Judas.

00:19:37.419 --> 00:19:37.619
 No,

00:19:37.699 --> 00:19:37.959
 he was

00:19:37.959 --> 00:19:38.519
 treated as

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.059
 a friend.

00:19:39.959 --> 00:19:40.159
 He was

00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:41.199
 invited in

00:19:41.199 --> 00:19:42.279
 by Jesus.

00:19:42.399 --> 00:19:42.539
 He even

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:42.839
 had his

00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:43.119
 feet

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:43.959
 washed.

00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:45.180
 That same

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:46.340
 evening.

00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.460
 What did

00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:48.019
 Judas have?

00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:48.600
 He had the

00:19:48.600 --> 00:19:49.039
 love and

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.539
 the friendship

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:50.600
 of the

00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:50.940
 Son of

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.299
 God.

00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.440
 But what

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.720
 did he

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:53.180
 pursue?

00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:53.519
 What did

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.120
 he give

00:19:54.120 --> 00:19:54.640
 up?

00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:56.220
 He gave

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:57.079
 up friendship

00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:58.720
 with Jesus

00:19:58.720 --> 00:20:00.740
 in exchange

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:02.500
 for cash.

00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:04.019
 Verse 10,

00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:04.600
 Judas,

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.100
 one of the

00:20:05.100 --> 00:20:05.460
 twelve,

00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:05.860
 went to

00:20:05.860 --> 00:20:06.259
 the chief

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.799
 priest to

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.240
 betray

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.000
 Jesus to

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.360
 them.

00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:09.559
 They were

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.380
 delighted to

00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:11.140
 hear this

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:12.720
 and promised

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.500
 to give

00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:13.940
 him money.

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.100
 you.

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:17.559
 So Judas

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.019
 is going

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.480
 to get

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.960
 some money

00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:21.360
 for betraying

00:20:21.360 --> 00:20:21.819
 Jesus,

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:23.039
 but he's

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.779
 also

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:25.500
 going to

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:25.860
 receive

00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:26.340
 judgment.

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.720
 Verse 21,

00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.360
 the Son of

00:20:28.360 --> 00:20:28.819
 Man will

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.559
 go just

00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:29.940
 as it is

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.440
 written about

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:30.759
 him,

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.980
 but woe

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:33.039
 to that

00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:33.400
 man,

00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.299
 the judgment

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.980
 of God

00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.759
 on the

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.240
 man who

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:37.039
 betrays

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.980
 Jesus.

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:40.240
 What a

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.819
 tragic

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.680
 exchange,

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.039
 what a

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:42.440
 tragic

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.140
 sacrifice.

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:44.420
 Judas

00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.240
 has

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:46.259
 made.

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.660
 In the

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:47.920
 book of

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.320
 Romans,

00:20:48.520 --> 00:20:48.840
 in chapter

00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:49.240
 one,

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:50.980
 Paul takes

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.280
 us to

00:20:51.280 --> 00:20:51.880
 the nature

00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:52.140
 and the

00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.580
 heart of

00:20:52.580 --> 00:20:52.880
 sin,

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.700
 where we

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.180
 choose to

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.440
 worship

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.060
 created

00:20:55.060 --> 00:20:55.900
 things rather

00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:57.180
 than our

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.840
 creator,

00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:58.880
 God.

00:20:59.380 --> 00:21:00.280
 Here is

00:21:00.280 --> 00:21:01.120
 Judas

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:02.280
 choosing to

00:21:02.280 --> 00:21:03.140
 live for,

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.780
 to value

00:21:03.780 --> 00:21:04.460
 supremely,

00:21:04.600 --> 00:21:05.540
 money over

00:21:05.540 --> 00:21:07.100
 love and

00:21:07.100 --> 00:21:08.060
 friendship of

00:21:08.060 --> 00:21:08.420
 Jesus,

00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.060
 the Son of

00:21:09.060 --> 00:21:09.500
 God.

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:09.539
 God.

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:11.680
 I think

00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:11.839
 it's a

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.099
 helpful

00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:13.720
 question for

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.059
 us to

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.880
 reflect on.

00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:17.000
 What do I

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:18.119
 think is

00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:19.200
 worth sacrificing

00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:20.220
 everything for?

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:23.759
 And we may

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.220
 have one

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:24.859
 answer, but

00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.720
 do our

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.500
 lives and

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.980
 that answer

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.539
 line up?

00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:29.619
 What do I

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.220
 think is worth

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:30.960
 sacrificing

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.900
 everything for?

00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:33.720
 Are we

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.059
 putting our

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.460
 job,

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.200
 leisure and

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.759
 entertainment,

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.500
 family,

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.059
 security,

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.799
 approval from

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.519
 others ahead

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:41.440
 of Jesus?

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:43.779
 How does

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.119
 the Bible

00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:44.960
 answer that

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.500
 question?

00:21:45.659 --> 00:21:46.159
 What's worth

00:21:46.159 --> 00:21:46.879
 sacrificing

00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:47.759
 everything for?

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:49.079
 Only the

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.879
 gospel of the

00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.359
 Lord Jesus

00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:50.839
 Christ.

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.599
 That's the

00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.059
 priceless

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.599
 treasure.

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 That's the

00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:55.179
 one thing

00:21:55.179 --> 00:21:56.000
 worth devoting

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.519
 all our

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.039
 heart and

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.679
 life to.

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:58.799
 And so

00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.500
 Judas stands

00:21:59.500 --> 00:21:59.980
 for us as

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.579
 a warning

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:03.539
 of the

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.179
 consequence of

00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:04.559
 getting that

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.339
 answer wrong.

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:07.279
 Jesus said,

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:08.519
 you can gain

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:08.940
 the whole

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:10.700
 world and

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.200
 yet lose

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.779
 your eternal

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.319
 soul.

00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:13.279
 We need to

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.660
 learn to

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:15.059
 think long

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:15.480
 term.

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:16.940
 I read a

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.480
 great piece of

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.359
 parenting advice

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:18.960
 a couple of

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 months ago.

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 It said in

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.559
 those moments

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.059
 where your

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.759
 kids are

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.799
 driving you

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 crazy, to

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 ask yourself

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.859
 the question

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.539
 before you

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.059
 yourself go

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.879
 crazy, will

00:22:28.879 --> 00:22:29.519
 this thing

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.759
 matter in

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 five years?

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:32.740
 In other

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.019
 words, try

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.379
 and take the

00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:33.960
 long-term

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 view and deal

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 with it in

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.120
 that

00:22:36.120 --> 00:22:37.100
 perspective.

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 That's

00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:39.019
 something we

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.580
 need to do

00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:39.900
 with our

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.400
 own life

00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:41.140
 decisions and

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.920
 priorities and

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.460
 directions.

00:22:43.100 --> 00:22:43.759
 That thing

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.120
 that we are

00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:44.660
 living for,

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.100
 that thing

00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:45.380
 that is

00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:46.080
 driving us

00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:46.360
 to snow,

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:46.720
 will it

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.980
 matter in

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.660
 five years,

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.240
 in 50

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.680
 years, in

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:51.279
 5,000 years

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.700
 when we are

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.120
 dead and

00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:52.620
 we're either

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.500
 in heaven or

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:53.840
 hell?

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.460
 Will that

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.860
 thing that

00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:56.080
 we are

00:22:56.080 --> 00:22:56.580
 tempted to

00:22:56.580 --> 00:22:56.860
 put in

00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.299
 front of

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.580
 Jesus,

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.299
 will it

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.960
 matter?

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.559
 Will it

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:02.080
 be worth

00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:02.320
 it?

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:04.980
 you and

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.359
 I, we

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:05.919
 need to

00:23:05.919 --> 00:23:07.119
 weigh our

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:08.059
 gods, as

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.639
 it were, in

00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:09.399
 the balance,

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:11.519
 to reflect for

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.059
 ourselves on

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.720
 the relative

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:14.039
 worth of

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.599
 our idols

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.480
 versus the

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.119
 absolute

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:18.119
 worth of

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.460
 the Lord

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:18.879
 Jesus.

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.000
 Because we

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.519
 see from

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.019
 Judas that

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.899
 he gave up

00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:24.939
 the prospect

00:23:24.939 --> 00:23:25.579
 of forgiveness

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:27.679
 and eternal

00:23:27.679 --> 00:23:29.179
 life and

00:23:29.179 --> 00:23:30.000
 friendship with

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.899
 God and

00:23:30.899 --> 00:23:31.480
 joy with

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:31.859
 God and

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.439
 the feast

00:23:32.439 --> 00:23:33.099
 of God

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:34.799
 for some

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.559
 silver coins.

00:23:37.699 --> 00:23:38.479
 Jesus had

00:23:38.479 --> 00:23:39.459
 said, and

00:23:39.459 --> 00:23:40.019
 Judas was

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:41.159
 there, greater

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.740
 love has

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.279
 no one than

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.659
 this, that

00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:43.240
 he lay down

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.899
 his life for

00:23:43.899 --> 00:23:44.439
 my friends.

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.979
 You are my

00:23:44.979 --> 00:23:45.559
 friends if

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.079
 you do what

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.719
 I command.

00:23:48.479 --> 00:23:49.139
 Judas was

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.699
 offered this

00:23:49.699 --> 00:23:50.439
 greatest of

00:23:50.439 --> 00:23:51.179
 all loves,

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.839
 but he gave

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.399
 the tragic

00:23:53.399 --> 00:23:54.139
 response, I

00:23:54.139 --> 00:23:55.039
 don't want

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:56.339
 your friendship.

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.899
 I don't

00:23:58.899 --> 00:24:00.479
 want you.

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.380
 I choose

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.259
 another God

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.400
 to live

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:03.779
 for.

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.539
 We say

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:06.960
 don't let

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.460
 that be

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.620
 your story

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.220
 here today.

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:12.299
 Ask God

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.259
 to make the

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.880
 glory of

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:15.039
 Jesus, to

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.360
 make the

00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:15.920
 wonder of

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.220
 Jesus'

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.339
 salvation shine

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.299
 so brightly

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:19.120
 in your life

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:20.279
 that everything

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:22.240
 else takes

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.819
 its proper

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.480
 place.

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.480
 sacrifice.

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.039
 So that

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:26.559
 Jesus has

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.799
 first and

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.299
 best.

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.039
 So that we

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.420
 would never

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.059
 let Jesus

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.740
 costly and

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.640
 loving sacrifice

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.420
 mean nothing

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.900
 to us.

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.460
 So there's

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.339
 Judas' story

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:39.120
 of sacrifice.

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.599
 But then

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.400
 we get

00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:40.860
 ourselves to

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:41.380
 the beginning

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:41.940
 of Mark

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.640
 14, we

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.140
 come to

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.900
 the woman's

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:45.420
 story of

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.099
 beautiful

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.779
 sacrifice.

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:47.920
 So before

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.500
 the Passover

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.140
 meal that

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.920
 Jesus shares

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.519
 with the

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.180
 disciples, there

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.360
 is this other

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:53.039
 meal taking

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.279
 place at

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.700
 the home

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.559
 of Simon

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.779
 the leper.

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.399
 And there

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:58.220
 at this meal

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:59.139
 we see too

00:24:59.139 --> 00:25:00.420
 a display

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.940
 of costly

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:03.420
 sacrifice.

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.180
 Verse 3,

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.379
 while he

00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:06.720
 was in

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.259
 Bethany,

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.759
 reclining at

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.299
 the table in

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.720
 the home of

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.259
 a man known

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.740
 as Simon

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.279
 the leper,

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.519
 a woman

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.059
 came with

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.759
 an alabaster

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:15.119
 jar of

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.920
 very expensive

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.799
 perfume made

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.279
 of pure

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.779
 nard.

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:19.220
 She broke

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.899
 the jar

00:25:19.899 --> 00:25:21.339
 and poured

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.180
 the perfume

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:23.340
 on his

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:23.740
 head.

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.100
 So this

00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:24.740
 jar was

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.240
 probably

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.200
 some kind

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.840
 of valuable

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:28.320
 family heirloom

00:25:28.320 --> 00:25:29.480
 passed down

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.180
 through the

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.840
 generations

00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:32.240
 of extreme

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:33.380
 worth, but

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:34.340
 she smashes

00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:35.100
 it there and

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:36.019
 then in

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.560
 order to

00:25:36.560 --> 00:25:37.080
 anoint

00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:39.180
 Jesus with

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.820
 this sweet

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.820
 smelling perfume.

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.340
 Well, some

00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:42.380
 people are

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:43.220
 shocked and

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.759
 angered.

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.400
 We see that

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:45.100
 in verse 4

00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:45.680
 and 5.

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:46.900
 They think

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.340
 our actions

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:48.180
 are so extreme,

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.060
 so over the

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.639
 top to

00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:51.879
 waste this

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:53.299
 perfume on

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.720
 Jesus.

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.279
 And so

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.099
 they rebuke

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.559
 her.

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.480
 But what

00:25:59.480 --> 00:25:59.960
 does Jesus

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.399
 do?

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.700
 Jesus

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.799
 defends her

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.519
 and he

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.139
 defends her

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:05.419
 because of

00:26:05.419 --> 00:26:06.940
 the beautiful

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.980
 thing that

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.399
 she has

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:08.819
 done, the

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.419
 beautiful

00:26:09.419 --> 00:26:10.980
 sacrifice that

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.419
 she has

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:11.819
 made.

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.299
 They accuse

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.779
 her of not

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.299
 caring for

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:16.799
 the poor.

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.980
 Jesus in

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.799
 verse 7 is

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.200
 in effect

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:20.879
 saying, she's

00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:21.339
 caring for

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.599
 the poor

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:21.940
 when she

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.460
 cares for

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.720
 me.

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:23.680
 You know,

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:23.960
 all through

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.500
 the Psalms

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:24.960
 we have

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.879
 the picture

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:26.299
 of the

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.419
 poor but

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:28.099
 righteous

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.819
 sufferer.

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.940
 And that

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.500
 perfectly

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:32.599
 captures who

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.200
 Jesus is,

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.720
 particularly

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:35.359
 through his

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.180
 suffering and

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.539
 death.

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.279
 Jesus, the

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.059
 poor, righteous

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.740
 sufferer of

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.200
 the Psalms,

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.039
 is cared

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:41.879
 for by

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.579
 this woman

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.319
 and her

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.019
 sacrifice.

00:26:44.139 --> 00:26:44.599
 And so she

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.220
 is blessed

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:46.680
 for her act

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.319
 of devotion

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:49.319
 to her

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:49.579
 vision.

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.119
 Verse 8,

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.799
 she did

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.659
 what she

00:26:51.659 --> 00:26:52.139
 could.

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.740
 She poured

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.399
 perfume on

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:54.819
 my body

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.659
 beforehand to

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:57.079
 prepare for

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.759
 my burial.

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:58.579
 She honors

00:26:58.579 --> 00:27:00.139
 Jesus and

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.759
 she prepares

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.279
 his body

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.759
 for burial.

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.220
 Whether she

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.799
 realized it

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.059
 or not,

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.319
 it's not

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.539
 clear from

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.019
 the text.

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.319
 But what

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.779
 is clear

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.299
 is that her

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:07.059
 actions

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:08.480
 perfectly line

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.899
 up with

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.700
 God's timing

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.319
 and God's

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.539
 will.

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:11.079
 Unlike that

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.639
 of Judas,

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.720
 this woman

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 has a right

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.819
 vision of

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.659
 Jesus, a

00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.519
 right estimation

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.500
 of his

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.019
 value.

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:20.759
 Jesus will

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.639
 shortly die

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.799
 the Passover

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.339
 to deliver

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.139
 salvation and

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.619
 freedom to

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.019
 the people

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.480
 and Jesus

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.720
 is prepared

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:28.899
 by this

00:27:28.899 --> 00:27:29.779
 anointing

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.799
 for his

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.200
 burial.

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 This story

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.960
 takes place

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.539
 in between

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.399
 the plots

00:27:36.399 --> 00:27:36.819
 of the

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.460
 teachers of

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.819
 law and

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.139
 the chief

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:38.659
 priests and

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.319
 the betrayal

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.759
 of Judas

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 in verse

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 10.

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 And it

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.279
 stands as a

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.980
 really striking

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.599
 and beautiful

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.559
 contrast to

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.539
 their acts.

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.559
 And Jesus

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.059
 gives an

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.920
 amazing approval

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.519
 to this woman

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.279
 in verse 9.

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:51.759
 I tell you

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.140
 the truth,

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.660
 whatever the

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.200
 gospel is

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.539
 preached

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.019
 throughout the

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.440
 world,

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.579
 what she

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:55.960
 has done

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.460
 will also

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.120
 be told

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:58.500
 in memory

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.779
 of her.

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.019
 That this

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.759
 act of hers

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.180
 will become

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.819
 part of the

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.860
 gospel storyline.

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.860
 It will help

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.319
 to reveal

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.900
 something of

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.640
 God's good

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.360
 news.

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.440
 And so

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.000
 Mark and

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.779
 Matthew both

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:11.680
 record this

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:13.140
 act and

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:14.540
 this setting.

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.520
 So what

00:28:15.520 --> 00:28:15.940
 does her

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.460
 sacrifice

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:18.340
 reveal about

00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:19.080
 the gospel?

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.100
 Well,

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.500
 let me

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.940
 suggest at

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.900
 least this.

00:28:24.540 --> 00:28:25.160
 Again,

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:25.800
 in Romans,

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.420
 Paul says

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:26.759
 in chapter

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 12,

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.720
 verse 1,

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:29.080
 I urge

00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:30.120
 you in

00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:30.860
 view of

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.780
 God's mercy

00:28:31.780 --> 00:28:32.880
 to offer

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.620
 your bodies

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.380
 as living

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:35.200
 sacrifices,

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:37.300
 holy and

00:28:37.300 --> 00:28:38.120
 pleasing to

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.520
 God.

00:28:39.340 --> 00:28:40.520
 This woman's

00:28:40.520 --> 00:28:41.759
 sacrifice shows

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.319
 us what

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:43.940
 happens when

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.640
 God's mercy

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.400
 and grace

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.859
 works itself

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.519
 into a

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.859
 heart and

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.279
 into a

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.599
 life, where

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.180
 a person is

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.779
 able to

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.379
 see, to

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:53.440
 truly see

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.579
 the value,

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.299
 the worth,

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.980
 the beauty,

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.700
 the glory

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:58.359
 of Jesus.

00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:00.039
 Because her

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.599
 perfume is

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.279
 poured out as

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:02.059
 devotion, it's

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.839
 poured out as

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.960
 worship, and

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:05.339
 it anticipates

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:07.140
 the fact that

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.720
 just a couple

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.480
 of days later,

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.299
 Jesus' blood

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.960
 will be poured

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.119
 out for

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:12.379
 her to

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:12.879
 bring her

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.460
 to God.

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:17.079
 So we see

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.419
 Judas.

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:17.919
 Judas was

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.460
 blind, he

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:20.079
 was cold to

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.359
 Jesus'

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:22.200
 sacrifice, but

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.059
 this woman, in

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:24.039
 striking contrast,

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.419
 has been

00:29:24.419 --> 00:29:25.099
 captured by

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:26.399
 God's great

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:28.500
 love in the

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:28.980
 sending of

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.299
 Jesus.

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.859
 Friends, again,

00:29:31.919 --> 00:29:32.599
 let me suggest

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.059
 that what we

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.819
 need to do is

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.279
 we need to

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.579
 look on his

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.299
 sacrifice.

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.399
 We need to

00:29:37.399 --> 00:29:38.000
 look and

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.039
 keep looking

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:40.099
 to the

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.980
 glory of

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.680
 our salvation

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.319
 as we see

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:42.680
 it at the

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.919
 cross, till

00:29:43.919 --> 00:29:44.419
 it leads us

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:45.039
 to love like

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.519
 this woman,

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:47.119
 till it leads

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.539
 us to

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.419
 wholehearted

00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:50.180
 worship like

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.680
 this woman,

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.299
 till it leads

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:52.039
 us to that

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.659
 kind of

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:54.180
 devotion that

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:55.700
 she showed.

00:29:56.419 --> 00:29:57.119
 It's seeing

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:58.299
 God's mercy

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:59.680
 at the cross

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.639
 that fuels

00:30:00.639 --> 00:30:01.539
 our worship,

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.740
 that fuels

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.599
 our sense of

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.759
 grateful,

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:06.960
 loving response.

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.359
 That's what

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.299
 motivates the

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.039
 Christian life.

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:11.220
 A sense of

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.859
 duty won't

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.240
 do it.

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.420
 What we need

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.160
 is to see

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:15.519
 God's glory

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.720
 as revealed

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.539
 at the

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:17.960
 cross.

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.480
 So we need

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.119
 to ask the

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.640
 Spirit to

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.379
 work it into

00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:23.119
 our hearts,

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:24.059
 because we

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.559
 need this for

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.140
 ourselves.

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:26.000
 We need this

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.579
 to sustain

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.140
 our faith and

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.539
 our hope and

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.879
 our joy,

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.740
 but we also

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.839
 need it for

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.339
 our witness,

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.859
 because this

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:32.200
 is what's

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.619
 going to make

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.140
 our Christian

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.700
 community

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.279
 attractive.

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.579
 That when

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.000
 we're so

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.720
 captured by

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.099
 Jesus'

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.680
 sacrifice,

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.160
 that we

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.619
 will make

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.299
 sacrifices

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.980
 ourselves.

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.259
 That we

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.000
 will sacrifice

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:43.440
 our honor

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.900
 to serve

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.859
 others with

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.720
 humility.

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.160
 That we'll

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:49.160
 sacrifice our

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:51.099
 comfort in

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.759
 order to

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.519
 welcome

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.559
 outsiders in

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.299
 our communities

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.960
 and in our

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.420
 churches.

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:58.019
 It's as we

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:59.119
 see all that

00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.680
 Jesus has

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.460
 sacrificed for

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.460
 us that will

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.299
 cause us to

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:03.339
 be glad to

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.759
 be able to

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.500
 sacrifice our

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.960
 time to

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.599
 walk with

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.220
 someone else

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.819
 through pain

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.400
 and suffering.

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.980
 So with

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.920
 God's help,

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:13.740
 our stories will

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.500
 point to the

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.359
 great gospel

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:15.960
 story.

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.259
 That our

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.900
 small sacrifices

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:20.279
 will cause

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.960
 people to

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:22.079
 pay attention

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:23.220
 to Jesus'

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:25.599
 great sacrifice.

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.079
 Because we're

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.940
 called to live

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:29.160
 in the light of

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.579
 Jesus'

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.500
 beautiful,

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.940
 self-giving

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:33.420
 sacrifice to

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.960
 reflect it in

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.559
 our worship

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:37.039
 and in our

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.359
 mission.

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:37.420
 Thank you.

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:37.880
 Thank you.

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:39.420
 Thank you.